It would make sence to me that Microsoft would need longer briefs than most -- I mean their programmers need way more lines of code to write any app than most software vendors; Maybe their lawyers have the same problem!
And I'm almost willing to bet, that brief from Microsoft would be filled with useless and uninformative garbage, but would be wrapped in a pretty cover. The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
Why would anyone pay $1000 for Windows? They still haven't fixed any of the basic problems with the system since 95! They just add more bells and whistles (to break) in each new release!
Of the things that are still less than atequite on Windows (especially the new ME):
- Socket support is still a POS. I have to shut down every socket-related app before connecting and disconnecting online, otherwise Windows Explorer (and the OS) pukes.
- Removeable media is still poorly supported. Before shutting down my machine, I have to figure out which zip disk I had in the zip drive when I booted. If that same disk isn't in the drive, I get my favorite blue screen of death.
- Still using the DOS filesystem. Even with fat32, we're still using a very archaic structure. Why do I want to separate my filesystem based on partitions? And IO is still terrible!
The only reason I even have windows is because my work said I needed it, and purchased the license for me. The world would be so much better off if people downloaded linux, or bought a linux distribution (cheap!), and used the rest of the money they would have spent on windows and buy books on linux. The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
That, IMHO, is just great! I've always thought that most groups don't realize the advertizing potential of mp3s -- apparently The Barenaked Ladies do!
A very creative solution (even if the band's name isn't!). It's little wonder Metallickya didn't think of this -- they haven't done anything creative since the '80's.
The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
Don't buy Sony, that's the best solution. Not only are most of their products disposable ( I never got more than a year out of anything I've bought from them), they also happen to be one of the biggest companies hit by piracy (Sony Music, Playstation, etc).
Buy a Phillips. Listen Freely. The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
We have purchased support from VA Linux. For my part, I haven't used it too much, but it does give me the ability to email their staff and ask 'Is there an update for ___ yet?', to which I usually receive a quick response (in one case, they even sent me the upgrade CDs with no extra charge). So I'm happy with their support.
Most importantly, it makes our IT manager happy, because there is a support contract. To her, it really doesn't matter how good the support is, just that it shows up on her reports that we have it.
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
It takes someone with experience to install new apps under linux (in most cases). Under windows, simply clicking 'Okay' while browsing a web site can completely change your OS!
Case in point -- Our staff officially supports IE4 (not 5 yet). I had to upgrade to 5 when I installed Office 2000 (first headache). Another user was browsing the web, when a little 'Would you like to upgrade?' window appeared. She clicked Okay, and IE 5 was installed. Unfortunatly, with it's inegration with the OS, it also changed many of the pieces of her OS. They had to do a baseline reinstall of her system to get things to work again.
So how is this better than linux? Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
I had tried a beta of KDE 2.0 this earlier summer, and aside from the expected frequent crashes, what's not too love!?! They dealt with my biggest pet peeve of linux desktops -- when my family clicks on an icon, if they don't get an instant response, they click again, and again (a lot of win-d'oh-s users have this impatience). From KDE -- "If the click launches an application, a button appears in the desktop task bar immediately. If the application takes time to start up, you at least know that it is on its way. These features also apply to the rest of KDE, for consistency." Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
#1 -- I am NOT slashdot. Just because they publish an article doesn't mean I agree with it 100% or even at all. How dim are you?
The point I was trying to make was not "Let us pirate music", as you suggested, but that record companies should wake up and start using MP3s to their advantage. Here's a great way to promote new / unknown artists, but the record companies are afraid of it because it's new. I mentioned radio stations because they already promote artists. I'm suggesting that MP3s could be used in a similar way, regardless of current consent.
People are looking at this ILOVEYOU virus totally backwards. So someone sends a malicious script in an email, I admit that's not good, but why is the email client executing it?
Seems to me, if you're concerned about security in any way, you should simply avoid insecure programs like outlook. RPC can allow people to do nasty things to my linux box, so I disable it! I don't let people I don't know run programs on my machine. Seems simple enough.
Personally, I see this more as a revealed flaw (feature?) in outlook more than a virus!
I have downloaded several MP3s that I did not own the rights to. I have also listened to songs on the radio that I did not own the rights to. When I was 13, one of my favorite passtimes was recording the radio, and then making a compilation of my favorite songs. Apparently, this is all considered immoral by the record industry. (shame on me).
However, I think it's also important to note that of the MP3s that I have downloaded, more often than not I've rushed out to buy the CD after hearing a few of the songs. In every case, it's been an obscure band that I hadn't heard of, or had no interest in until listening to the music. Long story short: If I hadn't downloaded the MP3, I wouldn't have purchased the CD.
So, IMHO, not only are the Record Companies screwing themselves over (their choice), they are also screwing their artists over (hey, I didn't even know who the Old 97s were! but I'm glad I found them!), and they're turning away potential fans.
So for the record companies to worry over someone hearing their music, what's your problem?!? If anything, the record companies themselves should provide MP3 sites as a promotional service!
I was explaining to a friend of mine similar thoughts -- do all my gaming on the playstation, and development on the PC. He laughed, and asked if I had John Madden Football on my Playstation. Then, lauching it on his 1024x768 display, he asked me 'does it look anything like this?'. The answer -- 'No.'
There might be some promise when the price of HD-TV starts dropping, but for now, playing games on a TV just plain sucks.
Now, when I went to look at armed.net's site, I got the main page, but all subsequent links I followed gave me a 'Server Busy' error. So I looked at their server - and They're running IIS!
I don't know how much I'd trust a linux distribution when the distributor won't even use it!
Now, when I went to look at armed.net's site, I got the main page, but all subsequent links I followed gave me a 'Server Busy' error. So I looked at their server - and They're running IIS!
I don't know how much I'd trust a linux distribution when the distributor won't even use it! Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
What I love about Apache, and something I know IIS will never adopt is the simple configuration file (now down to one file in Apache 1.3.x). If you've ever cloned a website, you know how handy a config file is! With IIS, (and even Netscape's products), your only option is to fill out the same forms, click the same buttons on a stupid property sheet (while sitting at that server's desktop). With Apache, ssh or ftp the config file to your target machine, and you're done! Simpler is better, you MS guys!
And really, why would you want to run a web server on any level of DOS filesystem?
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It would make sence to me that Microsoft would need longer briefs than most -- I mean their programmers need way more lines of code to write any app than most software vendors; Maybe their lawyers have the same problem!
And I'm almost willing to bet, that brief from Microsoft would be filled with useless and uninformative garbage, but would be wrapped in a pretty cover.
The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
Why would anyone pay $1000 for Windows? They still haven't fixed any of the basic problems with the system since 95! They just add more bells and whistles (to break) in each new release! Of the things that are still less than atequite on Windows (especially the new ME): - Socket support is still a POS. I have to shut down every socket-related app before connecting and disconnecting online, otherwise Windows Explorer (and the OS) pukes. - Removeable media is still poorly supported. Before shutting down my machine, I have to figure out which zip disk I had in the zip drive when I booted. If that same disk isn't in the drive, I get my favorite blue screen of death. - Still using the DOS filesystem. Even with fat32, we're still using a very archaic structure. Why do I want to separate my filesystem based on partitions? And IO is still terrible! The only reason I even have windows is because my work said I needed it, and purchased the license for me. The world would be so much better off if people downloaded linux, or bought a linux distribution (cheap!), and used the rest of the money they would have spent on windows and buy books on linux.
The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
That, IMHO, is just great! I've always thought that most groups don't realize the advertizing potential of mp3s -- apparently The Barenaked Ladies do! A very creative solution (even if the band's name isn't!). It's little wonder Metallickya didn't think of this -- they haven't done anything creative since the '80's.
The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
Don't buy Sony, that's the best solution. Not only are most of their products disposable ( I never got more than a year out of anything I've bought from them), they also happen to be one of the biggest companies hit by piracy (Sony Music, Playstation, etc). Buy a Phillips. Listen Freely.
The next generation search engine -- TRY IT!
We have purchased support from VA Linux. For my part, I haven't used it too much, but it does give me the ability to email their staff and ask 'Is there an update for ___ yet?', to which I usually receive a quick response (in one case, they even sent me the upgrade CDs with no extra charge). So I'm happy with their support. Most importantly, it makes our IT manager happy, because there is a support contract. To her, it really doesn't matter how good the support is, just that it shows up on her reports that we have it.
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
It takes someone with experience to install new apps under linux (in most cases). Under windows, simply clicking 'Okay' while browsing a web site can completely change your OS! Case in point -- Our staff officially supports IE4 (not 5 yet). I had to upgrade to 5 when I installed Office 2000 (first headache). Another user was browsing the web, when a little 'Would you like to upgrade?' window appeared. She clicked Okay, and IE 5 was installed. Unfortunatly, with it's inegration with the OS, it also changed many of the pieces of her OS. They had to do a baseline reinstall of her system to get things to work again. So how is this better than linux?
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
I had tried a beta of KDE 2.0 this earlier summer, and aside from the expected frequent crashes, what's not too love!?! They dealt with my biggest pet peeve of linux desktops -- when my family clicks on an icon, if they don't get an instant response, they click again, and again (a lot of win-d'oh-s users have this impatience). From KDE -- "If the click launches an application, a button appears in the desktop task bar immediately. If the application takes time to start up, you at least know that it is on its way. These features also apply to the rest of KDE, for consistency."
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
DON'T GET SO EXCITED!
#1 -- I am NOT slashdot. Just because they publish an article doesn't mean I agree with it 100% or even at all. How dim are you?
The point I was trying to make was not "Let us pirate music", as you suggested, but that record companies should wake up and start using MP3s to their advantage. Here's a great way to promote new / unknown artists, but the record companies are afraid of it because it's new. I mentioned radio stations because they already promote artists. I'm suggesting that MP3s could be used in a similar way, regardless of current consent.
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
People are looking at this ILOVEYOU virus totally backwards. So someone sends a malicious script in an email, I admit that's not good, but why is the email client executing it?
Seems to me, if you're concerned about security in any way, you should simply avoid insecure programs like outlook. RPC can allow people to do nasty things to my linux box, so I disable it! I don't let people I don't know run programs on my machine. Seems simple enough.
Personally, I see this more as a revealed flaw (feature?) in outlook more than a virus!
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
I have downloaded several MP3s that I did not own the rights to. I have also listened to songs on the radio that I did not own the rights to. When I was 13, one of my favorite passtimes was recording the radio, and then making a compilation of my favorite songs. Apparently, this is all considered immoral by the record industry. (shame on me).
However, I think it's also important to note that of the MP3s that I have downloaded, more often than not I've rushed out to buy the CD after hearing a few of the songs. In every case, it's been an obscure band that I hadn't heard of, or had no interest in until listening to the music. Long story short: If I hadn't downloaded the MP3, I wouldn't have purchased the CD.
So, IMHO, not only are the Record Companies screwing themselves over (their choice), they are also screwing their artists over (hey, I didn't even know who the Old 97s were! but I'm glad I found them!), and they're turning away potential fans.
So for the record companies to worry over someone hearing their music, what's your problem?!? If anything, the record companies themselves should provide MP3 sites as a promotional service!
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
I was explaining to a friend of mine similar thoughts -- do all my gaming on the playstation, and development on the PC. He laughed, and asked if I had John Madden Football on my Playstation. Then, lauching it on his 1024x768 display, he asked me 'does it look anything like this?'. The answer -- 'No.'
There might be some promise when the price of HD-TV starts dropping, but for now, playing games on a TV just plain sucks.
Damn, I didn't know the players had faces!
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
Now, when I went to look at armed.net's site, I got the main page, but all subsequent links I followed gave me a 'Server Busy' error. So I looked at their server - and They're running IIS!
I don't know how much I'd trust a linux distribution when the distributor won't even use it!
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
Now, when I went to look at armed.net's site, I got the main page, but all subsequent links I followed gave me a 'Server Busy' error. So I looked at their server - and They're running IIS!
I don't know how much I'd trust a linux distribution when the distributor won't even use it!
Webmaster, City of Saint Paul
What I love about Apache, and something I know IIS will never adopt is the simple configuration file (now down to one file in Apache 1.3.x). If you've ever cloned a website, you know how handy a config file is! With IIS, (and even Netscape's products), your only option is to fill out the same forms, click the same buttons on a stupid property sheet (while sitting at that server's desktop). With Apache, ssh or ftp the config file to your target machine, and you're done! Simpler is better, you MS guys!
And really, why would you want to run a web server on any level of DOS filesystem?