Don't forget about TV, for those lazy patent lawyers, does anyone remember the guy who tried to patent the engine on the Star Trek's Enterprise?
The Patent Office actually did good and asked for a working example before approval.
I, for one, welcome our new standards complaint Internet Explorer overlords.
On a serious note, it makes some sense why they require you to opt-in. Reason being, that alot of websites are designed to "hack" Internet Explorer to look right and forcing all of those sites to be updated to the new standards will take time.
It's easier to force all new websites or updated websites opt-in rather than forcing ALL websites to update to the new Internet Explorer.
At least in the United States, computer training in schools is already lacking. More and more students lack general or even useful knowledge of using business software. With many businesses already using Microsoft Office products (Maybe not 2007), wouldn't it be in the best interest for everyone to teach kids what the working environment actually uses? Sure OpenOffice and Linux is used, but 90% of OEM machines use Windows and Office. About the same percentage of businesses use the same.
The cost of upgrading computer systems may not be cheap, but logic would dictate that you upgrade every 3-5 years.
How ever popular Linux and OpenOffice may be, the schools shouldn't be dictating "standards" for computer software. School is supposed to prepare students for life and work, and until Linux or OpenOffice become the majority operating system or office program, I can't see it being worth the school's time to retrain and waste time switching.
For example, the state government I work for uses Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Windows XP and Office 2003/7. If the local schools switched to Linux and OpenOffice, the time spent training students on OpenOffice and Linux to get jobs with the state, which provides 70% of the jobs in our state, the four years spent doing business computer classes would be almost wasteful.
Is it really hard to believe Microsoft actually wants kids to have laptops? Look at Bill Gates and his foundation, they donate billions to help kids and the entire planet.
Of course, there is a corporate benefit to doing this, stocks go up. I bet if Apple wanted in on this, they would get praise.
According to date I found, Windows has 90% of the OS market (I think less because Apple was gaining by alot). You'd think common sense would say, give away laptops with the OS with the most market.
Microsoft didn't need to get into the One Laptop Per Child idea, like I said, they have the market for OS and Office software.
If Microsoft wanted, they could reduce the footprint XP leaves anyways.
I'm shocked, you're saying, in a sense, a copy of Vista to every citizen in Michigan each month (Appox 10 million people in Michigan). How many copies of Ubuntu are downloaded each month?
Even if sales dropped to 1 million per month thats like selling a copy of Vista to each citizen in New Mexico each month.
Yea. I think I messed up my point. In a sense, I was talking about basic technology that everyone is already using. If it's something no one else has done, then of course. But in this case, theres alot of companies already out there. Some patents are frivolous and basic.
From SanDisk press release:
"SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is one of the world's largest suppliers of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology."
See this is the main reason why our patent system is completely messed up. If you patent flash memory technology, you shouldn't have the right to stop all other companies from making similar products. Wheres the fair market?
In this case, it looks like the common saying "Any publicity is good publicity", won't work for San Disk. Their products have never been jaw-dropping or even cheap.
If you think about it, it's in the best interest of the vendor of the access point to suggest the consumer not secure it. By default it's not secured and for a normal user, it would mean complex steps (At least to them it is), which normally means busier tech support staff to guide users through the process of securing a router.
Exactly. See thats what I meant. The other part of me believes that the issue is the fact users shouldn't operate devices they don't know 100% how to use.
I've got mixed feelings about this issue.
Part of me believes it the same as if it was an unlocked door to a house or car, just because it's unlocked doesn't mean you should be allowed to get away with "using" the resources inside.
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Don't forget about TV, for those lazy patent lawyers, does anyone remember the guy who tried to patent the engine on the Star Trek's Enterprise?
The Patent Office actually did good and asked for a working example before approval.
I, for one, welcome our new standards complaint Internet Explorer overlords.
On a serious note, it makes some sense why they require you to opt-in. Reason being, that alot of websites are designed to "hack" Internet Explorer to look right and forcing all of those sites to be updated to the new standards will take time.
It's easier to force all new websites or updated websites opt-in rather than forcing ALL websites to update to the new Internet Explorer.
At least in the United States, computer training in schools is already lacking. More and more students lack general or even useful knowledge of using business software. With many businesses already using Microsoft Office products (Maybe not 2007), wouldn't it be in the best interest for everyone to teach kids what the working environment actually uses? Sure OpenOffice and Linux is used, but 90% of OEM machines use Windows and Office. About the same percentage of businesses use the same. The cost of upgrading computer systems may not be cheap, but logic would dictate that you upgrade every 3-5 years. How ever popular Linux and OpenOffice may be, the schools shouldn't be dictating "standards" for computer software. School is supposed to prepare students for life and work, and until Linux or OpenOffice become the majority operating system or office program, I can't see it being worth the school's time to retrain and waste time switching. For example, the state government I work for uses Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Windows XP and Office 2003/7. If the local schools switched to Linux and OpenOffice, the time spent training students on OpenOffice and Linux to get jobs with the state, which provides 70% of the jobs in our state, the four years spent doing business computer classes would be almost wasteful.
Is it really hard to believe Microsoft actually wants kids to have laptops? Look at Bill Gates and his foundation, they donate billions to help kids and the entire planet. Of course, there is a corporate benefit to doing this, stocks go up. I bet if Apple wanted in on this, they would get praise. According to date I found, Windows has 90% of the OS market (I think less because Apple was gaining by alot). You'd think common sense would say, give away laptops with the OS with the most market. Microsoft didn't need to get into the One Laptop Per Child idea, like I said, they have the market for OS and Office software. If Microsoft wanted, they could reduce the footprint XP leaves anyways.
I'm shocked, you're saying, in a sense, a copy of Vista to every citizen in Michigan each month (Appox 10 million people in Michigan). How many copies of Ubuntu are downloaded each month? Even if sales dropped to 1 million per month thats like selling a copy of Vista to each citizen in New Mexico each month.
Yea. I think I messed up my point. In a sense, I was talking about basic technology that everyone is already using. If it's something no one else has done, then of course. But in this case, theres alot of companies already out there. Some patents are frivolous and basic.
From SanDisk press release: "SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is one of the world's largest suppliers of flash data storage card products, using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology." See this is the main reason why our patent system is completely messed up. If you patent flash memory technology, you shouldn't have the right to stop all other companies from making similar products. Wheres the fair market? In this case, it looks like the common saying "Any publicity is good publicity", won't work for San Disk. Their products have never been jaw-dropping or even cheap.
If you think about it, it's in the best interest of the vendor of the access point to suggest the consumer not secure it. By default it's not secured and for a normal user, it would mean complex steps (At least to them it is), which normally means busier tech support staff to guide users through the process of securing a router.
Exactly. See thats what I meant. The other part of me believes that the issue is the fact users shouldn't operate devices they don't know 100% how to use.
I've got mixed feelings about this issue. Part of me believes it the same as if it was an unlocked door to a house or car, just because it's unlocked doesn't mean you should be allowed to get away with "using" the resources inside.