"DOS" doesn't have as much relavance nor does MS need to protect it like they do Windows. MS doesn't sell MS-DOS anymore, so who cares if someone tries to trick consumers into buying... LS-DOS.
Lots of people still buy Windows, and I'll tell ya Lindows sure sounds similar to me.
And I was all about having Lindows go around and trick non-computer-savy consumers into buying their substandard product with their very similar, confusing name.
What ever happened to the old addage, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. If you don't want to join 'em, then trick everyone into thinking you're 'em." Damn you Bill Gates!
Wow. Had you RTFM (wow, that's fun to say!), you would have learned that you were updating the document stylesheet, which affects the whole document. All ya yad to do was uncheck "Update Automatically" from the Footer Styles.
What about linux girls? Does the opposite reaction happen? Oooh i can only immagine how funny it would be if a linux guy approached a linux girl (er...wait could that even happen? or is it like a + end of a magnet hitting a + end?)
I remember when I used to have that goal in mind... I figured, I'd first start selling really good tasting ice cream cones.... and it would all work out from there.
They haven't hit a wall. They're just giving up. There is always always room for improvement in searching... sure you can have natural language queries and stuff like that. But, getting rid of the Search engine "spam", and all those fake self-refering sites. C'mon google, that can't be that hard to get rid of. I mean, assuming you have a PHD and stuff... right?
Well, the idea is that, with strongly typed languages and a powerful IDE, you can quickly see the scope and type of any variable with a mouse over.
I was a big fan of Hungarian, but the more I think about it, most variables (so long as their not named Tmp, i, j, etc), are pretty obviously typed. InstanceCount sounds like an integer, DateReceived sounds like a time, FirstName, a string. Now that i've switched to descriptive names, i haven't run into a problem yet of not knowing the scope/type.
It truly sad to think that one company can create a very similar sounding trademark as an attempt to confuse consumers to switch to an inferior product.
Not mentioning specifics, but this is just like me creating a sodapop called KocaKola, nd branding it in a white script font against a red background.
Leaving generalities, MSFT is protecting their brand. Maintaining a brand is essential for anyone. How would you feel if MSFT branded its next version of Whatever with a Penguin?
... let a few hardware companies have a... the Windows XP source code... give them the right to publish any and all APIs in that source, give them the right to change that source any way they choose, give them the right to set up a standards commity outside of Microsoft... Monolopy gone, problem solved.
So a company spends lots and lots of $$$ to develop intellectual property, and then we force them to give away full rights to other companies? I can just see the rush of companies waiting to develop new innovations, only to have to give it away to other companies when it gets too big and popular.
But, your idea in principle works. I mean, think about it, we would have a ton of different operating systems based loosely upon the same Kernel, with incompatable features that work only on some systems... but then, the best OS wins and gains market dominace, and then has to give it all away, starting the cycle again. Brilliance.
I'm not audiophile, but doesn't WMA perform better than MP3? Also, didn't that group who owns MP3 just all of a sudden start enforcing patents? It seems to me that MS didn't want to risk this happening, so they developed their own, better system...
You must have missed the/sarcasm line?;-).But still, very interesting. I didn't realize there were this many (as I only use VB/C# and once COBOL).
Office2003 can save files using XML format, but does not do so by default to ensure backward compatability. Within a few years, the default will be changed to XML.
This is exactly why Microsoft is so afraid to open up its Office Document Standards, you know, like using XML or something instead of their closed DOC,XLS standard.
They so know that if they were to open up the CLR of their.net Technology, and like, allow people to write their own CLR languages, their stock would plummet.
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"DOS" doesn't have as much relavance nor does MS need to protect it like they do Windows. MS doesn't sell MS-DOS anymore, so who cares if someone tries to trick consumers into buying ... LS-DOS.
Lots of people still buy Windows, and I'll tell ya Lindows sure sounds similar to me.
And I was all about having Lindows go around and trick non-computer-savy consumers into buying their substandard product with their very similar, confusing name.
What ever happened to the old addage, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. If you don't want to join 'em, then trick everyone into thinking you're 'em." Damn you Bill Gates!
RTFM, n00b!
If you've ever wondered why your PHB just doesn't get it when it comes to UNIX and Linux, this article is for you
Hmm ... PHBs are retarded. Yet they don't use Linux. I don't get it ... I thought the two went hand in hand.
/flamebate.but.a.good.one
... that's crazy. Anyone think it'll stand up though? Is Europe/France just way behind technology and don't understand? Let's hope!
Wow. Had you RTFM (wow, that's fun to say!), you would have learned that you were updating the document stylesheet, which affects the whole document. All ya yad to do was uncheck "Update Automatically" from the Footer Styles.
Damn MS Office and it's easy to use database component!
People shouldn't try to make their own apps. If it can't be done in a spreasheet, then get hire a real programmer to write it in Oracle and C++.
Actually, the target audience is Microsoft Partners (vendors and solution providers). It's a cheatsheet for a salesman.
For non-trivial things, though, I have scads of problems ...
Pffft. Sounds like some one shoulda RTFM!
What about linux girls? Does the opposite reaction happen? Oooh i can only immagine how funny it would be if a linux guy approached a linux girl (er...wait could that even happen? or is it like a + end of a magnet hitting a + end?)
I remember when I used to have that goal in mind ... I figured, I'd first start selling really good tasting ice cream cones .... and it would all work out from there.
They haven't hit a wall. They're just giving up. There is always always room for improvement in searching ... sure you can have natural language queries and stuff like that. But, getting rid of the Search engine "spam", and all those fake self-refering sites. C'mon google, that can't be that hard to get rid of. I mean, assuming you have a PHD and stuff ... right?
... or bad things ... or pretty much anything, come to an end sometime. Except Microsoft of course.
I think Google has deviated too much from searching, with their Blogger aquisition, and other stuff like that. We'll see how long they stay around.
Well, the idea is that, with strongly typed languages and a powerful IDE, you can quickly see the scope and type of any variable with a mouse over.
I was a big fan of Hungarian, but the more I think about it, most variables (so long as their not named Tmp, i, j, etc), are pretty obviously typed. InstanceCount sounds like an integer, DateReceived sounds like a time, FirstName, a string. Now that i've switched to descriptive names, i haven't run into a problem yet of not knowing the scope/type.
Hungarian is the old standard. Microsoft is now encouraging a pascal/camel case type notation. New focus: readability.
/unavoidable
You and me both. But, it looks like dentists have already won their battle for free software. Of course, I can't comment on how good it is ....
So where do I sign up to convince people to write POS Software for me?
It truly sad to think that one company can create a very similar sounding trademark as an attempt to confuse consumers to switch to an inferior product.
Not mentioning specifics, but this is just like me creating a sodapop called KocaKola, nd branding it in a white script font against a red background.
Leaving generalities, MSFT is protecting their brand. Maintaining a brand is essential for anyone. How would you feel if MSFT branded its next version of Whatever with a Penguin?
I'll build you a free POS System. You'll be paying development costs though, right?
1. Keep software proprietary and expensive
2. No one buys it because its not worth the money
3. ?????
4. ?????
You left out,
5. Make Billions.
Odd, that seems to be the route that Microsoft, Oracle, Peoplesoft, SAP, CA (to name a few) took. Now to only figure out magical #4 and #5 ...
Give me cash! Make Microsoft pay reparations
What would be fair reparations? You balk at $5, but consider 50M x $5 = $250M. That's a hefty sum for anyone to fork over.
So a company spends lots and lots of $$$ to develop intellectual property, and then we force them to give away full rights to other companies? I can just see the rush of companies waiting to develop new innovations, only to have to give it away to other companies when it gets too big and popular.
But, your idea in principle works. I mean, think about it, we would have a ton of different operating systems based loosely upon the same Kernel, with incompatable features that work only on some systems ... but then, the best OS wins and gains market dominace, and then has to give it all away, starting the cycle again. Brilliance.
I'm not audiophile, but doesn't WMA perform better than MP3? Also, didn't that group who owns MP3 just all of a sudden start enforcing patents? It seems to me that MS didn't want to risk this happening, so they developed their own, better system ...
You must have missed the /sarcasm line? ;-).But still, very interesting. I didn't realize there were this many (as I only use VB/C# and once COBOL).
Office2003 can save files using XML format, but does not do so by default to ensure backward compatability. Within a few years, the default will be changed to XML.
Open standards would kill Microsoft
This is exactly why Microsoft is so afraid to open up its Office Document Standards, you know, like using XML or something instead of their closed DOC,XLS standard.
They so know that if they were to open up the CLR of their .net Technology, and like, allow people to write their own CLR languages, their stock would plummet.
/sarcasm