Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread Samer Azmy
That is completely correct, there are major difference between *nix operating system and Windows. not even on the technical leve but on the quality of deisgn and approach Regards Samer Azmy On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Farrell J. McGovern farrell.mcgov...@gmail.com wrote: ScottW wrote:

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread Scott
On Mar 12, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Farrell J. McGovern wrote: ScottW wrote: The Mac and *nix world needs to stop gloating about their clean record so far and keep an eye out for what is to come. Dues to the learning curve of the OS, the users were more enlightened than the common computer

Viewing and zooming SVG files

2009-03-12 Thread COURTAUD Didier
I would want to see SVG files and of course to be able to zoom in or out these files. I have succeeded to see an SVG file with Fennec but I am unable to zoom it. Is there an extension to Fennec to do that or another Maemo software to see and zoom SVG files ? DC

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread Mike Lococo
Greetings All, Please take this thread to a more appropriate list, it has very little to do with tablet usage at this point. It might be better suited to the SecurityFocus Security Basics list, for example. Subscription info below: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/105/description#0.3.1

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread Denis Dimick
While I hate OS wars; it's like taking to your cat. This was a well thought out response and worth reading. Thanks, Denis -- sik vis paw kem, para bellum -- oderint dum metuant -- Our

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread Samer Azmy
Hello root user is not the absolute power any more, please dont forget SELINUX and the MLS Multi Level Seurity you can read more on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selinux On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Mark wolfm...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Farrell J. McGovern

Re: videos on n810

2009-03-12 Thread Andrew Flegg
2009/3/10 Olavo Junior sky...@gmail.com: lala$ tablet-encode -p best 1234567890.mp4 foo.avi ... lala$ du -ms foo.avi 1       foo.avi Would it be possible for you to send me the video (1234567890.mp4, in your example)? Does it play if you do: $ mplayer 1234567890.mp4 Thanks in advance,

Ihpone on Steroids to IT G5?

2009-03-12 Thread John Holmblad
All, the post at the www page whose url is http://www.thestreet.com/story/10470711/1/rim-apple-feast-on-nokia.html frames the experience I had today. While seated at a luncheon following a technical meeting (Cisco/VMware/Netapp/etc) I duly noted that I was among a crowd (that would be

Re: Ihpone on Steroids to IT G5?

2009-03-12 Thread Kevin T. Neely
they likely don't care about multi-tasking until you give a concrete example of a multi-tasking scenario: say, listening to mp3s while using IM. Or, switching between browsing, IM, and [your favourite iPhone app here]. concepts like multi-tasking tend to go over most people's heads until an

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread James Knott
Scott wrote: On Mar 12, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Farrell J. McGovern wrote: ScottW wrote: The Mac and *nix world needs to stop gloating about their clean record so far and keep an eye out for what is to come. Dues to the learning curve of the OS, the users were more enlightened than

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread James Knott
Mark wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Farrell J. McGovern farrell.mcgov...@gmail.com wrote: ScottW wrote: The Mac and *nix world needs to stop gloating about their clean record so far and keep an eye out for what is to come. Dues to the learning curve of the OS, the

Re: Nokia device usage

2009-03-12 Thread John Holmblad
Jean-Christian, interesting. And from the diagram I see your point. Of course the N95 is a full function mobile phone and based on that N95 diagram I would expect that the heavy lifting of the 3G voice and HSPA protocols for voice and non-voice (packet) data above the physical layer would be

Re: Ihpone on Steroids to IT G5?

2009-03-12 Thread John Holmblad
Kevin, agreed. A more indepth discussion with some of those other users would have provided the opportunity to reveal that value associated with a Linux based mobile device. Now I have to wonder, does the iphone OS support multitasking?Is it a stripped down version of OS X? I;ll do some

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread Mark Haury
James Knott wrote: Ummm... Given that DOS didn't appear until 1981, there's no way Windows could have been around 30+ years ago. That would have been the days of CP/M and Apple II. Sorry, that should have been 20+... 24 to be more precise. Momentary lapse in brain function. Back in the

Re: Unix vs Windows security (was Re: Nokia device usage)

2009-03-12 Thread George Farris
On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 22:15 -0600, Mark Haury wrote: James Knott wrote: Windows doesn't need (never has, and never will) to have the capability for simultaneous users. What would be the point? As PCs continue to shrink in size as they increase in power, it makes a lot more sense for