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Kent Sharkey wrote: I couldn't think of an article to write, so I decided to troll both sides of the debate.'
You are so right! And so often.
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A long time ago, I said to myself, "I should write my own installer and update framework for Desktop Windows apps, because everything else out there is abysmally bad." Because it seems Microsoft can't keep shipping an official installer
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Uh oh! I feel my Intellectual Property being violated!
Squirrel is the name of my rendition of PRO*C for SQL Server (6) -- I wrote it back about 1999. (Microsoft eventually shipped and quickly killed ESQL.)
Paul Betts wrote: I should write my own ... because everything else out there is abysmally bad
That's how I feel about version control.
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We always new Windows was a little Squirrelly didn't we?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 Beta
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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Deeming Windows 9 'too good to release,' Microsoft execs shelve follow-up to Windows 8 and proceed to Windows 10 "Number nine. Number nine. Number nine."
I apologize to @Colborne_Greg. Apparently he was right - there is no Windows 9. I stand corrected.
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As it seems it was better to jump to 10 from 7!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Kent Sharkey wrote: there is no Windows 9
Wine.
Best version of Windows 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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That's why they skipped it! They're keeping all the wine to themselves! 
TTFN - Kent
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Multiple desktops!?! Are you kidding? But it is only for losers of Linux...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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"You can now paste in directories into command prompt with Ctrl+V. FINALLY." - and it only took 20 years...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Oh, the number of times I do that every day. My fingers just need to do that. At last they'll be satisfied.
TTFN - Kent
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Ummm... what? 
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In Windows 10, Copy/Paste will work as CTRL+C/CTRL+P also in command window!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Hopefully, that'll be Ctrl+V for paste, and nothing for Copy (because Ctrl+C has existing uses).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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My wrong! They talked only about paste - I just overreacted...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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"So Microsoft is trying to keep some parts of Windows 8 alive here for touch users." - I like that...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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They are in the QA now...
Q: ...Is Windows 10 the next version of the phone operating system too?
A: Yes
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Microsoft finally understand that not all devices are touch...
A: If you look at Windows 8 users on touch devices, they have higher satisfaction than those on Windows 7 devices. Windows 7 users have higher satisfaction on mouse and keyboard devices than Windows 8.
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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So... free upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 9...
And new version is Windows 10?
Clever... very clever...
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Two years back, Microsoft was on its way to be a SaaS company, today it's about SaaP (Software as a Product) again!
"The core, we're product people. What we do is build a product."
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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From the article:
Quote: If Windows 10 is the Tesla to the Windows 7 Prius, the only question left lingering, though, is what the middle child between these Windows generations, Windows 8, was supposed to be. The Fisker Karma, perhaps?
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It's being completely misunderstood.
First, there was Windows 1, then there was Windows 3, then 95, then ME, then 98, then X(P), then 7, then 8.
This version is Windows 2, to be followed by Windowses 4 to 6, 9, 11 to 94, 96 to 97, 99 to 999, and 1001 onward.
They're just filling in the gaps.
If you don't get this, hand in your developer's badge on your way out.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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11 is much better, it's one louder.
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Ted Unangst @ OPenBSD[^]LibreSSL was officially announced to the world just about exactly five months ago. Bob spoke at BSDCan about the first 30 days. For those who weren't there, I'll quickly rehash some of that material. Also, it's always best to start at the beginning, but then I'll try to focus on some new material and updates.
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months 2-5
OK, I still haven't talked too much about we have done since the last update. We've mostly stopped deleting code. There's still some scary code left, but the good news is it's code you need to run. There was a bit of a summer lull, some post hackathon decompression, and then the OpenBSD 5.6 freeze. But progress is picking up again. Dig into a directory, open a few files, rewrite a function or two. Look at all the points where memory is allocated, and then make sure it is freed, exactly one time, no more, no less.
I'm sorry to make it all sound so tame, but avoiding excitement is all part of the plan. The first 30 days were all about revolution. Now we've switched into evolution mode.
OpenBSD gives another update about what they've been working on in de-fubaring OpenSSL. At the end they also briefly discuss their planned sane developer API to wrap the entire mess up so the rest of us don't actually have to understand how it all works to have a chance of using it correctly.
Joel and I have been working on a replacement API for OpenSSL, appropriately entitled ressl. Reimagined SSL is how I think of it. Our goals are consistency and simplicity. In particular, we answer the question "What would the user like to do?" and not "What does the TLS protocol allow the user to do?". You can make a secure connection to a server. You can host a secure server. You can read and write some data over that connection.
A few goals. First, no OpenSSL types or functions are exposed. In fact, not even any ressl internals are exposed. You should never need to contemplate X.509 or ASN.1. Those are implementation details far beyond the level of caring of most developers or users. As a consequence of that, the API is easy for other languges to bind to. The ressl interface could almost equally well describe transport over ssh tunnels. What do you want? Do you want a secure connection? We give you a secure connection.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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