They were doing a particular search in the past, they couldn't find it in Google, so they tried Bing they found it. So they just stuck with it. When they re install their PC IE defaults to Bing so they never bothered to switch. Assume the Google is a greater Evil then Microsoft.
Well Overall IE usage has dropped to under 50% [Citation] So it may not be a major factor here. I think the issue is that Bing has reached a good enough stage. So the algorithm may just raise the bar up a bit. Competition is good.
Show me a man who stands strong on all his principals and I'll show you a man who is hated and doesn't have anything.
Your principals need to be prioritized and the ones lower on the list may need to be bended more and more. For most mentally healthy people using a computer OS that you don't like is low on the list of principals.
The answer is simple. They learned it and don't want to change. This is from a web site filled with people who still think the mouse was a bad idea. And we should still be using 80x25 teletype machines. Then there is the issue of having to tell everyone they got a new email address etc....
Many people when they choose what they wanted for email they choose a service that some of their friends or family used. For my parents it was using Yahoo mail. But it could have just as easily been Hotmail or Google. They wouldn't ever choose the same service I did because they figure that I will choose the hardest one to use, because I am a "Computer Guy" But they would choose what my Sister users or my Aunts and Uncles.
When dealing with companies you get into these odd relationships. You are competing with them but their success is your success too. The trick that was learned is to mentally divide a company into different parts. For Apple. Microsofts OS is their biggest competition for their OSs (OS X/iOS). However Microsoft Office for the Mac is a big push to sell more Macs and a good seller for Microsoft, at the same time there are a little competitive with Apples Office like products, however Apple hasn't been hammering these too much they are selling them more as a poor mans office. Then you have the free services. Hotmail, Bing, iCloud, Assure.... These are low revenue services that make sense for compatibility with other products. Choosing Hotmail, over Google Mail, over iCloud isn't that big of a deal. Because they are free people can have all of them. But if your device doesn't support it then you are at a disadvantage. Right now Microsoft in the mobile market has more to gain from getting iPhone hotmail users, then apple has to gain from getting windows mobile iCloud users.
Well also lets be fair here. Reports like this really do take time to figure out before making a rash response.
1. Some of the users just got a new fancy phone and they drain the battery playing with all the features they wouldn't necessary do. 2. They may not be properly charging the phones... Perhaps there is a bad batch of charging cable that got shipped. 3. Are the people reporting the problem from a particular batch of phone. A bad manufacturing run. 4. Is the problem a software problem where they can just push out a patch. 5. Is it a hardware problem where they need to do a recall.
When you sell millions of units and you get hundreds or thousands of issues it takes a while to sort them out and do particular test.
Supply and Demand. It wouldn't be sold for extortionary prices, because not enough people would buy it. Having it Open Source means the medical profession will not widely use it, Because a fault would be on the implementer of the technology. Aka The poor slob who set it up from the instructions. So if a patient dies or is crippled from this technology then the implementer gets in a lot of trouble. The company offers more then just the device, it offers protection, if there is a problem the company takes the lawsuit and not any individual. The pricing would mostly be with the hardware sales, and the software price would probably fall under a few thousands of dollars. Still saving the organization a ton of money and they will be willing to implement it. Vs. a Hack Some Cheap Ass Doctor made.
And why would Hardware manufactures want to wast money time and resources to come up with different product models for each country if they can avoid it. They don't make money selling Windows, They make money selling hardware. Having Windows preinstalled makes their customers happy. If they don't want Windows they are just as glad that they wipe out the old OS and put whatever you want on it. Just don't call for support because they may not be able to help you.
The reason why many conspiracies don't exist is because everyone has different agendas, and it is more work and a hassle to keep the conspiracy then the problem they are trying to solve.
Well I looked at a person funny the first time I saw someone using a blue tooth headset. I didn't see the headset but it was just walking and talking to himself and I though this guy was Nuts... And I was a Subways that happened to be attached to a Gun Shop. So I was a bit disterbed until he passed me and I saw a device with a little red light attached to his ear.
Well the original iPhone was about 2 years ahead of the market. It doesn't mean they will start seeing copies after two years, but you will see cheap ripoff products for a few years then finally after 2 years you will get something that is truly competitive.
The fundamentalists and the zealot atheists are really stuck on the Genesis part of the bible aren't they. Heck they get stuck even before they finish Genesis.
This is a story passed down verbally for thousands of years, translated multiple times then finally wrote down and translated again.
So lets make an assumption that God told the first man how he came to be. Then he passed it onto the next generations.
First Man: We evolved billions of years we came from organic elements that were mixed together that were self replicating but with minor changes over time billions of years we came to what we are now.
Kid: What are organic elements?
First Man: They are very tiny unit of mass made from carbon. (He grabs and picks up some soil) Here in my hand I hold billions of these carbon atoms.
Kid: (thinking to himself: "So we came from Mud") so how do these self replicate.
First Man: Well you see these atoms are grouped together in a twisted structure (He draws a double helix in the dirt) And they split and when there is an other DNA pare they will join up can create a brand new chemical combination.
Kid: (thinking to himself: "Those look like ribs, So my Sister came from my dads ribs?") Interesting I will pass this down to my children.
First Man: Good for you... Hey whats that...
First Man get killed by a Tiger. Kid runs away and lives the rest of his life trying to survive and the story kinda got more confused.
Cable tv, video games are great ways to keep prisoners passified. Without tv and games prisoners will be using their free time finding new ways to cause trouble.
The Tea Party says the same thing. That they are bipartisan. But in really they are not so much. Just people who were Left or Right wingers but was raised to be the opposite side.
Becoming rich take a lot of work. You can get lucky and make a simple app that will make you millions. But for the most part you need to do all the same work that you need for any business. Make sure the users need what you are wanting to make, Make it, Make it work well, Make sure the customers can use it, Advertise to let people know it is out there. This hasn't changed in a hundred years.
The problem is people don't realize how much work. So they work hard and they fail and say well hard work doesn't lead you anywhere. But the truth it while they worked hard they didn't work hard enough or hard enough in the right areas.
Yes it is. The fact that his data cannot be trusted is a a shame is true. Because he may have a lot of real good and honest data. But because he has lied and made up some data means we need to go out and retake more data.
The scientific community shouldn't be apologetic to this type of behavior. They really need to crack down on this type of stuff. because it gives science a bad name. When a "Scientist" makes a "bold discovery" using made up data, is the reason why people don't trust science as much as they should, because there is too much lets make a political point "Science" going on.
Yes we have all these social events centered around eating meat. BBQ, Hawian Luau, Thanks Giving... Meat is something we like to eat and share with others.
If eating meat was anti-social then these traditions probably wouldn't last threw the generations.
No. The Zune failed for different reasons. 1. Brown 2. Roughly the same price as an iPod 3. Roughly the same features and performance of an iPod 4. No Mac Support (the iPod did Mac and Windows support) 5. They came in when the iPod was already really cool. 6. No one really liked Microsoft at the time. (During the time of Mass XP Viruses, Windows Longhorn delays, IE 6 showing its age...)
Without the DRM Microsoft would have failed further because no publishing company will give them rights to the music.
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They were doing a particular search in the past, they couldn't find it in Google, so they tried Bing they found it. So they just stuck with it.
When they re install their PC IE defaults to Bing so they never bothered to switch.
Assume the Google is a greater Evil then Microsoft.
Well Overall IE usage has dropped to under 50% [Citation] So it may not be a major factor here. I think the issue is that Bing has reached a good enough stage. So the algorithm may just raise the bar up a bit. Competition is good.
I though you were trying to search for something.
And go out of business!
Show me a man who stands strong on all his principals and I'll show you a man who is hated and doesn't have anything.
Your principals need to be prioritized and the ones lower on the list may need to be bended more and more. For most mentally healthy people using a computer OS that you don't like is low on the list of principals.
The answer is simple. They learned it and don't want to change. This is from a web site filled with people who still think the mouse was a bad idea. And we should still be using 80x25 teletype machines.
Then there is the issue of having to tell everyone they got a new email address etc....
Many people when they choose what they wanted for email they choose a service that some of their friends or family used. For my parents it was using Yahoo mail. But it could have just as easily been Hotmail or Google. They wouldn't ever choose the same service I did because they figure that I will choose the hardest one to use, because I am a "Computer Guy" But they would choose what my Sister users or my Aunts and Uncles.
When dealing with companies you get into these odd relationships.
You are competing with them but their success is your success too. The trick that was learned is to mentally divide a company into different parts.
For Apple.
Microsofts OS is their biggest competition for their OSs (OS X/iOS). However Microsoft Office for the Mac is a big push to sell more Macs and a good seller for Microsoft, at the same time there are a little competitive with Apples Office like products, however Apple hasn't been hammering these too much they are selling them more as a poor mans office.
Then you have the free services. Hotmail, Bing, iCloud, Assure.... These are low revenue services that make sense for compatibility with other products. Choosing Hotmail, over Google Mail, over iCloud isn't that big of a deal. Because they are free people can have all of them. But if your device doesn't support it then you are at a disadvantage. Right now Microsoft in the mobile market has more to gain from getting iPhone hotmail users, then apple has to gain from getting windows mobile iCloud users.
Microsoft has lost their strong arm. They are still big and influential. But Unlike the late 90's a hardware company can survive without Microsoft.
Well also lets be fair here. Reports like this really do take time to figure out before making a rash response.
1. Some of the users just got a new fancy phone and they drain the battery playing with all the features they wouldn't necessary do.
2. They may not be properly charging the phones... Perhaps there is a bad batch of charging cable that got shipped.
3. Are the people reporting the problem from a particular batch of phone. A bad manufacturing run.
4. Is the problem a software problem where they can just push out a patch.
5. Is it a hardware problem where they need to do a recall.
When you sell millions of units and you get hundreds or thousands of issues it takes a while to sort them out and do particular test.
Supply and Demand. It wouldn't be sold for extortionary prices, because not enough people would buy it. Having it Open Source means the medical profession will not widely use it, Because a fault would be on the implementer of the technology. Aka The poor slob who set it up from the instructions. So if a patient dies or is crippled from this technology then the implementer gets in a lot of trouble. The company offers more then just the device, it offers protection, if there is a problem the company takes the lawsuit and not any individual.
The pricing would mostly be with the hardware sales, and the software price would probably fall under a few thousands of dollars. Still saving the organization a ton of money and they will be willing to implement it. Vs. a Hack Some Cheap Ass Doctor made.
And why would Hardware manufactures want to wast money time and resources to come up with different product models for each country if they can avoid it. They don't make money selling Windows, They make money selling hardware. Having Windows preinstalled makes their customers happy. If they don't want Windows they are just as glad that they wipe out the old OS and put whatever you want on it. Just don't call for support because they may not be able to help you.
The reason why many conspiracies don't exist is because everyone has different agendas, and it is more work and a hassle to keep the conspiracy then the problem they are trying to solve.
Well I looked at a person funny the first time I saw someone using a blue tooth headset. I didn't see the headset but it was just walking and talking to himself and I though this guy was Nuts... And I was a Subways that happened to be attached to a Gun Shop. So I was a bit disterbed until he passed me and I saw a device with a little red light attached to his ear.
Well the original iPhone was about 2 years ahead of the market. It doesn't mean they will start seeing copies after two years, but you will see cheap ripoff products for a few years then finally after 2 years you will get something that is truly competitive.
The fundamentalists and the zealot atheists are really stuck on the Genesis part of the bible aren't they. Heck they get stuck even before they finish Genesis.
This is a story passed down verbally for thousands of years, translated multiple times then finally wrote down and translated again.
So lets make an assumption that God told the first man how he came to be. Then he passed it onto the next generations.
First Man: We evolved billions of years we came from organic elements that were mixed together that were self replicating but with minor changes over time billions of years we came to what we are now.
Kid: What are organic elements?
First Man: They are very tiny unit of mass made from carbon. (He grabs and picks up some soil) Here in my hand I hold billions of these carbon atoms.
Kid: (thinking to himself: "So we came from Mud") so how do these self replicate.
First Man: Well you see these atoms are grouped together in a twisted structure (He draws a double helix in the dirt) And they split and when there is an other DNA pare they will join up can create a brand new chemical combination.
Kid: (thinking to himself: "Those look like ribs, So my Sister came from my dads ribs?") Interesting I will pass this down to my children.
First Man: Good for you... Hey whats that...
First Man get killed by a Tiger. Kid runs away and lives the rest of his life trying to survive and the story kinda got more confused.
No that wasn't my conclusion. I am sorry if it seemed like I implied that. I just don't like people apologizing for bad scientists.
Cable tv, video games are great ways to keep prisoners passified.
Without tv and games prisoners will be using their free time finding new ways to cause trouble.
The Tea Party says the same thing.
That they are bipartisan. But in really they are not so much. Just people who were Left or Right wingers but was raised to be the opposite side.
Compared to Netbeans, Eclipse seems to overkill everything.
Why did you need to bring in the pain about Loading Libreofffice?
" all the feedback we got from our friends and family was overwhelming. "
My Mom Liked it why didn't I make millions from it.
Becoming rich take a lot of work. You can get lucky and make a simple app that will make you millions. But for the most part you need to do all the same work that you need for any business. Make sure the users need what you are wanting to make, Make it, Make it work well, Make sure the customers can use it, Advertise to let people know it is out there. This hasn't changed in a hundred years.
The problem is people don't realize how much work. So they work hard and they fail and say well hard work doesn't lead you anywhere. But the truth it while they worked hard they didn't work hard enough or hard enough in the right areas.
I want that job...
In charge of Science...
my first rule will be Science from here on end will always be written and spoken as "Science!"
Yes it is. The fact that his data cannot be trusted is a a shame is true. Because he may have a lot of real good and honest data. But because he has lied and made up some data means we need to go out and retake more data.
The scientific community shouldn't be apologetic to this type of behavior. They really need to crack down on this type of stuff. because it gives science a bad name. When a "Scientist" makes a "bold discovery" using made up data, is the reason why people don't trust science as much as they should, because there is too much lets make a political point "Science" going on.
Yes we have all these social events centered around eating meat.
BBQ, Hawian Luau, Thanks Giving... Meat is something we like to eat and share with others.
If eating meat was anti-social then these traditions probably wouldn't last threw the generations.
Apple was unique at the time as they made a different OS for the new platform. Previous Tablets were just PC OS's with touch screens.
No. The Zune failed for different reasons.
1. Brown
2. Roughly the same price as an iPod
3. Roughly the same features and performance of an iPod
4. No Mac Support (the iPod did Mac and Windows support)
5. They came in when the iPod was already really cool.
6. No one really liked Microsoft at the time. (During the time of Mass XP Viruses, Windows Longhorn delays, IE 6 showing its age...)
Without the DRM Microsoft would have failed further because no publishing company will give them rights to the music.