MS do compete with Apple in so far as Apple are taking market share from them.
But it's not direct competition, they compete in the same way Ford and Amtrak compete. One may take rider share from another, but Amtrak can't replace Ford in the same way Apple can't replace Microsoft, because trains won't run on roads, and OSX won't run on a Dell. Linux would be Toyota in this analogy, it runs on the same roads as Ford, but does it cheaper and more efficiently.
I doubt MS is particularly worried about any single player -- none will ever dominate like MS does now
You're right, MS is worried about Canonical specifically, but the should be worried about the fact that it is possible for Canonical to sustain itself in the desktop market, because if they can do it any number of Linux vendors can do it. None of them have to individually dominate like MS, they don't even have to collectively gain more market share than MS. The only reason people keep using Windows is because everybody keeps using windows. Once that is no longer true, people won't have a reason to keep using it. Witness the fall of IE, even though it still has by far the most market share of any browser, even more than every other browser combined, it has lost it's monopoly and now most websites are compatible with other browsers.
It's not the total dollar amount that would concern Microsoft, it's that a company can afford to compete with them on the desktop. Yes, RedHat already competes on the server, but so far Microsoft has owned the desktop. Now Canonical is competing in that space, on the same hardware, through the same channels, and it might be able to make a buck doing so. Microsoft hasn't faced competition like that since OS/2 died.
And before I get flamed by the Apple users, Microsoft doesn't compete on Apple hardware, and Apple doesn't compete through Microsoft's OEM channels. If Apple sold OSX separate from it's hardware, then it would be a serious threat to Microsoft, but for now Apple can't out-sell Dell, HP, Lenovo and all the budget brands out there.
For what it's worth, most of the inaugural festivities are paid for by Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee, which is funded by private donations not tax dollars.
I definitely would go for teaching young children, who would benefit (and need it) more and also be more receptive to technology. If every child learned some basic programming (say, Python or some shell scripting), they would grow up into much more savvy end users.
For younger kids, things like LittleWizard and EToys are a good way to introduce the concept of programming without worrying about syntax.
Anybody interested in going this route, as I have, can get a Linux distro targeted towards children (3yrs and up) that runs well on donated second hand PCs.
It's not worse than CO2, because it decays relatively quickly in the atmosphere. That's why this find is significant, it means the methane hasn't been in the atmosphere that long, which means there's still an active process on Mars that's putting it there.
As an aside, though, global warming on Mars would actually be a good thing for human habitation. Now if only we could figure out to to create and contain an atmosphere.
To clarify, the scantrons are technically still electronic voting machines (but with a paper trail), Florida just got rid of touch screens. Many Florida counties have been using these machines since well before the 2000 fiasco.
I believe the point of this ruling is that, without the source code, they can't legally prove that these people are in fact drunk drivers. So you'd be just as accurate to say: "Hooray, another innocent driver back on the streets!"
Of course, this is Florida, where people drive like they're drunk even when they're not.
I don't know about her Verizon situation, but I'm sure there is a workaround for that
From what I gathered from the article, the problem was that Verizon sends a "setup CD" with their DSL modem, which contains (when I had it) a program written in MS Java 1.1 that does nothing more than configure Windows to use DHCP. Verizon claims that you need to run this program to get the DSL setup, but it's completely unnecessary on Windows or Linux.
This woman's problem was that she was told she needed to have things that she didn't need to have. She was told she had to run the CD when she didn't, she was told she needed MS Word, when all she needed was to read+write.doc files.
Ultimately she gave up on an online education because she couldn't figure out her computer, which makes me thing that she wasn't all that interested in getting it all to work in the first place.
There is also money in the information, like the information you feed to a fabricator to actually make the things you want. Future economies will not be based on selling widgets, but rather on selling widget designs.
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MS do compete with Apple in so far as Apple are taking market share from them.
But it's not direct competition, they compete in the same way Ford and Amtrak compete. One may take rider share from another, but Amtrak can't replace Ford in the same way Apple can't replace Microsoft, because trains won't run on roads, and OSX won't run on a Dell. Linux would be Toyota in this analogy, it runs on the same roads as Ford, but does it cheaper and more efficiently.
I doubt MS is particularly worried about any single player -- none will ever dominate like MS does now
You're right, MS is worried about Canonical specifically, but the should be worried about the fact that it is possible for Canonical to sustain itself in the desktop market, because if they can do it any number of Linux vendors can do it. None of them have to individually dominate like MS, they don't even have to collectively gain more market share than MS. The only reason people keep using Windows is because everybody keeps using windows. Once that is no longer true, people won't have a reason to keep using it. Witness the fall of IE, even though it still has by far the most market share of any browser, even more than every other browser combined, it has lost it's monopoly and now most websites are compatible with other browsers.
It's not the total dollar amount that would concern Microsoft, it's that a company can afford to compete with them on the desktop. Yes, RedHat already competes on the server, but so far Microsoft has owned the desktop. Now Canonical is competing in that space, on the same hardware, through the same channels, and it might be able to make a buck doing so. Microsoft hasn't faced competition like that since OS/2 died.
And before I get flamed by the Apple users, Microsoft doesn't compete on Apple hardware, and Apple doesn't compete through Microsoft's OEM channels. If Apple sold OSX separate from it's hardware, then it would be a serious threat to Microsoft, but for now Apple can't out-sell Dell, HP, Lenovo and all the budget brands out there.
I would say it's gross sales, because having a net profit > $0 would have already made Canonical sustainable.
Join the Ubuntu Florida LoCo IRC channel on freenode: #ubuntu-us-fl you'll find other people (sometimes me too) willing to help your project.
I think this camera may be to facilitate two-way video conferencing, which was a feature mentioned in the article.
For what it's worth, most of the inaugural festivities are paid for by Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee, which is funded by private donations not tax dollars.
I definitely would go for teaching young children, who would benefit (and need it) more and also be more receptive to technology. If every child learned some basic programming (say, Python or some shell scripting), they would grow up into much more savvy end users.
For younger kids, things like LittleWizard and EToys are a good way to introduce the concept of programming without worrying about syntax.
I have both of these, and some good Python-based games, as part of a Linux distro for kids at:
http://www.quinncoincorporated.org/
As an aside, anybody with experience customizing Ubuntu Live/Install CDs, we can use your help. Contact email is on the website.
Anybody interested in going this route, as I have, can get a Linux distro targeted towards children (3yrs and up) that runs well on donated second hand PCs.
http://www.quinncoincorporated.org/
We are currently helping others across the country setup their own local initiatives.
Mar has experienced regional warming, but is not experiencing a global warming trend.
And here I thought that "relatively" was a qualifier.
It's not worse than CO2, because it decays relatively quickly in the atmosphere. That's why this find is significant, it means the methane hasn't been in the atmosphere that long, which means there's still an active process on Mars that's putting it there.
As an aside, though, global warming on Mars would actually be a good thing for human habitation. Now if only we could figure out to to create and contain an atmosphere.
Mars isn't going through Global Warming, it just has methane in it's atmosphere.
I'm looking forward to seeing the secret breathing pattern the developers hid in the code so they could pass it every time.
To clarify, the scantrons are technically still electronic voting machines (but with a paper trail), Florida just got rid of touch screens. Many Florida counties have been using these machines since well before the 2000 fiasco.
So not only do you do jail time for your company's benefit, but your company gets sued into oblivion too for IP violations. Yeah, good plan.
I believe the point of this ruling is that, without the source code, they can't legally prove that these people are in fact drunk drivers. So you'd be just as accurate to say: "Hooray, another innocent driver back on the streets!"
Of course, this is Florida, where people drive like they're drunk even when they're not.
She isn't stupid for not knowing how, she's stupid for giving up on not one but two semesters of school rather than try and figure it out.
I don't know about her Verizon situation, but I'm sure there is a workaround for that
From what I gathered from the article, the problem was that Verizon sends a "setup CD" with their DSL modem, which contains (when I had it) a program written in MS Java 1.1 that does nothing more than configure Windows to use DHCP. Verizon claims that you need to run this program to get the DSL setup, but it's completely unnecessary on Windows or Linux.
This woman's problem was that she was told she needed to have things that she didn't need to have. She was told she had to run the CD when she didn't, she was told she needed MS Word, when all she needed was to read+write .doc files.
Ultimately she gave up on an online education because she couldn't figure out her computer, which makes me thing that she wasn't all that interested in getting it all to work in the first place.
Coreboot got an X desktop loaded in just a few seconds by having it load from the BIOS firmware.
But if you want a modern desktop, you'll either need more firmware space of a faster hard drive.
Actually it makes more of a guggling sound when it brews.
Oh. OH! Nevermind.
I got fr1st p0st!
course I have had twenty nine cups of coffee, and my screen looks like a bad knockoff Picaso painting.
Keep drinking until it looks like a Dali.
There is also money in the information, like the information you feed to a fabricator to actually make the things you want. Future economies will not be based on selling widgets, but rather on selling widget designs.
But how do you calculate the rate of rotation and mass of a galaxy that you're in? It's mind blowing that we can actually do that.
Science.
It works, Bitches.