"The least democratic of any election holding country in the world"? I doubt it. No country has a perfect electoral code, and I'd compare ours pretty favorably toward the systems that are used in Europe. In particular, I see pros and cons of our system as compared to the British system (with which I'm most familiar), where they don't even get to vote for their head of state, and there isn't a builtin system of checks and balances--I could go on. I'm no fanboy of the American system of government, but to say it's the least democratic in the world is ridiculous.
That's an asset to the gamers, but not to the console manufacturers, because pirated games are horrible news for the console makers. That's how the console makers make money in the first place, especially Microsoft, who sold (and maybe still sells) consoles at a significant loss. You could argue that the brand loyalty will make up the difference eventually, but only time will tell if that's true. In the meantime, Nintendo's making all the profits. They just gotta hope they can keep enough users from generation to generation.
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That might work...if half of the eligible population weren't already employed. Oh yeah, and if people could live off have the money.
I guess it's not such a great idea afterall
Bullshit. Honesty costs more than false adverstisment, and in instances where lying is more costly than the gains of being honsest, all firms will lie. There's no guarantee that honesty will prevail in a free market.
I'd mod you as -1 arrogant and assuming. How do you know he's an American? Sure you could have read his blog and inferred, but I'd bet you just couldn't resist a knee-jerk anti-American comment. Very original.
I see your point, but I just don't draw the same parallel. People are still free to do whatever they want with the Firefox code, as long as they take out the Mozilla name. I don't see the need for the type of differentiation between Firefox-deriviative browsers that there is for the whole Linux operating system. In fact, I think it would only hurt Firefox if clones with the same name started popping up all over the place.
One day, if the media companies are smart, they'll start distributing shows with commercials intact. That way they can still rake in the ad revenue, and customers get what they really want--to be able to watch and rewatch what they want, when they want. Personally, I could care less whether commercials are in the mix. I wonder if others agree
I agree. The idea in and of itself is clearly ingenius, even though it should be a no brainer. By thinking outside of the typical business management box, I think google is blazing a new trail in how tech companies operate. Not to mention, that they are beginning to look more and more like the workplace of anybody's dreams
You paint it as though they're the endangered species, while I think the real endangered species is the rights of the consumers and artists. The RIAA and MPAA are so well integrated into our lawmaking that they're twisting everything to work on their behalf. Maybe one day your endgame will come, but I think it's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.
But at a sub-$500 price point, every dollar matters. If these things do sell like hotcakes, Apple needs to squeeze out the biggest margin they possibly can in order to make any money on it. This computer isn't going to be meant for the type of person who reads specs before they buy, it's for the people who just want to try out the new "Internet thingy" they've been hearing about these days. Apple wants people like you to shell out a bit more cash for your computer. I think that in this case, "underspeccing" is the way to go, since they know plenty of people will buy it regardless of specs because they just want to try Apple (if they're high end users) or own any computer at all (if they're low end users).
A great example, have you heard of the low end Palm Zire series? Absurdly underspecced--they even decreased the number of hardware buttons--but they became Palm's best selling unit for over a year. And it's simply because the type of people who bought it weren't power users and didn't demand competitive specs, they just wanted any Palm. For many, it was perfectly adequate, and for others, it whetted their apetite for a more powerful unit (more dollars for Palm)
Because it's more expensive to maintain a whole bunch of wires and networking gear that will never be fully utilized than to throw up an access point or two.
Think about it for a second before posting a too-cool response.
It's not about fighting holy wars. It's about some people believing that zygotes and fetuses have rights too, and that it's just as wrong to perform radical experiments with them as it is to perform radical experiments on human beings. No one's stopping anyone from doing embrionic stem cell research, the federal gov't just isn't funding it.
I don't know, maybe he was just being honest, but I got the feeling throughout the entire interview that he was constantly trying to make himself look more insightful than the questioners by sidestepping their questions and answering his own.
I still think that software patents stifle innovation. The average useful program is made up of numerous components, not like an improved butter churn. Imagine if every little part of a program were patented: people would be way too caught up in liscensing fees to be able to write anything, especially a large application. If the patent system were to ever reasonably be applied to software, it will definitely need standards, something it sorely lacks now.
I do agree with him that anything software that is patented should be open source. At least this way, the company is forced to essentially put their idea in the public domain. Don't they make inventors of mechanical systems publish a blueprint?
I sure hope we get this figured out soon, because with multibillion dollar lawsuits flying around, I don't see how even giant corporations can feel safe doing business here in the US
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Better yet, just take a 3x2 section of the num pad
You should try RTLinuxFree. It's reportedly better than the preempt packages, and much further along in development
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure it'll happen soon...right after Linux takes over the desktop OS market. This is gonna be the year, I just know it!
"The least democratic of any election holding country in the world"? I doubt it. No country has a perfect electoral code, and I'd compare ours pretty favorably toward the systems that are used in Europe. In particular, I see pros and cons of our system as compared to the British system (with which I'm most familiar), where they don't even get to vote for their head of state, and there isn't a builtin system of checks and balances--I could go on. I'm no fanboy of the American system of government, but to say it's the least democratic in the world is ridiculous.
That's an asset to the gamers, but not to the console manufacturers, because pirated games are horrible news for the console makers. That's how the console makers make money in the first place, especially Microsoft, who sold (and maybe still sells) consoles at a significant loss. You could argue that the brand loyalty will make up the difference eventually, but only time will tell if that's true. In the meantime, Nintendo's making all the profits. They just gotta hope they can keep enough users from generation to generation.
That might work...if half of the eligible population weren't already employed. Oh yeah, and if people could live off have the money. I guess it's not such a great idea afterall
Probably moreso, considering their GameBoy killer couldn't play GameBoy's games
I don't understand your technological mumbo jumbo. Could you please convert your figures to Library of Congress sized units?
Bullshit. Honesty costs more than false adverstisment, and in instances where lying is more costly than the gains of being honsest, all firms will lie. There's no guarantee that honesty will prevail in a free market.
I'd mod you as -1 arrogant and assuming. How do you know he's an American? Sure you could have read his blog and inferred, but I'd bet you just couldn't resist a knee-jerk anti-American comment. Very original.
I see your point, but I just don't draw the same parallel. People are still free to do whatever they want with the Firefox code, as long as they take out the Mozilla name. I don't see the need for the type of differentiation between Firefox-deriviative browsers that there is for the whole Linux operating system. In fact, I think it would only hurt Firefox if clones with the same name started popping up all over the place.
One day, if the media companies are smart, they'll start distributing shows with commercials intact. That way they can still rake in the ad revenue, and customers get what they really want--to be able to watch and rewatch what they want, when they want. Personally, I could care less whether commercials are in the mix. I wonder if others agree
I agree. The idea in and of itself is clearly ingenius, even though it should be a no brainer. By thinking outside of the typical business management box, I think google is blazing a new trail in how tech companies operate. Not to mention, that they are beginning to look more and more like the workplace of anybody's dreams
...especially Apple
You paint it as though they're the endangered species, while I think the real endangered species is the rights of the consumers and artists. The RIAA and MPAA are so well integrated into our lawmaking that they're twisting everything to work on their behalf. Maybe one day your endgame will come, but I think it's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better.
But at a sub-$500 price point, every dollar matters. If these things do sell like hotcakes, Apple needs to squeeze out the biggest margin they possibly can in order to make any money on it. This computer isn't going to be meant for the type of person who reads specs before they buy, it's for the people who just want to try out the new "Internet thingy" they've been hearing about these days. Apple wants people like you to shell out a bit more cash for your computer. I think that in this case, "underspeccing" is the way to go, since they know plenty of people will buy it regardless of specs because they just want to try Apple (if they're high end users) or own any computer at all (if they're low end users).
A great example, have you heard of the low end Palm Zire series? Absurdly underspecced--they even decreased the number of hardware buttons--but they became Palm's best selling unit for over a year. And it's simply because the type of people who bought it weren't power users and didn't demand competitive specs, they just wanted any Palm. For many, it was perfectly adequate, and for others, it whetted their apetite for a more powerful unit (more dollars for Palm)
But, that would involve actually doing something, instead of posting redundant messages on a messageboard. Clearly you don't belong here.
Two thumbs, and another part of your anatomy as well
Because it's more expensive to maintain a whole bunch of wires and networking gear that will never be fully utilized than to throw up an access point or two. Think about it for a second before posting a too-cool response.
Yeah, and what about Donald Knuth, Edgar F. Codd, and perhaps even one Apple or Xerox employee? (not that I like Mac's or anything)
It's not about fighting holy wars. It's about some people believing that zygotes and fetuses have rights too, and that it's just as wrong to perform radical experiments with them as it is to perform radical experiments on human beings. No one's stopping anyone from doing embrionic stem cell research, the federal gov't just isn't funding it.
Thank God! We Americans are rooting for ya
I don't know, maybe he was just being honest, but I got the feeling throughout the entire interview that he was constantly trying to make himself look more insightful than the questioners by sidestepping their questions and answering his own.
They already have it--in Bangalore. They're light-years ahead of us
I still think that software patents stifle innovation. The average useful program is made up of numerous components, not like an improved butter churn. Imagine if every little part of a program were patented: people would be way too caught up in liscensing fees to be able to write anything, especially a large application. If the patent system were to ever reasonably be applied to software, it will definitely need standards, something it sorely lacks now.
I do agree with him that anything software that is patented should be open source. At least this way, the company is forced to essentially put their idea in the public domain. Don't they make inventors of mechanical systems publish a blueprint?
I sure hope we get this figured out soon, because with multibillion dollar lawsuits flying around, I don't see how even giant corporations can feel safe doing business here in the US