If someone gave me a refrigerator for free I wouldn't care that much if it stopped working in a month. Sure I could pay for a refrigerator and get a warranty, but in the same way I could buy a support license.
The question though is if this program is "integrated" into Vista ie not uninstallable and if it makes use of undocumented parts of the Windows api.
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The non-Windows computers that Dell sells are not more expensive because they don't have Windows. They are more expensive because they don't have all that bundled software that OEMs make a fortune by including. Still, one would think that the very limited if any support they will offer would cut costs, though their licensing fee for Windows is likely almost negligible.
Dell can use the specific hardware, use an Apple motherboard, the specific Intel CPU and they could have the setups certified by Apple or something. Just because Dell would sell it doesn't mean they would throw anything in the box.
I think they still can't understand that they can partially be a software company. They think if hardware sales go down, they are doomed, but they could make a lot off of software.
Apple just decided to switch from PPC to x86. They would probably crawl back to IBM before letting Intel change the architecture again. They are already taking a huge risk switching to x86 and I don't think they want to lose all their customers, especially if they have the potential to gain some with x86.
Quoting from that page, "LT is expected to be available in Desktop & Mobile platforms for the Business segment in approximately the next two to three years." That means it will probably not be available for Tiger, but perhaps Leopard?
It is partially because I am a collector, but also because I have no idea how much and in what cases I will use them, the next version probably isn't coming out for a little while, I have some extra bandwidth to waste, and I want to seed and help other people download.
That is what I meant. I am actually downloading them right now and happened to have 7 done when I posted that, so perhaps that caused the Freudian slip, which of course a simple preview could have fixed, but the point is still there that there are a WHOLE lot of packages that one has to be KDE.
You could also use stronger hashes, or more powerful hashes. All you really need to do is stay ahead of the technology. Just use a hash type that will take at least a certain number of years to crack.
They cannot run "forever", and I am sure that long before the price of the paper and pencil approaches the price of the calculator, they will have to get a new model for the standardized tests.
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If someone gave me a refrigerator for free I wouldn't care that much if it stopped working in a month. Sure I could pay for a refrigerator and get a warranty, but in the same way I could buy a support license.
The question though is if this program is "integrated" into Vista ie not uninstallable and if it makes use of undocumented parts of the Windows api.
The non-Windows computers that Dell sells are not more expensive because they don't have Windows. They are more expensive because they don't have all that bundled software that OEMs make a fortune by including. Still, one would think that the very limited if any support they will offer would cut costs, though their licensing fee for Windows is likely almost negligible.
Maybe their new browser IS Firefox rebranded with extensions pre-installed.
True, but the DRM will still be there and I bet your brain won't be compatible.
Yeah, all windows applications are written by Microsoft....
I think Microsoft Internet Explorer is...
What do you mean? They didn't remove Linux support.
Would this by any chance cause a BSOD?
I think it would be smarter for MS to insist that EVERY OSX box comes with Office for Mac. That way they could still make money off of them.
THey sell servers with Linux and IIRC, you can get some workstations with FreeDOS.
Dell can use the specific hardware, use an Apple motherboard, the specific Intel CPU and they could have the setups certified by Apple or something. Just because Dell would sell it doesn't mean they would throw anything in the box.
I think they still can't understand that they can partially be a software company. They think if hardware sales go down, they are doomed, but they could make a lot off of software.
Apple just decided to switch from PPC to x86. They would probably crawl back to IBM before letting Intel change the architecture again. They are already taking a huge risk switching to x86 and I don't think they want to lose all their customers, especially if they have the potential to gain some with x86.
Quoting from that page, "LT is expected to be available in Desktop & Mobile platforms for the Business segment in approximately the next two to three years." That means it will probably not be available for Tiger, but perhaps Leopard?
No, that would involve freedom.
It is partially because I am a collector, but also because I have no idea how much and in what cases I will use them, the next version probably isn't coming out for a little while, I have some extra bandwidth to waste, and I want to seed and help other people download.
That is what I meant. I am actually downloading them right now and happened to have 7 done when I posted that, so perhaps that caused the Freudian slip, which of course a simple preview could have fixed, but the point is still there that there are a WHOLE lot of packages that one has to be KDE.
If Debian is 7 CD ISOs, it had better have KDE.
I think you meant where art thou.
You obviously missed the part that said they printed five pages per digit and missed three of the zeros in 40,000,000.
You could also use stronger hashes, or more powerful hashes. All you really need to do is stay ahead of the technology. Just use a hash type that will take at least a certain number of years to crack.
I don't think it is that MS isn't innovating as much as just buying a company when they want a new product.
Let's see you make a case out of water...
Wait, so you chose the wrong tool on purpose and now you are complaining that it doesn't have what you need?
They cannot run "forever", and I am sure that long before the price of the paper and pencil approaches the price of the calculator, they will have to get a new model for the standardized tests.