Loss of Control! It's rather simple, it's about the loss of control because without the ability to control the APIs which are getting used most often on Windows, they lose control of the platform. Why did Microsoft go totally 180 out on how they used the Java under license from Sun Micro? What about why they were willing to purchase expensive Netscape contracts and also pay ISPs to push MS IE over Netscape Navigator? Remember, Netscape Navigator included CORBA components, Java, and JavaScript among other technologies out of Microsofts control. It's all about keeping control of the APIs, the developers, and therefore protecting the Microsoft Windows economy.
So there are no reasons why Microsoft Loves open source other than to find ways to "Love it to death". IMO.
you are correct, there is also a leveraged monopoly with Microsoft Office. Because of the threat GNU/Linux brings to the growth of Microsofts Windows monopoly, Microsoft is attempting to tie business process functionality into the MS Office applications. But that's neither here nor there and simple fact is that the Microsoft Office monopoly was gained by leveraging their Microsoft Windows desktop monopoly and supply channel.
Regarding Microsofts Windows Server software, yes that is the last place they also make money and again, it's all based on the monopoly they've enjoyed with the MS Windows desktop. IMO.
Also, let's try to see things from a pragmatic standpoint. MSFT isn't out to kill Linux, at least, not anymore.
You are kidding right? Microsoft may be after the almighty profit but they know that they have millions of dollars per minute flowing into their banks because of Windows and because of Windows they are able to control and protect that money stream. There is NO WAY IN HELL Microsoft is attempting to get profits from these deals. It is all about protecting the Windows monopoly and its cash flow.
You brought up Microsoft WinCE. Did you know that they have lost over $10 billion on that product over that last 10 years? It's not about profits unless you are talking about the Microsoft Windows profits.
Microsoft is out to kill Linux and that is a fact. How they are going about this seems to be by promoting one distribution they were able to trick into a license deal with. It also happens that Novell is the owner of Gnome, Evolution, Mono and a Microsoft fanboy called Miguel de Icaza. Microsoft has patents out on their MS.net stuff and IMO, this is a VERY dangerous line being walked by Icaza and Novell. Icaza has already required Mono in Gnome and I can only imagine that Evolution will follow. Not to mention many other Suse apps are already Mono apps. So Microsoft picked the one distribution which not only had a decent distribution channel( Netware/GroupWise/NDS ) but also has the authors of a dominant desktop and developement system tied to Microsoft technology.
They got Novell and once enough corporations start using it, Microsoft will pull the rug out from under it like they did to the UNIX vendors. IMO.
Microsoft has them over a barrel and they put themselves there by accepting money from Microsoft for their marketing and for being the support channel for Windows. Now that the damage is done, Microsoft dictates what it wants and OEMs have no choice but to obey Microsoft. Look, HP terminated atleast a couple of Linux based projects in the last few years because of the threat of lost Microsoft marketing dollars. An ex-HP project manager told this to a group event I attended recently. One project was a handheld running Linux and Java and the other was a Linux based mediacenter PC. He said that the sales department requested the project be terminated because of lost revenue from comparable Microsoft Windows based products. So, they are currently falling over themselves to sign up for this Novell/Microsoft deal because it has Microsofts blessing and customers are asking for Linux.
The sad this is, they'll all get their arms cut off when Microsoft pulls the ripcord on this plan. I'll remind you of when they put a 4-5 year plan in place to extinguish man UNIX applications. In that plan, they licensed Win32 source code to 4 or 5 vendors who build compatibility libraries for UNIX so that UNIX application vendors could port to Win32 and still have customers on both UNIX and on Micrsoft Windows. There's a huge expense keeping up two different development platforms and many UNIX vendors fell for this trick. The rug got pulled out from under them when Microsft's Win32 source code license expired and Microsoft quadrupled the price. All but one company had to terminate their products and left the UNIX application vendors with a Windows product they could keep current but they could not keep the UNIX/Win32-on-UNIX version current without updated libraries. Microsoft got out of antitrust issues by hiring one of those original vendors to port Internet Explorer to UNIX for a huge fee and they were able to pay the excessive licensing fee for the Win32 source code.
The "F***ing pussies", as you called them, are also idiots who will see their customers massively damaged by the shortsighted discussion to play into Microsofts hand. Why they can't see that SOMETHING is wrong when Microsoft is promoting another platform. The trap is being set and these "F***ing pussies" can't see it. IMO
If Microsoft 'pulls a SCO', it'll do more harm than SCO did. Microsoft is much smarter and will wait til a larger number of businesses are using GNU/Linux so the effect is much much more damaging. This could actually be part of their plan when they tricked Novell into signing a deal which Novell thought was about interoperability. Microsoft added the patent/IP clause in last minute but it was what they lead with in the public. It was a trick and 'the plan' is playing out.
Microsoft has been at this game far longer than any of the SCO people and they have been extremely successful at it. IMO.
This is all part of Microsoft's plan IMO. Here's how it plays out:
Customers are asking OEMs for Linux systems but the OEMs are REALLY getting nervous about selling Linux based systems because of what Microsoft would do to their existing/future contracts and marketing $$$ related to Microsoft Windows. We all know that Microsoft has told its sales force to tell OEMs they can support Linux but must not "lead with Linux". This means OEM's can't promote Linux and therefore they can't compete with others by marketing their advantages in this expanding market.
So Microsoft is quite aware there is this 'pressure wave' they are running up against in demand for Linux, and when its broken through, there will be a massive loss of control for Microsoft the market. Just to make sure they are still in control if/when Linux breaks out, they make a deal with the one Linux company which not only is embedding Microsoft technology in their distro( Gnome/Mono ) but they are the authors of this software. It helps that they are suckered into thinking Microsoft wants to play fair.
Novell, the ignorant company they are, makes a deal with Microsoft which they THINK is about interoperability between Windows and Linux. Microsoft knows better and plays Novell to think it's about interoperability and DOJ/EU sanctions etc but at the last minute, adds a little thing about patent protection since this interoperability is with Microsoft 'IP'. Brilliant bait and switch tactic.
So now Microsoft has this PASS ticket they just purchased for their OEM's who are screaming for Microsoft to let them sell Linux. Microsoft is even allowing the OEM's to publicly tell the world about their Novell/Suse Linx systems and they think all is good and well in the world. The massive supply chain built around Windows will start spreading Novell/Suse Linux around the world to every large, medium, and small business who wants to take advantage of all that GNU/Linux/OSS brings them. All this is at the expense of the other Linux distros with lost marketshare. But the worst part is that the business world is associating Linux with Novell/Suse Linux.
Now the kicker. Microsofts 'patent protection' contract expires in something like 5 years. Now what is Microsoft to do with Novell/Suse Linux in every major business out there? Could they just extend the license to Novell and let Linux keep growing or could they do something else? But what else could they do? Maybe quadruple the 'license/patent' fees like they did to the Win32-on-Unix vendors? Maybe they'll go and whack the whole industry with a SCO-like scenario except actually show that Mono or Novell OpenOffice or Novell Directory Services, or other Novell software has patented Microsoft software in it. Even a simple patented login setup would be enough to prove Microsoft licenses are required to use Novell/Suse and those licenses are probably not going to be cheap. Again, remember the Bristol example.
So all of a sudden, everyone using Novell/Suse is pissed at how expensive "Linux" is for them and how they got burned by using "Linux". Remember what happened when SCO pulled its threats out of its em, pocket? There was fear, uncertainty, and doubt all over the place. And THAT was when Linux was just getting going. Think about what would happen when every other business is relying on Novell Suse Linux because it came with Microsoft's 'blessing'. Think about what happens when the contract ends and Microsoft decides to play the SCO cards on Mono and anything else Novell does 'thinking' they were blessed to do it? Novell was already fooled into thinking this deal was about interoperability and it wasn't. Mono is getting embedded more and more into Gnome and well, we all know Miguel de Icaza is some kind Microsoft admirer. Novell has already sided with Microsoft and said that they'd build Microsofts MS Office OpenXML into Open Office. I don't think they can be trusted to keep Suse Linux 'clean' and Mono already infects it IMO.
Remember, RedHat can dump Gnome and Mono in a heartbeat when
There is over 20 years of Microsoft's lawyers striking up 'deals' with 'partners' only to find out that what the 'partner' thought the contract/license/deal/scam ment was something entirely different from what Microsoft planned all along. In 1996 I was shocked that Sun Microsystems could even THINK that Microsoft would work with Java and play the good Java citizen but their lawyers thought they trust Microsoft even then and once again, we know what the result was. And that was 1996. Here we are over 10 years later and Novell lawyers and executives are surprised that what they thought they signed is different from what Microsoft knows it signed? Somebody is REALLY flunking law school or maybe their just too 'full' of themselves to realized Microsoft is not a trustworthy partner. Either way, these people have not learned a single thing from over two decades of Microsoft double-speak. IMO.
Gates and Microsoft are just screwing over 3rd world countries by pretending that Windows and a standard PC are anything like the whole package of the OLPC project. There is no comparison and all this shows is that Bill Gates and Microsoft are ONLY AFTER THE MONEY. Donations to schools and libraries are only to hook them and their low income users onto the Microsoft Windows threadmill.
They'll find shortsighted naive people to take them up but when reality sinks in, the OLPC setup has more promise to do THE RIGHT THING and do it well. IMO.
Sure there are going to be cases when this stuff isn't needed but it is there for when it IS NEEDed. How many times have we seen video of soldiers sticking their arm and rifle out around a corner and blindly pulling the trigger. Now, they'll have the ability to see where they are shooting and can even turn on a laser sight to pinpoint the target without sticking their head out. And with the GPS location systems, when they must split up to track down the bad guys, they'll know when their own guys are coming back around towards them. Unlike how Pat Tillman's own men didn't know it was the 2nd half of the platoon coming back to help out.
But, it's going to come down to training. If the soldiers don't know how to quickly switch the display to IR, enable/disable the laser sight, get to the battlefield display layout screen, etc, it's going to be nothing more than extra weight to carry around.
take that one computer running MS IE6 and replace Windows with Linux and then install IEs4linux( http://www.tatanka.com.br/ ). That'll get you MS IE5, 5.5, and 6 on one machine. And really, it would have been cheaper to purchase more system memory and run a few virtual machines for testing.
Good to hear a Microsoft based developer concerned about wasting time.
yup, I got the impression that the reviewer was quite sophomoric and couldn't finish reading the 'review'. IMO But then again, I'd rather read a review from Tomshardware.com or arstechnica.com because of the depth they go into. This review was as if it was done by someone walking into the local Radio Shack.
beter than expected? Isn't MS-ie7 now part of the standard MS windows update system and has been for a couple of months now? I doubt it is optional so I'm surprised it's not a higher number.
And look up DimensionX for a Java based company that had Microsoft in a bidding war with Sun Microsystems. Microsoft won and that was the end of the DimensionX productline. Coopers & Peters was another Java based company purchased and technologically discarded.
Microsoft is a marketing company who's sole tool is to use anti-competitive techniques to protect the supply chain it has pumping Microsoft Windows and Microsoft software out to OEMs and onto desktops. It's a sewer pipe IMO.;-/
You missed the 20 years of history which show that Microsoft is a follower of "technology" and their only successes come from noticing what others are doing and then embedding a cheap copy into Windows and piping it out to everyone via the pre-install channel. Think of it like a sewer pipe Microsoft has to millions of desktops. The original inventor of the new technology ends up with nothing while Microsoft builds a ball of shit which is painted to LOOK like the original and then shovels it out those pipes to every computer shipped/sold. Users of these balls of crap think they have something cool but in fact, they are typically just Window-ized versions of the original and incompatible with anything else out there.
And that bit about them "keeping after things they started" goes, I hope you're not talking about PocketPC or Xbox because they are losing billions on those and have lost over $10 billion just on PocketPC( WinCE ) alone and I still hear people complaining of having to reboot their handhelds or phones. A REAL business can not continue to loose money on a product for over 10 years like Microsoft can and could not keep shoveling shit out the door and yet people still think its something else.
They are the greatest snake oil salesmen of our time. IMO.
Remember, Microsoft has not been successful outside of their monopoly( Windows Desktop ) and I mean profitable. Reacting is all they do and without the MS Windows sewer pipes, they're losers. Google is just making this more obvious.
When I heard healthcare I immediately thought about patients not admin, finance, or labs. But where there is one 'standard' there is usually the same throughout. So I suspect XP is running for patient data access too. And I hope you are not telnet'ing over the Internet to that other box instead of ssh'ing into it or its LAN and THEN telnet'ing around. Or VPN'ing.
"secured" you say? I've heard that before. Heck, I've heard American Express say that their MS Windows XP systems were secured and that's why they run MS Internet Explorer on customer support desktops for both customer account access AND internet access. Ofcourse they said this during the 3 months it was a security sinkhole from an unpatched flaw( WMF maybe ). And then a few months later American Express, CNN, and some local government computers were down because an installed bot network program went bad. And nobody brought up the point that had the flaw in the software not caused cyclic rebooting, they wouldn't have known they were owned. Secured, ahuh. Right. Don't be so sure.;-/
On second thought, there's probably not a safe place IN Balmers office. LOL:-)
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How can you be a healthcare provider AND be using Windows XP? The EULA says that you allow Microsoft and it's partners access to the data on your computer but you must also protect the privacy of the patients. These are mutually exclusive because there is no requirement in the EULA which states Microsoft must tell you what, when, or how it is accessing your data. IMO.
there's a huge difference between "product support" and "product sales". Microsoft MUST force MS Windows Vista on users so they are forcing it on hardware manufacturers/resellers by removing MS Windows XP from the market. MS will still 'support' MS WinXP cause the DOJ said they must but we know the Microsoft Windows support in now something the hardware vendors do, not Microsoft.
So, you'll still be able to use your MS Windows XP system for years to come but you can't get it on new hardware, won't be able to purchase new copies, and watch for those security patches to start slowing down or get delayed.
He may be a "big part of Microsoft" but he's not done anything to help improve the stock and improve future prospects. Well, except for donating Microsoft software licenses to schools and libraries and perpetuating the addiction to Microsoft software. The hundreds of millions to billions they lose yearly outside of the massive profits from their monopoly products, just doesn't seem to show he's helping any. IMO.
And saying that Microsoft Windows Vista is the most secure operating system available didn't help either.
"important figure for the comany"? Yes, being the Chief Marketing Officer and all... IMO, Bill telecommuting from the dark side of the moon really wouldn't change anything at Microsoft beside a small initial stock dip.
They'll keep at it no matter how bad their device is and eventually, people will accept them. BUT, it'll cost Microsoft 10's of billions and 10's of billions in losses. Does anybody remember the first Microsoft WindowsCE based handhelds over 10 years ago? I think they were clamshell versions and after about 3 years on the market, most of those vendors quit selling the WinCE devices for lack of interest/sales. Microsoft then renamed the product to MS PocketPC after the courts said they could use PalmPC and also allowed vendors to build portrait based versions. Another 7+ years passed and billions in losses but today, people accept the product.
So it really doesn't matter what they put out, they'll just keep doing it, paying billions in marketing, discounts, and other incentives to vendors to keep pushing the product. The ONLY way this would not happen is if the press( hello/. ) stopped giving them any air time. Atleast make em pay you for it. IMO.
and now you see how Microsoft will use its "IP" to fight OSS. Just by having billions in the bank and flooding the patent office with false patents so they can threaten most OSS projects out of existence. Hey, maybe I should file a patent on THAT business model.;-/
FYI, another/.er found a link to a step-by-step on this and it appears it is not exactly another parameter of the same function. I'll try to summarize, The ANI file is made up of a bunch of similar blocks such as many icons to make up the animation. The first/2004 bug didn't check for the size of these blocks being valid and the fix put a check in the first place these blocks are accessed and checks only the first block for correct size. The "new" bug is really the same thing but the 2nd block is exploited because the initial "fix" only checked the first block. There is atleast one other function which gets handed the blocks and loads them into memory without checking.
So it is still a dumbass thing for Microsoft to have done in the first place, a dumbass thing to have only tested/fixed the testing of the first block, a dumbass thing to do knowing about this for over 3 months and not fixing it right away, and a dumbass thing to say this is NOT related. IMO.
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Loss of Control! It's rather simple, it's about the loss of control because without the ability to control the APIs which are getting used most often on Windows, they lose control of the platform. Why did Microsoft go totally 180 out on how they used the Java under license from Sun Micro? What about why they were willing to purchase expensive Netscape contracts and also pay ISPs to push MS IE over Netscape Navigator? Remember, Netscape Navigator included CORBA components, Java, and JavaScript among other technologies out of Microsofts control. It's all about keeping control of the APIs, the developers, and therefore protecting the Microsoft Windows economy.
So there are no reasons why Microsoft Loves open source other than to find ways to "Love it to death". IMO.
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you are correct, there is also a leveraged monopoly with Microsoft Office. Because of the threat GNU/Linux brings to the growth of Microsofts Windows monopoly, Microsoft is attempting to tie business process functionality into the MS Office applications. But that's neither here nor there and simple fact is that the Microsoft Office monopoly was gained by leveraging their Microsoft Windows desktop monopoly and supply channel.
Regarding Microsofts Windows Server software, yes that is the last place they also make money and again, it's all based on the monopoly they've enjoyed with the MS Windows desktop. IMO.
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You are kidding right? Microsoft may be after the almighty profit but they know that they have millions of dollars per minute flowing into their banks because of Windows and because of Windows they are able to control and protect that money stream. There is NO WAY IN HELL Microsoft is attempting to get profits from these deals. It is all about protecting the Windows monopoly and its cash flow.
You brought up Microsoft WinCE. Did you know that they have lost over $10 billion on that product over that last 10 years? It's not about profits unless you are talking about the Microsoft Windows profits.
Microsoft is out to kill Linux and that is a fact. How they are going about this seems to be by promoting one distribution they were able to trick into a license deal with. It also happens that Novell is the owner of Gnome, Evolution, Mono and a Microsoft fanboy called Miguel de Icaza. Microsoft has patents out on their MS
They got Novell and once enough corporations start using it, Microsoft will pull the rug out from under it like they did to the UNIX vendors. IMO.
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Microsoft has them over a barrel and they put themselves there by accepting money from Microsoft for their marketing and for being the support channel for Windows. Now that the damage is done, Microsoft dictates what it wants and OEMs have no choice but to obey Microsoft. Look, HP terminated atleast a couple of Linux based projects in the last few years because of the threat of lost Microsoft marketing dollars. An ex-HP project manager told this to a group event I attended recently. One project was a handheld running Linux and Java and the other was a Linux based mediacenter PC. He said that the sales department requested the project be terminated because of lost revenue from comparable Microsoft Windows based products. So, they are currently falling over themselves to sign up for this Novell/Microsoft deal because it has Microsofts blessing and customers are asking for Linux.
The sad this is, they'll all get their arms cut off when Microsoft pulls the ripcord on this plan. I'll remind you of when they put a 4-5 year plan in place to extinguish man UNIX applications. In that plan, they licensed Win32 source code to 4 or 5 vendors who build compatibility libraries for UNIX so that UNIX application vendors could port to Win32 and still have customers on both UNIX and on Micrsoft Windows. There's a huge expense keeping up two different development platforms and many UNIX vendors fell for this trick. The rug got pulled out from under them when Microsft's Win32 source code license expired and Microsoft quadrupled the price. All but one company had to terminate their products and left the UNIX application vendors with a Windows product they could keep current but they could not keep the UNIX/Win32-on-UNIX version current without updated libraries. Microsoft got out of antitrust issues by hiring one of those original vendors to port Internet Explorer to UNIX for a huge fee and they were able to pay the excessive licensing fee for the Win32 source code.
The "F***ing pussies", as you called them, are also idiots who will see their customers massively damaged by the shortsighted discussion to play into Microsofts hand. Why they can't see that SOMETHING is wrong when Microsoft is promoting another platform. The trap is being set and these "F***ing pussies" can't see it. IMO
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If Microsoft 'pulls a SCO', it'll do more harm than SCO did. Microsoft is much smarter and will wait til a larger number of businesses are using GNU/Linux so the effect is much much more damaging. This could actually be part of their plan when they tricked Novell into signing a deal which Novell thought was about interoperability. Microsoft added the patent/IP clause in last minute but it was what they lead with in the public. It was a trick and 'the plan' is playing out.
Microsoft has been at this game far longer than any of the SCO people and they have been extremely successful at it.
IMO.
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This is all part of Microsoft's plan IMO. Here's how it plays out:
Customers are asking OEMs for Linux systems but the OEMs are REALLY getting nervous about selling Linux based systems because of what Microsoft would do to their existing/future contracts and marketing $$$ related to Microsoft Windows. We all know that Microsoft has told its sales force to tell OEMs they can support Linux but must not "lead with Linux". This means OEM's can't promote Linux and therefore they can't compete with others by marketing their advantages in this expanding market.
So Microsoft is quite aware there is this 'pressure wave' they are running up against in demand for Linux, and when its broken through, there will be a massive loss of control for Microsoft the market. Just to make sure they are still in control if/when Linux breaks out, they make a deal with the one Linux company which not only is embedding Microsoft technology in their distro( Gnome/Mono ) but they are the authors of this software. It helps that they are suckered into thinking Microsoft wants to play fair.
Novell, the ignorant company they are, makes a deal with Microsoft which they THINK is about interoperability between Windows and Linux. Microsoft knows better and plays Novell to think it's about interoperability and DOJ/EU sanctions etc but at the last minute, adds a little thing about patent protection since this interoperability is with Microsoft 'IP'. Brilliant bait and switch tactic.
So now Microsoft has this PASS ticket they just purchased for their OEM's who are screaming for Microsoft to let them sell Linux. Microsoft is even allowing the OEM's to publicly tell the world about their Novell/Suse Linx systems and they think all is good and well in the world. The massive supply chain built around Windows will start spreading Novell/Suse Linux around the world to every large, medium, and small business who wants to take advantage of all that GNU/Linux/OSS brings them. All this is at the expense of the other Linux distros with lost marketshare. But the worst part is that the business world is associating Linux with Novell/Suse Linux.
Now the kicker. Microsofts 'patent protection' contract expires in something like 5 years. Now what is Microsoft to do with Novell/Suse Linux in every major business out there? Could they just extend the license to Novell and let Linux keep growing or could they do something else? But what else could they do? Maybe quadruple the 'license/patent' fees like they did to the Win32-on-Unix vendors? Maybe they'll go and whack the whole industry with a SCO-like scenario except actually show that Mono or Novell OpenOffice or Novell Directory Services, or other Novell software has patented Microsoft software in it. Even a simple patented login setup would be enough to prove Microsoft licenses are required to use Novell/Suse and those licenses are probably not going to be cheap. Again, remember the Bristol example.
So all of a sudden, everyone using Novell/Suse is pissed at how expensive "Linux" is for them and how they got burned by using "Linux". Remember what happened when SCO pulled its threats out of its em, pocket? There was fear, uncertainty, and doubt all over the place. And THAT was when Linux was just getting going. Think about what would happen when every other business is relying on Novell Suse Linux because it came with Microsoft's 'blessing'. Think about what happens when the contract ends and Microsoft decides to play the SCO cards on Mono and anything else Novell does 'thinking' they were blessed to do it? Novell was already fooled into thinking this deal was about interoperability and it wasn't. Mono is getting embedded more and more into Gnome and well, we all know Miguel de Icaza is some kind Microsoft admirer. Novell has already sided with Microsoft and said that they'd build Microsofts MS Office OpenXML into Open Office. I don't think they can be trusted to keep Suse Linux 'clean' and Mono already infects it IMO.
Remember, RedHat can dump Gnome and Mono in a heartbeat when
There is over 20 years of Microsoft's lawyers striking up 'deals' with 'partners' only to find out that what the 'partner' thought the contract/license/deal/scam ment was something entirely different from what Microsoft planned all along. In 1996 I was shocked that Sun Microsystems could even THINK that Microsoft would work with Java and play the good Java citizen but their lawyers thought they trust Microsoft even then and once again, we know what the result was. And that was 1996. Here we are over 10 years later and Novell lawyers and executives are surprised that what they thought they signed is different from what Microsoft knows it signed? Somebody is REALLY flunking law school or maybe their just too 'full' of themselves to realized Microsoft is not a trustworthy partner. Either way, these people have not learned a single thing from over two decades of Microsoft double-speak. IMO.
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Gates and Microsoft are just screwing over 3rd world countries by pretending that Windows and a standard PC are anything like the whole package of the OLPC project. There is no comparison and all this shows is that Bill Gates and Microsoft are ONLY AFTER THE MONEY. Donations to schools and libraries are only to hook them and their low income users onto the Microsoft Windows threadmill.
They'll find shortsighted naive people to take them up but when reality sinks in, the OLPC setup has more promise to do THE RIGHT THING and do it well. IMO.
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Sure there are going to be cases when this stuff isn't needed but it is there for when it IS NEEDed. How many times have we seen video of soldiers sticking their arm and rifle out around a corner and blindly pulling the trigger. Now, they'll have the ability to see where they are shooting and can even turn on a laser sight to pinpoint the target without sticking their head out. And with the GPS location systems, when they must split up to track down the bad guys, they'll know when their own guys are coming back around towards them. Unlike how Pat Tillman's own men didn't know it was the 2nd half of the platoon coming back to help out.
But, it's going to come down to training. If the soldiers don't know how to quickly switch the display to IR, enable/disable the laser sight, get to the battlefield display layout screen, etc, it's going to be nothing more than extra weight to carry around.
I think the jury is still out on this one.
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take that one computer running MS IE6 and replace Windows with Linux and then install IEs4linux( http://www.tatanka.com.br/ ). That'll get you MS IE5, 5.5, and 6 on one machine. And really, it
would have been cheaper to purchase more system memory and run a few virtual machines for testing.
Good to hear a Microsoft based developer concerned about wasting time.
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yup, I got the impression that the reviewer was quite sophomoric and couldn't finish reading the 'review'. IMO
But then again, I'd rather read a review from Tomshardware.com or arstechnica.com because of the depth they go into. This review was as if it was done by someone walking into the local Radio Shack.
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beter than expected? Isn't MS-ie7 now part of the standard MS windows update system and has been for a couple of months now? I doubt it is optional so I'm surprised it's not a higher number.
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Most, if not all, of that was purchased or demo'ed to keep customers from going to someone elses technology.e rry-Kaplan/dp/0735101418 )
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Read "Startup" by Jerry Kaplan( http://www.amazon.com/Startup-Silicon-Adventure-J
for an early example of how this works/worked for Microsoft.
And look up DimensionX for a Java based company that had Microsoft in a bidding war with Sun Microsystems. Microsoft won and that was the end of the DimensionX productline. Coopers & Peters was another Java based company purchased and technologically discarded.
Microsoft is a marketing company who's sole tool is to use anti-competitive techniques to protect the supply chain it has pumping Microsoft Windows and Microsoft software out to OEMs and onto desktops. It's a sewer pipe IMO.
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You missed the 20 years of history which show that Microsoft is a follower of "technology" and their only successes come from noticing what others are doing and then embedding a cheap copy into Windows and piping it out to everyone via the pre-install channel. Think of it like a sewer pipe Microsoft has to millions of desktops. The original inventor of the new technology ends up with nothing while Microsoft builds a ball of shit which is painted to LOOK like the original and then shovels it out those pipes to every computer shipped/sold. Users of these balls of crap think they have something cool but in fact, they are typically just Window-ized versions of the original and incompatible with anything else out there.
And that bit about them "keeping after things they started" goes, I hope you're not talking about PocketPC or Xbox because they are losing billions on those and have lost over $10 billion just on PocketPC( WinCE ) alone and I still hear people complaining of having to reboot their handhelds or phones. A REAL business can not continue to loose money on a product for over 10 years like Microsoft can and could not keep shoveling shit out the door and yet people still think its something else.
They are the greatest snake oil salesmen of our time. IMO.
Remember, Microsoft has not been successful outside of their monopoly( Windows Desktop ) and I mean profitable. Reacting is all they do and without the MS Windows sewer pipes, they're losers. Google is just making this more obvious.
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When I heard healthcare I immediately thought about patients not admin, finance, or labs. But where there is one 'standard' there is usually the same throughout. So I suspect XP is running for patient data access too. And I hope you are not telnet'ing over the Internet to that other box instead of ssh'ing into it or its LAN and THEN telnet'ing around. Or VPN'ing.
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"secured" you say? I've heard that before. Heck, I've heard American Express say that their MS Windows XP systems were secured and that's why they run MS Internet Explorer on customer support desktops for both customer account access AND internet access. Ofcourse they said this during the 3 months it was a security sinkhole from an unpatched flaw( WMF maybe ). And then a few months later American Express, CNN, and some local government computers were down because an installed bot network program went bad. And nobody brought up the point that had the flaw in the software not caused cyclic rebooting, they wouldn't have known they were owned. Secured, ahuh. Right. Don't be so sure.
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On second thought, there's probably not a safe place IN Balmers office. LOL :-)
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How can you be a healthcare provider AND be using Windows XP? The EULA says that you allow Microsoft and it's partners access to the data on your computer but you must also protect the privacy of the patients. These are mutually exclusive because there is no requirement in the EULA which states Microsoft must tell you what, when, or how it is accessing your data. IMO.
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there's a huge difference between "product support" and "product sales". Microsoft MUST force MS Windows Vista on users so they are forcing it on hardware manufacturers/resellers by removing MS Windows XP from the market. MS will still 'support' MS WinXP cause the DOJ said they must but we know the Microsoft Windows support in now something the hardware vendors do, not Microsoft.
So, you'll still be able to use your MS Windows XP system for years to come but you can't get it on new hardware, won't be able to purchase new copies, and watch for those security patches to start slowing down or get delayed.
It's an old game with just a new name. IMO.
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He may be a "big part of Microsoft" but he's not done anything to help improve the stock and improve future prospects. Well, except for donating Microsoft software licenses to schools and libraries and perpetuating the addiction to Microsoft software. The hundreds of millions to billions they lose yearly outside of the massive profits from their monopoly products, just doesn't seem to show he's helping any. IMO.
And saying that Microsoft Windows Vista is the most secure operating system available didn't help either.
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"important figure for the comany"? Yes, being the Chief Marketing Officer and all... IMO, Bill telecommuting from the dark side of the moon really wouldn't change anything at Microsoft beside a small initial stock dip.
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They'll keep at it no matter how bad their device is and eventually, people will accept them. BUT, it'll cost Microsoft 10's of billions and 10's of billions in losses. Does anybody remember the first Microsoft WindowsCE based handhelds over 10 years ago? I think they were clamshell versions and after about 3 years on the market, most of those vendors quit selling the WinCE devices for lack of interest/sales. Microsoft then renamed the product to MS PocketPC after the courts said they could use PalmPC and also allowed vendors to build portrait based versions. Another 7+ years passed and billions in losses but today, people accept the product.
/. ) stopped giving them any air time. Atleast make em pay you for it. IMO.
So it really doesn't matter what they put out, they'll just keep doing it, paying billions in marketing, discounts, and other incentives to vendors to keep pushing the product. The ONLY way this would not happen is if the press( hello
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and now you see how Microsoft will use its "IP" to fight OSS. Just by having billions in the bank and flooding the patent office with false patents so they can threaten most OSS projects out of existence. Hey, maybe I should file a patent on THAT business model. ;-/
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Don't you mean Microsoft Office OpenXML( MS OOXML )?
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/.er found a link to a step-by-step on this and it appears it is not exactly another parameter of the same function. I'll try to summarize, The ANI file is made up of a bunch of similar blocks such as many icons to make up the animation. The first/2004 bug didn't check for the size of these blocks being valid and the fix put a check in the first place these blocks are accessed and checks only the first block for correct size. The "new" bug is really the same thing but the 2nd block is exploited because the initial "fix" only checked the first block. There is atleast one other function which gets handed the blocks and loads them into memory without checking.
FYI, another
So it is still a dumbass thing for Microsoft to have done in the first place, a dumbass thing to have only tested/fixed the testing of the first block, a dumbass thing to do knowing about this for over 3 months and not fixing it right away, and a dumbass thing to say this is NOT related. IMO.
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found that one site, dynamoo.com is Linux/Apache based.
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