Even though you live in america(tm) the government has to have their stuff available to all citizens, not just those who paid a fortune for a very specific office suite
Farris: Microsoft is probably interested in AJAX for the same reasons everyone is interested in AJAX: the ability to deliver desktop quality applications through the Web.
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these things can easily be defeaten by stairs.
Someone got this guy to work on a *nix desktop environment.
For such a powerfull operating system it has a crippled userinterface.
with the data retention laws and you have a totalitarian's wet dream.
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3 A//www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/wireless/library /wi-css/%3Fca%3Ddgr-lnxw01WirelessPages/
But this could mean a new era in computing.
cheaper computers mean more units out there.
think ipod/pda/game handheld being replaced by a small laptop
What is up with all the posts that link to IBM.com?
Hasn't this happened to IE yet?
How big of a drama it is.
Sue the bastards and get it over with.
*wrong*
Even though you live in america(tm) the government has to have their stuff available to all citizens, not just those who paid a fortune for a very specific office suite
When a product doesn't even properly for the vendor itself.
flag mp3s and archives as unsafe by default?
That would be Unamerican
Hurt their six figure salary.
When are people going to realise that the internet made certain "business models"
obsolete.
Just when the petition from http://www.dataretentionisnosolution.com/ closed.
These aren't off the shelf desktops.
What else would you expect them to run, windows ME?
I can't wait for the day I can buy "used" mp3s too!
Farris: Microsoft is probably interested in AJAX for the same reasons everyone is interested in AJAX: the ability to deliver desktop quality applications through the Web.
and charge "subscription fees" for it too.
as government customers show more interest in open-source alternatives to Microsoft's desktop software.
That's because those alternatives do not charge you for a new visual theme.
My plans for world domination.
(we are so dependant on these routers it's just scary)
DRM wasn't intrusive in the first place.
I'm sorry to say this, but for the love of god, ITS JUST A FRIGGIN NAME.
Also, this entire post looks like an open letter form cmdr taco to get his account stats back.
Grow up dude.
Linux (various distributions) 0.41%
Windows Vista 0.15%
MSFT's unreleased os has nearly the same market share as linux?
We've got a long way to go.
It's like asking, why do football players attend keg parties? Coding and roleplaying are part of geek culture
they've lost alot of my respect after they confiscated those books and ripped out "certain" pages.
If only they could compare the NT kernel along with them
*sigh*