... if Firefox's new and unnecessary rapid development cycle renders plug-ins invalid every three months, and the plug-in developers choose not to participate in Firefox's inane rapid development cycle. I, a Firefox user, am left with an egregious choice of keeping the browser secure by jumping on the rapid development cycle bandwagon, or using the plug-ins I want to use by skipping the security updates embedded in the rapid development cycle.
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All in the name of inflating the ego of some developers who are in a testosterone-enabled development war with other browser developers.
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It has all to do with being able to set the image of a product in the marketplace. Linux has all the hurdles that Apple had to clear, plus a product that has not solidified its identity, except that it is "free" "as in beer". One Linux distribution targets this part of the market, another Linux distribution targets another part of the market, yet another Linux distribution targets yet another part of the market.
When a consumer walks into Best Buy to buy a PC, what Linux distribution will that consumer select for that PC? Will the consumer be able, or even want, to make the choice? The consumer just wants a PC to run some applications and do things on the web, why the burden of selecting which Linux to use?
Even the car manufacturers learned this lesson in the 80's when The Japanese manufacturers drastically reduced the options available in cars by mandating "mandatory options" that drastically reduced the number of options available.
Your mention of Apple's success is a canard, because Apple did not get the 10% OS share on the back of the OS, but rather on the back of the ecosystem created by iTunes and iPhone.
It ain't never gonna happen. Linux is too fractured for the mass-market. I know the Linux supporters see the proliferation of versions as A Good Thing. Unfortunately, the mass marketplace does not. Unless and until the Linux supporters face the reality of the mass marketplace, there will never be the Year of the Linux Desktop.
Yup. When the Mozilla developers say, as a reason for the new Home tab capability, that they want Firefox to be different, then tail-fins can't be far behind.
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It is beginning to look like the Mozilla developers are now at a loss for new things to develop in order to feed the voracious appetite of the rapid release cycle that they pushed upon users.
Electricity (which is effectively what the server rack uses to provide heat) is too expensive for me to use it to heat water in the summer. I use other, less expensive, means to obtain hot water.
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What would probably be better solutions for Microsoft "Research" to investigate are:
1 - how to capture and use waste heat from a data center to provide the energy needs for the surrounding community
2 - how to reduce the energy requirements of a data center
... if you really care about the data.
ZFS has built-in so much more data integrity checks, and more extensive data integrity checks, than the vanilla RAID6 arrays.
A large, global company has competition. What a surprise. Oh, what will Google do? Whatever will they do?
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It looks like far too many people are accustomed to the days when Microsoft's monopoly ruled and crippled the tech industry. Fortunately, those days seem as distant as a Windows mobile device with a 50% marketshare.....
I, for one, welcome competition for google, and any other company that becomes a global powerhouse.
Ballmer is the core problem that needs to be solved. The fact that Ballmer has not yet put in a replacement for Gates shows that Ballmer is, indeed, the problem.
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Any discussion about replacing Gates is premature so long as Ballmer is allowed to continue mismanaging the company.
Microsoft has proven to be unable to compete in the marketspace of mobile devices. So Microsoft now threatens expensive lawsuits in their attempt to remain meaningful.
Although the move may have caught users by surprise, the decision to stop supporting Firefox 4 has been discussed within Mozilla for weeks.
Who cares what the users think about EOL'ing a product that was only released a few week ago. We The Developers are going to do what we want, users be damned.
Mozilla has denied copying Google Chrome's upbeat schedule but analysts have noted the similarities and pointed out the need of all browser makers to step up the pace.
The faster release cycle is ridiculous. The last time it happened, the major browsers got too buggy to use and I had to switch to Opera.
When your home automation, grid power, security, telephone, TV, internet and wireless companies are all owned by the same conglomerate
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And that conglomerate has one of the worst customer service records of any corporation in America. It sounds like the making of a success story to me.
The reason Microsoft is in the current downward-spiraling condition is due to Bill Gates. He completely missed the onset of the Internet. He had to release a second version of his book, The Road Ahead in order to mention the Internet, as he ignored the widespread ramifications of the Internet the first time around. Innovation during his tenure was minimal, if existent at all.
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What Microsoft needs now is a real visionary, not a phony one who built a company on borderline-illegal business practices.
I say, sure bring back Bill Gates. That would finish Microsoft off for good.
The damage to Microsoft that Ballmer has done is already too systemic within Microsoft. All Ballmer did was continue the marginally illegal business practices of his predecessor, leveraging a monopoly to force people to use new Microsoft products. That would have worked, had the Internet not appeared on the scene. Missing the growth and reach of the Internet was such an embarrassment for Gates that he had to save face by retiring, and he dumped Microsoft's problems into someone else's lap. Unfortunately, that other person was "no new ideas" Ballmer.
You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s worse than you know.
Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyden (D-Oregon) says that powers they grant the government on their face, the government applies a far broader legal interpretation — an interpretation that the government has conveniently classified, so it cannot be publicly assessed or challenged. But one prominent Patriot-watcher asserts that the secret interpretation empowers the government to deploy ”dragnets” for massive amounts of information on private citizens; the government portrays its data-collection efforts much differently.....
Slashdot Mirror
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All in the name of inflating the ego of some developers who are in a testosterone-enabled development war with other browser developers.
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It has all to do with being able to set the image of a product in the marketplace. Linux has all the hurdles that Apple had to clear, plus a product that has not solidified its identity, except that it is "free" "as in beer". One Linux distribution targets this part of the market, another Linux distribution targets another part of the market, yet another Linux distribution targets yet another part of the market.
When a consumer walks into Best Buy to buy a PC, what Linux distribution will that consumer select for that PC? Will the consumer be able, or even want, to make the choice? The consumer just wants a PC to run some applications and do things on the web, why the burden of selecting which Linux to use?
Even the car manufacturers learned this lesson in the 80's when The Japanese manufacturers drastically reduced the options available in cars by mandating "mandatory options" that drastically reduced the number of options available.
Your mention of Apple's success is a canard, because Apple did not get the 10% OS share on the back of the OS, but rather on the back of the ecosystem created by iTunes and iPhone.
It ain't never gonna happen. Linux is too fractured for the mass-market. I know the Linux supporters see the proliferation of versions as A Good Thing. Unfortunately, the mass marketplace does not. Unless and until the Linux supporters face the reality of the mass marketplace, there will never be the Year of the Linux Desktop.
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It is beginning to look like the Mozilla developers are now at a loss for new things to develop in order to feed the voracious appetite of the rapid release cycle that they pushed upon users.
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Some sites that are helpful:
Science News
Science Daily
New Scientist
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What would probably be better solutions for Microsoft "Research" to investigate are:
1 - how to capture and use waste heat from a data center to provide the energy needs for the surrounding community
2 - how to reduce the energy requirements of a data center
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Typical Microsoft, providing a half-baked, but nice-sounding for marketing sound-bites, solution.
Both sides need adult supervision, and should grow up.
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Both FreeBSD and FreeNAS, in addition to OpenSolaris, support ZFS.
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Shuttle Atlantis [insert verb or verb phrase here] for the last time.
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It looks like far too many people are accustomed to the days when Microsoft's monopoly ruled and crippled the tech industry. Fortunately, those days seem as distant as a Windows mobile device with a 50% marketshare.....
I, for one, welcome competition for google, and any other company that becomes a global powerhouse.
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Any discussion about replacing Gates is premature so long as Ballmer is allowed to continue mismanaging the company.
Those who cannot compete, litigate.
Microsoft has proven to be unable to compete in the marketspace of mobile devices. So Microsoft now threatens expensive lawsuits in their attempt to remain meaningful.
Hopefully the Apple television won't come with an underpowered CPU like the AppleTV does.
... as that allows the bribery money to be concentrated amongst just a few people, and makes it easier to buy the results needed.
Although the move may have caught users by surprise, the decision to stop supporting Firefox 4 has been discussed within Mozilla for weeks.
Who cares what the users think about EOL'ing a product that was only released a few week ago. We The Developers are going to do what we want, users be damned.
Mozilla has denied copying Google Chrome's upbeat schedule but analysts have noted the similarities and pointed out the need of all browser makers to step up the pace.
The faster release cycle is ridiculous. The last time it happened, the major browsers got too buggy to use and I had to switch to Opera.
executed on a driver supplied to you by third-party which may or may not have a stellar security record themselves.
That is more of a critique of Microsoft Windows itself than of WebGL.
Just look at all of the security issues that Microsoft Windows has, and all of the security problems that Microsoft Windows has caused globally.
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And that conglomerate has one of the worst customer service records of any corporation in America. It sounds like the making of a success story to me.
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What Microsoft needs now is a real visionary, not a phony one who built a company on borderline-illegal business practices.
I say, sure bring back Bill Gates. That would finish Microsoft off for good.
No, they won't.
The damage to Microsoft that Ballmer has done is already too systemic within Microsoft. All Ballmer did was continue the marginally illegal business practices of his predecessor, leveraging a monopoly to force people to use new Microsoft products. That would have worked, had the Internet not appeared on the scene. Missing the growth and reach of the Internet was such an embarrassment for Gates that he had to save face by retiring, and he dumped Microsoft's problems into someone else's lap. Unfortunately, that other person was "no new ideas" Ballmer.
You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s worse than you know. Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyden (D-Oregon) says that powers they grant the government on their face, the government applies a far broader legal interpretation — an interpretation that the government has conveniently classified, so it cannot be publicly assessed or challenged. But one prominent Patriot-watcher asserts that the secret interpretation empowers the government to deploy ”dragnets” for massive amounts of information on private citizens; the government portrays its data-collection efforts much differently.....
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In my experience, as a customer, AT&T's customer service is nothing short of horrific, only slightly better than Comcast's customer service..
AT&T's corporate strategies look to me to me to be not in the favor of AT&T customers.