Lets forget the head start in development time that MS has, lets ignore that the propietary products you mention have been in the market longer.
But ignoring that a few years ago there was nothing and that now we have something whose only faults are lack of "polish and features", I would say is misinforemd to say the least.
In a few years more the open applications will be the ones dictating innnovation since they will not have the organizational and legal contstraints of the closed ones.
As a matter of fact it is happening to an extent, MS copied many of the features found in Firefox in their IE web browser for example. And they have to try to follo up closely standards because people are demanding proper rendering using CSS, something OSS browsers have been delivering for a while...
It is very simple. I don't recommed deals with companies with a dubious reputation.
Novell's one is tainted to say the least.
I don't know how some people function in the real world, but for the many posts I see here I get the perception that most people are not diligent when sreening their providers.
Well, that will come back to bite you, one way or another.
I'll not give away here the bits of anomity I have left on this site, but most of my posts should make abundantly clear that I am in a position to recommend and ocassionaly buy stuff, including Linux solutions.
I am not amused by the deal, if Novell wants to put a blind on their eyes with marketing bullshit, all the power to them, but there are clients and potential clients out there that are not pleased by this nonsense.
Those people getting jobs in India and China can now afford all kind of luxury items produced in western countries, which in turn generate jobs back there.
If you don;t want globalization all the power to you, but you can't have your cake and eat it. Stop outsorucing and then it is just fair stop US commapnies trading outside the US and foreing companies investing in same.
If it was as bad as you dream it was, companies would be flocking back to the US since that would give them a competitive advantage.
They aren't of course, because service is perfectly acceptable for the enormous majority of people, and the reputation of the outsourcing companies is bashed based on hearsay and exceptional anecdotes rather than the turth.
Add up all the savings you are making in cheap stuff produced elsewhere and you quickly will realize that if it was made in the US you could not afford it.
You benefitted from an economical anomaly for far too long.
The only thing people in rich countries have to do is to become more realistic about their consumption habits.
As somebody that has travelled extensively I can say the extravagant habits of people (both rich and "poor") in rich countries can't go unimpeded forever.
Those gas guzzling monsters you own, those houses that culd fit small african villages, all those gadgets (PS3 costs $500, woot!, that is half a years salary in many countries!) are putting you at a competitive disadvantage in a global market.
But markets are benign, for all your unsuferable whining about the poor US worker, many jobs are being generated by foreign companies investing in the US. If you do not want globalization, then those companies have got to go.
For globalization to be less harmful (it will "succeed", if by that you mean it is unstoppable) to rich countries some impoverishment is indeed required, that is competition for you. As a national of the country that has benefitted the most from capitalism, I think you could damn get used to it frankly.
We can disscuss economics without being specialists.
The post to which you replied is clearly describing instersection of curves and how each curve compares against each other once the intersection takes place.
The rampant anti-intellectualism in many western societies has to do with the hyperactive use of jargon in many fields of expertise.
To everybody sane and that knows a minimum of economics, the statemnt was clear and simple, qualities some people that have learnt a bit more than most in some fields should take as their own.
Hamas has said multiple occasions, in no uncertain terms, that they want the destruction of Israel.
If they are so willing to neogtiate peace, what the heck are they waiting for to recognize the right of Israel to exist? That is a step that would cost them nothing (except the support of fanatics) and would clearly state peaceful intent.
For goodness sakes, thses people act like if Ghandi, Mandela and Luther King have never existed.
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Lets forget the head start in development time that MS has, lets ignore that the propietary products you mention have been in the market longer.
But ignoring that a few years ago there was nothing and that now we have something whose only faults are lack of "polish and features", I would say is misinforemd to say the least.
In a few years more the open applications will be the ones dictating innnovation since they will not have the organizational and legal contstraints of the closed ones.
As a matter of fact it is happening to an extent, MS copied many of the features found in Firefox in their IE web browser for example. And they have to try to follo up closely standards because people are demanding proper rendering using CSS, something OSS browsers have been delivering for a while...
When are you going to stand up to the DRM nonsense?
Why do you need to threaten competitors with your patent portfolio instead of with services and innovations?
That is the size of the changes I want to see from MS. All other stuff is a sideshow, with respect to any Engineering work you may be doing.
You may be listening, but your bosses at the very top and their lawyers are more deaf than a stone.
.... is that they are crushing the competition by illegal and immoral means.
IF that is not evil, well, then what is it?
You buy a digibox that receives the digital signal and outputs an analog one.
In the UK you can find some that cost around $40.
It is very simple. I don't recommed deals with companies with a dubious reputation.
Novell's one is tainted to say the least.
I don't know how some people function in the real world, but for the many posts I see here I get the perception that most people are not diligent when sreening their providers.
Well, that will come back to bite you, one way or another.
... that it is not funny.
I'll not give away here the bits of anomity I have left on this site, but most of my posts should make abundantly clear that I am in a position to recommend and ocassionaly buy stuff, including Linux solutions.
I am not amused by the deal, if Novell wants to put a blind on their eyes with marketing bullshit, all the power to them, but there are clients and potential clients out there that are not pleased by this nonsense.
Somebody gave it to me as a present. So there genius.
I have not bought a single track from iTunes for example. You can't make DRM trendy and cool, no matter how you present it.
... and another very different is being deceitful and trying to cover your tracks.
In one situation we should be able to discern how the marketing is working and make informed decisions based on that.
In the other situation we are being manipulated and lied to.
If you can't see the difference you must work in marketing.
Those people getting jobs in India and China can now afford all kind of luxury items produced in western countries, which in turn generate jobs back there.
If you don;t want globalization all the power to you, but you can't have your cake and eat it. Stop outsorucing and then it is just fair stop US commapnies trading outside the US and foreing companies investing in same.
Have you dropped a sinble nuke the USSR would have sent you back to the sotne age.
And all of us. And them
Which is why the US did not do it in the first place.
People moving jobs mean they are free to do whatever they want, they no longer have to stay in a job that is not of their liking for whatever reason.
I fail to see how this is a bad development.
Shows us service is suffering.
If it was as bad as you dream it was, companies would be flocking back to the US since that would give them a competitive advantage.
They aren't of course, because service is perfectly acceptable for the enormous majority of people, and the reputation of the outsourcing companies is bashed based on hearsay and exceptional anecdotes rather than the turth.
So hat you are syinag is that an US company is not taking into account cultural differences, and wants people to work as people in another culture.
And they want this to be successful?
Yeah, lets blame those local employees, the bastards, they should know how to be USians.
Add up all the savings you are making in cheap stuff produced elsewhere and you quickly will realize that if it was made in the US you could not afford it.
You benefitted from an economical anomaly for far too long.
The only thing people in rich countries have to do is to become more realistic about their consumption habits.
As somebody that has travelled extensively I can say the extravagant habits of people (both rich and "poor") in rich countries can't go unimpeded forever.
Those gas guzzling monsters you own, those houses that culd fit small african villages, all those gadgets (PS3 costs $500, woot!, that is half a years salary in many countries!) are putting you at a competitive disadvantage in a global market.
But markets are benign, for all your unsuferable whining about the poor US worker, many jobs are being generated by foreign companies investing in the US. If you do not want globalization, then those companies have got to go.
For globalization to be less harmful (it will "succeed", if by that you mean it is unstoppable) to rich countries some impoverishment is indeed required, that is competition for you. As a national of the country that has benefitted the most from capitalism, I think you could damn get used to it frankly.
We can disscuss economics without being specialists.
The post to which you replied is clearly describing instersection of curves and how each curve compares against each other once the intersection takes place.
The rampant anti-intellectualism in many western societies has to do with the hyperactive use of jargon in many fields of expertise.
To everybody sane and that knows a minimum of economics, the statemnt was clear and simple, qualities some people that have learnt a bit more than most in some fields should take as their own.
..., do you?
Wow, bloody insightful.
Honestly, since when children dictate the rules of the house?
I want to rip your heart out of your chest, your head on a plate and throw the rest to the jaguars.
Chiste, ni que chiste.
Your source of valuable information are drunk Germans.
Way to go buddy, waaay to go.
I hope you enjoy doing it.
Look it up in a map buddy.
War is not fought for its own sake. It is not a football game.
War is fought in order to achieve political objectives.
After the Vietnam war has ended all of North Vietnam objectives have been achieved and non of the US's had.
Now tell me, who won that war again?
Hamas has said multiple occasions, in no uncertain terms, that they want the destruction of Israel.
If they are so willing to neogtiate peace, what the heck are they waiting for to recognize the right of Israel to exist? That is a step that would cost them nothing (except the support of fanatics) and would clearly state peaceful intent.
For goodness sakes, thses people act like if Ghandi, Mandela and Luther King have never existed.