Considering the tact Apple has shown becoming the most important player in mobiles in 2 years I would be willing to take the bet that they will be fine even without Verizon. Android will thrive, but the iPhone is gonna be just fine.
No offense the app looks fun, but perhaps you are expecting too much out of a 3.5 star app that weighs in at 9 megs. With only 80 or so ratings on the US store for the paid version its kind of hard to assume this game was charting for very long. The thing about having to hit $250 to get payed per sountry is insane though.
Interesting read. Obviously the point is clear that MS gets to hide what is really going on. OTOH the point of OSS is to shine a light on and fix any vulnerabilities that arise.
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That hasn't prevented them from entering new markets, where they have gained little traction. Mobiles and consoles are two such endevors and both have resulted in tons of money spent with only minor marketshare. Sure WinMo and the 360 arn't failures, but considering the money spent on both MS can't be happy. They might be making money on the 360 if it wasn't for the typical rush job they did with the HW. You would think they would have learned that sometimes it is best to give things a few extra weeks to iron things out.
Can I move to where you live? I'm black, so it goes without saying that mayonaise to me is like garlic to a vampire. If those people in gated communities were really serious about keeping us out they would spray paint their house with the shit.
Excuse me fuckface, but we call them artists- and you owe us a few hundred bucks for your public performance. Don't tell me you think speech is free. Walt Disney and his gang will seriously fuck you up.
I think the point that you make is that MS will be in purgatory until they pick a side. Either Windows and Office, or Zune and 360. Clearly this a company that struggles create any products that are thrilling, thus they should smarten p and pick their battles. Apple is a great example of only getting involved in markets that will help the company, not getting involved just to kill potential future competitors.
Usually I would agree with you that the CEO is mostly a figurehead, but in tech CEO's have enormous impact. Mr. Gates and Jobs, have literally defined our computing envoronment for the last 20 years and will for the next 20 unless something changes. Like them or hate them, but they define an industry.
Hey its you again. The guy with the low UID that seems to have fallen asleep in '99 and just recently woken up. It has been said TIME AND TIME AGAIN, that Apple is usually not an innovator as far as the basic spec/language/GUI. What they succeed in is making poeple care passionately enough about their tweaked product to pay top dollar for it. I bought a MBP and I know it was overpriced for its config, damn right. But I also know that in 3 years when I flip it on eBay I will get 50% of my money back, whereas the Vio I was eyeing will be worth peanuts. Plus I know it will likely work for 10 years after that. Apple overcharges, but they deliver the most reliable HW on the market as study upon study have shown. For me innovation lies in usability. If my computers last longer it is certainly more usable in the long run.
Most real stoners eat it not smoke it. Atleast my old friends are that way, Once you cancel out the damage done from smoking it is just mildly detrimental to one's health.
So I assume you expect the same from every dev. Why the hell not use their own AAC decoder, especially since it is the only one to support their "protected" content
Office for Mac is terrible and slow. No VB support, takes 20 seconds to load Word. iTunes sucks on Windows, but it is feature complete and not a sad fucking knockoff like Mac Office.
While you are right Apple is in it only for the money, they do have the best Consumer Reports quality record ever, for almost a decade running. Any time ZI've ever had a problem it was fixed no questions asked FAST.
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Wait, since when is the Doid the only Android phone?
Considering the tact Apple has shown becoming the most important player in mobiles in 2 years I would be willing to take the bet that they will be fine even without Verizon. Android will thrive, but the iPhone is gonna be just fine.
No offense the app looks fun, but perhaps you are expecting too much out of a 3.5 star app that weighs in at 9 megs. With only 80 or so ratings on the US store for the paid version its kind of hard to assume this game was charting for very long. The thing about having to hit $250 to get payed per sountry is insane though.
Interesting read. Obviously the point is clear that MS gets to hide what is really going on. OTOH the point of OSS is to shine a light on and fix any vulnerabilities that arise.
Way to cherry pick the only single quarter they lost money after 1998.
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That hasn't prevented them from entering new markets, where they have gained little traction. Mobiles and consoles are two such endevors and both have resulted in tons of money spent with only minor marketshare. Sure WinMo and the 360 arn't failures, but considering the money spent on both MS can't be happy. They might be making money on the 360 if it wasn't for the typical rush job they did with the HW. You would think they would have learned that sometimes it is best to give things a few extra weeks to iron things out.
I think you are taking about 1997/1998. By 2000 Apple was already plenty back on their feet mostly thanks to the iMac.
Yeah but then the Ranch Crew wouldn't have anything to do when they should up now would they.
Can I move to where you live? I'm black, so it goes without saying that mayonaise to me is like garlic to a vampire. If those people in gated communities were really serious about keeping us out they would spray paint their house with the shit.
Yeah but compare that to Google or Apple and you will realize MS is seriously fucking up.
Expect to get modded down. -1 Truth is a big friend of the usual pro-MS shill.
Excuse me fuckface, but we call them artists- and you owe us a few hundred bucks for your public performance. Don't tell me you think speech is free. Walt Disney and his gang will seriously fuck you up.
I think the point that you make is that MS will be in purgatory until they pick a side. Either Windows and Office, or Zune and 360. Clearly this a company that struggles create any products that are thrilling, thus they should smarten p and pick their battles. Apple is a great example of only getting involved in markets that will help the company, not getting involved just to kill potential future competitors.
To answer Bill's hyothetical question. I would prefer MS to turn into old style IBM. Atleast back then we knew where a company stood.
Usually I would agree with you that the CEO is mostly a figurehead, but in tech CEO's have enormous impact. Mr. Gates and Jobs, have literally defined our computing envoronment for the last 20 years and will for the next 20 unless something changes. Like them or hate them, but they define an industry.
Hey its you again. The guy with the low UID that seems to have fallen asleep in '99 and just recently woken up. It has been said TIME AND TIME AGAIN, that Apple is usually not an innovator as far as the basic spec/language/GUI. What they succeed in is making poeple care passionately enough about their tweaked product to pay top dollar for it. I bought a MBP and I know it was overpriced for its config, damn right. But I also know that in 3 years when I flip it on eBay I will get 50% of my money back, whereas the Vio I was eyeing will be worth peanuts. Plus I know it will likely work for 10 years after that. Apple overcharges, but they deliver the most reliable HW on the market as study upon study have shown. For me innovation lies in usability. If my computers last longer it is certainly more usable in the long run.
I would say you must be new here, but with that UID I'm just going to assume you were in a coma for the last 9 years.
Good to hear it is still being worked on. I too loved it and was a nearly full time user in the past. A worthy upgrade would be great.
Insightfull? Isn't there a moderation for PR drone?
Most real stoners eat it not smoke it. Atleast my old friends are that way, Once you cancel out the damage done from smoking it is just mildly detrimental to one's health.
So I assume you expect the same from every dev. Why the hell not use their own AAC decoder, especially since it is the only one to support their "protected" content
Office for Mac is terrible and slow. No VB support, takes 20 seconds to load Word. iTunes sucks on Windows, but it is feature complete and not a sad fucking knockoff like Mac Office.
While you are right Apple is in it only for the money, they do have the best Consumer Reports quality record ever, for almost a decade running. Any time ZI've ever had a problem it was fixed no questions asked FAST.
Yeah but how to do upgrade Windows to you know... not Windows?