Forked projects occasionally, though not always, end up viable alternatives.
If Microsoft took the traditional route of forking a fairly recent version of the stable codebase, they'd have a decent chance of being able to actually sell something.
Like MacOS X?
This isn't a fork off the beaten path into the wilderness, presumably, this would be a fork into Windows compatibility. The target market wouldn't be Linux users, so their baseline and opinions wouldn't count for much. The main target would be current windows users, whom the linux programmers would have incentive to follow...both for the money that comes with a userbase, and for their open source ideological reasons.
This would give MS their head start, potentially all the control they'd need to keep their lead, while making Slashdot shut up a bit.
" The name "VistA" (Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture) dates back only to 1994, when the Under Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Dr. Ken Kizer, renamed what had previously been known as the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP)."
I have figured out several years too late that any organization that has to prattle on about it's "Core Values" in fact has none. At the very least, those values cannot be called "core."
My question is this; who is printing their digital photos at Walmart anyhow? With ink jet printers being the cheapest they've ever been (and with the average consumer knowing little about fading inks and the like)wouldn't a printer purchase quickly pay for itself?
No, they won't. Unless you're buying in bulk (and even then prints at a shop often go down in price as the quantity goes up), you're still probably paying 1 1/2 times as much to print at home. And that's before you find out that the print is less durable.
The only real benefit to a printer is convenience. Get your prints without having to take/send your files to the photo lab.
For printing a large number of pictures, a trip to walmart (or in my case the local photo processing shop)can pay for itself.
In the US military, people get taxed based on what their declared state of residence is. My home of record/state of residence is in Alaska, but if they had income tax, my income in California and Texas would all be taxed there.
I don't know if this has any bearing (as far as federal courts are concerned) on this situation. I (like most of you) ANAL (or tax accountant).
You may be in the wrong religion, but polygamy sure the hell doesn't make a religion the right one.
http://www.polygamyinfo.com/plygmedia%2003%2011n ew timesaz.htm
What polygamy does to men not among the lucky few is tragic. What it does to women in cases like these Mormon fundies is equally tragic.
http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/books/demogis la m/part5.html
In other religions which allow it it apparantly has some effects of questionable desirability, as well. Imagine rampant polygamy on top of gender selective abortion. Yahoo Chat might as well block indian IPs altogether
The console makers control access to the console bootloader. Therefore, independent game development firms still need the incumbent publishers if only to talk to the console makers.
In about 16 years of using floppy disks (until I bought a PC without a floppy drive, and never looked back), I never once, EVER, pulled a disk out while it was being written. Keep in mind this period started while I was in elementary school, with Apple IIs, it continued with DOS and Windows.
Oh, and regarding eject buttons on CD drives (the lack of which CANNOT be justified by this, or really ANY means but bad design), no, they didn't used to have them. Nice to see they wised up.
Now I haven't used OSX much, and it being a *nix I wouldn't expect this to be nearly as much of an issue even if it hasn't changed...but the other bad design decision that always used to piss me off: error codes. "An eror of type X has occurred." Boy that's helpful. Sure wish I had a damn list to tell me what went wrong. Before internet access was common this was even worse. It's not too tough to find now, but before Google, good luck! At least Windows (and DOS!) would OCCASIONALLY tell you something useful!
Macs were always prettier, and I'm sure one can find more bad design decisions in Windows 3.x than in the entire history of Apple. And of course it was always nice to have your computer inevitably crash after a couple hours of heavy use, but with plenty of warning from degrading performance (memory leaks in Mac OS before X), instead of frequently seemingly at random (Windows 9X and down to include ME). But for a company so often lauded for their their ability to design a pretty system, and for their UI design, it's fucking AMAZING that so many glaring flaws managed to survive for so long.
To the the uncritical Mac zealots who modded everyone in this thread down: YES, APPLE CAN AND DOES OFTEN MAKE MISTAKES. If they DIDN'T they'd have better market share.
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Forked projects occasionally, though not always, end up viable alternatives.
If Microsoft took the traditional route of forking a fairly recent version of the stable codebase, they'd have a decent chance of being able to actually sell something.
Like MacOS X?
This isn't a fork off the beaten path into the wilderness, presumably, this would be a fork into Windows compatibility. The target market wouldn't be Linux users, so their baseline and opinions wouldn't count for much. The main target would be current windows users, whom the linux programmers would have incentive to follow...both for the money that comes with a userbase, and for their open source ideological reasons.
This would give MS their head start, potentially all the control they'd need to keep their lead, while making Slashdot shut up a bit.
In what way has the music industry been rewarding anyone for ...anything?
They mean continue the stick approach.
I was singled out for "random" searches 8 flights in a row.
I in no way believe that any searches are random.
" The name "VistA" (Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture) dates back only to 1994, when the Under Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Dr. Ken Kizer, renamed what had previously been known as the Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP)."
Heheh.
I have figured out several years too late that any organization that has to prattle on about it's "Core Values" in fact has none. At the very least, those values cannot be called "core."
Maybe this explains why it's so damn hard to find AMD stuff in Korea?
ATI is pretty uncommon, too.
He seems to really look out for the little guy.
Plus he is perhaps the creepiest looking man alive. That is also cool.
"Another benefit is being able to take pictures of your 6 month old baby without being worried about a minimum wage drone calling the police."
Like I said, convenience.
My question is this; who is printing their digital photos at Walmart anyhow? With ink jet printers being the cheapest they've ever been (and with the average consumer knowing little about fading inks and the like)wouldn't a printer purchase quickly pay for itself?
No, they won't. Unless you're buying in bulk (and even then prints at a shop often go down in price as the quantity goes up), you're still probably paying 1 1/2 times as much to print at home. And that's before you find out that the print is less durable.
The only real benefit to a printer is convenience. Get your prints without having to take/send your files to the photo lab.
For printing a large number of pictures, a trip to walmart (or in my case the local photo processing shop)can pay for itself.
I've never had so many things to do that I couldn't keep them in my head.
"Oh how I wish they would come out with a VR reality game for this! Imagine, a 3D game for Battlestar Galactica! :)"
Oh, a Virtual Reality Reality game?
Well, I'd buy it, but I forgot my Personal Identification Number Number for the Automated Teller Machine Machine.
My brother had the best idea ever for a Bond movie:
All the surviving Bond actors should play like a round-table of villains.
How fucking cool would that be?
Because the article doesn't mention it...what EXACTLY is the GST? Context and discussion suggest some kind of sales tax. Details, please!
What does it stand for?
How much is it?
What does it apply to?
Who has been able to put people there for the last two years?
Answer: Not the US.
Mars Empress Unsuccessfully Deploys Spelling
Now the Earthlings will feel the wrath of the Martians!
Seriously, I saw one girl in there who was apparantly there to test the floor's durability.
Oh, and you'd have more brain power available for sale if you never used it for yourself. Great!
I thought it was a little annoying in the original....it was PHYSICALLY PAINFUL TO WATCH in the special edition.
Well, he'd better get phishing if he wants to pay that bill.
In the US military, people get taxed based on what their declared state of residence is. My home of record/state of residence is in Alaska, but if they had income tax, my income in California and Texas would all be taxed there.
I don't know if this has any bearing (as far as federal courts are concerned) on this situation. I (like most of you) ANAL (or tax accountant).
You may be in the wrong religion, but polygamy sure the hell doesn't make a religion the right one.
n ew timesaz.htm
s la m/part5.html
http://www.polygamyinfo.com/plygmedia%2003%2011
What polygamy does to men not among the lucky few is tragic. What it does to women in cases like these Mormon fundies is equally tragic.
http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/books/demogi
In other religions which allow it it apparantly has some effects of questionable desirability, as well. Imagine rampant polygamy on top of gender selective abortion. Yahoo Chat might as well block indian IPs altogether
It was released for the Gamecube and Playstation 2. I don't know if you missed that part.
The console makers control access to the console bootloader. Therefore, independent game development firms still need the incumbent publishers if only to talk to the console makers.
How did Alien Hominid get made?
In about 16 years of using floppy disks (until I bought a PC without a floppy drive, and never looked back), I never once, EVER, pulled a disk out while it was being written. Keep in mind this period started while I was in elementary school, with Apple IIs, it continued with DOS and Windows.
Oh, and regarding eject buttons on CD drives (the lack of which CANNOT be justified by this, or really ANY means but bad design), no, they didn't used to have them. Nice to see they wised up.
Now I haven't used OSX much, and it being a *nix I wouldn't expect this to be nearly as much of an issue even if it hasn't changed...but the other bad design decision that always used to piss me off: error codes. "An eror of type X has occurred." Boy that's helpful. Sure wish I had a damn list to tell me what went wrong. Before internet access was common this was even worse. It's not too tough to find now, but before Google, good luck! At least Windows (and DOS!) would OCCASIONALLY tell you something useful!
Macs were always prettier, and I'm sure one can find more bad design decisions in Windows 3.x than in the entire history of Apple. And of course it was always nice to have your computer inevitably crash after a couple hours of heavy use, but with plenty of warning from degrading performance (memory leaks in Mac OS before X), instead of frequently seemingly at random (Windows 9X and down to include ME). But for a company so often lauded for their their ability to design a pretty system, and for their UI design, it's fucking AMAZING that so many glaring flaws managed to survive for so long.
To the the uncritical Mac zealots who modded everyone in this thread down: YES, APPLE CAN AND DOES OFTEN MAKE MISTAKES. If they DIDN'T they'd have better market share.