Actually, this can be good even for Ubuntu. Think of having i7, Atom and Phenom versions of executable alongside classic 586 version. Also, having one repository instead of several can also streamline few things. Downside is more data transferred on software updates, unless some create really smart update which transfers only part of fat binary that is actually used on client.
Alongside websites, there are lot of Enterprise applications (frontends) moving to JavaScript, simply because deployment (including upgrades) to thousands of clients is so easy.
Net admin can tell you lots of benefits, but IMHO everything boils down to:
VM is able to move from one machine to another but OS alone is not. All other benefits are either derived from this or possible to do without VM. Lets not forget that VM brings performance penalty. If Phoronix benchmark is valid, penalty is significant. So, ability to move running Linux OS (for example) around across machines would bring even more consolidation (more virtual servers running on single Linux machine as separate users) because lost performance would not be lost any more. In such case Linux would be able to take user X from machine A and move it to machine B. I think Plan 9 was designed along these lines..
if net effect was positive, that would be great surprising news. It seems, instead, situation is getting worse so quickly that we are heading towards geoengineering (desperate) solutions.
but you are talking about preventing users to do one of the most convenient and basic things they need for their job: transferring bunch of data via USB key (moving gigabytes any other way is painful). You can't treat users as idiots. They want permanent internet/e-mail access and this is far bigger problem. Meybe you can sacrifice MS Office instead. Then it would be possible to replace Windows with anything else and make your whole network much safer then by trying to enforce impossible stuff on hundreds/thousands of users.
Following that logic, using TCP/IP monitor for browsing web is even better. It is much smaller and therefore far less vulnerable comparing to that "browser" thing.
they still do all these "little things" like screwing Grub after Windows installation, something they can fix in one person/day. Not to mention "big" things, like document formats etc. I don't know what this guy is really talking about...
YouTube is assuming you have bad connection so it buffers, just for sure. If your connection is "normal" (say, 10Mbps, without hiccups), buffering more then 1 second is actually only wasting your time. In GaiKai type of service, they have to assume your connection is perfect (thats why they want to have servers geographically distributed) *and* bandwidth have to be somewhat higher then in YouTube's case, for same size of video. They have to transfer frame by frame, sort of MJPEG, while YouTube is transferring bunch of frames together (h.264). I think time is on their side, average bandwidth is steadily increasing just about everywhere.
I cannot join in with the Linux community because of you people.
Live with it, as long as there is constant flow of bullshit from one side, there will be also from the other. Especially in case like this, I mean only yesterday BestBuy employees learned about great security Windows has, comparing to Linux, and now this...
$52M is laughable number, I think there is some flow here, or they are counting only subset of agencies (federal only?). No MS Lobbyists would waste their time in Washington DC for $52M worth of contracts. Another issue for Bugzilla.:-)
How about adding Bugzilla to that site? Here is one feature request: I would like to see contract sums by company (yes, I am interested in overall amount going to Microsoft).
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I am yet to see any. If they only at least produced one for each article declaring ARM ubiquitous winner at low-end netbooks....
Actually, this can be good even for Ubuntu. Think of having i7, Atom and Phenom versions of executable alongside classic 586 version. Also, having one repository instead of several can also streamline few things. Downside is more data transferred on software updates, unless some create really smart update which transfers only part of fat binary that is actually used on client.
Did anyone tried to fix LHC by waterboarding main scientist? Today I was trained at my workplace to think outside the box.
Wile E. Coyote will definitely succeed this time...
Alongside websites, there are lot of Enterprise applications (frontends) moving to JavaScript, simply because deployment (including upgrades) to thousands of clients is so easy.
Net admin can tell you lots of benefits, but IMHO everything boils down to:
VM is able to move from one machine to another but OS alone is not. All other benefits are either derived from this or possible to do without VM. Lets not forget that VM brings performance penalty. If Phoronix benchmark is valid, penalty is significant. So, ability to move running Linux OS (for example) around across machines would bring even more consolidation (more virtual servers running on single Linux machine as separate users) because lost performance would not be lost any more. In such case Linux would be able to take user X from machine A and move it to machine B. I think Plan 9 was designed along these lines..
if net effect was positive, that would be great surprising news. It seems, instead, situation is getting worse so quickly that we are heading towards geoengineering (desperate) solutions.
but you are talking about preventing users to do one of the most convenient and basic things they need for their job: transferring bunch of data via USB key (moving gigabytes any other way is painful). You can't treat users as idiots. They want permanent internet/e-mail access and this is far bigger problem. Meybe you can sacrifice MS Office instead. Then it would be possible to replace Windows with anything else and make your whole network much safer then by trying to enforce impossible stuff on hundreds/thousands of users.
Following that logic, using TCP/IP monitor for browsing web is even better. It is much smaller and therefore far less vulnerable comparing to that "browser" thing.
Security through obscurity never helped anyone.
KDE already spent donated money buying all buttons and check-boxes available on the market.
all Internet users must keep their connections "secure" and are responsible for what happens on them
Windows users..... RUN!
"Well-connected nodes in the graph (i.e., people with more friends) are more likely to be happier than less-connected nodes"
/. must be saddest place on earth.
So
"three-year-old start-up ... guaranteeing 5 years of service"
Completely possible: they acquired another company which performed testing.
they still do all these "little things" like screwing Grub after Windows installation, something they can fix in one person/day. Not to mention "big" things, like document formats etc. I don't know what this guy is really talking about...
YouTube is assuming you have bad connection so it buffers, just for sure. If your connection is "normal" (say, 10Mbps, without hiccups), buffering more then 1 second is actually only wasting your time. In GaiKai type of service, they have to assume your connection is perfect (thats why they want to have servers geographically distributed) *and* bandwidth have to be somewhat higher then in YouTube's case, for same size of video. They have to transfer frame by frame, sort of MJPEG, while YouTube is transferring bunch of frames together (h.264). I think time is on their side, average bandwidth is steadily increasing just about everywhere.
now it is in cloud, stupid!
I cannot join in with the Linux community because of you people.
Live with it, as long as there is constant flow of bullshit from one side, there will be also from the other. Especially in case like this, I mean only yesterday BestBuy employees learned about great security Windows has, comparing to Linux, and now this...
Your suggestion (just like many others) has "whatcanpossiblygowrong" tag written all over it.
$52M is laughable number, I think there is some flow here, or they are counting only subset of agencies (federal only?). No MS Lobbyists would waste their time in Washington DC for $52M worth of contracts. Another issue for Bugzilla. :-)
+1, thanks. Interesting fact: They are eating $2.5B/year, and 90% of that money is "Not competed for an allowable reason".
How about adding Bugzilla to that site? Here is one feature request: I would like to see contract sums by company (yes, I am interested in overall amount going to Microsoft).
From what I understand, If you drive around with dead fetuses inside your car, marketing department will spend a lot but overall gameplay would suck.
no wonder for sotware lonely nerds living in parents basement are doing in their free time... oh wait...
Yeah, thats the game, with guys dressed like Brüno with helmet.