MS is constantly trying to copycat, rather than innovate.
They better learn soon, that we dont want microsoft products that are just bought out products from other companies...
They better learn that we dont want iPod clones.... we want new ideas, better software, more freedom...
We dont want google clones from microsoft.... We dont want an MS owned Yahoo. Yahoo is just fine as is...
So what will you do Microsoft? Will you continue to buy properties rather than create them? Will you continue this silly fat cat mentality where you chase innovative mice with wads of cash, or will you finally do you're own thing as a company?
We know there are talented coders at MS... How about we let them do their thing. Let these guys innovate rather than copy others.
We dont need MS Live. We Dont need Passport... You failed. Focus on the OS, focus on the software... Rethink and reinvent yourself... because you look like a company with no clue, incapable of doing anything other than failing miserably at everything as of late.
Hell you cant even code a f'n quality media player or graphics viewer. Vista is a mess... Everyone avoids MSNBC, LIVE, MSN...
Get this... Your control schemes are not appealing and we're not biting. Switch it up, appeal to people and stop trying to screw the users.
Stop being an asshole just to be one. You dont get it, like most typical linux zealots. Your os of choice is NOT safe from corporate branding.
It is only so as of now, due to its low popularity.
The goal of all of these companies is to divide the market into their own sections for which they control. They have no interest in linux because it is a small audience and not worth the developement costs.
not sure what you mean by lame argument. I agree with the poster. I'm just saying its the intentions of these companies to infect our computers, no matter what the os.
And no... i dont think it is entirely possible to control it. We all know what Sony did with their rootkit.
You make a hell of a point and i agree with you completely on what you're saying. I too can not stand that ATI has to brand my right click menu with their nonsense, and the endless tray icons and how each company seems to have its own download/updater application. I agree completely with that. Its a waste of resources, and a bothersome mess.
I agree with you on that. No way i could possibly disagree with you. BUT... Google wants their name on all desktops. Microsoft wants everyone using live... Yahoo wants everyone using Yahoo... Even the linux folks too. It's a mentality these companies have where they want to brand our desktops.
Hell look what aol did for years. They still do it, with their own anti spyware programs and stuff like that. It's just disgusting and insulting.
Thus is the nature of these big companies though. They want to brand us. I dont think there is much we can do about it as long as we use applications and services from these big companies. I have google talk on my desktop... i use windows vista's search though. I dont use google's desktop.
I install the ati driver, without the ati control panel so i dont get that lame ATI right click menu...
Logitech, Adobe etc.. all have their own updating services running. I could turn them off though.
It's not that bad if you can control it, but yeah i agree often these companies over step the line of decency and i'm all for giving them the finger.
You should run Vista. I'm not running any AV etc. Yes windows defender is running but... in general thanks to UAC... I really have no problems with web spam popup/install hijack stuff like XP did.
Two vista systems here running clean.
Vista's not flawless... but it is an improvement in some ways.
It starts with the applications. Its things like iTunes. It's things like Office, Games, etc. On the more professional level, there are a lot of apps that are still just windows and those that do have linux versions lack the other complimenting applications that are only still on windows... which prevents people from using the linux versions.
There are other factors such as ease of use. Linux is still a bit tricky in some areas. Its a lot easier to install now a days but it is still not as smooth and straight forward as windows.
Hardware. Linux supports a lot of hardware... but not all.
The main thing is applications and not because its free. Just because it's free, doesnt mean i'll take it. A free Ferrari without its Ferrari engine in it, is worthless to me.
Come on... what a dumb headline. Linux does not run windows apps better... It may run certain games that dont run in vista... but that does not mean it runs windows apps better than vista. It means it runs SOME old games.
iTunes is garbage performance wise... Feature wise, its excellent. Thats it is what i meant. That is why the Zune failed. Its software was horrible, and well Microsoft just isnt cool:)
I need a quadcore qx6700 just to get itunes to run smoothly on windows. Apple purposely writes shitty software for windows, just to try and make windows look bad. I find it horribly offensive, and frankly illegal.
Yet i do like my iphone and ipod just fine.
I want to see Steve Jobs arrested for his purposeful neglect to not optimize iTunes for Windows.
Zune Software is garbage. Media player is garbage too. iTunes is garbage, but it functions effortlessly and manages your music automatically. It also has a remember position option for mp3s / AACs that may be radio shows or books etc. Its nice to resume playback on long files like those.
But what is it about Microsoft, that prevents them from being successful? They've tried to be Yahoo, they've tried to be google, and they've tried to be Apple.
Why must they buy Yahoo? Wont they just ruin it?:)
Microsoft has copied all of these companies and has failed horribly at their own attempts. What prevents Microsoft from being successful as Google? I know... Google;)
But seriously... Why cant microsoft out cool the competition ever?:)
I'd mod you up if i could. Its just a stealthy attempt to install silverlight. Exactly as you said.
Dare i say, its even an attempt to get it installed on the pc's of IT experts who would find such a strip humorous... in hopes that they would see how cool silverlight is.
Talk about expanding yourself into ridiculous areas, that they need not be in. Write a fucking OS that isnt full of bloated shit, and supports all major graphic file formats, all open source and major video/audio codecs, a secure os without DRM, an OS that runs FASTER than previous versions...
JUST DO THAT.
Enough with the stupid attempts at trying to be as cool as google or yahoo. You're fucking Microsoft. You were never cool. STOP IT.
I work in post production and special fx. I'm a 3d character animator of film and games for 10+ years, and have been doing 3d animation back in the dos days. I've even worked as an expert consultant on the major 3d animation software packages.
You can edit just fine on windows:)
I'll add my latest Final Cut Pro experience to the mix... I took on a keying job as side freelance work recently here in NY. The client i had been working with, to complete and finish the keying job had to direct a shoot in washington. So i ran into the City to use his Mac edit station in the office and I needed to grab a shot that we missed. Final Cut Pro and Compressor, were constantly crashing. It was a headache. I knew i could do exactly what i needed to on a PC in about 2 seconds.
FCP crashes... and often.
Premiere Pro CS3 on the PC is just as capable as FCP and it in someways its even better. Sony Vegas is a toy. It went from having high praise, to being a budget app. Its not a professional tool anymore because Sony has no interest in making it so. It is a shame. Vegas has some serious design flaws anyways that prevent it from being a real long form editor. Too much rendering, and rerendering as it forgets prerendered clips far too easily, and its rather lame at that very simple and basic task. It is quick and fast to use though...
Avid Media Composer is still excellent, and it runs fine on Windows, even on non certified avid systems. The problem though... Avid is too tight controlled, and the Application is just dam old. It needs to be multithreaded etc. It still is a killer editor, and amazing at cutting and media management.
MOST post production are done on PCs, while yes... editing in FCP is usually handled on the MAC side because FCP is a nice and capable editor... thanks to good hardware addon card support, and APPLE's big push to back it. This is too apples credit. No NL Editor will ever be successful without the backing of a strong company willing to push it into the professional field. Again look at how Sony has gimped Vegas.
Adobe is trying hard with Premiere CS3. Its a nice editor, that rivals FCP in features and even has features FCP lacks. They're almost identical for the most part, and FCP was created by a former project lead of Premiere.
Anyways... Theres so much post production being done on the PC side, that saying editing on a mac "utterly kicks the crap out of anything you can find in the windows world".
From 3d animation and modelling, film res compositing of major motion pictures (fusion and nuke), tracking, wire replacement, motion capture, motion retiming, motion graphics, photomanipulation, keying, blah blah...
FCP is a great editor, but it is not flawless. It does crash, it does lack the media management that avid has. But what it does have... is Apple behind it, and Apple is a dam good ally to have when it is Apple's hardware that its running on, and they have a vested interest in keeping the Mac a video editing platform. Apple was quick to move, where as Avid didnt care enough, and were too arrogant enough to open up. Avid still has a hell of a market share though:)
And as for Premiere Pro CS3. It's not sure if Adobe is serious enough to want the blood of FCP:) But i think that is where Adobe is aiming.
Motion isnt even a tool worth mentioning in my world:) YUCK. I'll stick to Eyeon Fusion or Nuke.
I run vista 64 ultimate, and do plenty of video editing, photoshopping and 3d animation. Its what i do for a living. Vista 64 is solid as a rock!
It never crashes. I've not had any BSODS, or RSODS... Its been running nonstop, and flawlessly. All my devices have drivers that work very well.
I'm not saying your experience is invalid, but i think you need to buy better hardware from better manufacturers. Ultimately it is there fault for any instability on Vista.
I made sure to buy an intel board, and that all of my devices had 64bit drivers from solid companies. I'm running a QX6700, 8Gigs, GF8800GTX, Intel Bad Axe2 board, and vista is smooth.
Granted, its slower than xp... yes... but thats a different issue isnt it?:)
Vista is stable. You just have to be concerned about the quality of support you're buying when you buy a device. Most manufacturers write terrible drivers. So you have to make sure you buy from those who give a dam about their hardware.
Its a shame that companies really dont believe in what they say... but what do you expect... its business.
There are some real true green efforts out there by a handful of the tech companies but in reality... Green is just being tossed around to make everyone feel good about themselves.
Nothing was more ridiculous than watching NBC turn off their studio lights during their halftime show of a football game, claiming "NBC is going green"
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MS is constantly trying to copycat, rather than innovate.
They better learn soon, that we dont want microsoft products that are just bought out products from other companies...
They better learn that we dont want iPod clones.... we want new ideas, better software, more freedom...
We dont want google clones from microsoft.... We dont want an MS owned Yahoo. Yahoo is just fine as is...
So what will you do Microsoft? Will you continue to buy properties rather than create them? Will you continue this silly fat cat mentality where you chase innovative mice with wads of cash, or will you finally do you're own thing as a company?
We know there are talented coders at MS... How about we let them do their thing. Let these guys innovate rather than copy others.
We dont need MS Live. We Dont need Passport... You failed. Focus on the OS, focus on the software... Rethink and reinvent yourself... because you look like a company with no clue, incapable of doing anything other than failing miserably at everything as of late.
Hell you cant even code a f'n quality media player or graphics viewer. Vista is a mess... Everyone avoids MSNBC, LIVE, MSN...
Get this... Your control schemes are not appealing and we're not biting. Switch it up, appeal to people and stop trying to screw the users.
Stop being an asshole just to be one. You dont get it, like most typical linux zealots. Your os of choice is NOT safe from corporate branding.
It is only so as of now, due to its low popularity.
The goal of all of these companies is to divide the market into their own sections for which they control. They have no interest in linux because it is a small audience and not worth the developement costs.
not sure what you mean by lame argument. I agree with the poster. I'm just saying its the intentions of these companies to infect our computers, no matter what the os.
And no... i dont think it is entirely possible to control it. We all know what Sony did with their rootkit.
You make a hell of a point and i agree with you completely on what you're saying. I too can not stand that ATI has to brand my right click menu with their nonsense, and the endless tray icons and how each company seems to have its own download/updater application. I agree completely with that. Its a waste of resources, and a bothersome mess.
I agree with you on that. No way i could possibly disagree with you. BUT... Google wants their name on all desktops. Microsoft wants everyone using live... Yahoo wants everyone using Yahoo... Even the linux folks too. It's a mentality these companies have where they want to brand our desktops.
Hell look what aol did for years. They still do it, with their own anti spyware programs and stuff like that. It's just disgusting and insulting.
Thus is the nature of these big companies though. They want to brand us. I dont think there is much we can do about it as long as we use applications and services from these big companies. I have google talk on my desktop... i use windows vista's search though. I dont use google's desktop.
I install the ati driver, without the ati control panel so i dont get that lame ATI right click menu...
Logitech, Adobe etc.. all have their own updating services running. I could turn them off though.
It's not that bad if you can control it, but yeah i agree often these companies over step the line of decency and i'm all for giving them the finger.
You should run Vista. I'm not running any AV etc. Yes windows defender is running but... in general thanks to UAC... I really have no problems with web spam popup/install hijack stuff like XP did.
Two vista systems here running clean.
Vista's not flawless... but it is an improvement in some ways.
Its the apps... Thats it.
It starts with the applications. Its things like iTunes. It's things like Office, Games, etc. On the more professional level, there are a lot of apps that are still just windows and those that do have linux versions lack the other complimenting applications that are only still on windows... which prevents people from using the linux versions.
There are other factors such as ease of use. Linux is still a bit tricky in some areas. Its a lot easier to install now a days but it is still not as smooth and straight forward as windows.
Hardware. Linux supports a lot of hardware... but not all.
The main thing is applications and not because its free. Just because it's free, doesnt mean i'll take it. A free Ferrari without its Ferrari engine in it, is worthless to me.
... and steal our jobs.
The whole China thing is a bad thing for our country. It is a good thing to have a relationship with China but not at the cost of our country.
Aero doesnt slow down your pc unless you have a crap video card. If you have a good one, Aero improves performance.
Two fucking arabs in a row boat are fishing cables looking for the US and Euro connections...
Hell, I be making sperm every time i bone a female.
Come on... what a dumb headline. Linux does not run windows apps better... It may run certain games that dont run in vista... but that does not mean it runs windows apps better than vista. It means it runs SOME old games.
It scrolls like shit in Vista 32 and Vista 64. On my QX6700 its useable. On my AMD 3500, it is unusable.
It was always slow in XP as well, but it did scroll a bit smoother... but iTunes is notorious for being a slow pig.
iTunes is garbage performance wise... Feature wise, its excellent. Thats it is what i meant. That is why the Zune failed. Its software was horrible, and well Microsoft just isnt cool :)
I need a quadcore qx6700 just to get itunes to run smoothly on windows. Apple purposely writes shitty software for windows, just to try and make windows look bad. I find it horribly offensive, and frankly illegal.
Yet i do like my iphone and ipod just fine.
I want to see Steve Jobs arrested for his purposeful neglect to not optimize iTunes for Windows.
Zune Software is garbage. Media player is garbage too. iTunes is garbage, but it functions effortlessly and manages your music automatically. It also has a remember position option for mp3s / AACs that may be radio shows or books etc. Its nice to resume playback on long files like those.
Microsoft is gimped its Zune with bad software.
But what is it about Microsoft, that prevents them from being successful? They've tried to be Yahoo, they've tried to be google, and they've tried to be Apple.
:)
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:)
Why must they buy Yahoo? Wont they just ruin it?
Microsoft has copied all of these companies and has failed horribly at their own attempts. What prevents Microsoft from being successful as Google? I know... Google
But seriously... Why cant microsoft out cool the competition ever?
Microsoft... isnt google, isnt yahoo, isnt apple...
What is Microsoft? When will they stop trying to be everyone else, and start fixing their own identity? Or do they think they can just buy cool?
I'd mod you up if i could. Its just a stealthy attempt to install silverlight. Exactly as you said.
Dare i say, its even an attempt to get it installed on the pc's of IT experts who would find such a strip humorous... in hopes that they would see how cool silverlight is.
I could careless. I want an OS that works first.
Talk about expanding yourself into ridiculous areas, that they need not be in. Write a fucking OS that isnt full of bloated shit, and supports all major graphic file formats, all open source and major video/audio codecs, a secure os without DRM, an OS that runs FASTER than previous versions...
JUST DO THAT.
Enough with the stupid attempts at trying to be as cool as google or yahoo. You're fucking Microsoft. You were never cool. STOP IT.
Nice post. Very informative. I found that interesting and helpful. Bravo you!
This is just silly.
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:) But i think that is where Adobe is aiming.
:) YUCK. I'll stick to Eyeon Fusion or Nuke.
I work in post production and special fx. I'm a 3d character animator of film and games for 10+ years, and have been doing 3d animation back in the dos days. I've even worked as an expert consultant on the major 3d animation software packages.
You can edit just fine on windows
I'll add my latest Final Cut Pro experience to the mix... I took on a keying job as side freelance work recently here in NY. The client i had been working with, to complete and finish the keying job had to direct a shoot in washington. So i ran into the City to use his Mac edit station in the office and I needed to grab a shot that we missed. Final Cut Pro and Compressor, were constantly crashing. It was a headache. I knew i could do exactly what i needed to on a PC in about 2 seconds.
FCP crashes... and often.
Premiere Pro CS3 on the PC is just as capable as FCP and it in someways its even better. Sony Vegas is a toy. It went from having high praise, to being a budget app. Its not a professional tool anymore because Sony has no interest in making it so. It is a shame. Vegas has some serious design flaws anyways that prevent it from being a real long form editor. Too much rendering, and rerendering as it forgets prerendered clips far too easily, and its rather lame at that very simple and basic task. It is quick and fast to use though...
Avid Media Composer is still excellent, and it runs fine on Windows, even on non certified avid systems. The problem though... Avid is too tight controlled, and the Application is just dam old. It needs to be multithreaded etc. It still is a killer editor, and amazing at cutting and media management.
MOST post production are done on PCs, while yes... editing in FCP is usually handled on the MAC side because FCP is a nice and capable editor... thanks to good hardware addon card support, and APPLE's big push to back it. This is too apples credit. No NL Editor will ever be successful without the backing of a strong company willing to push it into the professional field. Again look at how Sony has gimped Vegas.
Adobe is trying hard with Premiere CS3. Its a nice editor, that rivals FCP in features and even has features FCP lacks. They're almost identical for the most part, and FCP was created by a former project lead of Premiere.
Anyways... Theres so much post production being done on the PC side, that saying editing on a mac "utterly kicks the crap out of anything you can find in the windows world".
From 3d animation and modelling, film res compositing of major motion pictures (fusion and nuke), tracking, wire replacement, motion capture, motion retiming, motion graphics, photomanipulation, keying, blah blah...
FCP is a great editor, but it is not flawless. It does crash, it does lack the media management that avid has. But what it does have... is Apple behind it, and Apple is a dam good ally to have when it is Apple's hardware that its running on, and they have a vested interest in keeping the Mac a video editing platform. Apple was quick to move, where as Avid didnt care enough, and were too arrogant enough to open up. Avid still has a hell of a market share though
And as for Premiere Pro CS3. It's not sure if Adobe is serious enough to want the blood of FCP
Motion isnt even a tool worth mentioning in my world
I run vista 64 ultimate, and do plenty of video editing, photoshopping and 3d animation. Its what i do for a living. Vista 64 is solid as a rock!
:)
It never crashes. I've not had any BSODS, or RSODS... Its been running nonstop, and flawlessly. All my devices have drivers that work very well.
I'm not saying your experience is invalid, but i think you need to buy better hardware from better manufacturers. Ultimately it is there fault for any instability on Vista.
I made sure to buy an intel board, and that all of my devices had 64bit drivers from solid companies. I'm running a QX6700, 8Gigs, GF8800GTX, Intel Bad Axe2 board, and vista is smooth.
Granted, its slower than xp... yes... but thats a different issue isnt it?
Vista is stable. You just have to be concerned about the quality of support you're buying when you buy a device. Most manufacturers write terrible drivers. So you have to make sure you buy from those who give a dam about their hardware.
This is the real reason. You're correct. Its the old MS code that is in there for the windows stuff etc.
OS/2 was great for its time. I enjoyed running it but its days have come and gone.
I'm sure many of us are aware... but let us not forget who Premier Election Solutions, really are. They are Diebold.
Changing the name was a sneaky move.
Its a shame that companies really dont believe in what they say... but what do you expect... its business.
There are some real true green efforts out there by a handful of the tech companies but in reality... Green is just being tossed around to make everyone feel good about themselves.
Nothing was more ridiculous than watching NBC turn off their studio lights during their halftime show of a football game, claiming "NBC is going green"
In Soviet Union, Brick is phone!