Posted on 03/20/2018 2:33:47 PM PDT by dayglored
in the past , I didnt have success using edge opening the oracle java app here at work ,
we shall see ..
I don’t begrudge Microsoft’s efforts as long as they provide a way for tech-savvy consumers to remove the restrictions. I’m enjoying Windows 10 for the most part. I had to uninstall a ton of AppX packages to get it where I wanted it, but it’s faster and more stable than Windows 8.1, IMO.
Microsoft’s not beyond reproach. They’re moving everything to a XaaS (X as a Service) model, but then so is everyone else. If they want to force us to use their OS, they need to keep it useable, but more importantly, it MUST be safe. Microsoft’s been beat up pretty bad over the years for being the easiest platform to compromise, but over the last 5 years, that moniker is becoming fuzzy. Apple and Linux systems, esp. IoT devices, are becoming easier targets, and you can thank Microsoft’s no-nonsense security posture for that.
Unless and until Microsoft prohibits me from installing another browser, photo viewer, video player, media manager, etc., I’ll continue to advocate for them. As soon as they start locking down the OS to their products, I’ll go fully to Ubuntu Linux for day-to-day.
Do you remember pre-Internet? CompuServe? It was all numbers maybe with a hyphen thrown in. Been there, done that, can’t remember—as it says on my “Genuine Antique Person” t-shirt.
I can’t remember the extensions... but, ya, I started BBSing (and FTPing) around 1980 (maybe between 1980-1984).
Third PC was the first one with DOS (first 2 had assembly/machine and Basic.. and the 1st one, I had to save onto a cassette recorder, along with a 300 Baud phone-cradle modem X^p ).
Never liked Winblows, but hated Apple more; wanted to stick with DOS, since very few could mess with my PC ;^)
I stick mainly with Linux KDE now.
OH! ... How could I forget IRC (mIRC)!
:D
Yep, I was a C-64 man myself. You could do a lot with 64k. In the office we went for Xenix on a Tandy 6000 (basically a Unix machine). I had 10 terminals hanging on that thing, using spreadsheet, word processor and database programs on the server. The whole setup was about $10k, a lot cheaper than networking PCs, which were selling for about $3k apiece at the time.
As far as I know, the C64 can still be useful in catching and reading packets sent and received (hack n crack).. :)
And the Amiga had the best gaming graphics and sound, back in the day ;~)
I still have one Vic-20 out in the garage. Used to build Ham Radio 2 meter repeater controller boards that plugged directly into the expansion port and burn controller software on a EEprom written in 6502 assembler. Was so easy those days.
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