The walled garden is more appropriately described as being 'boot-heeled'. I'm very disappointed with software developers rewarding a company putting forth a 'platform' with this kind of restrictions in place. If this had happened 30 or 40 years ago, the vast majority of them would note even have computers on their desks, and even fewer would be 'allowed' to write software for them.
... and so you don't have to deal with arbitrary restrictions about applications and content, nor reward those selling a platform with those restrictions in place.
I keep saying this; it does have an effect. It's not just those of us that keep up to date about all of the bad corporate behaviour of Apple, Sony, etc, it's all the other people that come to us for opinions. It matters. The world is a much smaller place than it used to be as well.
Exactly what changes are required to keep the information from Google/? My understanding is that unless you install the Google apps (email, maps, contacts, etc), no data goes to Google anyway. Certainly CyanogenMod works like this.
I may have this wrong, but isn't this exploit only possible if you have Java enabled in your browser, which you only need to run Java applets? When was the last time you saw a Java applet? Disable it. I'm surprised it's still enabled by default (I think it's actually disabled in Chrome).
If you're interested in products and services from those companies, I think You need to make a couple of simple decisions.
Which do you value less your freedom or your privacy?
You don't actually need to pick either, but both of these companies do have attractive products and services for those willing to accept the loss of one of these. Personally, I'm fine with it as long as we always have a reasonable choice to to pick one of these. If either gets to be big or pervasive enough (like Microsoft did), we lose... again.
... and people wonder why I'm so pissed at Apple for making this locked-in 'eco-system' bullshit palatable. For now, the Google devices mix and match with pretty much any technology and tend to use open standards, but it's worth keeping an eye on them. The attraction must certainly be there.
i'm guessing that Microsoft is paying some very serious money to hardware manufacturers to build Windows phones. I can't see them doing it out of any vision of the platform succeeding.
You have way more faith in users than I do. It's been shown again and again that you can make a platform as secure as you want, but if you allow a user to do something bad for them, they will do it... even if you warn them.
The first time I saw the word 'skeuomorphic' used was in the context that Microsoft's 'Metro' interface was the first that was not. While I don't think it's the first, nor do I think it's completely skeuomorphic, it's certainly not a good interface using a mouse and keyboard. Personally, I don't think that an interface being skeuomorphic or not defined how usable it is... it's just a piece of descriptive information about it.
This ius what I've seen woring in a mainframe shop as well. The performance is not great, and the OS and tools were horrid (this is z/OS, not Linux). The costs were astonomical for the performance as well. The only thing they can really clain is very good reliability, but in the end, it's human error that gets you every time. We had well administered Windows servers running database, etc, that were kicking the mainframe's ass in both performance and in uptime (systems, not hardware). If you never change *anything* that might cause problems, you'll have a great uptime, but so would a cluster of linux boxes, with better price and performance. There are very few workloads where a mainframe is a benefit, and the only thing keeping most peple there is the difficulty in leaving, requiring re-writing software and tools.
Not sure about non-terminal use... I image it would not work. An option with RSO keys would be to use a key with no password for convenience, with the 2nd factor being the authenticator. It would be mildly more convenient. Of course, leaving the password in lace makes it even more secure.
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Right ... like Apple cares about prior art.
The walled garden is more appropriately described as being 'boot-heeled'. I'm very disappointed with software developers rewarding a company putting forth a 'platform' with this kind of restrictions in place. If this had happened 30 or 40 years ago, the vast majority of them would note even have computers on their desks, and even fewer would be 'allowed' to write software for them.
... and so you don't have to deal with arbitrary restrictions about applications and content, nor reward those selling a platform with those restrictions in place.
How's Microsoft doing in the server space? That ain't from Linux marketing campaigns.
That generally indicates that the text should be read in the voice of William Shatner.
The LG Prada, the Palm Treo, and The BlackBerry are all lined up outside and would like a word with you about copying others.
Yes, he even stole that quote.
I keep saying this; it does have an effect. It's not just those of us that keep up to date about all of the bad corporate behaviour of Apple, Sony, etc, it's all the other people that come to us for opinions. It matters. The world is a much smaller place than it used to be as well.
Exactly what changes are required to keep the information from Google/? My understanding is that unless you install the Google apps (email, maps, contacts, etc), no data goes to Google anyway. Certainly CyanogenMod works like this.
That product is pretty much a security exploit by its very nature.
I may have this wrong, but isn't this exploit only possible if you have Java enabled in your browser, which you only need to run Java applets? When was the last time you saw a Java applet? Disable it. I'm surprised it's still enabled by default (I think it's actually disabled in Chrome).
If you're interested in products and services from those companies, I think You need to make a couple of simple decisions.
Which do you value less your freedom or your privacy?
You don't actually need to pick either, but both of these companies do have attractive products and services for those willing to accept the loss of one of these. Personally, I'm fine with it as long as we always have a reasonable choice to to pick one of these. If either gets to be big or pervasive enough (like Microsoft did), we lose ... again.
... and people wonder why I'm so pissed at Apple for making this locked-in 'eco-system' bullshit palatable. For now, the Google devices mix and match with pretty much any technology and tend to use open standards, but it's worth keeping an eye on them. The attraction must certainly be there.
Sweet!
... and it's actually replaceable ... by a non-technical user, by simply installing an app.
i'm guessing that Microsoft is paying some very serious money to hardware manufacturers to build Windows phones. I can't see them doing it out of any vision of the platform succeeding.
You have way more faith in users than I do. It's been shown again and again that you can make a platform as secure as you want, but if you allow a user to do something bad for them, they will do it ... even if you warn them.
Nice .... so you can try, but you won't be allowed to actually succeed. The New American way?
The first time I saw the word 'skeuomorphic' used was in the context that Microsoft's 'Metro' interface was the first that was not. While I don't think it's the first, nor do I think it's completely skeuomorphic, it's certainly not a good interface using a mouse and keyboard. Personally, I don't think that an interface being skeuomorphic or not defined how usable it is ... it's just a piece of descriptive information about it.
This ius what I've seen woring in a mainframe shop as well. The performance is not great, and the OS and tools were horrid (this is z/OS, not Linux). The costs were astonomical for the performance as well. The only thing they can really clain is very good reliability, but in the end, it's human error that gets you every time. We had well administered Windows servers running database, etc, that were kicking the mainframe's ass in both performance and in uptime (systems, not hardware). If you never change *anything* that might cause problems, you'll have a great uptime, but so would a cluster of linux boxes, with better price and performance. There are very few workloads where a mainframe is a benefit, and the only thing keeping most peple there is the difficulty in leaving, requiring re-writing software and tools.
Not sure about non-terminal use ... I image it would not work. An option with RSO keys would be to use a key with no password for convenience, with the 2nd factor being the authenticator. It would be mildly more convenient. Of course, leaving the password in lace makes it even more secure.
What's the purpose of copyright again?
Out of curiosity, are they suing anyone because of it? That iOS notification system looks mighty familiar ...
In Ubuntu/Debian, it makes a nice two factory mechanism for ssh. as well.
OS X is not yet a walled garden. iOS is. 'Metro', or whatever its name is this week is as well.