President Bush's war on terror has been nothing short of heroic.
What a low bar you have to jump these days to become a hero. Sad.
There were some youths in my street last week writing obscenities on a wall. I phoned the police. According to your criteria for a hero, that makes me one.
The article seems to make the assumption that Microsoft got where it is today by having the best products. That's a big mistake. Even if we go back to it's roots and compare DOS with the other operating systems of the time, we see that MS was selling rubbish compared to what the others were.
MS got where it is today by being extremely agressive in defeating its competitors, mostly through business tactics than superior products.
Finally, NASA's space astronomy activities are integral to the President's vision of extending humanity's exploration and discovery horizons.
I hate how everything has to be stated as if it was Bush's ideas and vision that pushes the country. Why couldn't he say "NASA's space astronomy activities are integral to our vision of extending humanity's exploration and discovery horizons." Bush is neither scientist nor visionary.
It's like the joke that Bush is supreme commander of American troops -- a man who has no real military experience. If I was in the armed services I would find that insulting.
When business wins over talent, the business fails and the talent eventually pops up again. Just remember what happened with Atari and its developer relations.
And Disney, which is still in a creative black hole when it comes to animation.
The often-touted argument that joining the Euro would eliminate exchange-rate risk for British companies doing business in Europe is complete bollocks.
It most certainly is not complete bollocks.
Let's say you sell widgets you buy from Germany. You buy 10,000 at one euro each, at an exchange rate of one euro equals 65 pence. You have paid 6500 for your stock. Whilst they sitting in your store room, the exhange rate alters to one euro equals 60 pence. You could now buy exactly the same stock for 500 less - you've effectively just lost 500 through no fault of your own.
Even fortune 500 companies get hit by exchange rate fluctuations - for instance Sony suffers from the strong yen. I trade between the UK and other European countries and it affects me. And one of my clients recently lost about 80,000 due to exchange rate fluctuations.
I'm afraid that it is you that is talking complete bollocks.
Why can't the patent process be public? I mean, you file for a patent, it must be made public on the web for say three months, if nobody files any complaints/prior art then you're granted it.
I don't think the free market, specially normal consumers, will like subscription based goods.
What you have to bear in mind is that most people are bad at math.
Most people, when they see "$30 a month" don't think "$360 a year" as you and I might, they just see $30 and think - hey that's not much.
It's like those adverts you see that say "all this for just 50 cents a day!" - this is much more appealing to most people than saying $180 for the year, because most people aren't that good with numbers (otherwise nobody would ever play the lottery).
After looking at his site I thought, this man has no style, how can he be a good cook? Maybe it's the European in me, but this guy looks stereotypically American - loud, brash, and with no taste!
Also, I couldn't actually find much on his web site about actually cooking for the love of fine food, it was all about what equipment you need - I guess he is just trying to sell stuff.
Miniaturizes Japanese product wouldn't survive our warranty expectations here in the us.
Do you know for a fact that Japanese consumers don't have the same type of warranties as they do in the US?
Most Japanese products I have purchased have had a higher build quality than their US equivalents - not only for PCs, but also cameras, cars, etc. I think you're talking out your ass.
There's a lot of hiking/climbing gear that never makes it to the US from Europe and Japan for the same reason.
Or a different reason - the fact that manufacturers in the US be successfully sued by customers even when the customer has been a dumbass? I'm sure most manufacturers of climbing gear in Europe and Japan would prefer to avoid those kinds of liabilities...
But it seems that Sony does see the big picture, they just don't think it applies to the US! They have the most amazing little portable machines in Japan, in fact Sony has whole ranges that they don't sell in the US.
Perhaps it is something to do with the weak dollar? Maybe the US is no longer profitable for them for top of the range products?
In my recent visit to Japan, I saw loads of technology that isn't in the US yet. Why is this? Yes, I know that it is stuff that is manufacturered by Japanese companies and so it is natural that it should appear there first, but Japan seems to be the best stuff several years before the US. Is the USA not a good market for tech gadgets?
The miniature laptops I saw just rocked, and I can't believe they wouldn't sell in the US.
This may be a dumb question, but if I want to do VOIP (without using a VOIP service provider) how do I do it? We have several offices scattered in different countries, and we could use it internally to reduce costs. We have a mix of Windows, OSX and Linux on the desktop. What headsets would we use, and what software?
Of course being able to use wireless handsets would be even better, especially if we could use the same ones to make normal telephone calls. Is this possible?
They might be letting Mozilla and others gain a bit more ground
I doubt it. I think they've just stopped work on IE because they will have a completely new version in Longhorn. This new IE will include lots of new MS "standards", and they will really promote that heavily. They'll of course be competing with themselves again, trying to get people to move from the current IE to the new version, and so the more incentive people have to do that the better. In other words, it's actually in their interest to let the current version of IE slide so people will have more incentive to upgrade to the all new version in Longhorn.
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He may think he's giving companies choice to move to Linux. But what he is really doing is providing justification for choosing Windows.
Well said. I wish the Mono developers would concentrate their considerable talents elsewhere.
This sounds fascinating. Can you point me to detailed instructions about how to do this, or explain in more detail? (I'm a bit of a linux newbie)
This wasn't through "extremely aggressive" business tactics as it was truly a superior system.
I guess you don't have a clear memory of back then. Too young perhaps?
It wasn't until much later (late 90s) than MS started playing games with aggressive marketing tactics and forcing competition out of business.
You've got your history wrong. You need to read one of the books on the early days of Microsoft.
President Bush's war on terror has been nothing short of heroic.
What a low bar you have to jump these days to become a hero. Sad.
There were some youths in my street last week writing obscenities on a wall. I phoned the police. According to your criteria for a hero, that makes me one.
The article seems to make the assumption that Microsoft got where it is today by having the best products. That's a big mistake. Even if we go back to it's roots and compare DOS with the other operating systems of the time, we see that MS was selling rubbish compared to what the others were.
MS got where it is today by being extremely agressive in defeating its competitors, mostly through business tactics than superior products.
Many presidents have no military experience. Why is it a big deal about Bush?
Because Bush likes to dress up like he's in the military and swagger about.
If Bush's name wasn't mentioned would it make it better?
Yes.
Finally, NASA's space astronomy activities are integral to the President's vision of extending humanity's exploration and discovery horizons.
I hate how everything has to be stated as if it was Bush's ideas and vision that pushes the country. Why couldn't he say "NASA's space astronomy activities are integral to our vision of extending humanity's exploration and discovery horizons." Bush is neither scientist nor visionary.
It's like the joke that Bush is supreme commander of American troops -- a man who has no real military experience. If I was in the armed services I would find that insulting.
When business wins over talent, the business fails and the talent eventually pops up again. Just remember what happened with Atari and its developer relations.
And Disney, which is still in a creative black hole when it comes to animation.
The often-touted argument that joining the Euro would eliminate exchange-rate risk for British companies doing business in Europe is complete bollocks.
It most certainly is not complete bollocks.
Let's say you sell widgets you buy from Germany. You buy 10,000 at one euro each, at an exchange rate of one euro equals 65 pence. You have paid 6500 for your stock. Whilst they sitting in your store room, the exhange rate alters to one euro equals 60 pence. You could now buy exactly the same stock for 500 less - you've effectively just lost 500 through no fault of your own.
Even fortune 500 companies get hit by exchange rate fluctuations - for instance Sony suffers from the strong yen. I trade between the UK and other European countries and it affects me. And one of my clients recently lost about 80,000 due to exchange rate fluctuations.
I'm afraid that it is you that is talking complete bollocks.
Why can't the patent process be public? I mean, you file for a patent, it must be made public on the web for say three months, if nobody files any complaints/prior art then you're granted it.
The UKIP previously made every effort to separate themselves from racism accusations.
Because they thought they would get more votes if people didn't associate them with racism. But they are racists.
Robert Kilroy-Silk is one of their candidates. I think that says it all.
Not to me it doesn't. You need to add:
* Racists
* Small minded
* Little Englanders
* Living in the past
UKIP seem to be best
Please do not vote for the UKIP because of this issue. They are racists.
It would be nice to see something similar for the other countries.
The site you link to has very detailed breakdowns for the other European countries.
It would be nice to have a mostly green chart for the UK, like France and Germany have!
I don't think the free market, specially normal consumers, will like subscription based goods.
What you have to bear in mind is that most people are bad at math.
Most people, when they see "$30 a month" don't think "$360 a year" as you and I might, they just see $30 and think - hey that's not much.
It's like those adverts you see that say "all this for just 50 cents a day!" - this is much more appealing to most people than saying $180 for the year, because most people aren't that good with numbers (otherwise nobody would ever play the lottery).
COOKING IS AN ART
I couldn't agree with you more.
After looking at his site I thought, this man has no style, how can he be a good cook? Maybe it's the European in me, but this guy looks stereotypically American - loud, brash, and with no taste!
Also, I couldn't actually find much on his web site about actually cooking for the love of fine food, it was all about what equipment you need - I guess he is just trying to sell stuff.
Miniaturizes Japanese product wouldn't survive our warranty expectations here in the us.
Do you know for a fact that Japanese consumers don't have the same type of warranties as they do in the US?
Most Japanese products I have purchased have had a higher build quality than their US equivalents - not only for PCs, but also cameras, cars, etc. I think you're talking out your ass.
There's a lot of hiking/climbing gear that never makes it to the US from Europe and Japan for the same reason.
Or a different reason - the fact that manufacturers in the US be successfully sued by customers even when the customer has been a dumbass? I'm sure most manufacturers of climbing gear in Europe and Japan would prefer to avoid those kinds of liabilities...
sony just didn't see the big picture
But it seems that Sony does see the big picture, they just don't think it applies to the US! They have the most amazing little portable machines in Japan, in fact Sony has whole ranges that they don't sell in the US.
Perhaps it is something to do with the weak dollar? Maybe the US is no longer profitable for them for top of the range products?
In my recent visit to Japan, I saw loads of technology that isn't in the US yet. Why is this? Yes, I know that it is stuff that is manufacturered by Japanese companies and so it is natural that it should appear there first, but Japan seems to be the best stuff several years before the US. Is the USA not a good market for tech gadgets?
The miniature laptops I saw just rocked, and I can't believe they wouldn't sell in the US.
This may be a dumb question, but if I want to do VOIP (without using a VOIP service provider) how do I do it? We have several offices scattered in different countries, and we could use it internally to reduce costs. We have a mix of Windows, OSX and Linux on the desktop. What headsets would we use, and what software?
Of course being able to use wireless handsets would be even better, especially if we could use the same ones to make normal telephone calls. Is this possible?
that wise man must've been an american. ;)
No. An American would say "Holland? Is that in France?"
But honestly if I'm running windows, what real motiviation is there to download a replacement browser when IE is already installed, and works?
Security. I use Windows but I don't use IE or Outlook, because doing so considerably reduces my chances of security compromises.
They might be letting Mozilla and others gain a bit more ground
I doubt it. I think they've just stopped work on IE because they will have a completely new version in Longhorn. This new IE will include lots of new MS "standards", and they will really promote that heavily. They'll of course be competing with themselves again, trying to get people to move from the current IE to the new version, and so the more incentive people have to do that the better. In other words, it's actually in their interest to let the current version of IE slide so people will have more incentive to upgrade to the all new version in Longhorn.
Bush thinks climate change is rubbish, so that is what we should think. Like Britney Spears said, we should just trust our President.
Bush said the Iraqis are ready to have their "training wheels" taken off, then fell off his bike a couple of days later.
Sorry this is off-topic. I'll shut up.
This is a move FROM Sun Solaris TO Linux.
Ok, but I'm not sure it really matters. It's still a big win for Linux.
Personally I'd like to see Sun get purchased by Novell. Then they'd have all the peices of the jigsaw to do some really serious damage to MS.