You're on the right track, but I think it's even better to use full distros instead of just the kernel as comparison.
Windows still wins, though: WinXP got nearly 13 years of support, and Win7 gets a bit over 10 years. That's twice of what is offered for an Ubuntu LTS release.
Although I personally think the 5 years support of Ubuntu is also pretty good.
This is how I would have done it too, but then I started to think whether the JavaScript incremental timing would be accurate enough. So maybe you want to add an extra synchronization every 15 minutes or so.
Since when were torrent files unauthorised content? Oh, you mean the underlying file?
I'm not sure if there is any meaningful difference. The torrent file (or magnet link) is usually the only way to practically access the underlying files. The torrent is basically just a virtualization of the underlying files.
Windows 8 is not something his lieutenants can just build and put out in the market without the CEO's say-so; it's such a huge thing to the company as a whole it had to have his approval. Plus, part of the impetus for Win8's Metro interface is this crazy idea of having a single UI across all devices, and that's something that spans company divisions, and again, would require CEO approval.
At the end of the chain, the approval of CEO can be as simple as "yes, looks good, let's push it". But the design and functionality, big building blocks of the new Windows, depend on so many other people too.
Only relatively small companies can work like that. Ballmer wouldn't even have enough time to review every decision made inside Microsoft. He most probably has a bunch of "lieutenants" inside the company (key persons such as technical directors and product managers) who also steer the company when it comes to decisions.
I have noticed that also. Actually I think it does support but there is not a proper stylesheet in place so the list items just get crammed together with an indentation. Correct me if I'm wrong...
The real problems are quite simply Meto is useless for App Development, Your are limited to the features you can do in JavaScript. It ok for simple games and widgets... But for an App the does real work, no. They should expand the Metro UI to fully use the computer that it is running on.
Let me guess that Steve Ballmer is also the only person you know from Microsoft.
Can you name the lead designers, product managers and development engineers of the Windows team? In the midst of dodging flying chairs, their opinion weighs a lot too.
Over years, the general trend regarding Microsoft seems to be that you can't expect what kind of train wreck might be coming in next Windows. First they made it bloated (Win95), then they exposed it to security threats (pre-SP WinXP). At Win7 things looked really good, but the next time they decided to steamroll the UI into unusable state (Win8). So if we look things in the broad scale, part of Microsoft's nature is simply being an unpredictable company.
For comparison if we look at Apple, they have had their bad moments too, but at each OSX release you can roughly expect to get a quite usable OS. No surprising big disasters.
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Would hard drives work in very low humidity? Rubber mounting components (if any) in the servers might start crumbling down.
You're on the right track, but I think it's even better to use full distros instead of just the kernel as comparison.
Windows still wins, though: WinXP got nearly 13 years of support, and Win7 gets a bit over 10 years. That's twice of what is offered for an Ubuntu LTS release.
Although I personally think the 5 years support of Ubuntu is also pretty good.
Exactly. The article is a troll.
Grammar nazi: "this should HAVE happened 10 years ago". For some reason people have lately started using "should of".
I'm surprised that KDE doesn't get more love in Slashdot. KDE is probably the most flexible and professional DE that is available for Linux.
Seriously, whats the gain by using Microsoft?
Phtoshop and PC gmaes.
I think the biggest thing keeping people on Windows is Microsoft Office.
This is how I would have done it too, but then I started to think whether the JavaScript incremental timing would be accurate enough. So maybe you want to add an extra synchronization every 15 minutes or so.
It doesn't matter if no one is buying the albums.
If it's theft, what have you lost?
The intention for the record company to invest for another album for the band.
Not if they set up everything in a nice Feng Shui arrangement.
Too bad that along the problems with Linux, Secure Boot by itself is actually a nice feature.
Since when were torrent files unauthorised content? Oh, you mean the underlying file?
I'm not sure if there is any meaningful difference. The torrent file (or magnet link) is usually the only way to practically access the underlying files. The torrent is basically just a virtualization of the underlying files.
Excellent comment!
Let's see how your message is modded down into oblivion by the /. pro-piracy drones.
I don't get the impression from his post that things would never change.
Windows 8 is not something his lieutenants can just build and put out in the market without the CEO's say-so; it's such a huge thing to the company as a whole it had to have his approval. Plus, part of the impetus for Win8's Metro interface is this crazy idea of having a single UI across all devices, and that's something that spans company divisions, and again, would require CEO approval.
At the end of the chain, the approval of CEO can be as simple as "yes, looks good, let's push it". But the design and functionality, big building blocks of the new Windows, depend on so many other people too.
Only relatively small companies can work like that. Ballmer wouldn't even have enough time to review every decision made inside Microsoft. He most probably has a bunch of "lieutenants" inside the company (key persons such as technical directors and product managers) who also steer the company when it comes to decisions.
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but there is not a proper stylesheet in place so the list items just get crammed together with an indentation. Correct me if I'm wrong...
The real problems are quite simply Meto is useless for App Development, Your are limited to the features you can do in JavaScript. It ok for simple games and widgets... But for an App the does real work, no. They should expand the Metro UI to fully use the computer that it is running on.
You can also develop Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++ .
Let me guess that Steve Ballmer is also the only person you know from Microsoft.
Can you name the lead designers, product managers and development engineers of the Windows team? In the midst of dodging flying chairs, their opinion weighs a lot too.
Yes, it comes with a Reader app for Modern UI which supports PDF.
Over years, the general trend regarding Microsoft seems to be that you can't expect what kind of train wreck might be coming in next Windows. First they made it bloated (Win95), then they exposed it to security threats (pre-SP WinXP). At Win7 things looked really good, but the next time they decided to steamroll the UI into unusable state (Win8). So if we look things in the broad scale, part of Microsoft's nature is simply being an unpredictable company.
For comparison if we look at Apple, they have had their bad moments too, but at each OSX release you can roughly expect to get a quite usable OS. No surprising big disasters.
DOS 6.22 of course, with Windows 3.11 for workgroups.
Hmm, interestingly 3.11 x 2 = 6.22, I never noticed that before. :)
I smell a troll here...