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Fri, 11 Mar 2005
Can you give me an idea of what a more peer-to-peer, savvy operating system might do?
Ozzie: Let me do that by a simple example. One of the functions of the current Groove offerings is a thing we refer to is as Groove Folder Synchronization. Right from the Windows Explorer on any folder, you can just right-click on it, and it turns that folder into a synchronized…workspace, where multiple people can work from a folder on your computer to a folder on their computer.
From the user's perspective, that's integrated into the operating system. And that's natural for people. I can't comment on where things will go in the future, but from a user's perspective how these technologies (are) applied at the operating system can be very useful.
So how will Microsoft keep users from using this feature to share media files? My guess is total system lockdown. Windows is getting to that point - with the new "no updates unless we know you're legal" policy, Windows Media Player desperate to check for licenses and push you towards Microsoft's online music store, and crap popping up in your system tray all the time, Windows users have less and less control over their system. They have a superificial kind of control: over the desktop, how the folders look, whether or not you can view photos as thumbnails, that sort of thing. But if you want to view your music files by date modified, you have to dig through menus. So you the OS will have built-in P2P collaboration tools and the like, but Microsoft getes to decide what you can do with your data. You won't really own the files you've created, they will. How? It'll be buried in a license agreement (if it isn't already). Linux looks better every day.
WeatherJay?
Songs for a Rainy Day (Okay, a Snowy Day) starts with a weather report mashed up with a mandocello solo. The rest features ambient-ish music and traffic cameras in New York City. So listen to the music and check to see if you need a coat before you go out (note: you do. It's really cold.)
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MVP 2005 Baseball on sale at JR.com
$1 Shipping in March at Overstock.com
March $1 Shipping at Overstock.com. Every order.
Overstock actually has some neat stuff that you might not ordinarily think they would have, like inexpensive CDs and also some hard to find movies and music. Tip: go to their entertainment section and sort by price. I once picked up a ton of videos and DVDs for a dollar or two each. I also found a reggae CD that I hadn't been able to find anywhere else for about $5, new. So check it out.