Posts by scientific_linux_01 23 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Dec 2011
Firefox/Chrome have the majority of market share.
A lot of companies have migrated away from welded in Windows platforms to open source solutions.
They can have IE version 1,000,000 it will still be NON-COMPLIANT and still require custom code to be created for it to display the majority of websites.
Another fact is, it is an open pathway for exploits, malware, spyware, trojans, viruses this is a GREAT feature set of Microsoft Windows.
I have never had any problems with Firefox, Internet Explorer cannot interpret web-pages correctly period.
It does not conform to the W3C standards, try the ACID3 test on IE and it fails miserable.
Anyone who has designed web-sites, or maintains web-servers know Internet Explorer ALWAYS has some sort of rendering problem.
A website will work on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, KDE Konqueror, old variants of Gnome browsers and Internet Explorer will FAIL.
Ask any developer they always have to make exceptions for Internet Explorer because MS does not want to follow the rules, nor do they have to.
But like all kingdoms they eventually fail.
It would be one of the biggest achievements once the technology/money is available to end the life of the mechanical hard-drive.
It is the Achilles heel of computing, being the slowest part of the equation.
With the economy floundering most companies are not investing much on R & D unfortunately.
The sustained I/O of solid memory is unparallelled in performance and speed. This will revolutionize IT eventually like a new awakening, it is as if mechanical drives will never meet an end. It is like dial-up Internet services it is time for it to be eliminated.
You would not be on this forum if not for Linux/Unix variants that power routers/switches/servers and the myriads of other devices like smart phones.
You are speaking of applications, you do not need Windows to create a (.doc) and/or a spreadsheet.
The public Internet is full of bot networks powered by non-else than Windows machines.
If Microsoft was so wonderful why is the iPad and Macs taking a strong hold.
You can virtualize any application, you do NOT need a Windows server to run an app that requires Windows.
Before you start trashing all Linux/Unix variants that make the Public Internet available you might want to do some research.
There are many countries that have abandoned Windows and run pure 100% Linux distro's and a lot of other companies have made the switch.
There is no need in paying for software when you can have a hardened OS that can withstand the Public Internet such as Linux distro's. A Windows machine cannot face the Public Internet without some barrier to protect it with the 50-70 MILLION lines of code full of security holes and back doors.
I have been burned by RAID5 sets with 1 drive failing then another drive has already 1/2 dead and shows its defective side once the replacement drive is inserted.
RAID50 is what I am running in the SAN's, however I opted to go with RAID10 on standalone servers (for video).
RAID0 & RAID5 are like snakes, they do their worst work after a disk drive fails. You put a new one in and the machine crashes and you are left with a blinky courser.
The day the mechanical hard-drive can go to a permanent retirement will be a wonderful day. One can only hope static ram will eventually come down in price and not be unattainable at the current prices. Plus the I/O is amazing with static ram, I checked out the RAM SAN prices and they are still pretty high.
Why is this on a tech site?
It is nothing more than cannon fodder and it is bunk science.
When Al Gore gives up his many mansions that have $20,000 electric bills and his SUV's and his Jets flying all over.
The same people telling others not to breath or eat meat, live like kings but the elite are exempt so which is it?
Hypocrites, stop using computers, electricity, fuel, basically stop breathing according this trash science.
So basically get rid of carbon, now that is intelligent...
China/India are really worried about this, they pollute 1,000 times worse than any other country and no one is telling them to live in mud huts.
This is irritating at best, the sky is falling, stop breathing, eating and jump off a cliff to save mother earth.
The fact that the entire solar system is warming, NO man can change the climate if the sun is hotter it is going to be warmer period.
If the sun is cooler then the temp will be cooler.
1 volcano spews more into the atmosphere than all of the years of man being industrial!
Scarcity of energy will = SKYROCKETING energy prices.
Get ready to pay for breathing, it is coming and the political elite will be exempted as well as the social elite.
Basically going back to pre-Industrial living without air-conditioning and rationed electricity and water usage.
YOU will not be able to afford the things you have today.
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