I believe that this might just be another example of micro$oft trying to wipe out the competition. Not only is it creating cheap programs that undercut the competition but makes special formats to force you to use them. This just highlights this fact. How simple can you get. write your link in a strange language so no-one else understands. The truly secure systems pay top hackers and crackers (yep, they really do employ DVD-J) to break into their software / servers etc etc and monitor how it is done. Cunningly enough they then use this to make it even more secure. Lets assume this is now on the net that microsoft will patch WMP with a different encryption in ooo... 2 weeks and get you to download it as "a vital security update for WMP".
This article seems to be suggesting the potential of the architecture as much as anything else. It would appear that the IBM G5 processors pack the punch to deleiver a serious kick, but are let down by the software and memory issues. Perhaps it is time for apple to go back to its rebellious roots and do something new and radical in the software front instead of just the hardware. Why are they transfering to intel chips and making it open source when open source on the G5's could prove a strong rival? Dont bow down to the Micro$oft empire!
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I believe that this might just be another example of micro$oft trying to wipe out the competition. Not only is it creating cheap programs that undercut the competition but makes special formats to force you to use them. This just highlights this fact. How simple can you get. write your link in a strange language so no-one else understands. The truly secure systems pay top hackers and crackers (yep, they really do employ DVD-J) to break into their software / servers etc etc and monitor how it is done. Cunningly enough they then use this to make it even more secure. Lets assume this is now on the net that microsoft will patch WMP with a different encryption in ooo... 2 weeks and get you to download it as "a vital security update for WMP".
This article seems to be suggesting the potential of the architecture as much as anything else. It would appear that the IBM G5 processors pack the punch to deleiver a serious kick, but are let down by the software and memory issues. Perhaps it is time for apple to go back to its rebellious roots and do something new and radical in the software front instead of just the hardware. Why are they transfering to intel chips and making it open source when open source on the G5's could prove a strong rival? Dont bow down to the Micro$oft empire!