Interresting you should bring this up.
Consider this:
1. The rest of the world with which Massachusetts gov communicates is using MS Office documents.
2. The most likely product to replace MS Office in Massachusetts gov will be OO.org or *Office.
3. OO.org does an good 90% job when it comes to Office documents.
Given these, how hard do you think it will be for the Massachusetts gov to enforce the "open document only" standard? How many gov employees, do you wager, are just going to save everything as *.doc because its 'easier'?
I checked thinksecret; there isn't any info (I can find) about FrontRow other than it is included with new iMacs.
Could you provide a link to the information.
Being an open standard does not guarantee any sort of compatability accross implementations whatsoever.
The fact that Sun religiously guards what is called 'Java' with their compatibility test kits is what makes Java so uniform accross platforms. Does C#/.NET have such an analog?
A few years back, I had a serious Java epiphany. Try taking a JAR that runs on an IBM JVM (AIX) and, without a recompile or glitches, run it on a Sun JVM (Windows). It just works.
A C# program targeting the Mono runtime will probably be very portable to all operating systems that run Mono. But, will a Mono app/code base developed on Linux run just as smoothly on the.NET runtime in Windows?
Try Google Reader now.
All the slowness must have been a temporary glitch. It is now quite snappy.
The interface is pretty neat. I like the way that the blog entry list scrolls every time you click; it scrolls just enough so that the next click you make is on the next entry w/o moving the mouse.
Keyboard shortcuts are also thoughtful.
The really nice thing is it displays full-html postings inline.
Lets blame the electric company for these phishing attacks. Eventually, they won't be able to stand all the losses, and will send a power surge that destroys all the phisher's computer systems. Yea! That ought to work.
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On a related note check out today's foxtrot comic.
Have you ever owned a car?
Perhaps you got the Eternal Life for Automobiles policy?
Please mod me down; I regret posting this on several levels.
Isn't that sort of like asking Ms. Hilton to address MENSA?
Since the US postal system isn't 100% reliable, perhaps they will use carrier pigeons?
Since the US postal system isn't 100% reliable, perhaps they will use ?
Interresting you should bring this up. Consider this: 1. The rest of the world with which Massachusetts gov communicates is using MS Office documents. 2. The most likely product to replace MS Office in Massachusetts gov will be OO.org or *Office. 3. OO.org does an good 90% job when it comes to Office documents. Given these, how hard do you think it will be for the Massachusetts gov to enforce the "open document only" standard? How many gov employees, do you wager, are just going to save everything as *.doc because its 'easier'?
Some guy on www.tuaw.com claims to have spoken with an apple sales rep about this. Supposedly, Front Row won't be available for older macs. I sure hope he's wrong.
I checked thinksecret; there isn't any info (I can find) about FrontRow other than it is included with new iMacs. Could you provide a link to the information.
Its only 3 hours of batter life.
Does anyone know if FrontRow (and remote) will be available for anything other than the new iMac?
I can't find any info about this on Apple's site.
Absolutely! The post was made in jest.
But NOW we have Google Labs.
...does IPTV stand for Intellectual Property TV?
Wow! You suffer from heart-burn, right?
...a Beowulf cluster of these.
10,000 /doters render http://betterdesktop.ximian.com/video/ unusable.
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When it comes to natural selection, is consolidation banned from the game?
Being an open standard does not guarantee any sort of compatability accross implementations whatsoever.
The fact that Sun religiously guards what is called 'Java' with their compatibility test kits is what makes Java so uniform accross platforms.
Does C#/.NET have such an analog?
A few years back, I had a serious Java epiphany. Try taking a JAR that runs on an IBM JVM (AIX) and, without a recompile or glitches, run it on a Sun JVM (Windows). It just works.
.NET runtime in Windows?
A C# program targeting the Mono runtime will probably be very portable to all operating systems that run Mono. But, will a Mono app/code base developed on Linux run just as smoothly on the
Try Google Reader now. All the slowness must have been a temporary glitch. It is now quite snappy. The interface is pretty neat. I like the way that the blog entry list scrolls every time you click; it scrolls just enough so that the next click you make is on the next entry w/o moving the mouse. Keyboard shortcuts are also thoughtful. The really nice thing is it displays full-html postings inline.
...one day, the RIAA may become a major opponent of frivolous law suits.
Lets blame the electric company for these phishing attacks. Eventually, they won't be able to stand all the losses, and will send a power surge that destroys all the phisher's computer systems. Yea! That ought to work.