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Comment Re:New vs. Classic (Score 1) 136

Like it or not. Microsoft windows and their other products have been a part of NASA space flight forever now. What do you think all those laptops up on the space station are running for their day to day work? Same thing you or I use on our work laptops for our day to day work. Of course this is for their day to day productivity work. Life support systems on space craft are not running on windows. But likely specialized controllers or embedded Linux PCS.

Comment Re:Coronalmassejectionbird Client (Score 1) 136

Quite frankly using OWA or ANY web based app in space would probably be a really stupid idea with the latency and intermittent connectivity. At least using real outlook or any other local mail client emails will be cached on the client side for when there is a lack of connectivity. Also saves on bandwidth only having to download it to the client once, rather than OWA having to retrieve the same email over and over each time it's accessed. Bandwidth on the deep space network is a limited resource that also has to be used for other needs.

Comment Re:Sony makes memory cards? (Score 1) 50

I'm pretty sure at this point all Sony consumer goods survives off of is the Playstation and their camera sensors. They've been a has been a has been in the tech av world for at least a decade now. In the 90s-early 2000s they dominated the tech/av world. It feels like companies like DJI are picking up the ball that Sony dropped. If Sony was still what it was back in the early 2000's we'd probably be flying around Sony camera drones.

Comment Re:Why are lawsuits allowed against end users? (Score 1) 43

Snap should just be able to go into count and ask the judge to dismiss the lawsuit pending Dolby having a successful lawsuit against AOMedia directly. If Dolby is successful in that lawsuit then Snap can either a) Pay Dolby for licensing the codec. b) Discontinue use of the codec.

Comment Why are lawsuits allowed against end users? (Score 4, Interesting) 43

The legal system needs changes. Why is an initial lawsuit being filed against one of many end users of this codec? It should be required that Dolby brings an initial lawsuit against the developer of the codec AOMedia. If they successfully win that lawsuit then they can start targeting end users who either don't appropriately licence said coded from the winner of the lawsuit or continue to use the codec and not switch to something else.

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