Posted on 01/04/2014 8:48:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
If Microsoft released a tiny Linux-type barebones OS, that would be something interesting
You can make your own Linux too. You can add the software you want and remove the software you don’t want.
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org and http://susestudio.com/ (your own flavor of openSUSE linux)
Microsoft did the same thing to a small Internet company that I was a part of back in 1996-1997 when they stole the term "Internet Explorer" from us - term we had a registered trademark for, then had the audacity to sue us, claming in court that "Internet Explorer" was a generic term.
Which completely contradicted a previous argument where they claimed "Windows" was specific to their product!
Microsoft lost in court to us, but by that time the company founder had spent every last dime we made in defeating Microsoft and we ended up bankrupt anyway. (Company founder was a complete dumb-ass. Let his ego get in the way of settling with Microsoft for 2.5 million dollars - their one and only offer - to "buy" the term "Internet Explorer from us. Founder believed it was worth 10x that.)
Microsoft will get to doing that as soon as it stops supporting an 11 year old, security-hole riddled OS named Windows XP that some Freepers claim to be the "best OS ever" and will never migrate from.
In all seriousness, Microsoft's problem for years has been that they attempt sometimes badly backwards compatability with legacy OS and programs. That inherently limits their ability to develop a more efficient OS kernel, "break with the past" and innovate - like Apple and Linux (I know, Apple = Linux.)
I suspect we've seen the beginning of change at Microsoft with Windows 8, which aside from its ugly Metro UI is a MUCH more efficient OS down to the kernel than its predecessor Windows 7 and is light-years ahead of XP in terms of speed, security, stability and resource efficiency.
Microsoft's also working towards faster OS release/upgrade cycles more in line with Apple/Linux so I'd hope that would drive innovation at Microsoft.
Time will tell.
(Disclaimer: I happen to use Microsoft, Apple and Linux OS' in my home. Even though I've been mostly a MS user since 1985, I much prefer Apple w/Ubuntu a very, very close second. But then I use each platform for different things....)
Not necessarily true. I'm in the middle of architecting and building a hybrid-cloud solution for my employer (large bank) with the goal being using the public cloud for burstable processing power. That means having our private cloud defined and implemented well enough that we can call public cloud services to process data for us, while retaining the data in-house.
From the discussions I've had with other large organizations (banks, manufacturing, retail, other large financial services firms) I'm not hearing ANYONE who's moving their Data to the cloud. The recent revelations about the NSA have largely put a stop to that. Security concerns around hackers, DDOS attacks etc.. preventing a company from accessing their data in the cloud are also key stopping points.
because they can’t outsource their IT staff, which is suicidal IMO.
The intent of Cloud Computing (let's face it, "Cloud is a term for "internet based" or "ASP's" as they were known 5-10 years ago) is less about outsourcing and more about finding new ways to increase data processing capabilities in the most efficient manner possible.
"Most efficient" doesn't mean less staff, it means more automation to reduce manual work allowing employees to focus on more strategic types of work. Pushing that management speak aside, "getting there" to "Cloud Computing" whether private, public or hybrid cloud solutions happens to be a very labor intensive effort. Anyone "moving to the cloud" is not cutting employees -- they're adding.
Only a moron(or MBA) would hand over all of their company’s data and infrastructure to a 3rd party that could be on the other side of the world with the goal of saving a few dollars.
It doesn't take an MBA to know that the above statement is 100% correct!! Recent revelations about the NSA really are rocking the financial services industry right now. NO ONE wants their client's personally identifiable information to be exposed to the NSA or hackers -- period. Any company's ability to protect their data is only as good as their ability to protect it. Turning a client's personal data and financial information over to a third-party in our organization (I work for a wealth management financial services company & large multinational bank) is literally giving over the keys to the kingdom. Ain't gonna happen and if we did, we'd need our clients permission first. If we were to simply outsource their data to a third-party without their consent or knowledge, should they find out about it we'd hemmorage customers and be out of business faster than I care to think about it.
How much does he think “Internet Explorer” is worth when browsers are free?
You are very welcome
Keep in mind, in 1996/1997 the big player in the web browser space was NetScape --- "Internet Explorer" from Microsoft either didn't exist yet or was just beginning to gain market share (I cannot remember which.)
The battle was over the name and at that time market share = mind share which (again, at the time) might have equaled revenue stream.
Either way, the founder of the company was a bleeping idiot and rather than take the cash as he should've fought "on principle" (his words, every time we told him to settle.)
Ahh well!
Another resource is http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
It has good descriptions of 10 of the popular Linux distros.
My preferences at this time are Linux Mint and Fedora.
You can download the distros and burn them to a DVD or, if you are bandwidth limited, you can get disks from osdisc.com for $3 to $6 a copy.
Also, get the live/install versions. You can try it out in live mode and if you like it, just hit the Install icon.
If you don’t want to remove your existing OS, just make your computer dual boot. When you start the PC, you will get a screen that asks you which OS you want to start. Of the distros that I’ve tried, Mint is the easiest to do this with as you don’t have to mess with partitioning the HDD unless you want to.
Sounds to me the owner had some quaint notion that 'justice' was to be found in our legal system. Hopefully he's outgrown that archaic comcept to bed by now.
LOL!! TRUE! Couldn't tell you one way or another. I left the company and they bought my contract out in March of 1997. My last contact with him/anything to do with him was when the FBI showed up at my new employer asking if I knew where he was.
Seems along the way he committed bank fraud and skipped the country.
It seems to me that there will be some truly amazing cell phone PDA’s coming out over the next decade - not to mention computerized chauffeurs built into automobiles.
My cousin who works there in Seattle informed me just yesterday that this project has a code name of “Blue Screen”, ‘Brabra Streisand’ among the engineers involved, or shortly ‘BS’ elsewhere within the company.
true, I forgot about the vaunted “browser wars” that seemed to only include the 2 big boys at the time
I will never keep my data in a “cloud.” I will never trust my data to anyone anywhere. It’s on my computer and backed up on an external hard drive. Nuff said!
Have they ever created an operating system?
RE: Have they ever created an operating system?
So, who created Windows?
Windows is an operating system?
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