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1. Comment - Ubuntu 9.10 upgraders report frustration

   (Nov 10, 2009 - 10:16 AM)

   I didn't plan to use Ubuntu 9.10 as much as I have, but it is too good to hold back.
   
   The only problem I had is with an old server that didn't want to boot off the SATA. I needed some of my Linux savvy and a reinstall or two, but now it's awesome. It is very cool to have tasksel offer Eucalyptus cloud clusters and nodes as well a a dozen more common server configurations.
   
   It is also great to have CouchDB 0.10, Erlang/OTP 13b and python 2.6 just an apt-get away.
   
   I wasn't planning to upgrade my laptop, but the option popped up, so I let it go and an hour later everything was upgraded and running perfect.
   
   Nothing is impenetrable, but it is much more difficult to run arbitrary code on a Linux box than it is on Windows, and when a crack is found only a small percentage of Linux installs are vulnerable. Diversity is strength.

2. Comment - EC: Microsoft will consider Windows 7 E 'ballot screen' for other browsers

   (Jul 24, 2009 - 9:21 PM)

   There is nothing wrong with a monopoly, but it is against the law to use a monopoly to leverage other products in other markets.
   
   The Apple Mac is one product. When you build a PC you chose from hundreds of components from dozens of vendors. It's just wrong for one of those vendors to use a monopoly in a critical component to force PC builders to use their other components.
   
   If Microsoft built their own PC's they could set them up any way they want and sell them. Then they would be in direct competition with Apple, Dell, HP, Azus, Lenovo, and the white box shop on the corner, but today they aren't in that market, they sell PC software.

3. Comment - EC: Microsoft will consider Windows 7 E 'ballot screen' for other browsers

   (Jul 24, 2009 - 4:45 PM)

   That's a wide miss. Apple builds and sells computers, complete products, ready to use. Microsoft only sells software. There is no reason why Microsoft should be able to tell a PC builder, retailer, or user how to configure or equip their PC's.

4. Comment - Windows 7 E: Microsoft's sensible response to Europe

   (Jul 16, 2009 - 9:03 AM)

   Microsoft does not sell IE, Mozilla does not sell FireFox, I've recently downloaded Chrome, Safari and Opera Unite for free. So where exactly are these browsers competing? I am sure they get a warm fuzzy when their user agent percentages go up, but that doesn't pay the cell phone bill.
   
   What does Microsoft have to loose by putting 5, 6 or a dozen browsers on a separate Internet software disc so their users can try any or all of the browsers available?
   
   Looking at the browser is like looking at a finger instead of where it's pointing. Microsoft doesn't really care what browser you use, but it does care about default home pages and search engines, and most of all it cares about development tools, proprietary formats, and IP.

5. Comment - EC's Reding: Government should act as broker for media downloads

   (Jul 10, 2009 - 7:30 AM)

   Government needs to establish a way for us to get our money back when we buy music or video and later decide it was overpriced because we only wanted to play it once.