Comments on: Computer History Development Timeline: Microsoft Perspective http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80535 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:58:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80535 <blockquote> Hi Roy, I attached the image I wanted to upload. It is a custom "wiki pillars" image for the German-language wiki (Berlin Reichstag entryway). Dennis </blockquote> I've just realised why it stopped working. I had set up uploads before we got DDOSed and had to escape to a different server. The permissions on the $upload directory were preserved but not the user. It's now set back to "apache". I've modified the image and uploads should work now (for all registered users). http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/German Thank you <em>so</em> much for this!

Hi Roy, I attached the image I wanted to upload. It is a custom “wiki pillars” image for the German-language wiki (Berlin Reichstag entryway). Dennis

I’ve just realised why it stopped working. I had set up uploads before we got DDOSed and had to escape to a different server. The permissions on the $upload directory were preserved but not the user. It’s now set back to “apache”.

I’ve modified the image and uploads should work now (for all registered users).

http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/German

Thank you so much for this!

]]> By: Dennis Murczak http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80520 Dennis Murczak Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:21:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80520 The manual recommends to set the executable attribute on the directory. For a directory, that just means that it can be listed IIRC, it will not make files dropped into it executable. The default blacklist also blocks most executable MIME types. Of course you can also put other additional safeguards in place to make the directory unmessable with. I'll mail you the image I wanted to upload. The manual recommends to set the executable attribute on the directory. For a directory, that just means that it can be listed IIRC, it will not make files dropped into it executable. The default blacklist also blocks most executable MIME types.

Of course you can also put other additional safeguards in place to make the directory unmessable with.

I’ll mail you the image I wanted to upload.

]]> By: satipera http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-2/#comment-80519 satipera Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:10:46 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80519 Thanks for such an interesting and informative article. It must have involved a lot of hard work. Thanks for such an interesting and informative article. It must have involved a lot of hard work.

]]> By: scottmace http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80515 scottmace Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:08 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80515 What makes the 1982 Gary-Kildall-pulling-up-the-DR-copyright-in-court anecdote credible? Sources please! What makes the 1982 Gary-Kildall-pulling-up-the-DR-copyright-in-court anecdote credible? Sources please!

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80507 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:07:53 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80507 Yes, there is a conflict between two plugins that makes "references" tricky to add (but possible somehow). How do I modify permissions to allow uploads? I suppose I could look it up. OK, here it is: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads What worries me are the security implications. Can you send me the images you want to upload? How many are there? Yes, there is a conflict between two plugins that makes “references” tricky to add (but possible somehow). How do I modify permissions to allow uploads? I suppose I could look it up. OK, here it is:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads

What worries me are the security implications. Can you send me the images you want to upload? How many are there?

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80505 Yuhong Bao Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:02:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80505 Windows95 runs like a dog on PPro, exposing Microsoft’s “32-bit” claims to be lies. And did you know that it affected Transmeta too, delaying it's first processor by a year: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/01/20/transmetas_real_mystery_its_os/ http://fringe.davesource.com/Fringe/Computers/CPUs/05.2000.IEEE_Transmeta/ "Digital Research sued Microsoft and IBM over copyright infringement..." Not exactly. "Digital Research exercised its right to clone MS-DOS (see 1982) and released DR-DOS." Well, DR was working on MS-DOS compatiblity for years before they released DR-DOS. You see, after they lost the IBM PC contract, DR decided to focus on the multi-user market, producing Concurrent CP/M and Concurrent DOS. CCP/M-86 3.1 was first to try to support MS-DOS applications. Windows95 runs like a dog on PPro, exposing Microsoft’s “32-bit” claims to be lies.
And did you know that it affected Transmeta too, delaying it’s first processor by a year:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/01/20/transmetas_real_mystery_its_os/
http://fringe.davesource.com/Fringe/Computers/CPUs/05.2000.IEEE_Transmeta/
“Digital Research sued Microsoft and IBM over copyright infringement…”
Not exactly.
“Digital Research exercised its right to clone MS-DOS (see 1982) and released DR-DOS.”
Well, DR was working on MS-DOS compatiblity for years before they released DR-DOS. You see, after they lost the IBM PC contract, DR decided to focus on the multi-user market, producing Concurrent CP/M and Concurrent DOS. CCP/M-86 3.1 was first to try to support MS-DOS applications.

]]> By: Dennis Murczak http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80503 Dennis Murczak Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:00:18 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80503 A very insightful recap and it contains a lot of new information that could go into the wiki. Apropos: The timeout/blank page problems I had seem to be specific to articles that use a reference tag (the tag generating a list of references). Another bug I found is that I can't upload images because the server doesn't have write permissions. A very insightful recap and it contains a lot of new information that could go into the wiki.

Apropos: The timeout/blank page problems I had seem to be specific to articles that use a reference tag (the tag generating a list of references). Another bug I found is that I can’t upload images because the server doesn’t have write permissions.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80464 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:22:42 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80464 Sure. Fixed. Sure. Fixed.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80453 Needs Sunlight Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:02:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80453 Can any of the allegedly destroyed court records from the Caldera case be resurrected? It looks like Sun might have had some around in digital form: http://www.korgwal.com/gl-mirror/stories/story.20040228020749935.html Can any of the allegedly destroyed court records from the Caldera case be resurrected? It looks like Sun might have had some around in digital form:

http://www.korgwal.com/gl-mirror/stories/story.20040228020749935.html

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2010/02/04/microsoft-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-80446 Needs Sunlight Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:41:07 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26359#comment-80446 Fantastic! Can you please correct the spelling of Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper's last name? "Don't waste milliseconds" Fantastic!

Can you please correct the spelling of Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper’s last name?

“Don’t waste milliseconds”

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