... profit margins of nearly 100%? I mean, if you factor everything out but the actual CD production cost... sure. But that's a naive way of calculating margins.
The whole point of UAC is to annoy users into annoying developers to fix their apps because a lot of the UAC prompts people complain about are due to behaving in ways that they're not meant to (and almost all of the time, the devs have been told not to do certain things long before UAC came out)
The same thing people say Vista is bad for (extra eye candy that uses system resources e.t.c) is now a recommendation? Yay!
Vista uses more system resources than a lot of Linux distros but I'll bet the comparison is a lot closer when you compare it to a Linux distro with CF and other bells and whistles.
Bah. *everyone* extended HTML. The fact that you only accuse Microsoft of it just shows your blind sheep mentality and inability to research your arguments.
People always complain about the DRM. And it may be a problem, who knows. I've never seen anyone, ever, even on/. actually have a complaint about running into the DRM. It's all theoretical so far. But hey, can't pass up a good chance to bash those richer than you can we?
Woo for class envy!
Vista has a built in performance checker that does do these things. Of course people always neglect the good features and accuse Vista of being bloated.
System -> Properties -> WEI -> Advanced Tools and you get a bunch of tools. Some of which can recommend upgrades.
The whole thing about online auctions is, it's a natural monopoly. It's in people's best interests to have one service because that service will also have the largest range of items to buy and the largest range of people to sell to.
So... if you offer particularly bad service it'll take a while for to fall. But it will happen.
to be so awesome that it surpasses MS Office?
OpenOffice and KOffice will never be "awsome" because they are hamstrung by Microsoft Office compatibility; you can't be awesome if your primary user community demands compatibility with obsolete software.
You're using some sort of non-sensical circular logic.
OO and KO can't be as good as MSOffice because their users demand compatibility. But MSOffice isn't awesome (obsolete). So... what the heck are you saying? It just looks like you're saying "MS SUCKS LOL" without saying anything else. At all.
FFS. Stop being naive.
Open source support doesn't come with a cost associated? Open source support is how almost all FOSS movements support themselves! Well, you apparently are an OSS zealot that opposes OSS funding. Ah well.
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Microsoft wants to kill OSS? Look at Microsoft Research...
... profit margins of nearly 100%? I mean, if you factor everything out but the actual CD production cost... sure. But that's a naive way of calculating margins.
Have people around here never heard of Microsoft Research? It kinda turns your head on what you all naively and sheepishly believe about MS.
Doesn't Compiz make the distros just as resource hungry as Vista? Rendering a non-compiz comparison ... invalid?
You give them a computer, if they're the kind that's built for programming they'll do it themselves.
... troll? Come on, pick overrated or something! You're being a troll mod! :D
Look similar to me.
Errr, have you used Vista... recently? It's pretty much how you describe Linux.
And yet it would still pale in comparison.
Not that I have any karma to waste, but it's called a free market, dumb arse.
Nintendo was abandoned when they refused to create a CD based console.
I didn't mean DRM in general, I meant the DRM in Vista.
The whole point of UAC is to annoy users into annoying developers to fix their apps because a lot of the UAC prompts people complain about are due to behaving in ways that they're not meant to (and almost all of the time, the devs have been told not to do certain things long before UAC came out)
The same thing people say Vista is bad for (extra eye candy that uses system resources e.t.c) is now a recommendation? Yay! Vista uses more system resources than a lot of Linux distros but I'll bet the comparison is a lot closer when you compare it to a Linux distro with CF and other bells and whistles.
Bah. *everyone* extended HTML. The fact that you only accuse Microsoft of it just shows your blind sheep mentality and inability to research your arguments.
People always complain about the DRM. And it may be a problem, who knows. I've never seen anyone, ever, even on /. actually have a complaint about running into the DRM. It's all theoretical so far. But hey, can't pass up a good chance to bash those richer than you can we?
Woo for class envy!
Vista has a built in performance checker that does do these things. Of course people always neglect the good features and accuse Vista of being bloated. System -> Properties -> WEI -> Advanced Tools and you get a bunch of tools. Some of which can recommend upgrades.
Their case was based on PRIOR precedent. Their case set NO NEW PRECEDENCE.
It hasn't worked with WoW.
The whole thing about online auctions is, it's a natural monopoly. It's in people's best interests to have one service because that service will also have the largest range of items to buy and the largest range of people to sell to. So... if you offer particularly bad service it'll take a while for to fall. But it will happen.
I've had my router several months and I only reset it once when I wanted a new IP.
Sup' Dexter?
to be so awesome that it surpasses MS Office? OpenOffice and KOffice will never be "awsome" because they are hamstrung by Microsoft Office compatibility; you can't be awesome if your primary user community demands compatibility with obsolete software.
You're using some sort of non-sensical circular logic. OO and KO can't be as good as MSOffice because their users demand compatibility. But MSOffice isn't awesome (obsolete). So... what the heck are you saying? It just looks like you're saying "MS SUCKS LOL" without saying anything else. At all.
FFS. Stop being naive. Open source support doesn't come with a cost associated? Open source support is how almost all FOSS movements support themselves! Well, you apparently are an OSS zealot that opposes OSS funding. Ah well.
The knee jerk response is "oh noes, US wants oil.", not that country X is evil.