Let Fujitsu ship with WMP, let Sony ship with RealPlayer, let HP ship with iTunes, let Microsoft sell Windows:WMP edition and Windows:Reduced, etc.
Why force WMP on the desktop? When a user clicks on a media file, no prompting will occur because an alternative media player will/could/should be available. And WMP is just one of many alternative media players.
Shouldn't your software bundles come from, like, HP, or Dell, or Sony, or Fujitsu?
The only reason to want Microsoft to bundle that software is because you're paying for the OS yourself, IE, Microsoft Windows Bundle Edition.
Microsoft doesn't make your PC. You do, or Sony does, or HP does. I think the only reason Microsoft has that right is because we gave it to them, and now slowly we are taking it away from them.
If it's so important, HP or Sony or Fujitsu or someone else will just bundle WMP again.
HP already bundles iTunes, for example. Will users actually notice/need the lack of WMP? Maybe, but it now becomes a differentiator; Sony offers build in ATRAC and other, Fujitsu does WMP, and HP does iTunes.
You impugn Apple (rightly or wrongly doesn't matter) for the subjective flaw of being hyperbolic. You then make statements without defining or defending them.
Here's a 'trusted' source, O'Reilly: ZeroConf doesn't seem to be a Microsoft thing. Or a Sun thing; and that only later did Sun (and IBM) start supporting it.
O'Reilly says Sun has their own Jini thing and Microsoft UPnP; and UPnP. As for first implementations, Apple rolled it out into their OS in Jaguar, OS 10.2, and had already released their open source version in 2002. What other open source implementations are there?
Aka Rendezvous. It is an Apple backed technology, but it is open source; albeit not the classic example of open source springing up from the commons, but it still qualifies.
Well, now you know one person who has a PowerBook and loves the one button mouse:)
I love the fact that the OS is DESIGNED with only one button in mind.
Every button requires additional training, on the user end, and additional design on the developer end. What you're asking for in a right mouse button is a meta key; something not assigned to any function, but capable of being assigned to any function.
Most people don't see it that way; they don't understand what a meta key is in the first place.
How do you know that? He even says in his closing statement, "So the question is, why hasn't anyone invented this yet? (Some smart person should post if it has...) Granted there could be work arounds, like building a mini PC that stores efficiently, but I have more money than spare time."
How do we know, conclusively, that these storms aren't a product of global warming?
I don't know enough, but I suspect it isn't unrelated.
Maybe this scenario: Warming increases evaporation. Increased water content means increased precipitation. Increases in precipitation are reflected in the local environment as fog, rain, and snow, depending on what the prevailing conditions are.
Then it melts all the snow and evaporates the water and does it ALL over again.
The key to quality in all transactions: Make the customer feel like they are getting a deal.
Or translated, "make people believe that the cash they are handing over is worth LESS than what they get."
So if a product selling for $400 has a worth of $500, then the customer is getting a $100 deal.
That's how 'value' works. That's what Apple sells in their products: Value.
Of course if this doesn't work for you, then fine, but don't go around thinking it's wrong that it works for other people.
People buy the iPod DESPITE the Apple name. Have you thought of that? People who think, "What, 3% marketshare?", "Proprietary computer?", "Slow computer?" or, "No software?" and STILL bought an iPod? Apple does charge a premium, but it's not without merit. The iPod wasn't a con job.
Are you taking into consideration the 21% VAT? Because when taking that into account, the Mac mini has a 'base' price of 428.92, which might also include other costs I don't know about.
And according to Anand's article, buying a 512mb stick is actually cheaper through Apple... though you don't get to keep the 256mb stick afterwards... If you sold the 256mb stick, then yes, it's cheaper to buy your own.
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Let Fujitsu ship with WMP, let Sony ship with RealPlayer, let HP ship with iTunes, let Microsoft sell Windows:WMP edition and Windows:Reduced, etc.
Why force WMP on the desktop? When a user clicks on a media file, no prompting will occur because an alternative media player will/could/should be available. And WMP is just one of many alternative media players.
The reason to unbundle IE is to allow alternative bundling.
So HP releases an IE version, and Sony does the Firefox version and Fujitsu does the Opera version.
And Microsoft decides to sell the $99 IE version, $119 Firefox version, and the $89 browserless version.
What's so wrong with that?
Shouldn't your software bundles come from, like, HP, or Dell, or Sony, or Fujitsu?
The only reason to want Microsoft to bundle that software is because you're paying for the OS yourself, IE, Microsoft Windows Bundle Edition.
Microsoft doesn't make your PC. You do, or Sony does, or HP does. I think the only reason Microsoft has that right is because we gave it to them, and now slowly we are taking it away from them.
So your choice:
100% functionality vs 100% open source.
You pick open source, I pick functionality.
I lost the ability to what, modify and recompile my programs. I still have access to all/most of the same programs, due to BSD+Fink, though.
You lost the ability to use the wireless networking. You still have access to all/most of the same programs, due to MacOnLinux+OS X, though.
If it's so important, HP or Sony or Fujitsu or someone else will just bundle WMP again.
HP already bundles iTunes, for example. Will users actually notice/need the lack of WMP? Maybe, but it now becomes a differentiator; Sony offers build in ATRAC and other, Fujitsu does WMP, and HP does iTunes.
When you and your best bud see a bear in the forest, it's best to run fast... but not necessarily faster than the bear, just faster than your bud.
So in this case, why does Doom3 have to look anywhere near as good as on a top end PC? It only has to look as good as on a $200 PC.
What? No $200 PC will play Doom 3?
Well, then it only has to look as good as Halo2 on XBox. Do you think that's possible? Will it look better?
Of course the difference is that Microsoft rarely does something 'cool'
It's just, "standards be damned, we're going to do something to benefit us first."
I suppose I misunderstood your post; I thought you meant ZeroConf wasn't an Apple idea...
Because you are right, there were similar previous technologies, like AppleTalk!
You tell this story without any attribution!
You impugn Apple (rightly or wrongly doesn't matter) for the subjective flaw of being hyperbolic. You then make statements without defining or defending them.
Here's a 'trusted' source, O'Reilly:
ZeroConf doesn't seem to be a Microsoft thing. Or a Sun thing; and that only later did Sun (and IBM) start supporting it.
O'Reilly says Sun has their own Jini thing and Microsoft UPnP; and UPnP. As for first implementations, Apple rolled it out into their OS in Jaguar, OS 10.2, and had already released their open source version in 2002. What other open source implementations are there?
Here.
It seems strange for a company to submit a standard they didn't work on, doesn't it?
Aka Rendezvous. It is an Apple backed technology, but it is open source; albeit not the classic example of open source springing up from the commons, but it still qualifies.
None of your examples prove your point.
Did we ever say, "Yahoo it?" or "Altavista it?"
Google is a verb; we google for things, not that things are on Google.
Give an example where the verb disappeared from usage: TiVo may day, but I suspect we'll still be 'TiVoing' things in the future.
Safari uses KHTML for it's rendering engine. You know about Google, right?
It's real, actually, on SGIs
It would be awesome for people like, say, Creative, who want to be able to play Fairplay files, or synch to iTunes, wouldn't it?
If you want an inter-application dictionary, buy a Mac.
The technology is still around... in OS X.
You need an iPod -- why? To have easy access to the 300 CDs you've bought in the past 20 years.
You need a mini Mac -- why? To use the computer!
Well, now you know one person who has a PowerBook and loves the one button mouse :)
I love the fact that the OS is DESIGNED with only one button in mind.
Every button requires additional training, on the user end, and additional design on the developer end. What you're asking for in a right mouse button is a meta key; something not assigned to any function, but capable of being assigned to any function.
Most people don't see it that way; they don't understand what a meta key is in the first place.
How do you know that? He even says in his closing statement, "So the question is, why hasn't anyone invented this yet? (Some smart person should post if it has...) Granted there could be work arounds, like building a mini PC that stores efficiently, but I have more money than spare time."
He's got more money than spare time.
How do we know, conclusively, that these storms aren't a product of global warming?
I don't know enough, but I suspect it isn't unrelated.
Maybe this scenario: Warming increases evaporation. Increased water content means increased precipitation. Increases in precipitation are reflected in the local environment as fog, rain, and snow, depending on what the prevailing conditions are.
Then it melts all the snow and evaporates the water and does it ALL over again.
The key to quality in all transactions: Make the customer feel like they are getting a deal.
Or translated, "make people believe that the cash they are handing over is worth LESS than what they get."
So if a product selling for $400 has a worth of $500, then the customer is getting a $100 deal.
That's how 'value' works. That's what Apple sells in their products: Value.
Of course if this doesn't work for you, then fine, but don't go around thinking it's wrong that it works for other people.
People buy the iPod DESPITE the Apple name. Have you thought of that? People who think, "What, 3% marketshare?", "Proprietary computer?", "Slow computer?" or, "No software?" and STILL bought an iPod? Apple does charge a premium, but it's not without merit. The iPod wasn't a con job.
I was looking at Crucial, where a 512mb stick runs you $79.
Are you taking into consideration the 21% VAT? Because when taking that into account, the Mac mini has a 'base' price of 428.92, which might also include other costs I don't know about.
And according to Anand's article, buying a 512mb stick is actually cheaper through Apple... though you don't get to keep the 256mb stick afterwards... If you sold the 256mb stick, then yes, it's cheaper to buy your own.
I thought it was cheaper to upgrade RAM via Apple ($75) than buy 512mb... unless you plan to go the full gig?