It's up to the newcomers to either choose to be compatible or go it on their own. Please illuminate on how can the newcomers be compatible with a patent covered proprietary piece of software guarded by a compatibility-hostile company. Care to explain this to me for I seem to be too dumb to figure that out. Maybe you're smart enough. I would sure as hell like to build such an operating system and get all the money, fame and why not beautiful women.
An operating system is very unlikely to kill any hardware part and I seriously doubt Linux does so. I had linux installed on numerous machines and none of them had any problems.
Refusing to service hardware on a machine loaded with another operating system than the one preinstalled is limiting the usability of that machine. The next thing you know, they'll ban you from installing open office.org. Since it's my computer I can do whatever the hell I want with it, as long as I don't tinker with the hardware you'd better fix it. If cars were in the discussion this is just like a car manufacturer voiding your warranty because you have taken it on a list of forbidden roads. If I buy a computer I think it's quite obvious I've bought it to run software and guess what I'll run the software I want on it, that's why I bought it didn't I.
I'm not from the UK but don't you have a consumer rights protection authority there? If you do I'd say you pay them a visit and tell them about PC World. And why not shout this as loud as you can over the web. This might hurt. As far as I know their the biggest IT retailer in the UK. Maybe they don't want their reputation flawed.
Apple is not doomed, and nor will be Microsoft. They're to big for that, but they'll get in the IBM state. A vegetating company, one that lives on it's past glory. True Microsoft has control over the PC market, but they're loosing share, and will continue to do so with future releases of Windows. The same might happen to Apple. As people get more aware of the problems with TC and DRM (technologies that Apple is very happy with, they just seem to love it) they will probably switch to open software.
I don't think MacOS has the future either. They are a lock-in company. I think in the longer therm people will be looking for open systems that offer good interoperability. We've all seen what closed source can do with security. I think people will get more and more concerned about stuff like Trusted Computing and DRM and they'll aim for the open systems. Even if they can't look inside themselves, people know that at least 1% of the users can and if something is wrong they'll shout out loud. I personally can't trust a Apple computer. I had in mind buying one, but I don't want another windows like system.
Just when I thought Europe was going to be the last bastion of freedom in the world.
Amin to that. I used to say the EU has better privacy laws than the US. I now retract all my words. Sorry to everyone. It seems the EU can neither hold their appetite for control and surveillance. I guess it's in the government's blood or something. Why do people in charge have to be imbeciles?
There are numerous companies that sell their computers with FreeDOS(the closest you can get to an empty machine - not much you can do with it), but you might have big issues with hardware compatibility. So you're better of with a windows dell. At least you can be sure there's hardware support. And you also get a quite cheep windows license.
Those are poorly designed sites made by idiots. If somebody does a stupid thing it's not like you should do the same just because it's a common thing. The internet is currently a crappy place. Let's not keep it that way.
It's really not an option to drop IE testing. It's still the browser on windows and it has about 60% of the market. You just can't expect users to change their habits just so that they can view a bunch of sites. They simply won't.
As far as I know the US has not equivalent to EU's data protection policy. In that case it's all in the hands of Yahoo's privacy policy. But I doubt Yahoo would suffer anything since the US has turned in a low end police state. Forcing websites to hand over user data on a regular basis. In any case a Hong Kong individual is a customer of yahoo China so he should have started a lawsuit in China(seriously doubt he would have won).
It's just all to simple. Manufacturers should be allowed to do whatever they want with their products. If IBM at one point wants to prevent you from changing the software installed on the machine let them do it. If you don't like this then you're free to chose another manufacturer. It's a free world. It's that we linux guys expect to change the world. You can't expect the entire industry to play along. If we put too many obstacles in their way then thy might switch to another operating system. And I think that would be more disturbing than some company ensuring that the software installed on their boxes is not changed.
The fact that processes generally wait for input is nothing that a programming technique can change. It's a problem with all computers either single core or multi core. But if let's say a process is doing some intense calculations it's highly possible that it will run on a core of it's own. Now that's what I call speed boost
I thing you can get some advantage form a multi core processor (maybe not 80 cores but 32 would be a good number I). A operating system is not a single process with a single thread. A clean installation of Windows has at least 24 processes at boot time. That means if the Kernel is smart enough it will run each of them on a separate core giving you quite a speed boost, and still leaving lots of space.
It's true that if software was designed with multi threading in mind you could get an even bigger speed boost, but there has to be a speed boost.
For god's sake don't do it. It can cause a whole lot of problems. I think I don't have to mention how much I hate it.(as you might have guessed I'm from the EU).
The stupid idea of linux guys again. "We're the best! People should use our software because we're so much better. We're going to dictate to users what software to use. It's our way or the highway".
Come on when will we wake up. I've been in the linux world for quite some time now and I've been hearing this over and over again. Enough! You won't be able to get grandma to switch to linux because it's better, because for what she's concerned it might not. Mind you if you have a freshly installed version of windows with firefox and thunderbird it will perform mostly the same as linux. She will switch because she wants a cheap OS (free is better). Wine is not a viable alternative to windows. It simply does not work as windows. And it's no tool for the common user. It's just not there yet. Nobody will migrate to linux and use windows apps. He'll try to use native linux apps, but what if there's no decent alternative for his prefered app to do X.
The it's our way or the highway will get us nowhere. The one platform era is over. I think we will not see a dominant platform anymore. That's the advantage of competition. We've all seen what Windows monopoly brought. Pure hell. The industry is now shifting towards interoperability between platforms. Apple has switched to Intel processors, wine is getting better and virtualization software is all around us.
I think this is just a lame excuse to not include wine in dell ubuntu installations. I think they're afraid of Microsoft. The giant now sees itself slowly losing control. And by the time you get used to having it it's hard to give it away. So I guess they're afraid of being sued for patent violation, but admitting it would make them look bad. The solution invent a stupid excuse. Here you have it.
1. The USA is the world's most progressive nation, in the sense that it is the first and best democracy, the country in which the rule of law is most clearly supreme, and generally the most virtuous. Therefore it has a moral right, or even an obligation, to lead others towards the light (at least, those of them who survive the trip) What is the light. As far as I know I'm free to chose my own way. Since when is "The USA" the keeper of the "light". Second I've not voted for Bush and as far as I am concerned he can kiss my posterior. You voted for him you keep him. We've got enough imbeciles no need for more. The USA is not so happy to let US citizens be trialled in another country even if they commit a crime on that country's soil.
I've said it before and I have to say it again. You really have big problems there. Try solving yours before you show us the light.
Are you by any chance employed to support windows? I think you are. And if that's the case you should really start learning linux because you might find yourself out of job sometime soon.
You're talking about Ubuntu not being reliable because it's only 5 years old. Well you obviously know nothing about linux. Ubuntu is just a distribution. The kernel is the important one and that particular component is very old and mature. It's curious how some people can still trust a company that has not given a damn about internet security (and I'm talking about IE) for a few years and it would have probably continued to do so if FireFox wouldn't have been released. Is that what you call reliability? Damn you're easy to satisfy!!
On the other hand Ubuntu is not only safe but reliable. I have not had any system failures in the past year of using Ubuntu (and never in my entire liux user life), but quite a few in my Windows life (not to mention a whole disk virus infestation that cost me most of my data). How's that for reliability.
I had to reinstall windows every 2-3 months but the Ubuntu installation is already 6 months old. Unreliable isn't it?
So I guess your 10 years of experience are really useless. Welcome to the real world:D
I'm not saying the EU is better. I admit we have problems here in the EU. I also admit having a corrupt system, but we somehow managed to avoid this particular one up to now. I'm not sure for how much longer.
Personally I'm fed up with the stupid EU laws (we also have a whole lot of them).
I said much the same yesterday about patents. ...
Locking up ideas in patetents is, to me, morally reprehensible too. It inhibits the free flow of ideas by regulating techniques, knowledge, and even the conclusions one can draw from data. I believe that the cost to society of the patent is too high. People invented things before they were granted monopolies, and they will continue to do so after those monopolies are removed. As the pace of innovation accelerates, more people encounter roadblocks caused by this unwise funding. And its exactly that they are paying for the discoveries of a past era through royalties now.
Intellectual property of all sorts is absurd. The idea could sink our culture. True. But I don't suppose patents will go away anytime soon since the ones ruling are the big corporations whom benefit a whole lot from them. We're having a hard time keeping software patents away in Europe and we might loose the war since most of the big ones would like having then so that they can sue small competitors out of the market. So as long as the big guys have the power patents will be there.
For THE democratic and free country that the US should be your intelectual property and patent laws truly suck. It just makes it very hard to innovate. The court should work against monopoly not to ensure it. By killing Vonage the court has fortified Verizon's position by eliminating competition. This sounds as a move toward monopoly to me. I really hope the EU parliment will not vote for software patents.
If his cronies get control of Iraq again that means the whole multinational force is worth nothing. How can some rokies measure up to a very well equiped army that eats milions of dolars out of contributor's money? If they're so easy to beat then their place is at home not on the battle field.
This execution does not seem the best solution in my oppinion. I guess there is a reason for their hurry to execute him. Why not condamn him to lifetime prison. Now we'll never know the truth. Don't get me wrong I'm not defending Sadam. I'm sure he deserves a lot of years behind bars(I'm against his execution though). It's just that I don't trust the american government or any other international organism delegated to judge Sadam. There had to be a lot of pressure on the jurry.
On the other hand where are all the chemical weapons? I bet they forgot to search for them after they've found petrol.
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An operating system is very unlikely to kill any hardware part and I seriously doubt Linux does so. I had linux installed on numerous machines and none of them had any problems.
Refusing to service hardware on a machine loaded with another operating system than the one preinstalled is limiting the usability of that machine. The next thing you know, they'll ban you from installing open office.org. Since it's my computer I can do whatever the hell I want with it, as long as I don't tinker with the hardware you'd better fix it. If cars were in the discussion this is just like a car manufacturer voiding your warranty because you have taken it on a list of forbidden roads. If I buy a computer I think it's quite obvious I've bought it to run software and guess what I'll run the software I want on it, that's why I bought it didn't I.
I'm not from the UK but don't you have a consumer rights protection authority there? If you do I'd say you pay them a visit and tell them about PC World. And why not shout this as loud as you can over the web. This might hurt. As far as I know their the biggest IT retailer in the UK. Maybe they don't want their reputation flawed.
Apple is not doomed, and nor will be Microsoft. They're to big for that, but they'll get in the IBM state. A vegetating company, one that lives on it's past glory. True Microsoft has control over the PC market, but they're loosing share, and will continue to do so with future releases of Windows. The same might happen to Apple. As people get more aware of the problems with TC and DRM (technologies that Apple is very happy with, they just seem to love it) they will probably switch to open software.
I don't think MacOS has the future either. They are a lock-in company. I think in the longer therm people will be looking for open systems that offer good interoperability. We've all seen what closed source can do with security. I think people will get more and more concerned about stuff like Trusted Computing and DRM and they'll aim for the open systems. Even if they can't look inside themselves, people know that at least 1% of the users can and if something is wrong they'll shout out loud. I personally can't trust a Apple computer. I had in mind buying one, but I don't want another windows like system.
Amin to that. I used to say the EU has better privacy laws than the US. I now retract all my words. Sorry to everyone. It seems the EU can neither hold their appetite for control and surveillance. I guess it's in the government's blood or something. Why do people in charge have to be imbeciles?
There are numerous companies that sell their computers with FreeDOS(the closest you can get to an empty machine - not much you can do with it), but you might have big issues with hardware compatibility. So you're better of with a windows dell. At least you can be sure there's hardware support. And you also get a quite cheep windows license.
Those are poorly designed sites made by idiots. If somebody does a stupid thing it's not like you should do the same just because it's a common thing. The internet is currently a crappy place. Let's not keep it that way.
It's really not an option to drop IE testing. It's still the browser on windows and it has about 60% of the market. You just can't expect users to change their habits just so that they can view a bunch of sites. They simply won't.
As far as I know the US has not equivalent to EU's data protection policy. In that case it's all in the hands of Yahoo's privacy policy. But I doubt Yahoo would suffer anything since the US has turned in a low end police state. Forcing websites to hand over user data on a regular basis. In any case a Hong Kong individual is a customer of yahoo China so he should have started a lawsuit in China(seriously doubt he would have won).
If you don't feel comfortable with a manufacturer's policy you can just switch.
It's just all to simple. Manufacturers should be allowed to do whatever they want with their products. If IBM at one point wants to prevent you from changing the software installed on the machine let them do it. If you don't like this then you're free to chose another manufacturer. It's a free world. It's that we linux guys expect to change the world. You can't expect the entire industry to play along. If we put too many obstacles in their way then thy might switch to another operating system. And I think that would be more disturbing than some company ensuring that the software installed on their boxes is not changed.
The fact that processes generally wait for input is nothing that a programming technique can change. It's a problem with all computers either single core or multi core. But if let's say a process is doing some intense calculations it's highly possible that it will run on a core of it's own. Now that's what I call speed boost
I thing you can get some advantage form a multi core processor (maybe not 80 cores but 32 would be a good number I). A operating system is not a single process with a single thread. A clean installation of Windows has at least 24 processes at boot time. That means if the Kernel is smart enough it will run each of them on a separate core giving you quite a speed boost, and still leaving lots of space.
It's true that if software was designed with multi threading in mind you could get an even bigger speed boost, but there has to be a speed boost.
For god's sake don't do it. It can cause a whole lot of problems. I think I don't have to mention how much I hate it.(as you might have guessed I'm from the EU).
The stupid idea of linux guys again. "We're the best! People should use our software because we're so much better. We're going to dictate to users what software to use. It's our way or the highway".
Come on when will we wake up. I've been in the linux world for quite some time now and I've been hearing this over and over again. Enough! You won't be able to get grandma to switch to linux because it's better, because for what she's concerned it might not. Mind you if you have a freshly installed version of windows with firefox and thunderbird it will perform mostly the same as linux. She will switch because she wants a cheap OS (free is better). Wine is not a viable alternative to windows. It simply does not work as windows. And it's no tool for the common user. It's just not there yet. Nobody will migrate to linux and use windows apps. He'll try to use native linux apps, but what if there's no decent alternative for his prefered app to do X.
The it's our way or the highway will get us nowhere. The one platform era is over. I think we will not see a dominant platform anymore. That's the advantage of competition. We've all seen what Windows monopoly brought. Pure hell. The industry is now shifting towards interoperability between platforms. Apple has switched to Intel processors, wine is getting better and virtualization software is all around us.
I think this is just a lame excuse to not include wine in dell ubuntu installations. I think they're afraid of Microsoft. The giant now sees itself slowly losing control. And by the time you get used to having it it's hard to give it away. So I guess they're afraid of being sued for patent violation, but admitting it would make them look bad. The solution invent a stupid excuse. Here you have it.
Are you by any chance employed to support windows? I think you are. And if that's the case you should really start learning linux because you might find yourself out of job sometime soon.
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You're talking about Ubuntu not being reliable because it's only 5 years old. Well you obviously know nothing about linux. Ubuntu is just a distribution. The kernel is the important one and that particular component is very old and mature. It's curious how some people can still trust a company that has not given a damn about internet security (and I'm talking about IE) for a few years and it would have probably continued to do so if FireFox wouldn't have been released. Is that what you call reliability? Damn you're easy to satisfy!!
On the other hand Ubuntu is not only safe but reliable. I have not had any system failures in the past year of using Ubuntu (and never in my entire liux user life), but quite a few in my Windows life (not to mention a whole disk virus infestation that cost me most of my data). How's that for reliability.
I had to reinstall windows every 2-3 months but the Ubuntu installation is already 6 months old. Unreliable isn't it?
So I guess your 10 years of experience are really useless. Welcome to the real world
Well that's the courts business. To ensure that no company has the monopoly.
I'm not saying the EU is better. I admit we have problems here in the EU. I also admit having a corrupt system, but we somehow managed to avoid this particular one up to now. I'm not sure for how much longer. Personally I'm fed up with the stupid EU laws (we also have a whole lot of them).
Intellectual property of all sorts is absurd. The idea could sink our culture. True. But I don't suppose patents will go away anytime soon since the ones ruling are the big corporations whom benefit a whole lot from them. We're having a hard time keeping software patents away in Europe and we might loose the war since most of the big ones would like having then so that they can sue small competitors out of the market. So as long as the big guys have the power patents will be there.
For THE democratic and free country that the US should be your intelectual property and patent laws truly suck. It just makes it very hard to innovate. The court should work against monopoly not to ensure it. By killing Vonage the court has fortified Verizon's position by eliminating competition. This sounds as a move toward monopoly to me. I really hope the EU parliment will not vote for software patents.
It's easy to say you don't have time for science projects especially when it's not your money that's in the game.
If his cronies get control of Iraq again that means the whole multinational force is worth nothing. How can some rokies measure up to a very well equiped army that eats milions of dolars out of contributor's money? If they're so easy to beat then their place is at home not on the battle field.
This execution does not seem the best solution in my oppinion. I guess there is a reason for their hurry to execute him. Why not condamn him to lifetime prison. Now we'll never know the truth. Don't get me wrong I'm not defending Sadam. I'm sure he deserves a lot of years behind bars(I'm against his execution though). It's just that I don't trust the american government or any other international organism delegated to judge Sadam. There had to be a lot of pressure on the jurry. On the other hand where are all the chemical weapons? I bet they forgot to search for them after they've found petrol.