> Why would you need the OS to run Perl scripts? Shouldn't you be using Perl to do that?
Well yes. What I mean is you shouldn't have to go and get a perl interpreter. Perl is perfectly portable, and very common, why should the OS not include the iterpreter? Everything has included it since like forever, why should the mainstream OS not include it?
I don't see why they don't include the the most common win32 interpreter, it's not like they include ONLY MS components.
The OS should just allow one to run perl scripts or binaries. We don't need the shell to be so complex that it becomes unfeasible to maintain it. MS should take a long hard look at the likes of WindowMaker and XFCE, or even geoshell etc. From what I can see the 2003/NT5.1 kernel is reasonably stable, which is a first, so this vista release to me is just a cosmetic on (RICE indeed), those improvements to the three year old kernel should be just driver, and possibly performance upgrades.
Don't forget the wing episode, that was taking the piss totally.
I'm in the UK so the MBP episode was quite funny for me:
"Half man, half bear and half pig, no wait thats not possible"
"Could be half man and half bear pig"
Well it was funny at the time.
I don't get this article. UNIX variants all have Perl OOTB, perl's still exciting. What's the issue, there's loads to do with perl, and it keeps things fresh and exciting.
TFA is probably just referring to things like skype, but who needs skype, jingle is out, that's way better I've heard, and google are going down that route.
It's MS that's not exciting, XP is more than a few years old now.
One of the most depressing things about the IT world is the number of books one must read for a subject, consider C, it takes many books for one to become a guru, but other more 'modern' languages are simplistic, and perhaps one or two books is all it takes to grasp java/c#/python etc etc.
Could this be the result in the change of trends?
Has wikipedia and it's subordinates taken the place of the dead tree library?
ah, but that's only good if the webserver isnt virtual. That would only be of use if the webserver treats all incomming on that IP address for that virtual site. If you have ever setup multiple websites on the same IP you will know what I mean, I'm just useless at explaining it.
I think they're large for debug informaiton. I noticed in visual studio just a simple comand line program took a second or two to execute, after I turned off a bunch of stuff the program would actually execute in an OK time, similar to that of default options in DevC++, where it executed instantaneously first time, OOTB.
For a software giant, they[ms] aren't that userfriendly. Total bullshit.
If everything built in the industry is like this then I guess they have the backing of the power companies.
And what happens when the enemy get hold and defuse the mine, can they not then get the encryption key, then tell all your other mines that the war is over?
Why would switching to GNU/Linux be a bad idea? Just because MS WGA *might* stop a pirate copy running, should not mean you switch OS because your illegal copy no longer runs. You should go and get the licence, otherwise you are switching for the wrong reasons. You should be switching as as matter of evolution, it's the sort of thing a mature mind grows into.
> "That's the entire point of Fedora; if you want something with > a slower release cycle, try debian (joking!). > Seriously though, something like Ubuntu or Mandrivia might suit > you better if stablity is more important to you than bleeding-edge.
No that is *exactly* why I use debian, I got sick of Ubuntu's frequent releases. I don't want to think about that sort of thing when I use my workstation, there's just no need to keep updating FF, when a given version in sarge is known stable, and it's just security patches that are applied once in a while.
If GoDaddy wants to make a stand they should alter their TOS to that effect BEFORE blocking domains. If they block the domains there should not be an extortionate fee to release it. The domain is neutral in this, the abuser should, although they are wrong, not have to pay GoDaddy in this way.
GoDaddy are not a organisation who should tell the domain registrant what they can and cannot do with their domains.
If GoDaddy does not wish to be associated with the content or the use of the domains, then they should force the owners to transfer them to another registrar, such as preventing the name servers from being added.
I wonder if this behaviour is aginst the ICANN rules.
No. It's about the 8 year olds having sex and firing bb guns in the woods. 16 is pretty much 18... there's no big deal if they're watching inappropriate material. Big deal if they're much younger.
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> Why would you need the OS to run Perl scripts? Shouldn't you be using Perl to do that?
Well yes. What I mean is you shouldn't have to go and get a perl interpreter. Perl is perfectly portable, and very common, why should the OS not include the iterpreter? Everything has included it since like forever, why should the mainstream OS not include it?
I don't see why they don't include the the most common win32 interpreter, it's not like they include ONLY MS components.
The OS should just allow one to run perl scripts or binaries. We don't need the shell to be so complex that it becomes unfeasible to maintain it. MS should take a long hard look at the likes of WindowMaker and XFCE, or even geoshell etc. From what I can see the 2003/NT5.1 kernel is reasonably stable, which is a first, so this vista release to me is just a cosmetic on (RICE indeed), those improvements to the three year old kernel should be just driver, and possibly performance upgrades.
Can we have a limit please on the number of patents one company may have.
Don't forget the wing episode, that was taking the piss totally. I'm in the UK so the MBP episode was quite funny for me: "Half man, half bear and half pig, no wait thats not possible" "Could be half man and half bear pig" Well it was funny at the time.
And so they dig it up and find their Platinum and Gold.
Oh man, that would be so funny if there were stacks of cds burried there. Totally awesom.
Extra points for your reference to southpark! Well done sir!
that made my year!
I don't get this article. UNIX variants all have Perl OOTB, perl's still exciting. What's the issue, there's loads to do with perl, and it keeps things fresh and exciting.
TFA is probably just referring to things like skype, but who needs skype, jingle is out, that's way better I've heard, and google are going down that route.
It's MS that's not exciting, XP is more than a few years old now.
One of the most depressing things about the IT world is the number of books one must read for a subject, consider C, it takes many books for one to become a guru, but other more 'modern' languages are simplistic, and perhaps one or two books is all it takes to grasp java/c#/python etc etc.
Could this be the result in the change of trends?
Has wikipedia and it's subordinates taken the place of the dead tree library?
ah, but that's only good if the webserver isnt virtual. That would only be of use if the webserver treats all incomming on that IP address for that virtual site. If you have ever setup multiple websites on the same IP you will know what I mean, I'm just useless at explaining it.
I think they're large for debug informaiton. I noticed in visual studio just a simple comand line program took a second or two to execute, after I turned off a bunch of stuff the program would actually execute in an OK time, similar to that of default options in DevC++, where it executed instantaneously first time, OOTB.
For a software giant, they[ms] aren't that userfriendly. Total bullshit.
If everything built in the industry is like this then I guess they have the backing of the power companies.
> Vista setup uses WinPE - which is available now for
> many Windows business customers as well.
WinPE? That sounds like a fast food chain in the UK, wimpy, http://www.wimpyburgers.co.uk./
And what happens when the enemy get hold and defuse the mine, can they not then get the encryption key, then tell all your other mines that the war is over?
Would take a lot to reverse engineer the certs that MS issues.
Why would switching to GNU/Linux be a bad idea? Just because MS WGA *might* stop a pirate copy running, should not mean you switch OS because your illegal copy no longer runs. You should go and get the licence, otherwise you are switching for the wrong reasons. You should be switching as as matter of evolution, it's the sort of thing a mature mind grows into.
> "That's the entire point of Fedora; if you want something with
> a slower release cycle, try debian (joking!).
> Seriously though, something like Ubuntu or Mandrivia might suit
> you better if stablity is more important to you than bleeding-edge.
No that is *exactly* why I use debian, I got sick of Ubuntu's frequent releases. I don't want to think about that sort of thing when I use my workstation, there's just no need to keep updating FF, when a given version in sarge is known stable, and it's just security patches that are applied once in a while.
> You're right. Support for 95% of the market doesn't
> mean shit if important little you can't run it on
> your platform of choice.
95% of the readers don't care about your post.
95% of users don't care what the internet runs in.
4.5% of the world does care.
I don't think this article means shit to the readers to be
honest.
I saw the IE part, but just because it uses the IE renderer does not mean that it requires the IE executable, just like Opera...
There's no linux version, unless I missed something, if that's the case, mod this down. Otherwise, does anyone have it working in wine?
Would be interesting to look at the demographic based on user agent from the MS net blocks.
"The way things are going in three to five years nobody will be able to charge for a database. Look how fast mysql and postgres are gaining features."
People out there believe the FUD and lack practicle experience, so they pay up, no matter.
If GoDaddy wants to make a stand they should alter their TOS to that effect BEFORE blocking domains. If they block the domains there should not be an extortionate fee to release it. The domain is neutral in this, the abuser should, although they are wrong, not have to pay GoDaddy in this way.
GoDaddy are not a organisation who should tell the domain registrant what they can and cannot do with their domains.
If GoDaddy does not wish to be associated with the content or the use of the domains, then they should force the owners to transfer them to another registrar, such as preventing the name servers from being added.
I wonder if this behaviour is aginst the ICANN rules.
No. It's about the 8 year olds having sex and firing bb guns in the woods. 16 is pretty much 18... there's no big deal if they're watching inappropriate material. Big deal if they're much younger.
I will stop attacking MS when they make a Linux distro, based on deb or better and contribute to the FSF.