I agree with the comment to call Cisco. Your sales rep has many ways to get funding (private and government) for schools. I just saw a memo last week from Cisco for New England Cisco partners to meet with them to discuss the options and strategies to land these types of fundings.
There really are many options from the government to wire schools.
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DIVX would have taken off if it was the only option. DRM will, in my opinion, be the only option available. Companies will love the idea of total control of their "intelectual property".
Subscriptions to web sites and software will be seen as the norm, and probably the same thing. The idea of a static "page" will be obsolete by 20 years, replaced by audio, video, applications, etc.
TV will have merged with the net by then, probalby broadband wireless everywhere, with the terrabyte links at home still comming over your private SONET connection to Microsoft/AT&T DigitalMedia corp.
Think of it as pay-per-view and subscription everywhere, wheter it's music, movies, or software. It's gonna suck big time.
The net is not the most reliable source of news, not the quickest to break a story, not the most stable, nor the most accessible.
I remember Sept. 11th and when I heard Howard Stern on the radio announce the attacks, I immediately tried to go to several major news organizations' web site only to find them down almost all morning. The sites couldn't handle the traffic. CNN.com failed me. The radio kept me informed when the internet failed, and, unlike CNN, Howard Stern is not a journalist.
Not only that, if I was on the subway or bus, I wouldn't have even have had a chance to check the net, because it is very inaccessible. On the other hand, radio and TV waves are broadcast all over the air, accessible wherever you have a device to pick up the signal. And a walkman or a small portable TV is cheap. The argument for wireless internet may be brought up, but try to find a wireless provider in your area, an affordable phone to get that signal, and a speed decent enough to get info.
Also, the news content on most of the non-major news organizations web sites are unreliable, can be extremely biased and have no standards of excellence like news organizations at CBS, CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC, etc. I have seen some of the most conservative and liberal opinions ever on the net, truly hammering away at their agenda's under the pretext o news. I have even read some radical Islam papers on the net (very interesting).
Yeah it's easy to point and laugh at the "standards" of the big 5 networks, but they so have some journalistic integrity and the journalists do take their jobs seriously. It's the parent company's that are all about the $$, not the journalism departments.
The only good thing I can say about the net is the vast choice of news outlets available. Where other than the CIA HQ, major book store, or Christian Science Reading Room can you get such a variety of opinions and points of view. Just use judgment when reading and don't let the info be spoon-fed to you. Create your own opinions
It's a great device, a novel new design, has plenty of new devices, but until we upgrade our wireless capability in N. America, we won't be using it for a while.
Availability: Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific in the 4th quarter of 2001
I say we go the DoCoMo route, insted of WAP anyways. Plus, where's the PDA functionality. It seems more a gameboy than a business tool.
Yes it was. And it's no big deal. It's just the course outline, not the education, not the interaction between the student and profesor, not the heated lively debates, which is what constitutes good education.
Merger and acquisitions are perfectly respected and legitimate practices. I can name plenty of respected technology companies who do the exact same thing through shrewd acquisition strategies (Cisco for starters).
Their marketing strategy to basic consumers is top notch and rival such companies such as Proctor & Gamble (in fact, they have their Marketing Director).
They do extensive market research and consumer testing.
Their financial practices are in order and have over $30 billion in cold hard cash (not stocks) sitting in the bank to weather any storm (most companies in the world don't have a market cap near 30 billion, never mind cash).
I agree with some of your points. I can't stand their "Embrace and Extend" strategy, their bullying of competitors, arrogant attitude towards government and competitors, and their "Big Brother" approach to software licensing and registration. I believe they are a monopoly, but haven't destroyed all competition yet.
Sony will still be a strong competitor in the video came console market, AOL stomps all over MSN's subscription base and Real Networks kill's MS in the digital media market.
I like the fact that at least some gov't agencies are looking out for what's best for the people, and not big business. Please take note America.
I think this will have a major impact on Microsoft's business practices here and overseas, as I really can't envision Microsoft making a EU compliant Windows sans IE, Windows Media, Chat, etc., for them and a bundled Windows for the rest of the world.
And it's a testament to the impact of globalizaton, and interesting to see how foreign government's can influence American businesses in such a major way.
Shame on the bush administraion for letting up on Microsoft. And for the record, I am a huge Microsoft fan, and believe they do make some superior products. Note I said "some". I also love some of thier business practices, and believe business students will be studing these for years to come in universities all over the USA.
Sometimes the best defense is offence. It is impossible to defend ourselves from all the different attacks they could inflict on our defenseless civilians, from truck bombs to poison gas attacks to unimaginable attacks.
Therefore we must destroy the source of these horrors before they hurt us more.
No matter what our societal beliefs, no one should kill innocent civilians because they believe we are too materialistic.
This should help in advancing IP Telephony and Video. Be prepared for, not only, integrated messaging, but IP video conferencing telephones, and more interactive IVR systems, voice mail and OS's.
Unlike the Soviets, we won't be occupying Afghanistan. Afghanistan was indeed CONQUERRED by the Soviets (and the Brits in the 19th century), it was the occupation that proved to be too difficult.
We will probably have Green Berets flushing out and capturing terrorists on the ground and maybe some mech infantry/cav holding an airfield if needed, but we won't be staying very long. That's what the Northern Alliance will be doing for us. We will be creating a government that will arrest and capture terrorists for us.
They may have come from the same.dll, but they do entirely different things. The Smart tags in XP are more useful and don't revolve around sending you to other msn sites, but integrate Outlook, Excell and the other Office applications more seamlessly. They can be useful.
I use both now products now, and for the record, you can turn off the Smart Tag features all together in both IE6 and Office XP.
over the course of a decade it will help out. It's not an instant ROI, and I would only do it if you wish into management, as you'll be competing for jobs against other people with degrees. If you are going to stay a tech, I wouldn't bother. Just stay current on your tech skills. Also, never forget the business comes down to spending less than you make and being a manager comes from being a good listener and haveing good people under you. That's all you really need to know.
I've seen Ultimate TV and XBox in persona nd I'm telling you, it's better than anything on the market. If only they had made the 56k modem on the UltimateTV moduler, and offered a ethernet card as an option, it would rule the market even more than it's going to do already. It's (feee)TIVO, Web TV, etc, all rolled into one. When they leverage their.WMA into the box, it will be able to DL songs and movies on demand.
I know it's Cisco, but I still call them CRISCO. They make excellent network products, love the CLI over Nortel's BCC/menu system/Site Manager/MIBS, but I have issues with their RFC compatability, and how they implement thier own versions of it. And sticking a CRISCO router into a Bay network is hell, because oif all the changes I have to make on the CRISCO router.
I work in carrier and Nortel is made for this environment, where CRISCO is lacking.
I was talking about the CCNA. Most (not all)don't know their stuff, and only know basic CRISCO commands. Like I said earlier, there's more to know than just how to show stats and enable passwords on a router. A lot more.
CCNP's are a little better, but it depends on the individual. I've seen jack-ass PC helpdesk monkies get their CCNP, and never have even seen a router before.
I won't argue that CCIE's truly know their stuff, as they have EXPERIENCE.
I don't like it because it runs Linux. I think it's the first device that I've seen that can use some sort of cable modem. This sure beats a regular analog dial up modem.
I still won't buy one until they support ethernet cards, though. I don't care if it's TIVO, Web TV, etc.
This is a big topic in the Journalism field, and I have heard of more than a few reporters sit in jail for months, even years for refusing to tell a judge who their sources were. They can't be prosecuted, but a judge can hold them in contempt of court for refusing to answer his questions. It just journalism ethics to keep your sources anon. if you said you would, and I don't care if you're a web site such a Slashdot, major metro paper or magazine, you have to keep your word.
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I agree with the comment to call Cisco. Your sales rep has many ways to get funding (private and government) for schools. I just saw a memo last week from Cisco for New England Cisco partners to meet with them to discuss the options and strategies to land these types of fundings.
There really are many options from the government to wire schools.
DIVX would have taken off if it was the only option. DRM will, in my opinion, be the only option available. Companies will love the idea of total control of their "intelectual property".
Subscriptions to web sites and software will be seen as the norm, and probably the same thing. The idea of a static "page" will be obsolete by 20 years, replaced by audio, video, applications, etc.
TV will have merged with the net by then, probalby broadband wireless everywhere, with the terrabyte links at home still comming over your private SONET connection to Microsoft/AT&T DigitalMedia corp.
Think of it as pay-per-view and subscription everywhere, wheter it's music, movies, or software. It's gonna suck big time.
The net is not the most reliable source of news, not the quickest to break a story, not the most stable, nor the most accessible.
I remember Sept. 11th and when I heard Howard Stern on the radio announce the attacks, I immediately tried to go to several major news organizations' web site only to find them down almost all morning. The sites couldn't handle the traffic. CNN.com failed me. The radio kept me informed when the internet failed, and, unlike CNN, Howard Stern is not a journalist.
Not only that, if I was on the subway or bus, I wouldn't have even have had a chance to check the net, because it is very inaccessible. On the other hand, radio and TV waves are broadcast all over the air, accessible wherever you have a device to pick up the signal. And a walkman or a small portable TV is cheap. The argument for wireless internet may be brought up, but try to find a wireless provider in your area, an affordable phone to get that signal, and a speed decent enough to get info.
Also, the news content on most of the non-major news organizations web sites are unreliable, can be extremely biased and have no standards of excellence like news organizations at CBS, CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC, etc. I have seen some of the most conservative and liberal opinions ever on the net, truly hammering away at their agenda's under the pretext o news. I have even read some radical Islam papers on the net (very interesting).
Yeah it's easy to point and laugh at the "standards" of the big 5 networks, but they so have some journalistic integrity and the journalists do take their jobs seriously. It's the parent company's that are all about the $$, not the journalism departments.
The only good thing I can say about the net is the vast choice of news outlets available. Where other than the CIA HQ, major book store, or Christian Science Reading Room can you get such a variety of opinions and points of view. Just use judgment when reading and don't let the info be spoon-fed to you. Create your own opinions
It's a great device, a novel new design, has plenty of new devices, but until we upgrade our wireless capability in N. America, we won't be using it for a while.
Availability: Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific in the 4th quarter of 2001
I say we go the DoCoMo route, insted of WAP anyways. Plus, where's the PDA functionality. It seems more a gameboy than a business tool.
Oops. I'll take a few -1 Redundant's please. There's like 15 other comments jus like mine :)
Too volitile.
Yes it was. And it's no big deal. It's just the course outline, not the education, not the interaction between the student and profesor, not the heated lively debates, which is what constitutes good education.
Merger and acquisitions are perfectly respected and legitimate practices. I can name plenty of respected technology companies who do the exact same thing through shrewd acquisition strategies (Cisco for starters).
Their marketing strategy to basic consumers is top notch and rival such companies such as Proctor & Gamble (in fact, they have their Marketing Director).
They do extensive market research and consumer testing.
Their financial practices are in order and have over $30 billion in cold hard cash (not stocks) sitting in the bank to weather any storm (most companies in the world don't have a market cap near 30 billion, never mind cash).
I agree with some of your points. I can't stand their "Embrace and Extend" strategy, their bullying of competitors, arrogant attitude towards government and competitors, and their "Big Brother" approach to software licensing and registration. I believe they are a monopoly, but haven't destroyed all competition yet.
Sony will still be a strong competitor in the video came console market, AOL stomps all over MSN's subscription base and Real Networks kill's MS in the digital media market.
I like the fact that at least some gov't agencies are looking out for what's best for the people, and not big business. Please take note America.
I think this will have a major impact on Microsoft's business practices here and overseas, as I really can't envision Microsoft making a EU compliant Windows sans IE, Windows Media, Chat, etc., for them and a bundled Windows for the rest of the world.
And it's a testament to the impact of globalizaton, and interesting to see how foreign government's can influence American businesses in such a major way.
Shame on the bush administraion for letting up on Microsoft. And for the record, I am a huge Microsoft fan, and believe they do make some superior products. Note I said "some". I also love some of thier business practices, and believe business students will be studing these for years to come in universities all over the USA.
Sometimes the best defense is offence. It is impossible to defend ourselves from all the different attacks they could inflict on our defenseless civilians, from truck bombs to poison gas attacks to unimaginable attacks.
Therefore we must destroy the source of these horrors before they hurt us more.
No matter what our societal beliefs, no one should kill innocent civilians because they believe we are too materialistic.
This should help in advancing IP Telephony and Video. Be prepared for, not only, integrated messaging, but IP video conferencing telephones, and more interactive IVR systems, voice mail and OS's.
The battery pack on a stinger has a shelf life of 10-12 years with a reliability rate of 98%.
US Army helicopter pilots fly too fast and low for a Taliban soldier to get a good shot anyway.
Unlike the Soviets, we won't be occupying Afghanistan. Afghanistan was indeed CONQUERRED by the Soviets (and the Brits in the 19th century), it was the occupation that proved to be too difficult.
We will probably have Green Berets flushing out and capturing terrorists on the ground and maybe some mech infantry/cav holding an airfield if needed, but we won't be staying very long. That's what the Northern Alliance will be doing for us. We will be creating a government that will arrest and capture terrorists for us.
Violence in this instance is 100% reasonable. It has been used only as a last resort. We need to defend ourselves.
They may have come from the same .dll, but they do entirely different things. The Smart tags in XP are more useful and don't revolve around sending you to other msn sites, but integrate Outlook, Excell and the other Office applications more seamlessly. They can be useful.
I use both now products now, and for the record, you can turn off the Smart Tag features all together in both IE6 and Office XP.
over the course of a decade it will help out. It's not an instant ROI, and I would only do it if you wish into management, as you'll be competing for jobs against other people with degrees. If you are going to stay a tech, I wouldn't bother. Just stay current on your tech skills. Also, never forget the business comes down to spending less than you make and being a manager comes from being a good listener and haveing good people under you. That's all you really need to know.
I've seen Ultimate TV and XBox in persona nd I'm telling you, it's better than anything on the market. If only they had made the 56k modem on the UltimateTV moduler, and offered a ethernet card as an option, it would rule the market even more than it's going to do already. It's (feee)TIVO, Web TV, etc, all rolled into one. When they leverage their .WMA into the box, it will be able to DL songs and movies on demand.
http://members.xoom.com/semillennium/moslo.abm just rename to zip. I'm too lazy to put in a href.
This story more than any other I 've seen to date, brings home the point of the "borg/Bill Gates" logo used on Microsoft stories. Good sense of humor.
I know it's Cisco, but I still call them CRISCO. They make excellent network products, love the CLI over Nortel's BCC/menu system/Site Manager/MIBS, but I have issues with their RFC compatability, and how they implement thier own versions of it. And sticking a CRISCO router into a Bay network is hell, because oif all the changes I have to make on the CRISCO router. I work in carrier and Nortel is made for this environment, where CRISCO is lacking.
No CRISCO, the router. And no I don't work for Nortel.
I was talking about the CCNA. Most (not all)don't know their stuff, and only know basic CRISCO commands. Like I said earlier, there's more to know than just how to show stats and enable passwords on a router. A lot more. CCNP's are a little better, but it depends on the individual. I've seen jack-ass PC helpdesk monkies get their CCNP, and never have even seen a router before. I won't argue that CCIE's truly know their stuff, as they have EXPERIENCE.
I don't like it because it runs Linux. I think it's the first device that I've seen that can use some sort of cable modem. This sure beats a regular analog dial up modem. I still won't buy one until they support ethernet cards, though. I don't care if it's TIVO, Web TV, etc.
Too expensive to host in Seeland for us to still get free music. Otherwise a good idea.
This is a big topic in the Journalism field, and I have heard of more than a few reporters sit in jail for months, even years for refusing to tell a judge who their sources were. They can't be prosecuted, but a judge can hold them in contempt of court for refusing to answer his questions. It just journalism ethics to keep your sources anon. if you said you would, and I don't care if you're a web site such a Slashdot, major metro paper or magazine, you have to keep your word.