On the business side, Microsoft said Vista will be easier for businesses to deploy on multiple PCs and will also save costs by reducing the number of times computers will have to be rebooted.
Computers have to be rebooted?
Actually, it can have more to do with laws. IIRC, when Fallout/Fallout 2 were released, the US version was allowed to have children NPC's (which, by your choice you could kill). The UK, I believe, had laws against children in video games like that, and therefore all the killable child NPC's had to be removed and replaced. It's a small example, but enough minor variations in law can add up to months of delays.
How about making a black box that blinks in a certain order known only to you. Let them try and figure out what it does, and see how long it takes. Now open the box and pull out the instructions. Simple.
That game is amazing. I still load it at times for fun or track down an old server. Used to love playing that on one of the local BBS's, and it was actually quite good on the net as well with more players. I was very disappointed when the MMORPG version was cancelled.
Legally, you have the ability to return the disks and opt out of Windows entirely. It is illegal for MS or others to force an OS on you. This is what they got in trouble for in the first place. Read your vendors rules or find a new one. Don't perpetuate corporate greed because of your own laziness.
I agree with the ideas... Just wanted to correct a typo. 30Mbit/sec ~ 3.5MBytes/sec. That's about 12 GB/hr give or take. Unless my math is totally fubar'd. While the idea is possible, you'll have to be spitting out a HD-DVD worth of DRM to slow em down.
This is precisely why a lot of school's (and universities) are switching to Student ID's rather than SSN. A Student ID performs the same job in acting as a unique identifier, and if the number is compromised it limits any malicious actions to the school only.
This is a relatively easy switch, and it's amazing most don't make it. First, start by switching to Firefox and OpenOffice. You already start saving money on MS Office licenses. Once people get used to using these apps on Windows, you switch out the OS underneath, and the learning curve is extremely limited.
These are high school kids and younger, they aren't regularly demanding Visual C++ and MS Project software, they need to write papers and do web research. Doing that on Linux is a breeze, and people need to stop treating it like EVERY aspect is hard. It's not. If you wanna be a developer, sure, there are more hoops to jump through, but I don't see this being a big issue with grade schools, and by the time it is Linux will be even more polished than it is now.
It's always nice to see Microsoft adding new "features". Now they can tout Longhorn's decreased BSOD occurrences. Although I'd think they'd wanna avoid red screens as they are angry colors.
That's entirely true. I'm sure it has been quite successful for them in the past. However, sometimes you have to wonder just how much the people on top begin to believe their own marketing machine. Studies like this only lead to long term credibility loss, which Microsoft definitely doesn't need more of right now.
"Since the test was commisioned by Microsoft, is this just more FUD from a company with a long history?"
Did you expect anything less from our global propaganda machine?
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On the business side, Microsoft said Vista will be easier for businesses to deploy on multiple PCs and will also save costs by reducing the number of times computers will have to be rebooted. Computers have to be rebooted?
Actually, it can have more to do with laws. IIRC, when Fallout/Fallout 2 were released, the US version was allowed to have children NPC's (which, by your choice you could kill). The UK, I believe, had laws against children in video games like that, and therefore all the killable child NPC's had to be removed and replaced. It's a small example, but enough minor variations in law can add up to months of delays.
There's a lot of things kids do because they think that the system is somehow unfair. However, that still does not make it legal, sensible, or right.
No one wants a car made through committee... That's just scary.
How about making a black box that blinks in a certain order known only to you. Let them try and figure out what it does, and see how long it takes. Now open the box and pull out the instructions. Simple.
So I'm guessing the free-as-in-speech beer didn't impress you?
It may be a troll post, but the absurdity and length that they went to makes it slightly humorous.
The Pony part was definitely the best page of the entire presentation.
That game is amazing. I still load it at times for fun or track down an old server. Used to love playing that on one of the local BBS's, and it was actually quite good on the net as well with more players. I was very disappointed when the MMORPG version was cancelled.
Legally, you have the ability to return the disks and opt out of Windows entirely. It is illegal for MS or others to force an OS on you. This is what they got in trouble for in the first place. Read your vendors rules or find a new one. Don't perpetuate corporate greed because of your own laziness.
You can see the outside from your office? :O
I live in Alaska... When the net is down, which it sometimes is as our line to Seattle drops, what else do we do?
Except that them calling you if you're on the DNCR puts them in violation of the law.
I agree with the ideas... Just wanted to correct a typo. 30Mbit/sec ~ 3.5MBytes/sec. That's about 12 GB/hr give or take. Unless my math is totally fubar'd. While the idea is possible, you'll have to be spitting out a HD-DVD worth of DRM to slow em down.
This is precisely why a lot of school's (and universities) are switching to Student ID's rather than SSN. A Student ID performs the same job in acting as a unique identifier, and if the number is compromised it limits any malicious actions to the school only.
This is a relatively easy switch, and it's amazing most don't make it. First, start by switching to Firefox and OpenOffice. You already start saving money on MS Office licenses. Once people get used to using these apps on Windows, you switch out the OS underneath, and the learning curve is extremely limited. These are high school kids and younger, they aren't regularly demanding Visual C++ and MS Project software, they need to write papers and do web research. Doing that on Linux is a breeze, and people need to stop treating it like EVERY aspect is hard. It's not. If you wanna be a developer, sure, there are more hoops to jump through, but I don't see this being a big issue with grade schools, and by the time it is Linux will be even more polished than it is now.
Nah, actually we had a power outtage :) Can't blame /. for this one.
Ah, you're right... Obviously I had another case of writing before fully reading. Upon reread that makes much more sense.
I guess I'm just ignorant. Seems strange that according to their stats that Mandrake makes up the same user base as SuSE and RedHat COMBINED...
Well, here's a link to the pic... til I get slashdotted... http://209.193.18.52/RedScreen.jpg
It's always nice to see Microsoft adding new "features". Now they can tout Longhorn's decreased BSOD occurrences. Although I'd think they'd wanna avoid red screens as they are angry colors.
That's entirely true. I'm sure it has been quite successful for them in the past. However, sometimes you have to wonder just how much the people on top begin to believe their own marketing machine. Studies like this only lead to long term credibility loss, which Microsoft definitely doesn't need more of right now.
"Are the guys who work at Microsoft a bunch of idiots that anyone can out-program?"
Yes.
I wonder if Bill Gates actually believes his own bullshit...
"Since the test was commisioned by Microsoft, is this just more FUD from a company with a long history?" Did you expect anything less from our global propaganda machine?