Re:Flash as an application development platform
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The Future of Flash
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Like it or not, some of us would like it to go away. Flash is a pestilence which has led to a lot of flashy and meaningless content clogging up web sites and making them unuseable.
Another aspect of Flash is the Flash cookies, cookies that are separate and distinct from those the browser creates. The Flash cookies are not managed by any of the cookie management facilities in browsers or security programs, bypassing the security and privacy measures that are in effect for HTML cookies.
... why does Microsoft feel the need to spend so much time bashing it. Why doesn't Microsoft just let the simplicity, reliability, security and value of their own software speak for itself?
The problem that Microsoft faces, is that their own software does speak for itself, and is provides a convincing argument that Microsoft's proprietary closed-source model is failing.
Why can't users just install Firefox and NoScript extension for it.
Why not just install Opera 9 and use the new site management capability to manage javascripting. You can disable javascript by default for all sites, and only allow javascript to run on those sites that you trust.
Since people don't use opera, I'm concluding they don't like opera or don't know about opera. Either way, opera has not been successful. Firefox, in constrast, has been successful.
Maybe Opera's old ad-based revenue model turned off too many people, allowing FireFox to gain marketshare among those who wanted an IE alternative. By the time Opera dropped the ad-based revenue model, it was too late for it to gain more marketshare because FireFox had already moved in.
Well, in my dictionary, everyone means every single person.
By the way, you only cite two people, I know of many, many more people who use Opera successfully, and move between Opera and other browsers without problem.
the masses hate it.
What surveys have you done to come to that conclusion? Please post the questions you used on the surveys, the resulting answers, and your statisical analysis that proves your conclusions are representative of what "the masses" think.
I'd rather use privoxy to block ads and other web-based nasties, and not have to worry about whether the browser I happen to be using supports ad block.
Additionally, I can have one instance of privoxy running on a server, and cover my entire home network. One single point of configuration, with the config files easily transferred to my notebook when I travel.
So Microsoft, through their press agent, has denied something that they were not accused of planning to do. Releasing the denial through th epress agent prevents any further questions on the matter. The agent will just say that they have said all they know.
From a more recent blog entry:
Update 30-June 2:15PM PDT: Microsoft says they have no intention of answering any questions about WGA. According to the same Waggener Edstrom spokesperson who sent me the statement reprinted above, "We are not granting interviews on this, as all of the information we have to share about WGA Notifications is contained in the response I provided below and the PressPass article that I sent you a link for."
Notice how, as I predicted, that the PR agency would hide behind the excuse of "that's all the info we have to share with you"?
Note the very careful wording in the Mircosoft's press release. Microsoft's PR firm (not Microsoft) is saying that WGA will not "will not turn off your computer". The release says nothing about preventing Windows from running, which was what a Microsoft person had previously stated.
So Microsoft, through their press agent, has denied something that they were not accused of planning to do. Releasing the denial through th epress agent prevents any further questions on the matter. The agent will just say that they have said all they know.
Bottom line: the matter of whether or not WGA will prevent a copy of Windows from running remains unsettled.
That's what I have heard, and I hope the follow-through is there. I like perl, but it has some deficiencies. Deficiencies that if you happen to mention them here, you are modded down as a troll. A virtual pile-on, if you will.
The concept of perl is an excellent one, however the value is in the execution of that concept. Prior to version 6, perl lacked in execution of its promise. I sincerely hope that version 6 changes that.
Perl is an overly complicated, syntactically-challenged, unstructured kitchen sink of a language. The next major version of perl needs to be developed with more of a plan, and less of a "a little of this, and a little of that" philosophy.
Seems more like a bunch of pre-approved PR junk...
Of course it's PR. Microsoft always has the "behind the scenes" interviews before a major release. It's all a part of the marketing campaign for Vista.
Microsoft knows they have major perception problems with Vista, and they are trying to build up a positive "buzz" to counter all of the negative issues surrounding Vista.
I sent a connect request. Your system accepted my request.
So someone who hacks into your server, defaces your site and destroys data is not doing anything illegal, since you implicitedly gave the hacker permission to do so when you accepted the connection request.
He's not the only brilliant programmer in the world, but he does have Microsoft's resources behind him
Even if he were a brilliant programmer (which I think he's not), he still has the extreme inertia of the Microsoft entrenched culture to deal with. This isn't the Microsoft that reacted quickly when the Internet sneaked up on them in the 90's, this is a bloated Microsoft that has as its main goal the protection of a deteriorating monopoly. This is a Microsoft that has not seen a successful, profitable new product in many, many, many years.
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Another aspect of Flash is the Flash cookies, cookies that are separate and distinct from those the browser creates. The Flash cookies are not managed by any of the cookie management facilities in browsers or security programs, bypassing the security and privacy measures that are in effect for HTML cookies.
I was not aware that slashdot was an OS vendor.
The problem that Microsoft faces, is that their own software does speak for itself, and is provides a convincing argument that Microsoft's proprietary closed-source model is failing.
Why not just install Opera 9 and use the new site management capability to manage javascripting. You can disable javascript by default for all sites, and only allow javascript to run on those sites that you trust.
Isn't there a timeout on the beta version, so they stop working after a few months?
How long has this operating system been due now?
Maybe Opera's old ad-based revenue model turned off too many people, allowing FireFox to gain marketshare among those who wanted an IE alternative. By the time Opera dropped the ad-based revenue model, it was too late for it to gain more marketshare because FireFox had already moved in.
I am quite terrible at statistics
I can see that.
Well, in my dictionary, everyone means every single person.
By the way, you only cite two people, I know of many, many more people who use Opera successfully, and move between Opera and other browsers without problem.
the masses hate it.
What surveys have you done to come to that conclusion? Please post the questions you used on the surveys, the resulting answers, and your statisical analysis that proves your conclusions are representative of what "the masses" think.
Then tell me how I have been using Opera for the past five or six years.
Additionally, I can have one instance of privoxy running on a server, and cover my entire home network. One single point of configuration, with the config files easily transferred to my notebook when I travel.
Or is it?
Does the prevention of competition from entering your marketspace really show that you acknowledge that you are unable to compete?
Hmmmmmmm.....
From a more recent blog entry: Update 30-June 2:15PM PDT: Microsoft says they have no intention of answering any questions about WGA. According to the same Waggener Edstrom spokesperson who sent me the statement reprinted above, "We are not granting interviews on this, as all of the information we have to share about WGA Notifications is contained in the response I provided below and the PressPass article that I sent you a link for."
Notice how, as I predicted, that the PR agency would hide behind the excuse of "that's all the info we have to share with you"?
Because I read what is actually said?
Damn is right.
So Microsoft, through their press agent, has denied something that they were not accused of planning to do. Releasing the denial through th epress agent prevents any further questions on the matter. The agent will just say that they have said all they know.
Bottom line: the matter of whether or not WGA will prevent a copy of Windows from running remains unsettled.
That's what I have heard, and I hope the follow-through is there. I like perl, but it has some deficiencies. Deficiencies that if you happen to mention them here, you are modded down as a troll. A virtual pile-on, if you will.
The concept of perl is an excellent one, however the value is in the execution of that concept. Prior to version 6, perl lacked in execution of its promise. I sincerely hope that version 6 changes that.
Perl is an overly complicated, syntactically-challenged, unstructured kitchen sink of a language. The next major version of perl needs to be developed with more of a plan, and less of a "a little of this, and a little of that" philosophy.
Of course it's PR. Microsoft always has the "behind the scenes" interviews before a major release. It's all a part of the marketing campaign for Vista.
Microsoft knows they have major perception problems with Vista, and they are trying to build up a positive "buzz" to counter all of the negative issues surrounding Vista.
So someone who hacks into your server, defaces your site and destroys data is not doing anything illegal, since you implicitedly gave the hacker permission to do so when you accepted the connection request.
Theft of service is theft regardless of how you try to rationalize its legality.
... is starting to look a lot better every day.
Even if he were a brilliant programmer (which I think he's not), he still has the extreme inertia of the Microsoft entrenched culture to deal with. This isn't the Microsoft that reacted quickly when the Internet sneaked up on them in the 90's, this is a bloated Microsoft that has as its main goal the protection of a deteriorating monopoly. This is a Microsoft that has not seen a successful, profitable new product in many, many, many years.
Trust needs to be earned, and Microsoft's action have shown that they are not worthy.
Thank you Bill, for everything you've done to the industry and the world.
I don't know. The consensus on this thread seem to be that Microsoft is not a technology company, but a marketing company.
Maybe that explains why they seem to have so much trouble developing operating systems.