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MythTV Invades Cable, TiVo 2712
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:15:20 -0600, JEDIDIAH Umm.. you should really check up on...
Is the Windows monopoly dying
As I read this, as well as the ending comparison of Mac OS-X, it was obvious, if you are not modular, you can't grow...
MS "Advice" for IE holes
Peter Köhlmann Heuristics, just been discussing that last night on a geek site. With me arguing from the...
Jon Hall: "Linux desktop era is upon us
Yes... very fitting... Free MonkeyNotes - Macbeth by William Shakespeare Act V, Scene 5 .... This scene clearly shows two sides of Macbeth, the appearance and the reality. In the beginning, the king is still puffed up...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2716
Let's see now: Regarding linux ..."IBM licenses the patches to you on an "as is" basis, without warranty of any...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2717
including Microsoft support. The only pretender here is *you*, putting words into people's mouths. Nobody *said...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2718
You might want to read your own cite, gordo! Then you might realize how thin is the linux veneer at IBM! LOL!!! To wit: "3. IBM Responsibilities: During your specified coverage period (Prime...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2719
I think that it is indeed a basic consumer-electronics business these days. That is certainly the way it is marketed. Now the study was attempting to measure Consumer Debt trust in brands and...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2720
I don't think you have ever seen where I claim to be a "programmer", ray! LOL!!! "Software developer" or "software...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2721
Just because IBM was too blind to see where the future led doesn't mean that Microsoft was as well. Gates made all the right moves, blind or not, and came out way ahead...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2722
and so on. You seem to enjoy repeating yourself, but I'm getting tired of it. Considering the date slippage, and the fact that they are trying to shoehorn in basic things like "security" at...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2723
On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:17:54 +0000, billwg This is why you don't use magic...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2724
snips On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:18:37 +0000, billwg It's a standard practice in software development which has existed for decades. Basically, it comes down to this: in many areas, the use...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2725
Well, you CS types are always worried about re-use, Bob, and that is not the engineering atbreastude. An engineer thinks of starting over from scratch with a finer base rather than putting another layer...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2726
snips On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:40:37 +0100, Mark Kent Bravo. However, I'll point out something which bill seems not to grasp. Code is *expensive*. It is, in fact, phenomenally...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2727
snips On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:31:06 +0000, Tim Smith IIRC, IBM's study concluded 10, on average. Even if it's 30, it's still ridiculously expensive. Actually...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2728
One interesting way to explain the vast time range computers deal with is to imagine that you are a CPU. Say, you are balancing a checkbook...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2729
Well, ray, you had said "Come to think of it, I've seen you claim to be a programmer...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2730
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:22:32 GMT This isn't too bad but could use more documentation. Also the cut and past apparently mangled the indent. Bad start. Not...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2731
billwg I am a "Software developer" or "software engineer" I am responsible for a rather...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2732
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Gordon wrote on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:38:22 +0100 s-Budweiser-favorite local microbrewery:-) In any event, Netscape had two tricks...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2733
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rick wrote on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:43:23 GMT It's unfair to Microsoft. :-) Frankly, I'm not sure if anything's fair but that's probably a debate for other newsgroups. In any event, it's...
Ballmer's Latest FUD 2734
Mathew P. I never said it did. Who? Where? "Often" would mean a significant minority...
Installing Xubuntu under Dapper Drake a nobrainer
Lobo Would appear that with Breezy you get something slightly different, my Appfinder is as follows: Applications-UtilitiesXfce4 Appfinder All you can do here as far as I can make out...
Web Site Attacks Against Unpatch IE Flaw Spike 2736
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:19:46 +0000, Edwin I see systems practically everyday that are inundated with various forms of malware that the owners had no clue were...
Web Site Attacks Against Unpatch IE Flaw Spike 2737
BearItAll on Tuesday 28 March 2006 08:38 As of this morning, there is a third-party, so-called...
Flash going down is good for Linux
tab Star Office came from UNIX, it isn't that it didn't make it big so went to Linux, it was already heading that way. In effect early Star Office was a gift...
Reg readers are lukewarm about Vista 2739
begin oeprotect.scr Interesting point. Of course, the longer you wait, the more time you have to consider alternative options. The interesting...
Reg readers are lukewarm about Vista 2740
Mark Kent Budgets are driving the upgrade cycle and most are finding that current state of the art on PC systems, being sufficiently fast and with the adequacy of current software, there is little...
Governments Neglect Windows
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:57:46 +0100 Highly debatable on all fronts, mostly because government and electronics have little to do with one another (except perhaps where laws...
What ever happened to Symantec
Two of our key machines, they back up to the servers of cause, but because of the importance of the machines to the company I decided to go for mirroring too. The problem...
Quinn: Dress Code Hinders Linux Adoption 2743
begin oeprotect.scr The decision which businesses have to make here is not really one of choosing open-source over proprietary, it's a more fundamental one, that being "Do...
Quinn: Dress Code Hinders Linux Adoption 2744
Mathew P. on Tuesday 28 March 2006 15:30 I could not agree more. The fact that suits go for...
Bosses and OpenSource FUD
Mark Kent on Sunday 02 April 2006 15:20 I don't have much to add to Gordon's remark or to your own opinion, but I very strongly agree...
Home Made SUSE 10 Wireless Router
I have an external 56k modem and an internal PCI wireless adapter on my upstairs computer. I have the exact same wireless adapter on my down stairs computer. I'm to...
Unable to download linux version of flash
begin oeprotect.scr I vaguely recall some work on such a player some time ago, but perhaps it...
Firefox 'Thanks' Microsoft
Mark Kent on Sunday 02 April 2006 15:26 If only you knew how often I hear the phrase "Go on the Internet" when referring to "double-click the Blue E". People no longer know...
Games on Linux was: Linux Wows Crowd
opity on Wednesday 29 March 2006 13:10 There are perils: But there is also exciting...
Linux Wows Crowd
You hit on an important point, that games increasingly depend more on creative content than software. I would not completely discount, however, the ability of the open source community step up in that regard...
With Microsoft in Chaos, Our Moment Has Arrived" 2751
What did he say that was exaggeration? Since nothing is quoted, I can't be sure, but I don't believe he had...
With Microsoft in Chaos, Our Moment Has Arrived" 2752
Sinister Midget on Wednesday 29 March 2006 13:26 I only quoted. I didn't comment on aspects...
Linux Takes Over Missioncritical Systems
Roy Schestowitz You are doing dated backups. But I come across system where they have a mirror, either a drive mirror or machine-machine mirror. But have no way to...
Third parties patch IE hole
History at the minimum hints that they'll break something. Whether it's an obvious break or one that takes years-months to find...
Why Internet Explorer Should Not be Used 2755
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz wrote on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:07:17 +0100 Because it's preinstalled, that's why. :-) After all, all one has to do is click on...
Why Internet Explorer Should Not be Used 2756
Grug on Friday 31 March 2006 20:02 ^^^ Article's breastle, not my comment. Unwillingness to explore is a very dangerous ("self-destructive" rather) behaviour. Allow me to illustrate using a...
Why Internet Explorer Should Not be Used 2758
The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 29 March 2006 21:59 Moreover, it's right there when you browse your drives. A menu breastled "Favourites...
Why Internet Explorer Should Not be Used 2759
The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 30 March 2006 16:58 ...And the user is disturbed. Back when I had a Windows parbreastion at the University, I just knew it was plagued with...
Making it happen
Hi all, For the last few months I have been keeping an eye on this group to see where...
Free software You can't just give it away 2762
On Thursday 23 February 2006 01:55 Vinella That in itself is interesting. Note that here (U.K. in particular) the...
asp.net
A few days ago in a thread .NET was mentioned, and I must say I quite like the idea of .NET, as I said in that thread though...
asp.net
BearItAll on Thursday 23 February 2006 10:24 There is a subtle catch to beware of. Minimalist hosting packages -- those which startups would often opt for -- can be as cheap as Linux equivalents. But much as...
Does anyone know howto setup the openvpn server on Endian firewall
Don't take this as a negative response, its just that it sounds like your starting too far...
She'll wind up back on the streets, doing maximum damage
Hi TWake, I asked if your daughter was anything like Patinhaminha, and you replied: I have no idea. She...
Install and Run Windows Applications in Linux 2767
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:48:45 +0000, Roy Schestowitz I don't know if it's just my hangup of using Linux for Linux's sake, but when informing people about Linux and OSS, I never even mention...
Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista, Five Things That Will Give You Pause 2768
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:15:25 -0600, rapskat No, it doesn't. IE has all the rights it needs (and only those rights) to download...
Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista, Five Things That Will Give You Pause 2768 plus
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:42:18 -0800, Kelsey Bjarnason Interesting how you can distort your own comments. Yes, 1Gbps Internet...
Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista, Five Things That Will Give You Pause 2770
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:43:59 -0800, Kelsey Bjarnason I was talking about your 10GBps pipe claim, and i was rounding and using decminal rather than base 2. Of course you knew...
Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista, Five Things That Will Give You Pause 2771
A lot said, there. A lot said that's relevant. But, on Ewik, it's completely and totally wasted. It'll probably push him off of this thread. Or...
2152006 Microsoft: Upgraded Motherboard = New Windows Licence 2772
Not unless it says so somewhere in the material included with the package. I certainly can't...
Dissatisfied Customer's Message to Bill Gates: 2773
The same way I'd explain the low employment rate for blacksmiths, buggy whip manufacturers, railroad engineers, steamship captains, riverboat...
Dell+Linux 2774
Larry Qualig on Thursday 23 February 2006 19:49 I am baffled. As the argument regarding laptops is irrelevant, let us look at the...
IBM Subpoenas Microsoft! Sun! Baystar and HP! 2775
billwg Not true, a subpoena is a legal action. You may not ignore it. You...
I actually understand what I read, and I can afford the luxury
Hi TWake, You told me: if you were paid more an hour then you wouldnt be working "all hours" now. Your ability to think ahead is the same as a six year old. You...
Unix is too hard. 2777
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:16:23 -0700 Well, you mentioned Unix as well, and there have been a lot of advances in...
One billion downloads 2778
On Saturday 25 February 2006 16:45 Ian Hilliard (We could do with a few more like you here, Ian!) All true. To some extent, it depends on what you bought, I suppose...
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