How many remember that phrase? Back in the days when it was all but obligatory to upgrade to the latest and greatest from Microsoft. Back in the days when the only way to take advantage of new hardware was to get a new version of Windows.
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Well, hardware improvements have slowed down --- when's the last time you heard anyone gushing about a new Intel CPU?
And with Windows 8, Microsoft has put Windows' progress in reverse.
If you want to find out why PC sales are slowing, don't ask columnists, ask PC customers.
Customers who, btw, are saying that Windows 8 sucks.
I bet you say the same thing about stack traces, right?
No. I prefer such safety back-stops.
. The reason why I wrote my prior comment was that I read the reason the GNU-Linux people do not want to adopt BSD's strlcpy function is that the strlcpy encourages sloppy coding. The rationale given for that assertion is that strlcpy checks for the destination buffer being too small and zero-terminates regardless (unlike strncpy, which returns a non-zero-terminated buffer if the destination buffer is too small).
I think such types of rationale for not implementing safety checks are ridiculous.
Microsoft needs to prove to its customers that those comments were in jest. Unfortunately for Microsoft, in order to prove something like that, Microsoft requires credibility.
And we need to come to terms with that fact and work towards improving the 'Linux Inside' brand image.
That is the wrong focus unless, of course, you are selling to buyers who are more concerned about Linux than whether or not the computer they are buying will serve their needs.
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A big problem that Linux faces is that it is fragmented, and the "marketing" focus has been that it is Linux. What is really amazing is that most of the pro-Linux crowd do not see the fragmentation as a disadvantage.
With more and more computing being done on the web and in the cloud, why does it matter whether or not a computer runs Linux, Windows or whatever? That is the point that Google has realized. Consumers want functionality, not an OS.
The sooner the Linux crowd understands that, the better off Linux will be; of course, presuming Linux is not so far gone in the public's eye that it is not redeemable.
Lately there has been a lot of things that Microsoft "doesn't get": mobile computing, desktop computing (i.e., the Windows 8 fiasco), increasing stock price, what a great CEO is, etc., etc., etc....
...Home essentially is a custom start screen for your Android phone, replacing the home screen with one centered on Facebook....
So everything you run on the Facebook phone-Home device is a sub-process of Facebook's snooping program. Zucky must be beside himself with all the extra data that will be collected on the Facebook sheeple.
I mean, really, Microsoft has been so discredited in the Internet and mobile space, they should be embarrassed to even continue trying. And don't even get me started about Windows 8....
. Give it up, Microsoft. Your time was Windows 95, and that time has passed.
Offer $1k for the heads of anybody who runs one of these organizations
It would be better to expensively fine the businesses who use the robo-callers to advertise their products and services.
Once the revenue stream of the robo-callers dries up, the robo-calling will stop.
Look at the Pentagon suppliers for extracting as much money as they can from our defense spending. Good ole Capitalism at its worst.... sucking a Country dry just to engorge defense contractors' executives.
Well one of the ways he kills ubuntu. The new user interface is all but worthless for me. It does not do even the simple tasks I want of it. So I'm moving on.
Most of the VPS servers I've seen have some manner of backup included in the price. I didn't see any cost included in the home server for backups. Or a UPS, for that matter.
... are major holidays for the various groups that make up our country? What if all those days were Federal holidays?
Would we ever get any work done?
We clearly need a better way than to recognize every holiday of every group of people tha tmake up our country.
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For starters, nested folders are gone. In All Apps, shortcuts are grouped based on a single folder, and everything is in one view.
That everything in one view aspect is not an advancement, but a step backwards.
The stupid Company Name > Program Name > Program hierarchy is gone.
If you don't want nested folders, then don't use them.
But why take the ability to use them from people who want to use them?
Do the license agreements for iTunes and Amazon digital movies (and music) allow you to pass them on to others?
Does the 2nd amendment give my drones the right to bear arms? Can I have armed drones patrolling my property?
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Well, hardware improvements have slowed down --- when's the last time you heard anyone gushing about a new Intel CPU?
And with Windows 8, Microsoft has put Windows' progress in reverse.
If you want to find out why PC sales are slowing, don't ask columnists, ask PC customers.
Customers who, btw, are saying that Windows 8 sucks.
I bet you say the same thing about stack traces, right?
No. I prefer such safety back-stops.
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The reason why I wrote my prior comment was that I read the reason the GNU-Linux people do not want to adopt BSD's strlcpy function is that the strlcpy encourages sloppy coding. The rationale given for that assertion is that strlcpy checks for the destination buffer being too small and zero-terminates regardless (unlike strncpy, which returns a non-zero-terminated buffer if the destination buffer is too small).
I think such types of rationale for not implementing safety checks are ridiculous.
... will lead to sloppy software being written. Why write high-quality software when you know any bugs will be caught later on?
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Such a conundrum for Redmond.....
How many people know or care that their Sony TV runs Linux?
And we need to come to terms with that fact and work towards improving the 'Linux Inside' brand image.
That is the wrong focus unless, of course, you are selling to buyers who are more concerned about Linux than whether or not the computer they are buying will serve their needs.
.
A big problem that Linux faces is that it is fragmented, and the "marketing" focus has been that it is Linux. What is really amazing is that most of the pro-Linux crowd do not see the fragmentation as a disadvantage.
With more and more computing being done on the web and in the cloud, why does it matter whether or not a computer runs Linux, Windows or whatever? That is the point that Google has realized. Consumers want functionality, not an OS.
The sooner the Linux crowd understands that, the better off Linux will be; of course, presuming Linux is not so far gone in the public's eye that it is not redeemable.
Lately there has been a lot of things that Microsoft "doesn't get": mobile computing, desktop computing (i.e., the Windows 8 fiasco), increasing stock price, what a great CEO is, etc., etc., etc....
...Home essentially is a custom start screen for your Android phone, replacing the home screen with one centered on Facebook....
So everything you run on the Facebook phone-Home device is a sub-process of Facebook's snooping program. Zucky must be beside himself with all the extra data that will be collected on the Facebook sheeple.
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Give it up, Microsoft. Your time was Windows 95, and that time has passed.
Offer $1k for the heads of anybody who runs one of these organizations
It would be better to expensively fine the businesses who use the robo-callers to advertise their products and services. Once the revenue stream of the robo-callers dries up, the robo-calling will stop.
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Is it at all possible that the technical community allows him to rest in peace instead of trying to exploit his name for page hits and SEO?
... yet another flavor of Linux that is going to take the desktop by storm.
... participating in the intentional leak of future versions tactic. How desperate Microsoft has become. Once the king, now toppled and humbled.....
has been thoroughly debunked
Not really. Lots of pseudo-science and opinions expressed as facts in that thread. But debunking? ummmm.... no.
... not this discussion again....
As TFA says, the MBA types have killed the innovation that laid the golden egg.
Look at the Pentagon suppliers for extracting as much money as they can from our defense spending. Good ole Capitalism at its worst.... sucking a Country dry just to engorge defense contractors' executives.
This technology while impressive may not make it to the U.S. even if proven successful due to the lack of popularity of public transportation.
OK, if you live in the U.S., why don't you ride the bus or train to work?
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Here: http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130215/179481049/Meteorite-Shower-Hits-Russia-Kazakhstan.html
Most of the VPS servers I've seen have some manner of backup included in the price. I didn't see any cost included in the home server for backups. Or a UPS, for that matter.
... are major holidays for the various groups that make up our country? What if all those days were Federal holidays? Would we ever get any work done? We clearly need a better way than to recognize every holiday of every group of people tha tmake up our country.