Comment Time to drop 2? (Score 1) 105
Wonder if it is time for Linux to drop 2. prefix, like with Java.
Stallman Says Cloud Computing Is a Trap 621
stevedcc writes in to tell us about an interview with RMS in The Guardian, in which he gives his views on cloud computing, with a particular focus on user access to data and the sacrifices made for convenience. "'It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign,' he told The Guardian. 'Somebody is saying this is inevitable — and whenever you hear somebody saying that, it's very likely to be a set of businesses campaigning to make it true.'" Computerworld has a summary of some of the blogosphere's reaction to RMS's position.
Comment What's the point? (Score 3, Insightful) 367
There are four scenarios, assuming we agree to what "safe" is.
- 1. Visiting paypal using a safe browser
- 2. Visiting paypal using an unsafe browser
- 3. Visiting a pishing site using a safe browser
- 4. Visiting a pishing site using an unsafe browser
The immediate result is only affecting scenario 2, so there will be some loss of business.
In the long run, paypal expects users who hit the scenario 2 to switch to a safe browser. And paypal is big and important enough (whether we like it or not) for a reasonable number of users to do the switch.
Submission + - Microsoft and Yahoo: no deal
AnuradhaRatnaweera writes: "Engadget reports that "the discussions [between Microsoft and Yahoo] are in fact no longer active, and it was concluded that competing is apparently marginally more productive than merging for the two mammoth businesses.""
