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Hey, I bet he did it for the lulz.

Nah, OK, more seriously, perhaps his way of dealing with this issue wasn't stellar or gentlemanly, but you can't blame Niall for not getting to the point.

I guess this incident highlights everything that's wrong with copyrights nowadays.

Oh, Linux operating systems have been using a cousin of RSS (RDF) to power their update systems, so I'd say your claim of being the "first OS with RSS as a core component" may be technically right, but is certainly no great feat.

How exactly is an RSS reader connected to the functions of an OS ? isn't it another way to use a dominant position to impose MS on another market.

Why don't you just launch an RSS reader that people may use separately from the OS instead of overweighting the OS with tools that are not necessary there ?

I normally don't use intenet slang, but I think that OWNED sums this up nicely. That's what you get for hotlinking images without permission and "forgetting" to give credit.

Time is one of the great equalizers whether your rich or poor we all have the same amount.So what it comes down to is how you use it.

lolz, you got pWned!

p.s. - I want to see you in my office immediately!!!!

Niall is a dick.  You did nothing wrong.

You are a dick. Niall did nothing wrong.

Both parties are sort of wrong. This blog was definitely wrong to reference a file hosted by someone else and leech their bandwidth, copyright issues notwithstanding. Niall was wrong to use the image that he did, but it was well within his rights. Besides, what's to say he didn't simply use the same filename for a different picture, without realizing that it wasn't being used? Obviously not what happened here, but that's one of the dangers of hotlinking.

If micro$oft would make a decent web browser that was standards compliant, none of this would ever happen.

FireF0x ftw.

Well.... Mac OS X  has that RSS Screensaver and RSS in Safari so really I don't want much more.

Oh btw gongrats on copying Mac OS X and making it your own ur so orgain.

forget my ASS. we all know you did it purposely

I bet this site gets a lot of traffic.  What were you thinking leaching his bandwidth?  If 100,000 people view this page a day that bandwidth would really add up and he would have to pay for it.

I edo not blame him for being upset.

Microsoft is full of cockroaches that need to be cleaned out of the pantry.

This Summer/Fall of 2006 Microsoft's Michael Swanson posted a call to the public via the Expression Suite newsgroups asking the public to comment regarding which vector file formats Microsoft should be supporting in their applications that output XAML.

I got excited about the prospect of Microsoft supporting the import of the ubiquitous DXF vector file format.

I'm an an old hand from the vector graphics realm which has been soiled by Autoslime who cripples their products to obstruct, hinder, or prevent customers from using the products or their own CAD file assets with Internet protocols.

There's not one significant vector graphics application that does not support importing DXF as it has become the defacto standard which ironically was created by Autoslime way back when in the mid 1980s.

I took my time responding and posting to Swanson's blog carefully crafting supportive statements signing the hossannas for DXF and what I call a new era of CAD.

I went all over the place to other CAD colleagues and peers to evangelize Microsoft's Expression initiative letting people know that a new era of CAD is emerging. (Second Life, XAML etc...)

The possibility that Microsoft could help make amazing things in the CAD markets happen once again seemed a real ray of hope noting again Autoslime has crippled the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction markets (AEC) not to mention the manufacturing markets.

That statement is a fact as are the $15 billion of annual losses to the U.S. AEC markets which has been discovered and reported by NIST.

So what do I observe at his blog as I returned again and again to observe support for DXF? When it becomes apparent that DXF began to gain public support in response to Swanson's call for public comment this cockroach removed the comments supporting DXF from his blog!

I reacted and in news://microsoft.public.expression.webdesigner I called him a rat for doing so. Most of the MVP cockroaches and sycophants immediately tagged me as Public Enemy #1 but I did notice the comments were restored.

Have I also made it clear that the MVP program is over-populated with liars, pimps, and punks too? A cockroach farm?

Don't get the idea I'm a Microsoft hater either. Its the cockroaches stupid.

Shine a light on a cockroach and it will scurry away to try to once again hide in the dark but let them be and they populate and spread disease.

Although I'm not too hopeful (because Baldmer is still present) I do sincerely hope to be proven wrong in that Ray Ozzie may have a chance to restore integrity to the company I know and love. Sweeping the cockroaches out of the company would go a long long way to restore customer confidence not to mention the ire of the governing authorities.

The talent and skills of Microsoft's employees means nothing if all they produce is ill will.

Ok, so firstly, you hotlinked this guy's image? then you decided not to consult him or give him credit, and by doing so, you violate copyright law? then you claim to "forget" to add the attribution. bull. then you get upset that he changed his image that you hotlinked. its illegal to hotlink, and i cant believe that you still have a job, since you should not have been stealing bandwidth and broke copyright law. but after all, it is Microsoft, isnt it?

72.92.174.233 at 11:21 PM EST GMT - 5

Posted by Patrick Legacy

(better known as pyroboy1080)

Hey, a man made a mistake and he admitted it!

Just give him a break!

Or is it just because he's from microsoft that's why you guys keep bitchin' around?

It's a pic. A guy made the mistake and he was punished for it. He made an apology. Thats it. So stop the anti-microsoft rants!

Dang there are a lot of trolls out there.  Oh no!  It's Microsoft!  The harbinger of evil and the source of all that is wrong with the world!  God forbid that people have easier times using their computers with Microsoft!

Ok Sean made a mistake and apologized for it. I can accept that.

I can even accept the reaction from Niall. Obviously he was pissed, and rightly so.

What I can't see is all the people jumping all over Sean _just_ because he works for Microsoft. So what?!!? He is still a human being that makes mistakes, no matter where he works.

So what if Microsoft is screaming Anti-Piracy (like they should be to protect their products), that is no reason to go after Sean.

Give the man a break folks.

To err is human, to really mess things up requires Windows ME :)

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If micro$oft would make a decent web browser that was standards compliant, none of this would ever happen.

FireF0x ftw.

LOL! what does that have to do with anything?

Goddamn fanatics, firefox fans are worse than Jehova's witnesses.

yeah it is so funny... but clearly the outcry is sort of expected, microsoft is really pushy with DRM (a arguement for another site) and when it doesnt abide by its own marketing hype then u should expect some anger, but really why have people stopped laughing and started complaining, this is just funny....

the problem with the net is too often people take it to seriously and not as the joke it is more often.

RE: Firefox fanboy.

Comming to a microsoft blog to talk about how much you think firefox rules or 0wNz doesn't make you cool. If you didn't notice IE7 is a pretty good browser. Sure they have added tabbed browsing, and some might say they are copying firefox with that addition. I say so what? If it works it works, and in IE7 it seems to work better then firefox. Not to mention that most of the new firefox themes for version 2.0 are quite ugly. I do have firefox installed. I use both browsers to check cross browser design when I'm making a new webpage. Yeah, and let's face it the inability for firefox to add the css image styles is just ridiculous. How hard can it be? Why not include them? Same with custom color scroll bars. Either way my only complaint about IE7 is that I haven't yet seen a way to skin it.... Don't get me wrong it looks good as is, but I would like to have a go at making my own skin for it. One more thing Mr.Fanboy just to clear this up for you since I'm sure you are just waiting to come back here just to say use 1inuX n00b or some thing else along those lines. I do use linux. Slackware/XP MCE dual boot. Linux is on my comp for development purposes only as I do not like most win 32 development environments. Anyway there is a pic still out there that depicts what happened here, and a link available from neowin (d0t) net .

Sorry for the double post all but I forgot to add that firefox fanboy probably wouldn't be able to notice just how much more evolved IE7 has become in comparison to IE6 because he is probably running a pirated copy of windows. lol. People complain about not having this, and that in their browsers, and other software but when it comes down to it they are most likely using a "free" to them software in the first place. By free I meant because they simply downloaded it.

The post has given great publicity to an otherwise boring topic, I'm posting this in our news section asap.  Keep the innovation rolling guys, great work.

The last post was of bad taste, and that was my sole opinion.  I would never post something like this in news, and sites that do so are the whole reason this got blown so out of proportion.  RSS support in Vista is excellent, and I completely agree with the rest of the post.  Vista has been a giant step forward in RSS support.

There we go, we CAN conduct ourselves in the proper manner.

I believe I was conducting myself properly. Well I might have been able to leave out calling him a firefox fanboy. But I would like to point out that rss feeds are ironically responsible for so many hit's to this page. I don't run neowin. I left the link because that is how I myself ended up here, and I find the what the original image owner did to be quite funny. Was it in poor taste? Yes, I do believe it was. Was it funny? Once again I have to say yes. Some of us have a sense of humor. Maybe what the image copyright holder did wasn't exactly funny to some people but at the same time it will teach some a lesson. If you are going link to an image at least ask permission, and if permission can't be obtained at least put the image on your OWN server. That way you can avoid these type of problems of using up peoples bandwidth. If he would have just copied the image in the first place the original photographer would most likely have never even known. Not to say that copying peoples images is the right thing to do but you would be less likely to get caught, and avoid these types of situations.

Someone else below asked this already.

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Thanks Keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland

fortunately, rss has not awaited for ie7 and vista to be spread .....

So Microsoft likes to violate photo's copyrights... What a shame!!!! When will Microsoft stop to abuse?

How can I change the feed sources for this Feed Headlines gadget? I'd like Slashdot feeds, no MS news...

In which place Microsoft violates photo's copyrights?

Time is one of the great equalizers whether your rich or poor we all have the same amount. So what it comes down to is how you use it.

To change the feed open the site you want the feed to in IE Explorer 7.  

1. click the orange rss feed manager to bookmark the site(you may need to right click the toolbar, customize, and add the feed from the list)

2. Then open the gadget, click the wrench, and select the name of the site you bookmarked in step one.

To change the feed open the site you want the feed to in IE Explorer 7.  

1. click the orange rss feed manager to bookmark the site(you may need to right click the toolbar, customize, and add the feed from the list)

2. Then open the gadget, click the wrench, and select the name of the site you bookmarked in step one.

I would like to increase the # of feeds past 100.  Can i do this in the registry somehow?

I do not like Vista and other Microsoft products because they are so expensive...

How does one remove the 3 default feeds from displaying in the gadget? The idea is to display "ALL" feeds that we choose rather than including the 3 default ones.

Open IE, click the star, click feeds, right click the MS folder, delete.

Worked for me :)

I am the phantomworrier!I own and operate my feed or rss.I invinted something that everyone whanted and that is freedom from u controling everything when u no nothing of this world.U can not stop progress and the blackbeery thing was my feed setting itsself up.U BEEN HIT SO MANY TIMES U WILL CRASH EVENTUALY.To meny flaws.And this feed is clean.

If microsoft would make a decent web browser that was standards compliant, none of this would ever happen.

p gry :)

Thanks for very interesting article. Can I translate your article into polish and publish at my webblog? I will back here and check your answer. Keep up the good work. Greetings

""I would like to increase the # of feeds past 100.  Can i do this in the registry somehow?""

Not in the registry but you could copy the default feed headlines gadget to your user gadgets directory. Then edit the js file. I believe there are global variables in the first 20 lines one for an array of items the other for the names corresponding to that array.

Thanks for very interesting article. Can I translate your article into polish and publish at my webblog? I will back here and check your answer. Keep up the good work. Greetings

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"Open IE, click the star, click feeds, right click the MS folder, delete."

<3 thanks rain.

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I've installed Vista on a Tablet PC tc4200, for all those that were wondering, it seems no tablet functionaliy is in this build of Vista, but it runs fine on the tablet. I'm not sure if MS plans on keeping 2 versions of the OS- one for 'standard' PC's and another for tablets.http://www.agtile.com

we wait, maybe some day internet browsing will be secure and easy

yeaahh wi will wait for that day very long time :)

the problem with the net is too often people take it to seriously and not as the joke it is more often.

Thanks so very much for taking your time to create this very useful and informative site. I have learned a lot from your site. Thanks!!

Hey, a man made a mistake and he admitted it!

Just give him a break!

Or is it just because he's from microsoft that's why you guys keep bitchin' around?

It's a pic. A guy made the mistake and he was punished for it. He made an apology. Thats it. So stop the anti-microsoft rants!

I would never post something like this in news, and sites that do so are the whole reason this got blown so out of proportion.

Niall was wrong to use the image that he did, but it was well within his rights. Besides, what's to say he didn't simply use the same filename for a different picture.

Thanks for very interesting article. I really enjoyed reading all of this posts. Greetings

Thanks for taking your time to create this very useful and informative site. I have learned a lot from your site. Greatings

i preffer xp, its really good system, easier than linux etc

I really enjoyed reading your comments. It’s very interesting to read observations other people.

Hello.I normally don't use intenet slang, but I think that OWNED sums this up nicely. That's what you get for hotlinking images without permission and "forgetting" to give credit.

Time is one of the great equalizers whether your rich or poor we all have the same amount.So what it comes down to is how you use it.Bay

Time is one of the great equalizers whether your rich or poor we all have the same amount.So what it comes down to is how you use it

Forget my ASS. we all know you did it purposely.

Thanks so very much for taking your time to create this very useful and informative site.

Vista is so slow:( I hope MS will create some patches soon !

اتمني وندوز فيست يتمكن من انها ماساتنا مع غذاء الصفحه  شكرآ علي كل حال وتسلم

Open IE, click the star, click feeds, right click the MS folder, delete

Vista is big program.

I prefer WinXP Professjonal, this system is ok.

IE7, hmm, internet explorer is terrible.

Firefox is ok:)

Hello.How exactly is an RSS reader connected to the functions of an OS ?...

Time is one of the great equalizers whether your rich or poor we all have the same amount.So what it comes down to is how you use it.Bay

Thanks for very interesting article. Can I translate your article into polish and publish at my webblog? I will back here and check your answer. Keep up the good work. Greetings

Linux operating systems have been using a cousin of RSS (RDF) to power their update systems, so I'd say your claim of being the "first OS with RSS as a core component" may be technically right, but is certainly no great feat.

Niall is a dick.  You did nothing wrong...

Rejsy morskie po morzu Śródziemnym

Dang there are a lot of trolls out there.  Oh no!  It's Microsoft!  The harbinger of evil and the source of all that is wrong with the world!  God forbid that people have easier times using their computers with Microsoft!

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

Rejsy morskie po morzu Śródziemnym

Hey

Nice article THX and keep going

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Rejsy morskie po morzu Śródziemnym

Great article. Rss are very usefull and good to knew that MS supported rss reader in IE7. I wonder like it si working on Vista :)

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

Thanks for this very good article ... Can i translate this and insert on my site in Poland? ... Thanks and Greetings

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Worked like a charm Thanks so much...

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Hello!

This is very intresting article.

Thanks for this.

Best regards.

I prefer Mozilla Thunderbird for RSS feeds.

I read feeds as mails.

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

Thanks so very much for taking your time to create this very useful and informative site. I have learned a lot from your site. Thanks!!

I do not like Microsoft,

I like Linux - free products (0% Bugs)!

Windows Vista is product expensive!

Stand on such products !

I would like to increase the # of  feeds past 100.  Can i do this in the registry somehow?"

Not in the registry but you could copy the default feed headlines  gadget to your user    gadgets directory. Then edit the js file . I believe there are global variables  in the first 20 lines one for an array of items the  other for the names corresponding to that array.  

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings

Great work ! I really enjoyed browsing through this site. I will recommend it to my friends. Greetings

I have Windows Vista,

is the best product of Microsoft!

Great article. Rss are very usefull and good to knew that MS supported rss reader in IE7. I wonder like it si working on Vista :)

Vista is so slow:( I hope MS will create some patches soon !

I prefer Mozilla Thunderbird for RSS feeds.

I read feeds as mails

Yhank you vaery much for this article.

I would like to increase the # of feeds past 100.

Yes, thanks for all the great feedback I received I will post also the Mac version of the extension, which will be a different installer file. thank you all!

Vista is so slow:( I hope MS will create some patches soon !

Hey, a man made a mistake and he admitted it!

Just give him a break!

Or is it just because he's from microsoft that's why you guys keep bitchin' around?

It's a pic. A guy made the mistake and he was punished for it. He made an apology. Thats it. So stop the anti-microsoft rants!

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

Ok, so firstly, you hotlinked this guy's image? then you decided not to consult him or give him credit, and by doing so, you violate copyright law? then you claim to "forget" to add the attribution. bull. then you get upset that he changed his image that you hotlinked. its illegal to hotlink, and i cant believe that you still have a job, since you should not have been stealing bandwidth and broke copyright law. but after all, it is Microsoft, isnt it?

yeah it is so funny... but clearly the outcry is sort of expected, microsoft is really pushy with DRM (a arguement for another site) and when it doesnt abide by its own marketing hype then u should expect some anger, but really why have people stopped laughing and started complaining, this is just funny....

the problem with the net is too often people take it to seriously and not as the joke it is more often.

Well.... Mac OS X  has that RSS Screensaver and RSS in Safari so really I don't want much more.

Oh btw gongrats on copying Mac OS X and making it your own ur so orgain.

The post has given great publicity to an otherwise boring topic, I'm posting this in our news section asap.  Keep the innovation rolling guys  great work, thanks

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Worked like a charm Thanks so much...

Great article. Rss are very usefull and good to knew that MS supported rss reader in IE7. I wonder like it si working on Vista :)

Hey, a man made a mistake and he admitted it!

Just give him a break!

Hey !

Good Job !

Thanks

Windows Vista is better to WIndows XP,

i dont like vista at all ... iam waiting for the next version of windows :(

Windows Vista is no good, i like XP, Vista is so very slow ;-(

I like the new Vista version - it looks more beautiful and there a lot of new functions! Keep on the work!

Thank you for the useful informations. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It?s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else?s point of view? makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Best regards...

I have windows Vista 8 month ago ( beta version ). This OK but windows 2000 very best..

Vista is great system.. Good Article.

its really perfect thanks for your works. Windows Vista foreva

Great Article, but windows vista 7/10 points on me..

Thanks

Great Article, but windows vista 7/10 points on me..

Thanks

Great article.I would like to translate it into polish.Could I?

Very useful article

Thank you

Or is it just because he's from microsoft that's why you guys keep bitchin' around?

So Microsoft likes to violate photo's copyrights... What a shame!!!! When will Microsoft stop to abuse?

I don't know why you all care about RSS feeds. They are useless for me.

Thanks man, just what I was looking for. Worked like a charm Thanks so much...

Vista is so slow I hope MS will create some patches soon

Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.

Linux is very shi..y i tested Vista too, but switched back to XP, Vista ist looking really nice but to run it you need 2 or 1,5 Gbs of RAM, any MB below will give you  some serious slowdowns, as it used 700 of my 1024 MB at a fresh new installation...