Wrong. The only rule in BSD is attribution, and if you run strings on the Windows binaries, the copyrights of the regents of UC Berkeley is all over bits of it (TCP/IP, FTP, pretty much the rest of the network stack, etc). BSD doesn't require distribution of the code, AT ALL.
Say, doesn't it strike you as mildly amusing that of all the companies to screw up an article about, Slashdot managed to get a summary about its own parent company completely wrong?
Actually, the GP made the typical mistake of equating Trident with IE. You can delete the IE files without any negative effects, because Trident is still there. Just as on OSX you can delete Safari without issue, because WebKit is still there.
I disagree that they have less to lose. Google has CONSIDERABLY more to lose from someone looking at their Search/Ads tie-in than Microsoft does from someone looking at the Windows/IE tie-in.
Actually, an app store wouldn't work. You've have bastards like Installshield in there in seconds complaining that Microsoft's monopoly on install technologies is putting them out of business.
That's not true, actually. Windows honours your default browser preference too for every task I know of (from Vista upwards - XP still needs IE for Windows Update). Just as importantly, Microsoft hasn't tied Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer together at all, they tied Trident and Windows Explorer. Trident doesn't need IE to run - and I'd not disagree with you that you shouldn't have to have IE just so you can have Trident. (Before you comment, equate Trident with those "system libraries" you referred to that come with Safari that you can't remove).
Uh, dude? You can't "look at it by MAC address", since that would appear as if there are only as many computers in the world as you have edge routers in your datacentre.
And that's why it worries me that Google is more than willing to wage war on the desktop just to get a few more viewers for their ads. If they've got problems with standards compliance, fine. Doesn't everyone. But this talk of how Microsoft needs to unbundle IE just so Google can slam Chrome on some OEMs to get more ad views... not good.
Actually, the real country is Lesbos Island - it's Greek. It actually exists, the cultural name for the people is Lesbians, and no they don't like gay females using the word.
Uh, I just typed in the URL for MSN into the address bar of Windows Explorer on my PC, and it opened a new tab in the Firefox window I'm typing this message into - and the new tab went to MSN. No IE there.
That's not comparable at all. In your example, you removed Safari from OSX, leaving behind WebKit. But you then proceeded to remove Internet Explorer from Windows, taking Trident with it.
It leaves behind Trident, just like deleting the Safari app on OSX leaves behind WebKit, and deleting Konquerer (if you even can!) from KDE leaves behind KHTML. Get the fuck over it.
You can already search from the address bar, through - you guessed it! - your default search engine. Oh wait, you didn't guess it?
Also, I find that my copy of IE8 works perfectly fine using Google as its default search, and 7 tabs (none of which are Microsoft properties) as my home page. And the best part is that when I first ran it, it asked me "hey, what search engine do you want to use? And what homepage?"
Aren't they? I think Google pushing Chrome on the front page of the search engine is EXACTLY the same thing. A company using a monopoly (or near-monopoly) in one market to gain a foothold in another.
Um, I've actually used OO.o. And I hate it. The UI is clumsy, it's slower (probably the Java), the options dialog is confusing and haphazard... and the list of things I don't like goes on. I don't agree that it's the same basic experience at all.
No, no it wouldn't. Sometimes, the developer of the application needs to utilise something only supported in one engine. If you set Firefox as the default on KDE, does KDE suddenly use Gecko to display file system browser views, or does it continue to use KHTML?
Slashdot Mirror
I just checked - it was never in the Wikipedia article.
Wrong. The only rule in BSD is attribution, and if you run strings on the Windows binaries, the copyrights of the regents of UC Berkeley is all over bits of it (TCP/IP, FTP, pretty much the rest of the network stack, etc). BSD doesn't require distribution of the code, AT ALL.
and BSD code can be found in almost any project you care to mention.
Including Windows, and I think there's BSD in parts of most Linux distros too.
Oh wow, a Sourceforge employee!
Say, doesn't it strike you as mildly amusing that of all the companies to screw up an article about, Slashdot managed to get a summary about its own parent company completely wrong?
You are wrong. The contact email is fine, but Gmail has been blacklisted by linux.org's mail provider as a spam host.
Please shut up and stop pimping that link every 30 comments.
Actually, the GP made the typical mistake of equating Trident with IE. You can delete the IE files without any negative effects, because Trident is still there. Just as on OSX you can delete Safari without issue, because WebKit is still there.
I disagree that they have less to lose. Google has CONSIDERABLY more to lose from someone looking at their Search/Ads tie-in than Microsoft does from someone looking at the Windows/IE tie-in.
Actually, an app store wouldn't work. You've have bastards like Installshield in there in seconds complaining that Microsoft's monopoly on install technologies is putting them out of business.
That's not true, actually. Windows honours your default browser preference too for every task I know of (from Vista upwards - XP still needs IE for Windows Update). Just as importantly, Microsoft hasn't tied Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer together at all, they tied Trident and Windows Explorer. Trident doesn't need IE to run - and I'd not disagree with you that you shouldn't have to have IE just so you can have Trident. (Before you comment, equate Trident with those "system libraries" you referred to that come with Safari that you can't remove).
Uh, dude? You can't "look at it by MAC address", since that would appear as if there are only as many computers in the world as you have edge routers in your datacentre.
And that's why it worries me that Google is more than willing to wage war on the desktop just to get a few more viewers for their ads. If they've got problems with standards compliance, fine. Doesn't everyone. But this talk of how Microsoft needs to unbundle IE just so Google can slam Chrome on some OEMs to get more ad views... not good.
Actually, the real country is Lesbos Island - it's Greek. It actually exists, the cultural name for the people is Lesbians, and no they don't like gay females using the word.
Oh yes, Sharepoint. I try to stay away from the functional side of that, it's my job to administer the application not its users.
Uh, I just typed in the URL for MSN into the address bar of Windows Explorer on my PC, and it opened a new tab in the Firefox window I'm typing this message into - and the new tab went to MSN. No IE there.
Just an aside, Firefox is licensed under the MPL not the GPL.
That's not comparable at all. In your example, you removed Safari from OSX, leaving behind WebKit. But you then proceeded to remove Internet Explorer from Windows, taking Trident with it.
Apples to Oranges there.
Programs and features is Vista and higher.
It leaves behind Trident, just like deleting the Safari app on OSX leaves behind WebKit, and deleting Konquerer (if you even can!) from KDE leaves behind KHTML. Get the fuck over it.
Yeah, passionately stupid.
You can already search from the address bar, through - you guessed it! - your default search engine. Oh wait, you didn't guess it?
Also, I find that my copy of IE8 works perfectly fine using Google as its default search, and 7 tabs (none of which are Microsoft properties) as my home page. And the best part is that when I first ran it, it asked me "hey, what search engine do you want to use? And what homepage?"
No, he clearly has an affiliate agreement with Twitter.
Aren't they? I think Google pushing Chrome on the front page of the search engine is EXACTLY the same thing. A company using a monopoly (or near-monopoly) in one market to gain a foothold in another.
Office has never been bundled. Works has been bundled, but Works sucks more than OpenOffice.
Um, I've actually used OO.o. And I hate it. The UI is clumsy, it's slower (probably the Java), the options dialog is confusing and haphazard... and the list of things I don't like goes on. I don't agree that it's the same basic experience at all.
No, no it wouldn't. Sometimes, the developer of the application needs to utilise something only supported in one engine. If you set Firefox as the default on KDE, does KDE suddenly use Gecko to display file system browser views, or does it continue to use KHTML?