You seem to be fixed on #6. The problem is that you don't understand #1.
#1 doesn't require that there be no competition, only that you have enough influence to control the market. MS has shown in many ways that they had or have that level of control, though I will admit it is eroding.
At the time that MS had a near 100% lock on the browser market, it was obtained because of their near lock on the OS market. That is monopoly power. At the time that MS bullied the PC makers into purchasing a license for every PC they made, regardless of what it shipped with, that was *absolutely* monopoly power.
And currently, MS still holds monopoly power over the non-apple hardware desktop OS market. You really can't convince anyone that there is a statistically significant number of non-windows desktop OS installs on PC hardware.
There's also some argument that they have monopoly in the office software market now. They hold the lion's share of the market, and those small few that do compete live and die by their ability to read/write MS format files.
As for the server side, MS never really had monopoly there, and probably never will.
Not just demos. A piece of industrial software I worked on in the 90's was usually paid for in monthly installments. Every month when you paid your bill, you got a new key. Don't pay your bill? It would go into a cripple mode. Once the final payment was made, you were given a key that would work indefinitely.
In order to generate the power, the surface has to give way a small amount.
Now, take a walk down the sidewalk for 100 meters, then walk through soft sand for 100 meters and tell me which burned more energy. Yes, this example is on the extreme side, but it does illustrate the issue.
OK, so you don't like me painting traditional media with a broad brush, but you tear the heck out of anyone who calls you for doing the same thing to bloggers.
Seriously, I hope to heck YOU are not a journalist, because your objectivity is seriously lacking.
Blogging is not built on anything. It is what the individual blogger makes of it. Yup, IMO most of it is pointless drivel, and a lot of it is seriously slanted or of questionable accuracy. But there are a number of bloggers who are extremely professional.
The upside to bloggers? With a blogger, I only have to worry about his or her personal slant or weaknesses. I generally don't have to worry about them being influenced by editors, publishers, corporate owners, advertisers. With traditional media, I always have to take those things into account.
Truth is, I don't consider either one to be superior to the other. Each has their own weaknesses.
Yup, real media never have problems with reporters making stuff up, or plagiarism, or using DoD Propaganda as articles or even using altered photographs. Yup, every single person in the professional traditional media holds to the finest standards of journalism.
Been there, feel your pain. But trust me, there's worse.
If you REALLY want to lose faith in humanity, work in emergency services. I spent 6 years in medicine, and two years in law enforcement. You truly get to meet the scrapings of the gene pool that way.
OSX and Linux started around the same time in terms of popularity and market share. Yet nearly 10 years later RedHat is still a peanut gallery while Apple is a powerhouse.
You might be able to say that in the desktop market, but the exact opposite is true in the server market.
From what I've observed over the years, OSS works great on the server/enterprise side, where there is significant money to be made in support services. On the other hand, end-users don't buy support contracts, leaving almost no money to be made there to pay developers, so closed source wins.
If you have a good used book store around, I guarantee you will get more than the difference in cost back.
I poked around on Amazon, and found that when you look at mass market paperbacks, Kindle books are often the same price, and even when cheaper, the difference is pretty minimal.
I'm one of those folks who read a LOT, 3-6 books a week is not that unusual. However, I probably only one hardcover book every other year or so. So for me, an ebook would never pay for itself, If I bought one, it would be entirely for the convenience factor, and as of yet, I don't even find them that convenient. Mass market paperbacks are still smaller, lighter, and a lot less prone to damage.
Since my understanding is that the MacBook Pro still has firewire, I'd say that Apple is plenty willing to keep selling to those users. They just want them to pay more for the privilege.
Something missing here. The article claims to be "A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed" Yet, the article has nothing of the sort, and the linked page is a just an opinion piece on the lack of Firewire in the new MacBooks.
You ever drive a Metro? There's a reason why GM stopped making them, nobody wanted them. They were completely gutless little boxes that could barely get out of their own way. Same goes for the Civic.
From experience...you are in the minority. Unless a chick is one of those 'nature girls' (Deadhead types), or trailer trash...they do notice things like that. I was amazed when I learned about the shoe thing and the importance women put on them.
wow, you take it from oversimplification to outright insulting. I commend you.
My wife could care less about fashion in general. Definitely not a "nature girl", though she's comfortable enough outdoors. Not trailer trash either, she's a dedicated professional and highly respected in her company. She's an RN with over 20 years experience, all in specialty fields. Currently, she's working as a transport nurse, and thinks it's pretty cool that not only can she wear combat boots to work, it's pretty much required.
And she's certainly not alone, I've known many women who just couldn't care less about fashion. None of whom would meet your criteria. They just think there are more important things in life.
Um, you do realize that HD-DVD isn't a "standard ordinary DVD" either? And that HD-DVD won't play on your computer without new equipment?
Warner's not discontinuing regular DVDs (that would be insanely stupid at this point) they just said that they would only be using Blueray for high-def DVD. Since you made it clear you won't be buying those anyway, nothing has changed for you.
If the arrowhead was bent, it wasn't cast iron. Cast iron is very hard and very brittle. If it reaches failure point, it shatters, not bends.
Bending means it's poor-quality forged or wrought iron.
As for the wood, it's job is pretty much done once the projectile hits the target, doesn't affect the damage much if it breaks on impact. Though again, if it were of proper quality materials, it would hold together just fine.
I tend to agree, but in applications that already have large battery banks, it's a definite winner.
Such applications include:
Homes off the power grid Signal towers, etc off the power grid RV's
My own interest in for RVs. Typical setup for large RVs is to pull 120v power from a heavy duty inverter and a big battery bank. The batteries get charged while moving from the vehicle's alternator, and while stationary from a generator. Having inexpensive, efficient solar panels means a lot less time on the generator.
I don't think it's really a slashdot thing, it's a computer geek thing.
Sysadmins and programmers work in a world where there is no ambiguity or dishonesty. If my code is written well, it will do exactly what it was designed to do, every time. It will not lie to me, it will not decide to do something else. Many geeks themselves are like this, part of the reason why the upper office folks dislike us is because we have a tendency to say exactly what we mean, and to tell them how things are, not how they would like them to be. Conversely, we dislike them because they tend to wrap every statement in meaningless drivel, never committing, and never saying exactly what they mean.
If your company is doing dishonest things, legal or not, and you have geeks working for you, you are at risk.
The problem with this theory is that Novell is not a creditor.
The court ruled that the money *belongs* to Novell. That's a far different legal issue than SCO owing money to Novell.
It's like a burglar trying to claim bankruptcy in order to keep the stuff he stole. Since the stuff isn't actually his (and in this case has been declared so in a court of law), bankruptcy doesn't protect it.
Eh, honestly, When it comes to accepting them from external sources, I don't know anyone they work for anymore. Properly set up systems won't accept email for non-existent addresses, which means the NDR is generated on the sender's SMTP server. Which means that the overwhelming majority of NDRs not generated by the near-end SMTP server are bogus.
Frankly, this article has me considering the possibility of refusing/blackholing NDRs on my own servers. I'm betting it might drop nuisance mail by as much as 5-10%.
The concept is nice, but I get scores of them every day from ignorant mailservers telling me that the spam that I didn't send, but had my address on it didn't get delivered. I filter them off into a folder, which frankly, I just purge every week or so. I don't have the time to read through them.
Back when they first came out, I bought two, one for home, and one for work. Recently, one of them finally started having button issues. I picked up a replacement on ebay, and ended up paying about the same as its original list price.
The Marble FX is the most ergonomic pointing device ever made, is built like a tank, and is highly accurate. The only downside anymore is that the drivers for it are not compatible with the new OS's, which means you have to use the standard mouse drivers, so the fourth button is no longer programmable.
Dude, that's what gas sterilization units are for. Not everything that is used in the OR can go through an autoclave. I've been out of the medical field for over 15 years and figured that out in under 5 seconds.
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You seem to be fixed on #6. The problem is that you don't understand #1.
#1 doesn't require that there be no competition, only that you have enough influence to control the market. MS has shown in many ways that they had or have that level of control, though I will admit it is eroding.
At the time that MS had a near 100% lock on the browser market, it was obtained because of their near lock on the OS market. That is monopoly power. At the time that MS bullied the PC makers into purchasing a license for every PC they made, regardless of what it shipped with, that was *absolutely* monopoly power.
And currently, MS still holds monopoly power over the non-apple hardware desktop OS market. You really can't convince anyone that there is a statistically significant number of non-windows desktop OS installs on PC hardware.
There's also some argument that they have monopoly in the office software market now. They hold the lion's share of the market, and those small few that do compete live and die by their ability to read/write MS format files.
As for the server side, MS never really had monopoly there, and probably never will.
Not just demos. A piece of industrial software I worked on in the 90's was usually paid for in monthly installments. Every month when you paid your bill, you got a new key. Don't pay your bill? It would go into a cripple mode. Once the final payment was made, you were given a key that would work indefinitely.
In order to generate the power, the surface has to give way a small amount.
Now, take a walk down the sidewalk for 100 meters, then walk through soft sand for 100 meters and tell me which burned more energy. Yes, this example is on the extreme side, but it does illustrate the issue.
TANSTAAFL
OK, so you don't like me painting traditional media with a broad brush, but you tear the heck out of anyone who calls you for doing the same thing to bloggers.
Seriously, I hope to heck YOU are not a journalist, because your objectivity is seriously lacking.
Blogging is not built on anything. It is what the individual blogger makes of it. Yup, IMO most of it is pointless drivel, and a lot of it is seriously slanted or of questionable accuracy. But there are a number of bloggers who are extremely professional.
The upside to bloggers? With a blogger, I only have to worry about his or her personal slant or weaknesses. I generally don't have to worry about them being influenced by editors, publishers, corporate owners, advertisers. With traditional media, I always have to take those things into account.
Truth is, I don't consider either one to be superior to the other. Each has their own weaknesses.
Meh. Not real fond of "thin clients", terminals, etc.
Single point of failure. 'Nuff said?
Yup, real media never have problems with reporters making stuff up, or plagiarism, or using DoD Propaganda as articles or even using altered photographs. Yup, every single person in the professional traditional media holds to the finest standards of journalism.
Been there, feel your pain. But trust me, there's worse.
If you REALLY want to lose faith in humanity, work in emergency services. I spent 6 years in medicine, and two years in law enforcement. You truly get to meet the scrapings of the gene pool that way.
OSX and Linux started around the same time in terms of popularity and market share. Yet nearly 10 years later RedHat is still a peanut gallery while Apple is a powerhouse.
You might be able to say that in the desktop market, but the exact opposite is true in the server market.
From what I've observed over the years, OSS works great on the server/enterprise side, where there is significant money to be made in support services. On the other hand, end-users don't buy support contracts, leaving almost no money to be made there to pay developers, so closed source wins.
It's pronounced "Throat-Warbler Mangrove"
If you have a good used book store around, I guarantee you will get more than the difference in cost back.
I poked around on Amazon, and found that when you look at mass market paperbacks, Kindle books are often the same price, and even when cheaper, the difference is pretty minimal.
I'm one of those folks who read a LOT, 3-6 books a week is not that unusual. However, I probably only one hardcover book every other year or so. So for me, an ebook would never pay for itself, If I bought one, it would be entirely for the convenience factor, and as of yet, I don't even find them that convenient. Mass market paperbacks are still smaller, lighter, and a lot less prone to damage.
Since my understanding is that the MacBook Pro still has firewire, I'd say that Apple is plenty willing to keep selling to those users. They just want them to pay more for the privilege.
Something missing here. The article claims to be "A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed" Yet, the article has nothing of the sort, and the linked page is a just an opinion piece on the lack of Firewire in the new MacBooks.
I'm guessing this is the link that was intended.
You ever drive a Metro? There's a reason why GM stopped making them, nobody wanted them. They were completely gutless little boxes that could barely get out of their own way. Same goes for the Civic.
*double sigh*
Look, I know he's in SF, but he is still a geek...
ibonkedmyhand
From experience...you are in the minority. Unless a chick is one of those 'nature girls' (Deadhead types), or trailer trash...they do notice things like that. I was amazed when I learned about the shoe thing and the importance women put on them.
wow, you take it from oversimplification to outright insulting. I commend you.
My wife could care less about fashion in general. Definitely not a "nature girl", though she's comfortable enough outdoors. Not trailer trash either, she's a dedicated professional and highly respected in her company. She's an RN with over 20 years experience, all in specialty fields. Currently, she's working as a transport nurse, and thinks it's pretty cool that not only can she wear combat boots to work, it's pretty much required.
And she's certainly not alone, I've known many women who just couldn't care less about fashion. None of whom would meet your criteria. They just think there are more important things in life.
They're right too.
It's cheaper than that. Even 2x overtime is cheaper than two employees, since benefit costs and other administrative costs don't change with hours.
Um, you do realize that HD-DVD isn't a "standard ordinary DVD" either? And that HD-DVD won't play on your computer without new equipment?
Warner's not discontinuing regular DVDs (that would be insanely stupid at this point) they just said that they would only be using Blueray for high-def DVD. Since you made it clear you won't be buying those anyway, nothing has changed for you.
Wood is soft and compliant, as is cast iron
If the arrowhead was bent, it wasn't cast iron. Cast iron is very hard and very brittle. If it reaches failure point, it shatters, not bends.
Bending means it's poor-quality forged or wrought iron.
As for the wood, it's job is pretty much done once the projectile hits the target, doesn't affect the damage much if it breaks on impact. Though again, if it were of proper quality materials, it would hold together just fine.
I tend to agree, but in applications that already have large battery banks, it's a definite winner.
Such applications include:
Homes off the power grid
Signal towers, etc off the power grid
RV's
My own interest in for RVs. Typical setup for large RVs is to pull 120v power from a heavy duty inverter and a big battery bank. The batteries get charged while moving from the vehicle's alternator, and while stationary from a generator. Having inexpensive, efficient solar panels means a lot less time on the generator.
I don't think it's really a slashdot thing, it's a computer geek thing.
Sysadmins and programmers work in a world where there is no ambiguity or dishonesty. If my code is written well, it will do exactly what it was designed to do, every time. It will not lie to me, it will not decide to do something else. Many geeks themselves are like this, part of the reason why the upper office folks dislike us is because we have a tendency to say exactly what we mean, and to tell them how things are, not how they would like them to be. Conversely, we dislike them because they tend to wrap every statement in meaningless drivel, never committing, and never saying exactly what they mean.
If your company is doing dishonest things, legal or not, and you have geeks working for you, you are at risk.
The problem with this theory is that Novell is not a creditor.
The court ruled that the money *belongs* to Novell. That's a far different legal issue than SCO owing money to Novell.
It's like a burglar trying to claim bankruptcy in order to keep the stuff he stole. Since the stuff isn't actually his (and in this case has been declared so in a court of law), bankruptcy doesn't protect it.
Eh, honestly, When it comes to accepting them from external sources, I don't know anyone they work for anymore. Properly set up systems won't accept email for non-existent addresses, which means the NDR is generated on the sender's SMTP server. Which means that the overwhelming majority of NDRs not generated by the near-end SMTP server are bogus.
Frankly, this article has me considering the possibility of refusing/blackholing NDRs on my own servers. I'm betting it might drop nuisance mail by as much as 5-10%.
Am I the only one here that likes NDRs?
Probably
The concept is nice, but I get scores of them every day from ignorant mailservers telling me that the spam that I didn't send, but had my address on it didn't get delivered. I filter them off into a folder, which frankly, I just purge every week or so. I don't have the time to read through them.
Back when they first came out, I bought two, one for home, and one for work. Recently, one of them finally started having button issues. I picked up a replacement on ebay, and ended up paying about the same as its original list price.
The Marble FX is the most ergonomic pointing device ever made, is built like a tank, and is highly accurate. The only downside anymore is that the drivers for it are not compatible with the new OS's, which means you have to use the standard mouse drivers, so the fourth button is no longer programmable.
Dude, that's what gas sterilization units are for. Not everything that is used in the OR can go through an autoclave. I've been out of the medical field for over 15 years and figured that out in under 5 seconds.