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Well, yeah, but those are clearly in different types of numbering systems. They don't go from "Xbox 360" to "Xbox 350" or "Windows 7" to "Windows 5"....

So wait.... 2.0 > 4.11? Ok, that seems reasonable and logical...

Not really. At least, not in the way MS sees it. To corporate closed-source software vendors, it's all about image and PR. That's why microsoft...

This, and also: what scaling algorithms are available?

Correction: already shipping... http://www.apm.com/products/x-gene

How do you figure? There have been cases where corporations have gathered data in secret for years until getting found out pretty much by chance. For...

Ok there seems to be a sort of disconnect in your line of thought between the first and two paragraphs so I took the liberty of joining them...

Banks? I'm sorry. Are we talking about those places that store fiat currency and manipulate the markets and are "too big to fail"? Those same...

Oh dear, has Shuttleworth written a blog post about Hurd now?

You're very naive if you think so. It doesn't matter if humans listen to the conversations or not. If private conversations are recorded and stored...

Ah, the old "if you have nothing to hide" approach... but you have to understand, privacy is a goal in itself, there is a reason why it's a crime to...

One thing I always wonder is, if you have a dock, that already has a big screen + keyboard, then why not put a cpu in that dock? Why require a phone?...