That's exactly what I was thinking when I posted the earlier statement about Microsoft not minding a Windows-only solution.
Of course I'm not saying they should also provide plugins for other platforms. Like I said, I'm just surprised they're thinking outside of their own ecosystem, but aren't minding it as long as it only benefits their own platform.
I'm surprised Microsoft is developing things outside of it's own ecosystem. It's my understanding they don't generally do this.
And you can call me paranoid, but I really don't think enhancing the user experience of people using Firefox is at the top of Microsoft's list of priorities.
I suppose trying to outmanoeuvre Google by blocking WebM and Chrome makes some sense.
I'm not blaming anyone, altough I am somewhat surprised why Microsoft bothers to write Firefox plugins. I'm just saying Microsoft doesn't mind providing a solution that specifically works on Windows and not on any other platform Firefox runs on.
Seriously? The initial release of Chrome was in September 2008, so you've been using it for just over 2 years now if you started using it right when it launched. Is that what people are calling "ages" these days, two years?
Does the Windows installer still place a shortcut to the application on your desktop? Amazingly useful for people who would like to open the reader without any document in it, so you can stare at a grey window, right there on your desktop!
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Maybe, but then again, I think most people used DOS just as a launcher for their applications and games too. In the days I had Windows 3.x sitting on my hard disk, I don't think I actually started it up more than once a month.
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Actually, Windows software ran quite well on OS/2, right from the start.
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I would say that at some point in time, AmigaOS could be considered a mainstream platform. Obviously not as dominant as Windows, but certainly not obscure or unknown.
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OS/2 didn't get "very few users". It was a very mainstream operating system at its peak.
Actually Minesweeper has been part of Windows since it was released in 1990's "Microsoft Entertainment Pack" and Hearts was included in 1992's Windows for Workgroups 3.1 as a demonstration of the "for Workgroups" part of the name.
So that's 20 years for Minesweeper and 18 years for Hearts. I don't know when Freecell was first released. It was part of win32s, but I can't find out when the first version of that thing shipped.
Or maybe the Swedish tabloid just figured he was a guy who would write interesting stuff for the readers, asked him if he was available for such a position and mister Assange agreed to write them some columns.
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Just fine.
And for how many non-Intel architectures has Microsoft provided versions of Microsoft Office? Oh that's right, none.
That's exactly what I was thinking when I posted the earlier statement about Microsoft not minding a Windows-only solution.
Of course I'm not saying they should also provide plugins for other platforms. Like I said, I'm just surprised they're thinking outside of their own ecosystem, but aren't minding it as long as it only benefits their own platform.
Which is exactly why Microsoft wants Firefox to support it as well - to prevent people from installing Chrome.
How is it surprising?
I'm surprised Microsoft is developing things outside of it's own ecosystem. It's my understanding they don't generally do this.
And you can call me paranoid, but I really don't think enhancing the user experience of people using Firefox is at the top of Microsoft's list of priorities.
I suppose trying to outmanoeuvre Google by blocking WebM and Chrome makes some sense.
Well, I've read about half the comments, and so far the general sentiment of the FOSStard community to my understanding is this:
- Microsoft should have written an h.264 plugin for Firefox on Linux and OS-X
Which half would that be? I've read all of the comments and found nobody actually saying this is what Microsoft should have done.
I'm not blaming anyone, altough I am somewhat surprised why Microsoft bothers to write Firefox plugins. I'm just saying Microsoft doesn't mind providing a solution that specifically works on Windows and not on any other platform Firefox runs on.
Windows has h.264 hardware support out the box, OS X and Linux do not.
Mac OS X does. Flash and XMBC among others use it.
And Microsoft is of course always happy with a Windows-only solution that just doesn't work on other platforms.
I've been using Chrome for ages
Seriously? The initial release of Chrome was in September 2008, so you've been using it for just over 2 years now if you started using it right when it launched. Is that what people are calling "ages" these days, two years?
No, not at all. What is a general purpose desktop operating system for PC's doing on a single purpose device such as an ATM in the first place?
Maybe then the world will learn not to run Windows on these kind of devices.
Does the Windows installer still place a shortcut to the application on your desktop? Amazingly useful for people who would like to open the reader without any document in it, so you can stare at a grey window, right there on your desktop!
How does 1 gbps make cable superior to fiber? Fiber has no trouble at all to offer that kind of bandwidth.
AMD is actually a much older brand than ATI.
Maybe, but then again, I think most people used DOS just as a launcher for their applications and games too. In the days I had Windows 3.x sitting on my hard disk, I don't think I actually started it up more than once a month.
Actually, Windows software ran quite well on OS/2, right from the start.
I would say that at some point in time, AmigaOS could be considered a mainstream platform. Obviously not as dominant as Windows, but certainly not obscure or unknown.
OS/2 didn't get "very few users". It was a very mainstream operating system at its peak.
Three years of time did. Just like old iPhones are obsolete now and iPads from 2010 will be obsolete in 2013.
I think there would be more freshmen unfamiliar with reading a play or a novel than playing a mouse & keyboard controlled first person game.
Freecell was released with Win32s before MEP vol 2 came out.
And I can't really believe I bothered to go looking.
I win.
Actually Minesweeper has been part of Windows since it was released in 1990's "Microsoft Entertainment Pack" and Hearts was included in 1992's Windows for Workgroups 3.1 as a demonstration of the "for Workgroups" part of the name.
So that's 20 years for Minesweeper and 18 years for Hearts. I don't know when Freecell was first released. It was part of win32s, but I can't find out when the first version of that thing shipped.
Or maybe the Swedish tabloid just figured he was a guy who would write interesting stuff for the readers, asked him if he was available for such a position and mister Assange agreed to write them some columns.