Staroffice was not written in Java, so I'm not sure where you get the impression it was meant to be a Java showcase.
Sun purchased the software from a German company at version 5 (the one you probably used 2 years ago). Version 6 is a big jump in usability and performance (even though launch speed is slow).
Is it MSO? No, but its much cheaper and it get the jobs done. Sound familiar?
If you want to look at a very similar product, go to www.openoffice.org and download the open source cousin of StarOffice. Its not great, but its not bad - and its free!
That Apple versus Apple case has to be the most misquoted trial in computer-dom (except Apple versus Microsoft maybe).
Now, you may be right that it was MIDI, but going through google I've also seen Quicktime, Hypercard, sound out, CDRoms, and sound in capabilities get hit.
So what is it? Anybody got the real answer? Maybe it IS MIDI?
I don't know why anyone even bothers to quote that knucklehead (Enderle) any more. I must hear a dumb comment from him about once a week.
Fire up google and take a look, hes got some choice ones. The guy pretty much seems to complain no matter what the topic is. I always thought he was pro Microsoft from reading my Mac/Linux sites, but thats not really the case. He just complains about everything.
Sheesh, I should be an 'analyst'. I wonder how much they get paid...
Believe it or not we have civil forfeiture laws in this country. Even though in this case the stuff was probably used for evidence, the police can actually come in and take your stuff if they think it was used in a crime and never give it back even if you are found not guilty.
These are routinely used against drug offenders (who haven't been found guilty). I understand they have also been used prosecute suspected drag racers and DUIs in NYC (they take their cars and sell them at auction - guilty or not).
The reason they can do this is that if you are found not guilty in criminal court it doesn't mean you aren't guilty of the civil crime. The problem is that they can sell your stuff without so much as a trial. Its ridiculous.
Did you read the article? It essentially states that people are being permanently (FOREVER!!!) banned from XBox live (which they paid for), using the Xbox, which they paid for, if it had a mod chip installed.
Yes, DRM does keep you from that - thus Apple doesn't use it.
My original comment was that Apple just wants content creators (the artists themeselves are generally mac users after all) to get paid - they don't want users to have their fair rights use violated.
I guess I just don't see why you disagreed with my comment. I never said anything about DRM being right, or about Apple supporting DRM. In fact I said the opposite.
They do not support DRM, they support the right of artists to get paid for their work. Judging by what we have seen so far Apple promotes fair use but expects people to not steal things.
Exactly - and who buys PVRs that run Linux? Probably geeks. How many geeks want to give even MORE control to the cable companies and content producers?
The hardware doesn't matter if you are restricted so severely in what you can do with it.
As a Palm user perhaps you should take a look at their new hardware/software direction. If you want to cram a PC into a form factor that it wasn't meant to fit in, then by all means go for it. Now if you want a handheld that works so well that people are still running 5 year old models, only scaled up to newer hardware and with more features, then look at Palm.
You can't tell me that the latest Sony and Palm gear isn't damn sexy. Its smaller too!
I don't know how you can think something silly like 'battery life' is important when you can do Pocket Word on a PPC! I mean, I know I like to write my papers with a stylus.
And what? No Internet Explorer? What kind of computer comes without IE?
Well - in contrast to everyone drooling over the generally overpriced and oversized Windows CE devices I think they suck. Sure, the devices are a little big, but so were early Palms (and the Newton was HUGE). The biggest problem is the OS - Windows simply does not scale to the size of screen we are talking about. And why would anyone want to surf the web on a PDA? Maybe if the web was designed for little screens, but in general its not. And Word? Who needs freakin Word on a PDA? Windows CE for a laptop replacement, probably a better idea. But then you have to support another Windows platform to get extra battery life and small size (for a laptop).
So why aren't more companies doing Palms? Well, its Microsoft. They probably throw in 'deals' for the computer makers to do MS PDAs. They have an awful lot of leverage in a lot of different areas. What else does Palm make? Nothing.
I've got all sorts of weird problems with ATT Wireless. I get drop outs, or people can't hear me and I can hear them, or the damn thing just beeps at me. I say 50 percent of the time my phone doesn't work. Argh!
I am willing to bet that Palms market share is probably better than 90 percent over time. Of course plenty of people are still using their old Palms - they work and do what people want. Palm has no way to force upgrades like Microsoft does on the desktop.
As far as no innovation goes, the Palm world looks pretty interesting right now. If you want a smaller laptop, then CE is the way to go. If you want an awesome PDA, Palm is still the champ.
And if CE is so kickass, why is it still losing money after more than half a decade of being subsidized by Microsoft?
If MS makes better products, then how come they obliterated the competition when it was DOS/Win3 versus Mac OS 7 and OS/2 and DR-DOS? Were they better than those products? Most people would say no.
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Staroffice was not written in Java, so I'm not sure where you get the impression it was meant to be a Java showcase.
Sun purchased the software from a German company at version 5 (the one you probably used 2 years ago). Version 6 is a big jump in usability and performance (even though launch speed is slow).
Is it MSO? No, but its much cheaper and it get the jobs done. Sound familiar?
If you want to look at a very similar product, go to www.openoffice.org and download the open source cousin of StarOffice. Its not great, but its not bad - and its free!
That Apple versus Apple case has to be the most misquoted trial in computer-dom (except Apple versus Microsoft maybe).
Now, you may be right that it was MIDI, but going through google I've also seen Quicktime, Hypercard, sound out, CDRoms, and sound in capabilities get hit.
So what is it? Anybody got the real answer? Maybe it IS MIDI?
I don't know why anyone even bothers to quote that knucklehead (Enderle) any more. I must hear a dumb comment from him about once a week.
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Fire up google and take a look, hes got some choice ones. The guy pretty much seems to complain no matter what the topic is. I always thought he was pro Microsoft from reading my Mac/Linux sites, but thats not really the case. He just complains about everything.
Sheesh, I should be an 'analyst'. I wonder how much they get paid
Believe it or not we have civil forfeiture laws in this country. Even though in this case the stuff was probably used for evidence, the police can actually come in and take your stuff if they think it was used in a crime and never give it back even if you are found not guilty.
These are routinely used against drug offenders (who haven't been found guilty). I understand they have also been used prosecute suspected drag racers and DUIs in NYC (they take their cars and sell them at auction - guilty or not).
The reason they can do this is that if you are found not guilty in criminal court it doesn't mean you aren't guilty of the civil crime. The problem is that they can sell your stuff without so much as a trial. Its ridiculous.
Two words: Metroid Prime
OK - how the heck is this redundant when I was like the 8th guy to post a freakin comment? Wake up mods.
Yea, I know this happens all the time and its lame to bitch about moderation - but its still irritating.
Did you read the article? It essentially states that people are being permanently (FOREVER!!!) banned from XBox live (which they paid for), using the Xbox, which they paid for, if it had a mod chip installed.
I agree - but they should at least refund people's money or properly warn them in the first place.
What do you mean? With computers they can get food, water, and medicine over the internet!
Yes, DRM does keep you from that - thus Apple doesn't use it.
My original comment was that Apple just wants content creators (the artists themeselves are generally mac users after all) to get paid - they don't want users to have their fair rights use violated.
I guess I just don't see why you disagreed with my comment. I never said anything about DRM being right, or about Apple supporting DRM. In fact I said the opposite.
Most of what Sherlock does (not all) can be done better in Watson. http://www.karelia.com
Its worth the small cost. It would be neat if Watson could support sherlock plugins just in case it takes off.
They do not support DRM, they support the right of artists to get paid for their work. Judging by what we have seen so far Apple promotes fair use but expects people to not steal things.
The problem is that Microsoft is telling execs that it CAN be protected. Thus they believe it and lock out other platforms.
It doesn't matter if its true or not, Gates/Ballmer are telling them what they want to hear.
Did you really mean those things you said in that famous SNL skit?
It took several years of therapy to get over those horrible comments.
Exactly - and who buys PVRs that run Linux? Probably geeks. How many geeks want to give even MORE control to the cable companies and content producers?
The hardware doesn't matter if you are restricted so severely in what you can do with it.
As a Palm user perhaps you should take a look at their new hardware/software direction. If you want to cram a PC into a form factor that it wasn't meant to fit in, then by all means go for it. Now if you want a handheld that works so well that people are still running 5 year old models, only scaled up to newer hardware and with more features, then look at Palm.
You can't tell me that the latest Sony and Palm gear isn't damn sexy. Its smaller too!
If an interface needs to be 'customized' to be usable than it sucks in the first place.
And yes, the WinCE interface sucks.
Are they really gaining marketshare or do most Palm users still use their old gear? Im betting its more the latter than the former.
Current sales aren't the same thing as lifetime market share.
I don't know how you can think something silly like 'battery life' is important when you can do Pocket Word on a PPC! I mean, I know I like to write my papers with a stylus.
And what? No Internet Explorer? What kind of computer comes without IE?
Well - in contrast to everyone drooling over the generally overpriced and oversized Windows CE devices I think they suck. Sure, the devices are a little big, but so were early Palms (and the Newton was HUGE). The biggest problem is the OS - Windows simply does not scale to the size of screen we are talking about. And why would anyone want to surf the web on a PDA? Maybe if the web was designed for little screens, but in general its not. And Word? Who needs freakin Word on a PDA? Windows CE for a laptop replacement, probably a better idea. But then you have to support another Windows platform to get extra battery life and small size (for a laptop).
So why aren't more companies doing Palms? Well, its Microsoft. They probably throw in 'deals' for the computer makers to do MS PDAs. They have an awful lot of leverage in a lot of different areas. What else does Palm make? Nothing.
Windows CE is losing money
I've got all sorts of weird problems with ATT Wireless. I get drop outs, or people can't hear me and I can hear them, or the damn thing just beeps at me. I say 50 percent of the time my phone doesn't work. Argh!
What does that have to do with companies giving us poor service? They promise us a product, and whether we need it or not they should deliver it.
I am willing to bet that Palms market share is probably better than 90 percent over time. Of course plenty of people are still using their old Palms - they work and do what people want. Palm has no way to force upgrades like Microsoft does on the desktop.
As far as no innovation goes, the Palm world looks pretty interesting right now. If you want a smaller laptop, then CE is the way to go. If you want an awesome PDA, Palm is still the champ.
And if CE is so kickass, why is it still losing money after more than half a decade of being subsidized by Microsoft?
I hope you are younger than 25 ...
If MS makes better products, then how come they obliterated the competition when it was DOS/Win3 versus Mac OS 7 and OS/2 and DR-DOS? Were they better than those products? Most people would say no.