Its become patently obvious that Steve Case wants AOL to become an operating system in its own right. So this isn't entirely a surprise to me.
Makes sense, that would explain AOL's purchase of Netscape. Netscape was trying to do the same thing, which is why Microsoft went to so much trouble to drive them out of business. Sony seems to be doing something similiar with the PS2, which is why MS launched the xbox.
The difference is in the scale. Software companies can deal with piracy up to a certain point, but when 95% of your users are using illegal copies, it's just not worth it to go into that market. I can understand them being frustrated that their stuff is being sold openly on the streets for three dollars, and they're not seeing a dime of revenue from that.
What always annoyed me was how so many people seem to look at Walt Disney as some sort of social theorist. To tell you the truth, I really don't want to live in a society designed by a cartoonist.
I don't know if I'd try to trick out a bus or anything. Maybe just design a network, then put enough PCs in it (carefully placed with all the cords and peripherals attached and ready to go) so it can be removed, hooked up in a few minutes with help from the local citizenry. I'm sure most communities would allow you the use of a local building.
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Ahhh, a great philosophy; every problem can be solved by adding armor plating to your van.
At a cost-level, paying for one Unix admin at $100k a year who knows your network inside and out, and saving $1,200/workstation on Microsoft Licensing, it only takes 83 workstations to recoup the salary that you're paying your Unix admin, and that's just in licensing. Add the decreased downtime, faster trasnsitions and upgrades, and so on, and the Unix admin comes out much cheaper.
100k? Have you seen the job market lately? Hell, my salary requirements are dropping every month.
Really? I always got the idea that neither's PC line was particularly impressive. I've used HPs at work, and their business lines are usable, though seemed slightly less reliable than Dells. Compaq's home line is pretty bad, but I've heard their business line is substantially better, but haven't had experience with it myself...
Most people probably consider Kasparov the best at the moment, but whether Kasparov-in-his-prime could beat Fischer-in-his-prime is very hotly debated.
I don't know, playing GNUchess at the easiest level, it takes the computer a few seconds per move. And that's in the opening, near the end it can take a little longer.
As an aside, I bought a game ages ago that must have been written for a 386/486 and ran it on my P233 (as it was at the time). The game was unplayable because of the speed. I dread to think how it would run on my Athlon 1800+XP... *shudder*
That's nothing, I remember trying to get games to work on my 386 16 mhz powerhouse that were meant for 4.77 mhz PCs. Not only did the speed make them unplayable, but those old games used the PC speaker, so in addition to having ascii shapes blur across my screen the speaker gave a nice cacophany of staccato beeps, groans, and screams.
I think I do it that way by accident because every other command line option of everything else I've ever used seems to have been so counterintuitive. Probably just reflexively pick the wrong order...
I'm not so sure. I mean, my TV, stereo receiver, speakers, DVD player, DVD movies, CD player, video game console and car stereo all have SONY stamped on them. Yet I don't see people freaking out about that.
I would freak out if all my electronics devices were made by Sony. But that's just Sony, I wouldn't mind if it was all a reliable brand...
That's the libertarian dream, but it just doesn't work in real life like that. Companies that make unsafe products have historically not been held accountable in the long term; look at the airlines that lost planes on 9/11. Have they been held accountable by the public, even though it was squarely their fault? (they're responsible for handling security, and they long ago made the decision to remove air marshals from their flights just to squeeze a few more dollars out of them).
What DOES work is the threat of legal action; when corporations are held liable for products that are unsafe, they tend to be a lot more careful when designing them.
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Its become patently obvious that Steve Case wants AOL to become an operating system in its own right. So this isn't entirely a surprise to me.
Makes sense, that would explain AOL's purchase of Netscape. Netscape was trying to do the same thing, which is why Microsoft went to so much trouble to drive them out of business. Sony seems to be doing something similiar with the PS2, which is why MS launched the xbox.
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The difference is in the scale. Software companies can deal with piracy up to a certain point, but when 95% of your users are using illegal copies, it's just not worth it to go into that market. I can understand them being frustrated that their stuff is being sold openly on the streets for three dollars, and they're not seeing a dime of revenue from that.
and Asia can be a BIG market.
For cigarettes, electronics, and cars, but the market for legally licensed software is actually pretty small.
What always annoyed me was how so many people seem to look at Walt Disney as some sort of social theorist. To tell you the truth, I really don't want to live in a society designed by a cartoonist.
Actually a better analogy is if they gave him a key, but he accessed parts of the building that he had no reason to (in terms of his job).
I don't know if I'd try to trick out a bus or anything. Maybe just design a network, then put enough PCs in it (carefully placed with all the cords and peripherals attached and ready to go) so it can be removed, hooked up in a few minutes with help from the local citizenry. I'm sure most communities would allow you the use of a local building.
Ahhh, a great philosophy; every problem can be solved by adding armor plating to your van.
At a cost-level, paying for one Unix admin at $100k a year who knows your network inside and out, and saving $1,200/workstation on Microsoft Licensing, it only takes 83 workstations to recoup the salary that you're paying your Unix admin, and that's just in licensing. Add the decreased downtime, faster trasnsitions and upgrades, and so on, and the Unix admin comes out much cheaper.
100k? Have you seen the job market lately? Hell, my salary requirements are dropping every month.
Really? I always got the idea that neither's PC line was particularly impressive. I've used HPs at work, and their business lines are usable, though seemed slightly less reliable than Dells. Compaq's home line is pretty bad, but I've heard their business line is substantially better, but haven't had experience with it myself...
Most people probably consider Kasparov the best at the moment, but whether Kasparov-in-his-prime could beat Fischer-in-his-prime is very hotly debated.
I don't know, playing GNUchess at the easiest level, it takes the computer a few seconds per move. And that's in the opening, near the end it can take a little longer.
Hear, hear.
Besides, how are you supposed to learn new things if you don't mess with what you don't understand?
As an aside, I bought a game ages ago that must have been written for a 386/486 and ran it on my P233 (as it was at the time). The game was unplayable because of the speed. I dread to think how it would run on my Athlon 1800+XP... *shudder*
That's nothing, I remember trying to get games to work on my 386 16 mhz powerhouse that were meant for 4.77 mhz PCs. Not only did the speed make them unplayable, but those old games used the PC speaker, so in addition to having ascii shapes blur across my screen the speaker gave a nice cacophany of staccato beeps, groans, and screams.
I think I do it that way by accident because every other command line option of everything else I've ever used seems to have been so counterintuitive. Probably just reflexively pick the wrong order...
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I guess those stories suggesting that software companies might become liable for damages arising from security holes put the fear of God into him.
Atomic Dinosaur Laboratory? That has to be the coolest-sounding place to work I've ever heard of...
I'll be satisfied when we get the schoolgirls...
I'm not really impressed with how tough giant robots are supposed to make people.
Well it depends just how giant they are. I mean, a 7 foot exoskeletal suit is one thing, a 500 foot tall mech with cannons for arms is another.
yeah, yeah, it's been a few months since I linked something, so sue me.
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Because they already dominate the 3d API market.
I'm not so sure. I mean, my TV, stereo receiver, speakers, DVD player, DVD movies, CD player, video game console and car stereo all have SONY stamped on them. Yet I don't see people freaking out about that.
I would freak out if all my electronics devices were made by Sony. But that's just Sony, I wouldn't mind if it was all a reliable brand...
That's the libertarian dream, but it just doesn't work in real life like that. Companies that make unsafe products have historically not been held accountable in the long term; look at the airlines that lost planes on 9/11. Have they been held accountable by the public, even though it was squarely their fault? (they're responsible for handling security, and they long ago made the decision to remove air marshals from their flights just to squeeze a few more dollars out of them).
What DOES work is the threat of legal action; when corporations are held liable for products that are unsafe, they tend to be a lot more careful when designing them.
Actually each release HAS been more stable. Of course, XP still isn't that stable, but it is more stable than the previous incarnations...