p.s. By 2011? Imagine the kind of technologies that will be out in the marketplace in 3-4 years....(sigh)
50 million units by 2011 doesn't mean they're going to drop 50 million units ON the market IN 2011. They're just using that figure as a target goal for units produced by 2011. Like any computer, they won't all be the same specs, just similar models in a similar line.
At least I'd hope so >_
Easy there, tiger. I do know why I dislike it so much. Learning to program ASM for it introduces you to N layers of nasty. Compared to other alternatives the entire system seems way more complicated than it has to be. I'm not really hating on the thing..but it almost seems like it has been doing something it was never really intended to do...though that's the story with a lot of things (the Internet for example). I don't even know what you're talking about with this x86 hate talk, either.
For the record, I think AMD and Intel both do cool things, too. No hates. Kthxbai.
The big deal will be when we (the user masses) get to use something that's not x86. Don't get me wrong, more cores are way cool, but there's always other ways to improve.
Backwards compatibility:'(
Nothing actually, I was just getting your attention:-P. I don't doubt your intelligence given your command of language. Pedantic forms are quite precise, but if only one party in a conversation uses them, what's the point? Yah gots me!
Question better than assume, yes ideally. We're all arguing nothings on Slashdot, though:-)
Why do you equate "less sophisticated" with any sort of depracation? It is a reflection of a state of knowledge, not any reflect.... Why do you equate pedantery with intelligence?
Given the context, his assumption is entirely appropriate.
Rights are government granted? I think that may be a fundamental belief that isn't shared between the US and the UK/EU. Perhaps it feeds into this nasty argument? I don't know. Americans do tend to lean to rights being granted to government by the people instead of this "progressive liberal democracy" government rights to people model that gets thrown by "ya'll Europeans". So don't be surprised when you wave that argument around in front of an American (much less one with libertarian leanings) and the ideas are lost upon them.
That being said, Microsoft isn't a person who has "rights". Microsoft is a corporation, a legal construct, not a citizen or person. "Rights" in the sense of the word don't apply so much here...maybe the term is something more like "capabilities" or "allowances". If a corporation breaks the law, the biggest punishment one could give it is the revocation of its corporate liability protection or maybe just dissolving it. Neither one of these will happen, so the next obvious choice would be the denial of any further protection of patents or intellectual property Microsoft requests in Europe until it comes out from beneath the contempt of Brussels.
The tax man will take more and more of your money if he can. All you have to do is hand it over to them. I'm not a huge fan of microsoft or their products, but how about pressing politico to write some tax laws that don't have gaping loopholes in them?
Don't give me this crap about corporations pushing politicians around by donating millions of dollars to their campaign. Dollars are quite helpful, but then again, so are these things called "votes". If you are so disturbed by actions taken by individuals or corporations such as Microsoft to avoid paying large amounts of dollars to club fed, then write your congressman about it, tell your friends to write theirs about it, and then tell their friends friends..etc and so forth. Get involved with the National Taxpayers Union, do something about it. Otherwise, give it up. Microsoft (and friends) aren't going to just fork over.5 Billion because we throw tantrums about it.
Slashdot Mirror
Where?!?! I can't see them!!!
Scrooge McDuck, actually.
Easy there, tiger. I do know why I dislike it so much. Learning to program ASM for it introduces you to N layers of nasty. Compared to other alternatives the entire system seems way more complicated than it has to be. I'm not really hating on the thing..but it almost seems like it has been doing something it was never really intended to do...though that's the story with a lot of things (the Internet for example). I don't even know what you're talking about with this x86 hate talk, either.
For the record, I think AMD and Intel both do cool things, too. No hates. Kthxbai.
Hence the crying :'''(
The big deal will be when we (the user masses) get to use something that's not x86. Don't get me wrong, more cores are way cool, but there's always other ways to improve. Backwards compatibility :'(
Very nice! Good separation of standard big word spamming (quite common, IMO) from actual wisdom. I tip my hat to you, good sir.
Nothing actually, I was just getting your attention :-P. I don't doubt your intelligence given your command of language. Pedantic forms are quite precise, but if only one party in a conversation uses them, what's the point? Yah gots me!
Question better than assume, yes ideally. We're all arguing nothings on Slashdot, though :-)
Rights are government granted? I think that may be a fundamental belief that isn't shared between the US and the UK/EU. Perhaps it feeds into this nasty argument? I don't know. Americans do tend to lean to rights being granted to government by the people instead of this "progressive liberal democracy" government rights to people model that gets thrown by "ya'll Europeans". So don't be surprised when you wave that argument around in front of an American (much less one with libertarian leanings) and the ideas are lost upon them.
That being said, Microsoft isn't a person who has "rights". Microsoft is a corporation, a legal construct, not a citizen or person. "Rights" in the sense of the word don't apply so much here...maybe the term is something more like "capabilities" or "allowances". If a corporation breaks the law, the biggest punishment one could give it is the revocation of its corporate liability protection or maybe just dissolving it. Neither one of these will happen, so the next obvious choice would be the denial of any further protection of patents or intellectual property Microsoft requests in Europe until it comes out from beneath the contempt of Brussels.
The tax man will take more and more of your money if he can. All you have to do is hand it over to them. I'm not a huge fan of microsoft or their products, but how about pressing politico to write some tax laws that don't have gaping loopholes in them? Don't give me this crap about corporations pushing politicians around by donating millions of dollars to their campaign. Dollars are quite helpful, but then again, so are these things called "votes". If you are so disturbed by actions taken by individuals or corporations such as Microsoft to avoid paying large amounts of dollars to club fed, then write your congressman about it, tell your friends to write theirs about it, and then tell their friends friends..etc and so forth. Get involved with the National Taxpayers Union, do something about it. Otherwise, give it up. Microsoft (and friends) aren't going to just fork over .5 Billion because we throw tantrums about it.