The real problem is that Open Source is to focused on the source.
What? You may ask...
Open Source developers put out some great software, Linux, Mozilla, Gimp, GAIM, etc. I could go on for some time.
Why are they good? Stable, reliable, secure... most will agree to those. Why is it true? Because good coding, and demand to get it right. No corporate preasure.
So what's the problem? NO END USER FOCUS.
Mozilla now is working towards an enduser focus. That's a big change.
But the majority don't. The products are great, but lets face it. As wonderful as KDE is, it's not Aqua, or even Luna. It's good, but not good enough for an end user. There's still computer jargon in the user's face, and it's not pretty like the others.
Tech support for endusers - missing Computer jargon in their face Lack of marketing towards end users ("What's gimp?")
These are the problems.
IMHO, each project should create a group devoted to end-user focus. That group should work on marketing, and viewing the product through an enduser perspective... not a Geek perspective. And judge if it's end user friendly.
Linux won't hit the masses as long as the user gets shown the path's to 100000k different things. They don't care... they just want it to work.
It's great that open source developers are such perfectionists. I personally love it. But what they need to do, is be able to cover it up.
Perhaps the general release pattern should include: Developer release - more powerful, crude like today End user release - friendly, hide the ugly.
End users don't like feeling confused. That's the key. That's what Apple Knows when it invented the iPod's interface. That's what Microsoft is slowly learning. That's what Palm knew. That's why Google is so popular.... simplistic yet powerful.
Until open source comes to agree on that ideal, it's not going to get that far.
Again, the products are amazing, and I love them... but I also want them to succeed with the non-geeks who actually have a social life;-)
It's really anoying when people with very little english answer phones, and work in places where they deal with customers (fast food is a big one).
I'm tired of paying money, and having to call several times to find someone who I can "somewhat" understand. I've more than once called, to get someone who I couldn't understand.
It's not just Dell whose done this... many companies have.
And it's annoying.
I couldn't care who is on the other end. I have the following requirements regardless: - Good English skills - must understand and speak WELL - No scripting - must be knowledgeable on the topic and products/services offered
That's all I ask. Someone who can be understood, and can understand... and knows what they are doing at their job.
American call stations can be just as bad. I remember calling Verisign (yea them) and getting someone who didn't know what "DNS" stood for. Yea! That was helpful.
A few weeks prior, they moved the datacenter, to a brand new facility. The new feature was a generator attached to the datacenter, rather than a few hours of batteries. From what I was told, prior it was only batteries.
Found out after, that there was power the whole time in the datacenter, and services were pretty regular.
So not everyone did bad. Depends on how prepaired they were (and of course some luck).
Let them know the sites they visit are being logged. If their testimony (on request) doesn't match up... no more computer in their rooms.
Heck, this is how most companies manage employee internet use. Most don't actively watch. Only when there is suspician of misuse, they check. The difference between a written warning, and being fired, is if the employees testimony matches the logs.
They would make a lot of money selling WiFi cards for OS 4 Palm's. The T, SJ series were very successful, yet Palm OS 4 only. Many still exist. Many (like myself) who don't want to upgrade, but want WiFi.
I would gladly pay some cash for a Palm OS 4 compatible MS card. Would be great to get email, IM, etc. on the go.
I took a Beige G3/266MHz that I got for $50... put a 120 GB WD drive, ACARD IDE Controller, and Mac OS X.
An extra fan, to keep it nice and cool, and a 10/100 NIC.
Runs rather well. Smooth, reliable, and fast. For a very low cost. Mac OS X 10.2 comes with AppleShare, for Macs, and Samba for windows file sharing. Apache for a webserver, and PHP, Perl...mySQL.
You got whatever you really need.
I added webmin, for remote control. Makes it a bit easier.
What many including myself like about them is that they aren't flashing ads to hard in my face, or attempting to get me to register for things. Services are free. It's a happy place.
All that contradicts Microsoft's philosophy.
Now we are going to Microsoft ads when doing searches for "Apple". Pay for image searches... who knows what else.
With the large market share Google has, this is pretty creepy.
Google has almost been a neutral man on the net. Great technologies, very accessible, free.
Slashdot Mirror
Winamp 2 was ancient. WinAmp 3 sucked.
Winamp 5 (2+3) was looking real good, I really really like it.
Wish it would continue. I really hope it does.
Who? The patient with the heart condition? Or the doctor using Windows?
What does this mean for computers shipping from the factory with Linux? Paying a Microsoft tax?
Sounds like this could mean trouble for any linux distro that perfers FAT over UFS or another format.
I've been doing this with the Mozilla project well before it was an enduser product.
The real problem is that Open Source is to focused on the source.
;-)
What? You may ask...
Open Source developers put out some great software, Linux, Mozilla, Gimp, GAIM, etc. I could go on for some time.
Why are they good? Stable, reliable, secure... most will agree to those. Why is it true? Because good coding, and demand to get it right. No corporate preasure.
So what's the problem? NO END USER FOCUS.
Mozilla now is working towards an enduser focus. That's a big change.
But the majority don't. The products are great, but lets face it. As wonderful as KDE is, it's not Aqua, or even Luna. It's good, but not good enough for an end user. There's still computer jargon in the user's face, and it's not pretty like the others.
Tech support for endusers - missing
Computer jargon in their face
Lack of marketing towards end users ("What's gimp?")
These are the problems.
IMHO, each project should create a group devoted to end-user focus. That group should work on marketing, and viewing the product through an enduser perspective... not a Geek perspective. And judge if it's end user friendly.
Linux won't hit the masses as long as the user gets shown the path's to 100000k different things. They don't care... they just want it to work.
It's great that open source developers are such perfectionists. I personally love it. But what they need to do, is be able to cover it up.
Perhaps the general release pattern should include:
Developer release - more powerful, crude like today
End user release - friendly, hide the ugly.
End users don't like feeling confused. That's the key. That's what Apple Knows when it invented the iPod's interface. That's what Microsoft is slowly learning. That's what Palm knew. That's why Google is so popular.... simplistic yet powerful.
Until open source comes to agree on that ideal, it's not going to get that far.
Again, the products are amazing, and I love them... but I also want them to succeed with the non-geeks who actually have a social life
Isn't Janet Reno behind the Jamming Abilities?
;-)
I remember she had some cool Jam parties in her basement on SNL.
It's really anoying when people with very little english answer phones, and work in places where they deal with customers (fast food is a big one).
I'm tired of paying money, and having to call several times to find someone who I can "somewhat" understand. I've more than once called, to get someone who I couldn't understand.
It's not just Dell whose done this... many companies have.
And it's annoying.
I couldn't care who is on the other end. I have the following requirements regardless:
- Good English skills - must understand and speak WELL
- No scripting - must be knowledgeable on the topic and products/services offered
That's all I ask. Someone who can be understood, and can understand... and knows what they are doing at their job.
American call stations can be just as bad. I remember calling Verisign (yea them) and getting someone who didn't know what "DNS" stood for. Yea! That was helpful.
Will that episode of Seinfeld fall into this censorship as well?
The Summer of George!
I was interning for a large company.
A few weeks prior, they moved the datacenter, to a brand new facility. The new feature was a generator attached to the datacenter, rather than a few hours of batteries. From what I was told, prior it was only batteries.
Found out after, that there was power the whole time in the datacenter, and services were pretty regular.
So not everyone did bad. Depends on how prepaired they were (and of course some luck).
all you need is to be in people's address books, and those people to open a virus attachment.
iTunes is a real good thing:
Cheap music
Artists get money
Decent use (burn, mp3 player, on the computer)
Lots of selection
100% legal, no questions asked.
Why does this guy intentionally try to ruin a good thing.
... as much as Yahoo presures people... it's sexual harassment.
;-)
Ya-ho.... oooh.... oooh... ahh... oh... uh....wow.
I'm sure a open source product will allow Mac/Nix users to access such networks (at no cost).
Would make computing much more secure.
It's still annoying for Mac/nix users to get thousands of annoying virus emails from their windows friends (if you can call them friends).
Every product normally starts out with 1 company producing it... if it's good, normally clones come about.
Logging is the best way.
Let them know the sites they visit are being logged. If their testimony (on request) doesn't match up... no more computer in their rooms.
Heck, this is how most companies manage employee internet use. Most don't actively watch. Only when there is suspician of misuse, they check. The difference between a written warning, and being fired, is if the employees testimony matches the logs.
They would make a lot of money selling WiFi cards for OS 4 Palm's. The T, SJ series were very successful, yet Palm OS 4 only. Many still exist. Many (like myself) who don't want to upgrade, but want WiFi.
I would gladly pay some cash for a Palm OS 4 compatible MS card. Would be great to get email, IM, etc. on the go.
who wants to see if it's possible to have a legal adult that looks and feels like a child?
:Shrudder: :vomit:
Harvesting DNA.
I took a Beige G3/266MHz that I got for $50... put a 120 GB WD drive, ACARD IDE Controller, and Mac OS X.
An extra fan, to keep it nice and cool, and a 10/100 NIC.
Runs rather well. Smooth, reliable, and fast. For a very low cost. Mac OS X 10.2 comes with AppleShare, for Macs, and Samba for windows file sharing. Apache for a webserver, and PHP, Perl...mySQL.
You got whatever you really need.
I added webmin, for remote control. Makes it a bit easier.
MS Supports a lot of things. But often things that are compatible with compeditors tend to be slow and buggy... as if to entice you to not use them.
Read a theory once that the sun would swell and engulf the closest few planets...
;-)
Perhaps this is a precursor?
The sky is falling!
Not unobjectiveness. You buy the product because you like what it does. The way it works.
If you don't like it... don't use it. Or modify the filters. Or choose an open source product.
Everything is objective. Why doesn't slashdot cover every submitted news item? Censorship?
Come on people. It's a bit rediculus.
Are medical books used by doctors pornography? Is a doctor studying for pediatrics reading peidophile material?
There's a difference eh?
It's all objective. Some more clear cut than others. This is why we hold elections so people can vote. This is why you can choose what product to buy.
Microsoft says Windows is pretty secure. Agree? Use Linux?
They do much more than 800MB's.
;-)
Perhaps they are the academics of the future?
I'm gunna marry that genious I saw the other day.
Google has quite a bit of the search market.
What many including myself like about them is that they aren't flashing ads to hard in my face, or attempting to get me to register for things. Services are free. It's a happy place.
All that contradicts Microsoft's philosophy.
Now we are going to Microsoft ads when doing searches for "Apple". Pay for image searches... who knows what else.
With the large market share Google has, this is pretty creepy.
Google has almost been a neutral man on the net. Great technologies, very accessible, free.
All things that Microsoft is not.
Very sad.
Read the FAQ:m aya/ma ya_ple/faq.shtml
http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services/
You can't read files created in the personal edition with the paid version. Makes me wonder.
You would think they want this functionallity. So that people like the product and upgrade.
Now any work you do in this version, is just playing.
There are hundreds of thousands of websites currently infringing on this.
Boy is this bad news.
Compuserve was retargeded for businesses years ago.
This new service is to replace what Compuserve was at one point.