Things anyone should know about Microsoft......

dmgeistdmgeist
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
<a href="http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm"; target="_blank">Wndows Xp shows the direction Microsoft is going.....</a>



This is a great article and a interesting read...these are just a few links from the web site.....



<a href="http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/257283"; target="_blank">Why Microsoft is watching us watch Dvd's</a>



<a href="http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/"; target="_blank">Unpatched IE secrurity holes......</a>



<a href="http://www.scorpioncity.com/mscrash.shtml"; target="_blank">Independent Crash Gallery.....</a>



<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=unchecked+buffer+site:microsoft.com"; target="_blank">Google search for Microsoft unchecked buffers</a><a href="http://bsdvault.net/article.php?sid=527&mode=&order=0"; target="_blank">Microsoft's digtal rights managment: And your privacy</a>



<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycleconsumer.mspx"; target="_blank">Windows Desktop Product Life cycle support and availability policies for consumers</a>



<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2873149,00.html"; target="_blank">MS:why we cant trust your trustworthy OS</a>

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 18
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    LOL!!















    [ 12-26-2002: Message edited by: Mulattabianca ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 18
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    me too; i hate my PC.
  • Reply 3 of 18
    trailmaster308trailmaster308 Posts: 699member
    god i love my macs....tomorrow i have to go back to my pc's at work.
  • Reply 4 of 18
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    Hate them or love them, u got to live with them
  • Reply 5 of 18
    shawnpatrickjoyceshawnpatrickjoyce Posts: 2,417member
    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> !!!
  • Reply 6 of 18
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    It's too bad Isys Information Arcitects' web site went down. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> They had some really great stuff there in the Interface Hall of Shame. I'm currently extrating the archived pieces of it from the Wayback Machine and will post a link to my own mirror when it's ready...
  • Reply 7 of 18
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>It's too bad Isys Information Arcitects' web site went down. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> They had some really great stuff there in the Interface Hall of Shame. I'm currently extrating the archived pieces of it from the Wayback Machine and will post a link to my own mirror when it's ready...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Looking foward to seeing stuff from the interface hall of shame. If its anything like what I have seen it shall be a laugh <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 8 of 18
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    CRIKEY. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> That is the first and LAST time I try to pull and recode a whole website from the Wayback Machine. What a pain!!



    I got everything important minus only two or three images. I rewrote the links so they should all point to the proper files on my iDisk. The only pages I didn't pull are the Announcments page, Feedback page, and IIA's own software development page.



    The material on these pages is very informative and hilarious at times. There are even a few Mac examples scattered about too. The in-depth look at QuickTime 4 gives me shivers. I HATED the QuickTime 4 Player's interface. There are some things that have carried over to even the current player that are terrible. Maybe I should write an article about it...



    Anyhow, enjoy!



    Brad's <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/index.html"; target="_blank">Isys Information Architects</a> Mirror.



    Oh, and by the way, this thread belong in General Discussion. Moving now...



    [ 12-27-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 18
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    just so this thread doesn't get hijacked by brad, im going to start a new one where we can talk about Brad's website



    edit: <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=003442"; target="_blank">see here</a>



    [ 12-27-2002: Message edited by: Paul ]</p>
  • Reply 10 of 18
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    <a href="http://www.scorpioncity.com/downloads/gates_30_240.mov"; target="_blank">one of the infamous clips</a>
  • Reply 11 of 18
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    *argh* in one of those sites i found a link to something *really* scary:







    <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 12 of 18
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    LOL!!











  • Reply 13 of 18
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    errr nevermind... seems i wasn't paying attention... <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />



    [ 12-27-2002: Message edited by: Paul ]</p>
  • Reply 14 of 18
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    what do you think ?



    will microsoft fail with palladium ? is it gonna work ? if not, will everybody switch ? (to linux or mac, doesn't matter)



    Personally, I think it's not gonna work, but consumers will buy it anyways. as always.
  • Reply 15 of 18
    lemon bon bonlemon bon bon Posts: 2,383member
    Many people will buy into Palladium.



    But maybe just the right amount will not.



    What's important is...



    ...will Apple be in a strategic position to pounce?



    Are business/schools going to dump Windows and blow heaps on PPC hardware and 'X'.



    Will business' dump their servers and go X-serve crazy?



    Will schools and business just stay with what they have for a while, voting with their wallets.



    Does Apple have the right machines at the right prices to take advantage of the Palladium issue?



    Does Apple have the right software running on the right processor for these companies to defect?



    Do they have a decent Office App with M$ Office compatablility to address people's concerns about Mac? Yeah. OS X Office. But what if M$ pulls the plug on that. Then what?



    Is Marklar Apple's salvo into the side of the M$ Palladium ship?



    I see precious little evidence, even with 'X' and 'X-serve' and especially with Apple's entropic advertising...that Apple are capable of thinking different(ly) or big enough.



    For what it's worth, I think Apple will shrug off every last bit of dependence on Redmond over the next year.



    I think the gloves are coming off. What this means and whether we'll see a frontal assault via Marklar? I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.



    Lemon Bon Bon
  • Reply 16 of 18
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mulattabianca:

    <strong>*argh* in one of those sites i found a link to something *really* scary:







    <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Ya, I hope this will NEVER happen.
  • Reply 17 of 18
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Actually, that's already a "theme" for OSX. She got that image from <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/max_08/index_themes.htm"; target="_blank">here</a>.
  • Reply 18 of 18
    snoopysnoopy Posts: 1,901member
    For those of us who don't know what's going on, can someone give very short comments on:



    1. What are the digital rights that users must agree to in XP?



    2. How will Palladium be still different?



    3. When will Palladium appear?
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