It's certainly not that hard to come up with a tablet computer that has better specs than the iPad. But I doubt that currently a Linux-based OS exists that supports touch input the way the iPhone OS does. This would require much more effort than a small company like Neofonie could handle.
The WePad will compare to the iPad like the Windows PC compares to a Mac: strong hardware running poorly written software. The only difference is that this is not the 80s and the WePad doesn't have IBM backing it up....so my bet is that this will end in epic fail.
You can go back 15 years and see people claiming the same thing about Windows 95 -- "the end of Microsoft." Or four years and read about iPod versus Zune -- "the end of Microsoft." Or Google versus Bing more recently. Why exactly do you think it will be different this time around?
I'm not saying that 2010 is the end of Microsoft, I'm saying that it is the beginning of the end of their market dominance. Of course they will still play a role for a long time.
Due to their business strategy to lock customers into their products, i.e. not complying to standards
Are you sure you're not talking about Apple here? Doesn't iTunes make users jump through hoops to get MP3s that will play anywhere? Can I (easily, for a non-technical user) run OS X on non-Apple hardware? Come on -- calling Microsoft "locked" compared to that is just silly.
Apple's policy on how to handle MP3s was dictated by the dinosaurs from the music industry.
Not being able to run OS X on non-Apple hardware has nothing to do with being locked in. That's like saying I'm locked in by BMW because I can't put a Mercedes engine into it.
Hold the fuck on. Are you really suggestion that Apple is less restrictive than Microsoft? Seriously?
Oh yeah, I forgot... the App Store and iTunes are the pinnacles of consumer empowerment. I mean, it doesn't get much better than having to hack your device so you can use non-Apple approved programs, or having your music player wipe itself completely because you hooked it up to a different computer.
Yup. Apple really knows how to let people use their purchases freely.::golf clap::
The App Store has it's Pros and Cons, obviously customers are locked in, but contrary to the Microsoft prison, Apple prisoners are mostly happy...prices are low, so consumers are happy, piracy is not an issue so developers are happy, Apple takes a 30% share so they are happy too....everyone's happy in Apple prison...while most Microsoft prisoners main interest is to get out.
Restrictions on how to handle music in iTunes and on iPods were imposed on Apple by the Dinosaurs from the Music industry.
IMHO Microsoft's dominance has reached its peak, 2010 will mark the beginning of the end of the firm grip that they had over the OS market. Windows is so bloated from carrying all the compatibility crap, regarding both software and hardware, while OS X only needs to carry what is needed, given that they only need to support their own hardware. For example, Snow Leopard has *lost* size compared to Leopard because they were shifting out PPC support. Microsoft will always have to support thousands of different hardware configurations if it wants to stay mainstream. The iPad will be a huge success, while Microsoft is late to jump on the bandwagon (to be fair, they probably were too early at some point), same with Windows 7 Phone something. They fail to get innovation out because they have so much to loose. Due to their business strategy to lock customers into their products, i.e. not complying to standards, they don't need to innovate, they just have to make sure that the locks are still firm. A good indication of the beginning of the end is that it is starting to get lucrative for companies to break out of the Microsoft prison. Apple is doing the right thing, they keep their products simple, they don't try to appeal to every human crawling the face of the earth, and they emphasize on products that actually *work*. Wonder why there are thousands of books on switching from Mac to PC but not a single one on switching from PC to Mac?
Shouldn't it be enough for the defendant to deny the possession of the media in question? I hardly expect the police to execute tens of thousands of search warrants, therefore the most important part is missing: the evidence.
Well NewEgg takes the easy road and blames their supplier "IPEX", but what really is to blame is the system! Why is a 3rd party involved when NewEgg wants to sell Intell CPUs?? Why do we need those endless supply chains from the producer to the reseller, each one taking their share and potentially increasing the chance of fraud? Do companies like Dell also get their CPUs from a 3rd party supplier?
This is evidence for the fact that nowadays, decisions aren't made by politicians anymore, but by lobbyists. Politicians are just the muppets who stand in front of the camera. Best example is my country, Germany, where the FDP is doing this openly, it is called "clientel politics" here.
The ratio depends on at least three factors:
a) How organized you are
b) How mission critical the systems are
c) The degree of homogenity your envirenment allows you
For example I have worked in a research environment with AIX desktops and servers, and 6 people were easily able to administer 2000+ systems due to the fact that we handed out local admin passwords for those who were willing and able. When I was working for a high profile company, we were 3 admins for 100 mission critical HP/UX boxes. Both environments allowed for a high degree of efficiency due to the homogenous systems.
OTOH I've seen a 12 men sloppy IT department with mixed Windows XP and Linux desktops and servers, having trouble keeping up with 250 users at a local University...
This is more proof that Microsoft should be seperated into smaller companies. It can't be that they use the Billions made from Windows and Office monopoly to destroy competitors in other markets, like they try for example with the Xbox, Windows Mobile, and now Bing.
Unfortunately the article doesn't mention what exactly makes the $700k. I'm not into mainframes, maybe someone else has details on what makes mainframe maintenance so costly?
If the US would allow the EU to snoop their bank data too, then this wouldn't be that much of scandal. But of course, in their own view, the US is the only legitimate force to fight terrorism...
Your point would be valid if there was actual competition in the OS market. But there isn't and MS has been found guilty of abusing their OS monopoly to expand it into other territories, e.g. browsers. Furthermore, MS has a record of ignoring standards once a monopoly has been established.
I find it alarming that a lot of people tend to forget all this when demanding fair treatment of MS products.
The funny thing is, at a real dark site, like the Atacama desert in Chile, a real cloud would be invisible, it would just be a dark patch without any stars.
It seems that those powers that prevent Linux being delivered pre-installed on disk, have forgotten to put their hand-cuffs on the BIOS.
If it needs bloated BIOSES to finally bring Linux to the desktop, that would be OK with me.
Not only compatibility to own existing documents, but also when exchanging documents with other businesses, especially documents that need to be edited.
From my experience in a scientific environment, those who don't use Latex use Word, primarily because they are lazy, but often also because out of necessity when multiple authors are writing up a paper for example.
The quintessence is, neither Windows nor Word is Microsoft's cash cow, but the.doc format.
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The DLH test flight from Munich to Frankfurt was at 10.000ft.
...fly below the ash cloud, at around 10.000ft. Any comments on the safety of flying at this altitude?
Or even better:
"NSA Develops USB Storage Device Detector for declining Operating System"
The WePad will compare to the iPad like the Windows PC compares to a Mac: strong hardware running poorly written software. The only difference is that this is not the 80s and the WePad doesn't have IBM backing it up....so my bet is that this will end in epic fail.
Wonder why there are thousands of books on switching from Mac to PC but not a single one on switching from PC to Mac?
A quick look at amazon suggests that that you have this backwards. .
You're right of course.
You can go back 15 years and see people claiming the same thing about Windows 95 -- "the end of Microsoft." Or four years and read about iPod versus Zune -- "the end of Microsoft." Or Google versus Bing more recently. Why exactly do you think it will be different this time around?
I'm not saying that 2010 is the end of Microsoft, I'm saying that it is the beginning of the end of their market dominance. Of course they will still play a role for a long time.
Due to their business strategy to lock customers into their products, i.e. not complying to standards
Are you sure you're not talking about Apple here? Doesn't iTunes make users jump through hoops to get MP3s that will play anywhere? Can I (easily, for a non-technical user) run OS X on non-Apple hardware? Come on -- calling Microsoft "locked" compared to that is just silly.
Apple's policy on how to handle MP3s was dictated by the dinosaurs from the music industry.
Not being able to run OS X on non-Apple hardware has nothing to do with being locked in. That's like saying I'm locked in by BMW because I can't put a Mercedes engine into it.
Hold the fuck on. Are you really suggestion that Apple is less restrictive than Microsoft? Seriously?
Oh yeah, I forgot... the App Store and iTunes are the pinnacles of consumer empowerment. I mean, it doesn't get much better than having to hack your device so you can use non-Apple approved programs, or having your music player wipe itself completely because you hooked it up to a different computer.
Yup. Apple really knows how to let people use their purchases freely. ::golf clap::
The App Store has it's Pros and Cons, obviously customers are locked in, but contrary to the Microsoft prison, Apple prisoners are mostly happy...prices are low, so consumers are happy, piracy is not an issue so developers are happy, Apple takes a 30% share so they are happy too....everyone's happy in Apple prison...while most Microsoft prisoners main interest is to get out.
Restrictions on how to handle music in iTunes and on iPods were imposed on Apple by the Dinosaurs from the Music industry.
IMHO Microsoft's dominance has reached its peak, 2010 will mark the beginning of the end of the firm grip that they had over the OS market. Windows is so bloated from carrying all the compatibility crap, regarding both software and hardware, while OS X only needs to carry what is needed, given that they only need to support their own hardware. For example, Snow Leopard has *lost* size compared to Leopard because they were shifting out PPC support. Microsoft will always have to support thousands of different hardware configurations if it wants to stay mainstream. The iPad will be a huge success, while Microsoft is late to jump on the bandwagon (to be fair, they probably were too early at some point), same with Windows 7 Phone something. They fail to get innovation out because they have so much to loose. Due to their business strategy to lock customers into their products, i.e. not complying to standards, they don't need to innovate, they just have to make sure that the locks are still firm. A good indication of the beginning of the end is that it is starting to get lucrative for companies to break out of the Microsoft prison. Apple is doing the right thing, they keep their products simple, they don't try to appeal to every human crawling the face of the earth, and they emphasize on products that actually *work*. Wonder why there are thousands of books on switching from Mac to PC but not a single one on switching from PC to Mac?
No, because that's their business model, it's called "Lock-In".
Shouldn't it be enough for the defendant to deny the possession of the media in question? I hardly expect the police to execute tens of thousands of search warrants, therefore the most important part is missing: the evidence.
One should expect that at least NASA has arrived in the 21st century while the rest of the country still uses medieval units....
Well NewEgg takes the easy road and blames their supplier "IPEX", but what really is to blame is the system! Why is a 3rd party involved when NewEgg wants to sell Intell CPUs?? Why do we need those endless supply chains from the producer to the reseller, each one taking their share and potentially increasing the chance of fraud? Do companies like Dell also get their CPUs from a 3rd party supplier?
Together with IEs bad performance in synthetic benchmarks, I'd conclude that said sites are heavily optimized for IE.
This is evidence for the fact that nowadays, decisions aren't made by politicians anymore, but by lobbyists. Politicians are just the muppets who stand in front of the camera. Best example is my country, Germany, where the FDP is doing this openly, it is called "clientel politics" here.
The ratio depends on at least three factors: a) How organized you are b) How mission critical the systems are c) The degree of homogenity your envirenment allows you For example I have worked in a research environment with AIX desktops and servers, and 6 people were easily able to administer 2000+ systems due to the fact that we handed out local admin passwords for those who were willing and able. When I was working for a high profile company, we were 3 admins for 100 mission critical HP/UX boxes. Both environments allowed for a high degree of efficiency due to the homogenous systems. OTOH I've seen a 12 men sloppy IT department with mixed Windows XP and Linux desktops and servers, having trouble keeping up with 250 users at a local University...
Are there tools to low-level format 512-byte drives into 4096-byte ones? I gather this would increse capacity by 13%.
This is more proof that Microsoft should be seperated into smaller companies. It can't be that they use the Billions made from Windows and Office monopoly to destroy competitors in other markets, like they try for example with the Xbox, Windows Mobile, and now Bing.
Unfortunately the article doesn't mention what exactly makes the $700k. I'm not into mainframes, maybe someone else has details on what makes mainframe maintenance so costly?
If the US would allow the EU to snoop their bank data too, then this wouldn't be that much of scandal. But of course, in their own view, the US is the only legitimate force to fight terrorism...
You didn't get the point, this is all about abusing a monopoly.
Your point would be valid if there was actual competition in the OS market. But there isn't and MS has been found guilty of abusing their OS monopoly to expand it into other territories, e.g. browsers. Furthermore, MS has a record of ignoring standards once a monopoly has been established. I find it alarming that a lot of people tend to forget all this when demanding fair treatment of MS products.
The funny thing is, at a real dark site, like the Atacama desert in Chile, a real cloud would be invisible, it would just be a dark patch without any stars.
It seems that those powers that prevent Linux being delivered pre-installed on disk, have forgotten to put their hand-cuffs on the BIOS. If it needs bloated BIOSES to finally bring Linux to the desktop, that would be OK with me.
Corporations with policies of only using IE.
This is backed by the fact that on weekends, FF market share rises dramatically.
Not only compatibility to own existing documents, but also when exchanging documents with other businesses, especially documents that need to be edited. From my experience in a scientific environment, those who don't use Latex use Word, primarily because they are lazy, but often also because out of necessity when multiple authors are writing up a paper for example. The quintessence is, neither Windows nor Word is Microsoft's cash cow, but the .doc format.