If the cost of goods is greater than the retail price (negative gross margin for XBox), then you're correct. However, if the fully loaded cost including R&D is greater than the retail price but the gross margin is positive, then you're incorrect, and MS is better off selling it even as a doorstop.
It's not at all clear which is the case in the case of XBox. Can you point to evidence showing that the direct hardware cost to Microsoft (not the equivalent retail price of white box parts!) is greater than the wholesale price?
And fanboys, listen up: quit buying XBoxes to put Linux on them! You know that's just your excuse to/. so you can feel ok about subscribing to XBox Live.
Stick with the PC and it will all be good in the 'hood. Help the marketplace decide by not investing in stupid-ass closed architectures.
Giving Apple control of ANYTHING on your HD is bad. Music, or anything else. Would you like them to next have control of your email inbox, and lose all your emails downloaded in the last year since you moved to Russia (for example)?
This is reason to either (a) not use iTunes Music Store, or (b) burn-rip all songs you get, so you have control over them. It amazes me how the Apple fanboys (of thich I am one otherwise) bash the RIAA and Pressplay, yet allow Steve to control their use of things they have bought, and cheer him for it.
The irony about the DDR, of course, is that once they did become a democratic republic (in 1990) the Volkskammer promptly voted to dissolve the DDR and join the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD). Perhaps the same thing will happen to the Open Group?
"We're constantly improving it so the technology we have 10 years from now will be better than what we have today," [Diebold guy] Mr. Richardson said. "We're always open to anything that can improve our systems."
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Were you reading it in SOHO (South of Houston) or in Soho (London neighborhood with pubs where they drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola)?
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That's because you bought from O'Reilly. CDs and books to make you ecstatic can more easily be bought here.
It's not at all clear which is the case in the case of XBox. Can you point to evidence showing that the direct hardware cost to Microsoft (not the equivalent retail price of white box parts!) is greater than the wholesale price?
Stick with the PC and it will all be good in the 'hood. Help the marketplace decide by not investing in stupid-ass closed architectures.
won't the real bruce perens please stand up
This is reason to either (a) not use iTunes Music Store, or (b) burn-rip all songs you get, so you have control over them. It amazes me how the Apple fanboys (of thich I am one otherwise) bash the RIAA and Pressplay, yet allow Steve to control their use of things they have bought, and cheer him for it.
It'a better if you take some Kough syrup.
Make sure you're referring to the real Bruce Perens
The irony about the DDR, of course, is that once they did become a democratic republic (in 1990) the Volkskammer promptly voted to dissolve the DDR and join the Federal Republic of Germany (BRD). Perhaps the same thing will happen to the Open Group?
you insensitive clod!
"We're constantly improving it so the technology we have 10 years from now will be better than what we have today," [Diebold guy] Mr. Richardson said. "We're always open to anything that can improve our systems."
Like making them non-useless?
Don't expect them to be civil to this crowd!
Wasn't this a super-fancy SGI building not long ago? How the mighty have fallen.
I agree - don't waste Portland taxpayer $ on a useless baseball team! Go Senators!
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So the guy who helped bring us The Personal Computer is now making spy tools for meddling parents and divorce lawyers? Thanks a lot, bucko!
Making the thread appalling is what slashdot is all about.
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Were you reading it in SOHO (South of Houston) or in Soho (London neighborhood with pubs where they drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola)?
The Bush administration chose to settle on very favorable terms with Microsoft.
how much do you fanboys love your DirecTivo service NOW?
For the user who can't get by with just 60,000 screens.
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And 99,000 of them will sit there while users stick with TiVo.
What a relief. It would really suck to have to switch back to IPX after all these years.