Is that what Windows 7 is supposed to be? Vista + New Input Human Device Driver + Funky Taskbar?
If so, they'd better start pulling an Apple and consider it an "incremental" upgrade, with modest prices. Who'd pay full OS price for that?
Also, pie menu is interesting, but problematic. Does it float over the other windows or sit under? Can it be moved around? Will we have to alt-tab to get to the Start menu? How nice will it play with multiple screen setups and other non standard desktop layouts?
Well, I would imagine it might be not unlike the pie menus available for Firefox. I tried them, but frankly, with a mouse, I find them to be a bit of pain, personally. As always, YMMV.
Isn't this slow and steady 'removal of promised features' what got us Vista in the first place?
Yes. Expect Microsoft to cover this fact up with completely new eye candy features. I also expect them to make important changes in IE, DirectX, etc., that will only be available in Windows 7, in order to drive sales of an OS that will end up being just like Vista -- no reason to upgrade.
Uh, no, that's completely wrong. Unless you're suggesting that Eric Traut doesn't work for or speak for Microsoft. In the talk he gave, clearly MinWin was supposed to be part of Windows 7.
There's a distinction between a real estate agent and a Realtor® Yeah, that's because Realtors® are real estate brokers, whilst agents are just people that are licensed to work under a broker.
Although, it's important to note that not all real estate brokers are Realtors®. Only NAR members are Realtors®
BTW-- the word 'realtor' is just a made up word. There was no such work until NAR came along.
there are still a lot of businesses that think this "internet fad" is going away You mean like how Xerox thought that no one would ever want their own computer?
The legal issues are more complex than that, such as fair use. Think about the whole 'time shifting' issue of using VCRs to record live TV. Then, some will argue that 'media shifting' is a valid form of fair use. The MAFIAA may be within their rights to limit me to 1 play (it constitutes a 'performance' of the music, like a juke box), but whether they can control the device on which I listen to it is a matter the courts still have not decided.
I mean it's a nice try, but how many people here can do anything with it?
I'm pretty sure PTC still hands out free 30-day trial versions on their website. You'll still have to go through customer service to get a demo license, but shouldn't be a problem.
Alternatively, there are various other methods with varying degrees of illegality (depending on your jurisdiction), including some tried-and-true methods of cracking FlexLM. Not that I would encourage anybody to break the law, however.
As for the learning curve, PTC also has free tutorials on the their web site as well.
Maybe you shouldn't try and hang your economic philosophy on old ideas of supply and demand? However, we live in the real world. ALL economies, whether 'free market' or 'communist' are, in the end, based on the 'old idea' of supply and demand. Scarcity creates demand. If it weren't for scarcity, we wouldn't need any such thing as an 'economy' or 'money'.
"Anthing that is available in an infinite quantity should be free." No, what he's saying is that anything available in an infinite quantity will be free. That's just basic economics. The trick is to tie the free infinite good to a scarce good. If you get the business model right, the free infinite good will drive demand for the scarce good.
This is pure fantasy, and is the kind of thinking that leads to bloodshed. If abuses are not resisted through active, vigorous civil disobedience, then your "eventual correction" IS a bloody revolution.
Sssh! Don't tell him. I prefer the bloody revolution version.
They don't want to let you do your job? Okay, well, sit around, get paid for doing nothing. Screw 'em. Compile your "obscure bits of knowledge" send it off to your co-workers and sit around and do nothing for the next three weeks. What are they going to do? Fire you?
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Uh, no, that's completely wrong. Unless you're suggesting that Eric Traut doesn't work for or speak for Microsoft. In the talk he gave, clearly MinWin was supposed to be part of Windows 7.
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Although, it's important to note that not all real estate brokers are Realtors®. Only NAR members are Realtors®
BTW-- the word 'realtor' is just a made up word. There was no such work until NAR came along.
The legal issues are more complex than that, such as fair use. Think about the whole 'time shifting' issue of using VCRs to record live TV. Then, some will argue that 'media shifting' is a valid form of fair use. The MAFIAA may be within their rights to limit me to 1 play (it constitutes a 'performance' of the music, like a juke box), but whether they can control the device on which I listen to it is a matter the courts still have not decided.
Still piracy. 'least according to the MAFIAA.
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Big hint: The other candidate's technical advisor is Lawrence Lessig. Guess he must be the lawyer/media executive.
I don't know which is which, but I know which one asked Steve Ballmer to be his technical advisor. Knowing that, NOW which one would you pick?
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I'm pretty sure PTC still hands out free 30-day trial versions on their website. You'll still have to go through customer service to get a demo license, but shouldn't be a problem.
Alternatively, there are various other methods with varying degrees of illegality (depending on your jurisdiction), including some tried-and-true methods of cracking FlexLM. Not that I would encourage anybody to break the law, however.
As for the learning curve, PTC also has free tutorials on the their web site as well.
Yes, but does it run Linux?
No, no, no, no. VMWare ESX was Web 1.5. New hardware is Web 2.0. Get with the program!
For those not keeping up, here is my guide to Web 2.0:
Web 1.0: House blend coffee
Web 1.5: Tall, skinny latte with soy milk
Web 2.0: Frappuccino.
Web 1.0: Static HTML
Web 1.1: Dynamic HTML
Web 1.5: Dynamic XHTML
Web 2.0: HTML? What's that?!
Web 1.0: Cisco routers
Web 1.1: Cisco routers runnning IOS
Web 1.5: Nortel routers
Web 2.0: Who needs routers? We have IPV6!
Web 1.0: Wired
Web 1.5: Wireless
Web 2.0: Sharks. With friggin' LASERS attached to their heads!
They don't want to let you do your job? Okay, well, sit around, get paid for doing nothing. Screw 'em. Compile your "obscure bits of knowledge" send it off to your co-workers and sit around and do nothing for the next three weeks. What are they going to do? Fire you?