I'd much rather manage 1000 XP machines than 10 Win 7 machines so ner ner, I win.
Bells and whistles are great if you need bells and whistles. But if you don't need them then why would you spend the money?
"Then explain to me, how exactly is airplane security is going to work?"
The same way it works on a bus or a train.
People get on, people get off, some times people die, most of the time they live.
As long as the death rate is way less than for ordinary cars why should we care so much?
Global communication means that the average monkeysphere has increased geographic range at the expense of the local relationships.
So we've sacrificed 100 relationships with local folk for 100 built online on Slashdot, Facebook, WOW etc etc.
This may give the perception of less empathy, when in reality it's just been redirected.
"100% perfect" a myth. Tech moves too fast to ever be perfect, That is why we have the POGE.
The challenge for Google will be come up with some sort of controlled release schedule with versions. We're only a year in and we already have 4 versions. Joe Average can't keep up, and this practice will simply turn them away to the likes of iPhone and Windows Mobile.
Thanks Steve.
I'll give you one good reason - Cost v Return.
I manage 300 XP machines that all work. All the apps we need to use work. All the users are comfortable using it. All the support staff have their processes nailed down tight with supporting it. All the scripts use rely on the file locations and methods that XP use.
To change require lots of effort and and cost for precisely zero gain (for us - YMMV).
Sounds like you've been reading too many of those silly urban myth chain emails.
In NSW at least (and I'm pretty sure most other states are the same), a foreign license is only valid for 3 months (been there, done that, got the fine to prove it).
Cops are stupid but not that stupid.
Since when have big muscles ever been in fashion or considered desirable by the majority of people?
The muscle subculture will always be around, and this may help grow their numbers, but I don't think this will make it any more or less fashionable. Muscle heads will always be the freak show they have always been, there'll simply be more off them wondering why the charming slim types still get all the girls.
Generally speaking, wealthy people don't hang around the same places that poor angry people hang around. So chances are, the only person you are breaking down is some other poor schmuck just like yourself.
Who said never put down to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
I work for a Retail chain, and this sort of thing happens quite frequently due to plain old human error.
The monkeys typing prices into the system sometimes add an extra zero or miss a zero, or switch the rrp price with the discount price, or use the wrong UPC (barcode) associated with a discount.
I can't speak for Dell, but with us, it is boring old incompetence rather than any sinister plot to take your money.
Actually, the right side is the wrong side.
Back in the day is was custom to ride your horse on the left, as most people are right handed and this allowed easy access to you sword should you encounter any nasty highway-men on your travels.
During the French revolution, the socialists decided that riding left was a sign of imperialist bourgeoisie so decided that riding on the right was how the new republicans (real republicans - not the phoney US kind) would do it.
So since then it evolved that the English her imperial colonies rode, then drove on the left, and French republican colonies rode, then drove, on the right.
IT does generate a positive balance sheet of you manage it properly.
You provide a service, and you charge the business for that service. The problem here is that most IT managers/CIOs are either Techies who don't understand politics, or political animals who don't understand tech. These guys invariably end up getting a raw deal from the business because they don't have the skills they need to do the job properly.
When a Sales Manager asks for a new laptop, we buy a $1500 laptop for $1200 (through bulk purchasing/negotiatiing), then recharge the sales dept $1500 for it.
We buy, build and support the user for a price the user couldn't better themselves. They win, we win.
Apply similar margins to everything to do and suddenly your dept budget is fully funded.
For some reason, IT developed this idea that the rules of the universe don't apply to them. That may have true for a brief decade or two in the 80's and 90's, but since the dotcom bust, we are back in the game. Play the game or fail.
"There is no justification for a 7 or 8 figure salary for someone who didn't found the company."
Of course there is. There are plenty of examples of gun CEOs turning $100M companies into $1B companies.
If their leadership results in hundreds of millions in extra profit, they deserve a good slice of the pie.
Where it goes wrong is how CEOs all now seem to command 8 figure salaries and bonuses regardless of performance. A lot of these monkeys sink the company, yet still walk away with 8 figures.
Dude have you been to China? Everything in your posts says you haven't. Farmers will want Windows for the same reasons the rest of the world (outside the rabid fundamentalist creationist linux types) wants it. Most other people use it, and it does what they need out of it.
Obama's biggest accomplishment is that he has restored a sense of ability and intelligence to the most powerful office in the world.
This might not be important to you, but to those of us that rely on American influence for peace and prosperity, this is the greatest achievement to come of the US in the last decade.
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I'd much rather manage 1000 XP machines than 10 Win 7 machines so ner ner, I win. Bells and whistles are great if you need bells and whistles. But if you don't need them then why would you spend the money?
"Then explain to me, how exactly is airplane security is going to work?" The same way it works on a bus or a train. People get on, people get off, some times people die, most of the time they live. As long as the death rate is way less than for ordinary cars why should we care so much?
Global communication means that the average monkeysphere has increased geographic range at the expense of the local relationships. So we've sacrificed 100 relationships with local folk for 100 built online on Slashdot, Facebook, WOW etc etc. This may give the perception of less empathy, when in reality it's just been redirected.
"100% perfect" a myth. Tech moves too fast to ever be perfect, That is why we have the POGE. The challenge for Google will be come up with some sort of controlled release schedule with versions. We're only a year in and we already have 4 versions. Joe Average can't keep up, and this practice will simply turn them away to the likes of iPhone and Windows Mobile.
Thanks Steve. I'll give you one good reason - Cost v Return. I manage 300 XP machines that all work. All the apps we need to use work. All the users are comfortable using it. All the support staff have their processes nailed down tight with supporting it. All the scripts use rely on the file locations and methods that XP use. To change require lots of effort and and cost for precisely zero gain (for us - YMMV).
Sounds like you've been reading too many of those silly urban myth chain emails. In NSW at least (and I'm pretty sure most other states are the same), a foreign license is only valid for 3 months (been there, done that, got the fine to prove it). Cops are stupid but not that stupid.
Since when have big muscles ever been in fashion or considered desirable by the majority of people? The muscle subculture will always be around, and this may help grow their numbers, but I don't think this will make it any more or less fashionable. Muscle heads will always be the freak show they have always been, there'll simply be more off them wondering why the charming slim types still get all the girls.
Generally speaking, wealthy people don't hang around the same places that poor angry people hang around. So chances are, the only person you are breaking down is some other poor schmuck just like yourself.
Who said never put down to malice what can be explained by incompetence. I work for a Retail chain, and this sort of thing happens quite frequently due to plain old human error. The monkeys typing prices into the system sometimes add an extra zero or miss a zero, or switch the rrp price with the discount price, or use the wrong UPC (barcode) associated with a discount. I can't speak for Dell, but with us, it is boring old incompetence rather than any sinister plot to take your money.
Actually, the right side is the wrong side. Back in the day is was custom to ride your horse on the left, as most people are right handed and this allowed easy access to you sword should you encounter any nasty highway-men on your travels. During the French revolution, the socialists decided that riding left was a sign of imperialist bourgeoisie so decided that riding on the right was how the new republicans (real republicans - not the phoney US kind) would do it. So since then it evolved that the English her imperial colonies rode, then drove on the left, and French republican colonies rode, then drove, on the right.
IT does generate a positive balance sheet of you manage it properly. You provide a service, and you charge the business for that service. The problem here is that most IT managers/CIOs are either Techies who don't understand politics, or political animals who don't understand tech. These guys invariably end up getting a raw deal from the business because they don't have the skills they need to do the job properly. When a Sales Manager asks for a new laptop, we buy a $1500 laptop for $1200 (through bulk purchasing/negotiatiing), then recharge the sales dept $1500 for it. We buy, build and support the user for a price the user couldn't better themselves. They win, we win. Apply similar margins to everything to do and suddenly your dept budget is fully funded. For some reason, IT developed this idea that the rules of the universe don't apply to them. That may have true for a brief decade or two in the 80's and 90's, but since the dotcom bust, we are back in the game. Play the game or fail.
"There is no justification for a 7 or 8 figure salary for someone who didn't found the company." Of course there is. There are plenty of examples of gun CEOs turning $100M companies into $1B companies. If their leadership results in hundreds of millions in extra profit, they deserve a good slice of the pie. Where it goes wrong is how CEOs all now seem to command 8 figure salaries and bonuses regardless of performance. A lot of these monkeys sink the company, yet still walk away with 8 figures.
Dude have you been to China? Everything in your posts says you haven't. Farmers will want Windows for the same reasons the rest of the world (outside the rabid fundamentalist creationist linux types) wants it. Most other people use it, and it does what they need out of it.
Obama's biggest accomplishment is that he has restored a sense of ability and intelligence to the most powerful office in the world. This might not be important to you, but to those of us that rely on American influence for peace and prosperity, this is the greatest achievement to come of the US in the last decade.