As long as it's less bloated, it's still an improvement, and I still want it. We all know quality work takes time...Just look at Windows Vista I can wait a bit for features as long as I get the increased responsiveness that's supposed to come...
Put another way, they traffic in information. An OS is, when you get right down to it, nothing but information, and there are alternatives to Windows. What will happen when/if there becomes no alternative to Google for web searches?
As an example can mapquest come along and demand that when a user searches for a street in google that their map be displayed prominantly as the first search item instead of google maps? This has a huge impact in the online maps business. You're both idiots. I'm sorry to say it, and I don't like throwing insults around...but really. The real scoop is that Microsoft is doing whatever they can get away with, to get rid of the alternatives to their products (not letting AV companies write AV software for Vista(don't tell me you don't remember that...), this search stuff, M$ Office(changing the format every single release...). And all the other major search engines have their hand in so many pots (email and fantasy sports for yahoo...Microsoft for the other...and for both, all of the ones I can't remember) that those search engines could go months without any use, and the companies behind them would barely notice (that might be a little stretch) but either way, they're not going anywhere any time soon.
As for mapquest...if you want a mapquest map, you go to mapquest.com, you don't go to google. If you go to google, and ask for a map, you get a google map. There's nothing wrong with that at all!!!! If you know you're looking for a map, and you want a mapquest map, then you clearly know how to get to mapquest.com, so if you're really going to google to find your mapquest map, either you're an idiot, or you should try putting "mapquest" into the search box, then clicking the first link, and then typing in the address you're looking for...
I haven't run virus checking ever since SP2 came out.
Then how do you know you don't have virus's or anything?
I've been running XP Pro x64 for almost a year, and for a while I couldn't find antivirus that would run on it. I thought I was doing alright though, I didn't notice any spyware or viruses. I run firefox, and I'm an IT pro, so like you said, I know how to avoid such things.
I trusted myself, but I didn't trust MS, so I kept looking for an antivirus program, and when I finally found one (Avast!) it picked up 2 viruses and about 30 pieces of spyware.
I still check around every now and then to see if there's a new AV program for x64 that might be a little more thorough....
Exactly, I could set out to learn all of Einstein's theories and laws (bear with me it's just an example) and go out there and do it, think I've done it 100% correctly, but when I do my calculations to prove that E really does equal MC squared, I get something like 2.718281828... My point is, whether you know Computer Science or not, if you don't have proof (read college education) that this stuff was at least presented to you properly, odds are that you'll have a tough time finding someone willing to pay you... Big companies have so much overhead when it comes to hiring people, that they'll usually just throw out any resume that doesn't say "degree"
The moral of this story is that if you really want a career in the Computer Sciences, then eventually you're going to need a degree. On the other hand, if you just like to program, pick up a book and start programming...just don't expect to make the big bucks like you used to be able to...
"businesses will have to spend more time and energy on making sure that data is not just secure but also recording which users are accessing and manipulating information stored in corporate databases"
SOX 404 Makes all that necessary anyway, my company (big in insurance) has until mid-2007 to get every system locked down like that, and all the ones that keep track of financial data are already done, and we get audited monthly...
Sorry Symantec, you're a little late...
It looks to me like they missed the mark here. There have been some serious jumps for linux recently. IMHO I think that linspire making basic service to their CNR system free was huge. Then the open source CNR Client that is coming out with Freespire 1.1 should really put a copy of it on every Debian based distro, making it rediculously easy to install software, as well as figure out what software to install, with their screen shots and reviews and such. Add to all of this the fact that Vista probably won't work well enough for the "real" big corporations to start adopting it until SP1 or 2 (my company just finished up testing XP SP2 to start rolling it out to us before the end of the year). I think that there are enough people that will wait to adopt it at home until it's adopted at work, that by the time they're ready, someone's going to tell them to save their money, and get the free operating system that will meet all of their needs.
I've also heard about a movement to start big corporations adopting the Open Document Format instead of the traditional.DOC. I think that makes some sense too, because then if companies really want to, they not only have the choice of not paying microsoft, but writing/modifying their own office suite.
Well, only the really smart hackers work their way into corporations like this. That way they can do all the hacking they want, and instead of risking jail time, they're getting paid the big bucks. I would say that the real fix is to move to Linux and at least cut these risks significantly, but I wouldn't want to be responsible for hundreds maybe thousands of Chief Hacking Officer's to lose their jobs....
P.S. I think it's funny all the funny posts people can come up with when MS messes up (again)...it's almost like people have whole lists of stuff ready to go when the time comes hahaha.
I really think the Mac vs. PC commercials are doing a good job of reminding people why they hate Windows. It's also laying the ground work in people's minds, that when they have to buy their new computer, it might just be worth spending the extra on the Mac, if they won't have to deal with all those oh so familiar headaches...
Secure code from microsoft is a long ways away from being ready for the mainstream.
"User Friendly" implementation of Linux is a long ways away from the desktop.
Sounds like a lose lose situation....
So what does that mean, everyone's gotta jump ship and start rooting for Intel? Haha, but I agree, FUD is FUD no matter who spits it out, and you can't compare two processers without performance results.
Exactly. The money saved by the companies will initially turn into small savings for consumers, but it takes the market away from microsoft, and gives it to those consumers. The first company will offer phones with X savings, and the next company will say, we don't even have to charge that much to make a profit. They go cheaper and are happy making more money because more people will buy the cheaper product, that the next company has to continue the trend. Of course this is in the ideal world, but without licensing to keep the price up, someone's gonna come at you with some pretty cheap phones. As for changing the title of this article, maybe it could have read something like "Cellular Companies Look for Ways to Improve Phone Uptime and Reduce Dropped Calls, Turn to Linux.":-)
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As long as it's less bloated, it's still an improvement, and I still want it. We all know quality work takes time...Just look at Windows Vista I can wait a bit for features as long as I get the increased responsiveness that's supposed to come...
As for mapquest...if you want a mapquest map, you go to mapquest.com, you don't go to google. If you go to google, and ask for a map, you get a google map. There's nothing wrong with that at all!!!! If you know you're looking for a map, and you want a mapquest map, then you clearly know how to get to mapquest.com, so if you're really going to google to find your mapquest map, either you're an idiot, or you should try putting "mapquest" into the search box, then clicking the first link, and then typing in the address you're looking for...
Then how do you know you don't have virus's or anything?
I've been running XP Pro x64 for almost a year, and for a while I couldn't find antivirus that would run on it. I thought I was doing alright though, I didn't notice any spyware or viruses. I run firefox, and I'm an IT pro, so like you said, I know how to avoid such things.
I trusted myself, but I didn't trust MS, so I kept looking for an antivirus program, and when I finally found one (Avast!) it picked up 2 viruses and about 30 pieces of spyware.
I still check around every now and then to see if there's a new AV program for x64 that might be a little more thorough....
Exactly, I could set out to learn all of Einstein's theories and laws (bear with me it's just an example) and go out there and do it, think I've done it 100% correctly, but when I do my calculations to prove that E really does equal MC squared, I get something like 2.718281828... My point is, whether you know Computer Science or not, if you don't have proof (read college education) that this stuff was at least presented to you properly, odds are that you'll have a tough time finding someone willing to pay you...
Big companies have so much overhead when it comes to hiring people, that they'll usually just throw out any resume that doesn't say "degree"
The moral of this story is that if you really want a career in the Computer Sciences, then eventually you're going to need a degree. On the other hand, if you just like to program, pick up a book and start programming...just don't expect to make the big bucks like you used to be able to...
I belieive that should read: "This could not have been more true."
Thanks, and have a great day
It looks to me like they missed the mark here. There have been some serious jumps for linux recently. IMHO I think that linspire making basic service to their CNR system free was huge. Then the open source CNR Client that is coming out with Freespire 1.1 should really put a copy of it on every Debian based distro, making it rediculously easy to install software, as well as figure out what software to install, with their screen shots and reviews and such. Add to all of this the fact that Vista probably won't work well enough for the "real" big corporations to start adopting it until SP1 or 2 (my company just finished up testing XP SP2 to start rolling it out to us before the end of the year). I think that there are enough people that will wait to adopt it at home until it's adopted at work, that by the time they're ready, someone's going to tell them to save their money, and get the free operating system that will meet all of their needs.
.DOC. I think that makes some sense too, because then if companies really want to, they not only have the choice of not paying microsoft, but writing/modifying their own office suite.
I've also heard about a movement to start big corporations adopting the Open Document Format instead of the traditional
Well, only the really smart hackers work their way into corporations like this. That way they can do all the hacking they want, and instead of risking jail time, they're getting paid the big bucks. I would say that the real fix is to move to Linux and at least cut these risks significantly, but I wouldn't want to be responsible for hundreds maybe thousands of Chief Hacking Officer's to lose their jobs.... P.S. I think it's funny all the funny posts people can come up with when MS messes up (again)...it's almost like people have whole lists of stuff ready to go when the time comes hahaha.
I really think the Mac vs. PC commercials are doing a good job of reminding people why they hate Windows. It's also laying the ground work in people's minds, that when they have to buy their new computer, it might just be worth spending the extra on the Mac, if they won't have to deal with all those oh so familiar headaches...
That intramural squad will still be playing in the park next week, and the week after, and the week after that...
Secure code from microsoft is a long ways away from being ready for the mainstream. "User Friendly" implementation of Linux is a long ways away from the desktop. Sounds like a lose lose situation....
So what does that mean, everyone's gotta jump ship and start rooting for Intel? Haha, but I agree, FUD is FUD no matter who spits it out, and you can't compare two processers without performance results.
Exactly. The money saved by the companies will initially turn into small savings for consumers, but it takes the market away from microsoft, and gives it to those consumers. The first company will offer phones with X savings, and the next company will say, we don't even have to charge that much to make a profit. They go cheaper and are happy making more money because more people will buy the cheaper product, that the next company has to continue the trend. Of course this is in the ideal world, but without licensing to keep the price up, someone's gonna come at you with some pretty cheap phones. As for changing the title of this article, maybe it could have read something like "Cellular Companies Look for Ways to Improve Phone Uptime and Reduce Dropped Calls, Turn to Linux." :-)