That argument doesn't work. They didn't totally lock people out of installing another web browser either, but they lost that case in the US. They didn't lock people out of installing another media player, but they lost that case in Europe.
It's the use of a monopoly to manipulate a market that's an issue. Not the ability of people to choose other options.
More people will be talking about getting a new computer if there's a new version of Windows on it. More talk == more gift sales. It's a proven statistic that a major Windows release date affects holidy purchases (I just don't have the old data handy at the moment). Of course there are plenty of other factors, like any new game consoles that are out.
The chairman of the FCC is chosen by the President and approved by the Senate. While the FCC isn't officially part of the executive branch it might as well be.
Peter: They will clean up all your talking in a matter such as this Brian: They will make you take a tinkle when you want to take a p*ss Stewie: And they'll make you call fellatio a trouser-friendly kiss Peter, Brian, & Stewie: It's the plain situation! There's no negiotiation! Peter: With the fellows at the freakin FCC!
Brian: They're as stuffy as the stuffiest of the special interest groups... Peter: Make a joke about your bowels and they order in the troops Stewie: Any baby with a brain could tell them everybody poops! Peter, Brian, & Stewie: Take a tip, take a lesson! You'll never win by messin' Peter: With the fellas at the freakin' FCC
And if you find yourself with some you sexy thing You're gonna have to do her with your ding-a-ling Cause you can't say penis!
So they sent this little warning they're prepared to do the worst Brian: And they stuck it in your mailbox hoping you could be co-erced Stewie: I can think of quite another place they should have stuck it first!
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: They may just be neurotic Or possible psychotic They're the fellas at the freakin FCC!
Let me know which school you went to and I'll be sure to not hire anyone from there without testing them heavily first. Don't generalize your experience at one bad school to the entire higher education system.
Doing so (subtracting value for certification) would be akin to disrespecting someone for having a college degree, and that doesn't make sense.
That's rediculous. A bachelor degree means 4 years of a wide variety of courses and grades from a variety of professors. It usually takes a large amount of work and intelligence to graduate near the top of a class. College degrees usually give a foundation for a discipline.
For a few thousand dollars, a few weeks of time, and one test you can get a certification. They mostly teach the specifics of how to perform a set of tasks. Little but memorization is required.
I give no credit at all to interviewees with certifications. And people with Microsoft certifications I usually won't bother interviewing at all. They come in knowing nothing. I give credit to college degrees and experience.
The statement, "caffeine increases persuasion through instigating systematic processing of the message," sounds to me like it makes people think through what they hear. They're logically thinking about a message. How that means they're generically more persuaded to say "yes" I have no idea.
That's correct. Until they changed their accounting practices 2 years ago they were not profitable. They were doing Enron-style accounting, especially paying people without counting it as an expense. This has since been fixed. However, historically, most of their vast wealth is built from their stock valuation, not revenue. This has changed a lot over the years, but for many years was true.
And none of their products break even. Office and Windows turn profits. The rest return very heavy losses. Open an annual report sometime.
And where do you think we get much of this information from? Industry analysts. They've always known exactly what's going on with Microsoft. They're questionable financial practices have never been a secret.
And here's Bill's: "We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so fast....It will be some finite number of years, and I don't know the number -- before our doom comes." - Bill Gates (Gross, Daniel. "Greatest Business Stories of All Time" 1997)
And they'll pay for it with the extra revenue from the release of Vista. As usual they'll use their OS and Office money to fund their other black holes. And they'll keep hoping the other money losers eventually turn a profit, or at least help their OS and Office market share.
I bet with Vista (and Office?) being released in 2007 they're expecting a big boost in profits. They're going to use that extra revenue, as they always do, to fund their other departments, all losing money. It's the same beast, just getting bigger.
After Microsoft released its report, Mr. Sherlund issued a research note saying it appeared that the company planned to spend $2.4 billion more than he had expected in the 2007 fiscal year. He pointed to the costs of building the new Windows and Office Live online services, both intended to reposition the company to compete against Google and Yahoo.
AJAX means AJAX. Web 2.0 mean collaboration: "Web 2.0 generally refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2)
and some of their stuff was done with.NET. Go figure?
The "magic" of Pageflakes has nothing (or almost nothing) to do with the server. It's all about client-side javascript. The server side can be kept relatively simple.
Don't get me wrong. I hate.NET. But pageflakes isn't a good selling point for it.
But corporate blogs typically are collaborative. Even if each person has their own they interlink to other employees. And collaborative departmental blogs are also becoming popular. They were simplifying by just saying "blogs", but how they're being used by companies is relatively new.
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That argument doesn't work. They didn't totally lock people out of installing another web browser either, but they lost that case in the US. They didn't lock people out of installing another media player, but they lost that case in Europe.
It's the use of a monopoly to manipulate a market that's an issue. Not the ability of people to choose other options.
More people will be talking about getting a new computer if there's a new version of Windows on it. More talk == more gift sales. It's a proven statistic that a major Windows release date affects holidy purchases (I just don't have the old data handy at the moment). Of course there are plenty of other factors, like any new game consoles that are out.
The chairman of the FCC is chosen by the President and approved by the Senate. While the FCC isn't officially part of the executive branch it might as well be.
Because if you swing the bat enough times eventually you'll hit the ball.
The Fellas At The Freakin' FCC Song
Peter: They will clean up all your talking in a matter such as this
Brian: They will make you take a tinkle when you want to take a p*ss
Stewie: And they'll make you call fellatio a trouser-friendly kiss
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: It's the plain situation!
There's no negiotiation!
Peter: With the fellows at the freakin FCC!
Brian: They're as stuffy as the stuffiest of the special interest groups...
Peter: Make a joke about your bowels and they order in the troops
Stewie: Any baby with a brain could tell them everybody poops!
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: Take a tip, take a lesson!
You'll never win by messin'
Peter: With the fellas at the freakin' FCC
And if you find yourself with some you sexy thing
You're gonna have to do her with your ding-a-ling
Cause you can't say penis!
So they sent this little warning they're prepared to do the worst
Brian: And they stuck it in your mailbox hoping you could be co-erced
Stewie: I can think of quite another place they should have stuck it first!
Peter, Brian, & Stewie: They may just be neurotic
Or possible psychotic
They're the fellas at the freakin FCC!
Let me know which school you went to and I'll be sure to not hire anyone from there without testing them heavily first. Don't generalize your experience at one bad school to the entire higher education system.
Doing so (subtracting value for certification) would be akin to disrespecting someone for having a college degree, and that doesn't make sense.
That's rediculous. A bachelor degree means 4 years of a wide variety of courses and grades from a variety of professors. It usually takes a large amount of work and intelligence to graduate near the top of a class. College degrees usually give a foundation for a discipline.
For a few thousand dollars, a few weeks of time, and one test you can get a certification. They mostly teach the specifics of how to perform a set of tasks. Little but memorization is required.
I give no credit at all to interviewees with certifications. And people with Microsoft certifications I usually won't bother interviewing at all. They come in knowing nothing. I give credit to college degrees and experience.
Oops. I guess expresso would be the espresso you get from Dunkin Donuts.
The statement, "caffeine increases persuasion through instigating systematic processing of the message," sounds to me like it makes people think through what they hear. They're logically thinking about a message. How that means they're generically more persuaded to say "yes" I have no idea.
Just an FYI - expresso typically has less caffeine than regular coffee.
That's correct. Until they changed their accounting practices 2 years ago they were not profitable. They were doing Enron-style accounting, especially paying people without counting it as an expense. This has since been fixed. However, historically, most of their vast wealth is built from their stock valuation, not revenue. This has changed a lot over the years, but for many years was true.
And none of their products break even. Office and Windows turn profits. The rest return very heavy losses. Open an annual report sometime.
And where do you think we get much of this information from? Industry analysts. They've always known exactly what's going on with Microsoft. They're questionable financial practices have never been a secret.
My take on Microsoft's future.
And here's Bill's: "We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so fast....It will be some finite number of years, and I don't know the number -- before our doom comes." - Bill Gates (Gross, Daniel. "Greatest Business Stories of All Time" 1997)
Microsoft can't dominate every market it enters.
Microsoft has never dominated any market but desktops and "office productivity" applications. And they entered those markets decades ago.
And they'll pay for it with the extra revenue from the release of Vista. As usual they'll use their OS and Office money to fund their other black holes. And they'll keep hoping the other money losers eventually turn a profit, or at least help their OS and Office market share.
I bet with Vista (and Office?) being released in 2007 they're expecting a big boost in profits. They're going to use that extra revenue, as they always do, to fund their other departments, all losing money. It's the same beast, just getting bigger.
(BUZZWORD ALERT) conversation
I hope you're not calling conversation just a buzzword. I think it's real and pretty darn important.
Plus "conversation between the enterprise and its customers" is very important too.
Are you sure you're not thinking of Google 5.0?
AJAX means AJAX. Web 2.0 mean collaboration: "Web 2.0 generally refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2)
A technology writer who wants readers.
That's a good point. I haven't heard of any other popular AJAX/Web 2.0 sites built with .NET either.
and some of their stuff was done with .NET. Go figure?
.NET. But pageflakes isn't a good selling point for it.
The "magic" of Pageflakes has nothing (or almost nothing) to do with the server. It's all about client-side javascript. The server side can be kept relatively simple.
Don't get me wrong. I hate
Wikipedia can.
And it's not a bubble. It's a conglomerate of technologies. Each will stick around. It's the corporate hype that's the bubble.
But corporate blogs typically are collaborative. Even if each person has their own they interlink to other employees. And collaborative departmental blogs are also becoming popular. They were simplifying by just saying "blogs", but how they're being used by companies is relatively new.
Uh... yes, actually. Read the licenses.