Think about Star Trek for a second. All the hardware works similarly, and the GUI looks about the same. People know what to expect out of the device, and are able to figure out what to do with it faster, and with less training.
Ah yes, but NASA is a government program that would complain to the Vice President, who then tells the President that said small country needs trade restrictions or embargos, this, that, and the other thing. And then poof! No more small countries getting small corporate payoffs to be launch sites.
How many unknowing entry level sys admin types will build a linux server, and then completely ignore it because everyone talks about how "secure" linux is?
1. slip-shod work, but everything gets "done" 2. precise work, but not everything is finished 3. talk with mgmt about getting more people (usually fresh faced newbies out of college to do the b.s. work for cheap) 4. work somewhere else
Number four is not a viable option for most people.
Number three never works, but if it did, it would cost the company millions of dollars.
Number two gets people in trouble, and costs the company millions of dollars.
Number one costs the company millions of dollars.
It think the pattern here is pretty obvious; IT COSTS MONEY TO DO THINGS THE PROPER WAY.
Amazing that a college dropout like myself can see this... I guess I am not yet wearing the corporate blinders.
Customer A - Vendor 1 - Contact m - Contact s - Contact t - Vendor 2 - Contact m - Contact s - Contact a - Contact b
etc etc. Problem is you have to remember a lot of information. My boss could never find anything without a lot of handholding if he had to look something up in my email if I was at lunch, on the road or whatever. All corespondance is sorted by date. Too bad the 2GB limit for saved emails keeps getting in the way of my arhive. *sigh*
--
m = main s = secondary t = tertiary a = alpha b = beta
Parent folders (Vendor 1/2 or Customer A) are for random emails associated with people that are not normal for me to have contact with (secretary, temp, warehouse guy, whatever).
BareFeats is meant to give a quick initial impression of what is going on. Some of his tests are supposedly done in a store with display model machines.
In general though, testing procedures for Macs is nothing like it is for PC's. Too bad Anandtech and others wouldn't put some focus on Mac's from time to time. *shrug*
I am somewhat certain that these smaller companies should be concentrating on new games, of a new style. You know, doing something different. You can't beat EA at their own game. You have to innovate. Look at the popularity of some of the simpler games, Tetris is a good example. Doesn't get much simpler/cheaper than that!
Basically, that "other vendor" is facing irrelevancy. Especially looking at the proposed changes with DRM, server lock-in, a proprietary XML schema and the software as subscription model.
No, actually they are facing a uninformed public, and higher profits through new revenue streams. As long as Dell et al bundle software for decent rates, MS can't help but to make money hand over fist.
The database Outlook uses for storing emails borks at the 2GB mark. I am not talking about size of a individual email (man that would suck), rather the archive of all emails sent/received etc. More fun with IMAP...
When or not a large organization is or is not funded by the government makes no difference whatsoever, market arguments notwithstanding.
I have to dis-agree with you here. It is not just a matter of office politics (a factor in all big organisations), but also national and international politics.
The problem with NASA is that the geeks and nerds are no longer in control of the big decisions. Most responsible scientific minded people are horrified by the nature of NASA today. Most people my age that could have gotten a job there, chose not because of the atmosphere there.
Most people also realise that space is not a 100% vacuum.
Besides, there are so very few known "truths" when it comes to science anyhow. Many are trying to prove conclusively that the speed of light in a vacuum (c) is not actually a constant. If that is proven accurate, how many theories would be rendered useless?
The Washington Post article implies that OS X or linux is by default 100% secure. Most of us here at slashdot know that to be untrue.
1 per month is a fairly small number, I agree. But for your average clueless user... "I just did that last month, now I have to do it again? I thought I bought an iMac so I didn't have to do this anymore..."
That "one type of customer" in this case; Mac user, is a strange breed. They are more willing to spend money than your average x86 user. They also have the option to buy MS Office for their platform (unlike linux). Most corporate users (a minority in the Mac niche) will buy MS Office instead of using something less compatible (they have to swap files with MS Office users on the Windows platform in a professional manner). This leaves home and education users to push for OOo. Education users get nice discounts from Apple on software, and most will buy MS Office that way. So we have the home user that is responsible for the push to use OOo. And remember, only about 25% of Mac users today actually use OS X.
The numbers just don't look good. No getting around it. It just makes OOo priorities that much easier to manage.
I have a re-constructed left shoulder (high school football injury) and a bum left knee (years of abuse playing various sports). I am 28 years old. There is a 60 year old guy that works in my office, and without fail (for the last 16 months that I have worked there) we both have major or minor aches and pains on the same day. To the extent that the pain in my knee, and both of his, cause us to limp. It is often a amusing thing for the office to see the youngest and the second oldest complaining about our bad joints. We are known on these days as the "old farts" of the office. The rest of the time I am the young kid that plays his music too loud, and he is the overly energetic one. Everyone has decided it must be weather related. It is... right?
Population is about to hit a wall? Care to prove that. It sure is not for a lack of space, or crops, or water.
Capitalism is not exactly what is happening over there. "Free trade" it is not. Most factories (of much size) are still state owned and operated. They have just started to realise it is better to do international business, and to use American dollars to do it with.
Adaptation. The Chinese can do it, I am not sure of the Americans. After all, most Americans just assume that they are right in everything they do. There are countless examples to the contrary, but the truth never gets in the way of good rhetoric.
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Think about Star Trek for a second. All the hardware works similarly, and the GUI looks about the same. People know what to expect out of the device, and are able to figure out what to do with it faster, and with less training.
Ah yes, but NASA is a government program that would complain to the Vice President, who then tells the President that said small country needs trade restrictions or embargos, this, that, and the other thing. And then poof! No more small countries getting small corporate payoffs to be launch sites.
(Not to mention the military possibilities)
How many unknowing entry level sys admin types will build a linux server, and then completely ignore it because everyone talks about how "secure" linux is?
There are a few options here:
1. slip-shod work, but everything gets "done"
2. precise work, but not everything is finished
3. talk with mgmt about getting more people (usually fresh faced newbies out of college to do the b.s. work for cheap)
4. work somewhere else
Number four is not a viable option for most people.
Number three never works, but if it did, it would cost the company millions of dollars.
Number two gets people in trouble, and costs the company millions of dollars.
Number one costs the company millions of dollars.
It think the pattern here is pretty obvious; IT COSTS MONEY TO DO THINGS THE PROPER WAY.
Amazing that a college dropout like myself can see this... I guess I am not yet wearing the corporate blinders.
How the heck are 24 bolts missing? Someone is sooooo fired over this one!
I think unreasonable Windows or UNIX licensing is the impetus to look into Linux.
At least the Office updates don't require a reboot. That makes things a bit easier for me.
*slinks away to update co-workers machines*
"Damnit Carly, you don't work here!"
What a mess:
Customer A
- Vendor 1
- Contact m
- Contact s
- Contact t
- Vendor 2
- Contact m
- Contact s
- Contact a
- Contact b
etc etc. Problem is you have to remember a lot of information. My boss could never find anything without a lot of handholding if he had to look something up in my email if I was at lunch, on the road or whatever. All corespondance is sorted by date. Too bad the 2GB limit for saved emails keeps getting in the way of my arhive. *sigh*
--
m = main
s = secondary
t = tertiary
a = alpha
b = beta
Parent folders (Vendor 1/2 or Customer A) are for random emails associated with people that are not normal for me to have contact with (secretary, temp, warehouse guy, whatever).
This is good news to hear.
Although I am uncertain how long CD/DVD sized optical media will be around for (refer to "forever" comment).
BareFeats is meant to give a quick initial impression of what is going on. Some of his tests are supposedly done in a store with display model machines.
In general though, testing procedures for Macs is nothing like it is for PC's. Too bad Anandtech and others wouldn't put some focus on Mac's from time to time. *shrug*
True, but Alienware gets the new stuff 1st. Check out the new Area-51m Sentia. 14" with more than XGA screen res! $1904 for decent configuration.
Besides, we all know the blue looks better than the green!
I am somewhat certain that these smaller companies should be concentrating on new games, of a new style. You know, doing something different. You can't beat EA at their own game. You have to innovate. Look at the popularity of some of the simpler games, Tetris is a good example. Doesn't get much simpler/cheaper than that!
Stop the herd mentality, open your mind.
The database Outlook uses for storing emails borks at the 2GB mark. I am not talking about size of a individual email (man that would suck), rather the archive of all emails sent/received etc. More fun with IMAP...
How were you able to get around the 2GB limit for email? Or did you have that much journals, notes and such?
This cursed limit is killing us where I work.
Thanks.
The problem with NASA is that the geeks and nerds are no longer in control of the big decisions. Most responsible scientific minded people are horrified by the nature of NASA today. Most people my age that could have gotten a job there, chose not because of the atmosphere there.
Gravity waves are another predicted, but yet unproven, phenomena.
We don't know nearly what we think we do. Remember that every time you want to speak of theoretical physics.
Most people also realise that space is not a 100% vacuum.
Besides, there are so very few known "truths" when it comes to science anyhow. Many are trying to prove conclusively that the speed of light in a vacuum (c) is not actually a constant. If that is proven accurate, how many theories would be rendered useless?
The Washington Post article implies that OS X or linux is by default 100% secure. Most of us here at slashdot know that to be untrue.
1 per month is a fairly small number, I agree. But for your average clueless user... "I just did that last month, now I have to do it again? I thought I bought an iMac so I didn't have to do this anymore..."
They might just work... but there has been a lot of security updates in the past 6 months.
Mac OS X will only enjoy 'security through obscurity' for so long, if it is actually to become a real contender.
To me; real = 10% of current machines (running) or more using OS X as main operating system.
That "one type of customer" in this case; Mac user, is a strange breed. They are more willing to spend money than your average x86 user. They also have the option to buy MS Office for their platform (unlike linux). Most corporate users (a minority in the Mac niche) will buy MS Office instead of using something less compatible (they have to swap files with MS Office users on the Windows platform in a professional manner). This leaves home and education users to push for OOo. Education users get nice discounts from Apple on software, and most will buy MS Office that way. So we have the home user that is responsible for the push to use OOo. And remember, only about 25% of Mac users today actually use OS X.
The numbers just don't look good. No getting around it. It just makes OOo priorities that much easier to manage.
Sorry.
You are making a bad assumption; Chinese men can't relocate. WRONG.
I have a re-constructed left shoulder (high school football injury) and a bum left knee (years of abuse playing various sports). I am 28 years old. There is a 60 year old guy that works in my office, and without fail (for the last 16 months that I have worked there) we both have major or minor aches and pains on the same day. To the extent that the pain in my knee, and both of his, cause us to limp. It is often a amusing thing for the office to see the youngest and the second oldest complaining about our bad joints. We are known on these days as the "old farts" of the office. The rest of the time I am the young kid that plays his music too loud, and he is the overly energetic one. Everyone has decided it must be weather related. It is... right?
Population is about to hit a wall? Care to prove that. It sure is not for a lack of space, or crops, or water.
Capitalism is not exactly what is happening over there. "Free trade" it is not. Most factories (of much size) are still state owned and operated. They have just started to realise it is better to do international business, and to use American dollars to do it with.
Adaptation. The Chinese can do it, I am not sure of the Americans. After all, most Americans just assume that they are right in everything they do. There are countless examples to the contrary, but the truth never gets in the way of good rhetoric.