Lock-in: Works fine for me on my iPhone, so I don't see it as a problem. crippleware: Ditto no multitasking: The only time I want this is when I want to use Pandora and something else at the same time. Other than that, no thank you - had it in Windows Mobile, and I could never kill all the zombies. iTunes: Works fine for me, so I don't see it as a problem.
I know all of this as been repeated ad nauseam, but it's still pertinent. The consumer decides whether there's something wrong with the product or not.
This is exactly what happened when the Apple Store opened here in southern Maine, only Apple contacted all of the Starbucks stores in the area looking for managers and employees. I know several managers and employees who were hired into the Apple retail store directly out of their Starbucks positions.
I would argue that the most 'obvious, least economically damaging, least intrusive way to handle the problem' is to stop breeding. Plenty of side benefits, too!
That depends largely on your interest in the object being considered. *You* may not care about the difference between a BMW and a Kia, but *I* certainly do. Whereas *I* don't particularly care about the difference between my 'free' phone and one that costs $500.
Don't forget sports... a friend of mine has a 65" Mitsubishi HD set, and he gets a sports channel on it that must be seen to be believed. They don't have every game we want to see (Every Avalanche game comes to mind:-), but what they have is stunning.
You can actually make out the crowd, as the action unfolds. I know that sounds dumb, but it's kind of cool to be able to see the faces of everyone... players, coaches, and crowd.
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Of course, like any generalization, there are exceptions...
I have a computer engineering degree with a focus on software... which is what enabled me to get a job designing CAD tools for a VLSI design center. I do all the 'computer science' things, as well as knowing enough about the bits, gates, and device physics to get the software right.
I preferred computer engineering because I wanted to learn more about the workings of the computer I was typing on, as well as the way the software/OS/firmware/etc. worked on top of it. It's really your personal preference, as described in other posts.
My guess would be that Sun supports it because it differentiates them from HP. Remember, the IA-64 architecture was jointly developed by HP and Intel. When 64 bit processors first come out, only the big boys (read high end server vendors) are going to care right away. Sun and HP are directly competing in that space, so I bet Sun is hoping to gain an advantage over HP.
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Inherently wrong? To whom?
Lock-in: Works fine for me on my iPhone, so I don't see it as a problem.
crippleware: Ditto
no multitasking: The only time I want this is when I want to use Pandora and something else at the same time. Other than that, no thank you - had it in Windows Mobile, and I could never kill all the zombies.
iTunes: Works fine for me, so I don't see it as a problem.
I know all of this as been repeated ad nauseam, but it's still pertinent. The consumer decides whether there's something wrong with the product or not.
This is exactly what happened when the Apple Store opened here in southern Maine, only Apple contacted all of the Starbucks stores in the area looking for managers and employees. I know several managers and employees who were hired into the Apple retail store directly out of their Starbucks positions.
*shrug*
I would argue that the most 'obvious, least economically damaging, least intrusive way to handle the problem' is to stop breeding. Plenty of side benefits, too!
That depends largely on your interest in the object being considered. *You* may not care about the difference between a BMW and a Kia, but *I* certainly do. Whereas *I* don't particularly care about the difference between my 'free' phone and one that costs $500.
Don't forget sports... a friend of mine has a 65" Mitsubishi HD set, and he gets a sports channel on it that must be seen to be believed. They don't have every game we want to see (Every Avalanche game comes to mind :-), but what they have is stunning.
You can actually make out the crowd, as the action unfolds. I know that sounds dumb, but it's kind of cool to be able to see the faces of everyone... players, coaches, and crowd.
I believe they meant a new architecture, IA64.
Of course, like any generalization, there are exceptions... I have a computer engineering degree with a focus on software... which is what enabled me to get a job designing CAD tools for a VLSI design center. I do all the 'computer science' things, as well as knowing enough about the bits, gates, and device physics to get the software right. I preferred computer engineering because I wanted to learn more about the workings of the computer I was typing on, as well as the way the software/OS/firmware/etc. worked on top of it. It's really your personal preference, as described in other posts.
My guess would be that Sun supports it because it differentiates them from HP. Remember, the IA-64 architecture was jointly developed by HP and Intel. When 64 bit processors first come out, only the big boys (read high end server vendors) are going to care right away. Sun and HP are directly competing in that space, so I bet Sun is hoping to gain an advantage over HP.