Wow. Just wow. What you're saying is that because the foundation may not be whiter than white in it's accounting practises (not all that uncommon in any organisation involving money), then pull the plug on the whole thing...never mind any positive outcomes that it might bring, the most important point is it's not paying taxes???!!
Almost nobody chooses MS software; people get it by default, whether they want to or not, because of Gates' bundling and tying agreements.
Believe it or not, people actually CHOOSE Microsoft software too! Incredible, I'm sure for you to comprehend, but not all Microsoft software comes on every PC! Windows client, perhaps, but that's about it. The rest, Office for example, you have to pay for...and big bucks too. People choose it above the rest because actually, it's quite good!
I'm amazed you literally think Gates is the devil; you might not agree with his business practises or indeed like his software, but ultimately, the guy is a human being, and it's just possible this foundation of his is genuinely for the greater good of people not as fortunate as us.
It's low. It makes RMS look like a raving madman. And to say MS only make cash through an illegal monopoly is ridiculous and makes you look like a raving troll too. Millions of people choose MS software, even when "free" exists elsewhere.
Perhaps they should close the foundation? Is that what you want, exactly?
Gates has earnt a lot of money, for sure. Unlike many others in his category, he's putting some of it to good use. RMS can criticise when he's invested similar $$$ into 3rd world, until then, I suggest he get back to what he know's best; software.
...being: home users primarily. It's kinda true that most modern MS Office functionality is aimed at business users (MOSS/Exchange integration), so it's fair to say most home users at least could do just fine with OpenOffice, and thus, seeing as there's only one price-tag, they are getting the lesser value.
Even with that in mind, $70 for a complete office + AV protection system, with support, isn't bad.
Yeah, it's got real scientific reasons why Java spanks.Net - my favourite "ASP.NET is a poorly designed and crippled framework as compared to the richness of frameworks found in Java."
Yeah, my prediction is that the market will even out slightly because in the end, each major OS exists for reasons the others don't - and Microsoft can't go much higher than 90%
For simple websites, why not, but for complex service-oriented systems, absolutely not as working around eronious certificates requires you deliberately code exceptions for.
Bad licences ultimately give you a bad testing environment, and seeing how SSL certs aren't expensive, I would say get SSL certs where possible.
Sorry for copy & paste, but I just tried to clear what I meant above....
It's more the impersonation I was talking about.
In windows you can launch a process impersonating a windows user if you want to run under different credentials. So with the string value from the "Enter Pa33w0rd n00b" window, you could in XP, for instance run a new process under "root" privs, and hose the system however you wanted (assuming the password was ok). In Vista this is impossible.
In windows you can launch a process impersonating a windows user if you want to run under different credentials. So with the string value from the "Enter Pa33w0rd n00b" window, you could in XP, for instance run a new process under "root" privs, and hose the system however you wanted (assuming the password was ok). In Vista this is impossible.
Yep, well, actually that's another thing UAC does too - critical file & registry read/writes are virtualized into something stored in just the users directory, so apps that try get round UAC still work & the system is still secure.
But ultimately, root stuff is still necessary, and it's only the user that can ultimately decide whether or not to allow each request.
I'm sure this will go down like a lead balloon here, but this is one example of how, technically at least, Vista is more secure than OSX in this regard...
Because no user can ever be root without a UAC elevation, no program can "just ask for the password" and therefore get admin privileges quite so easily.
Of course, if the user clicks "Continue" anyway, then you're screwed in any OS but that's another story.....
OK, please don't hear what I'm not saying; I sincerely believe Open Source drivers would be better; I'm just saying I think Linux would really benefit as a platform if it could handle propriety drivers better than it does. Windows has always been really good at that typically, and that was my point.
I can take a nvidia driver built 8 years ago and still load it into Windows today, unmodified. I can install Windows 2000 (no SP), and upgrade to Windows XP SP3 and that same driver will work just the same. Not all drivers of course, but most. Generally, drivers in Windows get refreshed every 5-10 years. If I upgrade my linux kernel a single version in Ubuntu my proprietary nvidia drivers break instantly.
I think it's unreasonable to expect every hardware vendor to provide open-source drivers (even if it would benefit the users); so in my mind, Linux needs to get better at binary compatibility as well as focussing on making the open-source drivers real good.
No, but CS courses relating to gaming specifically, are separate from the usual "CS IT systems" courses on offer; despite the fact, as you say, there is a often a cross-over. So for parents to pick between the two, in their eyes, the "serious" option would always be the more favourable.
Having done a degree in London (I say, wot wot?!), I know when I was looking into CS degrees around various institutions, almost none offered anything even close to gaming programming. This, I presumed was largely because a "Computer games" degree would be regarded by paying parents of the cretins in question as a dent on the quality and seriousness of the university in question. Of course, I don't know that for fact, but that was my feeling.
Parents want to know their offspring are programming serious applications; high-availability databases for blue-chip companies and so forth; certainly not running round a virtual environment blowing friends to kingdom-come with an RPG launcher.
So, with a small launchpad for gaming developers, is it such a wonder that game developers in the UK are going the way of the dodo? We're serious people us English people don't you know.
That's my thoughts on the matter anyhow. Please add yours.
My guess is this is a record for a complete application downloads in a day, rather than patches or add-ons.
As in, it's supposedly unique people choosing to download the setup package, and presumably running setup thereafter - not some automated installation.
...and indeed everyone that contributed towards FireFox project. You have set the bar very high for others to follow, and more importantly, you have proved that OSS model can be both financially prosperous and highly desirable to normal users too.
XP is smaller true, it is.
faster Depends on the hardware. With more RAM, Vista undoubtedly runs faster with all the caching it does that XP never did.
less buggy Probably true; it's not as matured.
and doesn't come encumbered with a ton of DRM crap Very unspecific; whatever negative effect has Vista over XP in this regard? I can play all my music, see any videos I want; actually, exactly how I could on XP in fact.
Vista actually isn't that bad. Nay, for new machines, you'd be silly to pick XP unless you had a specific incompatibility. Which is more or less why people still want XP; much has changed in Vista; the shock of not being able to spray files in system32 dir for instance, which Microsoft has been saying not to do for the last 8 years now, but only enforced it in the last 12 months.
...how many applications will state "Designed for Windows XP, Vista, and Wine 1.0" as a supported platform. That will be the metre stick for success IMHO.
but there's one thing not mentioned....for example.
Next to me, there's the hottest girl programming some VBA app. Talk about the manifestation of heaven & hell together, but I digress; the point really is, all the guy programmers come over to "help her out", literally whenever they can - blatantly, just to stare down her top. _She_ might be more productive, but I guarantee the rest of the male population of our department isn't.
Even I, I must admit, have dived under her desk just once to check her "power cables were all in place" after one power-cut. Yeah I'm not sure what I was thinking with that reasoning either, but she bought it (did I mention she programs VBA?).
It is a sad day when a grown man combines his sexual fantasy into a coding discussion I know. I'll go now.
I can't believe so many companies have such negative attitudes towards IM.
Where I work, we heavily rely on it to communicate with various teams around the globe & each other. This is a shameless plug, but we heavily use this tool - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_Communicator and without it communication would be severely hindered. The way it plugs into your calendar, email and all things officey is pure gold.
Not to mention my fellow geeks i have on IM too I use for help and to help...without it, my life would be much much harder.
I think bosses need to wake up if they think IM drains productivity.
Interestingly, the Girl Scouts' official position is that they have no official position on homosexuality. That's cos no one's ever objected to two girls doubling up on each other*
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Wow. Just wow. What you're saying is that because the foundation may not be whiter than white in it's accounting practises (not all that uncommon in any organisation involving money), then pull the plug on the whole thing...never mind any positive outcomes that it might bring, the most important point is it's not paying taxes???!!
Almost nobody chooses MS software; people get it by default, whether they want to or not, because of Gates' bundling and tying agreements.
Believe it or not, people actually CHOOSE Microsoft software too! Incredible, I'm sure for you to comprehend, but not all Microsoft software comes on every PC! Windows client, perhaps, but that's about it. The rest, Office for example, you have to pay for...and big bucks too. People choose it above the rest because actually, it's quite good!
I'm amazed you literally think Gates is the devil; you might not agree with his business practises or indeed like his software, but ultimately, the guy is a human being, and it's just possible this foundation of his is genuinely for the greater good of people not as fortunate as us.
It's low. It makes RMS look like a raving madman. And to say MS only make cash through an illegal monopoly is ridiculous and makes you look like a raving troll too. Millions of people choose MS software, even when "free" exists elsewhere.
Perhaps they should close the foundation? Is that what you want, exactly?
Gates has earnt a lot of money, for sure. Unlike many others in his category, he's putting some of it to good use. RMS can criticise when he's invested similar $$$ into 3rd world, until then, I suggest he get back to what he know's best; software.
it's the only one I know that runs with only the following privileges (Vista only)...
"RO to File System"
"RW to user IE temp dir (explicit DENY on execute)"
Everything other browser runs as logged in user I believe.
So even if IE7 gets hosed into the floor, nothing will happen.
That said, it still sucks compared to FireFox 3 in terms of useful functionality, but that's another story.
...being: home users primarily. It's kinda true that most modern MS Office functionality is aimed at business users (MOSS/Exchange integration), so it's fair to say most home users at least could do just fine with OpenOffice, and thus, seeing as there's only one price-tag, they are getting the lesser value.
Even with that in mind, $70 for a complete office + AV protection system, with support, isn't bad.
BTW, I love the site in your sig!
Yeah, it's got real scientific reasons why Java spanks .Net - my favourite "ASP.NET is a poorly designed and crippled framework as compared to the richness of frameworks found in Java."
The guys' got an axe to grind it would appear.
Yeah, my prediction is that the market will even out slightly because in the end, each major OS exists for reasons the others don't - and Microsoft can't go much higher than 90%
For simple websites, why not, but for complex service-oriented systems, absolutely not as working around eronious certificates requires you deliberately code exceptions for.
Bad licences ultimately give you a bad testing environment, and seeing how SSL certs aren't expensive, I would say get SSL certs where possible.
Sorry for copy & paste, but I just tried to clear what I meant above....
It's more the impersonation I was talking about.
In windows you can launch a process impersonating a windows user if you want to run under different credentials. So with the string value from the "Enter Pa33w0rd n00b" window, you could in XP, for instance run a new process under "root" privs, and hose the system however you wanted (assuming the password was ok). In Vista this is impossible.
It's more the impersonation I was talking about.
In windows you can launch a process impersonating a windows user if you want to run under different credentials. So with the string value from the "Enter Pa33w0rd n00b" window, you could in XP, for instance run a new process under "root" privs, and hose the system however you wanted (assuming the password was ok). In Vista this is impossible.
Yep, well, actually that's another thing UAC does too - critical file & registry read/writes are virtualized into something stored in just the users directory, so apps that try get round UAC still work & the system is still secure.
But ultimately, root stuff is still necessary, and it's only the user that can ultimately decide whether or not to allow each request.
I'm sure this will go down like a lead balloon here, but this is one example of how, technically at least, Vista is more secure than OSX in this regard...
Because no user can ever be root without a UAC elevation, no program can "just ask for the password" and therefore get admin privileges quite so easily.
Of course, if the user clicks "Continue" anyway, then you're screwed in any OS but that's another story.....
*ducks*
OK, please don't hear what I'm not saying; I sincerely believe Open Source drivers would be better; I'm just saying I think Linux would really benefit as a platform if it could handle propriety drivers better than it does. Windows has always been really good at that typically, and that was my point.
I can take a nvidia driver built 8 years ago and still load it into Windows today, unmodified. I can install Windows 2000 (no SP), and upgrade to Windows XP SP3 and that same driver will work just the same. Not all drivers of course, but most. Generally, drivers in Windows get refreshed every 5-10 years. If I upgrade my linux kernel a single version in Ubuntu my proprietary nvidia drivers break instantly.
I think it's unreasonable to expect every hardware vendor to provide open-source drivers (even if it would benefit the users); so in my mind, Linux needs to get better at binary compatibility as well as focussing on making the open-source drivers real good.
No, but CS courses relating to gaming specifically, are separate from the usual "CS IT systems" courses on offer; despite the fact, as you say, there is a often a cross-over. So for parents to pick between the two, in their eyes, the "serious" option would always be the more favourable.
Having done a degree in London (I say, wot wot?!), I know when I was looking into CS degrees around various institutions, almost none offered anything even close to gaming programming.
This, I presumed was largely because a "Computer games" degree would be regarded by paying parents of the cretins in question as a dent on the quality and seriousness of the university in question. Of course, I don't know that for fact, but that was my feeling.
Parents want to know their offspring are programming serious applications; high-availability databases for blue-chip companies and so forth; certainly not running round a virtual environment blowing friends to kingdom-come with an RPG launcher.
So, with a small launchpad for gaming developers, is it such a wonder that game developers in the UK are going the way of the dodo? We're serious people us English people don't you know.
That's my thoughts on the matter anyhow. Please add yours.
look at my files if you want; none of them are personal enough for me to care about them.
I do however keep a "Oh admin you must be a blast at parties.txt" in my home folder, with a ASCII goatse inside just in case.
My guess is this is a record for a complete application downloads in a day, rather than patches or add-ons.
As in, it's supposedly unique people choosing to download the setup package, and presumably running setup thereafter - not some automated installation.
...and indeed everyone that contributed towards FireFox project. You have set the bar very high for others to follow, and more importantly, you have proved that OSS model can be both financially prosperous and highly desirable to normal users too.
And at the end there was cake too!
Vista actually isn't that bad. Nay, for new machines, you'd be silly to pick XP unless you had a specific incompatibility. Which is more or less why people still want XP; much has changed in Vista; the shock of not being able to spray files in system32 dir for instance, which Microsoft has been saying not to do for the last 8 years now, but only enforced it in the last 12 months.
...how many applications will state "Designed for Windows XP, Vista, and Wine 1.0" as a supported platform. That will be the metre stick for success IMHO.
in FF3 released version; slashdot being JavaScript powered as it is.
Expect the "omg! phirst!!1one!1!" people to be quicker off the mark.
even better; she doesn't speak English.
but there's one thing not mentioned....for example.
Next to me, there's the hottest girl programming some VBA app. Talk about the manifestation of heaven & hell together, but I digress; the point really is, all the guy programmers come over to "help her out", literally whenever they can - blatantly, just to stare down her top. _She_ might be more productive, but I guarantee the rest of the male population of our department isn't.
Even I, I must admit, have dived under her desk just once to check her "power cables were all in place" after one power-cut. Yeah I'm not sure what I was thinking with that reasoning either, but she bought it (did I mention she programs VBA?).
It is a sad day when a grown man combines his sexual fantasy into a coding discussion I know. I'll go now.
I can't believe so many companies have such negative attitudes towards IM.
Where I work, we heavily rely on it to communicate with various teams around the globe & each other. This is a shameless plug, but we heavily use this tool - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_Communicator and without it communication would be severely hindered. The way it plugs into your calendar, email and all things officey is pure gold.
Not to mention my fellow geeks i have on IM too I use for help and to help...without it, my life would be much much harder.
I think bosses need to wake up if they think IM drains productivity.
You know i'm right, you know it!
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