Palm needs to get out of the hardware business. The real money is to be made by licensing the OS
We see this ill-informed opinion pop up in platform licensing discussions. The success of the Palm is not due to the hardware or the software, but rather the combination of the two. When hardware is a commodity (as it is with PCs) and the operating system is at or near the monopoly level (as it is with MS Windows) then it is better to be in the software licensing business. But that is not the case with Palm computing today, and it will not be the case for a long time to come.
Let's say Palm took your advice and phased out of the hardware business. Companies with competing designs would try to differentiate themselves with hardware. Palm would be faced with either stifling innovation by not supporting new ideas with the appropriate hardware, or they would be forced to support anything the hardware manufacturers produced.
[sarcasm]Look at how well Windows works with hardware. Plug and Play works seamlessly, and new configurations are a joy.[/sarcasm]
There is a lot to be said for making the whole machine. Palm is on the only course that can be successful.
Let's not overreact. Doubleclick is not Big Brother. They may suck, but they aren't the thought police. If you are a paranoid freak, you can still make the Internet a very private and anonymous place for yourself. I, for one, do not care that doubleclick _knows_ that I bought a Kid Rock cd and a portable player. I may have to look at ads for Eminem and Dr. Dre for the rest of my life, but there are worse fates.
BTW, the economy won't crash because of impulse items and accumulated debt. Remember, Wal Mart does more business in one day than the entire Internet did in a year. This will change, but the retail economy is an elephant, and Internet sales are mere hairs on its ass.
Thanks for the link to the pseudo-FAQ, but the sci-fi piece illustrated nothing except maybe the fact that RMS can't write fiction to save his life. It was like a laundry list. And the "Author's Note" was cute, in case you failed to notice the sledgehammer of bad fiction which had just landed on your foot.
It's funny because the MS employee meant to say that they will ship no product until it is good enough for the customers, but the quote could be read as, "Hey, we'll ship any piece of crap if the customers ask for it, but if the market isn't ready, we'll work to improve the product."
It's like a recommendation letter which reads "You'll be lucky to get John Smith to work for you." If you're expecting a positive statement, then you want to hire this guy, but if you read it the other way, then you'll be lucky if you can get this guy to do any work.
ISPs have been rather ready and willing to take down sites at the slightest hint of a lawsuit.
I think this has a lot less to do with the number of choices available. The law isn't clear in the area of ISP liability and no company wants to be a test case. Lawsuits cost a lot of money.
Well at least you had sense enough to identify yourself as a Randroid.
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Natalie Portman rules. Check her out in Beautiful Girls. Despite her performance in TPM, she can really act. Remember, even an acting God like Vincent D'Onofrio got stuck in movies like Mystic Pizza from time to time.
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Get a clue. This is exactly the type of story that Kubrick wouldn't touch. He carried Traumnovelle in his head for years, and who would have thought of making any Thackeray novel into a film? No offense to Card, whom I love, or Ender's Game, which I have read too many times to defend the time spent on this book, but Kubrick didn't go much for pop sci-fi. Hint: he probably wouldn't have wanted to film Starship Troopers, either.
ie that your god is dead and that cthulhu will rise up and eat you and those that believe as you do First, and that by worshiping cthulhu i will be eaten Last and my death will be mostly painless
I *despise* people who claim a faith, and then pick and choose whatever matches with their politics; spawn off a new sect, instead
New sects blow. I read about this one Jewish guy who believed he was the direct descendant of God. He got, like, a handful of these other guys to believe him and they started this weird cult. Even when the govment said, "Hell, No!" and killed this guy, his crazy followers just kept going. In some ass-backwards parts of the planet, this sect continues to grow.
People work like this in every non-govenrment industry. My wife used to be a retail manager for a national clothing store. She would work all night getting ready for a big sale, or give up her days off for weeks on end. She had the respect and one of the best stores in the region, but that just gets old after a while.
There are a LOT of cush IT jobs out there. Find them. Covet them. Don't trade your life for money.
With this new Transmeta chip, the Amiga will be able to compile programs in any laguage. Between that and all the other revolutionary technology in these machines they should sell like hotcakes.
I hear their market price will be $299, no monitor, but that includes the new Transmeta chip, which will be called the Penguinator II (don't ask about I - it's double top secret).
How far do you want to extend this logic? If a web site uses Microsoft products and you visit it, do you support Microsoft? If Microsoft advertises on a site (as they do on/.) do you need to boycott that site? It's not as though Apple is some kind of front company for Microsoft. In fact, Apple is probably the largest Windows software developer other than Microsoft (thinkg Quick Time). Likewise, the MacOS is one of Microsofts best development platforms. High profit margins and not a lot of competition. They are definitely the largest Mac developer.
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"A Fortran programmer can write Fortran in any language."
Not a complement.
What's CLI?
I'm working on my MCSE right now, but if CLI will help me earn more, I want to get that too.
Palm needs to get out of the hardware business. The real money is to be made by licensing the OS
We see this ill-informed opinion pop up in platform licensing discussions. The success of the Palm is not due to the hardware or the software, but rather the combination of the two. When hardware is a commodity (as it is with PCs) and the operating system is at or near the monopoly level (as it is with MS Windows) then it is better to be in the software licensing business. But that is not the case with Palm computing today, and it will not be the case for a long time to come.
Let's say Palm took your advice and phased out of the hardware business. Companies with competing designs would try to differentiate themselves with hardware. Palm would be faced with either stifling innovation by not supporting new ideas with the appropriate hardware, or they would be forced to support anything the hardware manufacturers produced.
[sarcasm]Look at how well Windows works with hardware. Plug and Play works seamlessly, and new configurations are a joy.[/sarcasm]
There is a lot to be said for making the whole machine. Palm is on the only course that can be successful.
Let's not overreact. Doubleclick is not Big Brother. They may suck, but they aren't the thought police. If you are a paranoid freak, you can still make the Internet a very private and anonymous place for yourself. I, for one, do not care that doubleclick _knows_ that I bought a Kid Rock cd and a portable player. I may have to look at ads for Eminem and Dr. Dre for the rest of my life, but there are worse fates.
BTW, the economy won't crash because of impulse items and accumulated debt. Remember, Wal Mart does more business in one day than the entire Internet did in a year. This will change, but the retail economy is an elephant, and Internet sales are mere hairs on its ass.
Lucas is perfectly capable of making truly excellent films (witness Indiana Jones)
Lucas is capable of making truly excellent films (witness THX-1138), but I think we should go ahead and credit Spielburg for Indiana Jones.
Thanks for the link to the pseudo-FAQ, but the sci-fi piece illustrated nothing except maybe the fact that RMS can't write fiction to save his life. It was like a laundry list. And the "Author's Note" was cute, in case you failed to notice the sledgehammer of bad fiction which had just landed on your foot.
It's funny because the MS employee meant to say that they will ship no product until it is good enough for the customers, but the quote could be read as, "Hey, we'll ship any piece of crap if the customers ask for it, but if the market isn't ready, we'll work to improve the product."
It's like a recommendation letter which reads "You'll be lucky to get John Smith to work for you." If you're expecting a positive statement, then you want to hire this guy, but if you read it the other way, then you'll be lucky if you can get this guy to do any work.
The Mac client is in final beta and should be released soon.
www.evil.com has a much more interesting site.g
ISPs have been rather ready and willing to take down sites at the slightest hint of a lawsuit.
I think this has a lot less to do with the number of choices available. The law isn't clear in the area of ISP liability and no company wants to be a test case. Lawsuits cost a lot of money.
Power comes from the barrel of a gun
Well at least you had sense enough to identify yourself as a Randroid.
Natalie Portman rules. Check her out in Beautiful Girls. Despite her performance in TPM, she can really act. Remember, even an acting God like Vincent D'Onofrio got stuck in movies like Mystic Pizza from time to time.
Get a clue. This is exactly the type of story that Kubrick wouldn't touch. He carried Traumnovelle in his head for years, and who would have thought of making any Thackeray novel into a film? No offense to Card, whom I love, or Ender's Game, which I have read too many times to defend the time spent on this book, but Kubrick didn't go much for pop sci-fi. Hint: he probably wouldn't have wanted to film Starship Troopers, either.
If God is Dead, Who's That Living in My Heart.
A burrito, maybe? (But Jesus-shaped)
ie that your god is dead and that cthulhu will rise up and eat you and those that believe as you do First, and that by worshiping cthulhu i will be eaten Last and my death will be mostly painless
A Big Gnu Thrush =anagram= Shub Niggurath
I *despise* people who claim a faith, and then pick and choose whatever matches with their politics; spawn off a new sect, instead
New sects blow. I read about this one Jewish guy who believed he was the direct descendant of God. He got, like, a handful of these other guys to believe him and they started this weird cult. Even when the govment said, "Hell, No!" and killed this guy, his crazy followers just kept going. In some ass-backwards parts of the planet, this sect continues to grow.
Not as fast as religious intolerance, though.
www.religioustolerance.org
People work like this in every non-govenrment industry. My wife used to be a retail manager for a national clothing store. She would work all night getting ready for a big sale, or give up her days off for weeks on end. She had the respect and one of the best stores in the region, but that just gets old after a while.
There are a LOT of cush IT jobs out there. Find them. Covet them. Don't trade your life for money.
A remake is absolutely necessary, but they'll have to change TRON's name to something more modern like "-w" or "strict".
This clearly should not go under the Amiga icon. We need a QNX icon, or a QNX vs. Amiga icon, or just a good vaporware icon.
Or why not just put them all under the Penguin? Eventually the PR for any manufacturer will claim their system is Linux based.
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With this new Transmeta chip, the Amiga will be able to compile programs in any laguage. Between that and all the other revolutionary technology in these machines they should sell like hotcakes.
I hear their market price will be $299, no monitor, but that includes the new Transmeta chip, which will be called the Penguinator II (don't ask about I - it's double top secret).
Can anyone confirm these prices?
Great sight! This really shows what Microsoft Frontpage can do!
How far do you want to extend this logic? If a web site uses Microsoft products and you visit it, do you support Microsoft? If Microsoft advertises on a site (as they do on /.) do you need to boycott that site? It's not as though Apple is some kind of front company for Microsoft. In fact, Apple is probably the largest Windows software developer other than Microsoft (thinkg Quick Time). Likewise, the MacOS is one of Microsofts best development platforms. High profit margins and not a lot of competition. They are definitely the largest Mac developer.
At least you're not bitter about it.
Thanks for the info.
Which Kubrick collection did you get? I'm becoming a Kubrick junky and I want to avoid wasting money.
(I think we're off topic now.)
Are you posting AC again, Jon? Thanks for parsing the article. You're a great writer after all.