I don't think this will have any effect at all on Linux. If you read the story, it appears that Microsoft won't actually have any control over the company's strategies. In fact, this seems to be similar to when they bought a good chunk of Apple a few years ago. They essentially don't have any control over the course Apple was and is taking. I think they're just a big shareholder.
Despite this report, I really doubt that people would pay this much for Windows. At the point where the basic software becomes more expensive than the hardware, I'm sure people would think more than twice about buying the product.
At $1000 Windows would become extremely impractical, and the free solutions would definitely become more popular.
Seeing this as an opportunity, all of the mentioned companies (Adobe, Quark, etc) would definitely port software. It's common business sense.
Therefore, I believe that if Windows became so exhorbitantly expensive, its maker would have a very serious problem on hand (which is what MS is saying about the breakup anyway).
The point is that it's tiny.
If you look at a Visor module, you'll notice that's it's about the same size as a GameBoy cartridge.
The other point is that if you normally carry your Visor around with you, and want an MP3 player, this thing doesn't make your Visor any bigger and you don't have to lug around another unit.
I think it's a great piece of technology, albeit a $40 dollar battery holder? Should be $10.
Palmpal was very good. They even used to offer a means of paying other people or transferrinf money to others right through your PalmOS PDA. That was excellent until they cancelled it. This was an excellent system. I'm not saying it's not great right now, but the ability to use a PDA for paying was amazing. Can you imagine being at the store, taking out your PDA, aiming at an IR port, and then paying? I for one, would love that.
It's too bad PayPal got rid of this, because with this they could have continued being at the front of innovative payment technology.
How many times is Intel going to do something like this? This is at least the second time, if not third. I remember the error with the early MMX chips that had the floating point problem. Intel really should put more tests on their products before releasing them, even if it means AMD beats them to the users. This way they look even worse.
How is Europa's size compared to Earth's or Luna's? With this discovery, could this be a comfortable place for people to live (with water and all)? I know it's far away, but how does it compare to Mars?
Too bad we won't be going there in my lifetime. =(
From what I remember a few years ago, 3G was supposed to bridge the three standards (TDMA, CDMA, GSM) together. Instead, 3G phones are coming out in exactly those three systems. What gives? Can you imagine how much money could be saved and how much better the deigital coverage on each system could be if everyone used the same standard?
It's amazing what a name change can do. A new corporate image can completely change the meaning of the company, and it can motivate the employees. I'm not saying that this is necessarily happening in this casse, but a name change and even a new logo is healthy every now and then.
I know I'll look at the back of each of my high-tech gadgets and do a quick inventory! Maybe I'll even write a simple program that stores these in some convenient manner.
However, I'd say a really cool, simple to apply use for these could be to Palms. They have a lot of application there, being portable and wireless. Perhaps I'll write this program of mine on the PalmOS.
This is interesting news. I say this because AOL is the first 'big' company to get in trouble with Napster/Gnutella/lookalikes business. It'll be interesting to see if it turns out any differently for a larger company than for a smaller company or group of people. Either way, it might be one of the more interesting points in this never-ending line of law suits dealing with MP3s.
It all started with the Cobalt Cube, then Apple came out with the G4 cube. Why cubes?! =P
I think cubes are a very strange shape for hardware. They're not very ergonomic, aren't the idea shape (when it comes to a space issue, all sides are same size), but do look cool.
I'm wondering if anyone else is coming out with a cube-y product...
Is the move because of a better location both show-wise and city-wise? Is there a better location in San Francisco for the show? Better airport access?
I wouldn't mind going to either, and I think I'll be going to LinuxWorld in New York next time around. I've heard it's great fun, and I've seen all of the swag my firnds brought back! Bags of it!
I'm curious as to how MP3.com will make up this kind of dough. I just can't see how they could possibly have that much to start with. 20 mil is a lot, and the article doesn't state how they're paying. I'd have to say they're in debt.
Does this mean that I can finally light my house with a nice, soft, light-blue glowing source?
But, seriously, why is this needed? Don't nuclear power plants already have their own well-established suppliers? The article didn't make it clear what kind of benefit this really has. Power plants must already have their supplier list, otherwise they couldn't operate...
Never has the world seen a standard that is so cross-platform. I can buy a scanner and plug it directly into a PC, a Mac, you name it. And although Serial was/is cool, you can only do so much with it due to speed limitations.
I think USB 2 will usher in a new era of connectivity. I admit, I don't own any USB devices, because as it was noted, it looks cooler on paper than in real life (conflicts, freeze ups, lack of support)...
USB2 should solve all of these problems, and you must admit, the transfer speeds are nice. Maybe I should go out and get a USB2 scanner when they're available...
How about an application for blind people? Kind of like brail, maybe that when the mouse is passed over a certain area of the screen it starts vibrating one way or another.
Right now I know there are programs tha tread text and all, but this would actually let someone who cannot see use a computer on their own, along with the speech synthesizer.
I think this would be a great tool for people with this horrible problem.
I mean, I know the reason they did this has got to be a shortage in bandwidth going into the provider. There's a bandwidth shortage everywhere where the internet exists at this time.
I work for Nortel, and have a few resident experts I talked to about putting in new fiber into the ground. I've also talked to a few Bell Canada contractors who work with this stuff. Everyone agrees that the infrastructure simply isn't there and that it costs way too much to put in more bandwidth, just because the infrastructure has to be upgraded.
And I'm sorry to say it's true. But there is a shartage of bandwidth. THe phone companies can't actually afford all of it, which is besides the fact that we're using it up almost as fast as it's invented!
Conclusion: I wouldn't be surprised if more providers started doing this, simply because of good 'ole dollar sign.
It has to do with Cowpland's recent leave from Corel. In the theory, Cowpland has also seen the media as a bunch of people who will now favor GNOME entirely, and has decided that since Corel Linux uses KDE, the Corel PR will go even worse than it presently is.
Maybe he predicted that the GNOME foundation would cause Corel Linux to bomb.
Just a theory. No flames, just good discussion, please...
It's absolutely amazing how these FPS's have evolved.
Yesterday I was running an old copy of Shadow Warrior whose graphics I remember thinking of as 'pretty good' when the game came out. The thing is, I ran this right after playing Unreal Tournament. The graphics have evolved a lot, to say the least.
THis leaves me thinking about a time when Unreal Tournament graphics will be considered out of date. The 3-D engine in that game is truly remarkable and the people figures come pretty close to life-like (especially the faces, which Quake has problems with).
I don't think this genre will gie anytime soon. The graphics become more and more real, and as they do so, the game becomes more and more of a stress reliever!
Besides this, even when a genre 'dies', it really doesn't. There's always at least one good title of that genre around. Always...
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I don't think this will have any effect at all on Linux. If you read the story, it appears that Microsoft won't actually have any control over the company's strategies. In fact, this seems to be similar to when they bought a good chunk of Apple a few years ago. They essentially don't have any control over the course Apple was and is taking. I think they're just a big shareholder.
I can just see it now:
"Microsoft CorelDRAW" or "Microsoft Corel WordPerfect".
Yes, I do realize that it probably won't come to this. =P
I can see both views dealing with paying for Napster.
On one hand, there are people who would say "Sure, costs less than CDs, etc, etc..."
On the other hand there are people who would say "Now that I'm paying for it it's not right. I should do this anymore."
The problem is with people like me who are in the third category, right between the two. What are your opinions?
...would it run Quake (or at least Wolfenstein 3d)?
Despite this report, I really doubt that people would pay this much for Windows. At the point where the basic software becomes more expensive than the hardware, I'm sure people would think more than twice about buying the product.
At $1000 Windows would become extremely impractical, and the free solutions would definitely become more popular.
Seeing this as an opportunity, all of the mentioned companies (Adobe, Quark, etc) would definitely port software. It's common business sense.
Therefore, I believe that if Windows became so exhorbitantly expensive, its maker would have a very serious problem on hand (which is what MS is saying about the breakup anyway).
Am I right or am I right? =P
The point is that it's tiny. If you look at a Visor module, you'll notice that's it's about the same size as a GameBoy cartridge.
The other point is that if you normally carry your Visor around with you, and want an MP3 player, this thing doesn't make your Visor any bigger and you don't have to lug around another unit.
I think it's a great piece of technology, albeit a $40 dollar battery holder? Should be $10.
Palmpal was very good. They even used to offer a means of paying other people or transferrinf money to others right through your PalmOS PDA. That was excellent until they cancelled it. This was an excellent system. I'm not saying it's not great right now, but the ability to use a PDA for paying was amazing. Can you imagine being at the store, taking out your PDA, aiming at an IR port, and then paying? I for one, would love that.
It's too bad PayPal got rid of this, because with this they could have continued being at the front of innovative payment technology.
How many times is Intel going to do something like this? This is at least the second time, if not third. I remember the error with the early MMX chips that had the floating point problem. Intel really should put more tests on their products before releasing them, even if it means AMD beats them to the users. This way they look even worse.
That's just my 2 cents.
How is Europa's size compared to Earth's or Luna's? With this discovery, could this be a comfortable place for people to live (with water and all)? I know it's far away, but how does it compare to Mars?
Too bad we won't be going there in my lifetime. =(
Actually, Qualcomm wons CDMA, and Europe is run on GSM, not TDMA.
From what I remember a few years ago, 3G was supposed to bridge the three standards (TDMA, CDMA, GSM) together. Instead, 3G phones are coming out in exactly those three systems. What gives? Can you imagine how much money could be saved and how much better the deigital coverage on each system could be if everyone used the same standard?
It's amazing what a name change can do. A new corporate image can completely change the meaning of the company, and it can motivate the employees. I'm not saying that this is necessarily happening in this casse, but a name change and even a new logo is healthy every now and then.
I know I'll look at the back of each of my high-tech gadgets and do a quick inventory! Maybe I'll even write a simple program that stores these in some convenient manner.
However, I'd say a really cool, simple to apply use for these could be to Palms. They have a lot of application there, being portable and wireless. Perhaps I'll write this program of mine on the PalmOS.
Anyone in? =P
This is interesting news. I say this because AOL is the first 'big' company to get in trouble with Napster/Gnutella/lookalikes business. It'll be interesting to see if it turns out any differently for a larger company than for a smaller company or group of people. Either way, it might be one of the more interesting points in this never-ending line of law suits dealing with MP3s.
Is everyone doing cobes or is it just me?
It all started with the Cobalt Cube, then Apple came out with the G4 cube. Why cubes?! =P
I think cubes are a very strange shape for hardware. They're not very ergonomic, aren't the idea shape (when it comes to a space issue, all sides are same size), but do look cool.
I'm wondering if anyone else is coming out with a cube-y product...
Is the move because of a better location both show-wise and city-wise? Is there a better location in San Francisco for the show? Better airport access?
I wouldn't mind going to either, and I think I'll be going to LinuxWorld in New York next time around. I've heard it's great fun, and I've seen all of the swag my firnds brought back! Bags of it!
I'm curious as to how MP3.com will make up this kind of dough. I just can't see how they could possibly have that much to start with. 20 mil is a lot, and the article doesn't state how they're paying. I'd have to say they're in debt.
Does this mean that I can finally light my house with a nice, soft, light-blue glowing source?
But, seriously, why is this needed? Don't nuclear power plants already have their own well-established suppliers? The article didn't make it clear what kind of benefit this really has. Power plants must already have their supplier list, otherwise they couldn't operate...
Never has the world seen a standard that is so cross-platform. I can buy a scanner and plug it directly into a PC, a Mac, you name it. And although Serial was/is cool, you can only do so much with it due to speed limitations.
I think USB 2 will usher in a new era of connectivity. I admit, I don't own any USB devices, because as it was noted, it looks cooler on paper than in real life (conflicts, freeze ups, lack of support)...
USB2 should solve all of these problems, and you must admit, the transfer speeds are nice. Maybe I should go out and get a USB2 scanner when they're available...
How about an application for blind people? Kind of like brail, maybe that when the mouse is passed over a certain area of the screen it starts vibrating one way or another.
Right now I know there are programs tha tread text and all, but this would actually let someone who cannot see use a computer on their own, along with the speech synthesizer.
I think this would be a great tool for people with this horrible problem.
This is really bad.
I mean, I know the reason they did this has got to be a shortage in bandwidth going into the provider. There's a bandwidth shortage everywhere where the internet exists at this time.
I work for Nortel, and have a few resident experts I talked to about putting in new fiber into the ground. I've also talked to a few Bell Canada contractors who work with this stuff. Everyone agrees that the infrastructure simply isn't there and that it costs way too much to put in more bandwidth, just because the infrastructure has to be upgraded.
And I'm sorry to say it's true. But there is a shartage of bandwidth. THe phone companies can't actually afford all of it, which is besides the fact that we're using it up almost as fast as it's invented!
Conclusion: I wouldn't be surprised if more providers started doing this, simply because of good 'ole dollar sign.
I have a theory.
It has to do with Cowpland's recent leave from Corel. In the theory, Cowpland has also seen the media as a bunch of people who will now favor GNOME entirely, and has decided that since Corel Linux uses KDE, the Corel PR will go even worse than it presently is.
Maybe he predicted that the GNOME foundation would cause Corel Linux to bomb.
Just a theory. No flames, just good discussion, please...
It's absolutely amazing how these FPS's have evolved.
Yesterday I was running an old copy of Shadow Warrior whose graphics I remember thinking of as 'pretty good' when the game came out. The thing is, I ran this right after playing Unreal Tournament. The graphics have evolved a lot, to say the least.
THis leaves me thinking about a time when Unreal Tournament graphics will be considered out of date. The 3-D engine in that game is truly remarkable and the people figures come pretty close to life-like (especially the faces, which Quake has problems with).
I don't think this genre will gie anytime soon. The graphics become more and more real, and as they do so, the game becomes more and more of a stress reliever!
Besides this, even when a genre 'dies', it really doesn't. There's always at least one good title of that genre around. Always...
No Federation Starship or Starbase should be without one! (Granted, we're travelling sublight up there...)