The moderation part is actually sad, because you do have a point.
Linux software some times can be a bear to deal with. Finding an alternative is always hard because there is 6 different applications to do what you need. Windows has 80000 because it's so wide spread.
I feel linux , ubuntu especially has agreat system for that , it however relies heavily on broadband. Until the people can go into a store and buy Bejeweled or some other game like it and just insert a disc it is doomed to not get a decent foothold. Apple atleast has apple stores where you can buy some apps. While most of the nation is moving to broadband they don't really have the speed yet to download say open office or a decent application to replace the commonly used ones on windows.
Sad part is people just want to hit the button and it works. Not have to read man pages or web forums to get cards working after 3 days of searching. If we could only get the manufacturers to support thier hardware under linux as well as windows we could have a serious shot at getting linux on a lot more desktops.
I however love my Solaris box and my redhat box. The work great stay up constantly and do most of what I need. I very rarely have to boot up a vm with windows.
If your to believe the MS marketing machine , most of the government owned boxed are legit copies.
However knowing China as well as I do I would say the 40% they claim is being shipped to the people of china and none to the government. The seem to like to just take software licenses they want.
And as a side note. Why doesn't MS just lower the cost of windows ? They could all but eliminate piracy in low income countries if they were willing to make the costs less for windows. Just charge a couple bucks for it but , include only the nations language pack so it can't be used in another country out of the box. Surely more legit versions of windows is better then less, even if the profit per disc is less it is still profit.
Also I have been to chinese manufacturing plants, and let me tell you , just because they stop pressing dvd's for windows with keys they don't stop pumping out the discs for windows, they sell the over runs to piracy groups. They do the same with mislabeled dvd's as well. It's pretty weird to see.
I tend to agree. but there are systems made for such cases. ZKT or Zero knowledge tests should be used in these cases. I use ZK_SSH on some of my lab boxen when we do security audits for big financial companies. It's still in proof of concept but this is where the future is going.
I think the storage idea is way over hyped. What we need is fast storage to speed up systems not more , since like you stated we can just add another.
At this point we definately need to see faster drives. I have a feeling that the next break through will be speed. At this point it really has to , that is one field in which there is good research going on. With solid state drives coming the issue may be resolved , but I like many others feel that solid state only has an edge in laptops for now. Until it can take massive reads and writes it will be dead in the water.
At this point the speed of the hard drives are the limiting factor. Maybe 7200 rpm drives will start disappearing when we as consumers demand faster speeds. Most hdd manufacturers have a scsi market to protect. WD doesn't have a big one so the raptors came about. Sooner or later if we keep metal platters we need to spin em faster. I for one look forward to 10 and 15k rpm drives in house hold systems.
People seem to forget the majority of people who buy computers are computer illiterate. If these companies push OSS they have to support it. Dell is having enough with ubuntu which is by far the easiest OSS base yet.
As soon as they get it home and realize they can't play they will take it back and find one that can.
People are to lazy to change. Especially those who work long hours and don't want to bother to learn anything new. The majority here are technical people and do not follow that pattern , we can load linux and compile what we need to get what we want working. 95% of the population is unable to do that. Those are the lowest common denominator.
I learned in college to market a item you need to come down to the lowest common denominator then make it one step lower so you don't get easily burnt. Same applies here.
HP used to be very competent in a small set of areas: the Alpha chip, Tru64 Unix, etc. Realizing that, they killed off those products. Now they are equally competent in all areas. There ya go fixed it for you.
Because of the huge hit it took to move to that platform. The costs for most business operations were to high.
They would need to do it sort of like what is going on with x64 at the moment. Slowly transfer it over and maybe run an emulation layer on the os. The procs are plenty fast enough to take a small hit on performance.
I don't think that is a good thing either. It looks like AMD may be doing this as well.
(While here, I would like to say that AMD is becoming less helpful day by day towards open source operating systems too, perhaps because their serious errata lists are growing rapidly too).
The cheapest on the site is $180. I don't see cheaper yet.
If this thing has a usb connection , they will have my money. I will buy at least 4. Plug them into a usb hub and run the usb cord to a rs232 serial adapter and I have myself an easy little terminal server , with enough pop to help me upgrade firmware from across the country. And no need to buy a sun ILOM equipped box.
Well problem is most common users don't want to type out a command , they , I want to say are too lazy , but more commonly they are too computer illiterate to get the syntax right and/or the spelling of the package they want. Thats why tools like windows update and synaptics (spelling?) on ubuntu are good tools for common users. And why it makes ubuntu a good choice for folks.
as far as source code. so many people want to pick a package install and use in minutes , thats why we have broadband and binaries. expecting a new user or even a semi experienced user to./configure , then make clean (in case they tried and failed before with old packages) , then make and wait for it to compile (sometimes hours), heaven forbid you have them strip and pack the binariy when they are done. to create a small binary to save size. It is really to much to ask of even a common user.
But power users are adept to it. With issues like the above I guess I can see why Linux would be less secure then Windows Vista. Vista took the idiot out of idiot users to the best of any ones ability. Hopefully we don't see this on Linux , I enjoy my freedom on it.
They actually already do this for compatibility testing. They release Virtual PC VHD's that let you run their os in a virtualized state. And from my knowledge it works on OS x or at least Virtual Pc 2007 does.
Of course they do expire but new ones are posted when they do.
I run them under VPC 2007 on 64 bit vista and they do just fine. I just wish I could figure out the usb pass through for my usb phone and my ipod. Other then that with additions its a free version of xp to beat on:) and use to test.
I agree with you. I would also like to add this may be the correct time for MS to drop the cost of all the different vista versions and go back to the XP scheme except just letting vista "home" with media center and all the ultimate add ons be used just in the home with no virtualization clause in the uela. Let vista business be virtualized as well. But don't make it a huge difference in price.
Let the folks in the companies who are going to virtualize do it , and collect a little bit more on the license instead of just banning it. And enjoy the bump in profit.
The real surprise is to think that any data exchange at all is safe from prying eyes. Even with encryption , computing is making leaps and bounds at breaking it. Those exchanges are only as safe as the length of time needed to break the encryption.
Hopefully by then the "honey , please pick up some wine on the way home" email will be safe.
Do they think any data sent wireless and through a third party is actually safe ? If so I have one hell of a swatch of land to sell em out there in the middle of the atlantic.
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But that is not what they want.
They want you to be a good little boy/girl and listen to what they want you to hear and buy what they want you to buy.
They are trying to be herders.
The moderation part is actually sad, because you do have a point.
Linux software some times can be a bear to deal with. Finding an alternative is always hard because there is 6 different applications to do what you need. Windows has 80000 because it's so wide spread.
I feel linux , ubuntu especially has agreat system for that , it however relies heavily on broadband. Until the people can go into a store and buy Bejeweled or some other game like it and just insert a disc it is doomed to not get a decent foothold. Apple atleast has apple stores where you can buy some apps. While most of the nation is moving to broadband they don't really have the speed yet to download say open office or a decent application to replace the commonly used ones on windows.
Sad part is people just want to hit the button and it works. Not have to read man pages or web forums to get cards working after 3 days of searching. If we could only get the manufacturers to support thier hardware under linux as well as windows we could have a serious shot at getting linux on a lot more desktops.
I however love my Solaris box and my redhat box. The work great stay up constantly and do most of what I need. I very rarely have to boot up a vm with windows.
If your to believe the MS marketing machine , most of the government owned boxed are legit copies.
However knowing China as well as I do I would say the 40% they claim is being shipped to the people of china and none to the government. The seem to like to just take software licenses they want.
And as a side note. Why doesn't MS just lower the cost of windows ? They could all but eliminate piracy in low income countries if they were willing to make the costs less for windows. Just charge a couple bucks for it but , include only the nations language pack so it can't be used in another country out of the box. Surely more legit versions of windows is better then less, even if the profit per disc is less it is still profit.
Also I have been to chinese manufacturing plants, and let me tell you , just because they stop pressing dvd's for windows with keys they don't stop pumping out the discs for windows, they sell the over runs to piracy groups. They do the same with mislabeled dvd's as well. It's pretty weird to see.
I tend to agree. but there are systems made for such cases. ZKT or Zero knowledge tests should be used in these cases. I use ZK_SSH on some of my lab boxen when we do security audits for big financial companies. It's still in proof of concept but this is where the future is going.
http://zk-ssh.cms.ac/
This is Sony , they will patch a secure system to make it insecure.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sony_BMG_CD_cop
don't you mean your mom's laundry room ?
I think the storage idea is way over hyped. What we need is fast storage to speed up systems not more , since like you stated we can just add another.
At this point we definately need to see faster drives. I have a feeling that the next break through will be speed. At this point it really has to , that is one field in which there is good research going on. With solid state drives coming the issue may be resolved , but I like many others feel that solid state only has an edge in laptops for now. Until it can take massive reads and writes it will be dead in the water.
At this point the speed of the hard drives are the limiting factor. Maybe 7200 rpm drives will start disappearing when we as consumers demand faster speeds. Most hdd manufacturers have a scsi market to protect. WD doesn't have a big one so the raptors came about. Sooner or later if we keep metal platters we need to spin em faster. I for one look forward to 10 and 15k rpm drives in house hold systems.
That won't happen yet.
People seem to forget the majority of people who buy computers are computer illiterate. If these companies push OSS they have to support it. Dell is having enough with ubuntu which is by far the easiest OSS base yet.
As soon as they get it home and realize they can't play they will take it back and find one that can.
People are to lazy to change. Especially those who work long hours and don't want to bother to learn anything new. The majority here are technical people and do not follow that pattern , we can load linux and compile what we need to get what we want working. 95% of the population is unable to do that. Those are the lowest common denominator.
I learned in college to market a item you need to come down to the lowest common denominator then make it one step lower so you don't get easily burnt. Same applies here.
And this begs the question on every ones mind !
Can it run Vista !
Can it run Linux ?
What am I saying it's microsoft , it can't run either.
No , don't be silly. They will be calling us for tech support. http://www.itworld.com/Man/2701/070612offshore/
Finally they will know how we feel when we call them for support.
I work in that department ! You insensitive clod !
Note: All chairs are now bolted to the ground !
Because of the huge hit it took to move to that platform. The costs for most business operations were to high.
They would need to do it sort of like what is going on with x64 at the moment. Slowly transfer it over and maybe run an emulation layer on the os. The procs are plenty fast enough to take a small hit on performance.
Heres #3
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by day towards open source operating systems too, perhaps because
their serious errata lists are growing rapidly too).
The cheapest on the site is $180. I don't see cheaper yet.
If this thing has a usb connection , they will have my money. I will buy at least 4. Plug them into a usb hub and run the usb cord to a rs232 serial adapter and I have myself an easy little terminal server , with enough pop to help me upgrade firmware from across the country. And no need to buy a sun ILOM equipped box.
I agree , I some how doubt his husband bubba cares about a file system.
Well problem is most common users don't want to type out a command , they , I want to say are too lazy , but more commonly they are too computer illiterate to get the syntax right and/or the spelling of the package they want. Thats why tools like windows update and synaptics (spelling?) on ubuntu are good tools for common users. And why it makes ubuntu a good choice for folks.
./configure , then make clean (in case they tried and failed before with old packages) , then make and wait for it to compile (sometimes hours), heaven forbid you have them strip and pack the binariy when they are done. to create a small binary to save size. It is really to much to ask of even a common user.
as far as source code. so many people want to pick a package install and use in minutes , thats why we have broadband and binaries. expecting a new user or even a semi experienced user to
But power users are adept to it. With issues like the above I guess I can see why Linux would be less secure then Windows Vista. Vista took the idiot out of idiot users to the best of any ones ability. Hopefully we don't see this on Linux , I enjoy my freedom on it.
They actually already do this for compatibility testing. They release Virtual PC VHD's that let you run their os in a virtualized state. And from my knowledge it works on OS x or at least Virtual Pc 2007 does.
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:) and use to test.
VHD images http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/04/17/ie7-v
for XP sp2.
Of course they do expire but new ones are posted when they do.
I run them under VPC 2007 on 64 bit vista and they do just fine. I just wish I could figure out the usb pass through for my usb phone and my ipod. Other then that with additions its a free version of xp to beat on
I agree with you. I would also like to add this may be the correct time for MS to drop the cost of all the different vista versions and go back to the XP scheme except just letting vista "home" with media center and all the ultimate add ons be used just in the home with no virtualization clause in the uela. Let vista business be virtualized as well. But don't make it a huge difference in price.
Let the folks in the companies who are going to virtualize do it , and collect a little bit more on the license instead of just banning it. And enjoy the bump in profit.
And Cheney isn't ?
Oh never mind , you though Bush was run...
Dad !
Visual Basic KILLED MY MOTHER ! You insensitive clod !
The real surprise is to think that any data exchange at all is safe from prying eyes. Even with encryption , computing is making leaps and bounds at breaking it. Those exchanges are only as safe as the length of time needed to break the encryption.
Hopefully by then the "honey , please pick up some wine on the way home" email will be safe.
Do they think any data sent wireless and through a third party is actually safe ? If so I have one hell of a swatch of land to sell em out there in the middle of the atlantic.
Cool a completely white iphone ! I may have to buy one now.