This is what I thought too. Basically subby listed off the feature set for Exchange Online + Office 365. Good option for a small startup if you need to scale quickly or bring in temporary workers.
The Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution states that, when there is a conflict, Federal law always trumps State law. So these measures are a nice gesture but ultimately useless.
Too bad, I agree with them in principle, just not in execution.
Yes they can. They can regulate businesses within the state. They can't decide that Federal currency has no value, but they can definitely regulate record-keeping (which is what this is about).
With the elimination of the XServe and now the simplifying of Lion Server, it's clear that Apple has decided to choose a different vector for their server business. To me it seems they are now focused on the SOHO market where the users administer the network and there is no IT department (obviously another reason why IT professionals REALLY do not like Lion Server). This is a very Apple thing to do: turn something complicated into something almost anyone can do. I would not be surprised if they ended up making more money with this approach than they did with the XServe approach - this way has a significantly broader base.
I would never have considered using OS X Server at home before but I an now thinking about using my current Mini for a home server after I upgrade to a new machine because it now seems doable and worthwhile to me.
the narcissists who have to tell everyone that they don't use Facebook, don't have an iPhone, don't have a TV, whatever. They just want people to think they are cool too.
Where does this expectation come from? You pay for cable but still watch ads. You buy a movie ticket but still watch ads and previews. You buy magazines and newspapers that are mostly ads.
Would you pay $30 per month with no ads instead of $10 per month with ads?
This has to be trafficking in stolen goods at a minimum, no? You could make an argument for industrial espionage too. This could get even more interesting if charges are filed. IANAL
I haven't seen a lot of netbooks in the wild, but almost every time I have the user was a woman. The small size and weight of a netbook is an important feature to women. Executives and managers whose primary job functions relate to planning, travel and communication might also like the smaller size and weight.
As for the alleged Apple touch-screen netbook, I would think this is more of a large-screened, clamshell iPhone rather than a small Macbook. I would guess that it would even run the iPhone version of OS X. The Mac OS interface is not designed for touch input.
Don't be fooled by the looks. I've used iBank and it's not up to par. I abandoned it and went back to using Quicken. iBank's appeal is ALL in the looks, but when it came to actually managing financial data, iBank was buggy and could not display accurate results, especially data that was imported from Quicken.
Congratulations to the OOo team on (finally) getting an Aqua interface running on Mac OS X. This is a great leap forward for the project and I predict will grow the project significantly in both user base and contributors.
So your whole business model is really based on the concept that your product has no intrinsic value. The act of selling music is the only thing that carries value, not the talent and effort that went into producing it?
I'm sure there are plenty of nerdy tools to monitor temp, humidity, etc., just don't use them in place of human beings. You should still loan a set of keys to someone you trust to check it every few days. Sensors and software don't have intelligence to understand what's happening or anticipate a problem before it happens (such as an ice storm knocking out your power, leading to other failures, etc.)
Well, in my opinion they look like a-holes now because they didn't have enough units ready at the ship date to meet the obvious demand. If you sell out 200,000 units the first day at $1200 a piece, but as part of your marketing announce that that's only the "early" pricing, then everyone else who buys once in a month at $700 thinks they're getting a good deal. That's managing demand. It also doesn't piss off your resellers who are having freakin' riots in the parking lot.
With consumer electronics, the marketing is everything. If you present it correctly, the customers will buy into any pricing scheme you want. Everyone knows the price will drop over time anyway, just as it did with the PS2.
The real problem with the PS3 was that Sony underpriced them. Yes, I meant to say underpriced. With the pent-up demand, they should have slapped a "First Edition" sticker on the initial shipment and sold them for $1200. They still would have sold out, but people would be much less upset at not getting one if they could never had afforded them anyway.
Then ship a million of them in December at the regular price. Why is Sony taking a loss on this first shipment when they don't have to? All they're doing is giving away the margin that resellers are making on eBay.
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This is what I thought too. Basically subby listed off the feature set for Exchange Online + Office 365. Good option for a small startup if you need to scale quickly or bring in temporary workers.
The Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution states that, when there is a conflict, Federal law always trumps State law. So these measures are a nice gesture but ultimately useless. Too bad, I agree with them in principle, just not in execution.
The dealer writes you a check, you cash the check, you have cash. The dealer just can't hand you the cash. That's all this is.
Yes they can. They can regulate businesses within the state. They can't decide that Federal currency has no value, but they can definitely regulate record-keeping (which is what this is about).
With the elimination of the XServe and now the simplifying of Lion Server, it's clear that Apple has decided to choose a different vector for their server business. To me it seems they are now focused on the SOHO market where the users administer the network and there is no IT department (obviously another reason why IT professionals REALLY do not like Lion Server). This is a very Apple thing to do: turn something complicated into something almost anyone can do. I would not be surprised if they ended up making more money with this approach than they did with the XServe approach - this way has a significantly broader base.
I would never have considered using OS X Server at home before but I an now thinking about using my current Mini for a home server after I upgrade to a new machine because it now seems doable and worthwhile to me.
He also directed the understated and underrated (IMO) Never Say Never Again.
the narcissists who have to tell everyone that they don't use Facebook, don't have an iPhone, don't have a TV, whatever. They just want people to think they are cool too.
Where does this expectation come from? You pay for cable but still watch ads. You buy a movie ticket but still watch ads and previews. You buy magazines and newspapers that are mostly ads. Would you pay $30 per month with no ads instead of $10 per month with ads?
Just because you want to buy it doesn't mean Apple is obligated to sell it.
This has to be trafficking in stolen goods at a minimum, no? You could make an argument for industrial espionage too. This could get even more interesting if charges are filed. IANAL
....according to a team of hairy, geeky researchers. Nice try, guys.
No sooner do you come out of beta than ....
What, make a profit?
I haven't seen a lot of netbooks in the wild, but almost every time I have the user was a woman. The small size and weight of a netbook is an important feature to women. Executives and managers whose primary job functions relate to planning, travel and communication might also like the smaller size and weight. As for the alleged Apple touch-screen netbook, I would think this is more of a large-screened, clamshell iPhone rather than a small Macbook. I would guess that it would even run the iPhone version of OS X. The Mac OS interface is not designed for touch input.
Don't be fooled by the looks. I've used iBank and it's not up to par. I abandoned it and went back to using Quicken. iBank's appeal is ALL in the looks, but when it came to actually managing financial data, iBank was buggy and could not display accurate results, especially data that was imported from Quicken.
Congratulations to the OOo team on (finally) getting an Aqua interface running on Mac OS X. This is a great leap forward for the project and I predict will grow the project significantly in both user base and contributors.
- Tell TSA whiteshirts to "work faster"
- Add more lanes
- Actually use all the lanes you already have
Boom. Where's my $500,000 ?So your whole business model is really based on the concept that your product has no intrinsic value. The act of selling music is the only thing that carries value, not the talent and effort that went into producing it?
Weighs nothing in space. But seven suits for the crew is 2100 lbs. that they have to get off the launch pad.
Unless they have smarter astrophysicists.
I'm sure there are plenty of nerdy tools to monitor temp, humidity, etc., just don't use them in place of human beings. You should still loan a set of keys to someone you trust to check it every few days. Sensors and software don't have intelligence to understand what's happening or anticipate a problem before it happens (such as an ice storm knocking out your power, leading to other failures, etc.)
With consumer electronics, the marketing is everything. If you present it correctly, the customers will buy into any pricing scheme you want. Everyone knows the price will drop over time anyway, just as it did with the PS2.
Then ship a million of them in December at the regular price. Why is Sony taking a loss on this first shipment when they don't have to? All they're doing is giving away the margin that resellers are making on eBay.
Not the Americans dubbed in Japanese - these are Japanese actors doing the same shtick. Hi-larious.