Microsoft is going to have to "support" WP7 for a long time. They had to throw a wad of cash at Nokia, and now that the other manufacturers know that Microsoft paid Nokia to opt for WP7, they're going to have their hands out too.
Simple, undeniable fact: It's not like Microsoft is a new entry in the phone market either - they started with the Pocket PC 2000 Phone Edition. After more than a decade, they're #5 in the ranks, in the single digits. That's a far cry from 23% of the market in 2004.
Who's going to develop for the #5 platform?
Microsoft has been in tablets for almost 2 decades - they released Windows for Pen Computing in 1992. Gates did a demo of a Microsoft tablet PC at Comdex in 2001. So why did Apple totally crush Microsoft? Any why is everyone releasing Android-based tablets?
More important - how long before there are more tablets being sold every year than there are PCs? 2014 at the outside. People don't like desktops - it's why laptops have been outselling them for years. Tablets, and the final killing of XP, will render the desktop as the #4 platform, behind smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
And with fewer desktops, fewer licenses for MS-Office. THAT is going to hurt. And once that starts to drop, there goes vendor lock-in.
And while we're at it, let's not ignore webOS - HP's attempt to offer phones, tablets, laptops and computers that all run an OS that doesn't come from Microsoft.
I remember sending Network Solutions $145 just to register ONE domain back in January of 1996. And it took weeks to process.
Contrast that to $8 today, and same-day propagation.
Demonstrating that an alternate DNS system was even possible was important. If NetSol had continued with their monopoly, we'd probably be paying $500 a domain today.
In terms of absolute numbers, the amount of windows phone returns is low... because almost nobody is buying them. Microsoft won't release activation numbers, just "sales to retailers", and even those are grim. Couple in that they had to pay Nokia big bucks to keep them from adopting Android (and that the first Nokia WP7 phones will only be out in 2012), and it's the next of kin of the KIN.
So let's see... smartphones now outsell pcs, and Androids are outselling even iPhones... Microsoft is a rounding error. Tablets will be a repeat.
Padded with power here they come
International loan sharks backed by the guns
Of market hungry military profiteers
Whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared
With the blood of the poor
Who rob life of its quality
Who render rage a necessity
By turning countries into labour camps
Modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom
Sinister cynical instrument
Who makes the gun into a sacrament --
The only response to the deification
Of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations'
Idolatry of ideology
North South East West
Kill the best and buy the rest
It's just spend a buck to make a buck
You don't really give a flying fuck
About the people in misery
IMF dirty MF
Takes away everything it can get
Always making certain that there's one thing left
Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt
See the paid-off local bottom feeders
Passing themselves off as leaders
Kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows
Open for business like a cheap bordello
And they call it democracy
And they call it democracy
And they call it democracy
And they call it democracy
See the loaded eyes of the children too
Trying to make the best of it the way kids do
One day you're going to rise from your habitual feast
To find yourself staring down the throat of the beast
They call the revolution
IMF dirty MF Takes away everything it can get
Always making certain that there's one thing left
Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt.....
The poor sales were verified by one of Microsoft's WP7 partners - LG Electronics. Since Microsoft won't release the actual figures (because they really ARE that bad), we have to use what's out there.
Ballmer has said that the mobile phone industry needs WP7 because it needs a 3rd option. WP7 isn't 3rd, or even 4th, in terms of sales. 3% is 5th place, and a drop from the previous year's market share of almost 7%.
Why do you think that Microsoft had to pay Nokia so much to get on board?
So, since Microsoft won't release hard numbers, we have to go with what we can find elsewhere; the fact that Microsoft doesn't want to talk about activations and return numbers is a good indicator that the anecdotal evidence is, if not 100% accurate, at least in the ballpark.
Of course, if your product only had lost 50% market share in the last year, and was down to 3%, and Android in the same time went from 2% to #1, you wouldn't want to give out the real numbers either.
the update had bricked his Samsung Omnia 7. 'We're very sorry for the inconvenience,' Microsoft responded on Twitter. 'For this issue we would suggest taking it to a store.'"
After all, that's where the Returns counter is, right?
According to some comments on the mini microsoft blog, between 50% and 80% of what few WP7 phones are being bought end up being returned, so take a number, and get in line...
Anyone else remember, a few years ago, how there were web sites that offered, for something like $50, a copy of OpenOffice?
Now this isn't to say that it's wrong to sell GPL software - even RMS and the GPL v3 licenses say that you can sell it for whatever you can get for it - but that anyone else is free to do the same with the copy you sell them, so the price quickly drops to zero.
You may charge any price or no price for each copy that you convey, and you may offer support or warranty protection for a fee.
They're doing the "sucker born every minute" thing.
one of the most surprising results shows that one in 10 IT professionals admit they have accounts from previous jobs, from which they can still access systems even though they've left the organization.
I suspect it's higher. People quit because they're dissatisfied, and they have options. Which means that those who stay behind are generally those who have fewer options, and now even more work. How likely are they going to be even thinking about changing passwords?
Just this morning I got another set of auto-emailed warning messages from a server where I used to work - and yes, I told them to take me off the list and change the passwords. Since I'm still on the list, how much you want to bet they don't even know how to change a password?
Interesting. Can you cite any sources that support your claim that investing in Facebook does not pay off?
Try the reverse. Try to find any facebook success stories that didn't involve either massive amounts of money or an already-existing brand. Facebook is simply a time-waster. When's the last time you bought a good or service because of someone's facebook presence? Or because they had oodles of fans? Or because 10 people liked it? It's a waste of time for small and medium-sized businesses, and large businesses don't need it.
...the more Slashdot friends you have, the more likely you are to feel stressed out by the site.
Lets see, more than 100 freaks, more than 500 friends... but they don't cause me stress. For most of us, it's more likely the b0rkenst0cked-out perl code and "site redesigns" that break things on a regular basis that are good for getting the natives restless...
That and "come on guys, can't you at least proof-read a teeny tiny bit before posting the next story?" At least the number of dupes, trifectas (and even posting the same story SIX times the same week) seem to be down...
It's not just individuals. Same story goes for businesses.
A lot of the people on facebook are there trying to promote some business or other. The sad part is, if you add up all the time invested, you see that the return is ALWAYS negative. Unless you already have a brand, you're not going to "create a brand" on facebook. So you have all these self-proclaimed "social media gurus" generally claiming that they can "promote your brand", and people buy into it because, just like individuals, they're afraid that if they don't, they'll miss something. "Everyone else is doing it, so it must be working for them..."
Of course, the only thing they're missing is that It's all thin gruel.
If you're a business, you WANT your competitors to be investing time and energy in facebook. Not only does it make it easy to "stalk" your competition, but the time and money they're wasting there are resources diverted from elsewhere.
Keep it up - when you're attacking me, that's time you're not spending attacking someone else. Of course, the fact that you feel you need to attack me because I make fun of your 15-year-old shareware hosts file that does not protect computers is besides the point.
And no, on a really hosed system, windows recovery console cannot delete certain files, which is why every windows user should know someone who can recover their crap by either booting into linux, or yanking their drive and recovering their data.
When's the last time any linux user had to use windows to recover their linux partitions? Windows is crippleware.
Well, looks like I've got more experience than you. And not writing shareware, but paid to write software... including a 3-year project writing 3 different servers in c for bsd and linux because the original 5-man team couldn't hack it, and neither could their replacements.
tomhudson != barbarahudson tom, in case you didn't realize it. If you had any balls, you wouldn't post your momma's software company, but instead, one of your own (and, you can't). Hilarious! apk
My mother has been dead for more than a decade, you insensitive clod. Seriously. And she never had anything to do with computers.
If you had checked my profile, you would have noticed what t.o.m. stands for. Oh wait, you can't - you can't log in. Oh well, guess you'll never know. In the meantime, why not google for barbara hudson open source linux - here's the first link. Read the story lead. Now scroll down and read the paragraph that begins "'I Just Hope OraKill Doesn't Buy Novell'.
The question of windows placing locks on files is irrelevant if you've booted into linux. You can delete ANY file, even ones that windows can no longer delete because the naming semantics are messed up.
Second, all recent linux distros are able to mount windows file systems, BUT not everyone has a recent distro. All recent distros CAN delete NTFS files, but some only as root.
But real server admins flat-out refuse to run windows for anything critical.
Award-winning software? Come on, I've been paid to write servers, database applications, point-of-sale system software and all sorts of other stuff for... well, let's just say a long time.
You obviously never checked my profile. "tom" doesn't stand for what you think it does.
APK, you're very childish. That's why nobody takes you seriously. And now that today's software release is done, I'm going to finish my wine and watch some TV.
Just google barbara hudson linux or barbara hudson open source. You'll get hundreds of thousands of links - fresh links, not like your stale junk.
And that's my limit for today, since I have laundry to do, and I have to walk my dogs and make supper. I guess it's time to set the filter back to +1 or greater for another week.:-p
You haven't received any mentions in the news in a decade. And those old ones, talking about a hosts file that was used to "secure" Windows 95, as a serious line of defense is really, really behind the times.
Which is why you have to post anonymously so often - every troll account you create gets burned.
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Simple, undeniable fact: It's not like Microsoft is a new entry in the phone market either - they started with the Pocket PC 2000 Phone Edition. After more than a decade, they're #5 in the ranks, in the single digits. That's a far cry from 23% of the market in 2004.
Who's going to develop for the #5 platform?
Microsoft has been in tablets for almost 2 decades - they released Windows for Pen Computing in 1992. Gates did a demo of a Microsoft tablet PC at Comdex in 2001. So why did Apple totally crush Microsoft? Any why is everyone releasing Android-based tablets?
More important - how long before there are more tablets being sold every year than there are PCs? 2014 at the outside. People don't like desktops - it's why laptops have been outselling them for years. Tablets, and the final killing of XP, will render the desktop as the #4 platform, behind smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
And with fewer desktops, fewer licenses for MS-Office. THAT is going to hurt. And once that starts to drop, there goes vendor lock-in.
And while we're at it, let's not ignore webOS - HP's attempt to offer phones, tablets, laptops and computers that all run an OS that doesn't come from Microsoft.
There's going to be a lot more chair-throwing ...
Contrast that to $8 today, and same-day propagation.
Demonstrating that an alternate DNS system was even possible was important. If NetSol had continued with their monopoly, we'd probably be paying $500 a domain today.
So let's see ... smartphones now outsell pcs, and Androids are outselling even iPhones ... Microsoft is a rounding error. Tablets will be a repeat.
Padded with power here they come
International loan sharks backed by the guns
Of market hungry military profiteers
Whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared
With the blood of the poor
Who rob life of its quality
Who render rage a necessity
By turning countries into labour camps
Modern slavers in drag as champions of freedom
Sinister cynical instrument
Who makes the gun into a sacrament --
The only response to the deification
Of tyranny by so-called "developed" nations'
Idolatry of ideology
North South East West
Kill the best and buy the rest
It's just spend a buck to make a buck
You don't really give a flying fuck
About the people in misery
IMF dirty MF
Takes away everything it can get
Always making certain that there's one thing left
Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt
See the paid-off local bottom feeders
Passing themselves off as leaders
Kiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows
Open for business like a cheap bordello
And they call it democracy
And they call it democracy
And they call it democracy
And they call it democracy
See the loaded eyes of the children too
Trying to make the best of it the way kids do
One day you're going to rise from your habitual feast
To find yourself staring down the throat of the beast
They call the revolution
IMF dirty MF Takes away everything it can get
Always making certain that there's one thing left
Keep them on the hook with insupportable debt.....
I'm not talking about the original staroffice, but sites that offered to let you download openoffice for a one-time fee.
Ballmer has said that the mobile phone industry needs WP7 because it needs a 3rd option. WP7 isn't 3rd, or even 4th, in terms of sales. 3% is 5th place, and a drop from the previous year's market share of almost 7%.
Why do you think that Microsoft had to pay Nokia so much to get on board?
Second, Microsoft has been trying to puff up the disappointing numbers by quoting units shipped to stores, and not units activated.
So, since Microsoft won't release hard numbers, we have to go with what we can find elsewhere; the fact that Microsoft doesn't want to talk about activations and return numbers is a good indicator that the anecdotal evidence is, if not 100% accurate, at least in the ballpark.
Of course, if your product only had lost 50% market share in the last year, and was down to 3%, and Android in the same time went from 2% to #1, you wouldn't want to give out the real numbers either.
the update had bricked his Samsung Omnia 7. 'We're very sorry for the inconvenience,' Microsoft responded on Twitter. 'For this issue we would suggest taking it to a store.'"
After all, that's where the Returns counter is, right?
According to some comments on the mini microsoft blog, between 50% and 80% of what few WP7 phones are being bought end up being returned, so take a number, and get in line ...
Now this isn't to say that it's wrong to sell GPL software - even RMS and the GPL v3 licenses say that you can sell it for whatever you can get for it - but that anyone else is free to do the same with the copy you sell them, so the price quickly drops to zero.
They're doing the "sucker born every minute" thing.
Actually, it;s an Anonymous Coward, in the Library, with a Rope - tomorrow :-)
"I could care less ... but I'd have to really work at it ..." - ie: I don't really care enough to get worked up about it.
"I couldn't care less ... even if I tried" - ie: I don't care at all.
And 10 times less massive is the same as saying "an order of magnitude less", which makes sense. Same as double-entry bookkeeping ...
Just look at "flammable" and "inflammable".
Facebook is a drag on the economy.
I suspect it's higher. People quit because they're dissatisfied, and they have options. Which means that those who stay behind are generally those who have fewer options, and now even more work. How likely are they going to be even thinking about changing passwords?
Just this morning I got another set of auto-emailed warning messages from a server where I used to work - and yes, I told them to take me off the list and change the passwords. Since I'm still on the list, how much you want to bet they don't even know how to change a password?
Interesting. Can you cite any sources that support your claim that investing in Facebook does not pay off?
Try the reverse. Try to find any facebook success stories that didn't involve either massive amounts of money or an already-existing brand. Facebook is simply a time-waster. When's the last time you bought a good or service because of someone's facebook presence? Or because they had oodles of fans? Or because 10 people liked it? It's a waste of time for small and medium-sized businesses, and large businesses don't need it.
...the more Slashdot friends you have, the more likely you are to feel stressed out by the site.
Lets see, more than 100 freaks, more than 500 friends ... but they don't cause me stress. For most of us, it's more likely the b0rkenst0cked-out perl code and "site redesigns" that break things on a regular basis that are good for getting the natives restless ...
That and "come on guys, can't you at least proof-read a teeny tiny bit before posting the next story?" At least the number of dupes, trifectas (and even posting the same story SIX times the same week) seem to be down ...
A lot of the people on facebook are there trying to promote some business or other. The sad part is, if you add up all the time invested, you see that the return is ALWAYS negative. Unless you already have a brand, you're not going to "create a brand" on facebook. So you have all these self-proclaimed "social media gurus" generally claiming that they can "promote your brand", and people buy into it because, just like individuals, they're afraid that if they don't, they'll miss something. "Everyone else is doing it, so it must be working for them ..."
Of course, the only thing they're missing is that It's all thin gruel.
If you're a business, you WANT your competitors to be investing time and energy in facebook. Not only does it make it easy to "stalk" your competition, but the time and money they're wasting there are resources diverted from elsewhere.
And no, on a really hosed system, windows recovery console cannot delete certain files, which is why every windows user should know someone who can recover their crap by either booting into linux, or yanking their drive and recovering their data.
When's the last time any linux user had to use windows to recover their linux partitions? Windows is crippleware.
My mother has been dead for more than a decade, you insensitive clod. Seriously. And she never had anything to do with computers.
If you had checked my profile, you would have noticed what t.o.m. stands for. Oh wait, you can't - you can't log in. Oh well, guess you'll never know. In the meantime, why not google for barbara hudson open source linux - here's the first link. Read the story lead. Now scroll down and read the paragraph that begins "'I Just Hope OraKill Doesn't Buy Novell'.
Second, all recent linux distros are able to mount windows file systems, BUT not everyone has a recent distro. All recent distros CAN delete NTFS files, but some only as root.
But real server admins flat-out refuse to run windows for anything critical.
They're not mutually exclusive. Try taking a "Beginner's english" class. Oops, commercial is over, sorry :-)
You obviously never checked my profile. "tom" doesn't stand for what you think it does.
APK, you're very childish. That's why nobody takes you seriously. And now that today's software release is done, I'm going to finish my wine and watch some TV.
And that's my limit for today, since I have laundry to do, and I have to walk my dogs and make supper. I guess it's time to set the filter back to +1 or greater for another week. :-p
All linux distros can read and write ntfs file systems. Too bad windows can't say the same for linux.
Which is why you have to post anonymously so often - every troll account you create gets burned.
Then again, who wants to p0wn a Windows 95 box?