One must keep in mind, however, that massive amounts of cash come from people who just want a home PC and are happy with their Celeron processor, and not uber-geeks who delve into electron-by-alectron analysis of the chip circuitry. Will this help Intel with their chip development? Certainly. Will it increase their market share? In the short term, it is doubtful. In the long term, it's anyone's guess. I don't think anyone that has made long-term estimates on the computer industry has managed to come out of it NOT looking like an ass.
Hesitant is the word that most accurately describes my feelings. It all depends on how much of the market share they are intending to shuffle out into the wide and relatively ignorant world. Once stockholders take control of a company, results can be disastrous. What was once the vision of a handful of people is thrown to the whim of hundreds or even thousands of people who may not have any idea about what is really going on. As a programmer - and I am sure there are many readers who will sympathize - I have heard the dreaded words "Wouldn't it be cool if we could do [insert the impossible here]!" This is what builds the cluttered mess of search engines that we all hate. Caveat emptor. Granted, it will take time, so I figure we have about a year of good post-IPO searching before this star collapses under its own wieght.
This mail only has four assholes! Completely useless in trying to engineer a five-assholed monkey! Besides, if you really wanted to be that which you claim of Cmdr Taco, you'd have made a script to SPAM this posting - in a twist of real irony requiring (at most) moderate intelligence.
Suck suck suck.
ROOT DOWN ~#
I think the status quo will generally be maintained, honestly. Mac users will continue to use Macs as they always have, and so also for the Linux efficianados (sp?). (Non-techies tend to stick to what they know, but then again so do most techies once they've found a favorite.) Linux does however have the edge on embedded technology. Maybe I've just missed all the embedded Mac OS postings, but it seems that Linux's continued forays into the world of embedded chips will keep its edge in that realm. This adds an overall Linux prevalence to the market, which can only aid its exposure and futher development. My prediction? Linux by 10 in regulation play.
Parhaps now Gore can get his patent for inventing the internet, and Lieberman can get his patent on the V-Chip! Hopefully this will clear up the red tape surrounding these obvious licensing issues.
This has been a long time coming. The business cycle is as inevitable as the tides, recessions doing the work of culling the less profitable members of the commercial herd. I was amused to see that Greenspan 'unexpectedly' dropped the prime lending rate despite inflationary fears just after Bush was declared president. This will likely mean a harder recession much later in GW's term, screwing him in the next election if it is persistent enough, just like dear old dad.
On the bright side, it frees up a whole bunch of IPs and domain names! (sorta) I think it will cull out fluff programmers if anything. People will actually have to have skills/before/ they are hired.
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One must keep in mind, however, that massive amounts of cash come from people who just want a home PC and are happy with their Celeron processor, and not uber-geeks who delve into electron-by-alectron analysis of the chip circuitry. Will this help Intel with their chip development? Certainly. Will it increase their market share? In the short term, it is doubtful. In the long term, it's anyone's guess. I don't think anyone that has made long-term estimates on the computer industry has managed to come out of it NOT looking like an ass.
Root DOWN
Hesitant is the word that most accurately describes my feelings. It all depends on how much of the market share they are intending to shuffle out into the wide and relatively ignorant world. Once stockholders take control of a company, results can be disastrous. What was once the vision of a handful of people is thrown to the whim of hundreds or even thousands of people who may not have any idea about what is really going on. As a programmer - and I am sure there are many readers who will sympathize - I have heard the dreaded words "Wouldn't it be cool if we could do [insert the impossible here]!" This is what builds the cluttered mess of search engines that we all hate. Caveat emptor. Granted, it will take time, so I figure we have about a year of good post-IPO searching before this star collapses under its own wieght.
Root DOWN
The sunglasses I am not worried about. I just got a vision of the Giants in black vinyl hotpants - and it was not pretty. Root Down ~#
This mail only has four assholes! Completely useless in trying to engineer a five-assholed monkey! Besides, if you really wanted to be that which you claim of Cmdr Taco, you'd have made a script to SPAM this posting - in a twist of real irony requiring (at most) moderate intelligence. Suck suck suck. ROOT DOWN ~#
I knew those Heaven's Gate people were on to something! I guess I should run out and buy some (relatively) low-cost Nikes?
I think the status quo will generally be maintained, honestly. Mac users will continue to use Macs as they always have, and so also for the Linux efficianados (sp?). (Non-techies tend to stick to what they know, but then again so do most techies once they've found a favorite.) Linux does however have the edge on embedded technology. Maybe I've just missed all the embedded Mac OS postings, but it seems that Linux's continued forays into the world of embedded chips will keep its edge in that realm. This adds an overall Linux prevalence to the market, which can only aid its exposure and futher development. My prediction? Linux by 10 in regulation play.
Parhaps now Gore can get his patent for inventing the internet, and Lieberman can get his patent on the V-Chip! Hopefully this will clear up the red tape surrounding these obvious licensing issues.
This has been a long time coming. The business cycle is as inevitable as the tides, recessions doing the work of culling the less profitable members of the commercial herd. I was amused to see that Greenspan 'unexpectedly' dropped the prime lending rate despite inflationary fears just after Bush was declared president. This will likely mean a harder recession much later in GW's term, screwing him in the next election if it is persistent enough, just like dear old dad. On the bright side, it frees up a whole bunch of IPs and domain names! (sorta) I think it will cull out fluff programmers if anything. People will actually have to have skills /before/ they are hired.