IMHO, it's not that they don't know how to survive and thrive as one of many players, but rather that they don't know how to get back to a monopoly state. Microsoft's fundamental problem is that their corporate goal does not seem to merely be doing well for themselves as a company, but rather making sure nobody else does/can.
That is my point. All MS knows how to do is create and monopolize a market where no pre-existing competition exists. Now that there is competition, from Goole on the web and from Linux as an OS, MS is lost. They don't know how to "survive and thrive as one of many players", because that has never been their goal.
"Microsoft's big problem is that it doesn't realize its not the only game in town anymore"
I disagree. I think that Microsoft is well aware that it isn't the only game in town. What they don't understand, is how to remedy the situation.
You are right in inferring that MS was the only game in town for a long time, and it is because of this that they seem so dumbstruck now. They know they're being overtaken, but they have no idea what to do about it, because they've never had to compete directly before.
No good OS has been released since late 2007. Think about it.
Leopard=fail, Apple is already working on 10.6 Vista=worst OS since Windows Me. Enough said. Ubuntu Hardy=does the phrase "my god, it's full of bugs" come to mind?
OK, so they're extended the life of XP Home Edition until 2010 to capture more of the mini-laptop market. So? Name me one network admin who will use XP Home on an ultra-portable. These things are perfect for someone who needs a small, lightweight laptop to administer a network rack, and XP Home is practically useless for that.
The target market for XP Home has had Vista pushed on it for the past year and a half, and most of that target market probably doesn't know enough about Windows to care about XP vs. Vista.
Only extending the life of XP Pro will have any meaning.
if you want them to start using Open Office and Firefox, burn a bunch of Disks and nice labels and start a campaign on 'back to school' periods when everyone is shopping for their kids and college students and stand outside that Mac Store or the BestBuy handing out OpenOffice and Firefox CD's. Outstanding idea!
But if you really want to help open-source projects, do this with CD's purchased from Mozilla and OpenOffice.org. That way, the products get the public awareness, and the developers of the products get the funding they need to continue developing them.
I wonder how long it is before this could be used as a pretext for someone to be arrested and interrogated. Seems like a very easy way of putting a large amount of people into a position where they are "breaking" the allowing the government to "legally" do stuff that otherwise might be very nasty. dude, it's russia. of course shit like that will happen!
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If you overflow a buffer then it's a bug, whether it is exploitable or not.
If you can overflow an exabyte-sized memory buffer, you deserve a fucking medal.
Some light Asimov should do them well.
Gentlemen, redouble your efforts!
I use green text on a black background, and it seems to help. A lot of it has to do with the quality and type of your monitor.
IMHO, it's not that they don't know how to survive and thrive as one of many players, but rather that they don't know how to get back to a monopoly state. Microsoft's fundamental problem is that their corporate goal does not seem to merely be doing well for themselves as a company, but rather making sure nobody else does/can.
That is my point. All MS knows how to do is create and monopolize a market where no pre-existing competition exists. Now that there is competition, from Goole on the web and from Linux as an OS, MS is lost. They don't know how to "survive and thrive as one of many players", because that has never been their goal.
"Microsoft's big problem is that it doesn't realize its not the only game in town anymore"
I disagree. I think that Microsoft is well aware that it isn't the only game in town. What they don't understand, is how to remedy the situation.
You are right in inferring that MS was the only game in town for a long time, and it is because of this that they seem so dumbstruck now. They know they're being overtaken, but they have no idea what to do about it, because they've never had to compete directly before.
No good OS has been released since late 2007. Think about it.
Leopard=fail, Apple is already working on 10.6
Vista=worst OS since Windows Me. Enough said.
Ubuntu Hardy=does the phrase "my god, it's full of bugs" come to mind?
ahhh.....karma to burn.
...until you dug it up, you insensitive clods!
me: "I installed this module, and it borked the kernel."
buddy: "Did you RTFM?"
me: "I can't. there isn't one."
If people stop saying "This is the year..." next year, we'll know that this year really was the year.
Until then, it's still just a meme.
Does this qualify as a Beowoof Cluster?
1. Sell these umpc's vith a Vista Business license
2. Ship them pre-installed with XP Pro
3. ?????
4. PROFIT!
Seriously though, for this platform I say roll all the way back to Windows 2000.
OK, so they're extended the life of XP Home Edition until 2010 to capture more of the mini-laptop market. So? Name me one network admin who will use XP Home on an ultra-portable. These things are perfect for someone who needs a small, lightweight laptop to administer a network rack, and XP Home is practically useless for that.
The target market for XP Home has had Vista pushed on it for the past year and a half, and most of that target market probably doesn't know enough about Windows to care about XP vs. Vista.
Only extending the life of XP Pro will have any meaning.
I didn't know TCP-over-moose technology had matured!
But if you really want to help open-source projects, do this with CD's purchased from Mozilla and OpenOffice.org. That way, the products get the public awareness, and the developers of the products get the funding they need to continue developing them.
I tried to log on around 2300 EDT Saturday, and the connection timed out. Was the downtime planned, or did Neal eat the wires again?
I had a 12" PowerBook G4 for a number of years, and would recommend it if all you need is web and SSH.
Does Netcraft confirm it?
Yes. They're called iPods.
no.