Comment: To be fair . . . (Score 2) 497
You are comparing very old Apple technology, to very old Microsoft technology.
I am not sure if that proves anything about the current state of either technologies.
Comment: Patent lawsuits (Score -1, Troll) 497
All msft has to do is sue their competitors out of business. This has been msft's strategy for years.
Part of their strategy. The other part is to have everybody vendor-locked with msft's proprietary formats.
Comment: But can MS *dominate* the market? (Score 2, Interesting) 497
Of course msft can survive.
But, can msft continue to dominate the industry the way they do today? Can msft continue to vendor lock everybody? Can msft continue to force so-called "upgrades?" Can msft enforce their proprietary documents format?
Sure msft can survive, but will they be anything like the msft of today?
+ - First Government Lawsuit Against a Patent Troll ->
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walterbyrd writes "Late last year, a vigorous and secretive patent troll began sending out thousands of letters to small businesses all around the country, insisting that they owed between $900 and $1,200 per worker just for using scanners. The brazen patent-trolling scheme, carried out by a company called MPHJ technologies and dozens of shell companies with six-letter names, has caught the attention of politicians.
MPHJ and its principals may have gone too far. They're now the subject of a government lawsuit targeting patent trolling—the first ever such case. Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell has filed suit in his home state, saying that MPHJ is violating Vermont consumer-protection laws."
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MPHJ and its principals may have gone too far. They're now the subject of a government lawsuit targeting patent trolling—the first ever such case. Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell has filed suit in his home state, saying that MPHJ is violating Vermont consumer-protection laws."
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Comment: But how many **browser based ** languages? (Score 1) 312
Seems to me there is all of **one** browser based programming languages in common usage. And that one language has some very serious defects which, practically, cannot be fixed.
Comment: Re:As long as it kills Javascript (Score 1) 312
> Dart is basically an inferior Ecmascript 6.
No it is not.
10 reasons why Dart is cooler than JavaScript
http://www.grobmeier.de/10-reasons-why-dart-is-cooler-than-javascript-03012012.html#.UZzaoaARiXk
Comment: Re:Big fat waste of effort. (Score 1) 312
> Why they recreated Ecmascript 6 is beyond me.
Because of inherent limitations in Ecmascript, that cannot be fixed. I believe Google has explained all this.
+ - Goodbye, Lotus 1-2-3->
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walterbyrd writes "In 2012, IBM started retiring the Lotus brand. Now 1-2-3, the core product that brought Lotus its fame, takes its turn on the chopping block. IBM stated, "Effective on the dates listed below, [June 11, 2013] IBM will withdraw from marketing part numbers from the following product release(s) licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:" IBM Lotus 123 Millennium Edition V9.x, IBM Lotus SmartSuite 9.x V9.8.0, and Organizer V6.1.0.
Further, IBM stated, "Customers will no longer be able to receive support for these offerings after September 30, 2014. No service extensions will be offered. There will be no replacement programs.""
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Further, IBM stated, "Customers will no longer be able to receive support for these offerings after September 30, 2014. No service extensions will be offered. There will be no replacement programs.""
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Comment: Re:A win for me (Score 0) 716
No, the government of Somilia, like all Islamic governed countries, is much more like totalitarianism, than libertarianism.
Comment: Slashdot is over-run with MS shills (Score 1) 126
Can't you tell?
Comment: This after insisting the USA needs more H1Bs (Score 1) 368
After insisting, for years, that the US needs more H1Bs, because of a desperate shortage of trained Americans. Bloomberg now recommends that Americans become plumbers, to avoid offshore competition.
Comment: Re:No Linux version? (Score 1) 519
There are already Linux apps that can be used to put songs on an iPod. I think the Linux apps work with an iPhone as well.
Why bother with that horrid iTunes interface, and the 79 page contract.
Comment: I use Rythembox, not iTunes, for my iPod (Score 1) 519
Works for me. Not sure how well it works for iPhone.
Comment: Re: Too little, too late? (Score 1) 491
> People will go with Win 8 because there is no alternative other than Mac
Stay with Windows 7?
Comment: Re:Why not eat... (Score 1, Troll) 626
> There's some excellent fat marbling on some of the North American specimens.
But consider all the chemical crap those things eat. Read the ingredients on a bag of doritos, or a can of coke. Do you want to eat something that has been feeding on that garbage?