Dell could never pre-install linux on their systems - unless if it was a paid version. If they did, they'd have to support it which would level their margins - if not pull it into the negative.
His blog reminds me of the ongoing tug of war between thin clients and PCs. Perhaps he sees a good symbiotic relationship using web API's such as Google's.
The biggest problem of empirical data is the numbers. PDA sales are declining, but Smartphones are on the rise. Palm is abandoning it's PalmOS to move to Linux, but Sharp, one of the few Linux PDA supporters, is withdrawing support.
Smartphones are on the rise, and 70 - 80% of them run Symbian. Windows CE, around 10%. Linux isn't close on this one either, however, MS may have a leg up. The Windows CE platform essentially covers both PDA as well as Smartphones. In other words, they are the same platform, so "smart" features are easily portable for Windows developers.
J2ME is another option. A good one at that, as it runs on top of Symbian, PalmOS, Windows Mobile, etc.
Ipods... it's got a strange future. With Mobile phones starting to incorporate MP3 features, and ITunes, AAC, I'm really wondering what the Walkman market will look like in 2-3 years. IPod marketshare won't stay at 80% though. On top of that, PSP will have Mp3 playing abilities with Wifi built in.... Can you say, "browser"? I don't know what OS it's running though, or what sort of smart features it'll have.
I tend to disagree with those who say that private networks won't be successful in distributing media. Take for instance Friendster, you'll eventually run into people who wish to form nodes by linking with anyone who requests (not just long-time friends). These people will eventually function as a media stations and be able to deliver focused media to their network.
I'm a PC user and feel essentially the same as far as upgrading hardware. Next year I'll probably invest in an upgrade which includes the currently new 64/32 bit x86 processors. By then, the current high performing graphics cards will probably be affordale too, which means that I'll be able to start playing Doom3 the way that it was meant to be played. Maybe I'll splurge and pick up some other newer games too.
We're not exactly an undiscovered market though. Yahoo games is constantly coming out with new games, Shockrave.com too. Older game rendering engines are often licensed by developers and there are variations of Quake2, Unreal tossing about. Deer Hunter, was an example of this. If you want the latest and greatest with the coolest graphics, you have to get a matching set of hardware. That's what Doom3 is, and I'm glad id pushes the high end rather than refurbishes older titles.
In the meantime, there's plenty of great older games that are out in the market at a reduced cost. About a year ago, I picked up Black and White for less than $10. Of course, I don't get to brag about my acquisition to my friends, but that's the price that I pay.
No. 1 rule for individual inventors, don't try to patent anything related to the automotive industry. That is an industry that patents *everything*, and will spend big money to protect it's IP.
Ok, everyone, quit with this binary mode of thinking For whatever impact this has on Google, this is *good* news. How many of you will have one google account or yahoo account only?
Just as Google is a lot more than the search engine, having a Yahoo identity is useful for more than just email.
In fact, I probably spend more time on Yahoo than on any other site these days - Customized news, - Finances, - Movies, - Maps, - Groups... - some shopping (though I use other services more often.) - I'm constantly logged in to Yahoo's IM, - sometimes use the Video Conferencing feature. - I'll also play Yahoo Games, - use calendar features at times. - Yahoo's has the best solution for maintaining several identities
- I use at least one for Work, (As a consultant, I use one identity for each client)
- one for long term personal,
- one for short term personal.
Hell, on a daily basis, I probably use more resources from Yahoo than I do from any other media source including Google and TV.
100 MB will do it for me. It means that people can send me larger attachments, and I can keep some of them online. I also use YahooPOPs to pull my email onto my personal HD, so I don't anticipate having storage problems. Further, I'll still register for Gmail when it becomes available.
I think this is a really great topic, but unfortunately, it's missing some good answers. The way that I see it, I'm finding that I don't have enough time to keep up with all of my emails, and when I do write, there's typically a staple set of questions that I'll repeat in each correspondence. Major events, funny things that happened get repeated until I am disassociated from the actual event. Having a web journal may be a good solution to these day-to-day events.
So let me play devil's advocate for a bit. The pen, I think, is a good idea, because a lot of information is conveyed through handwriting. Unfortunately, I type faster than I write. Also, I tend to edit a lot.
Voice is a good idea, but frankly, that's a whole different medium in itself. I talk completely different than I write... and ultimately, I'd probably like for my journal to have audio capabilities to complement my writing.
Also, I'd like to include pictures that I take from digital cameras and other digital (TV/video/webpage clips) and analog (drawings/sketches) but often, it takes several steps to upload, edit, adjust my pics as well as other types of media.
On top of it all, If I have to edit the webpage, make sure that it all formats correctly, and select a good blogger that will allow me to do it all for cheap/free... it becomes quite a hassle. It'd be great if it was all one step.
Well, a 15 second vs. 10 minute compile doesn't really matter if it takes half a day to debug. But the rest of what you say is pretty much true.
Linux starts to shine in embedded designs (embedded not in the strictest sense) because the hardware is typically set. It will be the dominant OS for complex, upgradable systems (convergence devices such as set-top boxes, smart phones, pda's). With a stable environment, you can control the distribution and essentially make it idiot-proof to distribute binaries. Linux on the desktop will take time because everyone's desktop system is different. Thus, the most reliable way to install applications is "configure, make, make install"... and even then, you need to make sure your glibc libraries are up to date, path and environment variables are set and such. Basically, if you have a million different configurations, then you have a million tests to run - which is impossible.
Windows has other advantages with ease of development, but on an embedded / set system, such advantages are leveled, and it's disadvantage of license and price stand out more as a difference.
Yep. Plus, I really don't know a single person who doesn't use the internet. In fact, a 15.8 hours/week user covers just about anyone who works in an office environment. Hard laborers are the only ones who may not make the cut.
Maybe I'm not seeing the point here, but what exactly is the difference between local and remote exploit? I mean all that it takes is for an uninformed user to run a viral application that opens up more holes for a remote user to log in and do damage, right?
I agree with the ones who say to turn off WEP. In fact, I'd go one step further and say that you don't even need to traffic shape given your small town/regular customer base. In all likelihood people aren't going to be downloading porn in an open/public atmosphere. Start small, with only the router/access point - this keeps the cost of equipment practically negligible. Your main cost will be the ISP connection. You can always scale up later. Just remember that once you offer the service, it may be difficult to take it down. Your customers may not like it.
If you're really concerned about people downloading illegal stuff, then you should let your customers know that you're prepared to unplug the service if this should happen.
I'd say that the only thing that you should be concerned about is that some people may plant themselves in front of a station for a dollar coffee and not move the entire day. Unless if you're going to charge for access, there's not much that you can do in this regards (with the minor exception of not offering power outlets).
I've seen quite a number of cafes go out of business in the last several years. It happens because some patrons like to hangout in cafes for hours on end without offering much patronage. I like the idea of free wifi, but imagine that if Starbucks offers it, some people would simply snap up a table and veg for the entire day. Some would veg even without buying one tall coffee for a buck 35. They start losing money that way - not so much because of the expense of wifi, but that paying customers wouldn't have a place to sit.
Of course it also stands to reason that notebook computers need more than just a network - but also power. That's sort of another way to limit usage, although new line of notebooks can run much longer these days.
I don't need a product like this, but I would gladly pay $20K for a mobile device that allows my mom to move about freely without looking handicapped.
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Good stuff. Interesting that many of us can be instantly defined by the media that we consume. If you want to know someone, ask them, "What bands do you listen to? What TV shows do you watch?" The big question is, would you let others see what's on your TIVO?:).
I agree with the sentiment of banding behind one Linux distribution, but it won't be Debian. I'm not saying that it *should* be one or the other technically. It's just I don't think that it's a coincidence that Redhat and Suse are the two distributions that I see on the shelves of Fry's or CompUSA, and also hold the two largest user base. They make larger marketing pushes than any of the other distributions. There are also other some new commercial contenders - RedFlag, Lindows... These are probably joke distributions for most Linux users. Whoever the winner is, they must have some commercial exposure and be willing to take the lead in publicity and marketing.
Incidentally, I'm a slackware user but always keep a RedHat installation handy.
Dammit, I thought that original post seemed wrong and didn't warrant a response, but why can't Apple just come out and say that *ALL* OS 10 versions will be fixed, instead getting specific with Panther, Jaguar, 10.2.8.whatever.
There should be legal action, but it's nothing for us to be worried about.
GPL essentially tries to ensure that all modifications to the original code is made available and shared. SCO is no longer a tech company and means that they won't be making code changes *anyway*.
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Dell could never pre-install linux on their systems - unless if it was a paid version. If they did, they'd have to support it which would level their margins - if not pull it into the negative.
Before you guys get in a huff about Yahoo! vs. Google mail services, it stands to reason that many of us have both, plus a hotmail account.
Yahoo upping online storage is a good thing for all of us.
Seems that Slashdot has become the standard bug-report mechanism across numerous OS's and companies.
His blog reminds me of the ongoing tug of war between thin clients and PCs. Perhaps he sees a good symbiotic relationship using web API's such as Google's.
The biggest problem of empirical data is the numbers. PDA sales are declining, but Smartphones are on the rise. Palm is abandoning it's PalmOS to move to Linux, but Sharp, one of the few Linux PDA supporters, is withdrawing support.
Smartphones are on the rise, and 70 - 80% of them run Symbian. Windows CE, around 10%. Linux isn't close on this one either, however, MS may have a leg up. The Windows CE platform essentially covers both PDA as well as Smartphones. In other words, they are the same platform, so "smart" features are easily portable for Windows developers.
J2ME is another option. A good one at that, as it runs on top of Symbian, PalmOS, Windows Mobile, etc.
Ipods... it's got a strange future. With Mobile phones starting to incorporate MP3 features, and ITunes, AAC, I'm really wondering what the Walkman market will look like in 2-3 years. IPod marketshare won't stay at 80% though. On top of that, PSP will have Mp3 playing abilities with Wifi built in.... Can you say, "browser"? I don't know what OS it's running though, or what sort of smart features it'll have.
I tend to think the question that they really want to ask is,
How valuable is it?
I tend to disagree with those who say that private networks won't be successful in distributing media. Take for instance Friendster, you'll eventually run into people who wish to form nodes by linking with anyone who requests (not just long-time friends). These people will eventually function as a media stations and be able to deliver focused media to their network.
I'm a PC user and feel essentially the same as far as upgrading hardware. Next year I'll probably invest in an upgrade which includes the currently new 64/32 bit x86 processors. By then, the current high performing graphics cards will probably be affordale too, which means that I'll be able to start playing Doom3 the way that it was meant to be played. Maybe I'll splurge and pick up some other newer games too.
We're not exactly an undiscovered market though. Yahoo games is constantly coming out with new games, Shockrave.com too. Older game rendering engines are often licensed by developers and there are variations of Quake2, Unreal tossing about. Deer Hunter, was an example of this. If you want the latest and greatest with the coolest graphics, you have to get a matching set of hardware. That's what Doom3 is, and I'm glad id pushes the high end rather than refurbishes older titles.
In the meantime, there's plenty of great older games that are out in the market at a reduced cost. About a year ago, I picked up Black and White for less than $10. Of course, I don't get to brag about my acquisition to my friends, but that's the price that I pay.
No. 1 rule for individual inventors, don't try to patent anything related to the automotive industry. That is an industry that patents *everything*, and will spend big money to protect it's IP.
I'd say that your brake lights are a good communication tool.
You can make a bumper sticker that says, "I brake for tailgaters."
Ok, everyone, quit with this binary mode of thinking For whatever impact this has on Google, this is *good* news. How many of you will have one google account or yahoo account only?
Just as Google is a lot more than the search engine, having a Yahoo identity is useful for more than just email.
In fact, I probably spend more time on Yahoo than on any other site these days
- Customized news,
- Finances,
- Movies,
- Maps,
- Groups...
- some shopping (though I use other services more often.)
- I'm constantly logged in to Yahoo's IM,
- sometimes use the Video Conferencing feature.
- I'll also play Yahoo Games,
- use calendar features at times.
- Yahoo's has the best solution for maintaining several identities
- I use at least one for Work, (As a consultant, I use one identity for each client)
- one for long term personal,
- one for short term personal.
Hell, on a daily basis, I probably use more resources from Yahoo than I do from any other media source including Google and TV.
100 MB will do it for me. It means that people can send me larger attachments, and I can keep some of them online. I also use YahooPOPs to pull my email onto my personal HD, so I don't anticipate having storage problems. Further, I'll still register for Gmail when it becomes available.
I think this is a really great topic, but unfortunately, it's missing some good answers. The way that I see it, I'm finding that I don't have enough time to keep up with all of my emails, and when I do write, there's typically a staple set of questions that I'll repeat in each correspondence. Major events, funny things that happened get repeated until I am disassociated from the actual event. Having a web journal may be a good solution to these day-to-day events.
So let me play devil's advocate for a bit. The pen, I think, is a good idea, because a lot of information is conveyed through handwriting. Unfortunately, I type faster than I write. Also, I tend to edit a lot.
Voice is a good idea, but frankly, that's a whole different medium in itself. I talk completely different than I write... and ultimately, I'd probably like for my journal to have audio capabilities to complement my writing.
Also, I'd like to include pictures that I take from digital cameras and other digital (TV/video/webpage clips) and analog (drawings/sketches) but often, it takes several steps to upload, edit, adjust my pics as well as other types of media.
On top of it all, If I have to edit the webpage, make sure that it all formats correctly, and select a good blogger that will allow me to do it all for cheap/free... it becomes quite a hassle. It'd be great if it was all one step.
This is a good idea, but I talk a lot differently than I write. Each medium has it's own source of inspiration/ discussion.
Well, a 15 second vs. 10 minute compile doesn't really matter if it takes half a day to debug. But the rest of what you say is pretty much true.
Linux starts to shine in embedded designs (embedded not in the strictest sense) because the hardware is typically set. It will be the dominant OS for complex, upgradable systems (convergence devices such as set-top boxes, smart phones, pda's). With a stable environment, you can control the distribution and essentially make it idiot-proof to distribute binaries. Linux on the desktop will take time because everyone's desktop system is different. Thus, the most reliable way to install applications is "configure, make, make install"... and even then, you need to make sure your glibc libraries are up to date, path and environment variables are set and such. Basically, if you have a million different configurations, then you have a million tests to run - which is impossible.
Windows has other advantages with ease of development, but on an embedded / set system, such advantages are leveled, and it's disadvantage of license and price stand out more as a difference.
Yep. Plus, I really don't know a single person who doesn't use the internet. In fact, a 15.8 hours/week user covers just about anyone who works in an office environment. Hard laborers are the only ones who may not make the cut.
Maybe I'm not seeing the point here, but what exactly is the difference between local and remote exploit? I mean all that it takes is for an uninformed user to run a viral application that opens up more holes for a remote user to log in and do damage, right?
I agree with the ones who say to turn off WEP. In fact, I'd go one step further and say that you don't even need to traffic shape given your small town/regular customer base. In all likelihood people aren't going to be downloading porn in an open/public atmosphere. Start small, with only the router/access point - this keeps the cost of equipment practically negligible. Your main cost will be the ISP connection. You can always scale up later. Just remember that once you offer the service, it may be difficult to take it down. Your customers may not like it.
If you're really concerned about people downloading illegal stuff, then you should let your customers know that you're prepared to unplug the service if this should happen.
I'd say that the only thing that you should be concerned about is that some people may plant themselves in front of a station for a dollar coffee and not move the entire day. Unless if you're going to charge for access, there's not much that you can do in this regards (with the minor exception of not offering power outlets).
Good luck!
I've seen quite a number of cafes go out of business in the last several years. It happens because some patrons like to hangout in cafes for hours on end without offering much patronage. I like the idea of free wifi, but imagine that if Starbucks offers it, some people would simply snap up a table and veg for the entire day. Some would veg even without buying one tall coffee for a buck 35. They start losing money that way - not so much because of the expense of wifi, but that paying customers wouldn't have a place to sit.
Of course it also stands to reason that notebook computers need more than just a network - but also power. That's sort of another way to limit usage, although new line of notebooks can run much longer these days.
yep. Imaginary vehicles don't have a top speed either.
I don't need a product like this, but I would gladly pay $20K for a mobile device that allows my mom to move about freely without looking handicapped.
Good stuff. Interesting that many of us can be instantly defined by the media that we consume. If you want to know someone, ask them, "What bands do you listen to? What TV shows do you watch?" The big question is, would you let others see what's on your TIVO?
I agree with the sentiment of banding behind one Linux distribution, but it won't be Debian. I'm not saying that it *should* be one or the other technically. It's just I don't think that it's a coincidence that Redhat and Suse are the two distributions that I see on the shelves of Fry's or CompUSA, and also hold the two largest user base. They make larger marketing pushes than any of the other distributions. There are also other some new commercial contenders - RedFlag, Lindows... These are probably joke distributions for most Linux users. Whoever the winner is, they must have some commercial exposure and be willing to take the lead in publicity and marketing.
Incidentally, I'm a slackware user but always keep a RedHat installation handy.
Oh geez... such rumours are befitting of pump and dump schemes. Be careful!!!!!
Dammit, I thought that original post seemed wrong and didn't warrant a response, but why can't Apple just come out and say that *ALL* OS 10 versions will be fixed, instead getting specific with Panther, Jaguar, 10.2.8.whatever.
There should be legal action, but it's nothing for us to be worried about.
GPL essentially tries to ensure that all modifications to the original code is made available and shared. SCO is no longer a tech company and means that they won't be making code changes *anyway*.