"Microsoft has confirmed that users will be able to remove its IE8 browser, as well as several other integrated applications, from Windows 7...
Then later in the introduction...the applications can be switched off instead.
Jack Mayo, a group program manager on the Windows team, listed in a blog post the applications that can be switched off. They include Internet Explorer 8, Fax and Scan, handwriting recognition, Windows DVD Maker, Windows Gadget Platform, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Windows Search, and XPS Viewer and Services.
Ohh wait...
...He explained that the files associated with those applications and features are not actually deleted from the hard drive...
Now though I can remove IE8, I cannot delete *all* files associated with IE8! Does Mocrosoft think they can fool us or what?
I mean, I hope the new appointee helps in pushing `open standards' including ODF. For Google, while I love the company itself, I do not understand why it still has no filter for searching ODF documents just like PDFs and MS Office documents.
What also does not help is the fact that there is not a single application in the Open Source world that is 100% compliant to ODF! Think about it...we push open standards (when attacking Microsoft), but cannot create an application that is 100% compliant with existing and a fairly popular standard!
There are suggestions that OpenOffice.org is not 100% compliant either. This is shameful in the least.
Internet standards are a known entity and have been so for a long time. Can somebody tell me why programmers of open source browsers decide not to code to standards? Why?
Why then should we expect Microsoft to code to standards?
From what I have seen, what Microsoft have implemented is "turning off" Internet Explorer. "Turning off" has never been equal to "uninstalling."
What is to prevent Microsoft from issuing an update possibly via a third party software vendor which update will "turn on" Internet Explorer once again?
A colleague of mine decided to return to Africa. The money he collected over seven years in the USA would enable him live a better life in his homeland.
A mansion, with a swimming pool and three maids only costs him about 900 dollars to maintain. The respect he would get from the community would be greater and he'll have a chance to eat fresh "organic" fruit.
All in all...good for them...I wish them all the best.
When the economy picks up, I will welcome them to the mighty USA.
Linux.com was one of the very first sites I used to frequent on a daily basis. But I quickly lost interest as I found the site ugly and Slashdot together with other sites did a better job.
I hope the new owners can put some serious work into the site.
By the way, Slashdot too needs some love. Details like number of comments submitted to date are missing or are deliberately hidden from non subscribers like me! Heck, we need to know all sorts of statistics. I appreciate the need for cash but I thought that's why we began to see ads especially among comments at Slashdot.org.
I am a Database guru. Yes, I know myself and have worked on countless DB systems mostly on the west coast.
Question is: While I know I have a shot at this do I have a chance to be considered for one of these cyber security jobs? I would not mind even if I am on the not so fancy team.
I am kind of tired of the same-old, same-old routine.
I work for a major consulting firm handling bank accounts on the west coast. Consultants are not cheap.
My company charges in excess of $350/hr on top of mileage and any extra work that may cause delay is charged at $519/hr. But again, we handle very important and sensitive data/work.
Of course I make much less and sometimes, there might not be any serious work for months.
...the KDE folks would "dump" KHTML for Webkit. I just mean "default to Webkit in Konqueror." Such a move would raise Konqueror's profile which cannot be a bad thing.
Right now, Konqueror is a non issue when it comes to browser statistics on the internet. In some statistics, it is lumped like other browsers into the "other" category like here . And over here , Konqueror is missing all together! Sad indeed.
While I say this, I know egos are high in the Open Source world, so what I am suggesting has little chance of being adopted.
Now, before I get modded a troll, I would like to know whether what I am suggesting is a very bad thing.
Can somebody enlighten me about what exactly these ISPs bought or licensed to use? I get confused by this whole issue of what it takes to become my own ISP. That is, removing these companies from the equation entirely.
Yes, learn QT and help out with KDE. I haven't done much programming with QT, I am confident when I say it's a lovely, powerful and compelling environment to program in. Its cross platform capabilities cannot be under estimated. VLC was created using QT.
So go ahead, learn QT, help out with KDE and make subsequent releases even more formidable.
Simply register for a free account and choose the city in which the ticket was issued. Enter your ticket and vehicle details then answer a few quick questions.
I thought there is nothing free in this world especially the USA...or is there? OK tell me. What is in it for Parkingticket.com? Where is the catch?
One thing you have to remember is that just because a technology looks cool and futuristic doesn't mean that it's necessarily better.
I agree with you on this. By the way who said that because something looks cool and futuristic...it is better? I didn't.
Your statement would carry more wright if we in these United States had something better than anything anywhere in the world. We do not! I personally, would rather ride that Shanghai train than the New York subway with all the filth and noise.
The sad thing is that we do not realize that we are falling behind fast.
Although the Japanese and a number of Asian countries are "ahead of us" (read USA) when it comes to technology, most Americans I know of still regard the USA to be the most technologically advanced country in the world. It baffles me.
Just last week, I was in Shanghai and I can say that from the Magnetic Levitation train to the technology that runs and manages public transit, those folks are way ahead of us.
When I rode the subway in New York on return to USA, you could not blame me for thinking I am in a country of the fifties. What's happened to the USA?
I have always wondered whether Google Maps uses similar technology. Otherwise how are they (Google) able to show continuously smooth images of a neighborhood?
...How can open source best exploit this latest EU decision?"...
By learning to eat its own dog food. Heck, Open Source zealots still use IE to post to Slashdot. Why? They still edit their documents using MS Office. They still create video files using Flash and cannot agree (read implement) a "standard" for file locations on Linux and versions.
Here comes the worst...OpenOffice file formats are 100% open for years now, i.e., free to implement but there is not a single open source office suite that implements them with 100% fidelity!
Same story on browsers and so on.
These are folks that talk "vendor lock-in"..."open formats" and all the similar rant. Please give us a break!
Yes, define "Average User" because when we are talking about this user and Linux, [Linux] zealots mod us down as if this user is of no consequence when it comes to computer use.
What do we see now? What we see is you talking about the "Average User". Is it only windows that has the "Average User?"
"...The new online initiative, Elevate America, is set to equip close to 2 million people (over the next three years) with the skills needed to succeed in the field of technology."
This would have been better and on point:
"...The new online initiative, Elevate America, is set to equip close to 2 million people (over the next three years) with the skills needed to succeed in using Microsoft technologies to perpetuate their proliferation while increasing dependence on such technologies at the same time."
Re:That's one way KDE/GNOME should emulate Windows
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Define "success", then prove meeting "Joe Public"'s expectations is a requirement for such,..."
Answer: Apple's OSX. Even after a major major incompatibility step introduced (from PowerPC to Intel architecture), Apple's OSX still beats [desktop] Linux installations combined in every metric. Beat that.
In case you do not know, Apple's stuff just works most of the time. I have never met a Joe Public who gets confused by the way things are implemented on Apple's platform.
"...and *then* prove that meeting them can be done doing only changes that don't alienate any of the current users..."
emphasis mine...
Answer: I will tell you what I know.
I know that the Linux way of doing things has not helped much on the desktop. See point above.
Yes, folks will be alienated but they will come back after seeing the advantages. Again see point above.
Question for you: Where do you think Linux installation numbers would be if common computer tasks were standardized in some way? I am sure you will say that installations would be way up. And that cannot be bad at all.
That's one way KDE/GNOME should emulate Windows
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Now let's turn the conversation the other way...to KDE and GNOME. Bill Gates here, is just being a typical newbie if he is anyway. No offence to him here. But if he were to send such a "rant" to the GNOME folks, you all know what kind of answers he'd get.
This is not to say the KDE folks get it either. But for Linux to succeed even in the minutest way, it must meet Joe Public's expectations...and this can be done while at the same time meeting expectations of whoever it is at present.
I guess I will be labelled a troll but what I am saying is the truth...so go right ahead and mod me down.
I love flash and I think it's time to start lobbying Adobe to make Flash Open Source Software. I know its specs are open but we don't know what tool Microsoft might be planning now with its Silverlight platform.
If we succeeded with Sun's Java, we surely can succeed with Adobe's Flash. This will mean that these wonderful pieces of software can be bundled with Linux by default --- Sweet!
One thing I still miss are picture controls on all those video sites including Youtube. You sometimes need to put a little light, hue and contrast into those pictures.
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"Microsoft has confirmed that users will be able to remove its IE8 browser, as well as several other integrated applications, from Windows 7...
Then later in the introduction...the applications can be switched off instead.
Jack Mayo, a group program manager on the Windows team, listed in a blog post the applications that can be switched off. They include Internet Explorer 8, Fax and Scan, handwriting recognition, Windows DVD Maker, Windows Gadget Platform, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Windows Search, and XPS Viewer and Services.
Ohh wait...
...He explained that the files associated with those applications and features are not actually deleted from the hard drive...
Now though I can remove IE8, I cannot delete *all* files associated with IE8! Does Mocrosoft think they can fool us or what?
I have one major reason for not having interest in GM products:
I cannot stand an automobile product that loses one-third of its value the moment it's wheeled of the dealership.
To those that say "buy local to support local jobs..." I say:
GM manufactures about three-quaters of its products outside the USA. How about that?
Sorry GM, but I am not interested.
I mean, I hope the new appointee helps in pushing `open standards' including ODF. For Google, while I love the company itself, I do not understand why it still has no filter for searching ODF documents just like PDFs and MS Office documents.
Have a look.
What also does not help is the fact that there is not a single application in the Open Source world that is 100% compliant to ODF! Think about it...we push open standards (when attacking Microsoft), but cannot create an application that is 100% compliant with existing and a fairly popular standard!
There are suggestions that OpenOffice.org is not 100% compliant either. This is shameful in the least.
Internet standards are a known entity and have been so for a long time. Can somebody tell me why programmers of open source browsers decide not to code to standards? Why?
Why then should we expect Microsoft to code to standards?
From what I have seen, what Microsoft have implemented is "turning off" Internet Explorer. "Turning off" has never been equal to "uninstalling."
What is to prevent Microsoft from issuing an update possibly via a third party software vendor which update will "turn on" Internet Explorer once again?
I am not convinced...yet.
A colleague of mine decided to return to Africa. The money he collected over seven years in the USA would enable him live a better life in his homeland.
A mansion, with a swimming pool and three maids only costs him about 900 dollars to maintain. The respect he would get from the community would be greater and he'll have a chance to eat fresh "organic" fruit.
All in all...good for them...I wish them all the best.
When the economy picks up, I will welcome them to the mighty USA.
Linux.com was one of the very first sites I used to frequent on a daily basis. But I quickly lost interest as I found the site ugly and Slashdot together with other sites did a better job.
I hope the new owners can put some serious work into the site.
By the way, Slashdot too needs some love. Details like number of comments submitted to date are missing or are deliberately hidden from non subscribers like me! Heck, we need to know all sorts of statistics. I appreciate the need for cash but I thought that's why we began to see ads especially among comments at Slashdot.org.
I am a Database guru. Yes, I know myself and have worked on countless DB systems mostly on the west coast.
Question is: While I know I have a shot at this do I have a chance to be considered for one of these cyber security jobs? I would not mind even if I am on the not so fancy team.
I am kind of tired of the same-old, same-old routine.
Not only that.
I work for a major consulting firm handling bank accounts on the west coast. Consultants are not cheap.
My company charges in excess of $350/hr on top of mileage and any extra work that may cause delay is charged at $519/hr. But again, we handle very important and sensitive data/work.
Of course I make much less and sometimes, there might not be any serious work for months.
...the KDE folks would "dump" KHTML for Webkit. I just mean "default to Webkit in Konqueror." Such a move would raise Konqueror's profile which cannot be a bad thing.
Right now, Konqueror is a non issue when it comes to browser statistics on the internet. In some statistics, it is lumped like other browsers into the "other" category like here . And over here , Konqueror is missing all together! Sad indeed.
While I say this, I know egos are high in the Open Source world, so what I am suggesting has little chance of being adopted.
Now, before I get modded a troll, I would like to know whether what I am suggesting is a very bad thing.
With today's server hardware and just 1000+ unique visitors, you will be fine. Just make sure you have lots of RAM, in excess of 16GB.
Can somebody enlighten me about what exactly these ISPs bought or licensed to use? I get confused by this whole issue of what it takes to become my own ISP. That is, removing these companies from the equation entirely.
If we own the "pipes" then why do I need an ISP?
Yes, learn QT and help out with KDE. I haven't done much programming with QT, I am confident when I say it's a lovely, powerful and compelling environment to program in. Its cross platform capabilities cannot be under estimated. VLC was created using QT.
So go ahead, learn QT, help out with KDE and make subsequent releases even more formidable.
Thanks.
Simply register for a free account and choose the city in which the ticket was issued. Enter your ticket and vehicle details then answer a few quick questions.
I thought there is nothing free in this world especially the USA...or is there? OK tell me. What is in it for Parkingticket.com? Where is the catch?
One thing you have to remember is that just because a technology looks cool and futuristic doesn't mean that it's necessarily better.
I agree with you on this. By the way who said that because something looks cool and futuristic...it is better? I didn't.
Your statement would carry more wright if we in these United States had something better than anything anywhere in the world. We do not! I personally, would rather ride that Shanghai train than the New York subway with all the filth and noise.
The sad thing is that we do not realize that we are falling behind fast.
With all the shortcomings in Open Source's ability to open Microsoft Office's documents, I wish you luck.
In my experience, school officials are so biased against anything not Microsoft that convincing them is almost impossible. I wish you luck man.
This KDE developer has something that would interest you.
Although the Japanese and a number of Asian countries are "ahead of us" (read USA) when it comes to technology, most Americans I know of still regard the USA to be the most technologically advanced country in the world. It baffles me.
Just last week, I was in Shanghai and I can say that from the Magnetic Levitation train to the technology that runs and manages public transit, those folks are way ahead of us.
When I rode the subway in New York on return to USA, you could not blame me for thinking I am in a country of the fifties. What's happened to the USA?
I have always wondered whether Google Maps uses similar technology. Otherwise how are they (Google) able to show continuously smooth images of a neighborhood?
I wonder how KDE 4.2 stacks up against Windows 7's interface. There is what appears to be an impressive review of KDE 4.2 over here at Techradar.com.
...How can open source best exploit this latest EU decision?"...
By learning to eat its own dog food. Heck, Open Source zealots still use IE to post to Slashdot. Why? They still edit their documents using MS Office. They still create video files using Flash and cannot agree (read implement) a "standard" for file locations on Linux and versions.
Here comes the worst...OpenOffice file formats are 100% open for years now, i.e., free to implement but there is not a single open source office suite that implements them with 100% fidelity!
Same story on browsers and so on.
These are folks that talk "vendor lock-in"..."open formats" and all the similar rant. Please give us a break!
Yes, define "Average User" because when we are talking about this user and Linux, [Linux] zealots mod us down as if this user is of no consequence when it comes to computer use.
What do we see now? What we see is you talking about the "Average User". Is it only windows that has the "Average User?"
"...The new online initiative, Elevate America, is set to equip close to 2 million people (over the next three years) with the skills needed to succeed in the field of technology."
This would have been better and on point:
"...The new online initiative, Elevate America, is set to equip close to 2 million people (over the next three years) with the skills needed to succeed in using Microsoft technologies to perpetuate their proliferation while increasing dependence on such technologies at the same time."
Define "success", then prove meeting "Joe Public"'s expectations is a requirement for such,..."
Answer: Apple's OSX. Even after a major major incompatibility step introduced (from PowerPC to Intel architecture), Apple's OSX still beats [desktop] Linux installations combined in every metric. Beat that.
In case you do not know, Apple's stuff just works most of the time. I have never met a Joe Public who gets confused by the way things are implemented on Apple's platform.
"...and *then* prove that meeting them can be done doing only changes that don't alienate any of the current users..."
emphasis mine...
Answer: I will tell you what I know.
I know that the Linux way of doing things has not helped much on the desktop. See point above.
Yes, folks will be alienated but they will come back after seeing the advantages. Again see point above.
Question for you: Where do you think Linux installation numbers would be if common computer tasks were standardized in some way? I am sure you will say that installations would be way up. And that cannot be bad at all.
Now let's turn the conversation the other way...to KDE and GNOME. Bill Gates here, is just being a typical newbie if he is anyway. No offence to him here. But if he were to send such a "rant" to the GNOME folks, you all know what kind of answers he'd get.
This is not to say the KDE folks get it either. But for Linux to succeed even in the minutest way, it must meet Joe Public's expectations...and this can be done while at the same time meeting expectations of whoever it is at present.
I guess I will be labelled a troll but what I am saying is the truth...so go right ahead and mod me down.
I love flash and I think it's time to start lobbying Adobe to make Flash Open Source Software. I know its specs are open but we don't know what tool Microsoft might be planning now with its Silverlight platform.
If we succeeded with Sun's Java, we surely can succeed with Adobe's Flash. This will mean that these wonderful pieces of software can be bundled with Linux by default --- Sweet!
One thing I still miss are picture controls on all those video sites including Youtube. You sometimes need to put a little light, hue and contrast into those pictures.