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From: Mayayana on 29 Jun 2010 19:22 | CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA and read write to my hearts content. I am curious if | anyone can explain why my app has not thrown an error when being run from a | Standard User account in Vista or Win 7. | | However after reading all the way through this thread, I have decided not to | temp fate, and to go with CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA which if I understand | correctly should never present a problem for any user attempting read/write. | You realize those are two different things? If it's per-user data then your change makes sense. If you want per-machine read/write it's fairly easy to set permissions on your subfolder in CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA.
From: Mayayana on 29 Jun 2010 19:56 | | That's the very view I find so objectionable. It's not *their* data! | It's the user's data. | | Twenty years ago, it wasn't uncommon to smoke at will in the presence | of others. Today that's considered rather ill-mannered. | | The attitude that the vendor controls the data, and to hell with the | user, is even more vile and needs to change as well. | I'm afraid the prevailing winds are blowing in the opposite direction. Apple and Google both take the liberty of controlling software installed on hardware that you buy. The whole cloud trend is partially a redefinition of software as a rented service and data as something held by the servicer. And Microsoft is apparently (finally) planning to issue a "cloud-based OS" with Win8. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/leaked-windows-8-slides-an-app-store-for-windows-ie9-beta-in-august.ars The description sounds like Apple's app store or Ubuntu's software library. Presumably you can make trinkets in Silverlight, get them approved by MS, then sell them through Win8 and give MS a cut, and/or host them on the Azure webhosting service. If this happens I presume it means the end of native code software except from MS partners. Interestingly, the link to the original source of these "leaked" files is now dead, as are the download links that page was providing to get the MS files that describe Win8. This link has a sample image that seems to imply that Win8 users will log into the MS "app store" and see a quasi-Facebook setup where they can not only shop for software but also download "apps your friends love". Great, relevant "apps" like "Where's my dog" or "Find coffee" :) Then you, as the developer, will be able to log in to see reports of how your software trinkets are faring in the market. http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-planning-039windows-store039-app-store-for-windows-8 I was intrigued by Apple's move last week to sell real-time GPS data from the iPhone to advertisers. Apple is selling *hardware*, but they strongarm their customers into allowing this intrusion by making them agree to a privacy policy change when they visit iTunes. They have no right imposing a software license change on phone operation. (They might just as well do the same thing to Blackberry or Android customers, or to automobile drivers with GPS who visit an Appple reail store.) But Apple has succeeded in blurring the line by imposing the agreement online rather than through the AT&T contract, where the FCC might be involved. So it's not just your data that are belong to us. You are belong to us. And you gave us that power by buying a phone from us. I'm hoping that some sort of hacker vigilantes start sending text messages to iPhone people, telling them things like, "You've spent too much time in the bathroom. What's going on." Maybe then people would begin to grok what's going on. :)
From: Mayayana on 29 Jun 2010 20:05 This is the name of the download of Win8 docs, by the way, if anyone wants to look for it: Windows8PlanningSlides_Microsoft-w7v.rar I don't do file-sharing/torrents, so I don't know whether the available links are valid.
From: Kevin Provance on 29 Jun 2010 20:04 Eh. I find this whole trend disturbing. Win8 will not be on my upgrade list. Not that my VB6 apps would amount to anything anyway. <g> "Mayayana" <mayayana(a)invalid.nospam> wrote in message news:i0e14f$8a3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... : : | : | That's the very view I find so objectionable. It's not *their* data! : | It's the user's data. : | : | Twenty years ago, it wasn't uncommon to smoke at will in the presence : | of others. Today that's considered rather ill-mannered. : | : | The attitude that the vendor controls the data, and to hell with the : | user, is even more vile and needs to change as well. : | : : I'm afraid the prevailing winds are blowing in the : opposite direction. Apple and Google both take : the liberty of controlling software installed on : hardware that you buy. The whole cloud trend : is partially a redefinition of software as a rented service : and data as something held by the servicer. : : And Microsoft is apparently (finally) planning to issue : a "cloud-based OS" with Win8. : : http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/leaked-windows-8-slides-an-app-store-for-windows-ie9-beta-in-august.ars : : The description sounds like Apple's app store : or Ubuntu's software library. Presumably you : can make trinkets in Silverlight, get them : approved by MS, then sell them through Win8 : and give MS a cut, and/or host them on the : Azure webhosting service. : : If this happens I presume it means the end : of native code software except from MS partners. : : Interestingly, the link to the original source : of these "leaked" files is now dead, as are the : download links that page was providing to get : the MS files that describe Win8. : : This link has a sample image that seems to imply : that Win8 users will log into the MS "app store" : and see a quasi-Facebook setup where they can : not only shop for software but also download : "apps your friends love". Great, relevant "apps" : like "Where's my dog" or "Find coffee" :) Then you, : as the developer, will be able to log in to see : reports of how your software trinkets are faring : in the market. : : http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-planning-039windows-store039-app-store-for-windows-8 : : I was intrigued by Apple's move last week to : sell real-time GPS data from the iPhone to : advertisers. Apple is selling *hardware*, but : they strongarm their customers into allowing : this intrusion by making them agree to a privacy : policy change when they visit iTunes. They have : no right imposing a software license change on : phone operation. (They might just as well do the : same thing to Blackberry or Android customers, : or to automobile drivers with GPS who visit an : Appple reail store.) But Apple has succeeded in : blurring the line by imposing the agreement online : rather than through the AT&T contract, where the : FCC might be involved. : : So it's not just your data that are belong to us. : You are belong to us. And you gave us that power : by buying a phone from us. : : I'm hoping that some sort of hacker vigilantes : start sending text messages to iPhone people, : telling them things like, "You've spent too much : time in the bathroom. What's going on." Maybe : then people would begin to grok what's going on. ::) : :
From: Kevin Provance on 29 Jun 2010 20:13
"Mayayana" <mayayana(a)invalid.nospam> wrote in message news:i0e1kb$34s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... : This is the name of the download of Win8 docs, : by the way, if anyone wants to look for it: : : Windows8PlanningSlides_Microsoft-w7v.rar : : I don't do file-sharing/torrents, so I don't know : whether the available links are valid. It was on HuffPo and Betanews, respecively. |