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Forum: General 01-09-2024, 04:37 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Funny thing about OS/2: “it’s still out there.”...

Funny thing about OS/2: “it’s still out there.” Not too long ago I encountered a Wells Fargo ATM that was crashed to a “Presentation Manager” screen. :)

While the “popular computer” momentum went...
Forum: General 01-06-2024, 08:53 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Where I see “Windows servers,” all the time, is:...

Where I see “Windows servers,” all the time, is: ”internal.” The enterprise has standardized on Microsoft, uses its “central sign-on” infrastructure everywhere, and uses Microsoft for its internal...
Forum: General 12-06-2023, 09:14 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
"Koff, koff ..." It was simply because: this what...

"Koff, koff ..." It was simply because: this what we had. And, plenty of programmers managed to perform magic with it. (Necessarily the definition of "magic" of the day.)

However: "Moore's Law has...
Forum: General 02-09-2023, 10:55 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Yes, and Linux and MacOS (OS/X) have done the...

Yes, and Linux and MacOS (OS/X) have done the same. The (1970's ... koff koff ...) security models were built on the presumption that access to the equipment was restricted. This is no longer true....
Forum: General 02-08-2023, 09:45 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
McAfee and others have made a fortune selling...

McAfee and others have made a fortune selling "anti-virus software" that is both completely useless and deliberately hard to remove. It is often a vector(!) for malicious software because it has...
Forum: General 02-07-2023, 05:43 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
I have been an Apple user – literally – "since...

I have been an Apple user – literally – "since their earliest beginnings." (Yes, I own an "Apple-1 motherboard." No, it is not for sale.")

However, instead of dumpster-diving into "theological...
Forum: General 12-16-2022, 04:38 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
I think that Microsoft is focusing on "much...

I think that Microsoft is focusing on "much bigger fish," these days, than "Office." Many of these newer and more profitable things are "highly networked," and for most of Microsoft's customer base...
Forum: General 12-16-2022, 11:51 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
That is indeed correct. One of the most...

That is indeed correct. One of the most interesting books by Microsoft that I have read – part of a series – was written by the team lead of the group which rewrote "Word for Mac" so that it used...
Forum: General 12-14-2022, 03:59 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
I think that "the operating system is not the...

I think that "the operating system is not the point." You run whatever you need to run, to run the programs you want to use. Microsoft has some very good(!) software, and it runs only on Windows. ...
Forum: General 06-21-2022, 09:33 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Many major companies – Microsoft, Apple, Oracle...

Many major companies – Microsoft, Apple, Oracle ... – contribute real money and real staff time to "open source" projects. That's how these things get done. It's not just "volunteers, hacking on...
Forum: General 06-15-2022, 08:22 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Very well said, @Linux_Kidd. I wish that more of...

Very well said, @Linux_Kidd. I wish that more of my clients thought as you do.
Forum: General 04-27-2022, 06:27 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Vulnerabilities such as these, wherever they...

Vulnerabilities such as these, wherever they might next be found, are immediately shared and patched. In due time, they arrive in the next "security update" for your [Windows|Linux|MacOS] release. ...
Forum: General 04-26-2022, 01:45 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
There have been very many open challenges to the...

There have been very many open challenges to the idea of a "EULA," which is first of all something that you never actually read, and which must be "agreed to" if you wish to use the software. You...
Forum: General 02-17-2022, 10:05 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
It is very disturbing to me the extent to which...

It is very disturbing to me the extent to which computer manufacturers want to get their hands on your data. If you put stuff "in the cloud," you don't know who else has access to it. I'm always...
Forum: General 12-10-2021, 10:32 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
The critical thing about Linux – the real reason...

The critical thing about Linux – the real reason why it is so important – is the sheer number of divergent hardware platforms which it does support, "all more or less under one roof." And, the...
Forum: General 11-18-2021, 09:18 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Well, when it's easy to get hardware like that,...

Well, when it's easy to get hardware like that, you should use it. Binary-distro producers have to "pick their targets." They're going to build for what is now common. Microsoft also has a product...
Forum: General 09-20-2021, 01:05 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
For many corporations, "Linux is not free...

For many corporations, "Linux is not free either." They very-willingly pay another company "maintenance fees" to help them support sometimes many hundreds of servers and desktop and portable/laptop...
Forum: General 08-23-2021, 10:38 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
The bottom line for me is simply that "the...

The bottom line for me is simply that "the operating system, whatever it is, is the horse, not the cart which has the gold in it. What I want is for the gold to be in good hands. If a particular...
Forum: General 08-10-2021, 01:19 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
To me, this whole thread is "shiny" and "fun" but...

To me, this whole thread is "shiny" and "fun" but not particularly useful. All software runs in some kind of "operating system provided environment," and is therefore dependent on it. But the...
Forum: General 11-09-2017, 01:05 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Strictly speaking, OS/2 and Windows-NT were...

Strictly speaking, OS/2 and Windows-NT were separate, mostly-parallel projects that did benefit from one another, although the respective corporate environments proved incompatible. IBM took OS/2...
Forum: General 08-28-2017, 01:51 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Actually, my MacBook Pro does that sometimes, and...

Actually, my MacBook Pro does that sometimes, and I discovered why: because an optical headphone/external-speaker device could have been plugged into that same jack! The little widget that tells the...
Forum: General 04-14-2017, 07:55 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,166
Posted By sundialsvcs
Ahh. Then I stand corrected! :) ...

Ahh. Then I stand corrected! :)

Microsoft's "home edition" hobble-horses were ... "very strange ... very strange, indeed." I have no idea why they bother.
Forum: General 04-14-2017, 07:53 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
I have a land-line because I have to put my cell...

I have a land-line because I have to put my cell phone in the kitchen window (of my farmhouse) to get one bar. There is only one wireless network within reach of my house ... mine.

I told Comcast...
Forum: General 03-30-2017, 08:23 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Support for older operating systems is...

Support for older operating systems is "sunsetted" because it's too expensive – or, not possible – for software vendors to keep them up-to-date. In several cases in the history of the Windows OS,...
Forum: General 03-22-2017, 08:45 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Mr. Osborne was the one who really foresaw the...

Mr. Osborne was the one who really foresaw the portable computer.
Forum: General 03-06-2017, 09:49 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
I really hated it when AO-Hell stopped using...

I really hated it when AO-Hell stopped using floppy disks. They were such a very-convenient source of spares! :)

(Too bad for their CEO when Ted Turner found out, after acquiring/merging the...
Forum: General 02-13-2017, 10:07 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
To me, the most-revealing "success stories" have...

To me, the most-revealing "success stories" have been: Macintosh OS/X, Apple's iOS, and the Android operating system.

All of these are "Unix/Linux, more or less."

And yet, none of them...
Forum: General 07-05-2016, 02:57 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Dunno ... a lot of good Internet ideas "die on...

Dunno ... a lot of good Internet ideas "die on the vine" because they do not have a revenue model. Even "advertising" does not work well. They spend "the amount of time that it actually takes to...
Forum: General 06-23-2016, 03:59 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Dunno ... I still wonder why so many Linux...

Dunno ... I still wonder why so many Linux distros, given that they are used in so many commercial settings, still seem to feel the need to "dance around" the issue of revenue.

Red Hat was the...
Forum: General 06-02-2016, 08:06 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Basically, Microsoft and Windows has already lost...

Basically, Microsoft and Windows has already lost "the Big Game." Their Windows OS remains firmly entrenched in many offices, yes, because Microsoft does, in fact, create very good software. But...
Forum: General 04-14-2016, 12:54 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
The biggest problem that Windows has always had...

The biggest problem that Windows has always had is Steve Ballmer the Microsoft marketing department.

More than any other software team ... even the PHP developers :eek: ... Microsoft doesn't seem...
Forum: General 09-17-2015, 07:12 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Bah. This thread is a steady source of...

Bah. This thread is a steady source of entertainment, currently 157 pages long. :)

"Vintage" PC? 15 years old? :jawa: Let me show you my KIM-1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIM-1). (Hint: it...
Forum: General 05-18-2015, 08:25 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
I frankly think that "this vs. that" comparisons...

I frankly think that "this vs. that" comparisons ... entertaining though they are (and especially since when MS-Windows is the butt of the joke ... really don't make too much sense.

Ordinarily,...
Forum: General 01-26-2015, 07:48 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Obviously, systemd was inspired by many of the...

Obviously, systemd was inspired by many of the same massive-configuration-management issues that inspired, for instance, the Windows "distributed Registry." (And to a lesser extent, LDAP nee Open...
Forum: General 01-08-2015, 10:07 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
And Windows does not have to be insecure. Heck,...

And Windows does not have to be insecure. Heck, it ought to be the most-secure system out there, because it has a very well-thought-out role-based security model that extends all the way through to...
Forum: General 01-06-2015, 07:56 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
That does not surprise me, especially for...

That does not surprise me, especially for high-performance games. VMs can exploit hardware features of modern Intel-compatible microprocessors to virtualize the behavior of the chip, but they still...
Forum: General 01-05-2015, 08:22 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
If you have "a game that you absolutely have to...

If you have "a game that you absolutely have to play," and "it's only available for Windows," then that game has become ... for you ... a so-called "killer app." It has become a key decision-factor...
Forum: General 01-05-2015, 08:54 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Microsoft Windows' bread-and-butter market is...

Microsoft Windows' bread-and-butter market is actually not grandma and grandpa ... it's not the consumer at all.

Windows' sustaining clientele is the corporation which has thousands of machines to...
Forum: General 01-02-2015, 11:13 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Nonsense ... there is no "fault" here! :) ...

Nonsense ... there is no "fault" here! :)

"Linux" today supports thousands of applications. (Yup, you can include every "app" for an Android phone ...) But, that's not the point. That's...
Forum: General 12-30-2014, 08:46 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Microsoft has sold a helluva lot of copies of...

Microsoft has sold a helluva lot of copies of Windows, and they did come by it honestly. MS-Windows is a fundamentally different system, and very much a "vertically-integrated" system sold by just...
Forum: General 12-19-2014, 10:10 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Also remember that all operating systems are...

Also remember that all operating systems are designed to be opportunistic when it comes to memory: "Use all of it, all the time, for something." Unless there is actual pressure on the memory...
Forum: General 12-19-2014, 06:44 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Dunno ... my washing-machine has been acting a...

Dunno ... my washing-machine has been acting a little bit weird lately . . . ;)
Forum: General 12-18-2014, 06:31 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
This simply means one thing: that Windows-10 was...

This simply means one thing: that Windows-10 was "Ballmerized." Which means that it, too, is doomed to fall straight into the same dustbin that ate every single Windows release since (and, including...
Forum: General 12-18-2014, 08:23 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
There's really no good reason why the Windows...

There's really no good reason why the Windows operating system should not be "incredibly secure" . . . except . . .

. . . except for one $$ thing . . .

. . . the "lucrative franchise" of...
Forum: General 08-14-2014, 11:00 AM
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Views: 407,166
Posted By sundialsvcs
Hey, this is an okay thread, for all of its...

Hey, this is an okay thread, for all of its over-two-thousand entries ... because, "shiny things are fun!" :)
Forum: General 06-23-2014, 09:12 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Y'know, it all comes down to this ... "shiny...

Y'know, it all comes down to this ... "shiny things are fun!" :)

Peace.
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 06:55 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
/me nods ... Virtualization only works well...

/me nods ...

Virtualization only works well with "modern" host operating-systems, running on modern hardware. It will try to run on slower stuff, but that's not taking advantage of the built-in...
Forum: General 05-13-2014, 09:18 PM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
It very much depends upon the type of processor...

It very much depends upon the type of processor that is in your box. Modern-day x86 microprocessors have built-in hardware support for virtualization and are therefore very fast. If the processor...
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 11:46 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
It can be handy to have a "runlevel" that will...

It can be handy to have a "runlevel" that will boot without starting X ... and, usually, there is one defined already. You can therefore easily install a run-of-the-mill "distro" on a headless...
Forum: General 05-06-2014, 11:33 AM
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Posted By sundialsvcs
Just have two different "limited user" accounts,...

Just have two different "limited user" accounts, with passwords – one for you, one for your sister.

If you want to run Linux, buy or set-up a virtual machine monitor. Then, get an external...
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