There certainly won't be a market until the prices of the readers come down. $300? You gotta be crazy. Even at $50 they would in any case likely never entice me completely away from the real thing.
Proprietary hw interfaces haven't gone away.
I have a dead iPod on my hands, and a couple of peripherals (eg an alarm clock) with interfaces tied to the proprietary iPod connector. So, now I'm faced with having to buy another iPod, or live with an incompatible collection of stuff.
My own fault I suppose, but it's so very easy to fall into that particular clever pool of quicksand.
at the same time it was Firefox that quietly allowed it to happen.
"I admit that maybe I missed the point", he said as he rushed home to check his Windows machine.
I would hazard the vast majority of us have first hand knowledge of an SAP based enterprise system project gone amok (as I have). Some interesting ideas here http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sap-watch/what%E2%80%99s-the-real-trend-in-failed-sap-projects/.
I wouldn't necessarily blame the users all the time; in our case, it seems a combination of ill defined requirements, crazily feature rich software and consultants not unhappy when things drag out.
I've just rebooted my "hobby" after many years of absence (having generally been accustomed to using Borland products), and I'm using Codeview under ubuntu. It works for me, but the lack of mention suggests it's not that well liked. Am I wrong?
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Point taken, but Reagan had it right: "Trust, but verify"
Me thinks thou dost protest too much.
There certainly won't be a market until the prices of the readers come down. $300? You gotta be crazy. Even at $50 they would in any case likely never entice me completely away from the real thing.
Proprietary hw interfaces haven't gone away. I have a dead iPod on my hands, and a couple of peripherals (eg an alarm clock) with interfaces tied to the proprietary iPod connector. So, now I'm faced with having to buy another iPod, or live with an incompatible collection of stuff. My own fault I suppose, but it's so very easy to fall into that particular clever pool of quicksand.
has decided China doesn't need any stinking imperialist silly names.
at the same time it was Firefox that quietly allowed it to happen. "I admit that maybe I missed the point", he said as he rushed home to check his Windows machine.
I would hazard the vast majority of us have first hand knowledge of an SAP based enterprise system project gone amok (as I have). Some interesting ideas here http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sap-watch/what%E2%80%99s-the-real-trend-in-failed-sap-projects/. I wouldn't necessarily blame the users all the time; in our case, it seems a combination of ill defined requirements, crazily feature rich software and consultants not unhappy when things drag out.
I've just rebooted my "hobby" after many years of absence (having generally been accustomed to using Borland products), and I'm using Codeview under ubuntu. It works for me, but the lack of mention suggests it's not that well liked. Am I wrong?