I think Microsoft just did some research and found that a lot of money is being made by companies like Symantec on virus scanning and security software sold by retailers with new PC's.
This is when consumers are most likely to buy into the sales pitch that they need to pay for 'extra security' to protect themselves against a bad user experience.
So now Microsoft knows that a lot of PC buyers walk out of a store with a PC under one arm and Symantec security software under the other. Why can't Microsoft get a piece of that action?
It is hippocritical but nobody said big business needs to have a conscience to be successful.
There will soon be a poll on the Microsoft web site where 90% will indicate that Microsoft did nothing wrong and the allegation is completely unfounded.
I hope I'm not being too paranoid, but here goes...
But is there a connection between Nvidia's sudden apathy towards the Linux community and their recent sweetheart deal with Microsoft to produce chips for the X-box?
Anyone remember when RealNetworks stopped putting out updates of realplayer for linux? It happened strangely after they licensed their realaudio codecs to Microsoft for windows mediaplayer.
Zoid improved quakeworld in many ways (network code, spectator modes, anti-cheat code) which helped the community in many ways. All of these things were asked for by the community and received.
IMHO id software never gave Zoid the opportunity to fully utilize his talents, and never gave him the due credit for his contributions. If you fire up quake3arena you won't find Zoid's name anywhere on the credits when you exit the game. But you'll see their secretary's name there. hmmmm....
I appreciate Zoid's vast contributions to the quake scene, and wish him well at his new job. Its too bad that he broke your quake mod along the way. He did give the qw community the improved multiplayer experience it was asking for.
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You seem to know something about linux and not much about the business world.
When Sun finally kicks the bucket?
Lets analyze this statement, for a second.
1) If you don't know that Sun is doing well you're pretty clueless about the industry.
2) If Sun went away, many experienced sysadmins wouldn't necessarily be running Linux. I would probably choose freeBSD.
By the way companies choose Solaris over Linux not because Linux is BAD, they choose it because they choose to deal with companies like Sun instead of dealing with people like you.
I strongly urge anyone who is interested in this topic to read the actual document rather than the newswire edited/summarized versions.
http://usvms.gpo.gov/findfact.html
What makes the document fascinating is not its conclusions (what the news media is reporting), but the facts... they read like a government brochure about illegal business practices.
Microsoft's reaction is not surprising. The facts of the case can't help them. They might as well start lobbying for certain words to be removed from the english language.
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A picture of the real marketing lady holding a coffee cup in her hand trying to act good looking.
I think Microsoft just did some research and found that a lot of money is being made by companies like Symantec on virus scanning and security software sold by retailers with new PC's.
This is when consumers are most likely to buy into the sales pitch that they need to pay for 'extra security' to protect themselves against a bad user experience.
So now Microsoft knows that a lot of PC buyers walk out of a store with a PC under one arm and Symantec security software under the other. Why can't Microsoft get a piece of that action?
It is hippocritical but nobody said big business needs to have a conscience to be successful.
After surfing such sites as dog.com, sports.com, and computers.com.. its nice to head over to news.com and read about whats going on in the world!
This article is like getting a nice little pat on the head. Firm, yet gentle and loving.
They should have included a link to whatelsedoyouwantmetothink.com
There will soon be a poll on the Microsoft web site where 90% will indicate that Microsoft did nothing wrong and the allegation is completely unfounded.
But is there a connection between Nvidia's sudden apathy towards the Linux community and their recent sweetheart deal with Microsoft to produce chips for the X-box?
Anyone remember when RealNetworks stopped putting out updates of realplayer for linux? It happened strangely after they licensed their realaudio codecs to Microsoft for windows mediaplayer.
Ok, I'll leave it.
Zoid improved quakeworld in many ways (network code, spectator modes, anti-cheat code) which helped the community in many ways. All of these things were asked for by the community and received.
IMHO id software never gave Zoid the opportunity to fully utilize his talents, and never gave him the due credit for his contributions. If you fire up quake3arena you won't find Zoid's name anywhere on the credits when you exit the game. But you'll see their secretary's name there. hmmmm....
I appreciate Zoid's vast contributions to the quake scene, and wish him well at his new job. Its too bad that he broke your quake mod along the way. He did give the qw community the improved multiplayer experience it was asking for.
When Sun finally kicks the bucket?
Lets analyze this statement, for a second.
1) If you don't know that Sun is doing well you're pretty clueless about the industry.
2) If Sun went away, many experienced sysadmins wouldn't necessarily be running Linux. I would probably choose freeBSD.
By the way companies choose Solaris over Linux not because Linux is BAD, they choose it because they choose to deal with companies like Sun instead of dealing with people like you.
http://usvms.gpo.gov/findfact.html
What makes the document fascinating is not its conclusions (what the news media is reporting), but the facts... they read like a government brochure about illegal business practices.
Microsoft's reaction is not surprising. The facts of the case can't help them. They might as well start lobbying for certain words to be removed from the english language.