A few weeks ago an "unofficial" preview release of windows XP SP3 hit the web. Now, Microsoft has responded and warned users of this preview package. "You would be well advised to stay clear of this FAKE SP3 package. It is NOT suitable for testing as it is NOT SP3."
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Member since:2005-07-06
Personally, as network reliability increases, along with bandwidth, the days of the personal computer will eventually come to an end; soon you'll see a fusion of the SUN vision. You'll have a SUN Ray appliance at hope, you'll pay your $30 to your local broadband provider, which will get you net access and a few gigs of local storage to store your documents on.
That same company also has an extensive WiFi network where by when you're on the run with your laptop, it'll only be a matter of putting up the antena and accessing your files via their webinterface or some other means, such as WebNFS - you'll be able to do the same with mobile phones as they become like a morph between a PDA and phone.
In the end, the desktop will be a meaningless thing; those who wish to play games will simply go out and purchase a Playstation, XBox or Nintendo - its already happening today as people are opting out of a PC in favour of a laptop + a games console.
Member since:2005-07-22
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2005-06-30
Despite my views on not wanting Linux to be popular on the desktop, I believe that a critical omission that is preventing widespread usage of Linux on the desktop is a technology similar to Microsoft's Active Directory. For Linux to be a viable option in the corporate sector, it must be possible to manage 1000's of machines with ease. No pretty user interface will ever win over corporations if it can be easily managed.
I am pretty sure that Novell ported their Directory Service to Linux... Furthermore, Redhat released something called Fedora Directory Server [1]. Now, I don't know how it compared next to AD, but I believe that Linux is going alright in the business/corporate area. Many specializated applications are lacking, but they're coming...
[1]: http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/