I sincerely hope that Mozilla (or someone) will come out with an Outlook like client that will integrate with Exchange. (Calendar's, Public folders) When that day comes out shop has bought it's last M$ Office license.
I so loathe Spyware, I may look into the "lite" version. I am interested to know how the eXeem network plans on protecting itself from poisoning? When you went to Suprnova.org you knew that the posted torrents had been screened my moderators. With this new network the **AA's can simply poison the network the same way they have FastTrack.
You have a very good point. I am not a huge fan of some of Microsoft's business moves but your point is valid. If the path to a secure Windows PC out of the box is a bundled Firewall/Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus then so be it. It will make it easier supporting the inlaws.
However this will be useful information to have on had the next time I propose a Linux server to my M$ Centric managment.
I wonder why the various Linux Vendors have not had some kind of setting during install to allow authentication to an Active Directory. It would make the "Linux infiltration" simpler!
I think I see your point. I don't see the value of that style of service unless it is for "shopping" purposes. You could see what others found relevant. Sounds like Dogpile search. (Which I don't care for)
But if people cannot pull find data on the web in a organized manner it is all just noise. I remember how hard it was to find anything on the net. The webcrawler cam out and I thought it was a godsend. Now Google makes life much easier.
If data cannot be organized and indexed it quickly becomes usless. If there is a smaller site that has the data that is being looked for and enough people find it then would not Google suggest place that site at the top of the heap above the commercial sites?
I am not familiar with Dutch law but they are going to sue people for copyright infringement even though they didn't host any copyrighted files? If they are held responsible for "facilitating" copyright infringement they by the same logic could not their ISP? Or their hosting provider? (if not the same as the ISP)
Am I wrong in thinking that following this logic I couldn't discus code that may be proprietary on my site as it may lead to infringement? What if I link to a site that contains eDonkey or BitTorrent links. Are they going to kick my server room door in as well?
If the decision you are referring to is a Windows environment I have to disagree that it was a bad dicision. The discussion on why would be way off topic.
A 100% Windows environment can be secured against the current PLAUGE if we only had a little more support from management. They don't want the users to think the Tech Center is "watching there every online move" when in reality we should be.
By PXE I assume you mean using the Windows Remote Installation Service (which doesn't require PXE complaint NIC's) We have discussed this but it was decided at the Tech Center that we needed to treat the problem not the symptom.
That little bit of sarcasm was not to be taken latterly. I do administer a small WAN with about 200 client PC's. Spyware/Malware (non-bundled stuff mind you) that not only are keeping an intern busy 30 hours a week removing the stuff we are being forced to reload many of the PC's.
We have a whole host of Internal applications that require IE and Windows so in reality we will not be moving off of it. The point remains however that this garbage and it cousins are the IE/Windows black pelage.
I can't remove it with 3rd party software. Your uninstaller doesn't remove it, so I can't remove it. I can't use a sniffer to see what it is doing and you can install it on my computer by any means most of which will never display this EULA.
Sounds great, so about switching my company to Linux.....
I don't know about your family members but your employers more than likely already have a credit report on you or could pull one anyways. (They would have to pay)
I don't know about that. I can think of 5 right of hand.
1.) DiabloII
2.) Starcraft
3.) Counter Strike (Okay it's a mod)
4.) Battlefield 1942 (and related mods)
5.) Halo (1&2?)
I am sure I could think of more but those are what I am enjoying free of monthly fees at the moment.
How big of organization do you work for? What type of network are you on? What industry are you in? I work for a mid-sized bank that is looking to break free of Windows and it's related ill's. Our technology costs due to Spyware are steadily escalating. Management is demanding alternatives but we are a Windows shop with no Linux/Mac knowledge and don't even know where to begin. Any ideas?
I have recently been looking into Linux. I must admit I have been a Microsoft Admin for some years but there are simply too many people talking about it for me to ignore it. I hope that Microsoft's bark is bigger than it's bite.
(I have tried Knoppix and it seems nice but I need to read up on how Linux works as a server in a Windows network)
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I sincerely hope that Mozilla (or someone) will come out with an Outlook like client that will integrate with Exchange. (Calendar's, Public folders) When that day comes out shop has bought it's last M$ Office license.
I so loathe Spyware, I may look into the "lite" version. I am interested to know how the eXeem network plans on protecting itself from poisoning? When you went to Suprnova.org you knew that the posted torrents had been screened my moderators. With this new network the **AA's can simply poison the network the same way they have FastTrack.
Could be argued that the people are getting more sleep do so because they have expended more calories during the day?
You have a very good point. I am not a huge fan of some of Microsoft's business moves but your point is valid. If the path to a secure Windows PC out of the box is a bundled Firewall/Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus then so be it. It will make it easier supporting the inlaws.
You did buy some hardware with that OEM didn't you? You pirate! ;o)
Exelent post! I just hope many many people read it.
Too bad you can't be modded up more!
However this will be useful information to have on had the next time I propose a Linux server to my M$ Centric managment.
I wonder why the various Linux Vendors have not had some kind of setting during install to allow authentication to an Active Directory. It would make the "Linux infiltration" simpler!
I think I see your point. I don't see the value of that style of service unless it is for "shopping" purposes. You could see what others found relevant. Sounds like Dogpile search. (Which I don't care for)
Even if we could track an incoming object with 20 years lead time I don't know (depending on size of the object) that we could do much about it.
But if people cannot pull find data on the web in a organized manner it is all just noise. I remember how hard it was to find anything on the net. The webcrawler cam out and I thought it was a godsend. Now Google makes life much easier.
If data cannot be organized and indexed it quickly becomes usless. If there is a smaller site that has the data that is being looked for and enough people find it then would not Google suggest place that site at the top of the heap above the commercial sites?
But they just don't strike me as the Linux crowd.
Looks like the EA executives took a Microsoft 101 course.
I am not familiar with Dutch law but they are going to sue people for copyright infringement even though they didn't host any copyrighted files? If they are held responsible for "facilitating" copyright infringement they by the same logic could not their ISP? Or their hosting provider? (if not the same as the ISP)
Am I wrong in thinking that following this logic I couldn't discus code that may be proprietary on my site as it may lead to infringement? What if I link to a site that contains eDonkey or BitTorrent links. Are they going to kick my server room door in as well?
I find this very scary
Be careful or they will patent your comment. ;)
Who is moaning?
If the decision you are referring to is a Windows environment I have to disagree that it was a bad dicision. The discussion on why would be way off topic.
A 100% Windows environment can be secured against the current PLAUGE if we only had a little more support from management. They don't want the users to think the Tech Center is "watching there every online move" when in reality we should be.
By PXE I assume you mean using the Windows Remote Installation Service (which doesn't require PXE complaint NIC's) We have discussed this but it was decided at the Tech Center that we needed to treat the problem not the symptom.
Now if only the tax code could be voided for being beyond comprehension.
That little bit of sarcasm was not to be taken latterly. I do administer a small WAN with about 200 client PC's. Spyware/Malware (non-bundled stuff mind you) that not only are keeping an intern busy 30 hours a week removing the stuff we are being forced to reload many of the PC's.
We have a whole host of Internal applications that require IE and Windows so in reality we will not be moving off of it. The point remains however that this garbage and it cousins are the IE/Windows black pelage.
I have no doubt that this thing is totaly unenforceable.
I can't remove it with 3rd party software. Your uninstaller doesn't remove it, so I can't remove it. I can't use a sniffer to see what it is doing and you can install it on my computer by any means most of which will never display this EULA.
Sounds great, so about switching my company to Linux.....
I don't know about your family members but your employers more than likely already have a credit report on you or could pull one anyways. (They would have to pay)
I don't know about that. I can think of 5 right of hand. 1.) DiabloII 2.) Starcraft 3.) Counter Strike (Okay it's a mod) 4.) Battlefield 1942 (and related mods) 5.) Halo (1&2?) I am sure I could think of more but those are what I am enjoying free of monthly fees at the moment.
Or, I could just buy a game and play it forever for no monthly fee?
How big of organization do you work for? What type of network are you on? What industry are you in? I work for a mid-sized bank that is looking to break free of Windows and it's related ill's. Our technology costs due to Spyware are steadily escalating. Management is demanding alternatives but we are a Windows shop with no Linux/Mac knowledge and don't even know where to begin. Any ideas?
I have recently been looking into Linux. I must admit I have been a Microsoft Admin for some years but there are simply too many people talking about it for me to ignore it. I hope that Microsoft's bark is bigger than it's bite. (I have tried Knoppix and it seems nice but I need to read up on how Linux works as a server in a Windows network)