Hmmm... What's the lawsuit cost sco? How much licencing fees have they brought in? How can youpossibly say they've profited off code they never wrote? Sure Calderra Linux had some promise... But Profit???
And if joe sixpack is using firefox, he's already among the enlightened ones anyway. He might take a moment and actually read what's in front of him...
Firefox checks for updates on windows and asks you if you want to updated. If you're stupid enough to click no, then it's your own damn fault if you get burned.
Exactly - Intel knows where the bulk of their processor market is, and Cray isn't it...
The SME, SOHO, end Consumer market is where they make a the most of their money IMO.
To invest in a platform only to be used in Crays is a tad bit foolish isn't it? Especially because the Enterprise computing market is pretty crowded as it is...
The really interesting question is: will Linux be able to carry Itanic, now that MS is starting to leave it behind?
If there's isn't one already, I'm sure there will be a NetBSD port for it eventually. The Penguin isn't the be-all-end-all of free [as in beer] software that works you know...
And you think Linux or MacOS are any less succesptible?
You cannot prevent Malware like that. The weather tray icon in XP is a perfect example. Users wanted it. Even if they were prompted for root password, they'd still install it. Bonzai buddy is an equally good example of such malware.
Here's another case; let's say a user writes a gnome app that looks exactly like the gnome prompt for a root password. How many end users would probably just type it in, as it gets transmitted to some web based source that'll now have root access to your computer?
I can think of many ways malware authors can take advantage of a Lycoris / Linspire user if the market was there.
No OS is safe. ActiveX security is where Windows sets itself apart and looks bad, but malware authors have found many other ways to do what they want besides ActiveX exploits.
I'd like to see some better real-time scanning... Adaware's ad-watch isn't very for end users. It monitors for system config changes. Not effective when the user doesn't have a clue.
Spybot S&D immunizes your browser, but spyware can get in other ways too through adware programs. It helps but isn't perfect.
If Microsoft can get a good, real-time scanning software package going, then it might just be onto something.
While I agree with what you say, I'd like to point out that the officers of a corporation are legally liable for the actions of said corporation, at least here in Canada.
When a business declares bankruptcy for example, the labour relations board has the right to persue payment for back wages from the officers of the company.
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If not AMD then a Via C3 or Transmeta chip... Or did you forget there were FOUR x86 processor choices (granted transmeta is in serious trouble)
Someone will come out to satisfy the demand for non DRM'd chips.
The web site they referenced: http://www.whereisphantom.com Seems to be suffering the /. effect... (It still pings)...
/. readers linking to that site brought it down?
Can it be that thousands of
Hmmm... What's the lawsuit cost sco? How much licencing fees have they brought in? How can youpossibly say they've profited off code they never wrote? Sure Calderra Linux had some promise... But Profit???
lol true that - what ever happended to middle of the road?
As bush said "If you aren't with us, you're against us". So if you aren't on the right, you must be on the left.
The Firefox one is pretty obvious.
And if joe sixpack is using firefox, he's already among the enlightened ones anyway. He might take a moment and actually read what's in front of him...
Firefox checks for updates on windows and asks you if you want to updated. If you're stupid enough to click no, then it's your own damn fault if you get burned.
AFAIK Firefox [ on win ] checks for updates itself. It should never be out of date.
On linux, you have stuff like apt / yum / portage to keep computers up to date.
Mac version probably updates itself too, but don't quote me on that.
Perhaps, but the Alpha team is engineering at AMD now...
Running Gentoo huh?
Exactly - Intel knows where the bulk of their processor market is, and Cray isn't it...
The SME, SOHO, end Consumer market is where they make a the most of their money IMO.
To invest in a platform only to be used in Crays is a tad bit foolish isn't it? Especially because the Enterprise computing market is pretty crowded as it is...
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FreeBSD kinda supports it too.
Although who knows if it'll ever reach Tier 1 status now...
lol adaware adwatch isn't very good for end users... It plain sucks honestly... All it does is annoyingly alert you every time a registry key changes.
Norton 2005 has some malware signatures, but is far from complete.
The problem with spyware is there's a lot of voluntary spyware out there -> like the crap Kazaa installs...
Thank you! That was my point - you just worded it way better than i did :)
The really interesting question is: will Linux be able to carry Itanic, now that MS is starting to leave it behind?
If there's isn't one already, I'm sure there will be a NetBSD port for it eventually. The Penguin isn't the be-all-end-all of free [as in beer] software that works you know...
Time to trade in that penguin flag for a bsd daemon flag and learn the true meaning of stable computing :) /me ducks for cover
What the hell - I'll burn up a bit of Karma for that one.
The Itanic was an arrogant move on Intel's part - to drop backwards compatibility.
AMD obviously took the right path here. Viva AMD!
Intel dropped support for Alpha and MIPS
What? I thought Alpha was made by DEC... What support did Intel have for Alpha? You probably meant that Microsoft dropped support for Alpha and MIPS.
And you think Linux or MacOS are any less succesptible?
You cannot prevent Malware like that. The weather tray icon in XP is a perfect example. Users wanted it. Even if they were prompted for root password, they'd still install it. Bonzai buddy is an equally good example of such malware.
Here's another case; let's say a user writes a gnome app that looks exactly like the gnome prompt for a root password. How many end users would probably just type it in, as it gets transmitted to some web based source that'll now have root access to your computer?
I can think of many ways malware authors can take advantage of a Lycoris / Linspire user if the market was there.
No OS is safe. ActiveX security is where Windows sets itself apart and looks bad, but malware authors have found many other ways to do what they want besides ActiveX exploits.
Okay that one was deliberate - there's an irony about spelling "dumb" as "dum"
I'd like to see some better real-time scanning... Adaware's ad-watch isn't very for end users. It monitors for system config changes. Not effective when the user doesn't have a clue.
Spybot S&D immunizes your browser, but spyware can get in other ways too through adware programs. It helps but isn't perfect.
If Microsoft can get a good, real-time scanning software package going, then it might just be onto something.
Hahaha... Oops...
:)
Should read more carefully
Mod me -1 -> Really Dum...
It's friggin' PIM!!! PIM!!! GODDAMN IT!
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While I agree with what you say, I'd like to point out that the officers of a corporation are legally liable for the actions of said corporation, at least here in Canada.
When a business declares bankruptcy for example, the labour relations board has the right to persue payment for back wages from the officers of the company.
They're already mixing in biodiesel in regular diesel in Canada... 2%... Might not sound like much, but it helps...