Apple would be foolish to give up this advantage! And if, while not supported, XP users by Apple brand laptops to run XP on, that won't hurt Apple!
While I agree from the purist standpoint and you probably get a much cleaner hardware/software environment, I don't think this would ultimately 'hurt' Apple. Consider how much money Microsoft has made on an OS (software only).
Apple can definitely position itself into a head-on war with Microsoft. Before they pretty much co-existed. I think they still can as Mac users will continue to buy Macs (if it's x86 or not).
Seeing as how (in the US at least) movie studios are barred from owning movie theatres (old anti-trust case that goes back at least 50 years), the studios aren't making money off the concesions.
I have been to many Sony theaters and Sony itself has Sony Pictures. How does this fit in?
I remember during the anti-trust trial, Microsoft paraded Symantec around having them tell the gov't how a separate company could thrive in the Microsoft world.
I am curious to know how they feel about that now, or maybe feel about this two years from now.
Is this true? I have seen it mentioned several times, but are there any articles from the media on this? I'm not a lawyer so I don't really want to go through the EULA. For that matter, where is the EULA for IIS?
Otherwise, wouldn't it be integrated into Windows by now?
My guess is part of the reasoning behind this is they have realized they can no longer execute as quickly as they did before. They probably don't want the technology to rot and would rather inspire someone that can actually bring something to market.
I totally agree. I think Google is great, but I have never seen so many problems with Gmail. Granted it's 'beta' (whatever that is supposed to mean), but I get timeouts or blank pages when using Gmail. I have never seen that (at least to this degree) with Yahoo! mail or even Hotmail (ugh).
I really don't care who wins (let's face it, how does this help any of us?), but it's pretty clear Google has a way to go in terms of learning curve in the 'user application' area.
And besides, exceptions are worthless in a non-garbage collected language.
Not always true. Garbage collection provides a catch all (no pun), but ideally, well written code should handle all conditions and clean up the code (calling appropriate cleanup method, eg. Close()). Even in garbage-collected environments, the GC runs at (usually) unspecified times and there are many times assuming the GC will "clean up my code" is sloppy.
One should always try to code as lucidly as possible and clean up when appropriate. Microsoft: Can you please put the destructor concept back for us ex-C++ C# programmers?
The versions are available to MSDN subscribers. To become one, you must pay them (I know, my company has an account for me).
This isn't new. Microsoft did the same exact thing when the final.NET (Visual Studio.NET) beta was released. Right after beta2, they had 'go-live' licenses you could obtain that allowed you to use it production software.
Talk to Courtney Love, or any one of the beneficiaries of a famous artist about what happens after the artist dies.
I couldn't agree more. Do you know how many South-American Druglord's children would have been forced to attend just a common state-University if Courtney didn't get any of Cobain's money?
This is so true even at the much larger level than the geek reading the HOWTO. Just the other day my Vonage service went out (for the first time ever) and it really showed me how unstable the whole system is.
I was pretty much helpless. I called Vonage and was on hold forever, then they had the typical like why is your computer not working technical support questions (replace computer with phone).
Fortunately it just 'came back on' the next morning. I have had pretty good service with them, but going through the whole support issue was a nightmare, especially for a phone. I honestly can't remember when my POTS line went down.
As much as I hate to say it, I think the ILEC is more capable of fixing problems.
While I agree with most of what the original HardOCP article states, I think some of it is very unprofessional.
Especially the comments about the guys past failures. Anyone in venture capital knows that a failed business is not a death-blow. Actually most of the VCs (many angels) are more receptive of people that actually went out and tried something and failed (and has knowledge as to why it failed vs some newbie with a great idea).
I still think this console system company is a sham, but the HardOCP author puts his foot in his mouth by stating the failed businesses as a tragedy to the man's resume.
I typically won't even click on the link rather go to the site myself (by manually typing in the URL).
For that matter, I rarely ever even need to do this. Most of the phishing emails I get are obvious or I don't even care about.
These scams will (unfortunately) always work because there are enough ignorant people out there to take advantage of.
Wikipedia has some pretty interesting notes on EA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts
I especially like this:
"A novel approach to giving credit to its developers was one of EA's trademarks in its early days. EA was the first video game publisher to treat its developers like rock stars in an industry where developers were more prone to be treated like nameless factory workers."
Wow. Talk about a 180.
Boycott the financial markets.
This is how it works. The irony of it is that everyone's 401(k) is so loaded on the market that you want companies to be so focused on the bottom line.
This is capitalism, this is the way it will always be. Sad...but true...
Excellent... Start a web site hire a bunch of people and have them work insane hours to keep it running.
I think it should be more than just games companies that people are made aware of.
Well at least the way the current Linux companies are going...
I believe in Linux, but I think that Microsoft has such a great "support channel" that it will be incredibly hard... Not that I think Microsoft is great, but as a MS developer, I have yet to find the "other" products supportive...
There's too much to name here, but I think any rational MS Developer knows the difference...
The slashdot user-based is HIGHLY technical, and so am I, but the OVERWHELMING majority of the world isn't.
Take a look at MSDN... It is an amazing resource... At least compared to what is out there... And FWIW, I am moving to Java, but Sun's horrible Java site is lame...
All the Java/Sun zealots claim that UNIX/Java/Linux is all about doing-it-yourself. While I agree (my roots are Amiga), I have realized that the mainstream world isn't like that.
We can bitch all we want, but until we satisfy the real-demand, Linux will just be a niche-developer environment.
Just the other day I was complaining to a gung-ho Java/Linux guy about how the Java tools suck wind. He retorted by saying "well when MS is broken up, the apps group won't be constrained to just the Windows environment".
That says a lot about Microsoft and their competition (Symantec/BEA, Borland/Inprise, Sun/Forte, etc.)... Competitors today can't build tools (namely IDEs) that don't suck...
Companies like this are barely surviving. The media goes crazy when they here these "big mergers" that will challenge Microsoft. Ha! I say.
Being an ex-Amiga user I understand the passions behind Linux and the anti-Microsoft movement, but you have to analyze your opponent wisely.
Ever use Borland's JBuilder? What an utter piece of garbate. Let's face it, Microsoft is far from perfect, but they do make some good software (not all of it, but some of it).
This all-or-nothing approach will be the death of any company that stands to compete with MS. As Ballmer once said, "You gotta ride the bear."
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Apple would be foolish to give up this advantage! And if, while not supported, XP users by Apple brand laptops to run XP on, that won't hurt Apple!
While I agree from the purist standpoint and you probably get a much cleaner hardware/software environment, I don't think this would ultimately 'hurt' Apple. Consider how much money Microsoft has made on an OS (software only).
Apple can definitely position itself into a head-on war with Microsoft. Before they pretty much co-existed. I think they still can as Mac users will continue to buy Macs (if it's x86 or not).
Seeing as how (in the US at least) movie studios are barred from owning movie theatres (old anti-trust case that goes back at least 50 years), the studios aren't making money off the concesions.
I have been to many Sony theaters and Sony itself has Sony Pictures. How does this fit in?
There's more to life than money. I guess they really want us to feel this.
I've never seen a MB chipset that can handle more then 1 AGP bus. but PCI Express is a different beast.
AGP isn't a bus, it's a port basically designed to allow video cards--and only video cards--to directly access main memory.
It's not a bus that allows traffic to multiple devices.
We'll still have My BSOD.
I remember during the anti-trust trial, Microsoft paraded Symantec around having them tell the gov't how a separate company could thrive in the Microsoft world.
I am curious to know how they feel about that now, or maybe feel about this two years from now.
Is this true? I have seen it mentioned several times, but are there any articles from the media on this? I'm not a lawyer so I don't really want to go through the EULA. For that matter, where is the EULA for IIS?
Otherwise, wouldn't it be integrated into Windows by now?
My guess is part of the reasoning behind this is they have realized they can no longer execute as quickly as they did before. They probably don't want the technology to rot and would rather inspire someone that can actually bring something to market.
I totally agree. I think Google is great, but I have never seen so many problems with Gmail. Granted it's 'beta' (whatever that is supposed to mean), but I get timeouts or blank pages when using Gmail. I have never seen that (at least to this degree) with Yahoo! mail or even Hotmail (ugh).
I really don't care who wins (let's face it, how does this help any of us?), but it's pretty clear Google has a way to go in terms of learning curve in the 'user application' area.
I am not a unix file permission GURU, but is the Ars Technica explanation of the limitations of UNIX file permissions entirely accurate?
And besides, exceptions are worthless in a non-garbage collected language.
Not always true. Garbage collection provides a catch all (no pun), but ideally, well written code should handle all conditions and clean up the code (calling appropriate cleanup method, eg. Close()). Even in garbage-collected environments, the GC runs at (usually) unspecified times and there are many times assuming the GC will "clean up my code" is sloppy.
One should always try to code as lucidly as possible and clean up when appropriate. Microsoft: Can you please put the destructor concept back for us ex-C++ C# programmers?
The versions are available to MSDN subscribers. To become one, you must pay them (I know, my company has an account for me).
.NET (Visual Studio.NET) beta was released. Right after beta2, they had 'go-live' licenses you could obtain that allowed you to use it production software.
This isn't new. Microsoft did the same exact thing when the final
On Monday Microsoft will take you to lunch
On Friday Microsoft will have you for lunch
Nothing new here.
Well that makes adsense
Talk to Courtney Love, or any one of the beneficiaries of a famous artist about what happens after the artist dies.
I couldn't agree more. Do you know how many South-American Druglord's children would have been forced to attend just a common state-University if Courtney didn't get any of Cobain's money?
Thank god for inheritance.
This is so true even at the much larger level than the geek reading the HOWTO. Just the other day my Vonage service went out (for the first time ever) and it really showed me how unstable the whole system is.
I was pretty much helpless. I called Vonage and was on hold forever, then they had the typical like why is your computer not working technical support questions (replace computer with phone).
Fortunately it just 'came back on' the next morning. I have had pretty good service with them, but going through the whole support issue was a nightmare, especially for a phone. I honestly can't remember when my POTS line went down.
As much as I hate to say it, I think the ILEC is more capable of fixing problems.
While I agree with most of what the original HardOCP article states, I think some of it is very unprofessional.
Especially the comments about the guys past failures. Anyone in venture capital knows that a failed business is not a death-blow. Actually most of the VCs (many angels) are more receptive of people that actually went out and tried something and failed (and has knowledge as to why it failed vs some newbie with a great idea).
I still think this console system company is a sham, but the HardOCP author puts his foot in his mouth by stating the failed businesses as a tragedy to the man's resume.
I typically won't even click on the link rather go to the site myself (by manually typing in the URL). For that matter, I rarely ever even need to do this. Most of the phishing emails I get are obvious or I don't even care about. These scams will (unfortunately) always work because there are enough ignorant people out there to take advantage of.
I feel older already.
Wikipedia has some pretty interesting notes on EA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts I especially like this: "A novel approach to giving credit to its developers was one of EA's trademarks in its early days. EA was the first video game publisher to treat its developers like rock stars in an industry where developers were more prone to be treated like nameless factory workers." Wow. Talk about a 180.
Boycott the financial markets. This is how it works. The irony of it is that everyone's 401(k) is so loaded on the market that you want companies to be so focused on the bottom line. This is capitalism, this is the way it will always be. Sad...but true...
Excellent... Start a web site hire a bunch of people and have them work insane hours to keep it running. I think it should be more than just games companies that people are made aware of.
That is what desktop search is for!
Well at least the way the current Linux companies are going...
I believe in Linux, but I think that Microsoft has such a great "support channel" that it will be incredibly hard... Not that I think Microsoft is great, but as a MS developer, I have yet to find the "other" products supportive...
There's too much to name here, but I think any rational MS Developer knows the difference...
The slashdot user-based is HIGHLY technical, and so am I, but the OVERWHELMING majority of the world isn't.
Take a look at MSDN... It is an amazing resource... At least compared to what is out there... And FWIW, I am moving to Java, but Sun's horrible Java site is lame...
All the Java/Sun zealots claim that UNIX/Java/Linux is all about doing-it-yourself. While I agree (my roots are Amiga), I have realized that the mainstream world isn't like that.
We can bitch all we want, but until we satisfy the real-demand, Linux will just be a niche-developer environment.
Just the other day I was complaining to a gung-ho Java/Linux guy about how the Java tools suck wind. He retorted by saying "well when MS is broken up, the apps group won't be constrained to just the Windows environment".
That says a lot about Microsoft and their competition (Symantec/BEA, Borland/Inprise, Sun/Forte, etc.)... Competitors today can't build tools (namely IDEs) that don't suck...
Companies like this are barely surviving. The media goes crazy when they here these "big mergers" that will challenge Microsoft. Ha! I say.
Being an ex-Amiga user I understand the passions behind Linux and the anti-Microsoft movement, but you have to analyze your opponent wisely.
Ever use Borland's JBuilder? What an utter piece of garbate. Let's face it, Microsoft is far from perfect, but they do make some good software (not all of it, but some of it).
This all-or-nothing approach will be the death of any company that stands to compete with MS. As Ballmer once said, "You gotta ride the bear."