Now users can finally read their books across multiple devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader and Apple's iBooks.
It will be interesting to see if the likes of Amazon honour the publishers wishes, or whether they still insist on using DRM. This might finally damage the Kindle business model. In a similar situation, I recently purchased the new Stephen King audio book directlty from Simon & Schuster, as it is in a DRM free MP3 format. Who would buy from Audible if the same material was available elsewhere in a better format?
That's not it at all. I'm not prepared to pay for content that is inconvenient to use. I am much more likely to buy content if it is DRM free.
This is great publicity for Tor. More power to them.
I am more likely to download an illegal copy, as it will be DRM free. Why should I pay to get the product in a less convenient form. They are not even allowing themselves to play on a level field with the pirates, as they have an inferior product.
Ask a "western" muslim about this, you'll be horrified by their response. I guarantee it.
I'm sorry, but that is utter bullshit, or should I say pigshit, given the context. The penalty for apostacy in Islam is death. No discussion, no appeal, no equivocation. Many of your so-called "western" Muslims are the most fundamental of them all. This is a martial, militant and vile religion. No excuses. All right-minded people should be appalled by this. Utterly appalled.
Worshiping at the altar of non-religion is still worshiping.
That's a nice little sound-bite, but it really does not stand up to even trivial scrutiny.
You cannot worship non-belief. There are simply too many things not to believe in.
But they do still use blackmail tactics. They will not reveal what patents are concerned. They will not even tell companies that they are threatening to sue until they have signed an NDA. That is not the behaviour of an host, moral company simply seeking fair payment for their R&D. It is extortion.
That's being a bit pedantic - and a bit wrong. A quick survey of your favourite dictionary will show that Evangelical is a tightly bound to a religious connotation. In recent years some have started to use it to mean enthusiastic promotion of any subject, but the roots of the word are religious.
That's complete bullshit.
This is how science is (and should) be conducted. It's called peer review and it is one of the most important safeguards of the scientific method.
Without thorough and ruthless peer review, people are free to simply make outrageous claims and expect to be believed. That's how religion works.
It makes as little sense as saying a Frenchman should have to pay income tax to the Polish government.
Via the magic of the EU, that's exactly what happens, isn't it.
The Frenchman pays his taxes to the French government, who then give it away to the EU, who then donate it to the poorer governments, such as Poland.
Office is critical and remains a strong product for them. Open Office / Star Office never really gained much market share, but it is looming irrelevance of the desktop that threatens office. Online apps (whether Google's or any other) are the threat here, and once again, MS has been slow to react.
When some other office suit tops 50% market share, that is when the Microsoft ship starts sinking. And, as it goes with ships, once it starts sinking, the rest goes fairly quickly. Losing the document format lock-in would put a huge hole in the hull.
Add to this their lack of success in pushing into the Enterprise Server market..NET never had the impact they hoped. J2EE is still king of the application servers.
SQL Server has made very little impact on the DB market. Oracle is King there.
Windows Server has made few dents in the domination of UNIX. Solaris is still a force to be reckoned with.
Open source has made far more impact in these areas - My SQL, PHP, Linux, but for the bigger enterprises, Larry's Empire is now becoming dangerously dominant, whilst Ballmer is largely an irrelevance and McNeely has gone completely.
No doubt who won the battle of the CEOs.
It is sad. I find it really depressing to find the Oracle logos all over the Sun site and Java downloads. I guess that Sun were just too nice a company to prosper in the cut throat world of modern IT.
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What a tedious, puritanical twat you come across as.
How much is "like $10,000"?
Now users can finally read their books across multiple devices such as Amazon's Kindle, Sony Reader, Kobo eReader and Apple's iBooks.
It will be interesting to see if the likes of Amazon honour the publishers wishes, or whether they still insist on using DRM. This might finally damage the Kindle business model. In a similar situation, I recently purchased the new Stephen King audio book directlty from Simon & Schuster, as it is in a DRM free MP3 format. Who would buy from Audible if the same material was available elsewhere in a better format?
That's not it at all. I'm not prepared to pay for content that is inconvenient to use. I am much more likely to buy content if it is DRM free. This is great publicity for Tor. More power to them.
I am more likely to download an illegal copy, as it will be DRM free. Why should I pay to get the product in a less convenient form. They are not even allowing themselves to play on a level field with the pirates, as they have an inferior product.
Bringing mathematical rigour to fields of research where it has previously been ignored can clearly provide some interesting insights.
Ask a "western" muslim about this, you'll be horrified by their response. I guarantee it.
I'm sorry, but that is utter bullshit, or should I say pigshit, given the context. The penalty for apostacy in Islam is death. No discussion, no appeal, no equivocation. Many of your so-called "western" Muslims are the most fundamental of them all. This is a martial, militant and vile religion. No excuses. All right-minded people should be appalled by this. Utterly appalled.
Worshiping at the altar of non-religion is still worshiping.
That's a nice little sound-bite, but it really does not stand up to even trivial scrutiny. You cannot worship non-belief. There are simply too many things not to believe in.
But they do still use blackmail tactics. They will not reveal what patents are concerned. They will not even tell companies that they are threatening to sue until they have signed an NDA. That is not the behaviour of an host, moral company simply seeking fair payment for their R&D. It is extortion.
Progress is not a smooth curve. You have to take some risks, or else everything stagnates. Don't be such a luddite.
Very good swearing. All that swearing must mean that your point is valid.
That's being a bit pedantic - and a bit wrong. A quick survey of your favourite dictionary will show that Evangelical is a tightly bound to a religious connotation. In recent years some have started to use it to mean enthusiastic promotion of any subject, but the roots of the word are religious.
Perhaps this just means that American Football is unusually predictable.
This is why leaks are a good thing.
That's complete bullshit. This is how science is (and should) be conducted. It's called peer review and it is one of the most important safeguards of the scientific method. Without thorough and ruthless peer review, people are free to simply make outrageous claims and expect to be believed. That's how religion works.
Come on, editors. Grammar is a set of simple rules.
When you're being a pedant, it's really best to check your spelling.
It makes as little sense as saying a Frenchman should have to pay income tax to the Polish government.
Via the magic of the EU, that's exactly what happens, isn't it. The Frenchman pays his taxes to the French government, who then give it away to the EU, who then donate it to the poorer governments, such as Poland.
Isn't this exactly what just happened recently with the UK advertising standards agency upholding a complaint about an XBox advert using PS3 footage?
When some other office suit tops 50% market share, that is when the Microsoft ship starts sinking. And, as it goes with ships, once it starts sinking, the rest goes fairly quickly. Losing the document format lock-in would put a huge hole in the hull.
Add to this their lack of success in pushing into the Enterprise Server market. .NET never had the impact they hoped. J2EE is still king of the application servers.
SQL Server has made very little impact on the DB market. Oracle is King there.
Windows Server has made few dents in the domination of UNIX. Solaris is still a force to be reckoned with.
Open source has made far more impact in these areas - My SQL, PHP, Linux, but for the bigger enterprises, Larry's Empire is now becoming dangerously dominant, whilst Ballmer is largely an irrelevance and McNeely has gone completely.
No doubt who won the battle of the CEOs.
Agreed. Server development is what matters in the enterprise and Windows is just a small piece of that pie. Various flavours of UNIX dominate.
It is sad. I find it really depressing to find the Oracle logos all over the Sun site and Java downloads. I guess that Sun were just too nice a company to prosper in the cut throat world of modern IT.
"I'm in charge of logical positivism and Bruce is in charge of the sheep dip." Sorry, couldn't resist.
What a load of cock!