I was really hoping that was the case when he left Microsoft but the way he handles his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he remains very tied to Microsoft. And I would not be surprised if he requires the nuke plant to be running some form of Windows. Yes, he is THAT tied to Microsoft. IMO
No, not yet. You missed that the tech pundits are getting paid to throw this over the wall because of the relevance to Microsoft Windows. Remember how the first netbooks were all shipped with SSDs and GNU/Linux but when Microsoft came in and offered payment schemes for putting Windows XP on them, they all ended up with spinning disks? Windows just didn't fit very well/much on those small SSDs. Well, the SSDs are now almost ready for Windows so out come the dumbass stories to get people thinking about SSDs again. You'll soon be seeing them in devices with Windows and probably starting with netbooks. Remember, some pretty cool single and dual core ARM devices are heading to market this year.
The 'tech pundit' won't write about SSDs when all the fuss with SSDs is when they are the only storage means for GNU/Linux based systems. They don't get paid to do that.
You might not remember it but a number of years ago, an internal Microsoft email got sent out to the wrong address and it was learned that not only had Microsoft been hammering on a magazine editor to do a story on one of their projects but when that editor finally assigned a writer, Microsoft an atleast 12 employees assigned to _helping_ this writer put together his story. Some of those employees were given scripts to work from regarding conversations they were to have with this writer.
if he has any kind of input like he's had with developing Windows, we're all in trouble.
Why is it that this story reminds me of when Intel handed out a classroom full of ClassMate PCs and made a huge photo op of it? You know the one, where later on the world+dog learned Intel had to fly in a huge diesel generator to park outside the classroom because the batteries on the Windows based ClassMate PCs wouldn't last the whole day and mains power was spotty.
I see Microsoft having a tough time becoming energy efficient and capable of running on cheap portable devices. Bill Gates knows this so he wants to drop down his reactor pods outside of classrooms around the world so they can run Windows and not pollute like the diesel generators Intel used.
but they were not getting web browsers embedded in the OS like Windows was, nor all the other crap Microsoft shoveled into the OS to kill off some competitor. I remember once hearing that one of the reasons IBM and Microsoft had a falling out over OS/2 was because the Microsoft OS designers wanted specific preferences for the GUI/desktop performance while the IBM designers wanted a tight, small, fast kernel with a fair scheduler.
I also remember the one time someone compared IBM OS/2 with Microsoft NT and Novell Netware on a dual CPU system. There were a number of cases where OS/2, with one CPU disabled, outperformed both NT and Netware while they were running in full dual mode.
This is probably just another attempt to explain why Microsoft is rewriting Windows from the ground up once again and will try to sell it as a new OS. Here come the Windows 8 news stories.
just more AC weenies feeling like they need to defend Microsoft. FYI, I knew a guy who build a business around MS.NET and when the.com crash hit, he told me that he had to turn away Java work because of the partnership he had with Microsoft. He was laying of some of his developers and had to turn away Java business.
This type of thing is SOP for Microsoft and so is complicating APIs just to make it difficult for developers to change platforms. These things have been documented many times over the past couple of decades and has nothing to do with open source.
naive little ACs need to get out and look around alittle bit before they go off protecting their beloved Microsoft.
but it sounds like most of the problems were due to underestimating how many non-standard development tools and products were used and the trouble getting those over to GNU/Linux. Many of them required either the original vendor to port to an open standard or replacing the existing product with one which was based on open standards. The first option meant that most likely a Microsoft Partner Program member would have to be hired to provide the same product for the GNU/Linux clients. This might normally be an easier option except being a _Microsoft Partner_ often times means you are not allowed to work on other platforms. So the 2nd option is most likely their only choice and that is more expensive in that it would require all users to change the underlying software they currently use for the task.
All in all, this sounds like confirmation that Microsoft's strategy of proprietary API's and patented IP was successful in making it costly to leave their platform. It also shows that it is not impossible and in the long run, it will probably be shown that getting off the Microsoft treadmill might be expensive up front but over time, become very cost effective. Rip and Replace most often ends up resulting in a better, faster, cheaper solution when managed well.
and just maybe he is wealthy enough to not care about those who made efforts to use their market positions to bully he and his company regarding what products they did or did not produce or support. Competing is one thing but when you start calling and threatening or start calling all your customers and threaten them, you take the gloves off at a time that's right for you. Maybe now is that time for Jonathan Schwartz.
There is a reason that guys like Larry Ellison, Scott McNealy, Lou Gerstner, Philippe Kahn, and others were vocal but reserved regarding Microsoft's _business_ practices and methods. These were the few who had the balls to speak up and has the skills to stay on the side of the line which prevented them from getting thrown out for saying too much and looking too unprofessional. Hundreds and probably thousands of others just swallowed their pride and let Microsoft dictate what they could and could not do in their business. For instance, HP and Intel executives kept their mouths shut even though Microsoft was telling Intel to stay out of the software business and shut down their work on both Java and recently Linux. HP was threatened over and over and at one point a phone call the night before the largest computer show in the world was about to open resulted in HP instructing people to work overnight to remove HP computers from the showroom floor because Microsoft did not approve of the software they were running.
Schwartz may have not had the balls to speak up when he was running the show but he most likely has decided he does not want to keep quiet any longer regarding how these industry bullies tried to direct the products he and his former company produced. Good for him and I hope he lets em rip. We already know that court documents showing these things does not make for interesting news nor educate people of the ways some companies have slowed the tech sector over the last 20 years. Maybe a juicy book will make some waves and proves educational to those who remain clueless of what's really been going on behind the scenes.
because without what Microsoft wants in keeping vulnerabilities secret, security by obscurity does not work. So of course they are angry, they're fighting a losing battle.
And I'd bet that they are also offering to collect that tax and manage it and the "cleaning" process.
You know, Linux CDs are free. And, if our schools would get off their butts and realize their students would have an advantage if they were using and learning from open source software then there would also be a huge supply of cheap and eager youngsters ready to clean off the infected Windows botnets and install a version of GNU/Linux. No tax required. Oh wait, our gov and businesses are financially and secretly tied to Microsoft Windows so this kind of thing would also be a threat to them. Is this democracy at work or what.
And all you AC Microserfs can suck dry toast with your dumbass posts. flame on.
that industry pretty much exists due to hope and faith and not much more. Add a little bit of proof that some herbs, etc have beneficial qualities and viola, you have way to sucker people into paying big bucks for nothing but the hope it'll work and they'll be better off.
If nothing else works though, that hope does help them mentally so is that really that bad?
I feel the problem is when this stuff is pushed as _the_ cure instead of using scientifically proven methods. That is when the real damage is done and that is where most of the market for this stuff exists. It's probably impossible to have it both ways. Good to see Britain is smartening up to this.
I think this is more about increasing the cost of using open source software since that is really the current and most important threat to Microsoft now. They lost millions on having to bring Windows XP out from retirement and having had to pay off vendors to use it instead of GNU/Linux on netbooks. The eReader market is not unlike the netbook market and it is getting bigger. But, the kicker is that the eReader is highly likely to be a device which grows up into the tablet sector and therefore become part of the PC( personal computer ) segment which is Microsoft's territory. Smartphones are somewhat of a problem but probably more so as a brand issue and less of a concern that smartphones would be a threat to replace the Windows based PC market.
We've already seen that most all eReaders are going with GNU/Linux and we've also seen eReaders with displays for web browsing, email, and other _normal_ computer like features. And understand that what is also at the heart of these licensing deals is probably a direct link to Microsofts marketing department with the quarterly shipping numbers of the hardware/software. Microsoft has used strongarm tactics to keep miniscule fees tied to products which they had targetted as threats to the Microsoft Windows income stream.
Microsoft is not embracing GNU/Linux, the Kindle, EC2, etc, they are not extending these to make them incompatible with their preloaded software, nor are they directly extinguishing these products. They are just making them more costly and keeping track of their sales and growth patterns so they have something to market against. When you ship products in the millions of units, free is a big deal and free is something Microsoft can't endure. Levy a $5/unit licensing fee and know exactly how many units are getting sold and now they have something they can build a marketing campaign against. IMO
my first guess would be that this has something to do with the Microsoft extensions to FAT and Amazon's use of those to access VFAT based files on SD cards. I think they dropped the SD support on the latest model but they might already have been caught in Microsoft's patent web with the earlier release of Kindle supporting VFAT. There might be others but this seems like the obvious threat since Tom Tom was hit with it too.
So, do the Mono clowns still think that there is nothing to be concerned with running around using Microsoft's.Net software in unlicensed products( aka Linux desktops )?
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Do you not think it is just possible that properly administered Windows systems actually work reliably? Or do you think MS bribes all the hospitals using these systems so they don't report the hourly crashes/reboots which you no doubt think must be happening?
no, I don't think that is possible. But, I do accept that there are random systems which for some strange reason keep running longer than they should.
what really was the value in the application when gmail already has search built into it? When I first read the headline, I was asking myself why would you want to copy all your gmail email onto the iphone just so you can search it on the phone as opposed to searching online. Is it because of all the holes in AT&T's coverage map and so offline searching and reading is a major feature?
What seems to make sense of all this is that Google has plans for ChromeOS, Gmail, and probably Android for local storage and search of gmail, docs, etc so killing this before it gets much traction makes sense. And since it was just an add-on for a service Google already runs, it's not anything like what Microsoft does and has done. Nothing like them purchasing Coopers and Peters to shutdown its Java products. Nothing like them purchasing DimensionX to shutdown the tools to build Netscape based products. Nothing like them purchasing the antivirus email server vendor and shutting down the Linux support, etc, etc, etc.
you've been a big part of the internet for many people but as many partnerships like this in the past, you just don't walk away from a deal with Microsoft. It's like that giant slug thing in Stormship Troopers where they suck out your brain thinking it'll make them smarter. It doesn't work but it does kill you. It's been good to know you Yahoo and I hope Mr Icahn is happy knowing he handed you to Microsoft.
good points but I really would not worry about someone laughing at you when they have put Windows on life-safety system or any mission critical system.
it was probably about 6 years ago when a number of goverment offices American Express, and others including CNN had their computers BSODing. CNN even stayed on the air for a few hours just talking about how the computers were all rebooting. The cause of that was that the computers were part of a botnet and an update to the botnet caused BSODs. In plain language, many government computers and businesses computers have been infected without them knowing it. And as I mentioned, large companies with financial ties like American Express. You can not secure Windows without unplugging it from the network. There was a CIO of one company which got hacked and he ended up quiting saying something much the same. Businesses who insist on Windows are insisting on something which is very very difficult to secure.
Now I wonder if this is what took out all those Norfolk VA computers. The ones which it was said that they don't think it was something they got off the internet but in the same breath said they don't know what caused it or how it got there.
If your location based service isn't using your GPS but is using your IP address then openvpn helps here. And maybe there's a market for a personal WAP which is connected to your home network via openvpn. As devices get smarter, so should we.
I wonder if any of these new smartphones can double as a WAP while using either 3G or Wifi for Internet connectivity?
the big problem here is that they most likely did not learn from the earlier go at it. they will once again build super duper massive plants and each one will be uniquely designed. So, not only will they cost massive amounts just for designing and building, but they will also cost massive amounts to upgrade. Each plant will have to go through the painstaking steps required to validate upgrades and changes.
everyone always points to France as an example of how nuclear power can work but they never mention how they standardized on the design and why that might be the reason it worked out so well for them.
no, this is Microsoft adding something to the system which wasn't there and instead of letting users know this, they use a new notification telling them to go spend money and be afraid their computer might suddenly stop working. Because so many Windows users have a minute amount of general computer education, they panic and blame this on this new operating system. If Microsoft lets the user right-click on the battery icon, see/set the threshold warning settings and has help info on this then it is not so much their fault. But if none of that is there, it is 100% their fault people are fearful of their system and blaming it on Microsoft. IMO.
too bad the idea of parts/components died off in the 90s or else they could have just went with a lighter weight word process part and left it to the user to install a more feather rich part or not.
You are making the mistake of thinking this has anything to do with stopping bad guys. They are losing control of the primary computing device people use so they would really like to have some control of who does what on the network. More signs of the brilliance found at One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA.
the only version of Windows which can run on ARM is limited to 512MB and believe it or not, one CPU. This puts yet another restriction on what we'll probably see in some of these ARM devices from vendors with relationships with Microsoft.
But I agree, stick 1GB or 2GB of RAM on any a8 or a9 and you've got fanless platform with serious multitasking abilities.
I too hope we see some of these larger memory devices around very soon.
no, 90% of the PC space is rather aggressive and not likely. The point he's trying to make is that GNU/Linux could replace a very large portion of the PC segment already but on x86, it's like moving a stubborn jackass up a hill. With the ARM price/performance blowing x86 out of the water, the portable device space(handhelds, netbooks, notebooks) opportunities you get via ARM you just can't get on x86. And I don't believe he is holding to the netbook restrictions Microsoft put on the market, ie 10.1" screens and single core CPUs.
If you notice all the buzz about Android, the iPhone, and tablets then you should know that they are all running ARM. Also know that he has inside info on what people are doing with their ARM design and is probably rather giddy about it. That tends to lead one to visions of grandeur. But reality is not too far off from what he said if you were not trying to move a stubborn mule up a very large hill. Most Windows users hardly know how to use Windows so getting a large portion of them to learn something new is a very tough task. Especially if the device looks like something they think they know. The phone and the tablet have the advantage of being acceptably different enough to not think they must be running Windows.
And I'm sure there are enough ARM manufacturers out there who would love to have a chance at delivering the goods. ARM LLC is not a manufacturer, just the design house for the CPU. If Microsoft can't kill off this market, you will start seeing Windows ISVs porting to ARM and that will probably mean GNU/Linux in one form or another. IMO
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I was really hoping that was the case when he left Microsoft but the way he handles his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he remains very tied to Microsoft. And I would not be surprised if he requires the nuke plant to be running some form of Windows. Yes, he is THAT tied to Microsoft. IMO
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No, not yet. You missed that the tech pundits are getting paid to throw this over the wall because of the relevance to Microsoft Windows. Remember how the first netbooks were all shipped with SSDs and GNU/Linux but when Microsoft came in and offered payment schemes for putting Windows XP on them, they all ended up with spinning disks? Windows just didn't fit very well/much on those small SSDs. Well, the SSDs are now almost ready for Windows so out come the dumbass stories to get people thinking about SSDs again. You'll soon be seeing them in devices with Windows and probably starting with netbooks. Remember, some pretty cool single and dual core ARM devices are heading to market this year.
The 'tech pundit' won't write about SSDs when all the fuss with SSDs is when they are the only storage means for GNU/Linux based systems. They don't get paid to do that.
You might not remember it but a number of years ago, an internal Microsoft email got sent out to the wrong address and it was learned that not only had Microsoft been hammering on a magazine editor to do a story on one of their projects but when that editor finally assigned a writer, Microsoft an atleast 12 employees assigned to _helping_ this writer put together his story. Some of those employees were given scripts to work from regarding conversations they were to have with this writer.
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if he has any kind of input like he's had with developing Windows, we're all in trouble.
Why is it that this story reminds me of when Intel handed out a classroom full of ClassMate PCs and made a huge photo op of it? You know the one, where later on the world+dog learned Intel had to fly in a huge diesel generator to park outside the classroom because the batteries on the Windows based ClassMate PCs wouldn't last the whole day and mains power was spotty.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7115712.stm
I see Microsoft having a tough time becoming energy efficient and capable of running on cheap portable devices. Bill Gates knows this so he wants to drop down his reactor pods outside of classrooms around the world so they can run Windows and not pollute like the diesel generators Intel used.
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but they were not getting web browsers embedded in the OS like Windows was, nor all the other crap Microsoft shoveled into the OS to kill off some competitor. I remember once hearing that one of the reasons IBM and Microsoft had a falling out over OS/2 was because the Microsoft OS designers wanted specific preferences for the GUI/desktop performance while the IBM designers wanted a tight, small, fast kernel with a fair scheduler.
I also remember the one time someone compared IBM OS/2 with Microsoft NT and Novell Netware on a dual CPU system. There were a number of cases where OS/2, with one CPU disabled, outperformed both NT and Netware while they were running in full dual mode.
This is probably just another attempt to explain why Microsoft is rewriting Windows from the ground up once again and will try to sell it as a new OS. Here come the Windows 8 news stories.
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we suck, enough said.
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just more AC weenies feeling like they need to defend Microsoft. FYI, I knew a guy who build a business around MS .NET and when the .com crash hit, he told me that he had to turn away Java work because of the partnership he had with Microsoft. He was laying of some of his developers and had to turn away Java business.
This type of thing is SOP for Microsoft and so is complicating APIs just to make it difficult for developers to change platforms. These things have been documented many times over the past couple of decades and has nothing to do with open source.
naive little ACs need to get out and look around alittle bit before they go off protecting their beloved Microsoft.
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but it sounds like most of the problems were due to underestimating how many non-standard development tools and products were used and the trouble getting those over to GNU/Linux. Many of them required either the original vendor to port to an open standard or replacing the existing product with one which was based on open standards. The first option meant that most likely a Microsoft Partner Program member would have to be hired to provide the same product for the GNU/Linux clients. This might normally be an easier option except being a _Microsoft Partner_ often times means you are not allowed to work on other platforms. So the 2nd option is most likely their only choice and that is more expensive in that it would require all users to change the underlying software they currently use for the task.
All in all, this sounds like confirmation that Microsoft's strategy of proprietary API's and patented IP was successful in making it costly to leave their platform. It also shows that it is not impossible and in the long run, it will probably be shown that getting off the Microsoft treadmill might be expensive up front but over time, become very cost effective. Rip and Replace most often ends up resulting in a better, faster, cheaper solution when managed well.
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and just maybe he is wealthy enough to not care about those who made efforts to use their market positions to bully he and his company regarding what products they did or did not produce or support. Competing is one thing but when you start calling and threatening or start calling all your customers and threaten them, you take the gloves off at a time that's right for you. Maybe now is that time for Jonathan Schwartz.
There is a reason that guys like Larry Ellison, Scott McNealy, Lou Gerstner, Philippe Kahn, and others were vocal but reserved regarding Microsoft's _business_ practices and methods. These were the few who had the balls to speak up and has the skills to stay on the side of the line which prevented them from getting thrown out for saying too much and looking too unprofessional. Hundreds and probably thousands of others just swallowed their pride and let Microsoft dictate what they could and could not do in their business. For instance, HP and Intel executives kept their mouths shut even though Microsoft was telling Intel to stay out of the software business and shut down their work on both Java and recently Linux. HP was threatened over and over and at one point a phone call the night before the largest computer show in the world was about to open resulted in HP instructing people to work overnight to remove HP computers from the showroom floor because Microsoft did not approve of the software they were running.
Schwartz may have not had the balls to speak up when he was running the show but he most likely has decided he does not want to keep quiet any longer regarding how these industry bullies tried to direct the products he and his former company produced. Good for him and I hope he lets em rip. We already know that court documents showing these things does not make for interesting news nor educate people of the ways some companies have slowed the tech sector over the last 20 years. Maybe a juicy book will make some waves and proves educational to those who remain clueless of what's really been going on behind the scenes.
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because without what Microsoft wants in keeping vulnerabilities secret, security by obscurity does not work. So of course they are angry, they're fighting a losing battle.
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And I'd bet that they are also offering to collect that tax and manage it and the "cleaning" process.
You know, Linux CDs are free. And, if our schools would get off their butts and realize their students would have an advantage if they were using and learning from open source software then there would also be a huge supply of cheap and eager youngsters ready to clean off the infected Windows botnets and install a version of GNU/Linux. No tax required. Oh wait, our gov and businesses are financially and secretly tied to Microsoft Windows so this kind of thing would also be a threat to them. Is this democracy at work or what.
And all you AC Microserfs can suck dry toast with your dumbass posts. flame on.
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that industry pretty much exists due to hope and faith and not much more. Add a little bit of proof that some herbs, etc have beneficial qualities and viola, you have way to sucker people into paying big bucks for nothing but the hope it'll work and they'll be better off.
If nothing else works though, that hope does help them mentally so is that really that bad?
I feel the problem is when this stuff is pushed as _the_ cure instead of using scientifically proven methods. That is when the real damage is done and that is where most of the market for this stuff exists. It's probably impossible to have it both ways. Good to see Britain is smartening up to this.
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I think this is more about increasing the cost of using open source software since that is really the current and most important threat to Microsoft now. They lost millions on having to bring Windows XP out from retirement and having had to pay off vendors to use it instead of GNU/Linux on netbooks. The eReader market is not unlike the netbook market and it is getting bigger. But, the kicker is that the eReader is highly likely to be a device which grows up into the tablet sector and therefore become part of the PC( personal computer ) segment which is Microsoft's territory. Smartphones are somewhat of a problem but probably more so as a brand issue and less of a concern that smartphones would be a threat to replace the Windows based PC market.
We've already seen that most all eReaders are going with GNU/Linux and we've also seen eReaders with displays for web browsing, email, and other _normal_ computer like features. And understand that what is also at the heart of these licensing deals is probably a direct link to Microsofts marketing department with the quarterly shipping numbers of the hardware/software. Microsoft has used strongarm tactics to keep miniscule fees tied to products which they had targetted as threats to the Microsoft Windows income stream.
Microsoft is not embracing GNU/Linux, the Kindle, EC2, etc, they are not extending these to make them incompatible with their preloaded software, nor are they directly extinguishing these products. They are just making them more costly and keeping track of their sales and growth patterns so they have something to market against. When you ship products in the millions of units, free is a big deal and free is something Microsoft can't endure. Levy a $5/unit licensing fee and know exactly how many units are getting sold and now they have something they can build a marketing campaign against. IMO
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my first guess would be that this has something to do with the Microsoft extensions to FAT and Amazon's use of those to access VFAT based files on SD cards. I think they dropped the SD support on the latest model but they might already have been caught in Microsoft's patent web with the earlier release of Kindle supporting VFAT. There might be others but this seems like the obvious threat since Tom Tom was hit with it too. So, do the Mono clowns still think that there is nothing to be concerned with running around using Microsoft's .Net software in unlicensed products( aka Linux desktops )?
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no, I don't think that is possible. But, I do accept that there are random systems which for some strange reason keep running longer than they should.
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what really was the value in the application when gmail already has search built into it? When I first read the headline, I was asking myself why would you want to copy all your gmail email onto the iphone just so you can search it on the phone as opposed to searching online. Is it because of all the holes in AT&T's coverage map and so offline searching and reading is a major feature?
What seems to make sense of all this is that Google has plans for ChromeOS, Gmail, and probably Android for local storage and search of gmail, docs, etc so killing this before it gets much traction makes sense. And since it was just an add-on for a service Google already runs, it's not anything like what Microsoft does and has done. Nothing like them purchasing Coopers and Peters to shutdown its Java products. Nothing like them purchasing DimensionX to shutdown the tools to build Netscape based products. Nothing like them purchasing the antivirus email server vendor and shutting down the Linux support, etc, etc, etc.
so really, how is it the same?
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you've been a big part of the internet for many people but as many partnerships like this in the past, you just don't walk away from a deal with Microsoft. It's like that giant slug thing in Stormship Troopers where they suck out your brain thinking it'll make them smarter. It doesn't work but it does kill you. It's been good to know you Yahoo and I hope Mr Icahn is happy knowing he handed you to Microsoft.
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good points but I really would not worry about someone laughing at you when they have put Windows on life-safety system or any mission critical system.
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it was probably about 6 years ago when a number of goverment offices American Express, and others including CNN had their computers BSODing. CNN even stayed on the air for a few hours just talking about how the computers were all rebooting. The cause of that was that the computers were part of a botnet and an update to the botnet caused BSODs.
In plain language, many government computers and businesses computers have been infected without them knowing it. And as I mentioned, large companies with financial ties like American Express. You can not secure Windows without unplugging it from the network. There was a CIO of one company which got hacked and he ended up quiting saying something much the same. Businesses who insist on Windows are insisting on something which is very very difficult to secure.
Now I wonder if this is what took out all those Norfolk VA computers. The ones which it was said that they don't think it was something they got off the internet but in the same breath said they don't know what caused it or how it got there.
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If your location based service isn't using your GPS but is using your IP address then openvpn helps here. And maybe there's a market for a personal WAP which is connected to your home network via openvpn. As devices get smarter, so should we.
I wonder if any of these new smartphones can double as a WAP while using either 3G or Wifi for Internet connectivity?
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the big problem here is that they most likely did not learn from the earlier go at it. they will once again build super duper massive plants and each one will be uniquely designed. So, not only will they cost massive amounts just for designing and building, but they will also cost massive amounts to upgrade. Each plant will have to go through the painstaking steps required to validate upgrades and changes.
everyone always points to France as an example of how nuclear power can work but they never mention how they standardized on the design and why that might be the reason it worked out so well for them.
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no, this is Microsoft adding something to the system which wasn't there and instead of letting users know this, they use a new notification telling them to go spend money and be afraid their computer might suddenly stop working. Because so many Windows users have a minute amount of general computer education, they panic and blame this on this new operating system. If Microsoft lets the user right-click on the battery icon, see/set the threshold warning settings and has help info on this then it is not so much their fault. But if none of that is there, it is 100% their fault people are fearful of their system and blaming it on Microsoft. IMO.
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too bad the idea of parts/components died off in the 90s or else they could have just went with a lighter weight word process part and left it to the user to install a more feather rich part or not.
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You are making the mistake of thinking this has anything to do with stopping bad guys. They are losing control of the primary computing device people use so they would really like to have some control of who does what on the network. More signs of the brilliance found at One Microsoft Way, Redmond WA.
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the only version of Windows which can run on ARM is limited to 512MB and believe it or not, one CPU. This puts yet another restriction on what we'll probably see in some of these ARM devices from vendors with relationships with Microsoft.
But I agree, stick 1GB or 2GB of RAM on any a8 or a9 and you've got fanless platform with serious multitasking abilities.
I too hope we see some of these larger memory devices around very soon.
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no, 90% of the PC space is rather aggressive and not likely. The point he's trying to make is that GNU/Linux could replace a very large portion of the PC segment already but on x86, it's like moving a stubborn jackass up a hill. With the ARM price/performance blowing x86 out of the water, the portable device space(handhelds, netbooks, notebooks) opportunities you get via ARM you just can't get on x86. And I don't believe he is holding to the netbook restrictions Microsoft put on the market, ie 10.1" screens and single core CPUs.
If you notice all the buzz about Android, the iPhone, and tablets then you should know that they are all running ARM. Also know that he has inside info on what people are doing with their ARM design and is probably rather giddy about it. That tends to lead one to visions of grandeur. But reality is not too far off from what he said if you were not trying to move a stubborn mule up a very large hill. Most Windows users hardly know how to use Windows so getting a large portion of them to learn something new is a very tough task. Especially if the device looks like something they think they know. The phone and the tablet have the advantage of being acceptably different enough to not think they must be running Windows.
And I'm sure there are enough ARM manufacturers out there who would love to have a chance at delivering the goods. ARM LLC is not a manufacturer, just the design house for the CPU. If Microsoft can't kill off this market, you will start seeing Windows ISVs porting to ARM and that will probably mean GNU/Linux in one form or another. IMO
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