| From: | Lee Bosch |
| Date: | 9 Apr 2001 at 00:24:18 |
| Subject: | [D5] Re: Back from St. Louis! |
Hello Wil
On 08-Apr-01, you wrote:
> XP is designed to allow users 14 days and require a dialin
> to register, and if the product is re-installed on the same
> machine you must do this again everytime. MS Explorer 6 has
Further, know that Windows XP must contact the Fatherland once every 55
days or so or it will cease to function.
> the new type of network management (alternative to cookies but with
> more controls) but is not currently slated to
> support traditional cookies in favor of their new scheme. Of course
> every web site with a shopping cart is supposed to ditch its cgi
> scripts and re write them for MS.
Hadn't heard of this malfeasance. Backwards compatability of HTML would
demand support for temporary and permanent cookies. Perhaps that's why
they are chasing XML.
> The Windows users I know are getting more and more perturbed with
> their modem suddenly being active when they aren't updating any of
> their software.
Perhaps it is because they don't update their software that it trys to
update itself. There are some choices that you can make on installation of
many programs (including Windows itself) that, when approved, will allow
the software to automatically check for updates and sometimes even
automatically update. This may sound neat, but I believe that it is wrong.
> Considering the release of Java enabled cel phones and PDAs and the
> annoying, obstructionist policies of large corporations like MS and
> the availability of Linux I wonder just how safe any developer will be
> in that market.
Java is one thing. Javascript is a whole other can of worms. Most
non-computer devices don't fully support either "language" to the extent
necessary to execute fancy scripts.
I would guess that as the move to Windows NT went, the move to Windows XP
will also go. Most users will pass on Windows XP and Microsoft will pound
their fists and stamp their feet that the stupid users don't know what's
good for Microsoft.
Lee Bosch