That's great, but there are plenty of enterprise situations where.NET is being utilized. It all boils down to using what works. In this case, Microsoft's solution failed. Hopefully their Linux based solution works better. But lets say that it craps out and crashes too (yes, programs running on Linux systems do crash)...will you be out here saying that Linux isn't read for enterprise deployment either?
Not the same at all. People generally read a book and are done, and most people appreciate reading print on paper and the feel of the book in the hand. Music, on the other hand, is listened to over and over again, and has no tangible form for one to appreciate.
"There's only so many crimes against humanity anyone can commit before they can no longer be redeemed. In the view of Stallman and many, many others, Microsoft crossed the line long before the world really knew who they were."
Holy shit. You do realize this is SOFTWARE we're talking about here, right? And you use phrases like "Crimes against humanity" to describe the actions of someone with a different philosophy about software "freedom"? This kind of thinking is what's wrong with people like yourself and Stallman. You take your little causes way to seriously.
I just bought a Vaio laptop recently. It's got an ATI 4650 w/1gb vram, 4 gigs of RAM, 2 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320 GB hd, bluetooth, 802.11n, Bluray drive, and 16.5 in screen @ 1600x900 resolution. It cost me $999. The Macbook for $999 doesn't come close, even if I ignore the screen size.
"Instead of crying out loud that you can't afford it, you should start wondering WHY you would want to afford it and start planning HOW you can avoid it... Just a pass-by motivational thought"
What should have come what way? Office 2003 should have come with Office 2007 support? Or Office 2007 should have supported 2003? In the first case, that's ridiculous. And the second scenario is already true.
I was a fan of Open Office until I realized that odf files don't look in the same in various open source word processors.
The Xbox (great success...they make money off of licensing anyway), the Zune (love mine), and Office 2007 (awesome once you get used to the new UI) are all great products. Vista lead to the paring down of the Windows kernel, resulting in the leaner Windows 7. I'd say MS isn't doing too bad under Ballmer.
I stand correctly. The devs that Macs are good for are Mac devs and Unix devs who have money to blow on overpriced hardware, especially considering that they can get hundreds of flavors of *nix for free.
Laptops are ALL sketchy pieces of shit, and if you get one that lasts more than a few years, it's the luck of the draw. I worked at a hardware support desk at a university, and we saw all kinds of laptops come through...Mac, Toshiba, Sony, Dell, Lenovo, etc etc etc. They all use the same innards, and they all wear out at about the same rate. The main difference in quality is the exterior.
I had a cheap ass Gateway laptop that lasted me for 4 years, while a friend's Macbook died within a few months. On the other hand, I've seen Macs last for years and "pc's" die after a few months.
The Mac has the same hardware that every other manufacturer uses. There's nothing "better tested" about it, and I don't buy that their "engineering" is better. My brother bought a 13 inch MacBook last month, and the front edge already cracked and had to be repaired (under warranty, apparently it's a known issue). The lid doesn't quite seem to line up with the bottom of the machine, but that's how the Apple Store guys said it was supposed to be. The no-button track pads are annoying as hell.
The only "extra option" that you get is OS X, and OS X isn't an advantage to a developer that doesn't use it. It's useless fluff.
The only devs that Macs are good for are Mac devs.
Why should he have recused himself? Because he thinks that his original call was the right one? If the appeals court doesn't like it, then they can hear the case themselves.
"jurors are more likely to account for the human element"
Which isn't a good thing most of the time. It makes jurors very susceptible to manipulation by attorneys/prosecutors who may not have any real evidence.
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That's great, but there are plenty of enterprise situations where .NET is being utilized. It all boils down to using what works. In this case, Microsoft's solution failed. Hopefully their Linux based solution works better. But lets say that it craps out and crashes too (yes, programs running on Linux systems do crash)...will you be out here saying that Linux isn't read for enterprise deployment either?
Not the same at all. People generally read a book and are done, and most people appreciate reading print on paper and the feel of the book in the hand. Music, on the other hand, is listened to over and over again, and has no tangible form for one to appreciate.
"There's only so many crimes against humanity anyone can commit before they can no longer be redeemed. In the view of Stallman and many, many others, Microsoft crossed the line long before the world really knew who they were."
Holy shit. You do realize this is SOFTWARE we're talking about here, right? And you use phrases like "Crimes against humanity" to describe the actions of someone with a different philosophy about software "freedom"? This kind of thinking is what's wrong with people like yourself and Stallman. You take your little causes way to seriously.
I just bought a Vaio laptop recently. It's got an ATI 4650 w/1gb vram, 4 gigs of RAM, 2 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 320 GB hd, bluetooth, 802.11n, Bluray drive, and 16.5 in screen @ 1600x900 resolution. It cost me $999. The Macbook for $999 doesn't come close, even if I ignore the screen size.
"Instead of crying out loud that you can't afford it, you should start wondering WHY you would want to afford it and start planning HOW you can avoid it... Just a pass-by motivational thought"
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What should have come what way? Office 2003 should have come with Office 2007 support? Or Office 2007 should have supported 2003? In the first case, that's ridiculous. And the second scenario is already true.
I was a fan of Open Office until I realized that odf files don't look in the same in various open source word processors.
The Xbox (great success...they make money off of licensing anyway), the Zune (love mine), and Office 2007 (awesome once you get used to the new UI) are all great products. Vista lead to the paring down of the Windows kernel, resulting in the leaner Windows 7. I'd say MS isn't doing too bad under Ballmer.
That's probably the best way to defeat this. MAYBE they'd guess your password, but there's no way in hell they'd guess your username and password.
There are these places called "libraries". They have books there, and you can read them for free. You can even take them home with you!
Meh, it should be a federal project and go from San Diego to Seattle. THAT would be a worthwhile project.
*stand corrected
Turn your sarcasm detector up.
I stand correctly. The devs that Macs are good for are Mac devs and Unix devs who have money to blow on overpriced hardware, especially considering that they can get hundreds of flavors of *nix for free.
Laptops are ALL sketchy pieces of shit, and if you get one that lasts more than a few years, it's the luck of the draw. I worked at a hardware support desk at a university, and we saw all kinds of laptops come through...Mac, Toshiba, Sony, Dell, Lenovo, etc etc etc. They all use the same innards, and they all wear out at about the same rate. The main difference in quality is the exterior.
I had a cheap ass Gateway laptop that lasted me for 4 years, while a friend's Macbook died within a few months. On the other hand, I've seen Macs last for years and "pc's" die after a few months.
You missed the "Dissed A Mac" logical fallacy.
The Mac has the same hardware that every other manufacturer uses. There's nothing "better tested" about it, and I don't buy that their "engineering" is better. My brother bought a 13 inch MacBook last month, and the front edge already cracked and had to be repaired (under warranty, apparently it's a known issue). The lid doesn't quite seem to line up with the bottom of the machine, but that's how the Apple Store guys said it was supposed to be. The no-button track pads are annoying as hell.
The only "extra option" that you get is OS X, and OS X isn't an advantage to a developer that doesn't use it. It's useless fluff.
The only devs that Macs are good for are Mac devs.
Because well-made laptops automagically hook themselves up to your monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, power, etc when you set them down at home?
Oh the horror! Having to hibernate everything three hours when there's not a power socket nearby!
Pft....I don't see any licensing police running around checking vm's or laptops, so I'd just install it and not worry about it.
If Virtualbox won't work, use VirtualPC. It runs just fine in that.
Why should he have recused himself? Because he thinks that his original call was the right one? If the appeals court doesn't like it, then they can hear the case themselves.
I wouldn't be a dick and patent software, so I really don't have to worry about it.
"jurors are more likely to account for the human element"
Which isn't a good thing most of the time. It makes jurors very susceptible to manipulation by attorneys/prosecutors who may not have any real evidence.
This wasn't "online" registration. It was done over a phone with a customer service rep.
How many people who will be running this AV have files like that just sitting around on their hds?
Probably none.
Besides, technically those aren't "false positives", as in the AV isn't matching a signature...the files are unscannable, so the AV plays it safe.