You forgot one of the key components of advertising. It has to relate the product to the needs (need for image, need for utility, etc...) of the customer. They tried for this but that message got derailed by the freakin chipmunk. It made me want to go running to the Geek Squad. Really weak, and a sign of group-think disaster at Apple AND the ad agency. Dysfunctional GM comes off with better ads than this.
Whatever man, these ads a painful. I would be super embarrassed to associate myself with a product pitched with a hybrid of a Wal-Mart and a Microsoft ad. Apple is supposed to appeal to affluent, if not technical, people who view themselves as intelligent. These ads are not funny, not cute, and not at all informative.
have NO doubt Linux DOES violate MSFT patents, as MSFT violates Samsung, Intel violates AMD,
All immaterial if none or only a few of those patents are valid. Patents are granted wholesale and it is the job of the courts to validate them.
Lately, the courts are not supporting software patents, and just because you have one doesn't mean it is valid. I think the lawyers, not being engineers, have not understood that a lot of these patents are invalid or they are just to timid to tell their bosses that. Instead they are good little boys and girls and just threaten competitors like they're told and file the lawsuits. You can get a patent on an obvious design or utility, but it could be struck down just as easy--well, not AS easy because everyone has to spend money on litigation. I think they are using the litigation as leverage more than anything--knowing that the patents are weak. Hopefully a judge will smack someone with a frivolous lawsuit penalty after trying to litigate an obvious, and therefore invalid, patent.
Also, the area of payroll is virtually unexploited. But it need to be written for the small service providers. The thing is, software for small business is a niche. It is literally a small fraction of the overall user base. When you run the numbers a large company sees that they throw away more money each year on paperclips than they could make in building a niche product for small businesses.
Believe it or not, that is one of the main reasons for the software's success. One the most common questions I get about Nevitium is, "How do I delete an invoice?" I have to then explain accounting principles, legal issues, and possible customer service issues involved with allowing that functionality.
Agreed. As my Grandma says, "Quickbooks makes me money." She has owned a bookkeeping/tax business for 40 years. I grew up hating QB. Quicken was awesome in the DOS days.
No one has made a move into the niche. It is like Windows, Quickbooks is the dominate software and no other company thinks it is worth trying to penetrate. On CNET you can see reviews of their free bait offerings and they are not good--many, many rants. They are ripe for the picking; their software is bloated to hell, expensive, and the users hate it. It is very costly for a small business or start-up to purchase QB and there are no breaks or decent entry points. You pay the QB tax or you don't play, period. On top of this, there is nothing quick and easy about it, and out of the box it makes your company look amateurish.
Yeah, but you can tell them you Googled them or you risk a lawsuit becasue of employers harvesting protected information....club memberships and group affiliations being a couple of them.
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You forgot one of the key components of advertising. It has to relate the product to the needs (need for image, need for utility, etc...) of the customer. They tried for this but that message got derailed by the freakin chipmunk. It made me want to go running to the Geek Squad. Really weak, and a sign of group-think disaster at Apple AND the ad agency. Dysfunctional GM comes off with better ads than this.
Support for commodity items? Not a big concern usually and most people have their support network in place.
Whatever man, these ads a painful. I would be super embarrassed to associate myself with a product pitched with a hybrid of a Wal-Mart and a Microsoft ad. Apple is supposed to appeal to affluent, if not technical, people who view themselves as intelligent. These ads are not funny, not cute, and not at all informative.
Yeah, I thought the "Microsoft scared" quote was supremely stupid. It's not like you can link to that post in a professional context now.
These deals becoming public may even reveal illegal activity or other ethical wrongdoings.
have NO doubt Linux DOES violate MSFT patents, as MSFT violates Samsung, Intel violates AMD,
All immaterial if none or only a few of those patents are valid. Patents are granted wholesale and it is the job of the courts to validate them.
Lately, the courts are not supporting software patents, and just because you have one doesn't mean it is valid. I think the lawyers, not being engineers, have not understood that a lot of these patents are invalid or they are just to timid to tell their bosses that. Instead they are good little boys and girls and just threaten competitors like they're told and file the lawsuits. You can get a patent on an obvious design or utility, but it could be struck down just as easy--well, not AS easy because everyone has to spend money on litigation. I think they are using the litigation as leverage more than anything--knowing that the patents are weak. Hopefully a judge will smack someone with a frivolous lawsuit penalty after trying to litigate an obvious, and therefore invalid, patent.
I was feeling kind of sheepish at 3000 LOC in an interface class.
I found a problem with the Eclipse editor. Once a single file starts going over 30k lines of code, there is type lag.
You are doing it wrong.
You have to pay to make feature requests. Seriously. We used to pay for this privilege.
Boring for you.
Also, the area of payroll is virtually unexploited. But it need to be written for the small service providers. The thing is, software for small business is a niche. It is literally a small fraction of the overall user base. When you run the numbers a large company sees that they throw away more money each year on paperclips than they could make in building a niche product for small businesses.
I love writing business and tax software. It is the reason I do this shit. Although, my dream is to one day retire and write video games.
Peachtree.
Believe it or not, that is one of the main reasons for the software's success. One the most common questions I get about Nevitium is, "How do I delete an invoice?" I have to then explain accounting principles, legal issues, and possible customer service issues involved with allowing that functionality.
Whoa whoa whoa, it is taxes not business, and there is no logic involved.
Besides, it is a gaggle of 10 million LOC and there is no way to graft in a sensible solution like this. The system is set in stone without a rewrite.
There is no way to comply with this stuff in a XML file. It has to be coded spaghetti style.
Just managing an annual mountain of tax laws and applying them correctly would easily go over thousands of lines.
[citation needed]
Hold on, I think Windows NT 4.0 was 10 million lines of code. This is a big WTF.
Why did I capitalize "grandma?" We may never know.
Agreed. As my Grandma says, "Quickbooks makes me money." She has owned a bookkeeping/tax business for 40 years. I grew up hating QB. Quicken was awesome in the DOS days.
No one has made a move into the niche. It is like Windows, Quickbooks is the dominate software and no other company thinks it is worth trying to penetrate. On CNET you can see reviews of their free bait offerings and they are not good--many, many rants. They are ripe for the picking; their software is bloated to hell, expensive, and the users hate it. It is very costly for a small business or start-up to purchase QB and there are no breaks or decent entry points. You pay the QB tax or you don't play, period. On top of this, there is nothing quick and easy about it, and out of the box it makes your company look amateurish.
Kick his as bass-tard!
Yeah, but you can tell them you Googled them or you risk a lawsuit becasue of employers harvesting protected information....club memberships and group affiliations being a couple of them.
Yeah, I don't even have to read the article to know that it is crap. Moving on.