If engineers/designers/etc spent as much time figuring out how to make things work, instead of figuring out how to make things *not* work, we'd be a lot better off!
Here's an idea... let's swap the brake pedal and gas pedal in the next model year...
Fact is, most users are Windows users. Linux has more potential to grow from Windows users than it does from anywhere else IMHO.
Only makes sense to make it easier for them to jump ship. If Linux is too much like Apple, given the choice, they'd probably switch to Apple.
This is not a democracy. Good feedback, good data, are welcome. But we are not voting on design decisions.
Hate to break it to you, but I am voting... by not using it.
If I wanted an Apple, I'd get an Apple. Maybe it's a minor thing, but I don't like it, and I don't have to use it any more.
I was a long time Netscape user. Always thought IE sucked, but eventually Netscape sucked even more. That's the only reason I used IE. Jumped to Firefox pretty quick when it entered the scene. I hope FF doesn't go down the tubes (ribbon menu bar??) like N did.
I know I'm in the minority, but I work away from home (pretty much away from everything, including the internet) for 3-4 weeks at a time. And since I'm not home at the end of my shift, I do most of my gaming then. Anything that requires a connection is not getting any of my money.
The other things (like shutting down their servers, etc) also applies.
Less value = no sale.
My wife lost her phone charger and bought a replacement for $70!!! Can't be more than a few dollars worth of parts and plastic. Pretty obvious that they wouldn't want to jeopardize that income.
I'd buy all those games over again modernized. I wouldn't care if all the missions were exactly the same, as long as the UI was improved in the older XW and TF titles. Gotta be joystick!
Same for Warcraft II Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal.
Of course new content would be welcome, but even the old content would make me happy in a hi-res improved UI version that ran perfect on XP and up.
I spent a lot of hours on these games. I'd probably suck now, but I was an awesome shot in the XW series. (I had no life outside of those games at the time, hehe).
At this point, I have to think that companies see that they cannot stop piracy with DRM. The continued use of DRM under the guise of stopping piracy, must therefore be a ruse. They continue to claim use of DRM as an anti-piracy tool, because it's better than saying "we're doing it to usurp your right of first sale".
The question is, will more revenue be gained by cutting off second hand sales than will be lost by people fed up with DRM not buying it in the first place?
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If engineers/designers/etc spent as much time figuring out how to make things work, instead of figuring out how to make things *not* work, we'd be a lot better off!
Here's an idea... let's swap the brake pedal and gas pedal in the next model year...
Fact is, most users are Windows users. Linux has more potential to grow from Windows users than it does from anywhere else IMHO. Only makes sense to make it easier for them to jump ship. If Linux is too much like Apple, given the choice, they'd probably switch to Apple.
This is not a democracy. Good feedback, good data, are welcome. But we are not voting on design decisions.
Hate to break it to you, but I am voting... by not using it. If I wanted an Apple, I'd get an Apple. Maybe it's a minor thing, but I don't like it, and I don't have to use it any more.
"This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take."
Friends don't let friends use IE.
Google Chrome Frame running as a plugin has doubled the attack area for malware and malicious scripts.
:)
So clearly to avoid the doubling of attack vectors, one should avoid IE altogether and just use Chrome. Or Firefox.
I was a long time Netscape user. Always thought IE sucked, but eventually Netscape sucked even more. That's the only reason I used IE. Jumped to Firefox pretty quick when it entered the scene. I hope FF doesn't go down the tubes (ribbon menu bar??) like N did.
Possibly even a laser printer or two as well...
I know I'm in the minority, but I work away from home (pretty much away from everything, including the internet) for 3-4 weeks at a time. And since I'm not home at the end of my shift, I do most of my gaming then. Anything that requires a connection is not getting any of my money. The other things (like shutting down their servers, etc) also applies. Less value = no sale.
Han Solo: Back door eh? Good thinking.
Never played PCS, but Racing Destruction Set on the C-64 was a favorite of mine.
Eventually nobody will have a job in North America.
My wife lost her phone charger and bought a replacement for $70!!! Can't be more than a few dollars worth of parts and plastic. Pretty obvious that they wouldn't want to jeopardize that income.
I just emailed Eastlink, my ISP, and thanked them for not being in on this crap too!
I'd buy all those games over again modernized. I wouldn't care if all the missions were exactly the same, as long as the UI was improved in the older XW and TF titles. Gotta be joystick! Same for Warcraft II Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal. Of course new content would be welcome, but even the old content would make me happy in a hi-res improved UI version that ran perfect on XP and up. I spent a lot of hours on these games. I'd probably suck now, but I was an awesome shot in the XW series. (I had no life outside of those games at the time, hehe).
At this point, I have to think that companies see that they cannot stop piracy with DRM. The continued use of DRM under the guise of stopping piracy, must therefore be a ruse. They continue to claim use of DRM as an anti-piracy tool, because it's better than saying "we're doing it to usurp your right of first sale". The question is, will more revenue be gained by cutting off second hand sales than will be lost by people fed up with DRM not buying it in the first place?