"Ever since I discovered HTML, it’s been my preferred format for writing. Every word of mine that’s gone into Linux Journal, since I started in 1996, has been written and delivered in HTML
Yes there's not a lot of profits. But so does the Energy wholesale. Welcome to the wholesale marketing world! Seriously though in this economy cash is king. Most big-named energy company knows this. With revolving debt or not they keep a handsome amount of cash on-hand from the revenue generated from stable but relatively thin margin business units.
It's not clear to me what you're smoking, but there is no relationship between the wholesale energy market and PCs. None. I guess it's the only two industries your TA discussed in your Freshman Economics 101 class?
Cash may be king, but you do not "keep a handsome amount" on hand by operating thin-margin businesses. That's kind of the whole point - thin-margin businesses don't throw off much cash.
So yeah. Perhaps they just have not learn the shift in paradigm properly and blame the shift as "bad", in reality they just don't know their stuff that's all.
Wow, impressive that you dared to talk about system updates with us...does Windows Update now also update the whole system including installed client applications?
No Linux distro does this - unless you limit yourself only to applications provided by that distro. Who does that? If you limit yourself to only to stuff that comes with Windows, then yes, it would update everything.
Does it maintain a complete repository of software, easy to install with just a handful of clicks?
Yes.
Does it cleanly remove installed software?
Yes.
Does it automatically pull in needed dependencies?
Yes.
No? Such a pity...come back when you've learned the difference between a "Package Management System" and "Windows Updates".
Look, I realize you just discovered Linux last week and now you want to trumpet its virtues loudly and feel superior - that's a pretty common reaction to people who've discovered new technologies. "Look at me, I use *LINUX* and I am superior!" Yeah, yeah - but when you get out of high school and go to work, you'll find lots of Windows out there, so you may want to at least understand your newfound enemy..particularly since I suspect you dual boot into it 99% of the time.
Linux's package management systems serve a completely different role than Windows Update, so your chest-thumping comparison is rather silly.
Oh, and while we're talking about clicking, you could just hit the big button which says "Install Updates Now" which will flash up from time to time...just saying...
Combine that with Google TV and other streaming services, and suddenly Google competes against Netflix...
Actually, suddenly you see even more returns. Logitech cut GTV boxes by 60% ($249 to $99) and returns on GTV boxes still outpace new sales. Most content producers have shut the door on GTV. Netflix and Hulu are not losing sleep.
The question I'd posit at this point is why? Why support a project that was already well on its way to being defunct fifteen years ago? Why support a project whose punchline was "Duke Nukem Forever"?
You're positing this question on a site where people get their rocks off writing httpd daemons in PostScript...
Oracle does things for one reason and one reason alone: to win by controlling the market. Beat the competition at all costs. That is the driving force of Larry Ellison and the mantra behind the company. Don't ever dream or wish with these guys - they don't operate that way. Example: Oracle will keep MySQL so long as it leads to sales of one sort or another. The same with all the other open source code that it controls. If it's too much hassle and shows no returns, goodbye.
Without getting into the whole Postgres vs MySQL thing, I'm not sure that XE and MySQL are so evenly matched. XE has artificial limits on database size
XE is an intro DB and really nothing more. It's really a product without an identity. Anyone who wants to use Oracle for training, lab, etc. just downloads the Enterprise Edition and uses it for free (which is fine, as long as you're using it in that role). Anyone who wants to spend money on a DB engine is going to buy one of the commercial engines because XE only supports 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 11GB of data.
SQL Server's Express DB is more robust. DB/2 Express is kind of the same. I forget Informix Express's terms. But really, they're all "whet your appetite" not "here's a product that meets a need you have".
I think your analysis is too simplistic. Oracle makes a ton of money from their apps as well. Oracle is more than just a database software company. Oracle bought Sun for MySQL, for Java, and for the hardware for their database machines (Exadata).
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"Ever since I discovered HTML, it’s been my preferred format for writing. Every word of mine that’s gone into Linux Journal, since I started in 1996, has been written and delivered in HTML
Um, Doc, the Linux Journal Author's Guide says "Articles must be sent as plain ASCII text".
Next up: Mozilla becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fox News empire after Google and other funding sources dry up.
I love that pseudorumor so much I am going to start spreading it.
HP has a software business? Besides bloatware on a new HP PC?
Seriously, name 5 software titles HP makes that a random computer user might know.
None. But lots that a business software buyer would know.
Name 5 software titles that Oracle and/or IBM sells that you know. They're the #1 and #2 software companies in the world.
EDS has actually done some pretty impressive work in a few areas especially when you consider where they had to start.
Sure, in 1975 they weren't that bad.
2011? It's like calling Linksys customer service.
I thought this as well. Why on earth would you stop doing something that, according to TFA, counts as 1/3 of your revenue.
Because you're not making enough money at it to justify the management headaches.
Yes there's not a lot of profits. But so does the Energy wholesale. Welcome to the wholesale marketing world! Seriously though in this economy cash is king. Most big-named energy company knows this. With revolving debt or not they keep a handsome amount of cash on-hand from the revenue generated from stable but relatively thin margin business units.
It's not clear to me what you're smoking, but there is no relationship between the wholesale energy market and PCs. None. I guess it's the only two industries your TA discussed in your Freshman Economics 101 class?
Cash may be king, but you do not "keep a handsome amount" on hand by operating thin-margin businesses. That's kind of the whole point - thin-margin businesses don't throw off much cash.
So yeah. Perhaps they just have not learn the shift in paradigm properly and blame the shift as "bad", in reality they just don't know their stuff that's all.
So yeah. Someone doesn't know his stuff here.
people talking about cooking
Gosh, that does sound fascinating.
Wow, impressive that you dared to talk about system updates with us...does Windows Update now also update the whole system including installed client applications?
No Linux distro does this - unless you limit yourself only to applications provided by that distro. Who does that? If you limit yourself to only to stuff that comes with Windows, then yes, it would update everything.
Does it maintain a complete repository of software, easy to install with just a handful of clicks?
Yes.
Does it cleanly remove installed software?
Yes.
Does it automatically pull in needed dependencies?
Yes.
No? Such a pity...come back when you've learned the difference between a "Package Management System" and "Windows Updates".
Look, I realize you just discovered Linux last week and now you want to trumpet its virtues loudly and feel superior - that's a pretty common reaction to people who've discovered new technologies. "Look at me, I use *LINUX* and I am superior!" Yeah, yeah - but when you get out of high school and go to work, you'll find lots of Windows out there, so you may want to at least understand your newfound enemy..particularly since I suspect you dual boot into it 99% of the time.
Linux's package management systems serve a completely different role than Windows Update, so your chest-thumping comparison is rather silly.
Oh, and while we're talking about clicking, you could just hit the big button which says "Install Updates Now" which will flash up from time to time...just saying...
Funny thing is that this makes the US about the only nation to practice taxation without representation.
Every nation practices taxation without representation. I had a layover at Charles de Gaulle airport and still payed the VAT.
First of all, anything they did after changing their name from Jefferson Airplane is downright impossible to listen to.
And anything before they changed the name was even worse.
Right about now, after the stock jumped after this announcement, I have just about broken even. Not bad for an 18 year investement.
Breaking even after 18 years is an insanely awful investment.
Combine that with Google TV and other streaming services, and suddenly Google competes against Netflix...
Actually, suddenly you see even more returns. Logitech cut GTV boxes by 60% ($249 to $99) and returns on GTV boxes still outpace new sales. Most content producers have shut the door on GTV. Netflix and Hulu are not losing sleep.
"Enterprise has never been (and I'll argue, shouldn't be) a focus of ours." -- Asa Dotzler
"You have the latest version" lies all the time like a cheap rug.
What do expensive rugs do?
That's really all you need to know. I wonder what their revenue deal with Slashdot is...
The question I'd posit at this point is why? Why support a project that was already well on its way to being defunct fifteen years ago? Why support a project whose punchline was "Duke Nukem Forever"?
You're positing this question on a site where people get their rocks off writing httpd daemons in PostScript...
Computing has moved onto mobile now
LOL...good one.
You got to hand it to them: These blackhat/lulz Hacker types sure do have some balls.
They're 14-year-olds. They barely have pubic hair and I'm not sure that all of them have a full set yet.
Anonymous has an agenda. That's fine.
It's the same agenda a 3-year-old has: "look at me! look at me!"
people and privacy rights come first.
'solving crimes' always comes second.
Unfortunately.
You, sir or madam, are missing the point. Source code alone is meaningless if you can't actually *use* it.
You made Donald Knuth cry, you big bully.
Oracle does things for one reason and one reason alone: to win by controlling the market. Beat the competition at all costs. That is the driving force of Larry Ellison and the mantra behind the company. Don't ever dream or wish with these guys - they don't operate that way. Example: Oracle will keep MySQL so long as it leads to sales of one sort or another. The same with all the other open source code that it controls. If it's too much hassle and shows no returns, goodbye.
s/Oracle/$any_business/g
Without getting into the whole Postgres vs MySQL thing, I'm not sure that XE and MySQL are so evenly matched. XE has artificial limits on database size
XE is an intro DB and really nothing more. It's really a product without an identity. Anyone who wants to use Oracle for training, lab, etc. just downloads the Enterprise Edition and uses it for free (which is fine, as long as you're using it in that role). Anyone who wants to spend money on a DB engine is going to buy one of the commercial engines because XE only supports 1 CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and 11GB of data.
SQL Server's Express DB is more robust. DB/2 Express is kind of the same. I forget Informix Express's terms. But really, they're all "whet your appetite" not "here's a product that meets a need you have".
I think your analysis is too simplistic. Oracle makes a ton of money from their apps as well. Oracle is more than just a database software company. Oracle bought Sun for MySQL, for Java, and for the hardware for their database machines (Exadata).
Hint: most junior high students communicate through facebook.
Fixed.