Technologically uneducated users? Can you explain to me how, at the last developer's conference I attended for an open source CMS, Apple users outnumbered IBM clone users by probably 3 or 4 to 1?
People who speak in generalities and think only in generalities. Problem is, that's not how the world works.
On a 5MB $9.00 app, apple gets 3 bucks when it's returned.
On a 5MB $3.00 app, apple gets 1 buck when returned.
So, obviously, the commission is not going to cover apple's cost of delivering the software.
This is quite obviously an arbitrary way for apple to try to get one over on developers. What do you think it really costs apple to return an app when the process is totally automated?
This is ridiculous. If I have a billion dollars, I'm not going to worry about saving 50 cents on a cup of coffee. The bandwidth used by these urls is probably completely insignificant.
FTA: "Thumbtack works in Internet Explorer and Firefox, but it lacks some features when used in Firefox, Microsoft said."
Microsoft just doesn't get it. If you can't get your service to work with all major browsers, your service is going to be seen as inferior, not the browser.
And apparently, Microsoft thinks people like being forced to use their software. Well, guess what? They don't. They resent it. It's not 1999 anymore. People now understand AOL is not synonymous with the Internet and Microsoft is not synonymous with software.
I think people are weary of euphemisms and see right through them. What people are looking for these days is a little honesty.
I suggest "shit content zones".
You think you are immune, but you are not. Perhaps you are not interested in 99.9% of the products out there. But when an ad for that that product or service you are interested in, you will pay attention.
Stop for a moment to consider that Microsoft's open source initiative might be nothing more than PR BS.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but you have to admit that from a strategic point of view, they would do well to put on a public face as a "friend" of free software as they take other actions to lock people into their proprietary offering. The best way to undermine your enemies is to bring their guard down with a superficial smile and get them close enough so you can plunge the knife into their backside.
"Code of Conduct" is a euphemism for "idealized behavior that we can put aside when practical reality sets in."
What we really need are LAWS that are enforced and that punish people the agencies and authorities in power when they are broken.
What's really needed is a society where a majority of the individuals have a world class education. No rating system will ever work until you get that in place.
Sigh. If people are dumb enough to fall for Sarah Palin, the lipstick on McCain's pig, how can we hope to educate them about how this scheme would usher in the dystopia RMS warned us about in "Right to Read"?
âoeThey wanted a full dayâ(TM)s work for a half-dayâ(TM)s pay. Before we had the union, I was working 12 hours per day for 57 cents per hour, straight time,â said retired sit-downer Lawrence Placer, 87. âoeWe didn't have any benefits. The only benefits we had was to work yourself to death.â
---Sit down striker from the 1930s
If it weren't for the workers standing up for themselves, the auto workers would all still be working like a bunch of slaves today.
You see, society is what we make it. We can either choose to respect people's labor and pay them a decent wage with benefits or we can make up excuses like "market forces" for being able to treat people like dirt.
We, the People, have the power to enact legislation that requires our labors get respected. This isn't about Big Brother, it's about promoting a happy, healthy society and allowing people live up to their full potential.
We, as a society, can also hold corporations responsible. They are not lawless renegades who can do as they please. Their actions have far reaching consequences.
It's a matter of envisioning the kind of society we want to live in and taking the actions needed to achieve it. Unfettered capitalism won't get us there. Never has, never will.
OK, but this is a "I got mine" mentality. Not everyone can be a CEO or manager.
If you are looking for a sustainable economy and a strong, vibrant middle class, the "I got mine" won't cut it.
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Well, if tech workers and workers in general organized themselves, they could fight against this politically and get legislation passed that created incentives for companies to stay here.
You forget that the economy is not some immutable, all-powerful force. It can be shaped by policy decisions. Corporations are calling all the shots now and they get laws that allow them to easily offshore. Unfortunately, their quest for short-term profits is creating a dangerous race to the bottom where all IT workers across the globe are not treated as humans, but as disposable parts. Unless there is a force to counteract that, like unions, this trend will continue and there will be nothing to stop it.
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One key underpinning of his arguments is that digital "property" is a much different animal the physical property.
Actually, I doubt he has done online banking or used an ATM.
Technologically uneducated users? Can you explain to me how, at the last developer's conference I attended for an open source CMS, Apple users outnumbered IBM clone users by probably 3 or 4 to 1?
People who speak in generalities and think only in generalities. Problem is, that's not how the world works.
I'm a proud Microsoft basher. This is good news.
Websites that make you browse to a new page to they can bump their page views to advertisers can rot in hell.
RTFA
I've got IE6 running on my mac directly. Check it out: http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/
This is a lot like someone kneecapping you and then expecting you to be thankful when they offer you crutches.
Let's now apply some logic to your statement.
On a 5MB $9.00 app, apple gets 3 bucks when it's returned.
On a 5MB $3.00 app, apple gets 1 buck when returned.
So, obviously, the commission is not going to cover apple's cost of delivering the software.
This is quite obviously an arbitrary way for apple to try to get one over on developers. What do you think it really costs apple to return an app when the process is totally automated?
This is ridiculous. If I have a billion dollars, I'm not going to worry about saving 50 cents on a cup of coffee. The bandwidth used by these urls is probably completely insignificant.
When someone figures out how to create and release a contagious, virulent virii, I think the consequences will be a whole lot worse than botnet spam.
FTA: "Thumbtack works in Internet Explorer and Firefox, but it lacks some features when used in Firefox, Microsoft said."
Microsoft just doesn't get it. If you can't get your service to work with all major browsers, your service is going to be seen as inferior, not the browser.
And apparently, Microsoft thinks people like being forced to use their software. Well, guess what? They don't. They resent it. It's not 1999 anymore. People now understand AOL is not synonymous with the Internet and Microsoft is not synonymous with software.
He sounds just as ignorant about unions as she does about operating systems. Microsoft doesn't "pump" money into the NEA. That's just stupid.
Wasn't having one of them run the country for eight years bad enough?
I think people are weary of euphemisms and see right through them. What people are looking for these days is a little honesty. I suggest "shit content zones".
You think you are immune, but you are not. Perhaps you are not interested in 99.9% of the products out there. But when an ad for that that product or service you are interested in, you will pay attention.
If you RTFA, it's not for end users but for vendors so they can easily roll out different platforms on different phones.
He had his body iced so he could be resurrected. He wasn't a crazy kook after all!
Stop for a moment to consider that Microsoft's open source initiative might be nothing more than PR BS. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but you have to admit that from a strategic point of view, they would do well to put on a public face as a "friend" of free software as they take other actions to lock people into their proprietary offering. The best way to undermine your enemies is to bring their guard down with a superficial smile and get them close enough so you can plunge the knife into their backside.
"Code of Conduct" is a euphemism for "idealized behavior that we can put aside when practical reality sets in." What we really need are LAWS that are enforced and that punish people the agencies and authorities in power when they are broken.
What's really needed is a society where a majority of the individuals have a world class education. No rating system will ever work until you get that in place.
Sigh. If people are dumb enough to fall for Sarah Palin, the lipstick on McCain's pig, how can we hope to educate them about how this scheme would usher in the dystopia RMS warned us about in "Right to Read"?
âoeThey wanted a full dayâ(TM)s work for a half-dayâ(TM)s pay. Before we had the union, I was working 12 hours per day for 57 cents per hour, straight time,â said retired sit-downer Lawrence Placer, 87. âoeWe didn't have any benefits. The only benefits we had was to work yourself to death.â
---Sit down striker from the 1930s
If it weren't for the workers standing up for themselves, the auto workers would all still be working like a bunch of slaves today.
You see, society is what we make it. We can either choose to respect people's labor and pay them a decent wage with benefits or we can make up excuses like "market forces" for being able to treat people like dirt.
We, the People, have the power to enact legislation that requires our labors get respected. This isn't about Big Brother, it's about promoting a happy, healthy society and allowing people live up to their full potential.
We, as a society, can also hold corporations responsible. They are not lawless renegades who can do as they please. Their actions have far reaching consequences.
It's a matter of envisioning the kind of society we want to live in and taking the actions needed to achieve it. Unfettered capitalism won't get us there. Never has, never will.
OK, but this is a "I got mine" mentality. Not everyone can be a CEO or manager.
If you are looking for a sustainable economy and a strong, vibrant middle class, the "I got mine" won't cut it.
Well, if tech workers and workers in general organized themselves, they could fight against this politically and get legislation passed that created incentives for companies to stay here.
You forget that the economy is not some immutable, all-powerful force. It can be shaped by policy decisions. Corporations are calling all the shots now and they get laws that allow them to easily offshore. Unfortunately, their quest for short-term profits is creating a dangerous race to the bottom where all IT workers across the globe are not treated as humans, but as disposable parts. Unless there is a force to counteract that, like unions, this trend will continue and there will be nothing to stop it.