All nonsense. While I'm no fan of "desktop in the cloud" - anyone that uses RDP regularly knows that responsiveness is not that much of a problem anymore. As long as Amazon throws enough network & hardware resources at this it'll work fine. The real question is whether it's economical.
"No one can tell you when the price will go up, or if the commodity will crash." - this is not business. This is futures speculation. "No one can explain to you why (before launch) a product gonna sell like hot cakes." - this is not business. This is product speculation. Something that journalists do. Companies create products that there is market demand for. They know there's market demand because there's already competition out there. Most of the time they do not become market leaders.
Business is about networking. It's about making deals with people and creating relationships with the right people. Clients, suppliers, employees.
Good leadership absolutely can be taught. This is why having a mentor is absolutely necessary in the world of business. The mistake people make is focusing their learning on their weaknesses. You should focus your learning on your strengths and hire people that complement your weaknesses.
Jobs was great at contract negotiation, as he was a narcissistic sociopath that could deify or bully anyone he pleased at any time without remorse. He got his own way more often than not. He was ruthless & unforgiving in "maintaining perfection" with the products & ideas he took on. And he fucked up many times. The Next Cube. Pushing Pixar to be a hardware company. The Apple Lisa. Macintosh TV. The Apple III. The Powermac g4 cube.
Steve Jobs was ruthless & lucky, and like all deified CEOs, stood on the shoulders of giants. Where would Mr Jobs be without Steve Wozniak? Where would Jobs be if Apple didn't have the pulling power needed to employ the best & brightest? You would never have heard of him.
Intelligent Design is not science. It's not a theory. It's a hypothesis at best, and even that's pushing it. It's unfalsifiable. It should be taught in religious studies. Presenting it as science to school children as if it's a real alternative theory to evolution is the problem. It's not a scientific theory. There is no debate in the scientific world. Evolution is a theory in the same way that gravity is.
Fundamentalist Christians. Seriously, this is not in need of a deep philosophical examination. Those that follow stone age mysticism get upset when science threatens & exposes their religious insecurities. When there's a lot of them, they will use legal means to enforce their superstitions. Like Texas.
I disagree. I am someone that could easily become a contributor, but that's not my original intention. My original intention is to use some software. If I have to compile it then I'll most likely move on.
If your intention is provide some useful code to other developers then it's fine. If it's because you think your software is good for users then have binaries available.
Imagine if a malicious attacker hijacked Microsoft's update server! Or Apple's update server! Imagine if a malicious attacker got control of the moon base!
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Seems a bit premature. What makes them think the Snowden story is over? ...or are they hoping for sequels?
My comment didn't happen in a vacuum, it's a reply. Read the reply, get the context. Idiot.
*didn't* vote for.
If you voted for Tony Abbott you neglected to do any research at all into the man. You failed your due diligence as a member of a democracy.
You don't have to replace your entire diet with Soylent.
Haha, Apple closing a security bug before it's been broadcast all over the internet, for months. Good one. You should write for Leno.
Yes it is.
All nonsense. While I'm no fan of "desktop in the cloud" - anyone that uses RDP regularly knows that responsiveness is not that much of a problem anymore. As long as Amazon throws enough network & hardware resources at this it'll work fine. The real question is whether it's economical.
Learn to read before spouting off nonsense.
"No one can tell you when the price will go up, or if the commodity will crash." - this is not business. This is futures speculation.
"No one can explain to you why (before launch) a product gonna sell like hot cakes." - this is not business. This is product speculation. Something that journalists do. Companies create products that there is market demand for. They know there's market demand because there's already competition out there. Most of the time they do not become market leaders.
Business is about networking. It's about making deals with people and creating relationships with the right people. Clients, suppliers, employees.
Good leadership absolutely can be taught. This is why having a mentor is absolutely necessary in the world of business. The mistake people make is focusing their learning on their weaknesses. You should focus your learning on your strengths and hire people that complement your weaknesses.
Jobs was great at contract negotiation, as he was a narcissistic sociopath that could deify or bully anyone he pleased at any time without remorse. He got his own way more often than not. He was ruthless & unforgiving in "maintaining perfection" with the products & ideas he took on. And he fucked up many times. The Next Cube. Pushing Pixar to be a hardware company. The Apple Lisa. Macintosh TV. The Apple III. The Powermac g4 cube.
Steve Jobs was ruthless & lucky, and like all deified CEOs, stood on the shoulders of giants. Where would Mr Jobs be without Steve Wozniak? Where would Jobs be if Apple didn't have the pulling power needed to employ the best & brightest? You would never have heard of him.
It's a shame that it's really ugly.
It's still enough to create rumour & conjecture. Thereby making AC's comments false.
I'd be really surprised if these companies haven't actually forked MySQL and are maintaining their own internal version.
Their side isn't science. Teach it in religious studies. Is that really so difficult to understand?
Intelligent Design is not science. It's not a theory. It's a hypothesis at best, and even that's pushing it. It's unfalsifiable. It should be taught in religious studies. Presenting it as science to school children as if it's a real alternative theory to evolution is the problem. It's not a scientific theory. There is no debate in the scientific world. Evolution is a theory in the same way that gravity is.
Sex is for procreation not recreation! Sinner!
Fundamentalist Christians. Seriously, this is not in need of a deep philosophical examination. Those that follow stone age mysticism get upset when science threatens & exposes their religious insecurities. When there's a lot of them, they will use legal means to enforce their superstitions. Like Texas.
I think all of the people he fired & the projects he gutted point to Elop making it worse.
This guy is a cut & dry corporate psychopath. Make no bones about it. Juniper, Adobe, he's been fucking with companies his entire career.
http://boingboing.net/2011/02/14/nokias-radical-ceo-h.html
Wrong. What Apple had in 2007 was EASY & SLICK. Which no one, especially not BlackBerry, had.
Funnily enough, when you combine polish & ease of use, people love your product.
I'm definitely an Android kind of guy, but if you can't appreciate what Apple pulled off with the iPhone, then you're a fucking moron.
I disagree. I am someone that could easily become a contributor, but that's not my original intention. My original intention is to use some software. If I have to compile it then I'll most likely move on.
If your intention is provide some useful code to other developers then it's fine. If it's because you think your software is good for users then have binaries available.
Imagine if a malicious attacker hijacked Microsoft's update server! Or Apple's update server! Imagine if a malicious attacker got control of the moon base!
Baseless fear mongering.
This is BLATANT paid for advertising, especially with the ridiculous title. All in ones finally grow up?
Thing is, do they really think there are Slashdot readers that give a flying fuck about this underwhelming PC.
Might help if you didn't have to be a gazillionaire to run.
So.. many.. logical fallacies...
Please show evidence.
Consume more electricity? It's going to be as slow as molasses.
I think fixing the government & service providers is probably easier & better.