Here is a good site for betting odds on upcoming state and federal elections. Although the odds change over the course of the campaigns, they claim to have a pretty high rate of eventual accuracy.
"Approximately 19,500 comments express an overall view of the RPFJ but do not contain
any further discussion of it."
"Approximately 2,900 of the comments can be characterized as containing a degree of
detailed substance concerning the RPFJ."
The report doesn't mention how many of these were in favor and how many were against. Were the pro-settlement comments more substantive than the anti-settlement comments, or the other way around?
(I think the 7,000 who did "not directly express a view in favor or
against" just forget to mention the settlement. I wonder how many were pro vs. anto MS)
Am I right that the only success story for subscription tied to appliance business model is for cellphones? I think that is only because they reached a critical mass in added function versus price compared to it's related product (the standard telephone). The perceived gain in function and/or the current price point of PVR compared to VCR is not yet enough to sway the public. Perhaps with the arrival of Moxi this wil change.
Apple will always lose a fight based solely on initial expense. Where they always make it up is on Total Cost of Ownership. Support staff salaries and time expenditure for Linux and Windows still far outstrip Apple. The move to OS X may start to change that though.
I agree that Apple should offer low end graphics cards. I believe their server line has a mid-reange card, but then you're paying for the server software.
"'Macintosh' and 'Cluster' aren't two words you see together very often. Some enterprising folks at USC have created a cluster of 76(!) dual-processing G4s (56 DP G4/533 + 20 DP G4/450). You can check the info here . Glad to see parallel computing isn't just for the *nix crowd (well, they are running OSX, so technically...). I wonder if they just had 76 G4s lying around, or else there must be some very upset department secretaries. "
The anti-trust case is not about the quality of Windows or the current business practices of Microsoft. What is at issue is whether MS broke the law in the past and the comments period is about whether the proposed settlement will keep them from breaking the law in the future.
I agree that open file formats would be a good thing. Microsoft will never open their formats unless forced. The only body that can force them is the courts. The judge can say that one way to keep the company from abusing it's monopoly is to open it's formats.
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Here is a good site for betting odds on upcoming state and federal elections. Although the odds change over the course of the campaigns, they claim to have a pretty high rate of eventual accuracy.
http://www.campaignline.com/oddsmaker/
Unfortunately, there is no version for Mac OS X yet.
The nightly builds can be downloaded here.
"Approximately 19,500 comments express an overall view of the RPFJ but do not contain any further discussion of it."
"Approximately 2,900 of the comments can be characterized as containing a degree of detailed substance concerning the RPFJ."
The report doesn't mention how many of these were in favor and how many were against. Were the pro-settlement comments more substantive than the anti-settlement comments, or the other way around?
(I think the 7,000 who did "not directly express a view in favor or against" just forget to mention the settlement. I wonder how many were pro vs. anto MS)
Am I right that the only success story for subscription tied to appliance business model is for cellphones? I think that is only because they reached a critical mass in added function versus price compared to it's related product (the standard telephone). The perceived gain in function and/or the current price point of PVR compared to VCR is not yet enough to sway the public. Perhaps with the arrival of Moxi this wil change.
Sorry. Next time I most certainly will include the attribution. My appologies.
Apple will always lose a fight based solely on initial expense. Where they always make it up is on Total Cost of Ownership. Support staff salaries and time expenditure for Linux and Windows still far outstrip Apple. The move to OS X may start to change that though.
I agree that Apple should offer low end graphics cards. I believe their server line has a mid-reange card, but then you're paying for the server software.
The anti-trust case is not about the quality of Windows or the current business practices of Microsoft. What is at issue is whether MS broke the law in the past and the comments period is about whether the proposed settlement will keep them from breaking the law in the future.
I agree that open file formats would be a good thing. Microsoft will never open their formats unless forced. The only body that can force them is the courts. The judge can say that one way to keep the company from abusing it's monopoly is to open it's formats.