The fact of the matter is that as technology advances, programs will get bigger and bigger as disk and memory cost goes down, and the need to conserve memory and drive space become less important. It's been that way for many years.
Experts agree that the amazing gains in storage density at low cost will continue for at least the next couple of decades, allowing cheap peta-bytes (millions of gigabytes) of storage to corporations and terabytes (thousands of gigs) to the home.
Finally, hard drives big enough to run Windows Vista will exist.
"Design News discusses Boston's Big Dig and begs the question - is it one of engineering's greatest failures? The article reveals that forums and blogs are popping up all over the Internet as vehicles for engineers and contractors to discuss, under the guise of anonymity, their skepticism, thoughts and reactions to one of the biggest infrastructure failures in the news today."
Microsoft's New OS to Run Exclusively Microsoft Products
October 28, 2010
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft has just made a last-minute change in plans for it's newest operating system, Windows Vista.
The operating system, scheduled for release this December, will now only run Microsoft products, according to CEO Steve Ballmer.
"This is a very exciting time for us all," announced Ballmer. "For years, end-users have been forced to choose between products by third party developers and Microsoft. Now, they won't have to," he explained.
Ballmer also claims that the new operating system will feature cutting-edge security.
"Because the system will only run Microsoft products, you will continue to see the stability and security you expect of Microsoft," he continued. "And with the new Privacy Protection Advantage software, you can be assured your copy of Windows is genuine, because otherwise all of your hard drives would be erased and appropriate authorities will be dispatched. You couldn't possibly be able to use this system if it wasn't."
Microsoft also recently announced it's new Quality Assurance Software, which is bundled with Windows Vista and is now a required Windows XP update.
"It searches your hard drives for foreign operating systems and deletes them immediately to assure that all of your software on your machine is of uniformly good quality. It also will automatically reinstall Windows on all of your hard drives in case you get tempted and decide to try any lesser operating systems," Ballmer noted.
Wow. You thought it was easier to type this question and enter the captcha correctly than to simply click the link and read the first three sentences.
And yes, I'm new here
Looks like you've already got the hang of it more so then I.:(
And I've been on Slashdot for almost two days now. It's a very different kind of community. You're forced to make good posts. Why go against internet tradition, anyway?
FTFA: "Since the end of May, Beta 2 has been downloaded more than 3 million times...That's 500 percent more than what was expected," the spokeswoman said. "The fee helps offset the cost of downloading from the servers." From one of the richest cash companies im the world who owns the Office? Yeah! Pinching pennies, are they? qz
Exactly what I was thinking. Why not use their billions of dollars instead of insisting that user pay for the privilege of testing their software?
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I have band-aids that will do the job just fine. They even have ABC's on them! :D
I would rather play Tuxracer any day of the week, thank you very much.
Will they increase fuel economy as well?
The graphics drivers could become outdated if they're included on the card. Unless this doesn't concern you, there's probably not much point to it.
If you have any concerns, just speak into a nearby phone and the NSA will be right with you.
Microsoft's New OS to Run Exclusively Microsoft Products
October 28, 2010
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft has just made a last-minute change in plans for it's newest operating system, Windows Vista.
The operating system, scheduled for release this December, will now only run Microsoft products, according to CEO Steve Ballmer.
"This is a very exciting time for us all," announced Ballmer. "For years, end-users have been forced to choose between products by third party developers and Microsoft. Now, they won't have to," he explained.
Ballmer also claims that the new operating system will feature cutting-edge security.
"Because the system will only run Microsoft products, you will continue to see the stability and security you expect of Microsoft," he continued. "And with the new Privacy Protection Advantage software, you can be assured your copy of Windows is genuine, because otherwise all of your hard drives would be erased and appropriate authorities will be dispatched. You couldn't possibly be able to use this system if it wasn't."
Microsoft also recently announced it's new Quality Assurance Software, which is bundled with Windows Vista and is now a required Windows XP update.
"It searches your hard drives for foreign operating systems and deletes them immediately to assure that all of your software on your machine is of uniformly good quality. It also will automatically reinstall Windows on all of your hard drives in case you get tempted and decide to try any lesser operating systems," Ballmer noted.
And now, if you'd excuse me, I'm off to McDonald's for a couple of Egg McMuffins. And maybe like six Big Macs afterward!
And why are they doing this, exactly?
You're forgetting that this is Slashdot. Reading articles before making comments about them is frowned upon.
The irony is that the GPL is making restrictions in order to fight them.