_Microsoft_ releases _Source Code_ under an _IBM_ license and places it in _public_ servers which were basically created to host open source projects - many of which directly or indirectly competing with microsoft's comercial produts: _Sourceforge_ which belongs to a company that trades in the nasdaq as _LNUX_.
anxiety - check
sweats - check
dizzyness - check
GI cramping - wha?
arrhytmias - check
nausea - nope
vomiting - nope... - nope
I dicided to quit while i was still alive...
Between, in futurama Fry became super-fast (matrix style) when he drunk 100 cups of coffee.
Even tough this is simply the video codec, let's assume MS will also do the DRM. MS logic dictates that will be no problems because you can't issue a patch for something like this, right?
-Snip- A year ago, I wrote that HP/Compaq would continue its long slide to oblivion, and if you look underneath the corporate numbers, you'll see I was correct. The promised synergies have been minimal, growth nonexistent, and the companies are several billion dollars behind where they would have been had they remained separate. -Snip-
A lot of people made that prediction inside HP when the merger was first brought up. It was more than obvious to most people in the busisness. Remember unisys (Sperry and Burroughs) a few years ago?
-Snip- I wrote that Linux would continue to give Microsoft fits (that's true) and that Microsoft would be forced to compete on quality. This latter part is hard to call because Microsoft CLAIMS to be competing on quality, but I think that's still more marketing than reality. Overall though, I think I got this one correct. -Snip-
You predicted this? You must be a genius. Along with everyone else in IT and hundreds of "market analysts". At least most of them didn't make the "quality" prediction - they predict, correctly, it would continue with the same strategy: a lot of marketing and FUD.
-Snip- I was wrong, too, in my prediction that Microsoft would force Intel to adopt AMD's 64-bit Opteron instructions. I'll point out, however, that Microsoft and AMD continue to work more closely on 64-bit development than do Microsoft and Intel. -Snip-
Maybe you were not so wrong on this one, give it a year and see what happens...
-Snip- correctly predicted that V.92 modem development would stall, but that nobody would care. -Snip-
Damn! You must have some weird superpower (like time travel or the abillity to talk to the dead - 'cause they can predict the future) to be able to know this.
-Snip- I predicted that Microsoft's Palladium security plan, now called Trustworthy Computing, would be distrusted and stall. That looks right to me. -Snip-
Does anyone _trust_ microsoft? And on top of that, the security industry is full of paranoid people - it has to be. Here's a small list of what is not sought after in the security biz (IT or not): "trusting", "gullible" and "relaxed".
-Snip- that 802.11a wireless networking would be overtaken by 802.11g. -Snip-
You do make some BOLD predictions...
-Snip- And finally, I correctly predicted a rise of web log aggregators and search engines. -Snip-
I'm glad you were right, I love my slashdot feed.
Now, this year's predictions:
-Snip- Microsoft will make a bold run for video game leadership. Sony and Nintendo have both chosen IBM's Cell Processor for their next-generation game consoles. This is a processor that does not yet exist and for which nobody can fathom how to write games. While the two Japanese companies scratch their heads, Microsoft will be trying to make inroads with game developers and introduce its own next-generation machine. In the long run, though, Microsoft won't succeed in taking the gaming lead. -Snip-
Microsoft already made a "bold run for video game leadership". It failed and will never succeed. Anyone can tell you that.
-Snip- We will, however, see dramatic growth in cyber-extortion and plain old theft. -Snip-
Dramatic? No. It will simply continue to grow. It has been growing for a while now...
-Snip- Despite new anti-spam laws, we'll still be plagued with unsolicited commercial messages, especially using Internet Messaging protocols. Look for new and unenforceable laws in this area, too. As for old fashioned spam, it will continue to cram our inboxes, making a good business for third-party anti-spam products and services while making e-mail pretty much useless for reliable communication. Microsoft will see opportunity here and propose new protocols to replace SMTP and POP3. They may even offer those protocols as Open Source, but there will be a catch. With Microsoft there always is. -Snip-
The best way to beat caffeine addiction is to just stop. If you lack the strenght then caffeine addiction is the least of your problems - you're probably a total loser.
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"Microsoft stated that they will not be manufactoring such a device" (..) Someone else will manufacture it for them.
What's the difference?
4. useless slashdot comments
"Still, we are slaves to our machines.
:P
Incorrect, last time i kicked my computer it didn't hang me or beat me to death.
_Microsoft_ releases _Source Code_ under an _IBM_ license and places it in _public_ servers which were basically created to host open source projects - many of which directly or indirectly competing with microsoft's comercial produts: _Sourceforge_ which belongs to a company that trades in the nasdaq as _LNUX_.
Inquiry: is this what humans call irony?
anxiety - check sweats - check dizzyness - check GI cramping - wha? arrhytmias - check nausea - nope vomiting - nope ... - nope
I dicided to quit while i was still alive...
Between, in futurama Fry became super-fast (matrix style) when he drunk 100 cups of coffee.
Even tough this is simply the video codec, let's assume MS will also do the DRM. MS logic dictates that will be no problems because you can't issue a patch for something like this, right?
Last year:
-Snip-
A year ago, I wrote that HP/Compaq would continue its long slide to oblivion, and if you look underneath the corporate numbers, you'll see I was correct. The promised synergies have been minimal, growth nonexistent, and the companies are several billion dollars behind where they would have been had they remained separate.
-Snip-
A lot of people made that prediction inside HP when the merger was first brought up. It was more than obvious to most people in the busisness. Remember unisys (Sperry and Burroughs) a few years ago?
-Snip-
I wrote that Linux would continue to give Microsoft fits (that's true) and that Microsoft would be forced to compete on quality. This latter part is hard to call because Microsoft CLAIMS to be competing on quality, but I think that's still more marketing than reality. Overall though, I think I got this one correct.
-Snip-
You predicted this? You must be a genius. Along with everyone else in IT and hundreds of "market analysts". At least most of them didn't make the "quality" prediction - they predict, correctly, it would continue with the same strategy: a lot of marketing and FUD.
-Snip-
I was wrong, too, in my prediction that Microsoft would force Intel to adopt AMD's 64-bit Opteron instructions. I'll point out, however, that Microsoft and AMD continue to work more closely on 64-bit development than do Microsoft and Intel.
-Snip-
Maybe you were not so wrong on this one, give it a year and see what happens...
-Snip-
correctly predicted that V.92 modem development would stall, but that nobody would care.
-Snip-
Damn! You must have some weird superpower (like time travel or the abillity to talk to the dead - 'cause they can predict the future) to be able to know this.
-Snip-
I predicted that Microsoft's Palladium security plan, now called Trustworthy Computing, would be distrusted and stall. That looks right to me.
-Snip-
Does anyone _trust_ microsoft? And on top of that, the security industry is full of paranoid people - it has to be. Here's a small list of what is not sought after in the security biz (IT or not): "trusting", "gullible" and "relaxed".
-Snip-
that 802.11a wireless networking would be overtaken by 802.11g.
-Snip-
You do make some BOLD predictions...
-Snip-
And finally, I correctly predicted a rise of web log aggregators and search engines.
-Snip-
I'm glad you were right, I love my slashdot feed.
Now, this year's predictions:
-Snip-
Microsoft will make a bold run for video game leadership. Sony and Nintendo have both chosen IBM's Cell Processor for their next-generation game consoles. This is a processor that does not yet exist and for which nobody can fathom how to write games. While the two Japanese companies scratch their heads, Microsoft will be trying to make inroads with game developers and introduce its own next-generation machine. In the long run, though, Microsoft won't succeed in taking the gaming lead.
-Snip-
Microsoft already made a "bold run for video game leadership". It failed and will never succeed. Anyone can tell you that.
-Snip-
We will, however, see dramatic growth in cyber-extortion and plain old theft.
-Snip-
Dramatic? No. It will simply continue to grow. It has been growing for a while now...
-Snip-
Despite new anti-spam laws, we'll still be plagued with unsolicited commercial messages, especially using Internet Messaging protocols. Look for new and unenforceable laws in this area, too. As for old fashioned spam, it will continue to cram our inboxes, making a good business for third-party anti-spam products and services while making e-mail pretty much useless for reliable communication. Microsoft will see opportunity here and propose new protocols to replace SMTP and POP3. They may even offer those protocols as Open Source, but there will be a catch. With Microsoft there always is.
-Snip-
Offcourse spam will continu
The best way to beat caffeine addiction is to just stop. If you lack the strenght then caffeine addiction is the least of your problems - you're probably a total loser.
(ex-caffeine addict)