You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. I work for VZW, and I have had a chance to play with the 1X cards (the technology is called 1XRTT) and they average about 60-90k in peak hours, and over 100k off peak.
It does work... and it's as fast as my cable connection sometimes.
Wireless broadband IS here.
The cool thing about this is that you can have both a phone or a PCMCIA card that act as a 1X modem OR phone... (the card has a 2.5mm headset jack and phone software)
Well they actually do! You're just not looking at the bigger picture. MS's biggest market is the corporate world, so that's who they listen to the most. And the corp world wants things like centralized management, all-in-one solutions, etc.... MS spent a lot of effort making Active Directory happen, and they have done so quite successfully. It may not be perfect, I'll give you that, but neither is your *nix.
Plus, you guys don't realize how much shit MS really puts out.
Their entire back office solution, to come from one company alone, is quite a feat.
Their stuff is VERY well integrated and backward compatibal.
And my favorite feature:
The fact that I don't have to compile source code when I download any upgrades/patches/software....
Corporations like that too! Most of the world does, because we want to buy a ready solution, not something we need to put further effort into.
In order for an OS to become what Microsoft did, they have to hit the COrporate market..and from there it will trickle down to users (who most WORK in the corporations)
Corporations want an OS that is reliable, compatible, and it's vendor offers excellent support.
Linux is reliable, but lacks the other two.
Compatibility (hardware and software) will be almost imposible to attain at the level MS has. It would require all HW vendors to extend their developement resources for your OS... they won't do it unless they see the market for it...and the market won't be there unless the compatibility is... it's quite a closed loop.
Microsoft will be here for a long time!! They ARE inovative, and they're products are FANTASTIC (this is from a corporate point of view, not a Want-to-tweak-the-fuck-out-of-my-system point of view)
"I also ensure that hardware purchases avoid Intel, for AMD may not know how to cool a CPU given a vat of liquid nitrogen, but at least they're Not As Evil. "
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!! Whatever company you say you are running is obviously NOTHING close to a real company. Ridle me this, batman, when you write up company standard procedure documents, do you really pitch AMD with "Not as evil, as Intel (although they are technically superior)"?
You any-microsofties are so silly the way you keep deluding and trying to convince yourself that Windows is no good.
I mean.. I can respect how you may personally dislike a product, but why go out of your way to find ways to bring it down? Do you see Windows users talking about Mac's?
Just stick to your own beans, and stop trying to convince the world and yourselves that your beans are better.
Fact of the matter is that they're NOT. Microsoft's popularity and the HUGE support they get from corporations is proof alone.
Get out of your bubles and realize that Microsoft has played a HUGE key role in the popularity of the PC which in turn has had huge economical impacts that filter down to almost everything. If it wasn't for Microsoft, the PC may still be a hobby of the socially-challenged.
Maybe if your Linuxes/Unixes every rose up to support as much software/hardware as Windows does, maybe then it too would have some flaws in it's security.
Many of you individualize all Microsoft/Windows problems but Fail to realize EVERYTHING around them.
Bottom line: Stop putting other people's success down because your Boat isn't floating that high.
I really don't understand why strong advocates of *nix are so anti MS. Maybe you take a look around and realize that some people don't like, not to mention know how, to edit the friggin source code, before compiling it, to make an upgrade!! this seems ridiculous! If you're gonna release soemthing, make sure it works on all cases.
I'm glad I don't have to rewrite MS functions before installing Win2000.
jmt
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This article is CRAP:
"The best prevention for attacks against a feature is for the feature not to be there. "
LOL!
So instead of the signal going to a radio, it goes to the muscles in the voicebox and mouth... same thing ;)
You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. I work for VZW, and I have had a chance to play with the 1X cards (the technology is called 1XRTT) and they average about 60-90k in peak hours, and over 100k off peak.
It does work... and it's as fast as my cable connection sometimes.
Wireless broadband IS here.
The cool thing about this is that you can have both a phone or a PCMCIA card that act as a 1X modem OR phone... (the card has a 2.5mm headset jack and phone software)
If he's a Microsoft customer, yes
Well they actually do! You're just not looking at the bigger picture. MS's biggest market is the corporate world, so that's who they listen to the most. And the corp world wants things like centralized management, all-in-one solutions, etc.... MS spent a lot of effort making Active Directory happen, and they have done so quite successfully. It may not be perfect, I'll give you that, but neither is your *nix.
Plus, you guys don't realize how much shit MS really puts out.
Their entire back office solution, to come from one company alone, is quite a feat.
Their stuff is VERY well integrated and backward compatibal.
And my favorite feature:
The fact that I don't have to compile source code when I download any upgrades/patches/software....
Corporations like that too! Most of the world does, because we want to buy a ready solution, not something we need to put further effort into.
you really think this huge ammount of wave shit waving through us constantly has no effect on you?
Are you fucking stupid? "MS doing nothing to help the us economy"???
You're to ignorant to see the indirect effect MS has had not just in the US, but on the world wide scale.
Wheather you want to admit it or not, MS saves companies money. Trust me on this, companies would not use it, if cost-reduction wasn't a factor.
Because MS is the #1 business platform, and business make up a big piece of the econoy pie, them MS is obviously influencing the economy.
All it's OS releases also help drive PC sales.
looks like someone's paying attention.
kudos
THe solution is not quite that simple.
In order for an OS to become what Microsoft did, they have to hit the COrporate market..and from there it will trickle down to users (who most WORK in the corporations)
Corporations want an OS that is reliable, compatible, and it's vendor offers excellent support.
Linux is reliable, but lacks the other two.
Compatibility (hardware and software) will be almost imposible to attain at the level MS has. It would require all HW vendors to extend their developement resources for your OS... they won't do it unless they see the market for it...and the market won't be there unless the compatibility is... it's quite a closed loop.
Microsoft will be here for a long time!! They ARE inovative, and they're products are FANTASTIC (this is from a corporate point of view, not a Want-to-tweak-the-fuck-out-of-my-system point of view)
"I also ensure that hardware purchases avoid Intel, for AMD may not know how to cool a CPU given a vat of liquid nitrogen, but at least they're Not As Evil. "
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard!! Whatever company you say you are running is obviously NOTHING close to a real company. Ridle me this, batman, when you write up company standard procedure documents, do you really pitch AMD with "Not as evil, as Intel (although they are technically superior)"?
You any-microsofties are so silly the way you keep deluding and trying to convince yourself that Windows is no good.
I mean.. I can respect how you may personally dislike a product, but why go out of your way to find ways to bring it down? Do you see Windows users talking about Mac's?
Just stick to your own beans, and stop trying to convince the world and yourselves that your beans are better.
Fact of the matter is that they're NOT. Microsoft's popularity and the HUGE support they get from corporations is proof alone.
Get out of your bubles and realize that Microsoft has played a HUGE key role in the popularity of the PC which in turn has had huge economical impacts that filter down to almost everything. If it wasn't for Microsoft, the PC may still be a hobby of the socially-challenged.
Maybe if your Linuxes/Unixes every rose up to support as much software/hardware as Windows does, maybe then it too would have some flaws in it's security.
Many of you individualize all Microsoft/Windows problems but Fail to realize EVERYTHING around them.
Bottom line: Stop putting other people's success down because your Boat isn't floating that high.
I really don't understand why strong advocates of *nix are so anti MS. Maybe you take a look around and realize that some people don't like, not to mention know how, to edit the friggin source code, before compiling it, to make an upgrade!! this seems ridiculous! If you're gonna release soemthing, make sure it works on all cases. I'm glad I don't have to rewrite MS functions before installing Win2000. jmt