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Microsoft's Cloud PCs debut – priced between $20 and $158 a month
LibreOffice 7.1 Community released with user-interface picker, other bits and bytes
Friday 5th February 2021 06:41 GMT
Re: Lacks the Polish?
> We tried to go all LO internally, but we can’t control documents from outside, which are almost always MS Office formats.
> And as long as we have to do business with people who use MS Office we will have to do round tripping.
This is lousy argument I am hearing for decades... "xxx is fine, but we're vendor locked-in at yyy so it has to be that way, BECAUSE EVERYBODY..." (sucks).
It sounds like "ya know, everbody around us are fools, so we have to be too".
F* that, even drug dealers diversify their own suppliers.
BoJo looks to jumpstart UK economy with £6k taxpayer-funded incentive for Brits to buy electric cars – report
Huawei launches UK charm offensive: We've provided 2G, 3G and 4G for 20 years, and you're worried about 5G?
Thursday 11th June 2020 15:48 GMT
Re: Fun fact
FTFY: The fact George W. Bush was regularly contradicted by civil servants (albeit quietly) and his own intelligence services gave me hope that once he's out of office, things will improve.
Bush&Blair, Trump&BoJo, what's the difference?
on-topic: Trump just made wrong order of steps. It should start with forcing British to drink bleach first; banning Huawei & forcing chlorinated chickens later would be much easier.
China's silicon-self-sufficiency plan likely to miss targets due to Factories Not Present error
Thursday 11th June 2020 15:01 GMT
Re: China is supporting the US
I disagree. China is holding so many treasury bills because they have nowhere else to put all those US dollars that the US is sending over to buy their goods.
Nope, China is trying to get rid of US Dollar as soon as possible - buying gold for example (and not only China). Because of that, China is not the biggest USA creditor anymore, now it is Japan.
Clock is ticking...
Ex-Dell distributor in Lebanon ignored ban on suing US tech giant. Now four directors have been sentenced to prison in the UK
Big Tech trade association warns Uncle Sam against knee-jerk national security measures that harm industry
Thursday 11th June 2020 14:29 GMT
Re: cooperation with "like-minded economies"
> Why don't you go take a trip to China and, while there, refer to President Xi as Winnie The Pooh, the Dictator who put his boot on Hong Kong.
FYI: Hong Kong IS China; officially the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" (HKSAR).
What's next? "BAME people are just "immigrants from Africa etc, not US citizens, so we can choke them, run over with Police SUV" ???
As somebody said about Murrica: "If the USA saw what USA is doing in the USA, USA would invade USA to save USA from the tyranny of USA."
Could it be? Really? The Year of Linux on the Desktop is almost here, and it's... Windows-shaped?
Wednesday 20th May 2020 23:05 GMT
Re: About ten years ago I predicted
When Apple switched from PowerPC to x86, do you remember that, anybody? It is quite possible that Micros~1 is porting Win10 "desktop environment" to Linux already. Windows is in transiton to WaaS ("Windows as a service") already, officially.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-overview
Wednesday 20th May 2020 22:52 GMT
Re: @Long John Silver - Nothing to do with Linux, all to do with Windows.
You see how lockdown changed everything instantly? "Work from home" is now a new standard. Everything is in the cloud, already.
Now imagine 5G, heck - 6G worldwide, new hardware adapted just for that + fast WebAssembly interfaces all around, on top of any OS. New standard for gaming will be Stadia alike, most probably. It does not need Windows for that; beside, whole those cloud gaming software will be made in some Linuxoid, probably.
Wednesday 20th May 2020 22:41 GMT
Re: @Boris the Cockroach - coming soon
FTFY: "7. Here I'll have to make some corrections for you. Windows stays forever on desktop, Linux finally binned into oblivion for desktop, not much rejoicing - just as whole desktop concept. At least not from me."
I believe you. At some time, whole civilization and IT industry will be driven by cloud, ultra mobile, foldable devices, even using neuro-implants (hint: Musk efforts right now)... all of it will be driven by some unixoid, probably Linux. Still, you'll have plenty of old farts using archaic "desktops" with "Windows", like dinosaurs.
Project Reunion: Microsoft's attempt to tear down all those barriers it's built for Windows developers over the years
Nervous, Adobe? It took 16 years, but open-source vector graphics editor Inkscape now works properly on macOS
Friday 8th May 2020 12:41 GMT
Re: Inkscape has it better than GIMP
>> Also, GIMP is to Photoshop what a ZX Spectrum is to a Mac Pro. Inkscape is still no Illustrator but it's much closer ...
BS. I am using Photoshop and GIMP for many years; last few years I don't even bother to install PS, it is just a bloated crapware. I do not need pseudo "3D features" or "smart objects" to apply what I need. Things like AnimStack or G'MIC just do not exist for PS, and plenty of other things (btw Liquid Rescale or Continuous Droste works much better then PS equivalent). Advanced scripting in GIMP is uncomparable to anything related to PS.
There is one thing only, related to CMYK colour space (e.g. colour separation for physical press): you have to use Krita for this (e.g. proper importing of CMYK .psd files). It is still doable with GIMP (CYAN add-on recommended), but too much complicated imho. CIE LAB is much more advanced colour space standard then CMYK, but this one is legacy standard. However, we're in 21st century, we depend on digital media and streaming to paperless society.
Speaking od Inkscape vs Illustrator, it has much more accurate tracer then other one. It is also very lightweight. I do not have problems switching from Linux to Windows and back, instantly, in Inkscape (GIMP, Krita, Scribus, MyPaint...), working with same project. I'll rather use Vectr, Affinity or Gravit Designer then Illustrator. CMYK support is also reduced a bit, but again, it is not a bottleneck.
All roads lead to Bork in Kansas as Windows puts on a show for motorists
UK Defence Committee probe into national security threat of Huawei sure to uncover lots of new and original insights
Chips that pass in the night: How risky is RISC-V to Arm, Intel and the others? Very
Monday 9th March 2020 18:18 GMT
Re: Problem?
> Someday, RISC-V will be popular. But unlike ARM, Intel doesn't need to buy a license for RISC-V. So it could churn out RISC-V chips whenever it felt like it.
Yeah; it is called autocannibalism. Shoot your left foot so that other one become stronger.
Just as few already said: If China decided, China would do it (...whatever). Surprise, surprise: China is already doing it. RISC-V is base for their (incoming) supercomputers.
'Unfixable' boot ROM security flaw in millions of Intel chips could spell 'utter chaos' for DRM, file encryption, etc
Friday 6th March 2020 01:06 GMT
> "So, basically, an attacker needs to run some software on your computer in a tiny period before the processor has been switched on, let alone started running even the OS? That sounds like a risk I'm happy to take."
How about "if my brain is dead just for a tiny period, it sounds like a risk I'm happy to take." ?
Tiny in deed.
Microsoft's Windows OEM, Surface sales looking a bit peaky as coronavirus takes toll on China supply chain
Spider-eyed Lite version of Huawei flagship flies out before actual P40 launch event
Team China: Nation's biggest mobe makers link arms to battle Google's Play Store
Wednesday 26th February 2020 20:10 GMT
Re: More work for developers
Now you're gonna have to submit your App through three bureaucracies to get it to market, and deal with three tomes of requirements ...
Probably, but as a user you'll have more choices, no?
Competitiveness should be a positive thing imo.
I'm just wondering does idea to force "Team China" happening came from Orange One himself, or Putin instructed so...
Google begs for US Entity List exemption to let Huawei use its mobile services – report
Huawei claims its Google Play replacement is in 'top 3' app stores after Trump turns off tap to the Chocolate Factory
Wednesday 26th February 2020 03:38 GMT 
Huawei App Gallery at top 3 app stores
It was half-sarcastic (or self-ironic) statement, obviously. Directed to absurdity of Play Store "monopoly". At the same time, Mr. Wu pointed at fact that AppleStore doesn't require GMS either. But this sarcasm came from Richard Wu, not Mr. Hughes.
What is warrying me is hypotetic situation when even mighty ElReg could not (or won't) recognise it as sarcasm. Instead, half of article is written to "debunk" that statement about HMS weight. Wait, HMS? Yes, whole article is (should be) about HUAWEI Mobile Services (and not just AppGallery that is part of), yet author did not find the reason to rmention it, nor even acronym of same. FYI: HMS is match for GMS; AppGallery for PlayStore, eventually.
Now, it is quite realistic that "lion's share (of "nonamed ecosystem") is likely in Mainland China"; still, author forgot to mention lion's share of $billions (invested/investing in HMS), going to Germany, Sweden and other development centers worlwide.
I suppose it has something with partiality for some iCompany that lacks foldables, 5G and losing momentum globally,
Or is it just BoJoism spreading?
Larry Tesler cut and pasted from this mortal coil: That thing you just did? He probably invented it
Friday 21st February 2020 03:39 GMT 
Copy&Paste in deed.
Somebody said that he just c&p'd Pentti Kanerva's work (fact check: "wiki", "clipboard").
But those Finns are doomed for that. Now Trump is supposed to copy & paste idea for assimilating (rest of) Nokia, as a salvation of MAGA idea (this time 5G instead win mobile). And Linus already saluted c&p to WSL. So, it has to be Larry.
Is Chrome really secretly stalking you across Google sites using per-install ID numbers? We reveal the truth
What is WebAssembly? And can you really compile C/C++ to it? And it'll run in browsers? Allow us to explain in this gentle introduction
Monday 27th January 2020 22:38 GMT
Re: Source code
So much FUD here.
1) swissrobin is talking primarly about complexity - non-productivity of Wasm coding. Then he concluded (wrong) about need of "high-level languages" LOL...
Please, just take a look at https://mbebenita.github.io/WasmExplorer/
Pick e.g. "testFunction" from C/C++ "EXAMPLES" on menu, left. Now check it.
According to swissrobin: C/C++ are so-high-level languages? "Wat" is less-productive because it's so-much-less-readable then JS (btw you can code for Wasm in JS too)? What is e.g. Forth then: ultra-high-level or ultra-low-level language? Btw, did anyone see 6502/Z80 ASM/MC (and it is 8-bit!)? Please, check it and compare to .wat/.wasm is it more/less complex.
NOW you're concerned about "Browsers becoming OSes ... what is there to guarantee that they're "correct"" - but what is your garantee that OSes are correct right now (whatever "correctness" means)?
> "CPU manufacturers start adding WASM execution cores to their chips so that browsers don't have to bother themselves? Then we're back to square one, aren't we?" - You're oversimplifying; this is philosophical, rethoric question. Yes, at that time browsers (as we know) will be useless middle step, because browsers will become OSes (> Chrome OS). Now spot the difference: CPUs asm will be multi-compatible through the web-asm. Now you just have to turn-off the humanity (as useless middle step) and you are at square zero. ;)
Monday 27th January 2020 21:19 GMT
Re: Source code
> "If WebAssembly is a low-level language, then coding directly in it will result in poor programmer productivity. So WebAssembly isn't typically going to be the source code"
OMFG you have clearly written in article: "There’s a binary format for distribution (.wasm), as well as a human-readable text format (.wat). The .wat and .wasm formats represent exactly the same thing." - heck, you have a screenshot proof of WasmExplorer!
IBM, Microsoft and Linux Foundation link arms to fight patent trolls with 'multimillion' scheme
WinUI and WinRT: Official modern Windows API now universal thanks to WebAssembly
Thursday 21st November 2019 02:27 GMT 
Yawn.
Jérôme Laban, Uno Platform CTO... OK, MS found brand new De Icaza, new apprentice in search for his own green card.
Speaking of Miguel, please let him retired. Mono, Silverlight, Moonlight... again? "Anything a Silverlight application can do, you can do with Web Assembly." WOW.
Next step will be Xamarin-Uno ActionSript API, adapted to WA through WxWidgets XAML version, which could run anywhere if your browser is Edgium with UWP patch which will merge TIFKAM with brand new version of XNA for xCloud that is easily controlled by slightly modified version of ASP.NET Razor.
So simple. The future is bright.
The system works today, Laban said. "Mono for Web Assembly needs to improve, ... so lots of things need to move for the whole thing to be more efficient. But it is in a damn good place for now. It actually works. It is not efficient enough for some specific scenarios...
...just like the rest of De Icaza XimianXamarin's few hundred unfinished projects (aka "the purest Xamarin" ADHD quality) .
Who loves Brexit? Irish distributors ... after their sales jump by a third
Wednesday 20th November 2019 01:29 GMT
Re: "the country has an advantageous business and digital tax environment"
> By the way, you STILL haven't told us why you think brexit is a good idea.
Because people voted for! Putin approved, so nothing shady there, bloody remaoners.
"The Tory party donors ... include Alexander Temerko, who has worked for the Kremlin defence ministry and gifted more than £1.2m to the Tories over seven years."
https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/10/russian-tory-donors-named-in-secret-report-which-was-blocked-by-government-11074537/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_Brexit_referendum
American telcos get 90 days to wrap up deals with, er, dangerous Chinese supplier – that's Huawei the news goes
Thanks, Brexit. Tesla boss Elon Musk reveals Berlin as location for Euro Gigafactory
Senior GitLab exec resigns over plan to stop hiring engineers in China and Russia
Google goes full Anti-Flash-ist, boots Adobe's insecure monstrosity out of web search index
Tinfoil-hat search engine DuckDuckGo gifts more options, dark theme and other toys for the 0.43%
Not a good look, Google: Pixel 4 mobes can be face-unlocked even if you're asleep... or dead?
Microsoft Surface Pro X: Windows on Arm usable at long last – but, boy, are you gonna pay for it
Friday 18th October 2019 11:27 GMT
Just needs Apps :D
Or: "It is beautiful, just it does not working."
If you leave "S" mode (that is for "Stupid, no Software here"), suddenly it will become sluggish (and unpleasantly hot... and forget about 15h of autonomy).
But you forgot the main feature: it will warm your fingers at cold winters... just beware of overburning ;)
A funny thing happened on Huawei to the bank. We made even more money. Hahaha. Here till Friday
Wednesday 16th October 2019 21:14 GMT
Re: Far from rosy
The situation is not that good for Huawei. It only sold 47 miillion smartphones in Q3, a 9 % decline YoY, and 12 million less than in Q2.
Where did you get those numbers? FoxNews? Huawei sold around 60m every each quarter, 58-59m @Q1 iirc. It means at least 60m @Q3 (185m total in first 3 quarters). Btw, YoY constant growth.
No soup iPhone for you.
Remember Windows 8? Microsoft is still trying to reunify the API it split for the touchy OS's benefit
Friday 4th October 2019 00:48 GMT
WinRT BSs
I don't beleive it until I see "reunification" like this one:
https://www.businessinsider.com/steven-sinofsky-surface-skateboard-2012-10
btw: Windows 7 going out of support in January 2020 ?
Nope, Tim. 2023. You should start reading ElReg ;)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/02/windows_7_extended_security/
Astronaut Tim Peake reminds everyone about the time Excel mangled his contact list on stage at Microsoft AI event
Devs getting stuck into Windows 10X on Surface Neo will have to tussle with UWP
Friday 4th October 2019 00:10 GMT
Re: Immature giggle ("One Core")
This is a relict from Sinofsky's "One strategy, One OS, One organization..." (OneDrive... renamed after Vista's Windows Live SkyDrive, Windows Live Folders, Windows Live Mail... such a buzzwords... One, Live, Neo... where is Morpheus btw?).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sinofsky#Book
Which in turn was adaptation of "Ein Volk, ein Reich..." that is quote from much less funnier author.
Sinfosky was fan of Tolkien too, obviously ("One ring to rulle them all": x86, ARM; 32-bit, 64-bit; mobile, desktop...)
You know SS? MS CEO that turned SurfaceRT into the skateboard... At least, Megiddo will not have the opportunity to make the same with SurfaceNeo. Not because he is so much more serious guy then SS (look at his statements @yt about Win10S, where chatbox described himself as a "mobile warrior"), but just because of dimensions of SurfaceNeo. But you never know. He is mobile warrior, after all; don't underestimate him.
We're all doooooomed: Gloomy Brit workforce really isn't coping well with impending Brexit
Sunday 29th September 2019 18:50 GMT
Re: When to move abroad
> You lost the public voted just accept it.
omfg that referendum was like it is made by Malcolm McLarren, not Cameron.
You know, "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle". Just, it is not RnR at all, now more like weird, trashy requiem.
Dominic Cummings is not McLarren that's for sure. As Cameron said, some type of psychopath.
"Anarchy in the UK", in deed.
We're great, boasts Huawei in founder's Little Red Book – but isn't that a video game screenshot?
Tuesday 3rd September 2019 23:26 GMT 
Fox & Friends ?
Shame on you, Gareth & El Reg. Whole article sounds like weird agit-prop propaganda from Bolton &co cuisine. Bloody deja vu.
FYI:
1. "Little Red Book" connotation is plain fictionary work of Garfield Corfield. Nothing similar there to Mao Tse-tung, Cultural Revolution nor glorification of (OMFG) communism. "On the Record: Huawei Executives Speak to the Public" - is exactly what title is saying. Not more, not less.
2. Common practice of corporations is to make some kind of guerilla marketing PR when companies struggle to achieve common, desired impression. The truth is that Huawei is under witch hunt, aranged by orange baboon and his jolly fellowship. It is sad to see that El Reg joined to that dishonest mission. What's next? Nonexistent "Weapons of mass destruction", this time from China instead Iraq? BoJo & Trump instead Blair & Bush?
Why didn't you judge "One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making" from ex MS CEO Steven Sinofsky? It is real succesor of "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer" PR agenda, product that Goebels would not be ashamed of.
https://www.amazon.com/One-Strategy-Organization-Planning-Decision/dp/0470560452
3. This pic of plain is just imaginary, fiction illustration. It is nowhere said that this photo is authentic WW2 document. Beside allusion in this El Reg agit-prop article, of course. But: do you really think that MS ex CEO made his "surface skateboard" by his own hands, or did he really use it anywhere beside lousy PR Surface promo campaign?
https://www.engadget.com/2012/10/16/microsoft-surface-skateboard-steven-sinofsky/
...and so on. It seems that El Reg is preparing for Trump's post-brexit era. BoJo forever. omfg
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