I'd have to learn how to set up a server, I'd have to learn how to connect everything to the server. I'd have to learn Unix security. I'd have to learn how to set up drivers for all of our different software. That's at least a few weeks in a class to the tune of a few tens of thousand dollars, not to mention time/money of not being able to work on the part of my business that earns me money. That's a year's pay for an employee or two.
Well, not really. Since they designed it for interoprability, I can embed any IE functions I want to in my own applications and not have to worry about which version of IE the user will be using. The.dll has the same name, the same interface, etc, so if I'm developing an app, it's all seamless to me.
Not only that, but you'd have a mess at the desktop level because so much of the desktop is rendered using IE (everything is a web browser).
True. It's a tradeoff. Nothing's perfect. Most business owners that I know personally know that it's a tradeoff, and stick with Winders because in many cases, running with potential security problems is better than not running at all.
You're right. I agree completely. But the thing is that while it's not perfect, MS actually offers some relatively long support periods during which a complete re-install isn't necessary. My point is that no business that isn't in the IT business can afford to re-install all of their operating systems on all of their machines every 6 months (like they'd have to with Ubuntu).
No way. Only big companies can afford to move to OSS, unless one of the principals happens to be a geek. My small company (10 people) in no way, shape, or form could afford to move to OSS. It would instantly bankrupt us. No, that's not an exaggeration, and yes, we're quite profitable and debt free. But we can't afford to hire a staff of programmers to re-write our current applications (there are no OSS equivalents), and train the current IT staff (me, the owner) a whole new way of doing things.
That being said, I have no reason to use Vista. We're still using W2K and it's working just fine. But, if I had to buy Vista for some reason, I would do it with a smile, when I think of what the alternative is.
Personally, I make sure my sites work in Firefox and then field any complaints I might get from the minority of IE6 people I have to deal with by encouraging them to install Firefox.
Well, that's great for your personal site, but for those of us who actually have to make a living from the web, this is very useful.
Basic interfaces and integration. There are so many apps that use IE embedded in them, that if they were different (different interfaces), you'd end up with a real mess.
Well, kinda'. The browser being tied closely with the OS is part of what makes Windows development so simple. For example, I just got finished with a custom app for my own business that uses IE very heavily. I'm not aware that there's even a COM object for Firefox or Mozilla. There are tons and tons of apps that use IE very heavily because it's integrated so well.
People (like myself) like Windows precisely because everything is integrated and fits together relatively nicely.
The other big one, Quickbooks Point of Sale, is having the same problem. I have no idea what the specific problem is. It must have something to do with the gateway software.
Why would you (or anybody else) think that a political party is guided by some bad novel? That doesn't make any sense. The Libertarian Party, as far as I know, has never endorsed a fictional work. You might as well say that Ann Coulter's hate filled books are "the seminal work in Republican literature".
The Libertarian party in no way has anything to do with anything that you described.
It's not a bill, but a party. The Libertarian Party is all about the government leaving us alone as much as possible. If that's what you believe, then you should vote Libertarian.
Maybe he's setting up a social responsibility fund.
It doesn't matter. It's still morally wrong to invest other people's money in thing that you know are not good investments. Actually, it's criminal too, I'd have to guess. If real fund managers did this, they'd be fired, sued, arrested, and ripped apart by mobs in the streets (as they should).
If you want an example of a well-run business, look at IBM, which has been around for a century or so, or at Google, which has products that their customers actually get excited about.
You clearly wouldn't know a well run business from a hole in the ground.
I think the poster meant that you may be travelling with too many damn gadgets. Or, at least that's my opinion. When I travel, I often bring along something called a "book". It doesn't require any power source, whatsoever.
I'm incredibly disappointed by the XBox. It's huge and loud (I have to turn up my movies extra loud to drown out the sound of the XBox). You can ONLY play DVD's once you buy their crappy remote (which is a total scam... you can use any kind of input with the PS2). If you let a movie play through on the XBox, when it's all done, the XBox makes these stupid robot "boop-boop" noises (the PS2 has a real wave generator that plays quietly). The XBox only plays a fraction of all of my DVD's (which my PS2 plays perfectly).
I think that the PS2 is the closest to real "digital convergence" that I've seen, and the great thing about it is that it's *simple*. Put in a shiny silver disk, and it works. No questions asked.
So, thanks for the XBox Media Center suggestion, but really, I hate the XBox so much now, that I really wouldn't consider spending any more money on it (and I won't be buying the 360, either).
Stability, and fewer bugs. In my business, I don't buy any software that is newer than a year or two old. 9.3 is only a year and a half old. That's certainly not ancient. If patches aren't being released for a product that's only a year and a half old, then I'd say that's a very serious problem (and I wouldn't buy it). You gotta remember, that they're not in the business of installing software. Like most businesses and other organizations, the software is supposed to be installed, and forgotten. If it requires attention that often, then it's bad software, or bad management.
I think it's simple. The PS2 is still the best console out there, hands down. It's near the top in terms of performance, it has great backwards compatiblity with the PS1, it's *tiny*, it plays DVD's, it plays music, it has probably the largest number of available games right now, etc., etc. Hell, the PS2 is still the center of all of my AV stuff. It's my games box, my DVD player, and my CD player. And, I'm still buying new games for it, because the new games are really very slick right now. The developers are clearly exploiting the PS2 completely, and it shows.
You won't comment on this "totally unbiased" article, but you have no problem commenting on another "totally unbiased" article called "How iPods Took Over the World", huh? Why is that?
You're exactly right. This is pointless. If N. Korea could get all of the parts and assemble their own nuclear weapons, somehow I doubt that they're going to have trouble getting their plasma TV's.
Well, you gotta give GE credit... They were some of the first ones doing this 20+ years ago in this country, and they trained all of their managers in process improvement (who in turn, went out and preached the gospel at other companies). They were really at the bleeding edge of process management at the time. Maybe GE's going to become a regular big, bloated company now that Jack's gone.:(
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I'd have to learn how to set up a server, I'd have to learn how to connect everything to the server. I'd have to learn Unix security. I'd have to learn how to set up drivers for all of our different software. That's at least a few weeks in a class to the tune of a few tens of thousand dollars, not to mention time/money of not being able to work on the part of my business that earns me money. That's a year's pay for an employee or two.
Well, not really. Since they designed it for interoprability, I can embed any IE functions I want to in my own applications and not have to worry about which version of IE the user will be using. The .dll has the same name, the same interface, etc, so if I'm developing an app, it's all seamless to me.
Not only that, but you'd have a mess at the desktop level because so much of the desktop is rendered using IE (everything is a web browser).
True. It's a tradeoff. Nothing's perfect. Most business owners that I know personally know that it's a tradeoff, and stick with Winders because in many cases, running with potential security problems is better than not running at all.
You're right. I agree completely. But the thing is that while it's not perfect, MS actually offers some relatively long support periods during which a complete re-install isn't necessary. My point is that no business that isn't in the IT business can afford to re-install all of their operating systems on all of their machines every 6 months (like they'd have to with Ubuntu).
No way. Only big companies can afford to move to OSS, unless one of the principals happens to be a geek. My small company (10 people) in no way, shape, or form could afford to move to OSS. It would instantly bankrupt us. No, that's not an exaggeration, and yes, we're quite profitable and debt free. But we can't afford to hire a staff of programmers to re-write our current applications (there are no OSS equivalents), and train the current IT staff (me, the owner) a whole new way of doing things.
That being said, I have no reason to use Vista. We're still using W2K and it's working just fine. But, if I had to buy Vista for some reason, I would do it with a smile, when I think of what the alternative is.
Name me one profitable, non-software producing company that updates their operating systems every 6 months.
Personally, I make sure my sites work in Firefox and then field any complaints I might get from the minority of IE6 people I have to deal with by encouraging them to install Firefox.
Well, that's great for your personal site, but for those of us who actually have to make a living from the web, this is very useful.
Basic interfaces and integration. There are so many apps that use IE embedded in them, that if they were different (different interfaces), you'd end up with a real mess.
What, did I just say something stupid?
Well, kinda'. The browser being tied closely with the OS is part of what makes Windows development so simple. For example, I just got finished with a custom app for my own business that uses IE very heavily. I'm not aware that there's even a COM object for Firefox or Mozilla. There are tons and tons of apps that use IE very heavily because it's integrated so well.
People (like myself) like Windows precisely because everything is integrated and fits together relatively nicely.
You obviously don't pay your bills with web development.
The other big one, Quickbooks Point of Sale, is having the same problem. I have no idea what the specific problem is. It must have something to do with the gateway software.
The majority of web developers I know develop on the mac anyways.
.Net on a Mac?
Huh? Don't they have to test their stuff to see if it works for the other 96% of the world? And, how do you develop things like
Why would you (or anybody else) think that a political party is guided by some bad novel? That doesn't make any sense. The Libertarian Party, as far as I know, has never endorsed a fictional work. You might as well say that Ann Coulter's hate filled books are "the seminal work in Republican literature".
The Libertarian party in no way has anything to do with anything that you described.
If you said "monopoly" much more, I'd think that you were sleeping with John Ashcroft and his other fascist buddies.
It's not a bill, but a party. The Libertarian Party is all about the government leaving us alone as much as possible. If that's what you believe, then you should vote Libertarian.
Maybe he's setting up a social responsibility fund.
It doesn't matter. It's still morally wrong to invest other people's money in thing that you know are not good investments. Actually, it's criminal too, I'd have to guess. If real fund managers did this, they'd be fired, sued, arrested, and ripped apart by mobs in the streets (as they should).
Red Hat? Are you serious? Red Hat is about to get slaughtered by both Oracle and Microsoft! Ouch. I'd sell Red Hat short before I bought any.
If you want an example of a well-run business, look at IBM, which has been around for a century or so, or at Google, which has products that their customers actually get excited about.
You clearly wouldn't know a well run business from a hole in the ground.
I think the poster meant that you may be travelling with too many damn gadgets. Or, at least that's my opinion. When I travel, I often bring along something called a "book". It doesn't require any power source, whatsoever.
I'm incredibly disappointed by the XBox. It's huge and loud (I have to turn up my movies extra loud to drown out the sound of the XBox). You can ONLY play DVD's once you buy their crappy remote (which is a total scam... you can use any kind of input with the PS2). If you let a movie play through on the XBox, when it's all done, the XBox makes these stupid robot "boop-boop" noises (the PS2 has a real wave generator that plays quietly). The XBox only plays a fraction of all of my DVD's (which my PS2 plays perfectly).
I think that the PS2 is the closest to real "digital convergence" that I've seen, and the great thing about it is that it's *simple*. Put in a shiny silver disk, and it works. No questions asked.
So, thanks for the XBox Media Center suggestion, but really, I hate the XBox so much now, that I really wouldn't consider spending any more money on it (and I won't be buying the 360, either).
Stability, and fewer bugs. In my business, I don't buy any software that is newer than a year or two old. 9.3 is only a year and a half old. That's certainly not ancient. If patches aren't being released for a product that's only a year and a half old, then I'd say that's a very serious problem (and I wouldn't buy it). You gotta remember, that they're not in the business of installing software. Like most businesses and other organizations, the software is supposed to be installed, and forgotten. If it requires attention that often, then it's bad software, or bad management.
I think it's simple. The PS2 is still the best console out there, hands down. It's near the top in terms of performance, it has great backwards compatiblity with the PS1, it's *tiny*, it plays DVD's, it plays music, it has probably the largest number of available games right now, etc., etc. Hell, the PS2 is still the center of all of my AV stuff. It's my games box, my DVD player, and my CD player. And, I'm still buying new games for it, because the new games are really very slick right now. The developers are clearly exploiting the PS2 completely, and it shows.
You won't comment on this "totally unbiased" article, but you have no problem commenting on another "totally unbiased" article called "How iPods Took Over the World", huh? Why is that?
You're exactly right. This is pointless. If N. Korea could get all of the parts and assemble their own nuclear weapons, somehow I doubt that they're going to have trouble getting their plasma TV's.
Well, you gotta give GE credit... They were some of the first ones doing this 20+ years ago in this country, and they trained all of their managers in process improvement (who in turn, went out and preached the gospel at other companies). They were really at the bleeding edge of process management at the time. Maybe GE's going to become a regular big, bloated company now that Jack's gone. :(