I think that would be his solution no matter which OS was used. Letting inexperienced people install whatever they want is a reciepe for disaster. The whole reason for these spyware epidemic is due to exactly this reason.
It also makes complete sense to have one person being the admin for a shared resource, you can't let people who have no idea what they are doing admin a shared system.
I just wish someone would create an Apt-get-like program for windows and create a windows repository. Apt-get saves me so much time on my home machine I would love to have the same power to keep my family and friends computers applications up to date. I've got them all loving open source programs like firefox and gaim, but keeping them all up to date is a never ending (and somewhat thankless) task...
I think it would be a killer app to spread the open source joy!
What's the big difference between software and hardware patents? The patent is on the idea, which is information, which is software...
Patents are ok if used correctly. The problem is that they're being given out to obvious solutions when they are specifically meant for non-obvious solutions. We really need some sort of peer review going on where many eyes can reveiw these things before they can get cast in stone and you need expensive lawyers and lots of time to remove them.
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I think that would be his solution no matter which OS was used. Letting inexperienced people install whatever they want is a reciepe for disaster. The whole reason for these spyware epidemic is due to exactly this reason. It also makes complete sense to have one person being the admin for a shared resource, you can't let people who have no idea what they are doing admin a shared system.
I just wish someone would create an Apt-get-like program for windows and create a windows repository. Apt-get saves me so much time on my home machine I would love to have the same power to keep my family and friends computers applications up to date. I've got them all loving open source programs like firefox and gaim, but keeping them all up to date is a never ending (and somewhat thankless) task... I think it would be a killer app to spread the open source joy!
What's the big difference between software and hardware patents? The patent is on the idea, which is information, which is software...
Patents are ok if used correctly. The problem is that they're being given out to obvious solutions when they are specifically meant for non-obvious solutions. We really need some sort of peer review going on where many eyes can reveiw these things before they can get cast in stone and you need expensive lawyers and lots of time to remove them.