where on earth does this need iptables to be restarted?
It is better PR to say that it is a new feature that "no other mainstream operating system" possesses rather than just saying, oh yeah, Linux and iptables could do this all along.
This announcement was a PR stunt, no more, no less.
And as a person who who likes to use Linux, I was disappointed to see this type of fluff from the people behind Linux.
... for example a major site, dslreports.com, recently had an intrusion. Its customers' info was stolen, yet the admins of the site try to pass off the intrusion as something that just happens. Never mind that the admins have chosen (and still seem to not realize the problems with) two-way password 'encryption'..
Until site operators decide to properly secure the back-end data on their sites, no amount of front-end security will stop the insecurity designed into their sites.
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IE9 runs only on bloated resource-hungry Windows, yet Microsoft still --- in an effort to find something, anything, positive to say about IE9 --- falls back on the current "energy efficiency" buzzword.
Funny, in a sad way. How far the once giant has fallen.
... and I run a cron job hourly that takes a snapshot of the network traffic (in and out) for that hour and then uses syslog to write the data to a log file. I know my hourly traffic for the past couple of years.
just because MS stops support doesn't mean you can not use the software anymore.
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Microsoft makes it difficult to continue using software they have retired. For example, there appears to be a time-bomb in Visual Studio 2010 that prevents programs created with it from being used on earlier versions of Windows.
It appears that Microsoft was not happy with just ceasing support for those versions, now it looks like Microsoft is sabotaging efforts to develop software for those older versions.
... coming from a company that made it into the final four of the worst companies in America? It took a company as bad as BP to knock Comcast out of the running.
The more that Microsoft tries to squeeze the square Windows peg into the round hole of current and future computing needs, the more ugly splinters that will be flying and injuring the innocent bystanders. Microsoft needs to wake up and smell the non-Windows world. Until it does, it will never be able to compete.
What else is there to say?
It's not just semantics. The actual energy that moves you out of the plane (or moves the dirt into the vacuum cleaner) is provided by the higher pressure air, not the lower pressure air.
IE9 currently is confined to Windows Vista and Windows 7, the two most bloated, power-hungry versions of Windows around. Maybe Microsoft should start telling the billions of computer users to ditch Microsoft Windows and move over to a more efficient, less resource-hungry, operating system.
The reason for the assertion of "additional security" is not given in the article. It looks like the writer was trying to use all the current, hot buzzwords....
some of us see tablets as laptops with their keyboards missing and a few hundred bucks tacked onto the price."
It is really very simple, if you do not want or need the extra features that a tablet brings to the table, then don't buy one. What is so difficult about that?
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Keep in mind that notebooks used to cost hundreds if not a thousand dollars more than a desktop, and the notebook was far less powerful than that desktop. Yet, over time, the notebook pulled ahead.
How can that be "unethical" if it's what all vendors do?
Do "all vendors" bill you per-processor, whether or not you use their software on the computer?
Perhaps you need to go back and understand the licensing agreements that Microsoft that with the PC OEMs. Even if MS software was not installed, the OEMs paid Microsoft. The US DoJ had an issue with it all.
And while you're at it, it is interesting to takeapeek here
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Ignorance of history on a moderator's part is not a reason to mark a posting as a troll.
Did you really think that Gates is capable of coming up with an original idea? Even as he attempts to revise and groom his image for history, he remains unable to innovate.
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... that doesn't mention Postfix, but does mention sendmail isn't worth reading. I mean, really. sendmail? As an example of architecture design?
where on earth does this need iptables to be restarted?
It is better PR to say that it is a new feature that "no other mainstream operating system" possesses rather than just saying, oh yeah, Linux and iptables could do this all along.
This announcement was a PR stunt, no more, no less.
And as a person who who likes to use Linux, I was disappointed to see this type of fluff from the people behind Linux.
Until site operators decide to properly secure the back-end data on their sites, no amount of front-end security will stop the insecurity designed into their sites.
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IE9 runs only on bloated resource-hungry Windows, yet Microsoft still --- in an effort to find something, anything, positive to say about IE9 --- falls back on the current "energy efficiency" buzzword.
Funny, in a sad way. How far the once giant has fallen.
... and I run a cron job hourly that takes a snapshot of the network traffic (in and out) for that hour and then uses syslog to write the data to a log file. I know my hourly traffic for the past couple of years.
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Microsoft makes it difficult to continue using software they have retired. For example, there appears to be a time-bomb in Visual Studio 2010 that prevents programs created with it from being used on earlier versions of Windows.
It appears that Microsoft was not happy with just ceasing support for those versions, now it looks like Microsoft is sabotaging efforts to develop software for those older versions.
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I do not see all this ending up in a good place.
I seriously wonder why it is being suggested to apply voltage to one's brain?
-1 mod points, you used "Microsoft" and "innovation" in the same sentence.
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But not nearly as much as some of Microsoft's customers wish that Windows Vista had never occurred.
... coming from a company that made it into the final four of the worst companies in America? It took a company as bad as BP to knock Comcast out of the running.
You need to let go of your Microsoft Windows delusions.
The more that Microsoft tries to squeeze the square Windows peg into the round hole of current and future computing needs, the more ugly splinters that will be flying and injuring the innocent bystanders. Microsoft needs to wake up and smell the non-Windows world. Until it does, it will never be able to compete. What else is there to say?
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Isn't that what dreams are about? Inventing new technologies to do in the future what is not possible now?
It's not just semantics. The actual energy that moves you out of the plane (or moves the dirt into the vacuum cleaner) is provided by the higher pressure air, not the lower pressure air.
... the air pressure inside inside the plane blows you out of the plane.
... before it is released. Once the software is released, it rarely lives up to the pre-release hype.
... your products not good enough to compete and gain marketshare when you can't use a monopoly to force people to use your products?
IE9 currently is confined to Windows Vista and Windows 7, the two most bloated, power-hungry versions of Windows around. Maybe Microsoft should start telling the billions of computer users to ditch Microsoft Windows and move over to a more efficient, less resource-hungry, operating system.
The reason for the assertion of "additional security" is not given in the article. It looks like the writer was trying to use all the current, hot buzzwords....
some of us see tablets as laptops with their keyboards missing and a few hundred bucks tacked onto the price."
It is really very simple, if you do not want or need the extra features that a tablet brings to the table, then don't buy one. What is so difficult about that?
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Keep in mind that notebooks used to cost hundreds if not a thousand dollars more than a desktop, and the notebook was far less powerful than that desktop. Yet, over time, the notebook pulled ahead.
The only time MS got any criticism is when processor makers started producing multiple processors per socket
Wow, sometimes I am amazed how clueless some people are.
How can that be "unethical" if it's what all vendors do?
Do "all vendors" bill you per-processor, whether or not you use their software on the computer?
Perhaps you need to go back and understand the licensing agreements that Microsoft that with the PC OEMs. Even if MS software was not installed, the OEMs paid Microsoft. The US DoJ had an issue with it all.
And while you're at it, it is interesting to take a peek here . Ignorance of history on a moderator's part is not a reason to mark a posting as a troll.
Did they look into the "per-processor pricing" days of Microsoft?
It is a false equivalence. There is no privacy in prisons, yet crime is rampant.
Did you really think that Gates is capable of coming up with an original idea? Even as he attempts to revise and groom his image for history, he remains unable to innovate.