Its a lot tricker than it seems... You need to get the images to the user either pre-customized for them, or you have to have a way to take a generic VM and provision it for that end user automatically, including getting it joined as a unique machine into the enterprise domain. Add to that keeping that up to date, secure and making the virtualization experience end-user-friendly and a slew of other issues, its far easier to use a product that manages that for you than to DIY, unless you're doing it for a small number of fairly technical end users.
Its like anything related to desktop management -- you can of course do it on your own, but a tool can make it a lot easier and save a lot of time and money in the long run.
Disclaimer: I work for one of the companies building the competing products I think the AC was refering to.
Yesterday I attempted to upgrade my laptop from Dapper to Edgy.
Lets just say its good its a dual boot, and I'm posting from Windows.
The upgrade program kept fighting with the system, and I'm left unable to use X-windows realiably (it crashes randomly), wireless no longer works (so I can't update any packages or search the web for hints as to what went wrong).
Its going to take me hours to fix everything, I'm guessing. Its probably going to be faster to wipe it out and reinstall from scratch. They definitely blew it on the upgrade, though. (And this wasn't a hacked to hell Dapper install, it was pretty much out of the box)
There wouldn't be any Canadian uproar, because I'm convinced they (on average) are a bit more intelligent than the sadly declining intellect in the US.
They know its BS, so no reason to get in an uproar. But apparently us Americans are too stupid to realize its BS and have our own uproar.
Of course, we've got better things to be having uproars about should the intellect make a return in the US.
An interesting theory... however, twelve years ago I was investigating various ways of doing product promotions and had looked quite a bit at frequent flyer promotions. At the time I could buy frequent flyer miles at eight cents a piece (with substantial discounts for VERY large purchases), and generally they applied towards tickets in the ten cent per mile price. (25,000 frequent flier miles for a round trip ticket of approximately $2500 peak value -- the average seat cost being based on the highest available fare for that seat type)
At two million frequent flier miles for a $200k ticket, they gave him ten cents value a piece today, as well. I haven't looked, but I would guess the cost to buy miles hasn't changed either (or even kept pace with inflation). What has changed is discount airlines pulling prices down, so the disconnect between the price you're "paying" for FF miles and the vlaue you get back isn't as good since its trivial to find non-peak price seats on flights.
Seems to me someone probably said the aircraft needed to be bin laden, half the room started talking about european or african spaceships, and the other half called the Department of Homeland Security.
Somehow I doubt that someone's inability to use their laptop plugged in for a few hours would kill air travel. Thats just rediculous.
At worst, it would cost airlines a lot of money to retrofit ALL the seats (not just first/business) with power outlets. Voila! You want to use your laptop? Check the battery as deemed appropriate and plug the thing in. Suddenly you actually can make the whole flight, too, without the battery dying.
Plus any Walmart exec who says that ought to take a stroll through their stores. In fact Jobs should, too. They'd both notice the prices at Walmart are better, anyway.
Not to nitpick or lessen her contribution to the X-prize, but she was NOT a founder, she was the person who coughed up the money fairly close to the end to actually pay for the prize. I don't believe she had anything to do with founding it.
There's a reason for that... 1080i doesn't have a scan rate noticably higher than 480p (its 540P, basically).
Most CRT low end HD sets are exactly that, and they don't have the scan rate to do 720P.
They're great deals, though. I've had one in my bedroom for a couple years. Its nothing compared to my main set, but for the money, you can't beat 'em.
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Thats why I try not to move around too much, go out in the sun, or wear pants.
Any one of those could heat up my cells a little bit and give me cancer!
Its a lot tricker than it seems... You need to get the images to the user either pre-customized for them, or you have to have a way to take a generic VM and provision it for that end user automatically, including getting it joined as a unique machine into the enterprise domain. Add to that keeping that up to date, secure and making the virtualization experience end-user-friendly and a slew of other issues, its far easier to use a product that manages that for you than to DIY, unless you're doing it for a small number of fairly technical end users.
Its like anything related to desktop management -- you can of course do it on your own, but a tool can make it a lot easier and save a lot of time and money in the long run.
Disclaimer: I work for one of the companies building the competing products I think the AC was refering to.
Maybe webmasters should make their sites accessable to people that are unable to read as well....
Judging by the percentage of responses on Slashdot that clearly didn't RTFA, Taco and crew clearly have a future in ADA consulting!
Yesterday I attempted to upgrade my laptop from Dapper to Edgy.
Lets just say its good its a dual boot, and I'm posting from Windows.
The upgrade program kept fighting with the system, and I'm left unable to use X-windows realiably (it crashes randomly), wireless no longer works (so I can't update any packages or search the web for hints as to what went wrong).
Its going to take me hours to fix everything, I'm guessing. Its probably going to be faster to wipe it out and reinstall from scratch. They definitely blew it on the upgrade, though. (And this wasn't a hacked to hell Dapper install, it was pretty much out of the box)
Except of course all those updates are available and can be installed without Windows Update.
Nice conspiracy theory, though.
There wouldn't be any Canadian uproar, because I'm convinced they (on average) are a bit more intelligent than the sadly declining intellect in the US.
They know its BS, so no reason to get in an uproar. But apparently us Americans are too stupid to realize its BS and have our own uproar.
Of course, we've got better things to be having uproars about should the intellect make a return in the US.
And strangely, if you live in the middle of them, you want to move to Canada.
It all makes sense now.
Coal burning also releases more radioactivity into the atmosphere than all the nuclear accidents combined.
Its worth making clear as well that the Chernobyl design was a 50 year old one that was known to be risky. Modern designs are not.
Thing is , I think life evolved in a fairly benevolent enviroment
Yeah, and I think Shakira would have a great time spending a weekend naked with me, but I kind of suspect it might not be true....
McDonalds.
and it IS the FDA's job to catch it.
So what was your point again?
Wow, they've added that much content in the last six or seven years?
An interesting theory... however, twelve years ago I was investigating various ways of doing product promotions and had looked quite a bit at frequent flyer promotions. At the time I could buy frequent flyer miles at eight cents a piece (with substantial discounts for VERY large purchases), and generally they applied towards tickets in the ten cent per mile price. (25,000 frequent flier miles for a round trip ticket of approximately $2500 peak value -- the average seat cost being based on the highest available fare for that seat type)
At two million frequent flier miles for a $200k ticket, they gave him ten cents value a piece today, as well. I haven't looked, but I would guess the cost to buy miles hasn't changed either (or even kept pace with inflation). What has changed is discount airlines pulling prices down, so the disconnect between the price you're "paying" for FF miles and the vlaue you get back isn't as good since its trivial to find non-peak price seats on flights.
Seems to me someone probably said the aircraft needed to be bin laden, half the room started talking about european or african spaceships, and the other half called the Department of Homeland Security.
Probably just easier to leave them out.
360 controllers are wireless and rumble.
I get 20-30 hours of use out of a charge of batteries on them.
I'm shocked you don't know.
Maybe if you were reading instead of listening, you wouldn't have totally misinterpreted what they were saying.
Go back and read it again.
Somehow I doubt that someone's inability to use their laptop plugged in for a few hours would kill air travel. Thats just rediculous.
At worst, it would cost airlines a lot of money to retrofit ALL the seats (not just first/business) with power outlets. Voila! You want to use your laptop? Check the battery as deemed appropriate and plug the thing in. Suddenly you actually can make the whole flight, too, without the battery dying.
Plus any Walmart exec who says that ought to take a stroll through their stores. In fact Jobs should, too. They'd both notice the prices at Walmart are better, anyway.
Not to nitpick or lessen her contribution to the X-prize, but she was NOT a founder, she was the person who coughed up the money fairly close to the end to actually pay for the prize. I don't believe she had anything to do with founding it.
One would think.
;-)
And yet if I was the tech, with my luck TWO would be bad, and I wouldn't know until they were back on the damn plane.
Anyone care to guess how many times something similar has happened to me with cars?
Arctic ice is frozen saltwater.
There's a reason for that... 1080i doesn't have a scan rate noticably higher than 480p (its 540P, basically).
Most CRT low end HD sets are exactly that, and they don't have the scan rate to do 720P.
They're great deals, though. I've had one in my bedroom for a couple years. Its nothing compared to my main set, but for the money, you can't beat 'em.
Then who knows what multitude of ways it could be abused.
I don't know who is more dangerous
When is the last time you were directly threatened by a "islamofacist"?
Yup, me neither.
Gues we know the answer to that question, then.
Crap, I was about to moderate it "insightful", glad I read your reply first.