As I commented, the success of.NET isn't in.NET it is in the quality of Visual Studios..NET The speed of Java but only runs on Windows. Microsoft could had released an updated VB7 and C# without using.NET added additional libraries. And our apps will be faster, without the.NET overhead. It is the fact that Visual Studios when got upgraded went to.NET leaving us in the cold if we did other languages
Drone attacks are not perfect. However it is better than having our soldiers in harms ways doing the attacks. Or would you prefer these terrorist organizations to flourish and grow and get better organized again?
The biggest question is the fear of the US dones creating more terrorist then we are killing? That is a tough call.
Well there is more to the point. Energy is getting so expensive that there is a growing economical incentive to be efficient with your waste products (AKA Wasted energy)
Hardware is an easy well studied and researched business model. You make it, people buy it, if it works that is money. For software you make it, some people will buy it, there is a big black market of pirated software. Then once you get it you are expected to keep it up and running with fixes.
Now the Apple and seeming the new Microsoft model. You make the hardware and software. This fixes the piracy problem because it means for every hardware unit you sell you sell the software too. As well it makes writing your software easier, as you don't need to account for all the third party ripoffs.
This model makes business easier. However like with IBM you are opening yourself up for disruption. Being too locked down you are opening yourself vulnerable to more open alternatives.
While the iPhone is still the most popular phone. Android has the most used OS, across a lot of phone models. For the tablet Android didn't get much of a foot hold, maybe Microsoft will maybe not. Perhaps the Maker movement will find a way to offer White Box Tablets, where we can choose our own OS. And get a lot of small businesses making Whitebox Tablets for consumers and businesses.
You had me going until your bought up.NET and ActiveX..NET is really a failure. It wide use isn't in the.NET but in the quality of Visual Studios.
ActiveX is worse. Much worse, very bad. My mild mannered self in public will open ridicule anyone who thinks ActiveX was a good idea. ActiveX was a blatant attempt to take the thunder away from Java Applets. They touted it faster but that is just because it was for Windows and Intel Platform and IE only. in essence it is a windows application that runs in the browser. ActiveX opened the door to a lot of very bad and serious malware. It locked businesses into using IE for application and once IE had too many security flaws they were still stuck, because there were too many idiot vendors who were MS shills that put their technology in their systems.
I am fine with most of Microsoft products. but ActiveX is the choice of Idiots.
It could also be more benign. The fact that most of us have high speed internet connections and can update the system when the updates are made and tested. The Service Pack Concept is a throwback to them good old days where we would get a CD or Disk in the mail and run the upgrade. Because trying to get it online every week would be a major job.
The Palm Pilot and Apple Newton never achieved the success the iPad has or the iPhone.
The problem with comparing the Past Systems was the fact they while they look similar, that new feature of multi-touch is the real game player. Before we needed to use a stylus or one finger to just push a button on the screen. Doing things such as zooming in was very clumsy. The simple feature of the pinch zoom is a massive game changers. During Newton and Palm Pilot Hayday. PC's were in a get a really big display phase. 17" - 19" - 21" get as big of a CRT that can fit on your desk. Why? because you had so much information, you wanted to view but smaller screens didn't have the resolution or were too small to see it. For the most part on the screen we only focus on a couple square inches on it at any moment. But using the mouse to scroll and zooming was choppy, made it so you need to use a desktop if you want to get real work done. With multi-touch you can see scroll and zoom much faster and naturally then before.
The next problem during the Palm Era. Was we didn't have too many good enough CPU's to do the job. During the Pentium 2 Era. your Palm Pilot had the power of an 8088 (10 year gap). Today We are closer to a 5 year gap, and our need for personal processing power has diminished. We can play a movie in High Definition on our phone and it will run smoothly. Programs are responsive and quick. While not as fast as the desktop, we are by no means suffering.
The third problem was network infrastructure. The old devices you needed to sync with a PC. Today they are self updating and work by themselves without the need for the PC. And they have wireless internet that means it is actually handy if you want to look up something.
The fourth problem was culture. Technology gadgets were not cool back in the late 90's. You would have been a major nerd or geek in the negative term if you were caught using one. Cell phones getting smaller and cheaper means more popular people were getting the technology thus allowing more high tech to be more common across the "normals".
We had a bunch of horseless carriages designed before the Model-T too.
It just needed the right situation to get them to kick off.
When they marks suchs states as non-swing states. They are often backed by some strong polling with a high degree of accuracy. For example in 2008 there was keep an eye on Virginia and North Carolina for Obama. These guys were almost always Red. however the polls have shown a change.
But right now in my State I am very sure that Obama will win the candidate and if it is that close where my vote is the decided factor, I wouldn't lose too much sleep from it. Because I voted for who I wanted for president. I did my research and I voted. I vote for who I want for president not for who I think will win.
And after all this crazy debate saying how there is so much eye candy you are now going that there isn't enough!
Windows 8 is actually very nice in appearance, it isn't trying to be show off but going more to a simpler effect. Being the Metro Display doesn't overlap stuff so you don't need to be 3d, with those other effects.
Actually if you are living with the bulk of the populations in a non-swing state. Voting 3rd party gives you more power. Yes your candidate will not win. But with more people voting third party, It gives that party more strength, as well their views gets more credit.
For example the Green Party often effect the polices of the Democrats, and the Libertarian party effects the republicans.
I live in NY for the president probability has Obama going to win. I personally don't like Romney either. So for me I can either choose from the lesser of two evils. Or look at the third parties, and vote of the guy like the most. I prefer the Modern Whig party myself. So other then wasting my vote on a candidate who will win and only pays attention to my state for fundraising. I might as well vote third party to get my voice on the issue I find very important.
Ok if you live in a swing state Choosing Democrat or Republican has more power. However if you live in a solid state, don't wast your vote on a winner but use it on the issue you care about and get heard better.
Lame. When asked about figurines we want the guy with the cool features. Many-Faces where you can turn the faces around, Skunk Man which smells bad. That green furry guy because it is like a stuffed animal but Cool and Tough and Tough and Cool... Battle Damage that gives more damage after each punch.
Sure it is. A lot of time a company releases a product ahead of its time. It enters a market that just doesn't want it at the moment.
I remember back in 1994 about how Linux Multi-Tasks and the other guys big on DOS and Windows 3.1 were like why would you ever want to run multiple programs at the same time? It will just slow down your active program.
Or take a look at the Amiga. In most ways this was far ahead of its time... However it didn't catch on too well.
Don't forget about the Newton.
If you take a risk and push something new you risk releasing a product that fills a void that most don't need at the moment.
Lets just say I go back to 2000 with my iPhone. It probably wouldn't have succeeded as well if at all. There wasn't a strong data infrastructure. Wi-Fi was a cool toy for nerds. The internet was full of crappy third party plugins... It may have good some interesting looks. But they would crave for the Razr Flip Phone.
No not really. Microsoft is solving the chicken and egg, problem.
Hardware Makers trying to compete with the iPad do not have a good OS to use. So Microsoft is offering them the OS. I would expect to see in the next 4 years more multi-touch systems out there. And most people don't bother getting a new OS until they are ready for a new computer anyways. You don't like Windows 8 for a keyboard and mouse. Stay with Windows 7, it is still supported... Probably longer than your active life on that device anyways.
Windows 7 works better when you have a decent video card. It can run on a poor one but you get a better experience with the good video card. So do you consider Windows 7 cost an extra $150 because you can choose to get a video card to make it run better. Heck we can say the same about adding more ram.
How about I am a Windows 95 Users. And for me to use Windows 7 I need to upgrade my RAM, CPU, Bus.... In essence you entire computer minus the keyboard, mouse and monitor (however you may need a PS/2 to USB adapter)
As someone who usually makes a snide remark every time Firefox goes up to a new version, it really isn't a factor if I am going to use the product or not. I just think it was a Lame attempt to seem cool compared to Google Chrome. You know, like that kid in Jr. High School who wasn't popular, but tries too hard to be so, in the attempt they end up looking even more uncool, in the same process he had alienated himself from the cool kids and the outsider group too.
Not that the version number will affect the quality of the software. However by doing this firefox isn't being true to itself. And these big number changes only confuse people trying to realise if they should bother to upgrade or not.
I personally don't care for ribbons myself. However I found a lot of Non-Technical people love them. So I guess they are not all that bad, Most people don't like to dig deep into menus. If it isn't right there they won't go hunting.
Windows 8 key improvement is with Multi-Touch users. For one the onscreen keyboard is much better than in earlier versions. The live tiles makes doing a quick glance to see new information is nice. The Metro Interface actually does a much better job at dealing with Full screen applications.
Lenovo x220t. (It take 2 finger inputs)
Well because you are not using a multi-touch laptop. Because you are too stupid to realize there are laptops that now have Multi-touch displays.
There is always Luck involved in success. A good business will try to minimize how much luck is involved but it is there.
Apple got Lucky in a couple areas. 1. The Fruity iMacs were popular enough to get media attention. Which allowed for more buzz after job releases new products. These iMacs could have been seen as a cheap rip off and too insulting to the end user to buy.
2. The iPod was really popular. It could had just as easily been just an apple fan boy toy. While other markets expanded.
3. Failure of the iPod Killer. Microsoft, Sony, Ad-Lib... A bunch of big names tried to get to a strong spot even a close #2.
4. People hated Microsoft. Viruses were crippling home PC's. People started to switch to Firefox. A lot of people were going, my Next PC will be a Mac.
A lot of other things could have gone wrong. And hurt apple.
Yea. Replacing the start button with a full screen is a REAL BIG Deal.
Get over it man!
We don't see car with game controllers, because we still get road feedback. However. The key in the ignition is going away with a power button. Dashboard displays are becoming more digital, and can change their displays for you. Cars are also getting more automated such as sensing cruse control where the car will slow down if the car in front of them is a bit slower.... We have been getting a lot of changes in the car. Sure we still have 4 wheels, a steering wheel and pedals... But other things have changed. And some of these changes change how we drive.
Your hate Windows 8 either because you in general don't like microsoft windows. Or you are just too old to get enjoyment in learning something new.
So you are supporting an economy that doesn't innovate?
If it isn't broke, we should still try to make it better. Now guess what in the process of trying to make things better sometimes often mistakes are made. So you can just be a whiny and say how bad it is and you say back on older technologies. Or look and take advantage of the new features, and work to clear up existing issues. Often such design changes offer tradeoffs, so you get something better and you may lose something.
Why change the interface at all... Well because we now have affordable multi-touch technology, this multi-touch technology changes on how we deal with system. My Laptop has a multi-touch screen and Windows 7 doesn't cut it, Hard to click small icons, zooming is choppy... Windows 8 makes multi-touch useful.
So when you get your next computer it may just come with a multi-touch display standard (like trying to buy a PC without a mouse) and your experience will be that much better. If you don't have a multi-touch now. Then don't upgrade.
That is why here in America we don't believe a word what those hippy Scientists say.
Here is the real issue. You have to get off the idea, that Science isn't fact, but the process to find fact. There are a lot of strong theories, but few laws. The stronger your theory the chances are you are closer to the truth. However it is still a theory and you could be wrong, or have parts of it that is wrong. However living in a complex world this process is currently the best way we have to manage in it. Going on superstition without questioning the new evidence presented, will not bring us to the truth. However Science is about being wrong, recognizing they are wrong and making a new idea off of this.
If your population is going to say they are OK just because some scientists give a low probability, it doesn't mean you are safe and shouldn't have an emergency backup plan. They should arrest the citizens for being incredibly naive and stupid.
a) it is fast even on old hardware, No it isn't. If you upgrade XP it runs slow. Slow Hardware runs slow.
b) it is supported by at least one good, secure Web browser (hint: not MSIE), For business? Businesses use IE, and the smart people break the policy and install other Browsers. Business use IT, because there are still too many stupid companies who think Active X was a good idea.
c) it supports about 15 years worth of professional applications (some of which are not available anymore), and If your application isn't available anymore. You are putting your company as risk.
d) upgrading == (pain + time) && (upgrading != c) Lazy ass IT.
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As I commented, the success of .NET isn't in .NET it is in the quality of Visual Studios. .NET The speed of Java but only runs on Windows. Microsoft could had released an updated VB7 and C# without using .NET added additional libraries. And our apps will be faster, without the .NET overhead. It is the fact that Visual Studios when got upgraded went to .NET leaving us in the cold if we did other languages
Then it must be the popular opinion is wrong.
Drone attacks are not perfect. However it is better than having our soldiers in harms ways doing the attacks. Or would you prefer these terrorist organizations to flourish and grow and get better organized again?
The biggest question is the fear of the US dones creating more terrorist then we are killing? That is a tough call.
Well there is more to the point. Energy is getting so expensive that there is a growing economical incentive to be efficient with your waste products (AKA Wasted energy)
Hardware is an easy well studied and researched business model. You make it, people buy it, if it works that is money.
For software you make it, some people will buy it, there is a big black market of pirated software. Then once you get it you are expected to keep it up and running with fixes.
Now the Apple and seeming the new Microsoft model. You make the hardware and software. This fixes the piracy problem because it means for every hardware unit you sell you sell the software too. As well it makes writing your software easier, as you don't need to account for all the third party ripoffs.
This model makes business easier. However like with IBM you are opening yourself up for disruption. Being too locked down you are opening yourself vulnerable to more open alternatives.
While the iPhone is still the most popular phone. Android has the most used OS, across a lot of phone models. For the tablet Android didn't get much of a foot hold, maybe Microsoft will maybe not. Perhaps the Maker movement will find a way to offer White Box Tablets, where we can choose our own OS. And get a lot of small businesses making Whitebox Tablets for consumers and businesses.
You had me going until your bought up .NET and ActiveX. .NET is really a failure. It wide use isn't in the .NET but in the quality of Visual Studios.
ActiveX is worse. Much worse, very bad. My mild mannered self in public will open ridicule anyone who thinks ActiveX was a good idea. ActiveX was a blatant attempt to take the thunder away from Java Applets. They touted it faster but that is just because it was for Windows and Intel Platform and IE only. in essence it is a windows application that runs in the browser. ActiveX opened the door to a lot of very bad and serious malware. It locked businesses into using IE for application and once IE had too many security flaws they were still stuck, because there were too many idiot vendors who were MS shills that put their technology in their systems.
I am fine with most of Microsoft products. but ActiveX is the choice of Idiots.
You play games, your boss see work.
It could also be more benign. The fact that most of us have high speed internet connections and can update the system when the updates are made and tested. The Service Pack Concept is a throwback to them good old days where we would get a CD or Disk in the mail and run the upgrade. Because trying to get it online every week would be a major job.
The Palm Pilot and Apple Newton never achieved the success the iPad has or the iPhone.
The problem with comparing the Past Systems was the fact they while they look similar, that new feature of multi-touch is the real game player.
Before we needed to use a stylus or one finger to just push a button on the screen. Doing things such as zooming in was very clumsy. The simple feature of the pinch zoom is a massive game changers. During Newton and Palm Pilot Hayday. PC's were in a get a really big display phase. 17" - 19" - 21" get as big of a CRT that can fit on your desk. Why? because you had so much information, you wanted to view but smaller screens didn't have the resolution or were too small to see it. For the most part on the screen we only focus on a couple square inches on it at any moment. But using the mouse to scroll and zooming was choppy, made it so you need to use a desktop if you want to get real work done. With multi-touch you can see scroll and zoom much faster and naturally then before.
The next problem during the Palm Era. Was we didn't have too many good enough CPU's to do the job. During the Pentium 2 Era. your Palm Pilot had the power of an 8088 (10 year gap). Today We are closer to a 5 year gap, and our need for personal processing power has diminished. We can play a movie in High Definition on our phone and it will run smoothly. Programs are responsive and quick. While not as fast as the desktop, we are by no means suffering.
The third problem was network infrastructure. The old devices you needed to sync with a PC. Today they are self updating and work by themselves without the need for the PC. And they have wireless internet that means it is actually handy if you want to look up something.
The fourth problem was culture. Technology gadgets were not cool back in the late 90's. You would have been a major nerd or geek in the negative term if you were caught using one. Cell phones getting smaller and cheaper means more popular people were getting the technology thus allowing more high tech to be more common across the "normals".
We had a bunch of horseless carriages designed before the Model-T too.
It just needed the right situation to get them to kick off.
When they marks suchs states as non-swing states. They are often backed by some strong polling with a high degree of accuracy. For example in 2008 there was keep an eye on Virginia and North Carolina for Obama. These guys were almost always Red. however the polls have shown a change.
But right now in my State I am very sure that Obama will win the candidate and if it is that close where my vote is the decided factor, I wouldn't lose too much sleep from it. Because I voted for who I wanted for president. I did my research and I voted. I vote for who I want for president not for who I think will win.
Actually you can choose the color at setup.
And after all this crazy debate saying how there is so much eye candy you are now going that there isn't enough!
Windows 8 is actually very nice in appearance, it isn't trying to be show off but going more to a simpler effect. Being the Metro Display doesn't overlap stuff so you don't need to be 3d, with those other effects.
You can always write in.
Actually if you are living with the bulk of the populations in a non-swing state. Voting 3rd party gives you more power. Yes your candidate will not win. But with more people voting third party, It gives that party more strength, as well their views gets more credit.
For example the Green Party often effect the polices of the Democrats, and the Libertarian party effects the republicans.
I live in NY for the president probability has Obama going to win. I personally don't like Romney either. So for me I can either choose from the lesser of two evils. Or look at the third parties, and vote of the guy like the most. I prefer the Modern Whig party myself.
So other then wasting my vote on a candidate who will win and only pays attention to my state for fundraising. I might as well vote third party to get my voice on the issue I find very important.
Ok if you live in a swing state Choosing Democrat or Republican has more power. However if you live in a solid state, don't wast your vote on a winner but use it on the issue you care about and get heard better.
Why not the Modern Whig Party? You know the group that is actually on a platform of being moderate.
Lame. When asked about figurines we want the guy with the cool features. Many-Faces where you can turn the faces around, Skunk Man which smells bad. That green furry guy because it is like a stuffed animal but Cool and Tough and Tough and Cool...
Battle Damage that gives more damage after each punch.
Sure it is.
A lot of time a company releases a product ahead of its time. It enters a market that just doesn't want it at the moment.
I remember back in 1994 about how Linux Multi-Tasks and the other guys big on DOS and Windows 3.1 were like why would you ever want to run multiple programs at the same time? It will just slow down your active program.
Or take a look at the Amiga. In most ways this was far ahead of its time... However it didn't catch on too well.
Don't forget about the Newton.
If you take a risk and push something new you risk releasing a product that fills a void that most don't need at the moment.
Lets just say I go back to 2000 with my iPhone.
It probably wouldn't have succeeded as well if at all. There wasn't a strong data infrastructure. Wi-Fi was a cool toy for nerds. The internet was full of crappy third party plugins... It may have good some interesting looks. But they would crave for the Razr Flip Phone.
No not really.
Microsoft is solving the chicken and egg, problem.
Hardware Makers trying to compete with the iPad do not have a good OS to use. So Microsoft is offering them the OS. I would expect to see in the next 4 years more multi-touch systems out there. And most people don't bother getting a new OS until they are ready for a new computer anyways. You don't like Windows 8 for a keyboard and mouse. Stay with Windows 7, it is still supported... Probably longer than your active life on that device anyways.
Windows 7 works better when you have a decent video card. It can run on a poor one but you get a better experience with the good video card. So do you consider Windows 7 cost an extra $150 because you can choose to get a video card to make it run better. Heck we can say the same about adding more ram.
How about I am a Windows 95 Users. And for me to use Windows 7 I need to upgrade my RAM, CPU, Bus.... In essence you entire computer minus the keyboard, mouse and monitor (however you may need a PS/2 to USB adapter)
As someone who usually makes a snide remark every time Firefox goes up to a new version, it really isn't a factor if I am going to use the product or not. I just think it was a Lame attempt to seem cool compared to Google Chrome. You know, like that kid in Jr. High School who wasn't popular, but tries too hard to be so, in the attempt they end up looking even more uncool, in the same process he had alienated himself from the cool kids and the outsider group too.
Not that the version number will affect the quality of the software. However by doing this firefox isn't being true to itself. And these big number changes only confuse people trying to realise if they should bother to upgrade or not.
I personally don't care for ribbons myself. However I found a lot of Non-Technical people love them. So I guess they are not all that bad, Most people don't like to dig deep into menus. If it isn't right there they won't go hunting.
Windows 8 key improvement is with Multi-Touch users. For one the onscreen keyboard is much better than in earlier versions. The live tiles makes doing a quick glance to see new information is nice. The Metro Interface actually does a much better job at dealing with Full screen applications.
Lenovo x220t. (It take 2 finger inputs)
Well because you are not using a multi-touch laptop. Because you are too stupid to realize there are laptops that now have Multi-touch displays.
There is always Luck involved in success. A good business will try to minimize how much luck is involved but it is there.
Apple got Lucky in a couple areas.
1. The Fruity iMacs were popular enough to get media attention. Which allowed for more buzz after job releases new products. These iMacs could have been seen as a cheap rip off and too insulting to the end user to buy.
2. The iPod was really popular. It could had just as easily been just an apple fan boy toy. While other markets expanded.
3. Failure of the iPod Killer. Microsoft, Sony, Ad-Lib... A bunch of big names tried to get to a strong spot even a close #2.
4. People hated Microsoft. Viruses were crippling home PC's. People started to switch to Firefox. A lot of people were going, my Next PC will be a Mac.
A lot of other things could have gone wrong. And hurt apple.
Yea. Replacing the start button with a full screen is a REAL BIG Deal.
Get over it man!
We don't see car with game controllers, because we still get road feedback. However. The key in the ignition is going away with a power button. Dashboard displays are becoming more digital, and can change their displays for you. Cars are also getting more automated such as sensing cruse control where the car will slow down if the car in front of them is a bit slower.... We have been getting a lot of changes in the car. Sure we still have 4 wheels, a steering wheel and pedals... But other things have changed. And some of these changes change how we drive.
Your hate Windows 8 either because you in general don't like microsoft windows. Or you are just too old to get enjoyment in learning something new.
So you are supporting an economy that doesn't innovate?
If it isn't broke, we should still try to make it better. Now guess what in the process of trying to make things better sometimes often mistakes are made. So you can just be a whiny and say how bad it is and you say back on older technologies. Or look and take advantage of the new features, and work to clear up existing issues. Often such design changes offer tradeoffs, so you get something better and you may lose something.
Why change the interface at all... Well because we now have affordable multi-touch technology, this multi-touch technology changes on how we deal with system. My Laptop has a multi-touch screen and Windows 7 doesn't cut it, Hard to click small icons, zooming is choppy... Windows 8 makes multi-touch useful.
So when you get your next computer it may just come with a multi-touch display standard (like trying to buy a PC without a mouse) and your experience will be that much better. If you don't have a multi-touch now. Then don't upgrade.
That is why here in America we don't believe a word what those hippy Scientists say.
Here is the real issue.
You have to get off the idea, that Science isn't fact, but the process to find fact. There are a lot of strong theories, but few laws. The stronger your theory the chances are you are closer to the truth. However it is still a theory and you could be wrong, or have parts of it that is wrong. However living in a complex world this process is currently the best way we have to manage in it. Going on superstition without questioning the new evidence presented, will not bring us to the truth. However Science is about being wrong, recognizing they are wrong and making a new idea off of this.
If your population is going to say they are OK just because some scientists give a low probability, it doesn't mean you are safe and shouldn't have an emergency backup plan. They should arrest the citizens for being incredibly naive and stupid.
Upgrade your software and stop going with Siemens products.
Fire the lame ass manager who decided to let the contract expire.
a) it is fast even on old hardware,
No it isn't. If you upgrade XP it runs slow. Slow Hardware runs slow.
b) it is supported by at least one good, secure Web browser (hint: not MSIE),
For business? Businesses use IE, and the smart people break the policy and install other Browsers. Business use IT, because there are still too many stupid companies who think Active X was a good idea.
c) it supports about 15 years worth of professional applications (some of which are not available anymore), and
If your application isn't available anymore. You are putting your company as risk.
d) upgrading == (pain + time) && (upgrading != c)
Lazy ass IT.