[Art]

Came across this most interesting short vid detailing some upcoming features in the Microsoft 2016 Build which is an Update for Windows 10.
It details Bots, Cortana, Skype, BASH / Ubuntu conversions, Assistants, XBox and amazing tech for blind persons.



Slightly over 15 minutes but worth the time.

[8pla.net]

If only they could partner with Linux to never get computer viruses.

[Freddy]

I think the reason Linux doesn't get so many viruses is that percentage wise less people use it.

[Freddy]

Several thousand computers running the Linux and FreeBSD operating systems have been infected over the past seven months with sophisticated malware that surreptitiously makes them part of a renegade network blasting the Internet with spam, researchers said Wednesday. The malware likely infected many more machines during the five years it's known to have existed.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/04/spam-blasting-malware-infects-thousands-of-linux-and-freebsd-servers/

[8pla.net]

Don't worry anyone!    That article sounds shocking because it does not clarify up front that the computers affected by the Spam-blasting malware, are Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol (SMTP) mail servers. 

In other words, only webmasters have to worry about administrating  mail servers.  It is unusual for Linux desktops or laptops to run mail servers, because it really serves almost no practical purpose.

[8pla.net]

I think the reason Linux doesn't get so many viruses is that percentage wise less people use it.

Then what prompted Microsoft Windows to run BASH shell scripting from Ubuntu?

I hope by "Just the beginning" they don't mean they are planning to buy Ubuntu Linux?

[Freddy]

I don't know my friend, I'm just showing that Linux gets it's fair share of scares.

Don't worry anyone!    That article sounds shocking because it does not clarify up front that the computers affected by the Spam-blasting malware, are Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol (SMTP) mail servers. 

In other words, only webmasters have to worry about administrating  mail servers.  It is unusual for Linux desktops or laptops to run mail servers, because it really serves almost no practical purpose.

Forgive me, but I get that from the title of the story - I think it's clear from the outset.

Linux home users probably are safer, but not immune as they once liked to portray. I quite like Linux but would not call myself a fan. I have Kodi running on what was my dedicated Linux box and I really like it. But for day to day stuff and work I prefer Windows.

[8pla.net]

First and foremost, I am so happy to have you as a friend.

Thank you for hosting AiDreams.co.uk, so we may enjoy
debunking an article like this.

To play it safe, maybe I should clarify that my constructive
criticism is not meant to disparage Microsoft, or anyone.

[Freddy]

Yes we really should have talked about what Art posted, sorry I took it so far off topic 

OK, the ink thing. I tried graphics tablets a few years ago and could not get on with them - to me this looks like a similar experience. I still use a paper notepad and will keep doing so, there are no limitations with it. Also the whole thing looked cramped and too fiddly.

Visual Studio updates - yes that interests me.

Hololens - very nice too.

Cortana - meh. You know, in our corner of the net there is no one here at all that has raved about Cortana - isn't that odd ? Maybe it's just me that doesn't need an assistant.

Quoting...

"Bots are the new apps; digital assistants are meta apps"

That's just buzz words, gobbledegook and made up to sound cool and new, when we've all been doing it for years.

They liked saying intelligence a lot didn't they. I'm not really sure I am going to like the bots that are supposed to help with orders and things any more than I like the automated telephone services.

You know, when I have called some company on the phone I complain about the poor automated bot systems - and nine out of ten times they say "Yes everyone says that !" or something like that. So why do they keep on at it ? It's only annoying people.

But finally...at the end, after 15 minutes of people being excited to tell me something, we get the one valuable thing that may actually truly make a positive difference to some one's life and the quality of that life - the blind guy. That's real progress.

[8pla.net]

KNOWLEDGEBASE:
"Bots are the new apps;"
"digital assistants are meta apps"

HUMAN: What are you?
APP: Old. Goto bot...
BOT: The new app. Loading Digital Assistant...
DIGITAL ASSISTANT: I'm a meta app.

[8pla.net]

Microsoft and Canonical partner to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10

You'll soon be able to run Ubuntu on Windows 10.

Reference Link, March 29, 2016:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-canonical-partner-to-bring-ubuntu-to-windows-10/

[Freddy]

KNOWLEDGEBASE:
"Bots are the new apps;"
"digital assistants are meta apps"

HUMAN: What are you?
APP: Old. Goto bot...
BOT: The new app. Loading Digital Assistant...
DIGITAL ASSISTANT: I'm a meta app.

A nice simple upgrade there then.