Lets face it, BMW, Volvo, Cadillac, etc. don't sell on speed. Instead they sell on brand and *reorganization* in the market. So "hiding" the MHz won't be a factor for AMD. AMD must work on *branding* its name for consumers.
They probably scan for the word "cOpy*" This is why I was not able to post my views on/. as my ISP's scaner is cutting me off everytime I type the word.
PS: my views on this issue are "c0pyrighted" - so I can't share them
A strong argument. So lets see, with your logic, why would anyone need cars; won't horses do it. Why would anyone need comfortable swing chairs; wouldn't wooden chair do it? Why would anyone need TV; isn't radio enough? I can go on and on. But those are the thing that as we evolve we ask more of -- at a cost.
We keep talking about monitoring at the workplace -- I am all for *if* it is aimed at:
a) making sure that nothing "outside the law" is taking place
b) making sure that its not being over done by utilizing company and work bandwidth.
HOWEVER, what I don't see being studied and reported on is, if letting employee surf at work is adding value to their productivity and therefore to the company. For example, it is a fact that listening to music (via radio, et. al.) is a way to improve ones productivity. Doesn't surfing improve productivity as a way of taking break, et. al.?
Can we for once get some study done on this "monitoring" stuff from a positive angle please?
We keep comparing Linux and Windows and how Linux is better et. al. But until when the set of available applications that are available for Windows make it to Linux, AND the marketing machine that MS has is used for Linux, I don't see Linux taking over anytime soon.
Think of a "killer app" for Linux and than you will see MS running for its money.
First we let them use calculator during test, now we let them use computers; so what is next, let the listen to Shakespeare in person instead of reading? ---------------
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Oh wait, I see it coming. Soon the idea of web pop-up ads will catch on with TV ads and I will begun seeing TVs pop'ing-up all over my living room with X10 ads.
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From the article: "They can either ship computers with a desktop free of any icons, or they can add as many icons as they want, but only if they also include an icon for Microsoft's MSN Internet access."
Now I really like that -- everything must now be done from the "Start" menu; no more silly icons to deal with.
Picture all the new user-manuls; fron now on they will read: "From the 'Start' menu select 'Run' and type 'CMD'; a black-strange-window will open up, than you can..."
This is great, CLI is BACK! ---------------
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What happened to SUN's OpenLook (sec.)? I used it years ago when I was in collage and I must say I LOVED it. Why isn't SUN promoting it? Why not open-source it?
One thing is loud and clear from Mr. Handy reply to those questions: IBM has no crazy attitude about Linux, Windows or any other OS. Instead, IBM sees the OS just as another opportunity to expand it's business. This is why IBM will always be around while other companies will come-and-go. ---------------
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During the "Gold Rush" in Calf., very few people became rich by finding gold. However, those who sold "digging equipments", were the once who became rich.
This is what CMP is doing -- selling the tools to make the tech. rather than digging for the tech. itself.
Sorry but there is nothing new here with what MS is doing. Such practices are common and have been going on for ages not only in the computer field but other industry as well. Lets face it Oracle, and IBM, to name a few have similar programs. Beside, this is no different when it comes to paying your rent or utility bills. After all this is the idea of a "service" like it or not. ---------------
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Now that IBM is championing Linux, should we assume that OS2 is dead? On the same token, why is IBM promoting Linux but not OS2? Surly if it can market Linux, it should also be able to market OS2. Can you give us evidence that the support of Linux within IBM is not just another hot air for marketing purpose?
A lot of people who want to see MS lose its market dominant seem to forgot that MS is what it is today for two key reasons:
1) Availability of well designed Desktop Applications for Windows
2) Very good integration between those Application
Yes, it is true that MS done all those "evil" stuff too, but they also worked hard at making better apps that work together across different apps within Windows.
Until when someone comes up with a "killer" app for Linux with the same ease of use as what Windows has to offers, MS will still be the dominant player.
Is anyone old enough to remember that it was Lotus 123 that made the IBM PC popular? If it wasn't for 123, the IBM PC would not be what it once was -- remember that back in early 1981 reviews put the IBM PC at the bottom of their rank, not DOS not the hardware. ---------------
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Ironically on CNN.com there is a link about a "New video game recreates hysteria of WTO riots".
The CNN story goes like this "If you missed out on the tear gas, rubber-pellet fire and window-smashing fun of Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization riots, cheer up, you can still play the video game."
I just came back from my local computer store and would you belive it if I told you that I didn't find a SINGLE CD-R? I was told by the salesman that a bunch of geeks were here not too long ago and took them all.
Hmm. Must be Slashdot readers. Next time I am checking Slashdot posting every 1 minute.
When dealing with show business contracts, virtually every game manufacture, be it a toy or a computer game producer, sign an exclusive contract. So what is the big deal if Microsoft does the same?
If MS was denied this option on the merit of being "Microsoft" than MS has a prefect legal and PR case of boosting its cause as being a target. I don't think we want to give MS that chance
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Lets face it, BMW, Volvo, Cadillac, etc. don't sell on speed. Instead they sell on brand and *reorganization* in the market. So "hiding" the MHz won't be a factor for AMD. AMD must work on *branding* its name for consumers.
They probably scan for the word "cOpy*" This is why I was not able to post my views on /. as my ISP's scaner is cutting me off everytime I type the word.
PS: my views on this issue are "c0pyrighted" - so I can't share them
"...feature creep. What does anyone need...."
A strong argument. So lets see, with your logic, why would anyone need cars; won't horses do it. Why would anyone need comfortable swing chairs; wouldn't wooden chair do it? Why would anyone need TV; isn't radio enough? I can go on and on. But those are the thing that as we evolve we ask more of -- at a cost.
Once something becomes popular and wildly used, it can not be "immune to viruses".
So the way I see it, PDF is now becoming the second most used document format after MS Word. Maybe, just maybe, it will crack a hole in MS Word.
We keep talking about monitoring at the workplace -- I am all for *if* it is aimed at:
a) making sure that nothing "outside the law" is taking place
b) making sure that its not being over done by utilizing company and work bandwidth.
HOWEVER, what I don't see being studied and reported on is, if letting employee surf at work is adding value to their productivity and therefore to the company. For example, it is a fact that listening to music (via radio, et. al.) is a way to improve ones productivity. Doesn't surfing improve productivity as a way of taking break, et. al.?
Can we for once get some study done on this "monitoring" stuff from a positive angle please?
It not the UI stupid, its applications.
We keep comparing Linux and Windows and how Linux is better et. al. But until when the set of available applications that are available for Windows make it to Linux, AND the marketing machine that MS has is used for Linux, I don't see Linux taking over anytime soon.
Think of a "killer app" for Linux and than you will see MS running for its money.
If Dmitri Sklyarov wants media atention, he must somehow get "sex" in his story. Once he does that the media will be all over him.
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First we let them use calculator during test, now we let them use computers; so what is next, let the listen to Shakespeare in person instead of reading?
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Oh wait, I see it coming. Soon the idea of web pop-up ads will catch on with TV ads and I will begun seeing TVs pop'ing-up all over my living room with X10 ads.
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From the article: "They can either ship computers with a desktop free of any icons, or they can add as many icons as they want, but only if they also include an icon for Microsoft's MSN Internet access."
Now I really like that -- everything must now be done from the "Start" menu; no more silly icons to deal with.
Picture all the new user-manuls; fron now on they will read: "From the 'Start' menu select 'Run' and type 'CMD'; a black-strange-window will open up, than you can..."
This is great, CLI is BACK!
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$20 to $100B? This is easy for Bill Gate to fund the project so that he can be as far away from the goverment as possible.
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What happened to SUN's OpenLook (sec.)? I used it years ago when I was in collage and I must say I LOVED it. Why isn't SUN promoting it? Why not open-source it?
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One thing is loud and clear from Mr. Handy reply to those questions: IBM has no crazy attitude about Linux, Windows or any other OS. Instead, IBM sees the OS just as another opportunity to expand it's business. This is why IBM will always be around while other companies will come-and-go.
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CMP is repeating history.
During the "Gold Rush" in Calf., very few people became rich by finding gold. However, those who sold "digging equipments", were the once who became rich.
This is what CMP is doing -- selling the tools to make the tech. rather than digging for the tech. itself.
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Sorry but there is nothing new here with what MS is doing. Such practices are common and have been going on for ages not only in the computer field but other industry as well. Lets face it Oracle, and IBM, to name a few have similar programs. Beside, this is no different when it comes to paying your rent or utility bills. After all this is the idea of a "service" like it or not.
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Now that IBM is championing Linux, should we assume that OS2 is dead? On the same token, why is IBM promoting Linux but not OS2? Surly if it can market Linux, it should also be able to market OS2. Can you give us evidence that the support of Linux within IBM is not just another hot air for marketing purpose?
Thanks!
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Hmm. I wander how good a job does it do with p0rn images. Can it make a non-sexy image look sexy again?!
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I still have my copy of "Wolfenstein 3D" for th C-64. Should it be in a museums? Nah! Bill G. is more qualified.
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I still have a copy of "Castle Wolfenstein" if anyone is interested.
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A lot of people who want to see MS lose its market dominant seem to forgot that MS is what it is today for two key reasons:
1) Availability of well designed Desktop Applications for Windows
2) Very good integration between those Application
Yes, it is true that MS done all those "evil" stuff too, but they also worked hard at making better apps that work together across different apps within Windows.
Until when someone comes up with a "killer" app for Linux with the same ease of use as what Windows has to offers, MS will still be the dominant player.
Is anyone old enough to remember that it was Lotus 123 that made the IBM PC popular? If it wasn't for 123, the IBM PC would not be what it once was -- remember that back in early 1981 reviews put the IBM PC at the bottom of their rank, not DOS not the hardware.
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Ironically on CNN.com there is a link about a "New video game recreates hysteria of WTO riots".
The CNN story goes like this "If you missed out on the tear gas, rubber-pellet fire and window-smashing fun of Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization riots, cheer up, you can still play the video game."
Check it out WTO story on CNN.com
I guess I can see why Conn. passed this law.
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I just came back from my local computer store and would you belive it if I told you that I didn't find a SINGLE CD-R? I was told by the salesman that a bunch of geeks were here not too long ago and took them all.
Hmm. Must be Slashdot readers. Next time I am checking Slashdot posting every 1 minute.
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Your point is well taken, BUT, if the community at large can not get its hand on a SPARC system, this community will not be able to support it.
Keep in mind that Mr. Linus started Linux simply because he HAD a cheap Intel box and know that many others had it too.
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It really comes down to "free-market".
Look around you, how many Sparc stations do you see? Now look again, how many Intel stations do you see?
Need I remind everyone about Wintel?
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When dealing with show business contracts, virtually every game manufacture, be it a toy or a computer game producer, sign an exclusive contract. So what is the big deal if Microsoft does the same?
If MS was denied this option on the merit of being "Microsoft" than MS has a prefect legal and PR case of boosting its cause as being a target. I don't think we want to give MS that chance
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