The first link in the article above should point to a different version of this emulator, which actually did include gcc and a small hello world program. I remember playing with that shortly and being hugely impressed by the fact that works really, really well. :)
This whole emulator is massively impressive imo. :)

In RDP, END takes over from Delete. :)

You don't really have to. I disabled RDP-access for Administrator on our servers. Change the policy that allows the Administrators group RDP-access so that only the Remote Desktop Users group can use RDP, then don't add Administrator to that group. I do the same with SSH.

I'm sure you really dislike Windows, even though you don't specify why.

I like Windows. I run Windows 7 on my work laptop. It doesn't really get in my way, other than those ridiculous Windows updates that force a reboot if you don't notice the window that says it's going to reboot after 15 minutes (like when you're trying to frag your coworkers in UT).

But I like many Linux-based operating systems more. I'm a huge fan of Slackware and a bit of a fan of Ubuntu (I liked Ubuntu much better years ago than I do now, after too many problems with fresh installs of the latest version of the OS). It's fine to prefer a Linux or BSD OS, or MacOS X, and not hate Windows at the same time. It's actually fine! Really! :)

I think we should be mature enough to have no issues with Windows just because you like something else better. This world doesn't have to be so black and white. Enjoy the colors!

So basically the surgeons, after taking out most of my inner ear due to a nasty inner ear infection, turned me into a jerk seeing as how I have hardly any hearing left in my right ear. Thanks for this article, now I can sue them, seeing as how it's their fault I have no friends.

If the average user is, say, one of my parents, the answer is probably "no, they are not waiting for innovation". They'll likely appreciate it, but if they are left with a working desktop that doesn't limit them in doing what they want to do, they are happy. Windows XP still suffices for most people, that pretty much sums that up I'd say. The bigger problem is, I think, that those innovations distract from improving existing features to stability, and oftentimes new features are shipped before being mature. Ubuntu, for example, has been pretty bad at this, shipping PulseAudio before it was complete enough to be included in an operating system. The result is that my sound didn't work well at all in the first release PA was included in so I'm left with a desktop that has advanced features and nice innovations... on paper. In reality I have to fiddle around with it to make it work - if I can get it to work at all. Hooking up a monitor to my laptop also doesn't work quite as smoothly as it should (although with Ubuntu 9.04 it does actually work for the first time).

It takes time to get your software stable, mature. Innovating is nice but if you focus on one, you're probably going to spend no time on the other. Besides, the target audience for innovations isn't quite as large as the target audience that want a stable, working desktop.

Other than ironic, it's a particularly dumb move imo: Brein - the organisation that hunts down anything P2P as much as they can - have managed to take down sites similar to TPB before. Quite a few times before, in fact. It is only a matter of time before they find out, and they'll manage to take it down, unfortunately.

I don't see why they would move it to the Netherlands because of the above, instead, they should move it to a country where these organisations such as Brain aren't prevalent or otherwise succesful. As much as I hate to admit, Brein has proved to be a real menace.