I disagree with notion that Geeks should teach Geeks. Its been said a few times already in the postings but the vast majority of geeks may have the skills, but not the skills to teach the skills!
With the dot-com shakeout behind us, most training centers that havent folded probably kept the best trainers. At least one can hope!
One day I'll go to a training class again and can give one more unscientific data point to verify that.:)
They helped ecommerce along too. For-pay porn, adult entertainment, and related products were well-established in the online world before the rest of the world caught up.
Of course, ecommerce would have happened without them, but they were the trailblazers.
The article about the "Family" license allowing you to install one copy on up to five machines can be found here...
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I'm not sure which is funnier...
The inadvertant mistake in my haiku above, or the resulting moderation carnage that ensued when someone decided to flame me over it using their +2 bonus and got flamed themself, so on and so forth. Phew.
Slashdot, always entertaining!:)
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and next month we'll see....
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new encryption scheme baby oops i cracked it again
more britney copies!
It is indeed refreshing to see that a Linux-based software company is making quality applications, and more importantly, making money.
The other thing I enjoyed seeing is that they are starting to get their products into retail stores and that Linux and Windows versions are "one box, one price", allowing people to migrate between the two and keep the app they paid for. Nice!:)
Hopefully they keep up the good work, come out with some very nice apps and make the transition to Linux that much easier.
Maybe they should come up with a QT Office suite (KOffice?) with for-pay MS Word filters and then migrate people over to Linux cause their software will still run.:) It'd be cheaper than MS Office, and still read the documents they need to read *and* run on Linux!:)
Linux users would be one group to target but theres such a small percentage of us, I'm not sure its worth it for Apple to pursue.
It'd sure be nice though if the two main unix desktop environments "just worked". Right now, GNOME is a configuration nightmare and KDE ships with a broken browser among other quirks. OSX is a godsend compared to the two of them.
Apple's doing right by targetting Windows users who want stuff to "just work" compared to Linux users who dont mind tinkering a bit. Lets not second guess them.:)
Oh for christs sake, this was close enough to topic given todays stories with attacking the RIAA, cloning large animals, and steganography which has at least a partial role in this story.
*YES* *I* *AM* still running Linux, regardless of how many proprietary modules I load in. Whether or not the kernel maintainers want to support anyone is their business, since they are working for free certainly they arent obligated to support anyone.
If someone loads their nvidia drivers in Windows, are they not still running Windows?
Poor understandnig of XUL or not, if it doesn't feel like a Windows application, then it just *doesnt* feel like a Windows application. I agree with the author's opinion on that. I am a happy mozilla user at home on my Linux box, but I am not about to switch IE to Mozilla on my windows machine here at work, theres really no reason aside from maybe curtailing javascript annoyances (popups, resizes, etc)
Re-read the post you replied to. I dont think he said that the cards didnt work, just that ATI doesnt offer Linux drivers for them (someone else had to make them) and they dont perform as well as the windows drivers ATI provides. nVidia on the other hand offers Linux drivers for their cards that perform as well as their Windows drivers.
Well, sure you are right about the transferring of data. But most people have a cd burner or a friend/kid who can assist them.
I meant more along the lines that the users can do the same things they have done all along on their PCs, namely write papers, listen to music, and surf the web. I didnt specify games, because the hard-core gaming market is not Apple's target, but the average user likes games too and for them, theres plenty of good games for OSX.
The mac is more of an appliance than a PC. Apple makes it very easy for people to do things like record music and movies to and from their computer than any PC operating system. Plus what I said about the three things the average person uses their computer for. Those are the users Apple is trying to get and they would be well-served with an Apple solution.
Now that wont matter much to a Windows-using game-player as yourself (I'm only guessing since you said in another post you run XP and you just mentioned games in the parent to this post) nor would it matter to anyone who uses Linux.
But to someone who wants a very painlessly easy to use system theres Apple. If you're willing to pony up a couple extra bucks, you'll get a solid system that just works. XP is a lot closer to there than any previous incarnation of Windows but I think Apple is already there, so maybe your other post isnt as far off the mark as I originally thought.
I still think its a good effort though and they'll get a few more users out of it.
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I disagree with notion that Geeks should teach Geeks. Its been said a few times already in the postings but the vast majority of geeks may have the skills, but not the skills to teach the skills!
:)
With the dot-com shakeout behind us, most training centers that havent folded probably kept the best trainers. At least one can hope!
One day I'll go to a training class again and can give one more unscientific data point to verify that.
siri
Hopefuly they arent highering on teh stellar spelling skills you have and your great grasp on teh use of apostrophe's.
siri
They helped ecommerce along too. For-pay porn, adult entertainment, and related products were well-established in the online world before the rest of the world caught up.
Of course, ecommerce would have happened without them, but they were the trailblazers.
siri
Yes, but gripes aside about how open their drivers are, The Geforce2 kicked the crap out of any Voodoo card. nvidia's dominance continues today.
nVidia did the right thing burying an inferior product line and buying 3dfx for their IP.
siri
The article about the "Family" license allowing you to install one copy on up to five machines can be found here...
siri
I'm not sure which is funnier...
:)
The inadvertant mistake in my haiku above, or the resulting moderation carnage that ensued when someone decided to flame me over it using their +2 bonus and got flamed themself, so on and so forth. Phew.
Slashdot, always entertaining!
siri
new encryption scheme
baby oops i cracked it again
more britney copies!
siri
It is indeed refreshing to see that a Linux-based software company is making quality applications, and more importantly, making money.
The other thing I enjoyed seeing is that they are starting to get their products into retail stores and that Linux and Windows versions are "one box, one price", allowing people to migrate between the two and keep the app they paid for. Nice!
Hopefully they keep up the good work, come out with some very nice apps and make the transition to Linux that much easier.
Maybe they should come up with a QT Office suite (KOffice?) with for-pay MS Word filters and then migrate people over to Linux cause their software will still run.
siri
Linux users would be one group to target but theres such a small percentage of us, I'm not sure its worth it for Apple to pursue.
:)
It'd sure be nice though if the two main unix desktop environments "just worked". Right now, GNOME is a configuration nightmare and KDE ships with a broken browser among other quirks. OSX is a godsend compared to the two of them.
Apple's doing right by targetting Windows users who want stuff to "just work" compared to Linux users who dont mind tinkering a bit. Lets not second guess them.
siri
What are you talking about? Theres no redirect at all in there, let alone a porno redirect. I suppose thats why you posted as an AC.
siri
Yes, it still sends data back to earth. Here is a evry short blurb confirming this. :)
siri
Oh for christs sake, this was close enough to topic given todays stories with attacking the RIAA, cloning large animals, and steganography which has at least a partial role in this story.
Get a grip moderators.
siri
Let's clone a steganosaurus and attack the RIAA!!
siri
I bet he comes up with a lame answer like "IIS".
The AC above was right, theres nothing that touches apache these days for a web server. I dont see a "configuration nightmare".
siri
*LAUGH* Thats the funniest thing I've read all week!
siri
There's a dumbass born every minute.
My girlfriend's mother gets tapes of new shows from Neilsen and reviews them. I watched one with them a couple weeks ago.
siri
*YES* *I* *AM* still running Linux, regardless of how many proprietary modules I load in. Whether or not the kernel maintainers want to support anyone is their business, since they are working for free certainly they arent obligated to support anyone.
If someone loads their nvidia drivers in Windows, are they not still running Windows?
siri
Why? Name *one* good reason why I or anyone else would choose the Netscape-branded over Mozilla, other than the Netscape brand name.
:)
I'm interested in hearing this.
siri
Poor understandnig of XUL or not, if it doesn't feel like a Windows application, then it just *doesnt* feel like a Windows application. I agree with the author's opinion on that. I am a happy mozilla user at home on my Linux box, but I am not about to switch IE to Mozilla on my windows machine here at work, theres really no reason aside from maybe curtailing javascript annoyances (popups, resizes, etc)
siri
Re-read the post you replied to. I dont think he said that the cards didnt work, just that ATI doesnt offer Linux drivers for them (someone else had to make them) and they dont perform as well as the windows drivers ATI provides. nVidia on the other hand offers Linux drivers for their cards that perform as well as their Windows drivers.
siri
I'll be happy if they send the rest of N*Sync into space. Maybe send them to the dark side of the moon and, er, mission aborted.
oops
siri
Well, sure you are right about the transferring of data. But most people have a cd burner or a friend/kid who can assist them.
I meant more along the lines that the users can do the same things they have done all along on their PCs, namely write papers, listen to music, and surf the web. I didnt specify games, because the hard-core gaming market is not Apple's target, but the average user likes games too and for them, theres plenty of good games for OSX.
siri
I never claimed Mac hardware was any cheaper. :)
The mac is more of an appliance than a PC. Apple makes it very easy for people to do things like record music and movies to and from their computer than any PC operating system. Plus what I said about the three things the average person uses their computer for. Those are the users Apple is trying to get and they would be well-served with an Apple solution.
Now that wont matter much to a Windows-using game-player as yourself (I'm only guessing since you said in another post you run XP and you just mentioned games in the parent to this post) nor would it matter to anyone who uses Linux.
But to someone who wants a very painlessly easy to use system theres Apple. If you're willing to pony up a couple extra bucks, you'll get a solid system that just works. XP is a lot closer to there than any previous incarnation of Windows but I think Apple is already there, so maybe your other post isnt as far off the mark as I originally thought.
I still think its a good effort though and they'll get a few more users out of it.
siri
I disagree. Switching to Mac would be painless for almost all users. This has nothing to do with anyone who runs Linux.
For the *average user*:
You can still read and write your Microsoft Office documents.
You can still play your MP3 files.
You can still go to all the same websites with your Internet Explorer.
Those three things alone make it easy for the average user to switch from Windows to Mac.
siri