Isn't the Phenom II line launching within days? If you believe the hype, they'll stand up to all the Intel offerings, and if tradition dictates, the AMD procs will be cheaper. I'm curious to see how they really perform.
Not to mention someone else hitting you. The car won't be able to detect someone running a red light and T-boning you. Fatalities don't come from head-on collisions of you rear ending someone. Cars are designed to handle those rather well.
The list fails. Lotus Symphony isn't OSS, though it is based off OpenOffice 1. They based it off OpenOffice 1 as opposed to the trunk for 3 at the time, because IBM didn't want to have Symphony a GPL product.
If I were to take a guess, it was at the request of cell phone carriers who advertise turn-by-turn directions as a unique feature of their phone network and/or charge separately for that feature.
Actually I just bought a brand new PS3 from Sony for $250. Sign up for a Sony Rewards card, and you get a new 80 gig PS3 for $250.
Mind you, Microsoft is losing tons of money with RRODs, and I'm not sure they can really afford to sell a 360 for $200, but they're doing it for market share.
My Wii is gathering dust, but Nintendo sells cheap hardware for a profit, and people can't get enough. Maybe they're the ones doing it right.
I'm a SysAdmin. I understand an "All Users" Desktop concept. The problem is that users don't. The interface just annoys them. Furthermore, placing icons on the "All Users" desktop is the wrong way to go, because either people can't change them and they're pissed, or they can change them, and it affects other users. Move those icons to the "Default User" folder, or for new installs, to each user's desktop. In Linux, each account gets individual icons on their desktop. Thusly they don't need root access to affect other people.
UAC pops up asking you to elevate to delete a shortcut on the desktop, and then annoys you a SECOND time, asking if you're really sure you want to delete it. In Linux, you don't need root to delete a shortcut from your desktop.
In Linux I get prompted for a password to change system settings or install software. That is basically it.
Also, the parent above was saying Linux didn't have an easy way to elevate privileges in the GUI. KDE has had kdesu for ages. You also don't need a terminal. You can just run command "kdesu kcontrol". It has worked great for years.
Or you just install a service menu that allows you to elevate to root with a right-click.
In theory, if Windows trained users from day 1 not to run with admin rights, then we wouldn't have UAC issues. Apps that need rights to write to certain folders can be given those specific rights, and that can be handled in the installer for that app.
XP runs fine for me. (I run XP Pro x64 actually). If there is no new benefit, then it isn't really an upgrade. And the performance on Windows 7 may be better than Vista, but is it better than the performance of XP?
The only reason I keep a Windows partition is for gaming, yet I keep seeing users who can't install mods for games in Vista due to UAC, or games breaking due to UAC, poorer performance in Vista, driver issues in Vista, etc.
I can't see one single benefit of moving to Vista (other than perhaps a native IPV6 stack which I get from Linux, and I don't really need since I'm behind a router) and there are tons of reasons to avoid it. I'm just hoping that Windows 7 isn't the same situation. I don't need to touch my monitor, nor do I own a touch screen. So right now, I'm not sure how Windows 7 will benefit me.
The Outline mode is another story. Developers acknowledged the need for the feature, but they need to rewrite core portions of OOo to better handle multiple views and how to switch between them first. I don't believe people started working on that rewrite until 2007.
Microsoft legally sells student licensing of MS Office 2007 for $60. It isn't the same package as the entreprise version. It lacks Outlook for instance. I pay $400 per seat for Office licenses at work, but on campus with a student ID, you can get Office for $60.
No it isn't. If you don't agree to hand over copyright to your code to Sun, then it won't be included in OOo. The reason they must own the copyright is so they can decide if they want to include it solely in Star Office, and not OpenOffice at their discretion.
As far as I understand it, it isn't just agreeing to a dual-license, but handing over the copyright to Sun. Sun could decide as the copyright owner to ONLY include it in Sun Office, and not include it in the open source versions of OpenOffice.
That being said, there already is a nice fork that Meeks presides over at go-oo.org and several distros use it in place of Sun's OOo right now, and most people don't even seem to realize it.
Say what you will about Microsoft Office, but it is the fastest office suite I've tested. Mind you, I've stayed away from 2007, but 2003 loads almost instantly.
Well, I'm hearing claims that it will run well on a netbook with 512MB on ram and an Atom processor, which is a huge improvement over Vista. However, despite the supposed lower requirements and multi-touch gestures, I'm not sure what the benefits of Windows 7 are.
I don't think you understood my post. In response to the concept that you only pay when you're having fun, I noted that Home is free. I was knocking Home for not being fun. I'm not some douche that enjoys Home as you put it.
That being said, while I normally don't respond to ACs that often, I did want to note that I just bought a new PS3 to replace the one my daughter broke, and it was $250 brand new from Sony. That is the same price as the Wii and $50 cheaper than the XBox 360.
Sony is doing a promotion that if you sign up for the Sony card, you get $150 off the cost of a PS3. It really is a good deal, and I'm posting mainly to spread the word. $250 for the best BluRay player on the market would be worth it alone. Getting the console portion of the PS3 as well for the same price is pretty incredible.
OpenOffice is far from perfect. The UI isn't going to wow anyone. It is slow and clunky. That being said, I would say it is a fair competitor to Office 2003 and Office 2000. Office 2007 is a different beast. Some love the ribbon interface, and some hate it. I'm curious how you feel Office 2003 kicks OpenOffice down the road.
OpenOffice supports more file formats, provides basically all the features of Office 2003, and handles PDF import/export as well.
I really don't believe there is any great disparity between the two products. Both have a few faults and advantages.
Just because someone is in college doesn't mean that they are in the know, and realize that choice even exists. The other thing is that Microsoft cleverly charges considerably less for "student" versions of their software, getting kids hooked early. A buddy of mine picked up a student copy of Office 2007 for $60, where as I think as a company we pay close to $400 per seat for a VLK.
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Isn't the Phenom II line launching within days? If you believe the hype, they'll stand up to all the Intel offerings, and if tradition dictates, the AMD procs will be cheaper. I'm curious to see how they really perform.
Not to mention someone else hitting you. The car won't be able to detect someone running a red light and T-boning you. Fatalities don't come from head-on collisions of you rear ending someone. Cars are designed to handle those rather well.
The list fails. Lotus Symphony isn't OSS, though it is based off OpenOffice 1. They based it off OpenOffice 1 as opposed to the trunk for 3 at the time, because IBM didn't want to have Symphony a GPL product.
If I were to take a guess, it was at the request of cell phone carriers who advertise turn-by-turn directions as a unique feature of their phone network and/or charge separately for that feature.
We pay $400 per license for MS Office here at work.
I've heard that a room lit by LED doesn't look as natural, but then again, I haven't seen LED light fixtures to test for myself.
Sony makes money off the BluRay format. So even if they sold you the PS3 for a loss as a standalone BluRay player, Sony still wins.
Actually I just bought a brand new PS3 from Sony for $250. Sign up for a Sony Rewards card, and you get a new 80 gig PS3 for $250.
Mind you, Microsoft is losing tons of money with RRODs, and I'm not sure they can really afford to sell a 360 for $200, but they're doing it for market share.
My Wii is gathering dust, but Nintendo sells cheap hardware for a profit, and people can't get enough. Maybe they're the ones doing it right.
Ctrl-P should always be Print in Windows apps. Ctrl-V is paste.
I'm a SysAdmin. I understand an "All Users" Desktop concept. The problem is that users don't. The interface just annoys them. Furthermore, placing icons on the "All Users" desktop is the wrong way to go, because either people can't change them and they're pissed, or they can change them, and it affects other users. Move those icons to the "Default User" folder, or for new installs, to each user's desktop. In Linux, each account gets individual icons on their desktop. Thusly they don't need root access to affect other people.
UAC pops up asking you to elevate to delete a shortcut on the desktop, and then annoys you a SECOND time, asking if you're really sure you want to delete it. In Linux, you don't need root to delete a shortcut from your desktop.
In Linux I get prompted for a password to change system settings or install software. That is basically it.
Also, the parent above was saying Linux didn't have an easy way to elevate privileges in the GUI. KDE has had kdesu for ages. You also don't need a terminal. You can just run command "kdesu kcontrol". It has worked great for years.
Or you just install a service menu that allows you to elevate to root with a right-click.
In theory, if Windows trained users from day 1 not to run with admin rights, then we wouldn't have UAC issues. Apps that need rights to write to certain folders can be given those specific rights, and that can be handled in the installer for that app.
XP runs fine for me. (I run XP Pro x64 actually). If there is no new benefit, then it isn't really an upgrade. And the performance on Windows 7 may be better than Vista, but is it better than the performance of XP?
The only reason I keep a Windows partition is for gaming, yet I keep seeing users who can't install mods for games in Vista due to UAC, or games breaking due to UAC, poorer performance in Vista, driver issues in Vista, etc.
I can't see one single benefit of moving to Vista (other than perhaps a native IPV6 stack which I get from Linux, and I don't really need since I'm behind a router) and there are tons of reasons to avoid it. I'm just hoping that Windows 7 isn't the same situation. I don't need to touch my monitor, nor do I own a touch screen. So right now, I'm not sure how Windows 7 will benefit me.
Why don't they call up Con Kolivas and ask him to contribute to the kernel again?
Oh, wait...
The Outline mode is another story. Developers acknowledged the need for the feature, but they need to rewrite core portions of OOo to better handle multiple views and how to switch between them first. I don't believe people started working on that rewrite until 2007.
Microsoft legally sells student licensing of MS Office 2007 for $60. It isn't the same package as the entreprise version. It lacks Outlook for instance. I pay $400 per seat for Office licenses at work, but on campus with a student ID, you can get Office for $60.
http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx
I believe Ctrl-P still works as well and is even faster.
No it isn't. If you don't agree to hand over copyright to your code to Sun, then it won't be included in OOo. The reason they must own the copyright is so they can decide if they want to include it solely in Star Office, and not OpenOffice at their discretion.
As far as I understand it, it isn't just agreeing to a dual-license, but handing over the copyright to Sun. Sun could decide as the copyright owner to ONLY include it in Sun Office, and not include it in the open source versions of OpenOffice.
That being said, there already is a nice fork that Meeks presides over at go-oo.org and several distros use it in place of Sun's OOo right now, and most people don't even seem to realize it.
Say what you will about Microsoft Office, but it is the fastest office suite I've tested. Mind you, I've stayed away from 2007, but 2003 loads almost instantly.
Well, I'm hearing claims that it will run well on a netbook with 512MB on ram and an Atom processor, which is a huge improvement over Vista. However, despite the supposed lower requirements and multi-touch gestures, I'm not sure what the benefits of Windows 7 are.
I don't think you understood my post. In response to the concept that you only pay when you're having fun, I noted that Home is free. I was knocking Home for not being fun. I'm not some douche that enjoys Home as you put it.
That being said, while I normally don't respond to ACs that often, I did want to note that I just bought a new PS3 to replace the one my daughter broke, and it was $250 brand new from Sony. That is the same price as the Wii and $50 cheaper than the XBox 360.
Sony is doing a promotion that if you sign up for the Sony card, you get $150 off the cost of a PS3. It really is a good deal, and I'm posting mainly to spread the word. $250 for the best BluRay player on the market would be worth it alone. Getting the console portion of the PS3 as well for the same price is pretty incredible.
You'll note Sony Home doesn't cost a penny.
OpenOffice is far from perfect. The UI isn't going to wow anyone. It is slow and clunky. That being said, I would say it is a fair competitor to Office 2003 and Office 2000. Office 2007 is a different beast. Some love the ribbon interface, and some hate it. I'm curious how you feel Office 2003 kicks OpenOffice down the road.
OpenOffice supports more file formats, provides basically all the features of Office 2003, and handles PDF import/export as well.
I really don't believe there is any great disparity between the two products. Both have a few faults and advantages.
Just because someone is in college doesn't mean that they are in the know, and realize that choice even exists. The other thing is that Microsoft cleverly charges considerably less for "student" versions of their software, getting kids hooked early. A buddy of mine picked up a student copy of Office 2007 for $60, where as I think as a company we pay close to $400 per seat for a VLK.