If I had the brains to build a robot, there is simply NO WAY I would use Microsoft software to run it. There are any number of reasons to avoid MS software, as seen from other MS software in the past. Microsoft's DRM, DCMA, Patents and Copyrights would limit what I could do with the robot. Not to mention Microsoft software's history of BSODs, security holes, etc.
When Microsoft Windows Media Player, QuickTime or Real Player release a new version, it makes the front page of CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times. So, when a free, open-source player releases a new version, is it not appropriate for a promoter of open-source software to announce it?
Woohoo! I've been a tad frustrated with the lack of control while in fullscreen. I suppose I could memorize all of the keyboard shortcuts, but I use several different viewers between the Mac, Linux and Windoze...it just gets too confusing. I can't wait to try this out!
I think this is where Microsoft disappoints me the most. I agree that they improve Windows with each release (except the one you mentioned). I think XP is the best OS they've ever put out -- I've never had to reinstall it. (With 95 and 98, I got used to bi-annual reinstallations of the entire OS.) One of my PCs is still using the original installation of Windows XP that was installed in 2001. It's gone through multiple hardware changes, including a motherboard/CPU/memory upgrade, without even a scratch. Talk about stable. Regardless of whether or not there is a lack of true innovation, XP, at it's base level, is a terrific operating system.
That being said, what kills the deal for me is that they push their software, DRM and policies on me whether I want them or not. Microsoft's software doesn't as much serve me as it does their "partners". But, I'm the one that swipes my credit card to pay for it. I don't want Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Windows Firewall or Windows Defender, and I certainly don't want Windows "Genuine Advantage". I didn't ask for the DRM that enhances the income potential for the MPAA and RIAA, and yet the DRM is there. And I have to fork out the dollars to pay for that DRM. I didn't ask for it, and yet, Microsoft forces them on me. And now, with Vista, Microsoft can disable portions of the operating system if I choose to not accept their DRM updates.
If Microsoft would spend a little more time listening to the people that purchase their software, and a little less time making back-room deals with their "partners", perhaps I'd come back to Microsoft. Vista indeed sounds like a great operating system, but I don't want the junk that comes with it.
> "When has Windows ever stopped you from running a preferred program via filetype?"
I know it's not Windows, per se, that caused this problem, but after I installed Windows Media Player 9, I was no longer allowed to play.VOB files unless the files were on a DVD drive. If I tried to open them from the hard drive, Media Player displayed a dialog telling me just that, and provided no other option. All of the other video apps I had would play the.VOB files just fine, so fixing the issue was easy for me. But how many people would be stuck at this point?
I agree. Interesting how it seems to be coming so close to the Christmas shopping season and on the very day that a certain software producer is releasing two major software releases.
At the risk of being modded a Troll, I used to be able to pick up my telephone handset, whistle into the mic and convince my 1660 modem that I was a carrier signal. Never lasted more than about 5 seconds though: frail humans need oxygen.
Yeah, I miss those Commodore 64 days, too. I once sat up until 5am trying to block-send an entire disk to a buddy of mine at 300 baud. The very last block failed. Freakin' DRM was alive back then, too.
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If I had the brains to build a robot, there is simply NO WAY I would use Microsoft software to run it. There are any number of reasons to avoid MS software, as seen from other MS software in the past. Microsoft's DRM, DCMA, Patents and Copyrights would limit what I could do with the robot. Not to mention Microsoft software's history of BSODs, security holes, etc.
No way.
Sorry, but your patents are irrelevant in these cases. Putting words, graphics and/or a combination of both renders the web page no longer blank.
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> "How is this news?"
When Microsoft Windows Media Player, QuickTime or Real Player release a new version, it makes the front page of CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times. So, when a free, open-source player releases a new version, is it not appropriate for a promoter of open-source software to announce it?
They're too busy watching movies on 0.8.6 to worry about downloaders... :(
> "a Fullscreen controller"
Woohoo! I've been a tad frustrated with the lack of control while in fullscreen. I suppose I could memorize all of the keyboard shortcuts, but I use several different viewers between the Mac, Linux and Windoze...it just gets too confusing. I can't wait to try this out!
My mom had a '73 Chevy Vega. My brother made it crash. If only Vista had been around back then. Does DRM = Dent Removal?
I think this is where Microsoft disappoints me the most. I agree that they improve Windows with each release (except the one you mentioned). I think XP is the best OS they've ever put out -- I've never had to reinstall it. (With 95 and 98, I got used to bi-annual reinstallations of the entire OS.) One of my PCs is still using the original installation of Windows XP that was installed in 2001. It's gone through multiple hardware changes, including a motherboard/CPU/memory upgrade, without even a scratch. Talk about stable. Regardless of whether or not there is a lack of true innovation, XP, at it's base level, is a terrific operating system.
That being said, what kills the deal for me is that they push their software, DRM and policies on me whether I want them or not. Microsoft's software doesn't as much serve me as it does their "partners". But, I'm the one that swipes my credit card to pay for it. I don't want Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, Windows Firewall or Windows Defender, and I certainly don't want Windows "Genuine Advantage". I didn't ask for the DRM that enhances the income potential for the MPAA and RIAA, and yet the DRM is there. And I have to fork out the dollars to pay for that DRM. I didn't ask for it, and yet, Microsoft forces them on me. And now, with Vista, Microsoft can disable portions of the operating system if I choose to not accept their DRM updates.
If Microsoft would spend a little more time listening to the people that purchase their software, and a little less time making back-room deals with their "partners", perhaps I'd come back to Microsoft. Vista indeed sounds like a great operating system, but I don't want the junk that comes with it.
> "When has Windows ever stopped you from running a preferred program via filetype?"
.VOB files unless the files were on a DVD drive. If I tried to open them from the hard drive, Media Player displayed a dialog telling me just that, and provided no other option. All of the other video apps I had would play the .VOB files just fine, so fixing the issue was easy for me. But how many people would be stuck at this point?
I know it's not Windows, per se, that caused this problem, but after I installed Windows Media Player 9, I was no longer allowed to play
I agree. Interesting how it seems to be coming so close to the Christmas shopping season and on the very day that a certain software producer is releasing two major software releases.
Loozer: I got a lump of coal. WAY better tech support.
Malicious squirrel injections? Dude, that's sick!
Aneurism?
But they're GPS enabled, so your plumber can find and retrieve them from the sewer. Vision restored! Woohoo!
At the risk of being modded a Troll, I used to be able to pick up my telephone handset, whistle into the mic and convince my 1660 modem that I was a carrier signal. Never lasted more than about 5 seconds though: frail humans need oxygen.
Yeah, I miss those Commodore 64 days, too. I once sat up until 5am trying to block-send an entire disk to a buddy of mine at 300 baud. The very last block failed. Freakin' DRM was alive back then, too.
There's an ever so slight difference between "online" and "World Wide Web".
I would have thought the first web page would have said "Under Construction".
...and they all crashed.
> "...and a computer game."
Will it run on XBox?
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Startup sounds are definitely necessary on Windows: it signals an impending BSOD.
I agree... but there is this certain open source technology group that goes with a similar theme:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/5d6a/
It seems Microsoft's photocopiers are still working.
Pipes? I thought they were tubes.
Guys have sausage, ya know.
Even better than naked babes swimming in beer...
Shhhhhhh! That's supposed to be a secret...
> "it will be easier for companies to handle one disruption to its IT systems than two. Or three."
I couldn't agree more: switch to BOTH Linux and OpenOffice.org 2.0 at the same time.