I guess I find it hard to believe that 1 person in 10 who carries a laptop out of Big Box Retailer is going to install Linux and leave it on.
On slashdot a comment like this gets modded down, because of humans' tendency to assume everyone is similar to them instead of seeing themselves as an outlier.
But I think 2% is accurate, maybe even a little high, in terms of consumer desktop OSes
Most corporations only want one OS across all desktops, so it's more likely that these corporations will just put off making any browser change until they do their next Windows upgrade.
The one I work for is still on XP/IE6 - simply because the expense/work around an upgrade of either isn't worth it.
Carriers love it. Someone else is coding their OS - they don't have to spend that development time on an OS now, they can concentrate on packing in bloatware and adware, more revenue-centric stuff.
Right now there are a few Motorola devices that are still on 1.6, and the expected release for 2.x keeps sliding and sliding.
Many of Motorola's phones are marketed as "1.6, upgradeable to 2.x", but in truth there seem to be hardware issues that make this complicated, and it remains to be seen if 2.x will ever actually be distributed to owners of the lower selling phones.
We've already seen Motorola cancel the upgrade for non-US phones of the same models, to "ensure the best user experience".
Point being, advertised capability is not necessarily capability.
Annoyed with the market leaders' crash bugs, I have decided only to travel in kit planes that you can build at home from publicly available blueprints.
The point is that even on a private plane, even on YOUR private plane, you are subjected to the same rules. I don't think most people would intuitively know that.
Actually, based on what I know of the people who are playing FarmVille, I'd prefer they were mindlessly pecking away within their houses at an imaginary farm than contaminating the rest of society.
Carl Sagan once said that it's impossible to actually write out all the names of his children, as this would require more space than the universe provides.
Maybe a joke about how there's really no pain associated with an Adobe exploit, because Adobe's users are already used to installing updates 6 times a day anyway.
LOS ANGELES – Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968.
With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever.
The K-12 complex to house 4,200 students has raised eyebrows across the country as the creme de la creme of "Taj Mahal" schools, $100 million-plus campuses boasting both architectural panache and deluxe amenities.
Collegiate textbooks cost around $100, and most high schools are re-using books for 4-5 years (or, these days, stretching them out even longer). I highly doubt this is a cost savings.
(as if any new government program ever results in cost savings anyway)
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Well, obviously 2009 was the year of Linux on the desktop.
Duh.
I guess I find it hard to believe that 1 person in 10 who carries a laptop out of Big Box Retailer is going to install Linux and leave it on.
On slashdot a comment like this gets modded down, because of humans' tendency to assume everyone is similar to them instead of seeing themselves as an outlier.
But I think 2% is accurate, maybe even a little high, in terms of consumer desktop OSes
Most corporations only want one OS across all desktops, so it's more likely that these corporations will just put off making any browser change until they do their next Windows upgrade.
The one I work for is still on XP/IE6 - simply because the expense/work around an upgrade of either isn't worth it.
Not supporting Macs or Linux shuts out, what - about 2% of IE's potential market...?
One more point of annoyance is seeing the news that other manufacturers (HTC, etc.) have no problem keeping their phones' OSes up to date.
All this has completely soured me on Motorola.
I advise everyone to stay far, far away from their Android offerings. After this burn, I'm not buying anything from them again.
The phone was so locked down to start with, I should have done my homework and realized this was a trap.
It appears they care about the Droid series, but nothing else. Don't assume Motorola will live up to their commitments.
Run, don't walk, from Motorola.
Carriers love it. Someone else is coding their OS - they don't have to spend that development time on an OS now, they can concentrate on packing in bloatware and adware, more revenue-centric stuff.
Nobody "has" to jailbreak an iPhone. It works just fine without it.
Talk to the owners of Motorola's older android phones, many of whom are still getting the run-around on an upgrade.
the non-Droid phones from Motorola also include the bloatware suite "Motoblur", which you can't disable or remove.
Right now there are a few Motorola devices that are still on 1.6, and the expected release for 2.x keeps sliding and sliding.
Many of Motorola's phones are marketed as "1.6, upgradeable to 2.x", but in truth there seem to be hardware issues that make this complicated, and it remains to be seen if 2.x will ever actually be distributed to owners of the lower selling phones.
We've already seen Motorola cancel the upgrade for non-US phones of the same models, to "ensure the best user experience".
Point being, advertised capability is not necessarily capability.
is that, like, a company title or something?
Annoyed with the market leaders' crash bugs, I have decided only to travel in kit planes that you can build at home from publicly available blueprints.
Yeah. Apple is clearly in the throes of death and Jobs has been a pox on their house.
The point is that even on a private plane, even on YOUR private plane, you are subjected to the same rules. I don't think most people would intuitively know that.
Brought to you by all those people who thought this administration would be better than the last.
Probably counting the game coming as a pack-in with the system a "sale"
Actually, based on what I know of the people who are playing FarmVille, I'd prefer they were mindlessly pecking away within their houses at an imaginary farm than contaminating the rest of society.
Carl Sagan once said that it's impossible to actually write out all the names of his children, as this would require more space than the universe provides.
just some champagne
Maybe a joke about how there's really no pain associated with an Adobe exploit, because Adobe's users are already used to installing updates 6 times a day anyway.
Just saying - "expensive" is relative in California.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_re_us/us_taj_mahal_schools
LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation
LOS ANGELES – Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinated in 1968.
With an eye-popping price tag of $578 million, it will mark the inauguration of the nation's most expensive public school ever.
The K-12 complex to house 4,200 students has raised eyebrows across the country as the creme de la creme of "Taj Mahal" schools, $100 million-plus campuses boasting both architectural panache and deluxe amenities.
They were. Washington has the U.S. Mint's presses spinning, and all will be well in a few days.
Collegiate textbooks cost around $100, and most high schools are re-using books for 4-5 years (or, these days, stretching them out even longer). I highly doubt this is a cost savings.
(as if any new government program ever results in cost savings anyway)