The trouble with a "pile of cash" is that unless you are paying dividends and/or getting good stock growth, investors will start looking at it. [Quote]
I'm watching/listening there are some 1GB F/d on an ebay equavilent here at the moment not cheap but @150-00 Pounds very rough currency conversion.
If it is not to hard to do and no one else has released it you, could release it under the same lisences as the private Knoppix mods/Clones (Cant remember the name of licence) like cluster Knoppix.
But the catch must be if the pc will boot usb yes?
Firefox and others don't have to come out on top. There just needs to be a significant presence of browsers other than IE on the net to negate Microsofts ability to abuse. When 98% of browsers are IE, they can basterdize standards and it looks like the 2% are the screwed up ones. If several other browsers are largely in use (don't need to be #1) then it will be more apparent which browser is actually screwed up and not following standards.
Well, I can see it in Safari, and Joe can see in Firefox. Sally says it works with Opera. How come it looks so weird on your computer? [Q]
And the same goes for generall O/S security.
You have just outlined why M/S do NOT want this to happen.
Written in Firefox without adds and that horrible flash.
1 Important point that will keep me out of IE. In Firefox I can adjust the text size so I can see it, for me a MAJOR, selling point.
They would have to re-design MSW totally from scratch, because it is so badly organised & designed internally that it has to be run off re-writable media (it writes everything to disk all the time) and Ect [Q]
Joe,
At the end of the day, that is what M/S need's.
Hence could end up being a very good thing for M/S and the world.
Don't let them see this thread they'll come get us.
I fell they tried to squeez a little to much into knoppix.
But it is a little more "open" than Mandrake. Although "Move" with M/stick is very nice.
Locking people out of your knoweledge base who are not "Financial Members" is not a good marketing move, perhaps Mandrake will positively resolve this soon.
Considering between OSX and Linux for the desktop is like being hungry and wanting a good meal and debating whether to take someone's leftover takeout for free out of the trash from a good restaurant or going inside and ordering what you want.
Over the past 10 years I have matured much more than Linux has.
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The above (And the rest of the post) does rather tend to reinforce the stereotype:
Linux is for Nerds, and Macs are toys for Nerds with too much money.
The fact that another Heavyweight U.S. M/S user is even considering options semi realistically has to be positive.
The snooty we are superior attitude of too many Mac user's sells an afful lot of M/S packages anually.
What is the shareholding of M/S in Apple at the moment?
f I burn a copy of 2k at work because I can't stand the XP UI, doesn't the fact that I've got legit windows licenses coming out of my ass count for ANYTHING?:P
As far as M/Scam is concerned, if you dont have spare S# to go with it you gotta pay again.
Insane, unless your a M/Scam stock holder.
D.
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People,
Microsoft is the problem.
Sick of gentoo zealots throwing plugs in completely unrelated topics? Me too! {QUOTE}
This style of comment is the other.
S.
The trouble with a "pile of cash" is that unless you are paying dividends and/or getting good stock growth, investors will start looking at it.
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And wanting to put it to work elsewhere!
S.
Joe,
Both the usb drive options are good but there can be issues with power supply via USB.
Also this starts to get big again.1 nice little (Size) f/D over 1 GB, done.
no disk, cabeles, hang it round your neck, gone.
Have you seen the watch versions?
S.
Joe,
F/D Flash disk, our terminology for memory stick. usb stick.
My bad f/d also floppy, past my bed time not thinking.
S.
joe,
I'm watching/listening there are some 1GB F/d on an ebay equavilent here at the moment not cheap but @150-00 Pounds very rough currency conversion.
If it is not to hard to do and no one else has released it you, could release it under the same lisences as the private Knoppix mods/Clones (Cant remember the name of licence) like cluster Knoppix.
But the catch must be if the pc will boot usb yes?
Using a floppy still gives 2 pices to carry.
S.
Joe,
Booting straight from stick with Knoppix/Knoppix
like O/s and a r/rw partition would be the way to go, especially for the budget consiuos student.
Backup habits would need to be observed.
The advantages for youth, and the financially disadvantaged are phenomenal.
A born in England Kiwi and a U.K National discussing Tech on a U.S site.
Where the evil ones will steal our Ideas. Maybe Globaliseation does work.
S.
Joe and others,
Would it not Be possible to partition a dvd. having a boot section and a r/rw section.
Backup data have 2nd copy disk. like having 2 laptops.
You folk, and the Japanese get the new toys before us, any terminals booting from flash drive on usb yet?
That must happen, and change all the rules again.
S.
Firefox and others don't have to come out on top. There just needs to be a significant presence of browsers other than IE on the net to negate Microsofts ability to abuse. When 98% of browsers are IE, they can basterdize standards and it looks like the 2% are the screwed up ones. If several other browsers are largely in use (don't need to be #1) then it will be more apparent which browser is actually screwed up and not following standards.
Well, I can see it in Safari, and Joe can see in Firefox. Sally says it works with Opera. How come it looks so weird on your computer? [Q]
And the same goes for generall O/S security.
You have just outlined why M/S do NOT want this to happen.
Written in Firefox without adds and that horrible flash.
1 Important point that will keep me out of IE. In Firefox I can adjust the text size so I can see it, for me a MAJOR, selling point.
S.
They would have to re-design MSW totally from scratch, because it is so badly organised & designed internally that it has to be run off re-writable media (it writes everything to disk all the time) and
Ect [Q]
Joe,
At the end of the day, that is what M/S need's.
Hence could end up being a very good thing for M/S and the world.
Don't let them see this thread they'll come get us.
S.
uh, PE Environment? [Q]
That's a beginning but, currently you must be a m/s licensed person to legally use said, and it is only a PRE.
As opposed to a fully fleged general use, portable stick, disk, go deal.
S.
I fell they tried to squeez a little to much into knoppix.
But it is a little more "open" than Mandrake. Although "Move" with M/stick is very nice.
Locking people out of your knoweledge base who are not "Financial Members" is not a good marketing move, perhaps Mandrake will positively resolve this soon.
How long I wonder untill M/S enter this field?
S.
Considering between OSX and Linux for the desktop is like being hungry and wanting a good meal and debating whether to take someone's leftover takeout for free out of the trash from a good restaurant or going inside and ordering what you want.
Over the past 10 years I have matured much more than Linux has.
[quote]
The above (And the rest of the post) does rather tend to reinforce the stereotype:
Linux is for Nerds, and Macs are toys for Nerds with too much money.
The fact that another Heavyweight U.S. M/S user is even considering options semi realistically has to be positive.
The snooty we are superior attitude of too many Mac user's sells an afful lot of M/S packages anually.
What is the shareholding of M/S in Apple at the moment?
S.
f I burn a copy of 2k at work because I can't stand the XP UI, doesn't the fact that I've got legit windows licenses coming out of my ass count for ANYTHING? :P
As far as M/Scam is concerned, if you dont have spare S# to go with it you gotta pay again.
Insane, unless your a M/Scam stock holder.
D.