...which looks worse? The free OS not having the feature enabled by default due to an admission that it is Microsoft patented tech, or having it covered in the agreement so that nobody sees that there "is" Microsoft patented tech in linux. Guess which one 'ol Bally just loves.
You need a good system to figure out what music someone likes based on what others with similar tastes like. Considering this is Microsoft (and how any time I try to use Word, it always just KNOWS exactly how I want to format whatever I am typing, even better than I do) I think that could be a major problem for them.
New operating systems should be able to run exceedingly well on current hardware that MOST people at the time have, without you having to turn off features that were marketed as new and innovative.
...a great thing for Apples market share, considering they now have something out there at a dell like price point. If they truly get the geeks, then everyone else will eventually follow.
...that the majority of these people do not have children in middle or high school, or if they do, that they rely heavily upon libraries or school systems for work.
I read through a bit of the site, and clicked on more information under the Linux Aficionado. In the sales guidance section (which is basically, what to focus on to convert this guy) there was a link to a presentation. I clicked it, and I ended up at a site to sign up for the Microsoft Partner program. Intrigued by what the presentation actually says (it is titled, according to the site "Why Microsoft Windows: Windows VS. Linux") I try to join the Microsoft Partner program, at which point it refuses to let me because Firefox is an unsupported browser. It tells me to upgrade to the latest non-beta version of Internet Explorer. After that, I try getting to it in IE6 (thank you, Wine) and the site works properly. So, here is what my entire experiance was:
Forced to enable popups, because the site ONLY comes up in a popup.
Fail to find myself on the site (Home user, non-office, who just finds that Linux is easier)
Try to get access to a presentation
Told to join a borg program
Told that, to join, I needed the latest non-beta IE
Successfully got site to work with IE6
Sniggers at admission that IE7 is still practically in beta
Congratulates Microsoft on another job well done.
Not really. They could advertise that even their lowest-end, cheapest systems came with a full, Office-compatable application suite. Of course, they could then extoll the advantages of MS Office over OOo on the page where you pick it, which might actually increase sales of Office, but in the end, the user would still be getting a better deal and Dell would still be getting, at the very least, further reinforcement of their reputation (deserved or not) for providing good systems at low prices.
When it by no means is a standard others can implement without their blessing, then yes. There should be at minimum a drawn-out process to keep the most-commonly-used XML format from being accepted as a standard, at least until it is an actual standard...
Seemed to me to be more of an office-oriented thing. I would imagine the month at the head of the date would make filing large amounts of documents easier.
I doubt they would be able to. The guys producing ReactOS went through a self-imposed code audit awhile back, because someone informed them that some patents might have been violated. The way they have been running things, about the only thing they could possibly nail them on at any point would be violating their trade dress for Windows.
Depends on whats in the emails. It could be your normal grouping of spam and chain letters, at which point I would actually send Microsoft a thank you not. Or it could be an email with some vital information in it (yes, should be backed up, but realistically, how many people do that?).
...that perhaps this isn't supposed to succeed? Think about it; the studios want this to happen. First, they say "downloadable and burnable movies for the masses!" Second, they come up with a business model designed to fail and a process designed to be less convenient for the consumer. Third, sales end up in the gutter. Fourth, they discontinue offering movies in this manner. Fifth, anytime someone starts talking about how movies should we should be able to download movies and burn them to discs, the studios point at this and say that the model is unfeasable. Sixth, they are able to label almost anyone who has a movie on a disc that wasn't burned by them as a pirate.
I still don't understand why people get upset with a company periodically checking to see if your install is valid. They have been doing it for years with Business Software.
Yes, well, I think home users and business users have very different bullshit tolerance levels for software. Especially for an Operating System.
But most programs require admin priveliges to run. While you can say that it is the fault of the application developers, and not Microsoft, devs are going to normally take the path of least resistance. Running it as an admin in Windows is the path of least resistance. In *nix, however, there is little difference for most apps between installing/running as Root and installing/running as a normal, limited user. It is merely bad design on the part of Microsoft that makes the difference, and encourages the bad behavior.
Looked at a couple of posts at the blog, and then looked at some of the photos on the blog. The posts seem fake to me (can't put my finger on any one thing, but boy do they ring as fake) although very good fakes. The photos, however, have two things that for me seals the deal; A, they look like they were professionally taken quality wise (although that alone really doesn't prove anything) in so far as framing of the shot and the actual image quality (although I am not a photo pro, so I digress to anyone with more knowledge than me on this) and B, they look like they were staged.
He said the state he worked in was Norway. Find it on a map. Oh, and to everyone else trying to figure out how that one works legally applying their local laws, look at the laws from where he is first.
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...I consider this a selling point in favor of HD-DVD.
...which looks worse? The free OS not having the feature enabled by default due to an admission that it is Microsoft patented tech, or having it covered in the agreement so that nobody sees that there "is" Microsoft patented tech in linux. Guess which one 'ol Bally just loves.
Actually, worst case scenario, one of the many protocols gaim supports ends up not working. Ever.
You need a good system to figure out what music someone likes based on what others with similar tastes like. Considering this is Microsoft (and how any time I try to use Word, it always just KNOWS exactly how I want to format whatever I am typing, even better than I do) I think that could be a major problem for them.
New operating systems should be able to run exceedingly well on current hardware that MOST people at the time have, without you having to turn off features that were marketed as new and innovative.
...a great thing for Apples market share, considering they now have something out there at a dell like price point. If they truly get the geeks, then everyone else will eventually follow.
...that the majority of these people do not have children in middle or high school, or if they do, that they rely heavily upon libraries or school systems for work.
I read through a bit of the site, and clicked on more information under the Linux Aficionado. In the sales guidance section (which is basically, what to focus on to convert this guy) there was a link to a presentation. I clicked it, and I ended up at a site to sign up for the Microsoft Partner program. Intrigued by what the presentation actually says (it is titled, according to the site "Why Microsoft Windows: Windows VS. Linux") I try to join the Microsoft Partner program, at which point it refuses to let me because Firefox is an unsupported browser. It tells me to upgrade to the latest non-beta version of Internet Explorer. After that, I try getting to it in IE6 (thank you, Wine) and the site works properly. So, here is what my entire experiance was: Forced to enable popups, because the site ONLY comes up in a popup. Fail to find myself on the site (Home user, non-office, who just finds that Linux is easier) Try to get access to a presentation Told to join a borg program Told that, to join, I needed the latest non-beta IE Successfully got site to work with IE6 Sniggers at admission that IE7 is still practically in beta Congratulates Microsoft on another job well done.
Not really. They could advertise that even their lowest-end, cheapest systems came with a full, Office-compatable application suite. Of course, they could then extoll the advantages of MS Office over OOo on the page where you pick it, which might actually increase sales of Office, but in the end, the user would still be getting a better deal and Dell would still be getting, at the very least, further reinforcement of their reputation (deserved or not) for providing good systems at low prices.
When it by no means is a standard others can implement without their blessing, then yes. There should be at minimum a drawn-out process to keep the most-commonly-used XML format from being accepted as a standard, at least until it is an actual standard...
Seemed to me to be more of an office-oriented thing. I would imagine the month at the head of the date would make filing large amounts of documents easier.
I doubt they would be able to. The guys producing ReactOS went through a self-imposed code audit awhile back, because someone informed them that some patents might have been violated. The way they have been running things, about the only thing they could possibly nail them on at any point would be violating their trade dress for Windows.
Perhaps the connection was made when the parent said that most of the devs of those extensions were not yet members of the Pornzilla project...
Depends on whats in the emails. It could be your normal grouping of spam and chain letters, at which point I would actually send Microsoft a thank you not. Or it could be an email with some vital information in it (yes, should be backed up, but realistically, how many people do that?).
...that perhaps this isn't supposed to succeed? Think about it; the studios want this to happen. First, they say "downloadable and burnable movies for the masses!" Second, they come up with a business model designed to fail and a process designed to be less convenient for the consumer. Third, sales end up in the gutter. Fourth, they discontinue offering movies in this manner. Fifth, anytime someone starts talking about how movies should we should be able to download movies and burn them to discs, the studios point at this and say that the model is unfeasable. Sixth, they are able to label almost anyone who has a movie on a disc that wasn't burned by them as a pirate.
I still don't understand why people get upset with a company periodically checking to see if your install is valid. They have been doing it for years with Business Software.
Yes, well, I think home users and business users have very different bullshit tolerance levels for software. Especially for an Operating System.
Actually, I think that this is either a) Proof of Concept or b) something that a trojan would do...
The one where you know more about everything than everyone else because you are so exceedingly 1337 because you can hook your computer up yourself...
But most programs require admin priveliges to run. While you can say that it is the fault of the application developers, and not Microsoft, devs are going to normally take the path of least resistance. Running it as an admin in Windows is the path of least resistance. In *nix, however, there is little difference for most apps between installing/running as Root and installing/running as a normal, limited user. It is merely bad design on the part of Microsoft that makes the difference, and encourages the bad behavior.
Perhaps to keep some interest in the stock, since Vista probably isn't and XP probably isn't either.
...and thus the people rejoiced.
Maybe they should be...
Looked at a couple of posts at the blog, and then looked at some of the photos on the blog. The posts seem fake to me (can't put my finger on any one thing, but boy do they ring as fake) although very good fakes. The photos, however, have two things that for me seals the deal; A, they look like they were professionally taken quality wise (although that alone really doesn't prove anything) in so far as framing of the shot and the actual image quality (although I am not a photo pro, so I digress to anyone with more knowledge than me on this) and B, they look like they were staged.
...is with a Windows box displaying a BSOD.
He said the state he worked in was Norway. Find it on a map. Oh, and to everyone else trying to figure out how that one works legally applying their local laws, look at the laws from where he is first.