When Firefox developers won't fix important issues that would improve browser acceptance in areas like internet cafes, kiosks etc, you have to wonder. What company wants a browser that you can't lock down?
Don't forget the spyplane "gift". Of course, the Chinese gave it back.. in pieces, after they stripped it.
In some reports they quoted intelligence sources saying it had given them a 10 year advantage.
But they are also incredibly more isolated and paranoid than they used to be. I wonder why?
1. Dubya publicly states they are part of an "Axis of Evil"
2. N Korea gets paranoid about US aggression
3. N Korea withdraws from non-proliferation treaty
4. N Korea pursues uranium enrichment to protect their regime from the threat of invasion.
Things were a lot better before the sabre rattling/foreign policy cockups.
If you're talking about who's been most influential in holding back computing by about 10 years.. I believe Mr Gates wins hands down.
Before I get modded down to oblivion (or up, this is slashdot), look at where the real innovations come from; it isn't Microsoft, unless you count the small companies that it assimilates once they come up with something promising.
An example: with the iPod, Apple is setting a new standard for mp3 players, and there's healthy competition. What is Microsoft setting the standard in? (apart from it's own standards..)
I don't think Mr Gates can be considered influential, next to others who are actually shaping rather than strangling the industry.
My opinion, YMMV etc.
I refer you to this webpage, where Microsoft has not fixed a known vulnerability in 123 days and counting. The others were not fixed in a timely fashion either. Show me an OSS vulnerability of similar criticality where it has taken that long.
It took Google to do this. I mean, what were the chances of the incumbents doing this, if Google hadn't?
That's what happens when you sit around and be complacent.
Well done Google! The others are just playing catch-up.
No one uses software RAID for performance, although the performance is good compared with the cheap 1+0 cards available.
The real advantage of software over hardware RAID is that you don't need to keep a spare RAID card around. With hardware RAID, when your RAID card fails you'll need exactly the same make & model card to read your data.
With Linux software RAID, you can read the drive set on any system with the raid modules.
It is hardly suprising that those in the US (land of the free etc) point the finger at China's human rights record, whilst ignoring human rights abuses in their own back yard (Guantanamo Bay, Iraqi prisoners, etc). I'd say our hypocracy (do as we say, but not as we do) and our naive view of the world ("good" vs "evil") has given us a lot of rope with which to hang ourselves.
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When Firefox developers won't fix important issues that would improve browser acceptance in areas like internet cafes, kiosks etc, you have to wonder. What company wants a browser that you can't lock down?
This can only be a good thing. WIPO's domain dispute resolution process is severely flawed , I wonder if the FSFE could bring some balance?
Don't forget the spyplane "gift". Of course, the Chinese gave it back.. in pieces, after they stripped it.
In some reports they quoted intelligence sources saying it had given them a 10 year advantage.
It's worth about $699 per CPU! Don't tell these litigious bastards that at that price, it's way too cheap! :)
Perhaps I didn't make my previous post clear enough. We had a dialog with North Korea, before Dubya came along and severed it.
Their government is insane, certainly.
But they are also incredibly more isolated and paranoid than they used to be. I wonder why?
1. Dubya publicly states they are part of an "Axis of Evil"
2. N Korea gets paranoid about US aggression
3. N Korea withdraws from non-proliferation treaty
4. N Korea pursues uranium enrichment to protect their regime from the threat of invasion.
Things were a lot better before the sabre rattling/foreign policy cockups.
If you're talking about who's been most influential in holding back computing by about 10 years.. I believe Mr Gates wins hands down.
Before I get modded down to oblivion (or up, this is slashdot), look at where the real innovations come from; it isn't Microsoft, unless you count the small companies that it assimilates once they come up with something promising.
An example: with the iPod, Apple is setting a new standard for mp3 players, and there's healthy competition. What is Microsoft setting the standard in? (apart from it's own standards..)
I don't think Mr Gates can be considered influential, next to others who are actually shaping rather than strangling the industry. My opinion, YMMV etc.
I submitted this in April, crack mods rejected it.
Two brothers will count 80% of the vote.
In a country where no-bid contracts and the VP's corporate relationships aren't questioned, this is worrying.
I refer you to this webpage, where Microsoft has not fixed a known vulnerability in 123 days and counting. The others were not fixed in a timely fashion either. Show me an OSS vulnerability of similar criticality where it has taken that long.
It took Google to do this. I mean, what were the chances of the incumbents doing this, if Google hadn't?
That's what happens when you sit around and be complacent.
Well done Google! The others are just playing catch-up.
No one uses software RAID for performance, although the performance is good compared with the cheap 1+0 cards available.
The real advantage of software over hardware RAID is that you don't need to keep a spare RAID card around. With hardware RAID, when your RAID card fails you'll need exactly the same make & model card to read your data.
With Linux software RAID, you can read the drive set on any system with the raid modules.
[Queue comments about China's human rights record from flag wavers]
I believe Amnesty International just gave the US a damning report on human rights abuses. Detention without charge or trial
It is hardly suprising that those in the US (land of the free etc) point the finger at China's human rights record, whilst ignoring human rights abuses in their own back yard (Guantanamo Bay, Iraqi prisoners, etc). I'd say our hypocracy (do as we say, but not as we do) and our naive view of the world ("good" vs "evil") has given us a lot of rope with which to hang ourselves.
Flag waving is not a sport
Almost half of Iraq's population is under 18.