As a primarily Windows user since 1999, I just wish they had introduced UAC (or encouraged limited users more) with XP SP2. Vista's biggest complaint may have been resolved by now. I've wanted to run Windows as a Standard User easily since Windows 2000. Quite honestly, it's been nearly impossible until recently. If what Mr. Cross says is true, it has worked (despite the public backlash against Vista).
Vista has had many issues (UAC and Drivers being my biggest complaints), but it has been my primary OS since NVIDIA finally released a stable driver back in December.
It's taken nearly a year since commercial introduction, but it is now a quite stable OS. I haven't seen a system crash since December (previously 90% + due to NVIDIA's drivers), UAC has been virtually non-existent (except for truly system-level changes and BOINC until version 6 is official), and DWM has been truly a blessing since day one (despite the overhead, this was my primary reason fory trying Vista in the first place -- I hardly ever see a stupid wall-of-mirrors or flickering of Windows; and the very few times I do, it's at an app level, not an OS/WM level).
Or, more precisely, it's free and doesn't violate the agreement Dell made (and all other MS OEM's) to not ship a PC without an operating system. Microsoft made this agreement under the assumption that if a PC was shipped without an OEM OS the user would install a pirated, or non-licensed, version of Windows on it.
No offense, but I could care less if students cheat. In the end they are only cheating themselves. The problem comes when these students enter the workforce and all the employers care about is their GPA and spend no time actually interviewing their potential candidates. A thorough interview and a good judge of character will weed out the slackers.
Kudos to the one employer I've had who truly had the ability to put together a great team. It was a sad day to see him leave.
Agreed. While Mozilla/Gecko are fantastic, we all know that it will not prospor on its merits alone. Hopefully the Mozilla Foundation will gain enough force to help with marketing someday. In the meantime, it's back to the grassroots campaign, trying to convert people one at a time.
Personally, I use Mozilla daily as my main browser. And am looking forward to future advancements with Firebird. I commend the Mozilla team for all their hard work! Others I know swear by Opera. Either way is a win-win for the internet community, with more pressure for standards compliance.
Kudos! And with this post written, and the new version downloaded, it's off to install 1.6!
There comes a time when code evolves to much more than what it was originally designed for. New requirements added to an already old codebase often require major hacks to get working for a deadline, and never get reworked, despite the programmers best intentions.
There comes a time to take a step back and look for patterns, useful idioms. Occasionally things can simply be refactored, but just as often a fundamental shift in program logic results.
And hey, writing new code is always more fun that mucking around old code!
Still a win/win for businesses. SUSE markets indemnification to businesses giving them that warm-fuzzy feeling they so need when purchasing products. This only provides more credibility in the enterprise workplace for Linux.
Of course, home users realize the fluff of the case at hand and couldn't care less. However, they are unlikely to purchase a support contract anyway.
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Vista has had many issues (UAC and Drivers being my biggest complaints), but it has been my primary OS since NVIDIA finally released a stable driver back in December.
It's taken nearly a year since commercial introduction, but it is now a quite stable OS. I haven't seen a system crash since December (previously 90% + due to NVIDIA's drivers), UAC has been virtually non-existent (except for truly system-level changes and BOINC until version 6 is official), and DWM has been truly a blessing since day one (despite the overhead, this was my primary reason fory trying Vista in the first place -- I hardly ever see a stupid wall-of-mirrors or flickering of Windows; and the very few times I do, it's at an app level, not an OS/WM level).
Bounty offering is their innovation!
Or, more precisely, it's free and doesn't violate the agreement Dell made (and all other MS OEM's) to not ship a PC without an operating system. Microsoft made this agreement under the assumption that if a PC was shipped without an OEM OS the user would install a pirated, or non-licensed, version of Windows on it.
Guilty until proven innocent! Sounds fabulous!
No offense, but I could care less if students cheat. In the end they are only cheating themselves. The problem comes when these students enter the workforce and all the employers care about is their GPA and spend no time actually interviewing their potential candidates. A thorough interview and a good judge of character will weed out the slackers.
Kudos to the one employer I've had who truly had the ability to put together a great team. It was a sad day to see him leave.
Agreed. While Mozilla/Gecko are fantastic, we all know that it will not prospor on its merits alone. Hopefully the Mozilla Foundation will gain enough force to help with marketing someday. In the meantime, it's back to the grassroots campaign, trying to convert people one at a time.
Personally, I use Mozilla daily as my main browser. And am looking forward to future advancements with Firebird. I commend the Mozilla team for all their hard work! Others I know swear by Opera. Either way is a win-win for the internet community, with more pressure for standards compliance.
Kudos! And with this post written, and the new version downloaded, it's off to install 1.6!
There comes a time when code evolves to much more than what it was originally designed for. New requirements added to an already old codebase often require major hacks to get working for a deadline, and never get reworked, despite the programmers best intentions.
There comes a time to take a step back and look for patterns, useful idioms. Occasionally things can simply be refactored, but just as often a fundamental shift in program logic results.
And hey, writing new code is always more fun that mucking around old code!
Still a win/win for businesses. SUSE markets indemnification to businesses giving them that warm-fuzzy feeling they so need when purchasing products. This only provides more credibility in the enterprise workplace for Linux. Of course, home users realize the fluff of the case at hand and couldn't care less. However, they are unlikely to purchase a support contract anyway. Jacob