In many cases, you'd probably be correct. However, the fact that this article does is coincidental - it has already been exposed by another comment that the author of the article couldn't be bothered to get his own copy of office for the review. My guess would be that he grabbed the first pirated version he could find, and officeXP just happened to be it.
It's things like this which make me wonder if stories on/. are picked only for their anti-microsoft sentements. You'd never see "MS Office kicks OO around the block" or "Photoshop kicks gimp around the block" as titles for stories. It's also the same reason Apple is always shown in a shining white light here, even though they've been known to employ some of the same tactics as Microsoft. The editors of/. are too biased.
I've been using grub for ages to dual boot without problems. Your bootloader is obviously misconfigured. My only question here is, how did this get modded up to informative? There is nothing informative about it. All this is, is a user who can't figure out how to configure his bootloader.
so, let me get this straight, out of your $300+ purchase, Apple is going to give you back $25 (oh, sorry, $50 if you feel like getting potentially ripped off by Apple again)? That's outrageous. For a problem like this there should have been a recall, and a full refund. Giving you $25 does *not* fix the fact that you have a hooped battery in your very expensive piece of electronics.
For that, Apple has introduced the new iPiss system - the only new adult diaper to not only come with 3-ply protection to deal with those nasty spills, but also come in a variety of different colors so you can rest assured that your new iPiss will match your drapes.
You might be interested in eve online - You only pay the monthly fee (the game itself is a free download), and if you stop paying, they will hold your character in case you decide to reactivate the account later. Granted, it doesn't actually follow the fantasy theme (it's in space, with ships and such), but it's pretty neat all the same.
To say that Windows was a "Pioneering" effort is like saying Columbus "Discovered" America, when there were already people living here.
....Which he quite happily slaughtered or enslaved by the truckload. Compared to Columbus, Microsoft should be considered saintly. On the other hand, we see Microsoft slaughtering or enslaving whole companies by the truckload....I guess history really does repeat itself.
What a brilliant idea. While your sites aren't generating revenue of any kind because you're refusing over 80% of people in the world, mine will be booming.
You mean, like how you couldn't be bothered to log in to make your flame?
Well, I did click, and since vector drawing is of absolutely no use to me, it was a waste of time. Generally when you talk about software in the article body, you give *some* indication as to what it's about. Giving the impression that it's something that every user simply can't live without is absolutely stupid.
You can't say that Ubuntu is 'brittle', nor GoboLinux, nor MEPIS. If you want to add something to any of these distributions of a Linux-based operating system, you can, with ease.
Actually, I could, and in some cases, I would say it's brittle. A great example of something like Ubuntu breaking down is when I installed crossover office (which ran great). However, when I decided it was time to upgrade the kernel (which was precompiled, and provided by the Ubuntu repositories) things started to go wrong. Openoffice and Crossover started to segfault like mad. Since it was a while before I used them after the upgrade (I spend most of my time in jedit or eclipse) it took a significant amount of time out of my day to figure out exactly what went wrong.
I'm still using my Ubuntu installation, but I'm a lot more wary about upgrading things now. I moved to Linux because I needed something that was going to work, so I could get my job done. After all, it's what pays the bills. Of course, this isn't the only time I've had such issues. So, while I would agree that he's probably coming from a FUD angle, there is a grain of truth in what he says.
What does technology have to do with it? And who cares if they purchased software? I mean, that's why companies do it, and it's not like it's something exclusive to Microsoft. You see it all the time in industry. But hell, we have to hear about *how awful* it is when someone buys the rights to something that's going nowhere and turns it in to something that goes somewhere. And as for theft, I have a newsflash for you - *lots* of companies steal from each other - a trait which is also not exclusive to Microsoft. Sure, it doesn't make it right, but the only time anyone here seems to care is when it's them. And basing things on other things? Guess what, Linux was ultimately based on Unix, something not owned by Linus Torvalds. But hey, that's ok!
Seriously, if other people joined Microsoft and violated non-compete agreements, why are other companies not sueing them for it? If they didn't take legal action, then *they* dropped the ball, when it was clearly in their court, so to speak.
If the person in question did violate a non-compete agreement, then Microsoft is well within their rights to sue. Stop frothing at the mouth and get over it.
While I hope everything they speak of makes it in to this package (i mean, damn, it's a sweet idea!), things here should be taken with a grain of salt.
Why? Because their team so far only consists of concept designers, and has no engineers. So, it's very likely that what they say, and what is actually feasable in the end may differ greatly.
Here's to hoping that my words are just paranoid ramblings:)
My theory on Apple's move to intel is a whole lot simpler than most.
Since it doesn't appear to matter which processor Apple uses to power a Mac, this move is most likely a publicity stunt, carefully put together by the master of marketing, Steve Jobs. He knew you'd all sit around and speculate again and again about why the move took place, and from that, generate a wealth of free publicity.
Lets not forget that at the heart of Steve Jobs lies marketing slime. I mean, this is the same guy who used the death of a child to pretty much get his name in the news again. I don't think there is any low that this man wouldn't stoop to in order to sell a few more units.
No, Netscape lost it's market share because at the time when it really mattered, they produced a vastly inferior product. Ask any web developer that had to deal with Netscape 4.x how much fun their job was due to Netscape.
Netscape cut it's own throat, and by the time they came back with something that didn't suck (Netscape 6+) it was too late to recover. People had lost faith in the Netscape name.
If it's worth something, and one can control it, someone will try.
It's not a question of if someone should own it, it's a question of when will it happen? You can disagree with it (I'm not happy about it either, especially considering it will almost certainly be grabbed by an intrinsincly evil power-hungry capitolist group), but that's just the way it is.
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In many cases, you'd probably be correct. However, the fact that this article does is coincidental - it has already been exposed by another comment that the author of the article couldn't be bothered to get his own copy of office for the review. My guess would be that he grabbed the first pirated version he could find, and officeXP just happened to be it.
It's things like this which make me wonder if stories on /. are picked only for their anti-microsoft sentements. You'd never see "MS Office kicks OO around the block" or "Photoshop kicks gimp around the block" as titles for stories. It's also the same reason Apple is always shown in a shining white light here, even though they've been known to employ some of the same tactics as Microsoft. The editors of /. are too biased.
I've been using grub for ages to dual boot without problems. Your bootloader is obviously misconfigured. My only question here is, how did this get modded up to informative? There is nothing informative about it. All this is, is a user who can't figure out how to configure his bootloader.
so, let me get this straight, out of your $300+ purchase, Apple is going to give you back $25 (oh, sorry, $50 if you feel like getting potentially ripped off by Apple again)? That's outrageous. For a problem like this there should have been a recall, and a full refund. Giving you $25 does *not* fix the fact that you have a hooped battery in your very expensive piece of electronics.
[..]we're a long way from a M$-free world.
Actually, we're there now, considering there is no company on the planet called 'M$'
Actually I can't think of a single use of Windows inadvertently or otherwise that makes the slightest difference in my day-to-day life.
Yes, because we all use computers exactly the same way you do.
For that, Apple has introduced the new iPiss system - the only new adult diaper to not only come with 3-ply protection to deal with those nasty spills, but also come in a variety of different colors so you can rest assured that your new iPiss will match your drapes.
Somehow, your post just reminds me of this
You might be interested in eve online - You only pay the monthly fee (the game itself is a free download), and if you stop paying, they will hold your character in case you decide to reactivate the account later. Granted, it doesn't actually follow the fantasy theme (it's in space, with ships and such), but it's pretty neat all the same.
To say that Windows was a "Pioneering" effort is like saying Columbus "Discovered" America, when there were already people living here.
....Which he quite happily slaughtered or enslaved by the truckload. Compared to Columbus, Microsoft should be considered saintly. On the other hand, we see Microsoft slaughtering or enslaving whole companies by the truckload....I guess history really does repeat itself.
What a brilliant idea. While your sites aren't generating revenue of any kind because you're refusing over 80% of people in the world, mine will be booming.
unsurprising in a country where electricity is a scarce commodity
So, how were they charging them?
You mean, like how you couldn't be bothered to log in to make your flame?
Well, I did click, and since vector drawing is of absolutely no use to me, it was a waste of time. Generally when you talk about software in the article body, you give *some* indication as to what it's about. Giving the impression that it's something that every user simply can't live without is absolutely stupid.
In other news, it's really good pizza!
...is the poster actually letting people know what inkscape is so we don't have to click on the link to figure that out.
Right, but they're not pointing at SSH the app. They're pointing at OpenBSD the operating system.
*all* SL-5500 Linuxes I've seen so far ship with at least an SSH client.
That OS doesn't support the SL-5500.
You can't say that Ubuntu is 'brittle', nor GoboLinux, nor MEPIS. If you want to add something to any of these distributions of a Linux-based operating system, you can, with ease.
Actually, I could, and in some cases, I would say it's brittle. A great example of something like Ubuntu breaking down is when I installed crossover office (which ran great). However, when I decided it was time to upgrade the kernel (which was precompiled, and provided by the Ubuntu repositories) things started to go wrong. Openoffice and Crossover started to segfault like mad. Since it was a while before I used them after the upgrade (I spend most of my time in jedit or eclipse) it took a significant amount of time out of my day to figure out exactly what went wrong.
I'm still using my Ubuntu installation, but I'm a lot more wary about upgrading things now. I moved to Linux because I needed something that was going to work, so I could get my job done. After all, it's what pays the bills. Of course, this isn't the only time I've had such issues. So, while I would agree that he's probably coming from a FUD angle, there is a grain of truth in what he says.
What does technology have to do with it? And who cares if they purchased software? I mean, that's why companies do it, and it's not like it's something exclusive to Microsoft. You see it all the time in industry. But hell, we have to hear about *how awful* it is when someone buys the rights to something that's going nowhere and turns it in to something that goes somewhere. And as for theft, I have a newsflash for you - *lots* of companies steal from each other - a trait which is also not exclusive to Microsoft. Sure, it doesn't make it right, but the only time anyone here seems to care is when it's them. And basing things on other things? Guess what, Linux was ultimately based on Unix, something not owned by Linus Torvalds. But hey, that's ok!
Seriously, if other people joined Microsoft and violated non-compete agreements, why are other companies not sueing them for it? If they didn't take legal action, then *they* dropped the ball, when it was clearly in their court, so to speak.
If the person in question did violate a non-compete agreement, then Microsoft is well within their rights to sue. Stop frothing at the mouth and get over it.
While I hope everything they speak of makes it in to this package (i mean, damn, it's a sweet idea!), things here should be taken with a grain of salt.
:)
Why? Because their team so far only consists of concept designers, and has no engineers. So, it's very likely that what they say, and what is actually feasable in the end may differ greatly.
Here's to hoping that my words are just paranoid ramblings
My theory on Apple's move to intel is a whole lot simpler than most.
Since it doesn't appear to matter which processor Apple uses to power a Mac, this move is most likely a publicity stunt, carefully put together by the master of marketing, Steve Jobs. He knew you'd all sit around and speculate again and again about why the move took place, and from that, generate a wealth of free publicity.
Lets not forget that at the heart of Steve Jobs lies marketing slime. I mean, this is the same guy who used the death of a child to pretty much get his name in the news again. I don't think there is any low that this man wouldn't stoop to in order to sell a few more units.
I see that they are Macintosh fans, though.
Yes, but I'll try not to hold it against them. It's a really nice looking design concept.
No, Netscape lost it's market share because at the time when it really mattered, they produced a vastly inferior product. Ask any web developer that had to deal with Netscape 4.x how much fun their job was due to Netscape.
Netscape cut it's own throat, and by the time they came back with something that didn't suck (Netscape 6+) it was too late to recover. People had lost faith in the Netscape name.
If it's worth something, and one can control it, someone will try.
It's not a question of if someone should own it, it's a question of when will it happen? You can disagree with it (I'm not happy about it either, especially considering it will almost certainly be grabbed by an intrinsincly evil power-hungry capitolist group), but that's just the way it is.
A 10 year-old could write an update to date virtual machine. Microsoft, get a clue.
Now, if this 10 year-old could just get a handle on grammar, we'd really have something!
here you go.
I didn't know slashdot had become a part of Apple's marketing division.