That's what eventually sent me to KDE. I was tolerating Gnome-shell and even liking some features. It was the developer's attitudes toward theming and extensions that made me realize that in the long run, we wanted different things. The good side is that I probably never would've givven KDE a fair shot otherwise though. I'm now a big fan. You can configure everything, and the defaults are generally well chosen.
It is certainly indistinguishable from the Apple iOS App store... you have no alternatives. You can *only* install 'Metro' apps through it. Ubuntu and Android allow alternate sources and alternate stores. There certainly is lock-in. Microsoft is virtually drooling over it. Don't count on being able to have that legacy interface around for more than a version or two.
I'm not talking about tablets here, I'm talking about the desktop. Even with 'Pro' you can't I don't think you can install applications that use the new interface other than through their market. Using the old interface yes, but as I said, I think you'll see that disappear. You think the timing of 'secure boot' was an accident? They know it'll scare off a lot of people and they want to make it as hard as possible to leave.
I'm fairly sure that you can only install applications in the new Interface through the Microsoft market. I'm also fairly sure that the old interface will disappear. Valve is just a little quicker than most in picking of this up.
Valve is heading towards Linux because they see where Microsoft is heading. Microsoft is pulling an Apple style lock - in with the new interface and will slowly remove support for the old one. They don't want to pay the cut of all sales that Microsoft will demand. I'm quite surprised more people haven't realised this... But perhaps I'm just paranoid.
It looks like this might finally be the year. With Windows 8 throwing a lot of users away with a bad interface and a marketplace lock-in, The timing is pretty good. A lot of people always claimed that games were the only reason they were still on Windows.
Does the same apply to printer manufacturers, lawyers and accountants, etc? Doing anything remotely inappropriate with corporate (or personal for that matter) information would destroy their business model. Stop watching Microsoft advertisements.
From what I've seen, the rest of their products are quite poor. I always joked that they should stick to databases, but even that has significant competition now.
Why can't both be true? The new CEO doesn't seem to have the same luck or marketing ability. Even if they were an innovative company, you frequently still need marketing and luck to really succeed.
I use their hosted backups in addition to local and offsite. The price is just too good to pass up (~6$/month for 10 machines when I signed up). They do security right, have no space limit or speed throttling. Take the hit and start backing stuff up. It will eventually finish and at some point you may be glad you did it. Of course, you could also back up using their client to a friends machine, and vice-versa, but I figure their hosting is less trouble (and you could always do both).
That happens when they think they can win. Are they really *that* bat-shit insane? (serious question... they'v been conditioned for years, but their new leader knows the military capability of the US, etc.)
They also have a great mail experience, and one of the best data-sync implementations around. Calendars scheduling and sharing is pretty well done too. Google-drive is very nice, and probably under-used by most for what it's capable of. Reader was nice... I'm going to miss that. I rarely use Google maps myself, and MS has a decent mapping capability, although I haven't tried it on a phone. I think It'd be pretty easy to go Google-free on a smart phone if you have only a single device, but if you have multiple I think I'd find it quite hard to get the same level of seamless integration between phone, tablet, and desktop. With 'Google-Now' doing some interesting things by combining your data it's even more integrated. A little creepy, but pretty cool.
Their Android application was worse. When I dropped off FaceBook (effectively) this was a big reason why. I was a resource hogging, battery sucking piece of crap with a lousy interface. I think the only people that do a worse Android app might be Rogers Communications. FaceBook has treated Android like a second-class citizen for years... strange that they'd use it as a base for their phone after their handling of it to date.
I think they'd be better off adjusting the shape a bit to make the sticks more comfortable. They only seem to be comfortable for me if I stick my elbows out... they're way too low. They should just bite the bullet and move a bit closer to the XBox controller shape.
Sure it can, you can take all of the users rights and abilities to choose what software they can install. Apparently some people need that and are willing to sacrifice truly owning their own hardware to get it. Strangely, most of them are proud of it too.
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Doesn't Apple control commits for WebKit? Having Apple in control of something is rarely good for anybody but Apple.
Relax, I'm sure someone will come along and explain that it's not anti-competitive and Apple have everyone's best interests in mind.
That's what eventually sent me to KDE. I was tolerating Gnome-shell and even liking some features. It was the developer's attitudes toward theming and extensions that made me realize that in the long run, we wanted different things. The good side is that I probably never would've givven KDE a fair shot otherwise though. I'm now a big fan. You can configure everything, and the defaults are generally well chosen.
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
It is certainly indistinguishable from the Apple iOS App store ... you have no alternatives. You can *only* install 'Metro' apps through it. Ubuntu and Android allow alternate sources and alternate stores. There certainly is lock-in. Microsoft is virtually drooling over it. Don't count on being able to have that legacy interface around for more than a version or two.
I'm not talking about tablets here, I'm talking about the desktop. Even with 'Pro' you can't I don't think you can install applications that use the new interface other than through their market. Using the old interface yes, but as I said, I think you'll see that disappear. You think the timing of 'secure boot' was an accident? They know it'll scare off a lot of people and they want to make it as hard as possible to leave.
I'm fairly sure that you can only install applications in the new Interface through the Microsoft market. I'm also fairly sure that the old interface will disappear. Valve is just a little quicker than most in picking of this up.
Valve is heading towards Linux because they see where Microsoft is heading. Microsoft is pulling an Apple style lock - in with the new interface and will slowly remove support for the old one. They don't want to pay the cut of all sales that Microsoft will demand. I'm quite surprised more people haven't realised this ... But perhaps I'm just paranoid.
Doesn't the fact that you need a developer 'license' tweak something in your mind about the DynaBook ideals?
It looks like this might finally be the year. With Windows 8 throwing a lot of users away with a bad interface and a marketplace lock-in, The timing is pretty good. A lot of people always claimed that games were the only reason they were still on Windows.
Yeah ... 'cuz ... screw ideals. What losers those guys were.
As you might expect, his problems with it is the major problem many have with iOS devices:
Apple with the iPad and iPhone goes even further and does not allow children to download an Etoy made by another child somewhere in the world.
The solution is obviously to stop buying devices you don't truly own, but it's difficult when many applications are targeted for that platform first.
Does the same apply to printer manufacturers, lawyers and accountants, etc? Doing anything remotely inappropriate with corporate (or personal for that matter) information would destroy their business model. Stop watching Microsoft advertisements.
Too bad Linus is probably too busy at Microsoft to respond.
From what I've seen, the rest of their products are quite poor. I always joked that they should stick to databases, but even that has significant competition now.
PostgresSQL. If you're using the non-standard PL/SQL stuff in Oracle you're never getting out though.
Why can't both be true? The new CEO doesn't seem to have the same luck or marketing ability. Even if they were an innovative company, you frequently still need marketing and luck to really succeed.
I use their hosted backups in addition to local and offsite. The price is just too good to pass up (~6$/month for 10 machines when I signed up). They do security right, have no space limit or speed throttling. Take the hit and start backing stuff up. It will eventually finish and at some point you may be glad you did it. Of course, you could also back up using their client to a friends machine, and vice-versa, but I figure their hosting is less trouble (and you could always do both).
That happens when they think they can win. Are they really *that* bat-shit insane? (serious question ... they'v been conditioned for years, but their new leader knows the military capability of the US, etc.)
They also have a great mail experience, and one of the best data-sync implementations around. Calendars scheduling and sharing is pretty well done too. Google-drive is very nice, and probably under-used by most for what it's capable of. Reader was nice ... I'm going to miss that. I rarely use Google maps myself, and MS has a decent mapping capability, although I haven't tried it on a phone. I think It'd be pretty easy to go Google-free on a smart phone if you have only a single device, but if you have multiple I think I'd find it quite hard to get the same level of seamless integration between phone, tablet, and desktop. With 'Google-Now' doing some interesting things by combining your data it's even more integrated. A little creepy, but pretty cool.
Their Android application was worse. When I dropped off FaceBook (effectively) this was a big reason why. I was a resource hogging, battery sucking piece of crap with a lousy interface. I think the only people that do a worse Android app might be Rogers Communications. FaceBook has treated Android like a second-class citizen for years ... strange that they'd use it as a base for their phone after their handling of it to date.
I think they'd be better off adjusting the shape a bit to make the sticks more comfortable. They only seem to be comfortable for me if I stick my elbows out ... they're way too low. They should just bite the bullet and move a bit closer to the XBox controller shape.
A Slashdot editor Yoda has become.
... yeah, don't you need to buy a Mac as well? I think a check box in the settings works perfectly fine.
Sure it can, you can take all of the users rights and abilities to choose what software they can install. Apparently some people need that and are willing to sacrifice truly owning their own hardware to get it. Strangely, most of them are proud of it too.