Microsoft did this because they were going to be sued for billions. They'd rather close it off and force the security companies to use a supported API than let them hook into the kernel and do whatever they want. The EU just made Windows Vista less secure on x64 systems.
Too bad that when compared to XP Home, the non-crippled version intended for most PCs is more expensive this time around. That is unless you want to use the version with an interface that Microsoft thinks is a punishment for pirates. So consumers are probably footing the bill for REDUCED rights to use their computer.
Standard language libraries are generally okay even if they aren't LGPL. Then there's the question of who decides which ones are part of the standard OS and may the original developer of the library just change their mind and sue no matter what.
According to the article, Microsoft didn't fund anything. They allegedly (no contract, no proof?) guaranteed BayStar's investment in SCO and backed out. I find it hilarious that someone took a for-profit corporation at their word with no contract (if they had one, I'd imagine they'd sue for breach of contract).
It's a bit harder to share a physical book with dozens of people than it is to copy something that is digital or comes on media that can be *easily* converted to digital and have unlimited copies made.
I think you forgot the part that the TV wouldn't automatically switch to widescreen view just by turning it over that way. The Zune is supposed to do just that.
mom: "stop playing that game!" child: "No." mom: "Fine, I'll make you!"
*child picks up phone and begins dialing 911 whilst screaming 'stop touching me mommy'*
*police arrive and drag child's mother off to jail*
Any questions as to why children are out of control?
The activation data apparently disappears every 120 days or so (as in, you could actually install on a completely different PC and it would let you). Possibly even less that that come to think of it. It's enough to keep people from installing on a fleet of machines and still allow upgraders to do their thing without a problem.
Microsoft was never stupid for assuming people buying their expensive RDBMS and *setting the beast up* would *password protect it* and neither are these ATM manufacturers. These machines are managing *money*. What more reason could you have for the banks to be anal retentive with the security of them? If they don't give a damn, they just don't give a damn.
A bank of all places should know better. There can be no blame for a manufacturer who provided a suitable design to a customer that should be an expert at this stuff.
NT's POSIX compliance has always been (except SFU which isn't really part of the OS, SUA and whatever Vista Enterprise will have) the bare minimum for POSIX compliance as of 1992. SFU was an addon for 32-bit Windows only and SUA is Win2k3 and Vista Enterprise (unless they've changed that) only. Oddly enough, Windows XP x64, which is based on the Windows 2003 Server x64 codebase, does not have either SFU or SUA. Here's hoping they'll throw us poor bastards who adopted their red headed stepchild OS a bone and give us SUA in XP x64 SP2.
I noticed that is felt like a rearranged XP with shiny stuff added along with annoying stuff and more memory consumed. It was like using a machine with preinstalled malware.
There was a man that tried to rob someone's home but managed to get trapped in their garage with no way out for days. When the owners came back, he was barely alive and sued them. He won.
The knife thing is perfectly possible. I suppose in a civil lawsuit, the judge is at his discretion as far as allowing a case where someone had no business (breaking & entering) of being in a house where they were injured.
There have also been cases of people breaking into houses, getting shot then suing and winning. I guess the legal system in the US is saying "if you can't kill them in one shot and save us the trouble of prosecuting them, you deserve to lose everything you have".
I think Apple has procedures for deauthorizing a computer and adding a new one in its place. Unless you're going through computers like the Flash, it shouldn't be much of a hassle.
It turned into a DirectX 9 tech demo where the developers basically told their customers to go sit on it and spin because "you don't know anything about 3D hardware like our godly programmers". They later whipped out the "You should be more grateful that we ported it to the PC at all! We're not making a dime off the PC port!". Must not have been too bad if they're porting Halo 2 to DirectX 10 (odd that a game that ran on DirectX 8 level hardware and a Win2k based OS will require DX 10 and Vista...). Oh yes, it's a tech demo.
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Microsoft did this because they were going to be sued for billions. They'd rather close it off and force the security companies to use a supported API than let them hook into the kernel and do whatever they want. The EU just made Windows Vista less secure on x64 systems.
Too bad that when compared to XP Home, the non-crippled version intended for most PCs is more expensive this time around. That is unless you want to use the version with an interface that Microsoft thinks is a punishment for pirates. So consumers are probably footing the bill for REDUCED rights to use their computer.
They updated IE in SP2 because that was where a ton of problems with Windows were coming from.
Is there even a requirement to enforce a copyright in order to keep it?
Standard language libraries are generally okay even if they aren't LGPL. Then there's the question of who decides which ones are part of the standard OS and may the original developer of the library just change their mind and sue no matter what.
According to the article, Microsoft didn't fund anything. They allegedly (no contract, no proof?) guaranteed BayStar's investment in SCO and backed out. I find it hilarious that someone took a for-profit corporation at their word with no contract (if they had one, I'd imagine they'd sue for breach of contract).
It's a bit harder to share a physical book with dozens of people than it is to copy something that is digital or comes on media that can be *easily* converted to digital and have unlimited copies made.
What if the patented aspects of the software can be implemented in hardware? Do you think the hardware should be patentable in that case?
I think you forgot the part that the TV wouldn't automatically switch to widescreen view just by turning it over that way. The Zune is supposed to do just that.
mom: "stop playing that game!" child: "No." mom: "Fine, I'll make you!"
*child picks up phone and begins dialing 911 whilst screaming 'stop touching me mommy'*
*police arrive and drag child's mother off to jail*
Any questions as to why children are out of control?
It was kind of hilarious that people tried the argument of "training" with DOOM (the *original* no less).
I thought it said "Tentical". I thought perhaps Intel was going to build Japanese schoolgirl molesting products for a second.
The activation data apparently disappears every 120 days or so (as in, you could actually install on a completely different PC and it would let you). Possibly even less that that come to think of it. It's enough to keep people from installing on a fleet of machines and still allow upgraders to do their thing without a problem.
Some else might duplicate it and sue YOU ?
To let the thugs know there's money coming out so they know to beat you for it.
Microsoft was never stupid for assuming people buying their expensive RDBMS and *setting the beast up* would *password protect it* and neither are these ATM manufacturers. These machines are managing *money*. What more reason could you have for the banks to be anal retentive with the security of them? If they don't give a damn, they just don't give a damn.
A bank of all places should know better. There can be no blame for a manufacturer who provided a suitable design to a customer that should be an expert at this stuff.
NT's POSIX compliance has always been (except SFU which isn't really part of the OS, SUA and whatever Vista Enterprise will have) the bare minimum for POSIX compliance as of 1992. SFU was an addon for 32-bit Windows only and SUA is Win2k3 and Vista Enterprise (unless they've changed that) only. Oddly enough, Windows XP x64, which is based on the Windows 2003 Server x64 codebase, does not have either SFU or SUA. Here's hoping they'll throw us poor bastards who adopted their red headed stepchild OS a bone and give us SUA in XP x64 SP2.
I noticed that is felt like a rearranged XP with shiny stuff added along with annoying stuff and more memory consumed. It was like using a machine with preinstalled malware.
Shouldn't it be opt-in rather than opt-out? Google operates just like a spammer?
There was a man that tried to rob someone's home but managed to get trapped in their garage with no way out for days. When the owners came back, he was barely alive and sued them. He won.
The knife thing is perfectly possible. I suppose in a civil lawsuit, the judge is at his discretion as far as allowing a case where someone had no business (breaking & entering) of being in a house where they were injured.
There have also been cases of people breaking into houses, getting shot then suing and winning. I guess the legal system in the US is saying "if you can't kill them in one shot and save us the trouble of prosecuting them, you deserve to lose everything you have".
"It would be terrible if someone found you dead sprinkled with crack because we didn't have the funds to protect you...cough cough"
I think Apple has procedures for deauthorizing a computer and adding a new one in its place. Unless you're going through computers like the Flash, it shouldn't be much of a hassle.
How long before they all start censoring everyone's results just so they'll have a consistent setup across the board?
It turned into a DirectX 9 tech demo where the developers basically told their customers to go sit on it and spin because "you don't know anything about 3D hardware like our godly programmers". They later whipped out the "You should be more grateful that we ported it to the PC at all! We're not making a dime off the PC port!". Must not have been too bad if they're porting Halo 2 to DirectX 10 (odd that a game that ran on DirectX 8 level hardware and a Win2k based OS will require DX 10 and Vista...). Oh yes, it's a tech demo.