I guess not. But I still really like the idea of a sort of self-sufficient device. Particularly if you're replacing an existing self-sufficient device with it.
Depends on how important a self sufficient device is to you I suppose. And given how long these readers last on a charge, of all the devices to put it on, this has to be one of the ones that need it least.
I don't think it's a gimmick. If you add wireless data to the package, you've got a device that you don't need to connect to a plug. Ever. I think that's pretty fucking cool. The fact that e-ink readers don't need all that much power is why this could work; leaving it on the window sill for a couple of hours per week might be enough.
As opposed to plugging it into a computer for an hour or two once a week? Are cables really that difficult to use?
Erm, don't you? Every place I've worked (as a permanent employee, rather than a contractor), unscheduled days off come out of your accrued leave and your pay for the week is unaltered. If you run out of accrued leave and you're still taking random days off, then you're more likely to be fired for chronic absenteeism rather than just losing some pay.
ERM.. Way to avoid answering. And since when has a single extra day off in exceptional circumstances been grounds for dismissal?
Does the Sony require a Microsoft or Apple environment on a PC? I'm Linux-only, and - as far as I've been able to tell - the Sony is a non-starter for me because the only way to buy is by using their special software. Even if I did have a Microsoft or Apple PC, I'd be frightened of Sony's "special software" given their rootkit history. So: Am I wrong? Is there a way to purchase for the Sony w/o requiring a Microsoft or Apple PC environment? Thanks...Andrew
Depends.
If you want to use DRM free stuff, no problem. Linux is fine. And get Calibre. A good cross platform format shifting book manager app. Most readers are seen as USB drives, so you can drag and drop if you prefer. The current Sony models support ePub among other formats, so plenty of books available. I've got a Cybook, and have no problems with Linux.
If you want to buy DRM encumbered books, then you will need Windows currently. Adobe does the DRM variant of ePub that Sony uses these days, so eventually, if not already, it will be possible to use the Adobe reader software(not acrobat) that acts as a book manager and downloader/DRM manager. And there is a chance that there will be an AIR version soon.
You should be able to get plenty of information from www.mobileread.com Products available, good points, bad points etc.
Not to mention the rest of the device -- I'm sure you've seen what happens to plastic left in the sun! That clear plastic screen will look great once it turns yellow. Of course, I imagine it's a) mainly a gimmick and b) designed to die (so we can buy the newer model) long before sun damage...
Given the most e-ink readers last about a week or more on a single charge, and can charge from a USB port, I'd say the chances of this being a gimmick are pretty high.
Actually it does work like that but you have to calculate your continuous, rather than peak, earnings per hour. If you get paid $50/hr and you work 8 hours a day, you're only actually earning $16.70/hour. For it to be a genuine saving to take the helicopter, you'd have to save more than 12 extra hours in the 'copter on that $200 trip. There's a reason we fly rather than drive when we're travelling long distance.
So if you take a day off work that is not a sick or holiday day, you still earn the same amount that week?
Always with the "my time is my time" self-absorbed types making it seem like the rest of us don't have lives. Well, I have a life. I am not a mutant !!
Not quite as annoying as the ones who seem to think that they are going to be paid for every waking hour.
Newsflash. Free time has no monetary value. Hence the "free" part.
There's no evidence that they do, so we can safely disregard this little fantasy until this evidence is discovered.
And can you tell me where I stated that Microsoft has patents, or has any desire to use existing patents on Silverlight right now to slow the uptake of a currently little used system?
Do you actually understand the strategic use of software patents? Springing the trap now is a waste of time and effort.
So, in other words, any Silverlight implementation written today is safe, and we don't need to spend another minute worrying about this patent FUD until those patented features actually appear.
By which time it is too late to do anything, and there will be yet another long hard fight to get anything non Silverlight used in mainstream sites. But why bother taking action when the oil light flashes in a car. It's still running. Short term, no problem. Long term, big problem.
Or, more likely, they'll come out with yet another legally binding public pledge not to sue anyone for implementing.NET... and zealots like yourself will ignore it yet again.
We were talking about Silverlight as far as I remember, not.NET. Please keep on topic.
So please explain to me.. Why would Microsoft put a technology it wanted to be unique to Microsoft under a no sue pledge?
Or do you somehow think that Microsoft is now offering no sue clauses on all patents as a matter of policy?
Take a look at Microsoft's history. Especially the Java case.
Microsoft started using a third party's cross platform product, which was designed from the very start as a write once, run anywhere system. OS independent.
Good for customers, bad for Microsoft. If the code can run on any OS, then you don't need Microsoft to run it. And any other company offering an operating system means less customers for Microsoft. Java had to be broken. It ended up with Microsoft being ordered in court to stop mucking around with Java, and stopping the distribution of it's Java VM.
Whats wrong with writing a VERY VERY basic program that gives a list of browser, the user picks one and then the program downloads it via FTP from a central respository and then installs it.
Because then Microsoft couldn't have IE in the default install.
Of course it could be done. I'd imagine a junior programmer in Microsoft could whip something up in their lunch break. An executable that is placed in the start-up folder by default, on opening gives a list of browsers with a brief neutral description, and a button saying install. Then it links to the website via ftp, and does the install for the user, which puts the icon on the start menu, the desktop and possibly the toolbar. Same as every bloody program that is available for Windows.
Honestly, It sounds to me like everyone is over-engineering this to to death. That would take any capable programmer (myself) included less than a day to make. Whats the problem?
It isn't over engineered, it's under conceded. It's a lawyer generated solution. Personally, I'd have loved to see Microsoft stuck with their "well.. you can have it with no browser then!" EU version sulky offer of a few months ago, and watch them try to back-pedal when the drama queen option was accepted.
Ah yes.. the old accusation of bias dodge.. Never gets old.
Cute but wrong. I didn't accuse you of bias, I accused you of spreading FUD, which is exactly what you're doing. You're making vague insinuations to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about potential legal threats to a third-party Silverlight application, and so far you've provided no evidence; you've only invoked the patent bogeyman.
I'm sorry. Do you think I really care? I voiced an opinion, which I do pretty much every time I see someone referencing that useless timebomb that is Moonlight. I'll continue to do it for as long as it exists. And thanks for demystifying the acronym.. But I already know what it means.
Software patents are far from bogeymen. Microsoft alone has thousands of patents on various things. They were even making approaches to third parties a few months ago to sell off some patents that they didn't need any more, but were of use to Linux.
Sorry, the burden of proof is on you here. You're the one making the claim that Microsoft has patents to use against Moonlight developers. So, let's see them! Surely you have some evidence, right? The only alternative would be that you're making shit up.
Nope. I was stating the existence of nothing. I don't claim that Microsoft has patents right now, although they may have, but that there will be patented features of Silverlight that will come to light at the most opportune time. And I'd hardly put Miguel forward as the most dedicated defender of patent secirity when it comes to Microsoft/Linux interoperability. I was speculating on a probable strategy that Microsoft could use once they got Silverlight into the right position. Nothing more. Bringing out patents right now would be counter productive. They need Firefox, and even Linux can be useful in making Silverlight more attractive to customers.
Speculating is essentially making shit up with a bit of logic and knowledge of the subject thrown in. So yes. I'm making shit up based on common knowledge of Microsoft's business practices, and known motives. Speculation requires no proof. So I reject your request for any proof.
Naturally, Microsoft could be entering into a new era of cooperation with others in the computer industry, and are in fact going to announce that they are turning themselves into a non profit organisation any day now, and handing all their patents over to the OIN.. But I have this vague suspicion that my theory is more likely. That was sarcasm by the way, not speculation.
I don't swallow the whole good and evil bullshit. Companies are companies. They do stuff, they make money. That is all. Morality judgements are not relevant.
Companies have vested interests and conflicts of interest. This makes them predictable.
How many users do you - really - think care enough to turn it off?
Given the number of people I've come across who do, I'd say quite a few.
Or are you trying to claim that these same users obediently apply all updates all the time?
This is truly the lynch-pin for the year of linux on the desktop. users will only get security updates when they want to. Just like when they got infected because they wanted a set of shiny new mouse cursors.
As opposed to when the updates arrive, and you are in the middle of doing something, yes. I apply all the updates regularly, Not a problem. A few clicks and the job is done. And are you going to somehow explain to me how waiting a few minutes or even hours, as opposed to up to a month for an update is so terrible? And how come only Windows users keep expecting to see the year of Linux?
Of the two methods, which do you think is more likely to get turned off completely?
Updates on Linux are not a chore like they are on Windows. The interruption is minimal at worst. You just keep doing whatever you were doing while the updates download and apply, and when you turn off the computer, the next time it is turned on, the updates that actually need a reboot are applied. Why would anybody even bother ignoring it?
That's it! If we want users to be more secure we should distribute critical security patches in the form of new mouse cursors, smiley packs or screen savers.
Just think, tell the users "Click here to see the happy kittens" and bam, push the latest security updates on them.
Not a bad idea at all. Make it even slightly interesting, and many will do the updates a lot more willingly.
Obviously not as good as the "Oh shit.. I forgot to save the document before I went to make a sandwich" surprise that happens now. when the computer automatically reboots. Or the always popular "Windows wants to update NOW!!!" message right in the middle of an important presentation.
Lets be honest here. Even the most illiterate user will be motivated enough to turn the automatic updates off after the first few times this happens. I've seen it happen. Just as they do with virus scanners and firewalls when they get in the way, and just as the UAC checks result in automatically clicking "yes" every time they appear. And once turned off, no more problems with updates. No more updates.. Brilliant plan eh?
Ah yes, the old patent FUD. This one just won't die, will it? If you have evidence of a patent that Microsoft could enforce against a third-party Silverlight implementation, then please, put up or shut up.
Ah yes.. the old accusation of bias dodge.. Never gets old. But I'll happily comply, as soon as you furnish me with a complete list of current and future patents and other IP property related to the current and any future implementations of Silverlight.
Because Linux has no bugs whatsoever? What a retarded comment.
Nobody said that.
What it does have is an update system that works when the user wants. Not when Microsoft demands. This is the difference.
Windows acts like a four year old with a weak bladder in the middle of a shopping trip. Linux just does it's thing after asking permission, and keeps out of the way until you are ready to pay some attention.
It is the Streisand Effect because Ralph Lauren doesn't want anyone drawing attention to the fact that they photoshop the living crap out of their models to make them into non-human images.(The real reason for the takedown notice. You really don't think it was because they thought their actual copyrights were being violated did you? Why would they care if someone just ran their ad as is and gave them for free what they would normally need to pay someone to display?) Seeing as now even I, someone who has zero interest in fashion or Ralph Lauren, knows about this, I would say the Streisand Effect is working against them beautifully. Yes, Ralph Lauren does want publicity for their products, but does not want publicity on how they alter their images to make models look even more impossibly proportioned.
Then it must be one of the world's worst kept secrets. There have been TV documentaries about the extent of manipulation of photographic images, legislation has been proposed in several countries I think, and just about everyone knows that the images are faked. Many don't know to what degree, I'll grant you.. Some TV advertising, predominantly fashion and cosmetic ads, even have to have a disclaimer that they have been digitally altered. It would be headline news if someone didn't Photoshop their images.
But don't underestimate the level of sheer paranoia in the fashion industry. They make Apple's PR twittery seem positively laid back. I know. I've met a few who work there.. Image is their reality. And having a "creation" laughed at is the big bad thing that was done here.
The Streisand effect doesn't apply here, because the people who are going to be interested for more than twenty minutes are not the people who buy this stuff. If it doesn't get picked up by the fashion magazines, then it doesn't exist. And if it did, you can guarantee that many would have a hard time figuring out what the problem was.
Not really analogous. IE is proprietary, but you don't need Microsoft software to run Silverlight apps. Moonlight (the Mono equivalent) is open source.
Well.. Until it gets enough mind share and suddenly.. " Oh look... a patent. How did that get there...". "Sorry Miguel.. looks like moonlight is about to go dark. What a shame. But Microsoft must protect it's IP.. Mind your arse on the door as you leave." (Steve wipes a single tear from his eye in regret, befire the triumphant grin)...
There is that. There is also the notion that in a few short years most PC users won't be using PC's anymore. If Adobe (or anyone else for that matter) want to remain relevant to that group they're going to have to figure out exactly this cross platform issue before cell phones start driving external displays.
Oh good. the death of the desktop is nigh....
again..
Let me guess... We will all be using iPhones right?
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I guess not. But I still really like the idea of a sort of self-sufficient device. Particularly if you're replacing an existing self-sufficient device with it.
Depends on how important a self sufficient device is to you I suppose. And given how long these readers last on a charge, of all the devices to put it on, this has to be one of the ones that need it least.
I don't think it's a gimmick. If you add wireless data to the package, you've got a device that you don't need to connect to a plug. Ever. I think that's pretty fucking cool. The fact that e-ink readers don't need all that much power is why this could work; leaving it on the window sill for a couple of hours per week might be enough.
As opposed to plugging it into a computer for an hour or two once a week? Are cables really that difficult to use?
Erm, don't you? Every place I've worked (as a permanent employee, rather than a contractor), unscheduled days off come out of your accrued leave and your pay for the week is unaltered. If you run out of accrued leave and you're still taking random days off, then you're more likely to be fired for chronic absenteeism rather than just losing some pay.
ERM.. Way to avoid answering.
And since when has a single extra day off in exceptional circumstances been grounds for dismissal?
Does the Sony require a Microsoft or Apple environment on a PC? I'm Linux-only, and - as far as I've been able to tell - the Sony is a non-starter for me because the only way to buy is by using their special software. Even if I did have a Microsoft or Apple PC, I'd be frightened of Sony's "special software" given their rootkit history. So: Am I wrong? Is there a way to purchase for the Sony w/o requiring a Microsoft or Apple PC environment? Thanks...Andrew
Depends.
If you want to use DRM free stuff, no problem. Linux is fine. And get Calibre. A good cross platform format shifting book manager app. Most readers are seen as USB drives, so you can drag and drop if you prefer. The current Sony models support ePub among other formats, so plenty of books available. I've got a Cybook, and have no problems with Linux.
If you want to buy DRM encumbered books, then you will need Windows currently. Adobe does the DRM variant of ePub that Sony uses these days, so eventually, if not already, it will be possible to use the Adobe reader software(not acrobat) that acts as a book manager and downloader/DRM manager. And there is a chance that there will be an AIR version soon.
You should be able to get plenty of information from www.mobileread.com Products available, good points, bad points etc.
Give me a $99 ebook reader, not a solar powered one. I'll buy batteries for the bloody thing.
Given the way prices are going, call back in about 2-3 years tops, and you can have one. Another couple of years later, you can have one in colour.
Not to mention the rest of the device -- I'm sure you've seen what happens to plastic left in the sun! That clear plastic screen will look great once it turns yellow. Of course, I imagine it's a) mainly a gimmick and b) designed to die (so we can buy the newer model) long before sun damage...
Given the most e-ink readers last about a week or more on a single charge, and can charge from a USB port, I'd say the chances of this being a gimmick are pretty high.
Actually it does work like that but you have to calculate your continuous, rather than peak, earnings per hour. If you get paid $50/hr and you work 8 hours a day, you're only actually earning $16.70/hour. For it to be a genuine saving to take the helicopter, you'd have to save more than 12 extra hours in the 'copter on that $200 trip. There's a reason we fly rather than drive when we're travelling long distance.
So if you take a day off work that is not a sick or holiday day, you still earn the same amount that week?
Seriously? How do you have a coding experience as a 3 year old?
He was hit with a radioactive basic manual, and developed super powers.
Always with the "my time is my time" self-absorbed types making it seem like the rest of us don't have lives. Well, I have a life. I am not a mutant !!
Not quite as annoying as the ones who seem to think that they are going to be paid for every waking hour. Newsflash. Free time has no monetary value. Hence the "free" part.
There's no evidence that they do, so we can safely disregard this little fantasy until this evidence is discovered.
And can you tell me where I stated that Microsoft has patents, or has any desire to use existing patents on Silverlight right now to slow the uptake of a currently little used system?
Do you actually understand the strategic use of software patents? Springing the trap now is a waste of time and effort.
So, in other words, any Silverlight implementation written today is safe, and we don't need to spend another minute worrying about this patent FUD until those patented features actually appear.
By which time it is too late to do anything, and there will be yet another long hard fight to get anything non Silverlight used in mainstream sites. But why bother taking action when the oil light flashes in a car. It's still running. Short term, no problem. Long term, big problem.
Or, more likely, they'll come out with yet another legally binding public pledge not to sue anyone for implementing .NET... and zealots like yourself will ignore it yet again.
We were talking about Silverlight as far as I remember, not .NET. Please keep on topic.
So please explain to me.. Why would Microsoft put a technology it wanted to be unique to Microsoft under a no sue pledge?
Or do you somehow think that Microsoft is now offering no sue clauses on all patents as a matter of policy?
Take a look at Microsoft's history. Especially the Java case.
Microsoft started using a third party's cross platform product, which was designed from the very start as a write once, run anywhere system. OS independent.
Good for customers, bad for Microsoft. If the code can run on any OS, then you don't need Microsoft to run it. And any other company offering an operating system means less customers for Microsoft. Java had to be broken. It ended up with Microsoft being ordered in court to stop mucking around with Java, and stopping the distribution of it's Java VM.
Whats wrong with writing a VERY VERY basic program that gives a list of browser, the user picks one and then the program downloads it via FTP from a central respository and then installs it.
Because then Microsoft couldn't have IE in the default install.
Of course it could be done. I'd imagine a junior programmer in Microsoft could whip something up in their lunch break. An executable that is placed in the start-up folder by default, on opening gives a list of browsers with a brief neutral description, and a button saying install. Then it links to the website via ftp, and does the install for the user, which puts the icon on the start menu, the desktop and possibly the toolbar. Same as every bloody program that is available for Windows.
Honestly, It sounds to me like everyone is over-engineering this to to death. That would take any capable programmer (myself) included less than a day to make. Whats the problem?
It isn't over engineered, it's under conceded. It's a lawyer generated solution. Personally, I'd have loved to see Microsoft stuck with their "well.. you can have it with no browser then!" EU version sulky offer of a few months ago, and watch them try to back-pedal when the drama queen option was accepted.
Ah yes.. the old accusation of bias dodge.. Never gets old.
Cute but wrong. I didn't accuse you of bias, I accused you of spreading FUD, which is exactly what you're doing. You're making vague insinuations to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt about potential legal threats to a third-party Silverlight application, and so far you've provided no evidence; you've only invoked the patent bogeyman.
I'm sorry. Do you think I really care? I voiced an opinion, which I do pretty much every time I see someone referencing that useless timebomb that is Moonlight. I'll continue to do it for as long as it exists. And thanks for demystifying the acronym.. But I already know what it means.
Software patents are far from bogeymen. Microsoft alone has thousands of patents on various things. They were even making approaches to third parties a few months ago to sell off some patents that they didn't need any more, but were of use to Linux.
Sorry, the burden of proof is on you here. You're the one making the claim that Microsoft has patents to use against Moonlight developers. So, let's see them! Surely you have some evidence, right? The only alternative would be that you're making shit up.
Nope. I was stating the existence of nothing. I don't claim that Microsoft has patents right now, although they may have, but that there will be patented features of Silverlight that will come to light at the most opportune time. And I'd hardly put Miguel forward as the most dedicated defender of patent secirity when it comes to Microsoft/Linux interoperability.
I was speculating on a probable strategy that Microsoft could use once they got Silverlight into the right position. Nothing more. Bringing out patents right now would be counter productive. They need Firefox, and even Linux can be useful in making Silverlight more attractive to customers.
Speculating is essentially making shit up with a bit of logic and knowledge of the subject thrown in. So yes. I'm making shit up based on common knowledge of Microsoft's business practices, and known motives. Speculation requires no proof. So I reject your request for any proof.
Naturally, Microsoft could be entering into a new era of cooperation with others in the computer industry, and are in fact going to announce that they are turning themselves into a non profit organisation any day now, and handing all their patents over to the OIN.. But I have this vague suspicion that my theory is more likely. That was sarcasm by the way, not speculation.
I don't swallow the whole good and evil bullshit. Companies are companies. They do stuff, they make money. That is all. Morality judgements are not relevant.
Companies have vested interests and conflicts of interest. This makes them predictable.
How many users do you - really - think care enough to turn it off?
Given the number of people I've come across who do, I'd say quite a few. Or are you trying to claim that these same users obediently apply all updates all the time?
This is truly the lynch-pin for the year of linux on the desktop. users will only get security updates when they want to. Just like when they got infected because they wanted a set of shiny new mouse cursors.
As opposed to when the updates arrive, and you are in the middle of doing something, yes. I apply all the updates regularly, Not a problem. A few clicks and the job is done. And are you going to somehow explain to me how waiting a few minutes or even hours, as opposed to up to a month for an update is so terrible? And how come only Windows users keep expecting to see the year of Linux?
Of the two methods, which do you think is more likely to get turned off completely?
Updates on Linux are not a chore like they are on Windows. The interruption is minimal at worst. You just keep doing whatever you were doing while the updates download and apply, and when you turn off the computer, the next time it is turned on, the updates that actually need a reboot are applied. Why would anybody even bother ignoring it?
That's it! If we want users to be more secure we should distribute critical security patches in the form of new mouse cursors, smiley packs or screen savers.
Just think, tell the users "Click here to see the happy kittens" and bam, push the latest security updates on them.
Not a bad idea at all. Make it even slightly interesting, and many will do the updates a lot more willingly.
Obviously not as good as the "Oh shit.. I forgot to save the document before I went to make a sandwich" surprise that happens now. when the computer automatically reboots. Or the always popular "Windows wants to update NOW!!!" message right in the middle of an important presentation.
Lets be honest here. Even the most illiterate user will be motivated enough to turn the automatic updates off after the first few times this happens. I've seen it happen. Just as they do with virus scanners and firewalls when they get in the way, and just as the UAC checks result in automatically clicking "yes" every time they appear. And once turned off, no more problems with updates. No more updates.. Brilliant plan eh?
Ah yes, the old patent FUD. This one just won't die, will it? If you have evidence of a patent that Microsoft could enforce against a third-party Silverlight implementation, then please, put up or shut up.
Ah yes.. the old accusation of bias dodge.. Never gets old. But I'll happily comply, as soon as you furnish me with a complete list of current and future patents and other IP property related to the current and any future implementations of Silverlight.
The geek is pissed off by what to anyone else is over and done with one or two clicks of the mouse.
Or quite often turned off and never used again.
Because Linux has no bugs whatsoever? What a retarded comment.
Nobody said that.
What it does have is an update system that works when the user wants. Not when Microsoft demands. This is the difference.
Windows acts like a four year old with a weak bladder in the middle of a shopping trip. Linux just does it's thing after asking permission, and keeps out of the way until you are ready to pay some attention.
It is the Streisand Effect because Ralph Lauren doesn't want anyone drawing attention to the fact that they photoshop the living crap out of their models to make them into non-human images.(The real reason for the takedown notice. You really don't think it was because they thought their actual copyrights were being violated did you? Why would they care if someone just ran their ad as is and gave them for free what they would normally need to pay someone to display?) Seeing as now even I, someone who has zero interest in fashion or Ralph Lauren, knows about this, I would say the Streisand Effect is working against them beautifully. Yes, Ralph Lauren does want publicity for their products, but does not want publicity on how they alter their images to make models look even more impossibly proportioned.
Then it must be one of the world's worst kept secrets. There have been TV documentaries about the extent of manipulation of photographic images, legislation has been proposed in several countries I think, and just about everyone knows that the images are faked. Many don't know to what degree, I'll grant you..
Some TV advertising, predominantly fashion and cosmetic ads, even have to have a disclaimer that they have been digitally altered. It would be headline news if someone didn't Photoshop their images.
But don't underestimate the level of sheer paranoia in the fashion industry. They make Apple's PR twittery seem positively laid back. I know. I've met a few who work there..
Image is their reality. And having a "creation" laughed at is the big bad thing that was done here.
The Streisand effect doesn't apply here, because the people who are going to be interested for more than twenty minutes are not the people who buy this stuff. If it doesn't get picked up by the fashion magazines, then it doesn't exist. And if it did, you can guarantee that many would have a hard time figuring out what the problem was.
Not really analogous. IE is proprietary, but you don't need Microsoft software to run Silverlight apps. Moonlight (the Mono equivalent) is open source.
Well.. Until it gets enough mind share and suddenly.. " Oh look... a patent. How did that get there...". "Sorry Miguel.. looks like moonlight is about to go dark. What a shame. But Microsoft must protect it's IP.. Mind your arse on the door as you leave." (Steve wipes a single tear from his eye in regret, befire the triumphant grin)...
There is that. There is also the notion that in a few short years most PC users won't be using PC's anymore. If Adobe (or anyone else for that matter) want to remain relevant to that group they're going to have to figure out exactly this cross platform issue before cell phones start driving external displays.
Oh good. the death of the desktop is nigh.... again.. Let me guess... We will all be using iPhones right?
You did it wrong. It should be, "Then you can't sell it or steal it either, man."
True. Too late now though.
What can you do with Flash that you can't do with html5?
Piss off iPhone fanboys?
Ballmer is clearly Göring
Nah.. Uncle Fester. I bet if you put a light bulb in his mouth it would light up.
Also, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Microsoft Update and Windows Update require the use of IE?
Not since XP I think.
You can't own software, man.
Then you can't sell it or steal it either.