That's the point, though, it's still running WS4 which is not going to change the speed of indexing at all, and neither is the existence of Federated Search.
His indexing isn't running slow because of it and the existence of it will not speed indexing, so Anonymous Coward's answer is incorrect.
There's nothing stopping the OEM or you from putting another edition of Windows 7 on the netbook, if you don't like the feature list of the one it come with by default. Also, the 3 Application Limit has been dropped from Starter Edition, so you can rest easy.
You are wrong. The "DRM crap" that Vista has is nothing more than protected process/protected media path which ceretainly is in server 08, because surprise surprise, they're basically the same OS. So saying "I hate Vista but love using 08 as a desktop OS" just makes you look stupid.
"modularized OS, new UAC, program caching, standards compliant browser"
-NT is already modularized and so are OS components...you just can't get it from MS. Take a look at vLite.
-The UAC mechanism itself is actually pretty alright...and now that most common software has updated for Vista over the last year, you hardly ever see a prompt in day to day use.
-Program caching? If only we had a mechanism, we could call it "prefetching"...and the OS could load common programs ahead of time. What an idea.
-Look to IE8 for standards browsing, which isn't even out yet, but you can run fine on Vista.
Not sure if this is a joke, or what. Since you can write your silverlight plugin in.net with ironruby, the ruby code will be handled by the silverlight plugin, not your browser.
No, I haven't heard about the MD5 and SHA-1 "breaks". What I have heard about is the MD5 and SHA-1 _collision_ scenarios. That's vastly different from a break.
There are several excellent reasons for even "Average Joes" to upgrade from 98 and XP. I _thought_ the article was going to highlight improvements like Kernel upgrades, Network Stack and IPv6, and Memory Management with the fluff stuff but was sorely disappointed.
I was pretty ambivalent about up upgrading until I watched these interviews. Of course, given the source I take what they say with a grain of salt. On the other hand, these guys are the coders and not the businessmen, so I think I'm more willing to listen to them when they say they're onto something cool.
Dang it, there I go trusting something M$ has to say...another marketing victim;)
but more importantly, to new applications in optical data processing
Optical Data Processing? Oh, I get it. Now we can just paint a peice of plywood with it, and shine the end of a fiber optic cable on that, and actually see the information.
I personally have actually found myself lost trying to do even trivial tasks on a friend's borrowed Windows machine that I wouldn't have to think twice about using my own laptop running Linux... I have started carrying LiveCD's just so this doesn't become more of an issue. The tools that come standard on many Linux distro's are far superior to those available to other OS's. It's a no brainer for me...
It sounds like you're no better than the average Windows user...you've learned your operating system, and have not a clue to any underlaying logic behind tools. If you got lost trying to do basic tasks in Windows then you really have a problem, as it's pretty much geared for the lower end of the computer using population. If I switched "Linux" and "Windows" in your quote and posted that, I would have been laughed off the premesis. Of course,/. is hardcore anti-MS territory, what was I thinking.
I think it's pretty silly that Microsoft has to resort to offbeat tactics to win more supporters. After all, if they had any quality products to offer, they would be popular without feeling the need to brainwash the next generation of leaders in the computer and buisness world, right?
Since this is the/. community, I think it's safe to presume you're cheering.
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That's the point, though, it's still running WS4 which is not going to change the speed of indexing at all, and neither is the existence of Federated Search. His indexing isn't running slow because of it and the existence of it will not speed indexing, so Anonymous Coward's answer is incorrect.
MS does have a solution, it's called Windows Federated Search. Windows 7 with 2008R2 has it .. there might be a way to do with Windows Desktop Search 4.0. Here's some info on it - http://geekswithblogs.net/sdorman/archive/2009/05/14/windows-7-federated-search.aspx
You don't know what you're talking about, Federated Search has nothing to do with this; it's just a system for search plugins in Explorer. (link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd940456(VS.85).aspx )
There's nothing stopping the OEM or you from putting another edition of Windows 7 on the netbook, if you don't like the feature list of the one it come with by default. Also, the 3 Application Limit has been dropped from Starter Edition, so you can rest easy.
You are wrong. The "DRM crap" that Vista has is nothing more than protected process/protected media path which ceretainly is in server 08, because surprise surprise, they're basically the same OS. So saying "I hate Vista but love using 08 as a desktop OS" just makes you look stupid.
"modularized OS, new UAC, program caching, standards compliant browser" -NT is already modularized and so are OS components...you just can't get it from MS. Take a look at vLite. -The UAC mechanism itself is actually pretty alright...and now that most common software has updated for Vista over the last year, you hardly ever see a prompt in day to day use. -Program caching? If only we had a mechanism, we could call it "prefetching"...and the OS could load common programs ahead of time. What an idea. -Look to IE8 for standards browsing, which isn't even out yet, but you can run fine on Vista.
Not sure if this is a joke, or what. Since you can write your silverlight plugin in .net with ironruby, the ruby code will be handled by the silverlight plugin, not your browser.
Actually, you're not completely off base. SP1 will be refreshing the kernel to bring it up to date with the Server 2008 kernel, which has been in continuous development. See: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_inside.asp
What do you plan to do about the ever increasing gap in wealth between newbies and older players?
No, I haven't heard about the MD5 and SHA-1 "breaks". What I have heard about is the MD5 and SHA-1 _collision_ scenarios. That's vastly different from a break.
There are several excellent reasons for even "Average Joes" to upgrade from 98 and XP. I _thought_ the article was going to highlight improvements like Kernel upgrades, Network Stack and IPv6, and Memory Management with the fluff stuff but was sorely disappointed.
;)
I was pretty ambivalent about up upgrading until I watched these interviews. Of course, given the source I take what they say with a grain of salt. On the other hand, these guys are the coders and not the businessmen, so I think I'm more willing to listen to them when they say they're onto something cool.
Dang it, there I go trusting something M$ has to say...another marketing victim
but more importantly, to new applications in optical data processing
Optical Data Processing? Oh, I get it. Now we can just paint a peice of plywood with it, and shine the end of a fiber optic cable on that, and actually see the information.
I personally have actually found myself lost trying to do even trivial tasks on a friend's borrowed Windows machine that I wouldn't have to think twice about using my own laptop running Linux... I have started carrying LiveCD's just so this doesn't become more of an issue. The tools that come standard on many Linux distro's are far superior to those available to other OS's. It's a no brainer for me...
/. is hardcore anti-MS territory, what was I thinking.
It sounds like you're no better than the average Windows user...you've learned your operating system, and have not a clue to any underlaying logic behind tools. If you got lost trying to do basic tasks in Windows then you really have a problem, as it's pretty much geared for the lower end of the computer using population. If I switched "Linux" and "Windows" in your quote and posted that, I would have been laughed off the premesis. Of course,
I think it's pretty silly that Microsoft has to resort to offbeat tactics to win more supporters. After all, if they had any quality products to offer, they would be popular without feeling the need to brainwash the next generation of leaders in the computer and buisness world, right? /. community, I think it's safe to presume you're cheering.
Since this is the
Oh wait, replace "Microsoft" with "Google", and that's what I meant to post...
http://www.google.com/jobs/studentsg.html
(Not exactly the same, I know...but in college, free pizza wins loyalty)