Posts by Hans 1

Re: So how does this work for a reasonable systems administrator??

>All of this "E.T. Phone Home" stuff looks nice for individuals, but when you need to scale it up, things can get a little bit clogged up.

Scaling is not something MS has ever heard about, they are Microsoft for a reason™.

> About time, it's been de facto in parts of the Linux world for a long time.

No, the package manager in Linux looks at all installed packages, it then looks at updates for all packages, as well as the various dependencies.

It then gets the latest and the greatest, no intermediate update BS, provided all dependencies can be met. It will hold back packages for which the dependencies cannot be met ... when you installed a package from somewhere else, for example, say, a debian package on ubuntu or mint, for example.

Of course, NFS, for example, comes in multiple packages, say nfs-common and nfs-client. If nfs common has an update and not nfs-client, it will obviously only get nfs-common.

The big problem in Windows is the monolithic design choice. It keeps biting them again and again, monolithic does not scale. They have a dependency hell they cannot grasp, nobody knows exactly what iumbase.dll, for example, depends on, or what depends on it. So they cannot really have small packages with dependency hierarchy.

The other problem they have is that the whole OS is ui-centric.

Proof: Windows Server Nano, shitloads of ui-centric DLL's in system32, that apparently are used by the backend.

Good development is a ui on top of a backend, like Linux/UNIX, with ui and backend clearly separated. MS cannot do that, because nobody knows what else uses the subsystem they work on ... I think they do not even have clear groups handling the small packages ...

Re: Linux and Games...

>What's needed is some kind of integration between Steam for Linux and Wine / Crossover so Windows games that will run under Linux literally can be installed in "a single click".

Try POL.

Re: "Windows 10's impressive rise"

>The only thing that is impressive about Windows 1 0 is how it did not reach 70% market share in the first six months of its release.

> It took SIX MONTHS for it to take over XP, for Pete's sake.

Yes, and that was by the forceps ... with malware-inspired tactics to get you to upgrade ...

Re: £

@Terry

It is pointless, I have tried and tried, linking to reliable sources etc ... you cannot hammer any sense into Brexiters ... hopeless. The worst, a great many British politicians, members of parliament (!) pull this one every day as soon as anybody mentions Brussels or the EU ... "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it."

I have linked to encyclopedias, quoted experts ... and Brexiters come with: Farage is right, experts, encyclopedias, https://europa.eu/european-union/law/legal-acts_en are all wrong, Farage, in his infinite wisdom and cowardise, is always right ... if only Brexiters could tell me where Bongo-Bongo land is, I would love to visit the place ...

Have a pint for the effort!

Re: definitely something to dump at the feet of the leave crowd.

>But of course given a legitimate cause for a price rise, how many companies are going to restrict that rise to just that which is justified?

Do you understand business ? When you hike a price, you sell less, so you usually have to hike the price somewhat more to find the sweetspot ... that is why the hike is so much more than the actual devaluation of the pound.

Besides, MS is losing money left-right and center ... don't worry, cloudy price hikes across the board/world to compensate for falling cashflow in other business units and the good part, as I told you, you cannot easily migrate from Office 360 ... I have pop corn, need more beer ...

Re: 50mhz

Ohhhh, come on, nobody was able to turn the handle fast enough to reach 50Mhz, it was quite tight, 50mhz sounds about right ....

Re: Act now!

>"Windsor" is a German name?

You, sir, owe me a new keyboard!

You seriously think that that monarch's official surname is "Windsor" ? Please, I beg you, please tell me you're American ... that's the last little hope I have left ... at least you would have an excuse ...

Re: Ah, the year 1 school of thought

> a) There is no evidence that it was intellectually a sensible idea to vote to stay, there is no evidence that there is an upside to staying in a club that has consistently failed to deliver anything good for you.

I, personally, on theregister forums, have spent time trying to thump some sense into you brexiters, and I don't even vote in the UK, don't really care what you do. All you guyz were doing is "fingers in ears and LALALALALALALA". What else can I do ? At least, I tried.

I will summarize my arguments below:

"Brussels" as you call it, is not some undemocratic institution imposing its directives on you. Your prime minister, along with the heads of state of all other EU members designates the head of the commission (This is something BRITAIN wanted and imposed on us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!), the president of the commission then chooses some "colleagues" that are vetted by the European parliament (which has a number of British MEP's). Claiming the BRITS have no say in choosing the head of the commission is BOLLOCKS. Saying European directives are imposed on you IS BOLLOCKS!

The single market has a lot of benefits and, as such, has a price. We want the single market to grow (in GDP terms, or better GMP, in this case), so we subsidize poorer areas, like Cornwall, some parts of Poland, Greece etc as well as farmers, because they are essential in feeding us (d'oh????) ... This has a further price, agreed. Obviously, the money Britain puts in the pot is NOT directly given back to Britain in form of subsidies, because the EU uses those funds to improve the economic conditions in poor areas across the union.

However, being a member of the single market gives you access to one of the world's largest markets, a lot of foreign non-EU companies have factories in the UK producing goods for "export" into the EU, the City enjoys passporting rights which means a lot of international banks have chosen London for their head offices to cater for all markets in the EU..... I could go on.

Just because some lunatic coward cretin managed to convince you that all our woes were due to undemocratic, dictatorial, socialist, nazi, or <whatever they came up with> "Brussels", you voted Leave.

The worst, the Leave camp saw that there were not enough cretins in the UK to win the vote, so they had to get the "real black holes" on the boat as well, somebody (I think it was Farage) came up with "Sergey the foreigner" stealing plumbing jobs from "honest" London plumbers.

We have warned you more than once, I said all the "experts" were on my side ... you believe professional liars over "experts", your call!

Imagine, would you hire a plasterer to design your network security landscape ? Well, exactly what Britain just did.

Again, I don't care, I just felt like playing "Catcher in the Rye" again ... I'll never learn, I guess ...

Re: Stupid?

>Norway-style accees to the single market area and that requires that the extreme Brexit hardliners are all sidelined.

This actually means common-market access with obligation to implement European directives which, you will have guessed by now, you have ABSOLUTELY NO SAY in drafting, right now, you still have your MEP's, soon, you will have to implement Brussel's laws without them ... so much for "we are governed by Brussels" ROFL!