But thats kinda the risk you have to take being a software company that secures windows machines. They are banking on someone making mistakes in their software, now the company making the mistakes is attempting to fix some of them / release a program that follows everything going on to fix them on-the-fly. I believe Netscape in a way was much less deserving than Webroot.
Also keep in mind that Netscape's product sucked while Spy Sweeper is fairly good at what it does. I think for at least the next few years, even if Windows Defender is good that Webroot will still be around. People would probably be less willing to pay for their software though...
Sounds pretty similar to my webmaster days years back.. except at the time I'd of probably been considered more of a coder than a designer. Most of my websites consisted of static html with minor php and javascript implemented only when needed.
If I were to get back into things today it might be a tad different.. thing is though, honestly, using echo(), document.write(), etc has very little use (with much more "work") for anyone that is coding for themselves only. Obviously you wont want to use static html if you are writing a CMS or something..
Slow internet is not fast enough to stream HD video. Fast internet is.
Increase the cost of fast enough internet. People don't stream movies over dialup because they cant. The exact same thing that happened in the late 90s would happen once again.
Yes, you'll lose customers to other ISPs from increasing the cost of your faster internet. This is their own fault. Advertising unlimited connectivity and poor infrastructure is what is really keeping them from being able to support tons of people streaming movies.
Wow I'm a troll.
Well that description was good enough for me.. question though. Shouldn't that ruling be up for review then? I'm sure these days just about everyone expects at least these basic things out of their PC:
Web browsing
Office Apps
Media playback (audio and video)
Internet search to an extent.. I hate the idea of search bars anyway so if it isnt possible to disable it I'll simply stick with IE6
Shouldn't anything related to these things pretty much be irrelevant? It kinda sucks like I noticed mentioned before that because MS didnt include stuff from the get-go they are considered anti competetive but when other companies have all this crap included its just a good software package.
All I wanted to say is how exactly is it anti-competetive for them to bundle apps? I wouldn't even consider it anti-competetive to completely disallow add-on programs under their OS. I just don't understand where everyone got the idea that an operating system cannot include EVERYTHING a computer needs. Windows haters whine and complain about how it includes no useful software compared to other OS (notepad, calculator.. etc. All junk supposadly) then they start bundling somewhat useful apps (IE, Media Player, etc.) and they are anti-competetive.
What exactly is it? Did they have an ad-campaign touting their lack of features or something making it false advertising? If that isn't it then I dont understand the problem..
If they are in fact being anticompetetive then why are they not being sued for bundling an OS with their xbox consoles? Or even better.. for not making it easier to install linux on them? I understand its a "game console" which doesn't specifically say it has the ability to install 3rd party applications.. but neither does "personal computer".
Note: Most of this is in fact taken to the extreme, in which case I still think they have done nothing wrong. Also note that I DO think it sucks that they dominate the market, competetion is great... I just don't really think its their fault or they should be hurt for it. I'd like to see some other players step up and release an OS and featureset as easy to use with as much software as windows.. or possibly binary compatability / good emulation for windows apps.
I guess thats the point to an extent? If they documented everything better it would be much easier for someone / some company to do just that:D
Btw doesnt this psuedo-html crap to post here drive people crazy?
Who didn't see this coming? Over the summer / early autumn is usually when they release their plethora of sports titles. Not to mention the gazillion people holding out for the next gen consoles, why buy the game for PS2 when you can have it for xbox 360 / Wii / PS3? Right now is development season for the 2007 series of their titles, they are paying people to work on the games but not selling the games. I'd imagine they were at a loss or damn-close around this time in previous years.
I dont see in-game items ever being taxed. Sure some people sell them for money, but they are still worthless.
Look at it like this, some people sell human hair for money, for whatever reason. Almost all of us have hair. Are you taxed for having yours? I'm not. I could MAYBE see sales tax on items.. but a cost of ownership?
No way, they are WORTHLESS. Its no different than having a job. You get paid for your time, that doesn't mean you have to pay "property" tax on your free time.
Not that I like it much but.. isnt it THEIR OS? Why cant they do whatever they want? Why does it have to support any 3rd party security software? Nintendo didn't get sued for not letting me run linux on my NES. I don't see how this is any different. Granted, if they take it too far they will lose marketshare.
I don't like any of the movements they are making toward being anti-competetive as far as software goes or w/e. The thing is though that if some media player manufacturer wants their player to stand up to WMP then they should make their own damn OS and get the kinda marketshare Windows has.
Everyone already knew this wasn't designed to reduce spam. I've got a hunch it isn't to give us something we already have though (whitelists).
Maybe they are looking to maximize profits? That sounds about right. I guess most of you already knew that one too though..
Seems a little nuts. I'm sure there will be issues as stated with copyright violations + sites complaining about lost ad revenue. I'd imagine some sort of commercial "bot" software would be fair better..
Add a couple websites you like to a list and tell the program to cache it. Yes yes, I realize most browsers can do this for you.. only manually I guess. It'd be nice to run my list every time I'll be away from an internet connection though to keep up with minor things. (
.. for the porn sites.
1. Register.xxx domain
2. Redirect.com domain to.xxx domain
All the traffic from.com goes to.xxx
People can still block.xxx without taking away the porn site's.com
Slashdot Mirror
But thats kinda the risk you have to take being a software company that secures windows machines. They are banking on someone making mistakes in their software, now the company making the mistakes is attempting to fix some of them / release a program that follows everything going on to fix them on-the-fly. I believe Netscape in a way was much less deserving than Webroot.
Also keep in mind that Netscape's product sucked while Spy Sweeper is fairly good at what it does. I think for at least the next few years, even if Windows Defender is good that Webroot will still be around. People would probably be less willing to pay for their software though...
So the Wii is compact enough to fit the guts inside a gamecube case? I could honestly see this having quite a bit of potential..
Sounds pretty similar to my webmaster days years back.. except at the time I'd of probably been considered more of a coder than a designer. Most of my websites consisted of static html with minor php and javascript implemented only when needed.
If I were to get back into things today it might be a tad different.. thing is though, honestly, using echo(), document.write(), etc has very little use (with much more "work") for anyone that is coding for themselves only. Obviously you wont want to use static html if you are writing a CMS or something..
Simple solution.. using existing business plan
Slow internet is not fast enough to stream HD video. Fast internet is.
Increase the cost of fast enough internet. People don't stream movies over dialup because they cant. The exact same thing that happened in the late 90s would happen once again.
Yes, you'll lose customers to other ISPs from increasing the cost of your faster internet. This is their own fault. Advertising unlimited connectivity and poor infrastructure is what is really keeping them from being able to support tons of people streaming movies.
Wow I'm a troll. Well that description was good enough for me.. question though. Shouldn't that ruling be up for review then? I'm sure these days just about everyone expects at least these basic things out of their PC: Web browsing Office Apps Media playback (audio and video) Internet search to an extent.. I hate the idea of search bars anyway so if it isnt possible to disable it I'll simply stick with IE6 Shouldn't anything related to these things pretty much be irrelevant? It kinda sucks like I noticed mentioned before that because MS didnt include stuff from the get-go they are considered anti competetive but when other companies have all this crap included its just a good software package.
shouldnt they get sued then for using their search engine monopoly to promote their linux distro? Which I'd imagine is what they'd do..
I know they havent been declared a monopoly yet but I'm sure if they made a hard push at a linux distro they would be found just that.
I'm by no means a MS fan boy, though I do use XP.
:D
All I wanted to say is how exactly is it anti-competetive for them to bundle apps? I wouldn't even consider it anti-competetive to completely disallow add-on programs under their OS. I just don't understand where everyone got the idea that an operating system cannot include EVERYTHING a computer needs. Windows haters whine and complain about how it includes no useful software compared to other OS (notepad, calculator.. etc. All junk supposadly) then they start bundling somewhat useful apps (IE, Media Player, etc.) and they are anti-competetive.
What exactly is it? Did they have an ad-campaign touting their lack of features or something making it false advertising? If that isn't it then I dont understand the problem..
If they are in fact being anticompetetive then why are they not being sued for bundling an OS with their xbox consoles? Or even better.. for not making it easier to install linux on them? I understand its a "game console" which doesn't specifically say it has the ability to install 3rd party applications.. but neither does "personal computer".
Note: Most of this is in fact taken to the extreme, in which case I still think they have done nothing wrong. Also note that I DO think it sucks that they dominate the market, competetion is great... I just don't really think its their fault or they should be hurt for it. I'd like to see some other players step up and release an OS and featureset as easy to use with as much software as windows.. or possibly binary compatability / good emulation for windows apps.
I guess thats the point to an extent? If they documented everything better it would be much easier for someone / some company to do just that
Btw doesnt this psuedo-html crap to post here drive people crazy?
Who didn't see this coming? Over the summer / early autumn is usually when they release their plethora of sports titles. Not to mention the gazillion people holding out for the next gen consoles, why buy the game for PS2 when you can have it for xbox 360 / Wii / PS3? Right now is development season for the 2007 series of their titles, they are paying people to work on the games but not selling the games. I'd imagine they were at a loss or damn-close around this time in previous years.
I dont see in-game items ever being taxed. Sure some people sell them for money, but they are still worthless.
Look at it like this, some people sell human hair for money, for whatever reason. Almost all of us have hair. Are you taxed for having yours? I'm not. I could MAYBE see sales tax on items.. but a cost of ownership?
No way, they are WORTHLESS. Its no different than having a job. You get paid for your time, that doesn't mean you have to pay "property" tax on your free time.
there is no movies section...
I think that is just the retail marketshare. Excluding OEMs like dell, IBM, HP, etc.
Isn't it hard to develop and compile software for windows without windows?
Not that I like it much but.. isnt it THEIR OS? Why cant they do whatever they want? Why does it have to support any 3rd party security software? Nintendo didn't get sued for not letting me run linux on my NES. I don't see how this is any different. Granted, if they take it too far they will lose marketshare.
I don't like any of the movements they are making toward being anti-competetive as far as software goes or w/e. The thing is though that if some media player manufacturer wants their player to stand up to WMP then they should make their own damn OS and get the kinda marketshare Windows has.
Just my $.02
Everyone already knew this wasn't designed to reduce spam. I've got a hunch it isn't to give us something we already have though (whitelists). Maybe they are looking to maximize profits? That sounds about right. I guess most of you already knew that one too though..
Seems a little nuts. I'm sure there will be issues as stated with copyright violations + sites complaining about lost ad revenue. I'd imagine some sort of commercial "bot" software would be fair better..
Add a couple websites you like to a list and tell the program to cache it. Yes yes, I realize most browsers can do this for you.. only manually I guess. It'd be nice to run my list every time I'll be away from an internet connection though to keep up with minor things. (
and apparently I need some {br} in there.
.. for the porn sites. 1. Register .xxx domain
2. Redirect .com domain to .xxx domain
All the traffic from .com goes to .xxx
People can still block .xxx without taking away the porn site's .com
All I have to say is thank god they moved away from their old naming scheme (year = version)
104% of americans dont have broadband?