I suspect that Microsoft only cares about taking a hunk of the people who have interest in the "Google Docs" type products. If they even take 20-30% of that market, they will have ruined the momentum that Google has.
Have you analyzed the meta tags, picture alts and context of the site itself? If results were as easy as counting words, everyone would have a search engine.
If you search for the same string on google, the result for "Why are Mac's so expensive" comes up on the very first page. Seems like just different algorithms to me.
I love articles like this! This same "study" has been shown on many other websites. Most of them fess up that the study was sent to 20,000 "IT Admins". Only about 1000 responded. So they have a 5% response to the poll.
Second thing I love is that they dont define who an "IT Admin" really is. I know a LOT of "admins" who really have no clue what the direction of their IT department is on a 6-12 month view.
Its not that uncommon. They will break up the commercial into several small sets that you will see over and over again.
So you might see one 30sec spot that just has the part at the dinner table, etc.
They do this alot with superbowl commercials. During the Superbowl you might see a 1.5 minute commercial, and then for months after you only see parts of it.
Their support is very very good. The only time I've had trouble is when I try to push them passed what is "supposed to work and is supported", and what "I know can work if I just have this one more piece of information". When that happens you have to push pretty hard to get the higher-level people on the phone to get the raw information.
Also about the polish. Some people look at Microsoft product and think "wow so much bloat". But many, MANY people look at it and think of all the things they can do very easily. They've lost sight of making things simple on occasion, but they always seems to circle back to fix it a version or two later.
First I have no relation to this project or any people involved. Additionally, I did mis-type my original post. I meant to say: "Here is some paraphrased quotes from the memo AND some possible manager reactions to it".
I'm not really talking about your judgment on the situation. I've seen several projects that are nearly exactly like this.
However the manner in which is was reported on shows, little if any, professionalism. Any people already entrenched in the project will easily debunk the evaluation using "corporate-speak". It will be dismissed in the light of it being painted by some outsider who just thinks "this isnt the way I would do it, it all seems to simple to me from here on the outside".
means nothing. The fact is that if you give a report on the status of a project, and even *suggest* that something cannot be outlined.....it only shows that you are incompetent. Whether you actually are incompetent is irrelevant.
"This is part of the problem. The project has been so poorly organized and tracked that no one has a current of outline it. It's possible that we *can't* outline it."
I pity you if you were to ever actually write that to someone.
Unfortunately for the author of this memo...it seems to lack credibility.
Almost everything stated is based on opinion. It reeks of "amateur", and would be ripped apart by just about any manager it was given to. Here I will show paraphrased examples of what was written by a managers reaction to reading it:
Memo: It has grown too complex to ever go to production
Manager: Please outline the facets of this project that can be eliminated.
Memo: Some coder on my team found a problem with every page of code he sampled
Manager: What makes this coder more qualified than the coder who wrote it?
Memo: The code base is "very fragile"
Manager: What the fuck does that mean?
Memo: My guys took 140,000 lines of old crappy code and replaced it with 4200 lines of Java
Manager: This guy is one of those "I can do it better using the new language i learned in college" kids
Memo: Many previous project managers have left or not been given the power to architect it properly
Manager: This guy is obviously in over his head and fears his job.
Memo: This project has grown too big, probably due to policial reasons of some guy wanting a big important project
Manager: And you're certainly not going to ruin it for me. Don't EVER use the phrase "political reasons" in a professional document.
I think that Microsoft could announce tomorrow that they are giving out free blow jobs to anyone who uses Linux. As soon as the first blowjob was given out, someone would find something negative about it.
Totally agree with this. The public is getting wise to the fact that all these hippie-dippie-mushy-love "free" stuff that companies provide on the internet.....all have the motivation of money behind them. Even a company like Google, who won people over with the notion of nobility is now passed that point.
it's incredibly insulting that they would give an answer like that.
Great. Another expansion that adds "more of the same" to an already tired genre.
The nature of MMOs is that an expansion can't REALLY add anything that's very different than everything else in the game. This is because of that magical word "Balance"
Power gamers play these games and figure out what is the "best" of everything, and exploit that knowledge to be the "best" in the game. This means that everything new added to the game cannot deviate to far from the existing paradigms, such as damage-over-time, healing-per-mana-point, etc etc
When people buy these expansions they are really just paying for additional artwork of the new monsters.
sure, as long as you are willing to run an un-patched OS and browser. Of course...they could make it patchable....but then they'd need to add more storage space.....so they might use a flash card reader....but that might not be fast enough. Maybe they should switch to a solid state hard drive.
People get so excitable every time they hear the word "linux". But the fact is, this is not really Linux, not in a form that people would run as an OS.
It's just a way that Asus found to leverage something that is free, in order to avoid having to write their own own code for motherboard diagnostics and such. No one is going to "switch to linux" because their motherboard has a linux based diagnostic included.
Maybe Asus will put the work "Linux" in bold letters of the mobo box, but this will not do anything. It will not "bring linux to the masses", because anyone who's actually buying a motherboard (as opposed to buying a pre-built computer), already knows what Linux is and will either run it, or not.
Which is why MS has stopped providing new features in service packs. When SP2 for XP was released, they caught A LOT of flak for that.. so much that they changed their policies on new features in service packs. This is actually not true. Every service pack ever released before XP-SP2 did not have major new features. It has always been the MS policy to use Service Packs as patches-only.
Microsoft was REALLY not going to release those features as a service pack. There were going to release it as a NEW OS VERSION! (Imgine what people on/. would be saying here if they had done that?)
Jim Allchin insisted that Microsoft needed to improve it's security image and that the features should be released as a free service pack.
You are right though, you will likely never see another service pack like SP2.
I disagree that computers arrive in a "pristine state".
All too often machines arrive with a whole slew of crap-ware pre-installed. These programs are generally either outdated by the time the user gets the PC (ie Real-Player et al), or just half-assed software written by a 2-bit audio-chipset-maker. These programs are rarely tested properly or in a timely manner when it comes to Service Packs, and there's no way MS could ever account for them.
You are an idiot for not installing SP2 as soon as it was available.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" does not apply to computers unless you're an end user who doesnt understand how to read the technical benefits you get from a given upgrade/patch/service pack.
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I suspect that Microsoft only cares about taking a hunk of the people who have interest in the "Google Docs" type products. If they even take 20-30% of that market, they will have ruined the momentum that Google has.
My guess is....they spent a lot of marketing dollars and found that people generally like the number 7.
Have you analyzed the meta tags, picture alts and context of the site itself? If results were as easy as counting words, everyone would have a search engine.
If you search for the same string on google, the result for "Why are Mac's so expensive" comes up on the very first page. Seems like just different algorithms to me.
I love articles like this! This same "study" has been shown on many other websites. Most of them fess up that the study was sent to 20,000 "IT Admins". Only about 1000 responded. So they have a 5% response to the poll. Second thing I love is that they dont define who an "IT Admin" really is. I know a LOT of "admins" who really have no clue what the direction of their IT department is on a 6-12 month view.
Its not that uncommon. They will break up the commercial into several small sets that you will see over and over again.
So you might see one 30sec spot that just has the part at the dinner table, etc.
They do this alot with superbowl commercials. During the Superbowl you might see a 1.5 minute commercial, and then for months after you only see parts of it.
That's really not the story. The story is how simple the exploits were and yet, how long it took to be discovered.
I have to echo your positive comments.
Their support is very very good. The only time I've had trouble is when I try to push them passed what is "supposed to work and is supported", and what "I know can work if I just have this one more piece of information". When that happens you have to push pretty hard to get the higher-level people on the phone to get the raw information.
Also about the polish. Some people look at Microsoft product and think "wow so much bloat". But many, MANY people look at it and think of all the things they can do very easily. They've lost sight of making things simple on occasion, but they always seems to circle back to fix it a version or two later.
First I have no relation to this project or any people involved. Additionally, I did mis-type my original post. I meant to say: "Here is some paraphrased quotes from the memo AND some possible manager reactions to it".
I'm not really talking about your judgment on the situation. I've seen several projects that are nearly exactly like this.
However the manner in which is was reported on shows, little if any, professionalism. Any people already entrenched in the project will easily debunk the evaluation using "corporate-speak". It will be dismissed in the light of it being painted by some outsider who just thinks "this isnt the way I would do it, it all seems to simple to me from here on the outside".
means nothing. The fact is that if you give a report on the status of a project, and even *suggest* that something cannot be outlined.....it only shows that you are incompetent. Whether you actually are incompetent is irrelevant.
"This is part of the problem. The project has been so poorly organized and tracked that no one has a current of outline it. It's possible that we *can't* outline it."
I pity you if you were to ever actually write that to someone.
Welcome to Corporate America!
Unfortunately for the author of this memo...it seems to lack credibility.
Almost everything stated is based on opinion. It reeks of "amateur", and would be ripped apart by just about any manager it was given to. Here I will show paraphrased examples of what was written by a managers reaction to reading it:
Memo: It has grown too complex to ever go to production
Manager: Please outline the facets of this project that can be eliminated.
Memo: Some coder on my team found a problem with every page of code he sampled
Manager: What makes this coder more qualified than the coder who wrote it?
Memo: The code base is "very fragile"
Manager: What the fuck does that mean?
Memo: My guys took 140,000 lines of old crappy code and replaced it with 4200 lines of Java
Manager: This guy is one of those "I can do it better using the new language i learned in college" kids
Memo: Many previous project managers have left or not been given the power to architect it properly
Manager: This guy is obviously in over his head and fears his job.
Memo: This project has grown too big, probably due to policial reasons of some guy wanting a big important project
Manager: And you're certainly not going to ruin it for me. Don't EVER use the phrase "political reasons" in a professional document.
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Why WOULDN'T a company put this OS on a laptop?
..... their customers not wanting it.
It might have something to do with
Jeeeze you people are harsh!
I think that Microsoft could announce tomorrow that they are giving out free blow jobs to anyone who uses Linux. As soon as the first blowjob was given out, someone would find something negative about it.
Totally agree with this. The public is getting wise to the fact that all these hippie-dippie-mushy-love "free" stuff that companies provide on the internet.....all have the motivation of money behind them. Even a company like Google, who won people over with the notion of nobility is now passed that point.
it's incredibly insulting that they would give an answer like that.
I'm getting ready to start googling for an organ doner when my liver finally gives up on me.
Great. Another expansion that adds "more of the same" to an already tired genre.
The nature of MMOs is that an expansion can't REALLY add anything that's very different than everything else in the game. This is because of that magical word "Balance"
Power gamers play these games and figure out what is the "best" of everything, and exploit that knowledge to be the "best" in the game. This means that everything new added to the game cannot deviate to far from the existing paradigms, such as damage-over-time, healing-per-mana-point, etc etc
When people buy these expansions they are really just paying for additional artwork of the new monsters.
Yea, you should say something just like this. Only using good grammar and proper english.
sure, as long as you are willing to run an un-patched OS and browser. Of course...they could make it patchable....but then they'd need to add more storage space.....so they might use a flash card reader....but that might not be fast enough. Maybe they should switch to a solid state hard drive.
People get so excitable every time they hear the word "linux". But the fact is, this is not really Linux, not in a form that people would run as an OS.
It's just a way that Asus found to leverage something that is free, in order to avoid having to write their own own code for motherboard diagnostics and such. No one is going to "switch to linux" because their motherboard has a linux based diagnostic included.
Maybe Asus will put the work "Linux" in bold letters of the mobo box, but this will not do anything. It will not "bring linux to the masses", because anyone who's actually buying a motherboard (as opposed to buying a pre-built computer), already knows what Linux is and will either run it, or not.
Microsoft was REALLY not going to release those features as a service pack. There were going to release it as a NEW OS VERSION! (Imgine what people on
Jim Allchin insisted that Microsoft needed to improve it's security image and that the features should be released as a free service pack.
You are right though, you will likely never see another service pack like SP2.
I disagree that computers arrive in a "pristine state".
All too often machines arrive with a whole slew of crap-ware pre-installed. These programs are generally either outdated by the time the user gets the PC (ie Real-Player et al), or just half-assed software written by a 2-bit audio-chipset-maker. These programs are rarely tested properly or in a timely manner when it comes to Service Packs, and there's no way MS could ever account for them.
You are an idiot for not installing SP2 as soon as it was available.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" does not apply to computers unless you're an end user who doesnt understand how to read the technical benefits you get from a given upgrade/patch/service pack.