Also, their domain registration reveals that they renew their domain every year. Google gives better ranking to sites that pay for many years at once, since that shows they owners have faith if their company. Basic SEO fail.
Wow. Why doe some people read so much into nothing? Some companies have a policy that they will review important assets on a regular basis. The federal/state/provincial registration of a company and the regular upkeep of the federal/state/provincial registration is done on annual basis. To include the domain review with the regular upkeep makes sound business sense. This assumption that there is no trust in the success of your company goes with a old saying about about assumptions: To ASSUME is to make an ASS out of U and ME
I love market share because everyone seems to be revising the definition every time they wish to make a point. Market share is current period sales. Some define the period as the life of the product and some define it as the last month.
Show me FIRST the Windows where I can take a mix of totally random hardware thrown together and hand my 67 year old clueless dad the disc and have him install it PERFECTLY, without a SINGLE fuckup or hardware issue.
Your Dad buys the OEM Windows system bundle.
He can choose from 94 desktops and 187 laptops shopping Walmart.com alone.
It works out of the box or is returned to the vendor.
He may chance the free upgrade-in-place from 64 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7, as I did, and discover that the geek's horror stories are mostly pure fantasy.
There is someone in charge. He is the president of the company. He sets the goals and the rules. He has the authority so why not the responsibility?
The corporation broke the law! For a set period they need to pay extra for their risk. If the competition ups their prices new players will enter the market. Why not make it that the law will only protect companies that obey the law. You broke certain laws then you lose your patent or copyright protection. There must be a penalty that will HURT the shareholder and not the consumer.
Leftist? This idea that companies are above the law is getting on my nerves.
it requires instruction and practice. A hammer and a saw do not create the carpenter. A carpenter can create with a hammer and a saw. A computer is just a tool and requires instruction on its use and operation. I don't need a study to tell me this, it's just common sense.
The iPad needs access to files, be they movies, music, letters, faxes, PDF's, pictures, contracts.... It also would be great if it could connect to multiple computers to share those files. Bluetooth transfer of files would be nice. Printing would be nice too. iTunes is just brain dead. This is coming from people who bought as a gadget who don't know about it's limitations.
I personally hate the DRM, lockdown and Apples (Jobs) attitude.
It's about time it ended. I managed to tune in almost halfway into season 2. One day It's not safe to walk into the forest the next the danger just disappears. No explanation. No reason. I can write like that.
The problem is that you're talking about two radically different things. Apple has not banned Flash, they are just not providing it on their mobile devices..... If you are all about freedom, then does Apple not have the freedom to ship whatever software they like on their products? Should they be mandated to package somebody else's software? Why is nobody whining about RealPlayer not being installed on iPhones?
Apple has banned Flash.
It's no longer Apples product once I bought it, it's mine. Apple doesn't have to distribute it it, they don't need to block it. Here I am defending something I hate..... I can't stand Flash. I don't need Apple to tell me that.
I pay for music so I ca listen to it when and how I choose otherwise I turn on the radio.
I pay for software so I can use it when and how I choose otherwise I have now use for it. If software is tied into a service then I will pay for the service and not for the software.
The value that you perceive is not the value that I perceive. If I own a business and say I chose Win 95 as a platform. I invested a lot of resources to implement a custom business tool. Now 15 years later Win 95 has little/less value for Microsoft but my custom solution which runs my business has considerable value to me. Modifying the software brings no advantage to me all it adds is cost. Since MS decided to no longer support Win95 I have no options but to move forward.
I have music from the 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's.... Now the plastic that this music resides on has very little value. The money which I paid to acquire this music was not for the plastic but for the songs which reside on the plastic. My collection contains music which cannot be acquired in digital format. Now if I decide to digitize my collection so I can continue to listen to it will cost me time. If I were to repurchase all the music It would cost me more than a years salary. I can convert it in a month or two. Trust me I did not spend to reacquire the music. I paid the artist in the original purchase and have not required any involvement on his part for my conversion.
SaaS has a limitation. If my business or use requires a longer commitment than the service provider is willing to offer then I may be risking more than the cost of the software. I may be risking my business.
MaaS is available right now. It's called radio. It has the same limitation as SaaS. If the radio station stops playing the song I like, I no longer have a need for the station.
SaaS and MaaS is not a solution for the consumer as purchase, it's a rental and should be sold as such.
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So but I haven't clicked through a single EULA can you please show me where I did.
Is there any reason to run an executable directly from an email or straight off the Net?
I care about being able to install, without having to ask permission, in the future any or other possible OSs. Windows 7 starter is a non starter.
Also, their domain registration reveals that they renew their domain every year. Google gives better ranking to sites that pay for many years at once, since that shows they owners have faith if their company. Basic SEO fail.
Wow. Why doe some people read so much into nothing? Some companies have a policy that they will review important assets on a regular basis. The federal/state/provincial registration of a company and the regular upkeep of the federal/state/provincial registration is done on annual basis. To include the domain review with the regular upkeep makes sound business sense. This assumption that there is no trust in the success of your company goes with a old saying about about assumptions:
To ASSUME is to make an ASS out of U and ME
I love market share because everyone seems to be revising the definition every time they wish to make a point. Market share is current period sales. Some define the period as the life of the product and some define it as the last month.
Show me FIRST the Windows where I can take a mix of totally random hardware thrown together and hand my 67 year old clueless dad the disc and have him install it PERFECTLY, without a SINGLE fuckup or hardware issue.
Your Dad buys the OEM Windows system bundle.
He can choose from 94 desktops and 187 laptops shopping Walmart.com alone.
It works out of the box or is returned to the vendor.
He may chance the free upgrade-in-place from 64 bit Vista to 64 bit Windows 7, as I did, and discover that the geek's horror stories are mostly pure fantasy.
Unless it happens to you.
There is someone in charge. He is the president of the company. He sets the goals and the rules. He has the authority so why not the responsibility?
The corporation broke the law! For a set period they need to pay extra for their risk. If the competition ups their prices new players will enter the market. Why not make it that the law will only protect companies that obey the law. You broke certain laws then you lose your patent or copyright protection. There must be a penalty that will HURT the shareholder and not the consumer.
Leftist? This idea that companies are above the law is getting on my nerves.
To all their customers? I never saw a red cent...
it requires instruction and practice. A hammer and a saw do not create the carpenter. A carpenter can create with a hammer and a saw. A computer is just a tool and requires instruction on its use and operation. I don't need a study to tell me this, it's just common sense.
Then why did Nintendo do it for the Wii. Sometimes it's not about the money that makes you money. It's about meeting the clients expectations.
Lately it seems Apple doesn't care.
What gives Germany jurisdiction, anyway? Could FaceBook just move a few of their servers?
Holding information on it's citizens, that's what gives Germany jurisdiction.
I did a start up for less and by the way when you are starting up is when you have the least amount of money.
Can you name a democratic country? The US calls it democracy but there are no choices to be made.
you are assuming his system would be safer when in fact it is NOT.
The iPad needs access to files, be they movies, music, letters, faxes, PDF's, pictures, contracts.... It also would be great if it could connect to multiple computers to share those files. Bluetooth transfer of files would be nice. Printing would be nice too. iTunes is just brain dead. This is coming from people who bought as a gadget who don't know about it's limitations.
I personally hate the DRM, lockdown and Apples (Jobs) attitude.
moneyworks under wine. Accpac runs on Linux. SQLedger. SILK. Just to name a few.
The GPL exists because of copyright to keep the code free. Her point is simple and accurate. You need to read up on FSF and Richard Stallman.
have you not heard of the DMCA, they will be shut down soon....
It's about time it ended. I managed to tune in almost halfway into season 2. One day It's not safe to walk into the forest the next the danger just disappears. No explanation. No reason. I can write like that.
The expectations were lowered a very long time ago by Microsoft. This was the same strategy it used against Wordperfect.
you poor, poor guy... you actually believed you were giving her an orgasm?
The problem is that you're talking about two radically different things. Apple has not banned Flash, they are just not providing it on their mobile devices. .... If you are all about freedom, then does Apple not have the freedom to ship whatever software they like on their products? Should they be mandated to package somebody else's software? Why is nobody whining about RealPlayer not being installed on iPhones?
Apple has banned Flash.
It's no longer Apples product once I bought it, it's mine. Apple doesn't have to distribute it it, they don't need to block it. Here I am defending something I hate..... I can't stand Flash. I don't need Apple to tell me that.
I waiting to load android on my iPhone. You get fooled once and the you innovate.
http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/04/ive-been-working-on-this-quietly-in.html
Nice. Sorry no mod points.
I pay for music so I ca listen to it when and how I choose otherwise I turn on the radio.
I pay for software so I can use it when and how I choose otherwise I have now use for it. If software is tied into a service then I will pay for the service and not for the software.
The value that you perceive is not the value that I perceive. If I own a business and say I chose Win 95 as a platform. I invested a lot of resources to implement a custom business tool. Now 15 years later Win 95 has little/less value for Microsoft but my custom solution which runs my business has considerable value to me. Modifying the software brings no advantage to me all it adds is cost. Since MS decided to no longer support Win95 I have no options but to move forward.
I have music from the 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's .... Now the plastic that this music resides on has very little value. The money which I paid to acquire this music was not for the plastic but for the songs which reside on the plastic. My collection contains music which cannot be acquired in digital format. Now if I decide to digitize my collection so I can continue to listen to it will cost me time. If I were to repurchase all the music It would cost me more than a years salary. I can convert it in a month or two. Trust me I did not spend to reacquire the music. I paid the artist in the original purchase and have not required any involvement on his part for my conversion.
SaaS has a limitation. If my business or use requires a longer commitment than the service provider is willing to offer then I may be risking more than the cost of the software. I may be risking my business.
MaaS is available right now. It's called radio. It has the same limitation as SaaS. If the radio station stops playing the song I like, I no longer have a need for the station.
SaaS and MaaS is not a solution for the consumer as purchase, it's a rental and should be sold as such.