I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not flamebait.
My comment was simply pointing out that companies with a solid investment in Microsoft products are unlikely to stray from that path. Especially on a risky venture like any of the thousands of open-source projects that DON'T make it big. You could invest your company's resources in Microsoft (who's been around, offers support, and isn't likely to disappear in the next few years) or you could spend less but possibly end up with a product that has no support, no updates, doesn't work with the rest of your systems, and was built by a company that no longer exists.
Hmmm... most big businesses are conservative when it comes to their (and the investors') money.
That was a joke, at least for me. But many clients don't see it as a joke, they see it as a serious obstacle to using OSS. Fortune 500 companies with Microsoft networks, servers, procedures - they're unlikely to adopt an "unsupported" product like Apache. I say unsupported because Microsoft doesn't support it, and they already have support contracts for MS products. They don't have their toes in the water, they're bathing in it.
You can't use many of your ASP apps on Apache (even if you have Chilisoft!). We have clients that turned to us because we can do ASP/SQL Server, and the competition couldn't. The other quote was cheaper, too.
Note that they describe non-intrusive ads. People are annoyed by pop-ups - so they get pop-up blockers. People don't want spam, so they get spam-blockers. People are willing to put up with banner ads, so they put up with them.
I think the intent (from the MPAA) was to give the "hot head amateur" a chance to make a fool of himself. Valenti is a very polished, very smooth character that knows how to argue and can be quite persuasive.
The downside of this interview is that the kid fails to really achieve anything substantial, other than showing Valenti to be out-of-touch.
The "bypass copy protection" law is directly contradictory to copyright and fair use laws. Valenti doesn't acknowledge that, which is frustrating. I understand his point, but it doesn't make him any less wrong.
But nobody claimed that a Lincoln Continental was supposed to compete with a Corvette. MSOffice and OpenOffice.org are two products competing with each other in the same marketplace.
And as another reply pointed out, I didn't "want Office in the first place." I wanted a suite that would do certain things. OO.org failed to meet our needs.
Warning: This isn't a flame/troll, it's my honest evaluation as a response to the parent.
I got a new machine at work, and installed OpenOffice.org right away. We didn't have to buy Office, so I even convinced my bosses to install OO.org and start using it.
It's been several months, and we're all using MS Office again. We finally broke down and bought it a few weeks ago, and everything's back to normal. It's not a matter of adjustment, it's a matter of OO.org just doesn't do some things right. It doesn't handle our documents (existing or new) properly. It's a load of frustration. It doesn't come with an MS Access equivalent (and our clients require it). The documents lose formatting when going to and from MS Office.
So yeah - MS won the Office suite war, hands down. They have the market share, and the product is far superior in all areas except price.
You clearly didn't RTFA... or even the story summary. Did you just read the title and respond to that? Would you write a book review based on the dust jacket?
I once had a woman ask me if I could speed the Internet up for her presentation. I told her I'd open the valve up a little bit, just for her. *big smile* I love helping customers.
I know my rights. They can call me at home, ask me to work extra hours, and fire me if I refuse. They can ask me to start answering the phone for everyone, make sure the coffee pot is full, and require 60 hour weeks. They can fire me because I don't work enough, because I'm late by one minute, or because they don't like me.
I'm on salary. Which means I'm on-call 24/7, expected to do overtime if needed, and can be fired at any time for any reason.
If I'm working as an hourly employee, I'm going to bill my boss for every hour I spend working. At my full rate. If I'm lucky, maybe they'll agree to pay me time and a half for anything over 40 hours (or some other predetermined limit).
They can't make me work overtime hours and not pay me, unless I'm salary. Then I wouldn't expect it anyway.
But consider the repair costs.. if your stick of memory needs to be replaced, wouldn't you be furious if you had to also swap out the motherboard and CPU?
My father works for a company that produces aftermarket automotive wiring. He's noticing a lot of products that are designed to supplant this kind of individual part - by combining multiple parts, they prevent people from replacing just the part in question.
So instead of replacing your spark plugs (~$15), you have to replace the plugs, the wiring, etc. The total cost? More than $100 for some. It's intentional - it's like soldering your CPU to your motherboard so you have to replace the whole board in order to upgrade/replace your CPU. I believe Packard Bell used to do this, and look where they are now.
My fiancee just read a newspaper article about this, and the article made it sound like it was a bad thing. Almost like the 'journalist' didn't read the actual report or understand the whole wireless concept.
I have an old Presario laptop that's got a bunch of failing parts (CD drive, sound, touchpad, etc.)... the LCD is good, so I'm doing to try and !carefully! remove the casing so i can fold the screen backwards - sorta like a tablet PC. Then I can try to remove some other parts to make it lighter, cut down on heat problems, and maybe decrease the size. Then, I'll slap it in a frame and hang it. I'm crossing my fingers that it'll work.
We were going to detach the screen altogether and go mini-ITX or something, but finding a way to get a signal into the often proprietary connections on laptop LCDs can be very difficult.
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Their library lookups don't appear to have included:
Looking it up in a card catalog (electronic or not)
Finding the book/periodical on the shelf
Accounting for missing resources (like a real life 404!)
Yeah, I'm a Google fan. Sometimes the library is better - but not for factoid lookups or finding out what the Royal Wessex couple did on Tuesday.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're not flamebait.
My comment was simply pointing out that companies with a solid investment in Microsoft products are unlikely to stray from that path. Especially on a risky venture like any of the thousands of open-source projects that DON'T make it big. You could invest your company's resources in Microsoft (who's been around, offers support, and isn't likely to disappear in the next few years) or you could spend less but possibly end up with a product that has no support, no updates, doesn't work with the rest of your systems, and was built by a company that no longer exists.
Hmmm... most big businesses are conservative when it comes to their (and the investors') money.
But it doesn't run .NET!
That was a joke, at least for me. But many clients don't see it as a joke, they see it as a serious obstacle to using OSS. Fortune 500 companies with Microsoft networks, servers, procedures - they're unlikely to adopt an "unsupported" product like Apache. I say unsupported because Microsoft doesn't support it, and they already have support contracts for MS products. They don't have their toes in the water, they're bathing in it.
You can't use many of your ASP apps on Apache (even if you have Chilisoft!). We have clients that turned to us because we can do ASP/SQL Server, and the competition couldn't. The other quote was cheaper, too.
I was responding to a parent post - where he claims that the press labels any crime involving a computer as a "hack."
1. They didn't call it a hack.
2. The kid wasn't hacking (in any sense of the word).
I know what I hack is - and calling in a bomb threat on your cell phone doesn't qualify.
Calling in a bomb threat != hacking.
It's only "hacker news" because it involves Mitnick. A kid's cell phone doesn't usually count as a computer.
Note that they describe non-intrusive ads. People are annoyed by pop-ups - so they get pop-up blockers. People don't want spam, so they get spam-blockers. People are willing to put up with banner ads, so they put up with them.
Is this a hard concept to grasp?
What did you think was going to happen, editors?
Like what, people would link to www.badgerbadgerbadger.com?
Are we supposed to take it that all of those have been settled (supposedly by paying the RIAA)?
I wonder if there are any instances of the RIAA saying "oh, well you clearly know your rights and have not done anything illegal, so never mind."
There was that Mac user who was accused of sharing over a P2P that isn't available for Mac...
I think the intent (from the MPAA) was to give the "hot head amateur" a chance to make a fool of himself. Valenti is a very polished, very smooth character that knows how to argue and can be quite persuasive.
The downside of this interview is that the kid fails to really achieve anything substantial, other than showing Valenti to be out-of-touch.
The "bypass copy protection" law is directly contradictory to copyright and fair use laws. Valenti doesn't acknowledge that, which is frustrating. I understand his point, but it doesn't make him any less wrong.
But nobody claimed that a Lincoln Continental was supposed to compete with a Corvette. MSOffice and OpenOffice.org are two products competing with each other in the same marketplace.
And as another reply pointed out, I didn't "want Office in the first place." I wanted a suite that would do certain things. OO.org failed to meet our needs.
Warning: This isn't a flame/troll, it's my honest evaluation as a response to the parent.
I got a new machine at work, and installed OpenOffice.org right away. We didn't have to buy Office, so I even convinced my bosses to install OO.org and start using it.
It's been several months, and we're all using MS Office again. We finally broke down and bought it a few weeks ago, and everything's back to normal. It's not a matter of adjustment, it's a matter of OO.org just doesn't do some things right. It doesn't handle our documents (existing or new) properly. It's a load of frustration. It doesn't come with an MS Access equivalent (and our clients require it). The documents lose formatting when going to and from MS Office.
So yeah - MS won the Office suite war, hands down. They have the market share, and the product is far superior in all areas except price.
You clearly didn't RTFA... or even the story summary. Did you just read the title and respond to that? Would you write a book review based on the dust jacket?
Just from the story summary, this sounds like a distributed attack.
I'll have a copy on your desk by morning.
I once had a woman ask me if I could speed the Internet up for her presentation. I told her I'd open the valve up a little bit, just for her. *big smile* I love helping customers.
The stuff I describe isn't what I've got - otherwise I'd certainly have quit long ago! But point taken. :)
I know my rights. They can call me at home, ask me to work extra hours, and fire me if I refuse. They can ask me to start answering the phone for everyone, make sure the coffee pot is full, and require 60 hour weeks. They can fire me because I don't work enough, because I'm late by one minute, or because they don't like me.
My rights? I have the right to quit.
I'm on salary. Which means I'm on-call 24/7, expected to do overtime if needed, and can be fired at any time for any reason.
If I'm working as an hourly employee, I'm going to bill my boss for every hour I spend working. At my full rate. If I'm lucky, maybe they'll agree to pay me time and a half for anything over 40 hours (or some other predetermined limit).
They can't make me work overtime hours and not pay me, unless I'm salary. Then I wouldn't expect it anyway.
When I was developing a patient community for a cancer treatment facility, I had a wav that, upon login, played "You've got cancer!"
My boss thought it was hilarious. Good thing we remembered to take it out before the client saw it!
From my understanding of the situation, they refused to give it back even after the owner showed that it had been "stolen."
They gave it away, and instead of fessing up to their mistake, we got this crap.
Ah... good thing they got that taken care of. I was so starved for pr0n for the last six years.
Really - like there aren't enough of these sites out there?
But consider the repair costs.. if your stick of memory needs to be replaced, wouldn't you be furious if you had to also swap out the motherboard and CPU?
My father works for a company that produces aftermarket automotive wiring. He's noticing a lot of products that are designed to supplant this kind of individual part - by combining multiple parts, they prevent people from replacing just the part in question.
So instead of replacing your spark plugs (~$15), you have to replace the plugs, the wiring, etc. The total cost? More than $100 for some. It's intentional - it's like soldering your CPU to your motherboard so you have to replace the whole board in order to upgrade/replace your CPU. I believe Packard Bell used to do this, and look where they are now.
My fiancee just read a newspaper article about this, and the article made it sound like it was a bad thing. Almost like the 'journalist' didn't read the actual report or understand the whole wireless concept.
I thought it was a little more like:
Stevie, plz let me use it. omg i will give u lots of $$. U R sooooo kewl n i wnt 2 be like u!!!!11
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I have an old Presario laptop that's got a bunch of failing parts (CD drive, sound, touchpad, etc.)... the LCD is good, so I'm doing to try and !carefully! remove the casing so i can fold the screen backwards - sorta like a tablet PC. Then I can try to remove some other parts to make it lighter, cut down on heat problems, and maybe decrease the size. Then, I'll slap it in a frame and hang it. I'm crossing my fingers that it'll work.
We were going to detach the screen altogether and go mini-ITX or something, but finding a way to get a signal into the often proprietary connections on laptop LCDs can be very difficult.