If I want a Palm, I'll buy a Palm, if I want an Mp3 player, I'll buy an Mp3 Player.
Also, the markets for the two don't really converge. Most PDAs are used by executives, who for the most part have no intrest in Mp3s, and thus aren't willing to pay the extrea $$$.
It's damn hard to break even doing freebies. My site CoasterCount.com offers a free service to roller coaster enthusiasts. The web hosting runs me about $30 a month, and I *just* barely make that back in advertising. Any service that has actual overhead and material costs is NOT going to break even, because generally it is now possible to make about.2c per add view. If your expenses thus exceed about 1 penny per customer visit, you can toss your dreams of any providing it at cost out the window.
I see a few possible reactions to this from the big Fruit.
A: Release a firmware update that doesn't allow the system to run with altered files. So as soon as you actually install anything it stops running.
B: Releases new 'Granny Smith' kernel that leads to loss of memory and preformance.
Intresting point.
I'd say mostly the free software is to promote the pay software in the Microsoft case. If there were no Windows, there would be no IE.
Free software doesn't pay......
Now, before you mod me as troll, think for a minute. If you're giving something away, and expecting to make it back in support, that might sound decent at first. However, I see several inherent flaws in this.
A: It discourages functional product design. After all, if it's so easy to use, who needs support or expensive docs?
B: It's target: Linux users, probably the most, as a whole, talented group of O/S users. Again, that's gonna hurt your support.
C: It won't fly with coporate America. The suits see things only in terms of money. No cost = No value.
Just ponder those points for a bit....
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This sounds VERY expensive, plus I imagine it would need a special graphics card.
He wanted to know how on earth we could ever be a going business if we gave away our content for free"
User looks at address bar.
slate.msn.com
I wonder how?
Hmm, HAL 9000 anyone?
...CD-RW would be a bit more appropriate?
For all people talk, do any active net users really take offense at all that much? That's going to be the key to this. I just don't see it working.
...you'd better be ready when it's gets get off behind you..... If the companies are that stupid, they DESERVE what they get.
If I want a Palm, I'll buy a Palm, if I want an Mp3 player, I'll buy an Mp3 Player.
Also, the markets for the two don't really converge. Most PDAs are used by executives, who for the most part have no intrest in Mp3s, and thus aren't willing to pay the extrea $$$.
Thanks for the compliments.
or brick-and-mortar companies who are using the internet as an extension of themselves - kind of like an online catalog store.
Luckily I am employed by one such company...
It's damn hard to break even doing freebies. My site CoasterCount.com offers a free service to roller coaster enthusiasts. The web hosting runs me about $30 a month, and I *just* barely make that back in advertising. Any service that has actual overhead and material costs is NOT going to break even, because generally it is now possible to make about .2c per add view. If your expenses thus exceed about 1 penny per customer visit, you can toss your dreams of any providing it at cost out the window.
It'll only be used for pr0n anyway
The number of idiots using computers is directly proportionate to the number of AOL CDs
I see a few possible reactions to this from the big Fruit. A: Release a firmware update that doesn't allow the system to run with altered files. So as soon as you actually install anything it stops running. B: Releases new 'Granny Smith' kernel that leads to loss of memory and preformance.
Intresting point. I'd say mostly the free software is to promote the pay software in the Microsoft case. If there were no Windows, there would be no IE.
Free software doesn't pay...... Now, before you mod me as troll, think for a minute. If you're giving something away, and expecting to make it back in support, that might sound decent at first. However, I see several inherent flaws in this. A: It discourages functional product design. After all, if it's so easy to use, who needs support or expensive docs? B: It's target: Linux users, probably the most, as a whole, talented group of O/S users. Again, that's gonna hurt your support. C: It won't fly with coporate America. The suits see things only in terms of money. No cost = No value. Just ponder those points for a bit....
Now people will be able to last bass-drenched Hip Hop crap in even MORE ways with even lower quality...
is something being pushed by M$ on a .org??
640k, is, obiviously, bollucks. At this rate, 'Pocket PCs' are gonna need cooling fans and A/C power soon..
Books on tape mp3? Even using 32KBS encoding, that's only enough for about 4 hours. Most books on tape are a lot longer than that.
A handheld doesn't NEED 64MB of RAM. That's just a coverup for poor programming!
Keep one public account, to sign up for websites and the like. and then have one you just give to your friends/co-workers/family, etc
I'll admit I'm no network engineer, but why not just add another byte to IP adresses? That would increase by a factor of 255 the available IP addys.
Just go fuck a goat
At least I have the courage and integrity not to hide behind a shield of anonimity.
Actually, both the Steam Locomotive and the railroad track were developed in Great Britain.
This brings up some very intresting issues. The soulution is obious: BOYCOTT!