I see that Microsoft's new OS, Vista, has a large security vulnerability dealing with of all things the animated cursor. I thought that Vista was supposed to be so secure that we didn't have to worry about such things.
It appears that this vulnerability not only affects Vista, but it affects XP and windows 2000 editions. I thought that Vista was supposed to be a whole new rewrite of the code so that such things as this wouldn't affect all XP as well as Vista. Be careful of those Microsoft products, they are vulnerable to "drive-by" installations of malicious software.
In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure. Daniel Dennett
Monday, April 2. 2007
Windows Security
Saturday, March 10. 2007
New Offering
I find it interesting that it is being reported that Dell might be thinking about offering their computers with Linux installed instead of Windows. I think this is really a positive move for Dell. Linux is so much more robust and stable than Microsoft products that is only makes sense.
This idea came about from suggestions to Dell. The next recommendation? Offer Open Office which competes with Microsoft Office and its products. Again, this is a great idea. If you haven't tried Open Office I highly recommend it. The price is right, free, which means you don't have to feed the Microsoft beast to have a Office style suite of programs.
As you may have guessed, I am a big fan of high quality free software and Linux and Open Office fit the bill. I use these programs almost exclusively and recommend them.
Only the educated are free. Epictetus
This idea came about from suggestions to Dell. The next recommendation? Offer Open Office which competes with Microsoft Office and its products. Again, this is a great idea. If you haven't tried Open Office I highly recommend it. The price is right, free, which means you don't have to feed the Microsoft beast to have a Office style suite of programs.
As you may have guessed, I am a big fan of high quality free software and Linux and Open Office fit the bill. I use these programs almost exclusively and recommend them.
Only the educated are free. Epictetus
Wednesday, May 24. 2006
Pay As You Play
Microsoft has a new idea. Instead of selling you a copy of Windows to run your computer, they want you to rent a copy and keep making you pay for it over and over again. This is supposed to help the poorer people access computers.
The richest man in the world can't lower the price so poor people can access computers. [sarcasm]That wouldn't be right now, would it.[/sarcasm]
I have a wonderful idea though. Instead of relying on Windows to run those computers, why not use a free Operating System like Linux. The price is right and we aren't doing any favors for Bill Gates. That's the way to go.
Did you notice how much the Operating System jumps the price of the computer in the article. $300. And you wonder why Gates is the richest man in the world. Use Linux, screw Bill Gates.
In treating on the subject of the profits of capital, it is necessary to consider the princples which regulate the rise and fall of rent; as rent and profits, it will be seen, have a very intimate connexion with each other. David Ricardo
Microsoft has been reluctant to lower the price of its operating system to a level where people on a salary of $4,000 per annum can afford machines.
The richest man in the world can't lower the price so poor people can access computers. [sarcasm]That wouldn't be right now, would it.[/sarcasm]
I have a wonderful idea though. Instead of relying on Windows to run those computers, why not use a free Operating System like Linux. The price is right and we aren't doing any favors for Bill Gates. That's the way to go.
Did you notice how much the Operating System jumps the price of the computer in the article. $300. And you wonder why Gates is the richest man in the world. Use Linux, screw Bill Gates.
In treating on the subject of the profits of capital, it is necessary to consider the princples which regulate the rise and fall of rent; as rent and profits, it will be seen, have a very intimate connexion with each other. David Ricardo
Tuesday, March 14. 2006
Memory Hog
I hope you have lots of memory in your computer if you plan on upgrading to Microsoft's new system Vista when it comes out.
Vista set to swallow 800MB of RAM
That's a lot of memory, and up to 7 GB of hard disk space. Microsoft must have big investments with the memory and hard drive people and plans on drumming them up some more business. Those of us running Linux don't particularly have to worry about Vista, at least something is going my way for a change.
“You can’t use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!” HENRY ADAMS
Vista set to swallow 800MB of RAM
A chap who managed to sneak a peek at the Vole's internal beta version 2 of Windows 53xx informed us that, even while idling, Vista eats as much as 800Mb of system memory.
That's a lot of memory, and up to 7 GB of hard disk space. Microsoft must have big investments with the memory and hard drive people and plans on drumming them up some more business. Those of us running Linux don't particularly have to worry about Vista, at least something is going my way for a change.
“You can’t use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!” HENRY ADAMS
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