I have seen that when most software companies are to release software for Linux, the impression they give is that Linux *is* RedHat, which is wrong. Take Google for example. I have just installed the toolbar on Kubuntu with Firefox 1.0.7 with absolutely no hitches, but Google advertises RedHat alone. The same goes for Yahoo with their online games. These games run fine on any Linux distro I have tried with java properly configured, but Yahoo says somewhere on their site that [name-of-game] is not compatible with Unix or Macintosh computers. Heck RedHat is primarily a server OS...sheesh!
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...given that the cost of bandwidth that can comfortably support Internet TV is till prohibitively high for most Americans. There were statistics which indicated that most Americans with access to the Internet still do it via dial-up. Clearly, those will be out of Yahoo TV's loop!
Fact is, the US has nothing, I repeat *NOTHING* anywhere that rivals the Antonov-124 or Antonov-225. The best feature of these planes is that they handle themselves and can operate on short runways.
Even if a law were to be passed that required the job to be done by American hardware, the American firms would just stare at the job at hand - shameful! Very soon, other countries will be in position to put sanctions on us.
...is that when a shuttle is to be launched, NASA at that time cannot be 100% sure everything will go as intended. That's a fact. The Russians on the other hand, are always certain and are always seen assuring skeptical American minds that everything will be OK. And indeed everything normally goes fine.
When a shuttle is launched or is to return to earth, there is a lot of fanfare...as if to suggest that there was a sizable chance that things could go all wrong. No wonder we are now looking to Russians for some help.
Well, you are right on those numbers, but when unmanned Soyuz missions are added up, the statistics reveal something very impressive for the Soyuz.The ability to be operated remotely is very telling of the Russians ability to deliver.
The other difference is that as Americans, we celebrate every shuttle launch and landing with lots of fanfare, The Russians do nothing of the like; to me, this suggests that we are probably not sure the shuttles will perform, right?
Tell the parent that these [Soyuz] vehicles have had a near perfect record during their operation - better than anything the US has ever developed. When a Soyuz is launched, there is near 100% certainty that they will reach their intended destination and return without problems. Now, contrast that with the so called latest and most advanced US technology.
I remember one NASA official saying to the effect that the Soyuz being decades old technology, is no good for any serious American use, despite its very good performance record! We now are about to buy this hardware? Give me a break...! Oh wait...the Soyuz has had a near 100% perfect operation since inception; better than any US hardware.
I remember one US plane that had to be transported from China in a Russian Antonov-124. The US did not have any aircraft that was up to the task! How long shall we have to rely on so called "third world economies" to achieve our goals?
Why doesn't this [Bush] administration pay Americans to build these Soyuz like crafts instead of simply buying?
While it will take more than days, I think that Microsoft will eventually come around and support OpenDocument...
...then, a security patch will be released to take care of M$'s unfinished business. That is, to make MS-Office create extensions on each document it touches. Then we'll be back to square 1! Only time will tell.
I am speculating that M$'s next strategy will be to get a mandate from the next high authority. This time, it will be the Federal government. I understand that in the union, the Federal government can overrule a state's authority.
By the way, what will happen when the Federal government sends documents to Massachusetts in word format? Would the state send them back?
Suppose M$ suddenly decides to support OpenDocument, gets the state's business and then issues a "security patch", that introduces proprietary extensions as has been in the past?
> All of that has worked in Firefox since Firefox was released.
Including their launchcast service? Are you sure you are talking about the latest version of Firefox? When I attempt to listen to music using Firefox 1.0.7, this is what I get.
Error
Sorry, we are unable to support Netscape 6.0+ at this time.
In addition, this confirms that the rot in the quality of education has now spread to the UK. I'm assuming the research was made there. Here in the US, it is even worse. Students here are very confident but cannot deliver!
I met a group of students from some poor African country on a study tour here and all of them could write essays a teacher could think were written by some university graduate. These students were at least 4 grades before university! I think the trouble is that the students of today are faced to too many distractions - the PS2s and iPODs and the like. I know I am right. I have a kid!
I have a fear for a blank system because HP could, on dancing to M$'s whims, load this blank desktop with very obscure hardware not fully unusable by the Linux kernel.
...would be an option from HP, to buy the ability to buy a Linux desktop as easily as one can buy a Windows one from HP's website. I know HP does not want any kind of liability but Linux desktops could be sold without as much support as the Windows desktops...
...Or the ability to download Linux drivers for HP's printers, and other equipment from HP's website. I know there is http://linuxprinting.org/ for printers but I would like it from the horse's mouth - i.e. from http://www.hp.com/
Is that too much to ask from a major computer vendor that claims to support Linux? I do not think so.
> but I've been having fun playing with the 1.5 betas and 1.6 alphas. They have one great thing going for them -- they are FAST. Considerably faster than any previous release. I've tested Linux, Windows, OS X. Firefox team, you're getting there! Kudos.
One thing is still lacking: - Beauty. Firefox on Linux is still ugly as compared to its windows counterpart. When will they do something about this?
The radical change that M$ is introducing in Office 12 will call for training. I vividly remember what effect Office 95 had on our users.
The trouble here is that more of technology pundits will not see this requirement as an additional cost burden at all! So when it comes to comparing Office 12 to StarOffice/OpenOffice.org, assumptions will be made that those using M$ products already have the training.
StarOffice/OpenOffice.org programmers could capitalize on this, save companies the trouble or burden of training. This is not to mention licensing costs not forgetting closed and changing formats.
With all the problems we have in America and nothing going right here and abroad, (we just went past 1,900 lost lives in Iraq), does this government think that spending over 100 billion on this cause is a wise thing to do?
What can a lay man do to make these politicians see the light?
>"Microsoft is trying to address what it believes is a legitimate and longstanding problem in the design market."
Disclaimer:
I am no full-time kernel coder at all though I did Software Engineering as my 1st degree. The submission below is a reflection of opinions I have gathered from slashdotters and other online communities in the a 8 years I have been active on the internet.
Here we go:
I submit that the longstanding problem in the design market is the "flawed design" on which all versions of Windows are based. This should be M$'s priority. Now anyone who disputes that can go and hang!
The bigger problem is how to neatly remove IE from Windows systems. I continue to believe that open source geeks can find a way to do this. Heck, so much has been done by open source programmers without M$ support at all. Do not be surprised when some geek releases a tool/utility to do just that.
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I have seen that when most software companies are to release software for Linux, the impression they give is that Linux *is* RedHat, which is wrong. Take Google for example. I have just installed the toolbar on Kubuntu with Firefox 1.0.7 with absolutely no hitches, but Google advertises RedHat alone. The same goes for Yahoo with their online games. These games run fine on any Linux distro I have tried with java properly configured, but Yahoo says somewhere on their site that [name-of-game] is not compatible with Unix or Macintosh computers. Heck RedHat is primarily a server OS...sheesh!
...given that the cost of bandwidth that can comfortably support Internet TV is till prohibitively high for most Americans. There were statistics which indicated that most Americans with access to the Internet still do it via dial-up. Clearly, those will be out of Yahoo TV's loop!
Even if a law were to be passed that required the job to be done by American hardware, the American firms would just stare at the job at hand - shameful! Very soon, other countries will be in position to put sanctions on us.
When a shuttle is launched or is to return to earth, there is a lot of fanfare...as if to suggest that there was a sizable chance that things could go all wrong. No wonder we are now looking to Russians for some help.
The other difference is that as Americans, we celebrate every shuttle launch and landing with lots of fanfare, The Russians do nothing of the like; to me, this suggests that we are probably not sure the shuttles will perform, right?
Tell the parent that these [Soyuz] vehicles have had a near perfect record during their operation - better than anything the US has ever developed. When a Soyuz is launched, there is near 100% certainty that they will reach their intended destination and return without problems. Now, contrast that with the so called latest and most advanced US technology.
I remember one US plane that had to be transported from China in a Russian Antonov-124. The US did not have any aircraft that was up to the task! How long shall we have to rely on so called "third world economies" to achieve our goals?
Why doesn't this [Bush] administration pay Americans to build these Soyuz like crafts instead of simply buying?
These are wrong, folks.
How about that?
Both parties are up-stairs:
One party says to the other:
"Can you bring the table downstairs?" (The asking party is to stay upstairs.)
To me, the grammar is still wanting here and wrong; the party should have said, "Can you take the table downstairs?"
Sadly, this kind of grammar is common among the American public, and reflects the extent to which our systems are slowly rotting.
The other sayings I hear are: "He was like...", "I am like...",
All these are wrong folks.
By the way, what will happen when the Federal government sends documents to Massachusetts in word format? Would the state send them back?
Suppose M$ suddenly decides to support OpenDocument, gets the state's business and then issues a "security patch", that introduces proprietary extensions as has been in the past?
Including their launchcast service? Are you sure you are talking about the latest version of Firefox? When I attempt to listen to music using Firefox 1.0.7, this is what I get.
Error
Sorry, we are unable to support Netscape 6.0+ at this time.
Error Code: 7 - 0
Now, what version of Firefox are you using?
Call me when I can use Firefox for these features.
I met a group of students from some poor African country on a study tour here and all of them could write essays a teacher could think were written by some university graduate. These students were at least 4 grades before university! I think the trouble is that the students of today are faced to too many distractions - the PS2s and iPODs and the like. I know I am right. I have a kid!
Microsoft will be just fine for the moment. I agree with you 100%. To me, the article is mostly hype but worth a read.
I have a fear for a blank system because HP could, on dancing to M$'s whims, load this blank desktop with very obscure hardware not fully unusable by the Linux kernel.
Is that too much to ask from a major computer vendor that claims to support Linux? I do not think so.
One thing is still lacking: - Beauty. Firefox on Linux is still ugly as compared to its windows counterpart. When will they do something about this?
The trouble here is that more of technology pundits will not see this requirement as an additional cost burden at all! So when it comes to comparing Office 12 to StarOffice/OpenOffice.org, assumptions will be made that those using M$ products already have the training.
StarOffice/OpenOffice.org programmers could capitalize on this, save companies the trouble or burden of training. This is not to mention licensing costs not forgetting closed and changing formats.
Let the open source zealots start their engines. Guys, this is just one company's opinion. BTW you are entitiled to yours as well.
What can a lay man do to make these politicians see the light?
Why is it that Google software is always beta and always freezes once there? Does Google have any software that went beyond this beta label?
Disclaimer: I am no full-time kernel coder at all though I did Software Engineering as my 1st degree. The submission below is a reflection of opinions I have gathered from slashdotters and other online communities in the a 8 years I have been active on the internet.
Here we go:
I submit that the longstanding problem in the design market is the "flawed design" on which all versions of Windows are based. This should be M$'s priority. Now anyone who disputes that can go and hang!
I did not know he was very instrumental in developing Pascal, a language I was an expert at one in the mid nineties.
The bigger problem is how to neatly remove IE from Windows systems. I continue to believe that open source geeks can find a way to do this. Heck, so much has been done by open source programmers without M$ support at all. Do not be surprised when some geek releases a tool/utility to do just that.