Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 20:21:23 08/13/01
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On August 13, 2001 at 20:41:33, Slater Wold wrote: >On August 13, 2001 at 19:51:59, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: > >>On August 13, 2001 at 16:06:14, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>On August 13, 2001 at 12:38:22, pete stein wrote: >>> >>>>According to a recent press release at http://www.cnet.com : >>>> >>>>M$i 's plans for future versions of Windoze : >>>> >>>>Programmers and software producers will be required to buy a "Compatibility >>>>Licence" to release software that is compatible with the next Windows OS and in >>>>return they will get an official "Retrieving Licence" to justify their >>>>recovering of the extra expenditures from the end users. When buying a (e,g. >>>>Fritz) CD the end user will then be required to order (and pay) Microsoft's >>>>"Activation Licence" of that CD >>>>in order to run purchased software. >>>>The Double-Deck CD-rom will become the standard, Microsoft reports, because >>>>Windows will only run with the CD in the drive because of the copy protection. >>>>There are also plans to "manifest" IExplorer, it means to ban other web browsers >>>>and access to the net will only be possible through the Microsoft servers in >>>>order to trace "Unregistered licence-users" >>>> >>>>Boy, am I happy I migrated to Linux! >>>> >>>>Pete >>> >>>This is such shit. He cannot even provide a link, because it simply IS NOT >>>true. >>> >>>I wish the moderators would delete this entire thread. It's easy to make a >>>company look bad, by simply making up OUTRAGEOUS lies. I believe in freedom of >>>speech, and freedom to whoever to say whatever is on their mind. HE IS NOT. HE >>>IS SIMPLY LYING HIS ASS OFF. >>> >>>_VERY_ frustrating. And XP _WILL_ support multiple monitors, and SMP machines. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>> >> >>It looks like it won't. This last sentence is trying to reply another message >>from Andrew, and he was referring to the "standard" or "home" version. >>That one, won't include SMP support and or multiple monitors (apparently, a step >>back from win98). If you want all this features, you have to buy the more >>expensive "professional" edition. >>I think that SMP support is very relevant to this group, so, the options will >>either windows 2000, the professional XP or Linux to program SMP engines. >>The "home" version of XP is not an option. >> >>No SMP: >>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp >> >>No Multiple monitors: >>http://computers.lycos.com/software/xp3.asp >> >>Regards, >>Miguel >> >> >>> >>>Slate > >What are you talking about? You got carried away because of a typo in my sentence: "That one, won't include SMP support and or multiple monitors (apparently, a step back from win98" The step back refers to the lack of support for multiple monitors, it does not refer to the lack of SMP support. I should have written "the latter" to make it more clear but I did cut and paste and the sentence was not gramatically correct. If you cared to read my last sentence "the options will either windows 2000, the professional XP or Linux to program SMP engines" you would have seen that I did not mention win98. So, to be clear, what I said is that "home" version of XP apparently does not support SMP. Apparently, It does not support multiple monitors, being this a step back from Win98. Again, this is the link I was referring: http://computers.lycos.com/software/xp3.asp (second paragraph) "...The bad news is that there's a small group of features exclusive to the Pro edition that power users are going to be steamed about. For example, you need the Pro version to use the Multiple Monitors (MultiMon) feature that lets you share a desktop between two or more monitors. (That feature is available, and in fact was introduced, in Windows 98.)" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >A step back? WTF are you talking about? XP will support SMP just as 95, 98, >and ME do now. If you want the full SMP effect, you'll have to upgrade, just as >you do now. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The "home" version does not support SMP, so your correction about what Andrew said was not appropiate, as neither is appropiate your use of WTF. >Taken from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/guide/featurecomp.asp > >DUALVIEW >DualView allows two monitors to host the Windows desktop, while being driven off >of a single display adapter. In the case of laptop computers this could be the >internal LCD display as well as an external monitor. For desktops there are a >variety of high-end display adapters that will support this functionality. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> >Once again, what are you talking about? Then the information that you provided contradicts the one that I found. Maybe we will find out in october. Personally I do not care, because I as I say in my previous message my interest is to know if SMP is supported and apparently it is not. Miguel > > >Slate
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