Most of the world recognizes Israel. Most of the world does not recognize South Ossetia. This isn't just the US throwing its weight around. Russia is trying to force things its way. Russia could choose to recognize the People's Republic of Texas if it wanted to but that wouldn't change the fact that Texas remains part of the US. And I know all the Russians living in South Ossetia do not want it to be part of Georgia, but there is something odd about Russian Citizens getting to say what Georgia should do with its territory.
The ethnic cleansing thing was one of the most amusing statements ever to come from Russia. Ethnic cleansing? Whatever. Georgia responded to separatists who once again launched terrorist attacks on Georgia. Russia, still pouting about Kossovo and unhappy to see a working democracy, decided to take the opportunity to show (1) Putin is still running things and (2) about all he knows how to do is drop bombs.
Welcome to Slashdot, your home for overblown news and overreacting people. The only place in the world where computer generated fireworks are considered a problem.
When I read about KDE 4 during development stages I was excited. Everything sounded great. As it rolled out excitement turned into astonishment. I can't believe they ever released it. Polish doesn't begin to describe what it needs. Had Microsoft released KDE there would have been a much, much bigger uproar than Vista ever received.
I love KDE. They have released a lot of great work over the years. But KDE 4 has been a mistake through and through. It will take a few releases before they begin to show something solid.
I don't get it... Link says, "the fact that you followed it proves the point" - wouldn't it tend to prove the opposite? The user has expressed a willingness to examine off-site information rather than to confine his stay to slashdot... sounds like an individual that might be willing to RTFA.
In the context of the discussion though, the guy is saying Vista killed his company. No, Vista and Microsoft have nothing to do with it. Bad management decisions are to blame. Vista remains a good operating system even though someone made a poor purchasing decision.
I hope that Office 2007 cannot read files written in Office 2015... If desktop computing, even office/wordprocessing has advanced so little in 7 years or so that my office program now can open files created then (assuming no compatibility upgrades - that is a different discussion altogether) then things in the software world will have stagnated somewhat. Granted the basics will still be the same and have been the same for a long time, and perhaps that's all you mean, but I want to see a little more innovation over the next 7 years so that buying Office 2015 isn't just to be able to open the new file format, but also to use all the cool new tools and such, the results of which are saved in the new file.
I can understand that some people need long term file storage, but the vast majority of people don't. I could see opening an old file for nostalgic purposes. Fine - there will always be converters or filters. But on the whole it is not a crucial thing. And yet the advice given is that everyone should use alternate file formats even though for most people it makes not a difference in the world.
Fear mongering on Slashdot again? I am all for standards but when it comes to thinks like file support, it doesn't really matter all that much. OOXML is here and it will be around a while. And in 10 years when you are trying to open your old files, there will still be filters to open OOXML files, just like we can still open a whole host of old and obscure file formats. Why in the world go through the trouble of converting all of your files already created using OOXML?
For myself, I'm a pretty savvy computer user. I've been on them for a while and know their ins and outs better than even most Slashdotters (no, not better than YOU, of course!) I like standards and support them, moreso with web standards than file formats. I don't really care what file format I use so long as it works. My office product of choice is Office 2007. I happen to like it a lot and I could care less how it saves its files. I know that 5, 10, 20 years from now I would still be able to open the files, though I have no idea why I would want to.
...web 2.0? Slashdot? The site that essentially looks and acts the exact same as it did when I first signed on well before Web 2.0 became The Thing To Do?
I'm looking for which part of this would infringe student rights...
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I'm interested though - what sort of evidence would it take to convince you that MS was hacking Slashdot?
I think we need to have a discussion as to what hacking is and what it isn't... It doesn't bother me in the least if Microsoft hires people to do PR work. Nothing unusual about that. It would be surprising if they didn't hire people to do PR. But what's important here is the nature of my own comments. I'm not connected to Microsoft in any way. My comments are my own. I like Microsoft products and I find them to work very well. I am amused and frustrated with most anti-Microsoft criticism because it is often directly contrary to my own experience. The products work and they work well, that is my experience and that is what I share on my comments. Are any of the products perfect? No. There are a lot of things I would do differently and there are some things I do stay away from. To give one example, IE 7 is a big improvement over IE 6 but it still needs work, so I prefer Firefox. But in the area of operating systems and office software, I haven't used anything else that I think really comes close, with the exception of OS X itself. Leopard is a good alternative to Vista, if someone wanted to avoid Vista. But OS X has its own issues and my own preference is for Vista over Leopard.
Is this shill? Is this paid sponsorship? No, this is one man's opinion from my own experience and my own years of exposure to a host of software solutions and platforms.
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Most of the world recognizes Israel. Most of the world does not recognize South Ossetia. This isn't just the US throwing its weight around. Russia is trying to force things its way. Russia could choose to recognize the People's Republic of Texas if it wanted to but that wouldn't change the fact that Texas remains part of the US. And I know all the Russians living in South Ossetia do not want it to be part of Georgia, but there is something odd about Russian Citizens getting to say what Georgia should do with its territory.
The ethnic cleansing thing was one of the most amusing statements ever to come from Russia. Ethnic cleansing? Whatever. Georgia responded to separatists who once again launched terrorist attacks on Georgia. Russia, still pouting about Kossovo and unhappy to see a working democracy, decided to take the opportunity to show (1) Putin is still running things and (2) about all he knows how to do is drop bombs.
Welcome to Slashdot, your home for overblown news and overreacting people. The only place in the world where computer generated fireworks are considered a problem.
When I read about KDE 4 during development stages I was excited. Everything sounded great. As it rolled out excitement turned into astonishment. I can't believe they ever released it. Polish doesn't begin to describe what it needs. Had Microsoft released KDE there would have been a much, much bigger uproar than Vista ever received. I love KDE. They have released a lot of great work over the years. But KDE 4 has been a mistake through and through. It will take a few releases before they begin to show something solid.
Hairy solar cells... Does this mean we are one step closer to slightly greasy solar atoms that will help people grow skin?
How are these mind control games different than other games? We already know that all games control the minds of kids.
And while you continue your silly protest over normal market practices, I'll be enjoying my iPhone.
I don't get it... Link says, "the fact that you followed it proves the point" - wouldn't it tend to prove the opposite? The user has expressed a willingness to examine off-site information rather than to confine his stay to slashdot... sounds like an individual that might be willing to RTFA.
The difference is only about seven people care about a Linux kernel release.
Once a year? What happened to their six month release cycle, plus intermittent updates?
That's not what I've heard on Slashdot.
Expecting to see any accurate reporting about Microsoft on Slashdot is foolish naivety at best.
In the context of the discussion though, the guy is saying Vista killed his company. No, Vista and Microsoft have nothing to do with it. Bad management decisions are to blame. Vista remains a good operating system even though someone made a poor purchasing decision.
I guarantee you it will be easy to open OOXML files in 20 years. They will not "expire".
Why am I doubtful that you are having to lay off people because of a hardware/software upgrade...
How many of those forced installs have been wiped out by now and replaced by XP, 2K or Linux?
Approximately 3. Well, four if you count the guy in India.
I hope that Office 2007 cannot read files written in Office 2015... If desktop computing, even office/wordprocessing has advanced so little in 7 years or so that my office program now can open files created then (assuming no compatibility upgrades - that is a different discussion altogether) then things in the software world will have stagnated somewhat. Granted the basics will still be the same and have been the same for a long time, and perhaps that's all you mean, but I want to see a little more innovation over the next 7 years so that buying Office 2015 isn't just to be able to open the new file format, but also to use all the cool new tools and such, the results of which are saved in the new file.
I can understand that some people need long term file storage, but the vast majority of people don't. I could see opening an old file for nostalgic purposes. Fine - there will always be converters or filters. But on the whole it is not a crucial thing. And yet the advice given is that everyone should use alternate file formats even though for most people it makes not a difference in the world.
Fear mongering on Slashdot again? I am all for standards but when it comes to thinks like file support, it doesn't really matter all that much. OOXML is here and it will be around a while. And in 10 years when you are trying to open your old files, there will still be filters to open OOXML files, just like we can still open a whole host of old and obscure file formats. Why in the world go through the trouble of converting all of your files already created using OOXML?
For myself, I'm a pretty savvy computer user. I've been on them for a while and know their ins and outs better than even most Slashdotters (no, not better than YOU, of course!) I like standards and support them, moreso with web standards than file formats. I don't really care what file format I use so long as it works. My office product of choice is Office 2007. I happen to like it a lot and I could care less how it saves its files. I know that 5, 10, 20 years from now I would still be able to open the files, though I have no idea why I would want to.
Large marketshare != monopoly.
Sounds +1 insightful to me.
It is so terrible how people these days want to, you know, enforce the law!
I'm sure I've heard dumber things, but I'm trying to think of any.
...web 2.0? Slashdot? The site that essentially looks and acts the exact same as it did when I first signed on well before Web 2.0 became The Thing To Do?
I'm looking for which part of this would infringe student rights...
I'm interested though - what sort of evidence would it take to convince you that MS was hacking Slashdot?
I think we need to have a discussion as to what hacking is and what it isn't... It doesn't bother me in the least if Microsoft hires people to do PR work. Nothing unusual about that. It would be surprising if they didn't hire people to do PR. But what's important here is the nature of my own comments. I'm not connected to Microsoft in any way. My comments are my own. I like Microsoft products and I find them to work very well. I am amused and frustrated with most anti-Microsoft criticism because it is often directly contrary to my own experience. The products work and they work well, that is my experience and that is what I share on my comments. Are any of the products perfect? No. There are a lot of things I would do differently and there are some things I do stay away from. To give one example, IE 7 is a big improvement over IE 6 but it still needs work, so I prefer Firefox. But in the area of operating systems and office software, I haven't used anything else that I think really comes close, with the exception of OS X itself. Leopard is a good alternative to Vista, if someone wanted to avoid Vista. But OS X has its own issues and my own preference is for Vista over Leopard.
Is this shill? Is this paid sponsorship? No, this is one man's opinion from my own experience and my own years of exposure to a host of software solutions and platforms.