One is slow, poisonous to your browser, portable (only to other VMs with the exact same version number and libs installed) with a developer community with an aggregate IQ in the tens and about 1% of the open source software people actually care about. The other is called C#.
C# is the language of people who don't know how to fucking program.
Are you trying to tell me there are more lame-ass resume-engineers claiming C# more than Java? Haha right. I think the tinfoil is coming off of your hat.
For all of the posters kicking the parent around, you should know that ALSA is essentially broken with regards to the 2.6.6 release, many bug tickets exist for this. I hope they fix it with 2.6.7 - it worked with 2.6.5 just fine. And I am not talking about a fringe soundcard - I am talking about a Soundblaster.
Liberty Alliance has devolved into an industry interest and lobbying group. I dson't think there are any plans to roll out a united sign-on anytime soon. When Passport died, so did the utility of this body. One has to wonder why it still exists.
Is this a shock to anyone? Physical surveillance was the last piece of the puzzle, not the first. We've already had our buying habits tracked in detail for at least a decade.... Our surfing habits collected from logs or spyware.... Our driving habits tracked through transponder use....
Don't tell me the iPod doesn't skip. It does intra-track buggering but not inter-track buffering. On a good sprint I can reliably get the unit to skip between songs. Very annoying.
Novell is banking on making Windows->Linux migrations simple as a selling point for their tools. Providing a viable supported.net platform is a key. Do I think that this will become the de facto Linux dev kit? No. Too many users love their kit of choice (perl,pythong,java,etc) and in any case the open source community abhors being told how to develop. Nonetheless having one more option is a benefit. The only downside is potential bloat of distro CDs, but hey we crossed this line a long time ago and its what you have to do if you want to support N dev toolkits.
I restate my question - if Apple is the zenith of useability, why are different window treatments applied on an arbitrary basis? Why do different apps adopt entirely novel interface schemes? Apple dropped useability and interface guidelines in favor of eyecandy.
Once upon a time Apple had rules for presenting interfaces. All was well. People followed the rules. Then eye candy came to town. It started with the quicktime player departing from Apple standards. Now the dashboard crap. And why is it some apps use Aqua and some use Brushed Metal presentation?
At this point I don't think you can strongly claim that OSX is any more useable than Windows or GNOME or KDE.
I think its clear that most Fedora users, for example, wish to use their audio tools to play mp3s (duh!) but the developers oppose the encumberance. I'm not claiming that their opposition isn't well-founded, but lets face it - when you adopt many open source projects you are adopting the philosophy first, and useability second.
Why is it that the ongoing systemic outages on GMail are not reported here?
Do not rule it out, MSFT is flat midterm now
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Microsoft's biggest problem is that MSFT is flat. The first obligation of any public firm is to shareholders, and so far shareholders of MSFT have been given a pittance of a dividend and a flat chart while the larger market has moved smartly upwards, and much of tech has bubbled.
Microsoft clearly cannot develop the next generation of margin-growing services on its own, and I expect them to go on a buying spree soon. Shareholders are baying at the moon begging them to use their cash to get that stock moving again.
The only way to truly verify identity online or offline is to appeal to a trusted authority...which currently people use driver's licenses or SSNs for. If you cannot establish a trusted authority that discrminates people you have never met before, your system is just another exploitable database.
Don't ever make your company public. Once you do, it stops being a company and instead a money-collector.
I think thats the point. Or do you really believe the feel-good post-capitalistic claptrap CEOs spout, about being in it to make the world a better place?
You'll catch a whiff of this when you see how fast Google insiders liquidate.
Of all the little mom and pop restaurants, they still buy their supplies from a very small number of large commercial suppliers. How many large meat producers are there? Poultry? Vegetable shippers? It doesn't take many trips up the food chain (no pun intended) to get to a point where economies of scale rule.
Software will be the same. There may be a thousand websites, but they will all use Apache and MySQL.
For one, Sony has years more experience making consumer electronics than Apple.
No one cares who has more manufacturing experience - its design experience that matters. Apple's is even more storied than Sony's. See BusinessWeek's design awards over the last ten years. Any Taiwanese OEM can crank out the actual device.
- Sony already has its own music store
- Sony already has its own removable media, that is cross-compatable with every Sony device
- Sony already has inroads into the home theatre market and portable gaming market
No one cares about the Sony music store. No one cares about MD and Memory Stick. What does PS2 have to do with portable music?
Look at it this way - Sony could release a device, right now, that would be as sleek as the iPod, cost less, have automatic hooks into its music store, and not only has an onboard HD but accepts SOny Memory Sticks, so you can download songs directly from Sony Connect into your Walkman, then copy them over to your Clie or PSP with 0 effort.
YET THEY HAVEN'T. No one cares about "would have, could have".
Besides - what if Sony just decided all its music on all its labels was no longer allowed to be sold at iTMS? Bye bye iPod.
No, bye bye Sony when it breaks distribution deals inked with every one of its artists by limiting the distribution channels.
Sure, the entire future of the semiconductor industry is going to subject itself to export regulation. I give this bill about ten minutes on the floor.
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One is slow, poisonous to your browser, portable (only to other VMs with the exact same version number and libs installed) with a developer community with an aggregate IQ in the tens and about 1% of the open source software people actually care about. The other is called C#.
Are you trying to tell me there are more lame-ass resume-engineers claiming C# more than Java? Haha right. I think the tinfoil is coming off of your hat.
For all of the posters kicking the parent around, you should know that ALSA is essentially broken with regards to the 2.6.6 release, many bug tickets exist for this. I hope they fix it with 2.6.7 - it worked with 2.6.5 just fine. And I am not talking about a fringe soundcard - I am talking about a Soundblaster.
Liberty Alliance has devolved into an industry interest and lobbying group. I dson't think there are any plans to roll out a united sign-on anytime soon. When Passport died, so did the utility of this body. One has to wonder why it still exists.
Is this a shock to anyone? Physical surveillance was the last piece of the puzzle, not the first. We've already had our buying habits tracked in detail for at least a decade.... Our surfing habits collected from logs or spyware.... Our driving habits tracked through transponder use....
Well, I always thought Apple was pretty gay.
Don't tell me the iPod doesn't skip. It does intra-track buggering but not inter-track buffering. On a good sprint I can reliably get the unit to skip between songs. Very annoying.
Looks like typical mallrat drivel loosely based on a popular scifi title (see: Starship Troopers)
Novell is banking on making Windows->Linux migrations simple as a selling point for their tools. Providing a viable supported .net platform is a key. Do I think that this will become the de facto Linux dev kit? No. Too many users love their kit of choice (perl,pythong,java,etc) and in any case the open source community abhors being told how to develop. Nonetheless having one more option is a benefit. The only downside is potential bloat of distro CDs, but hey we crossed this line a long time ago and its what you have to do if you want to support N dev toolkits.
I still don't understand why some programs receive the Aqua treatment and some the Brushed Metal. I don't think you do either.
I restate my question - if Apple is the zenith of useability, why are different window treatments applied on an arbitrary basis? Why do different apps adopt entirely novel interface schemes? Apple dropped useability and interface guidelines in favor of eyecandy.
At this point I don't think you can strongly claim that OSX is any more useable than Windows or GNOME or KDE.
I think its clear that most Fedora users, for example, wish to use their audio tools to play mp3s (duh!) but the developers oppose the encumberance. I'm not claiming that their opposition isn't well-founded, but lets face it - when you adopt many open source projects you are adopting the philosophy first, and useability second.
Why is it that the ongoing systemic outages on GMail are not reported here?
Microsoft clearly cannot develop the next generation of margin-growing services on its own, and I expect them to go on a buying spree soon. Shareholders are baying at the moon begging them to use their cash to get that stock moving again.
Oddpost has stated that they are working on cross-browser support right now.
The only way to truly verify identity online or offline is to appeal to a trusted authority...which currently people use driver's licenses or SSNs for. If you cannot establish a trusted authority that discrminates people you have never met before, your system is just another exploitable database.
I think thats the point. Or do you really believe the feel-good post-capitalistic claptrap CEOs spout, about being in it to make the world a better place?
You'll catch a whiff of this when you see how fast Google insiders liquidate.
Software will be the same. There may be a thousand websites, but they will all use Apache and MySQL.
Its going to be ugly in software. 75% of firms are on borrowed time.
Evidently not
Your line of reasoning follows some flawed premise that Sony is invulnerable and is capable of owning any market it wants.
Okay, so why does it not own the portable music market?
No one cares who has more manufacturing experience - its design experience that matters. Apple's is even more storied than Sony's. See BusinessWeek's design awards over the last ten years. Any Taiwanese OEM can crank out the actual device.
- Sony already has its own music store
- Sony already has its own removable media, that is cross-compatable with every Sony device
- Sony already has inroads into the home theatre market and portable gaming market
No one cares about the Sony music store. No one cares about MD and Memory Stick. What does PS2 have to do with portable music?
Look at it this way - Sony could release a device, right now, that would be as sleek as the iPod, cost less, have automatic hooks into its music store, and not only has an onboard HD but accepts SOny Memory Sticks, so you can download songs directly from Sony Connect into your Walkman, then copy them over to your Clie or PSP with 0 effort.
YET THEY HAVEN'T. No one cares about "would have, could have".
Besides - what if Sony just decided all its music on all its labels was no longer allowed to be sold at iTMS? Bye bye iPod.
No, bye bye Sony when it breaks distribution deals inked with every one of its artists by limiting the distribution channels.
Yahoo and Google file systems. Yahoo and Google search. Oracle (sitting behind 90% of the OLTP systems).
Need more examples?
Sure, the entire future of the semiconductor industry is going to subject itself to export regulation. I give this bill about ten minutes on the floor.
Didn't you see the reply to your original comment? You can already try out generics in mono TODAY.