"It is like giving drivers on a 6-lane-highway access to a dirt road."
this got me thinking - why doesn't the government start building public "roads" for the internet with tax money? They've been doing it since cars were invented, in real life, so it should be a natural progression, right?
Just think what the world would be like if major companies owned all the main highways and freeways?
Hell, I don't think this'll actually happen anytime soon, but it's a thought.
There's something about a newspaper which is much different from reading news online.
I read slashdot several times a day, and as a result, I read about, well, "news for nerds". But I also go to the coffee shop every day to read the Toronto Sun.
When reading news online, you get to choose exactly what topics you'll read about, so you generally miss out on all the stray news articles about, lets say, rave laws being passed in Toronto, for one example.
Newspapers won't be going out of style any time soon, because somebody needs to be doing the job of selecting articles for a specific region and audience.
And, even if that's been done online, I ain't bringing a laptop to the coffee shop to read my news =)
I have a feeling that, even after a break-up, the Microsoft-which-isn't-Windows company will have a Windows bias for a while, just like many, many companies.
Well, as most companies would have it, they'll probably (eventually) release a Mac version, just to keep people happy.
Internet Explorer really doesn't feel like it could be quickly ported to other operating systems though, so I doubt a linux version will be appearing anytime soon.
The interesting thing that will happen is, when not being forced to choose between Netscape and IE, we can find out what the public will prefer when on their own. I get as frusterated with microsoft products as the next/.'er, but honestly, I don't see Microsoft going out of business anytime soon.
We have ourselves a case of "may the best man win".
Slashdot Mirror
same point
just switch company names
RealNetworks let Apple have the rights, but at what cost? And what favours will they have to do back?
This seems like a story where patents really work, but I'm sure RealNetworks isn't just doing this because they're nice guys.
If I, or any other low-brow programmer wanted to do something related, what would it take to get the rights as well?
this got me thinking - why doesn't the government start building public "roads" for the internet with tax money? They've been doing it since cars were invented, in real life, so it should be a natural progression, right?
Just think what the world would be like if major companies owned all the main highways and freeways?
Hell, I don't think this'll actually happen anytime soon, but it's a thought.
There's something about a newspaper which is much different from reading news online.
I read slashdot several times a day, and as a result, I read about, well, "news for nerds". But I also go to the coffee shop every day to read the Toronto Sun.
When reading news online, you get to choose exactly what topics you'll read about, so you generally miss out on all the stray news articles about, lets say, rave laws being passed in Toronto, for one example.
Newspapers won't be going out of style any time soon, because somebody needs to be doing the job of selecting articles for a specific region and audience.
And, even if that's been done online, I ain't bringing a laptop to the coffee shop to read my news =)
20 minutes after the post and already the server is slashdotted =)
I wonder if they'll be significantly cheaper than their propriety-software-running counterparts?
I have a feeling that, even after a break-up, the Microsoft-which-isn't-Windows company will have a Windows bias for a while, just like many, many companies.
/.'er, but honestly, I don't see Microsoft going out of business anytime soon.
Well, as most companies would have it, they'll probably (eventually) release a Mac version, just to keep people happy.
Internet Explorer really doesn't feel like it could be quickly ported to other operating systems though, so I doubt a linux version will be appearing anytime soon.
The interesting thing that will happen is, when not being forced to choose between Netscape and IE, we can find out what the public will prefer when on their own. I get as frusterated with microsoft products as the next
We have ourselves a case of "may the best man win".