all the tools at their disposal: ocean buoys, radar and satellite imagery, and computer modeling.
At times like these, the only technology is that which helps in mass exodus, plain and simple values like sharing and caring; and them coming back to pick up the pieces all over again.
If Microsoft came into a Gnu event it would be bashed
and do what? they would be speechless. GNU and other free software are 'free' in more ways than one; whereas MS-ware is non-free in every sense. MS would be foolish to try such a stunt. Any publicity is good publicity for Free Software though...
It means I can put visual studio on it and with an actual fucking keyboard that comes attached to it, theoretically I can use it to develop on.
Yes, and guess what: you could do that with any Windows version from Windows98 onwards. But the important question is:
Is Visual Studio going to allow you to develop apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT? I don't think so - only one, not both.
And besides, who would buy your app when the equivalents are in abundance on a lower cost platform like Android; or sexier ones like the iOS? That's the big question, and why Surface will be a disaster.
if businesses will have to retain their staff, why would they stick to MS?
I supposed you intended to say retrain there...
Android tablets are already low-cost, has tons of apps, and also allows apps to be loaded outside of the app store.
Current versions of MS Exchange work fairly smoothly on nearly every browser. What incentive is there for developers, developers and developers to code for Windows8 and WindowsRT?
Android is the new MS-DOS; it is going to swallow the entire eco-system in a few years time.
Gone are the days of desktops, and apps specifically developed for the desktops. These days,most apps can be run off a browser. The Android ecosystem has captured the low and medium ends of the tablet spectrum, and there are gazillion apps for Android, and Windows apps are miniscule in comparison. It will take a while yet, but highly likely that Windows and Microsoft will continue to slide into irrelevance sooner than later.
This is what the rascal Florian Mueller has to say: Apple's rubber-banding (overscroll-bounce) patent is still going to go through a lengthy proces before it may or may not be invalidated. There can be more than one non-final Office action by the Central Reexamination Division. Even a "final Office action" is not final at all. It can be reconsidered by the Central Reexamination Division itself, and the last decision by that division can be appealed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which used to be called the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) until recently and is like an USPTO-internal appeals court. Remands by the PTAB to the Central Reexamination Division cause further delay. When the USPTO is done with the patent, its decision can be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. And theoretically, a Federal Circuit decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court, which doesn't hear many patent validity cases (but does take a look at important issues from time to time).
Apple has many patents in play against Android. It doesn't matter in a strategic sense if some of them, or even many of them, get invalidated. It just needs to enforce enough of them to ensure product differentiation. The '381 patent covers a signature element of the iOS touchscreen user interface, and Apple is going to fight hard to keep it alive. But at the end of the day it's just one of many patents-in-suit.
Someone needs to whip this scoundrel a 1000 lashes on his bare buttocks until he understands what shit he is spouting as a so-called 'expert' on patents.
when Shitsta would've been a better name for the product.
Who cares what the old man says anymore? As the Salesforce chap said,Windows is irrelevant these days. Same goes for Microsoft, Bill Gates ad Ballmer. No one cares what they think or say anymore. The whole tech World has moved on.
when Shitsta would've been a better name for the product.
Who cares what the old man says anymore? As the Salesforce chap said,Windows is irrelevant these days. Sme goes for Microsoft, Bill Gates ad Ballmer. No one cares what they think or say anymore. The whole tech World has moved on.
Apple cannot generalise shapes, or strategise around trade dress based on bastardised shapes that are characterised by rounded rectangles.
Spelling and shapes vary based on geography. Not everybody is stupid like in the US, where people buy electronic goods based on the shape of the screen and the icons.
This speech at TED was featured in my local Linux User Group based in South India a few weeks back. I am planning on conducting this course for my College students in CS and IT branches.
The video also features Pramode CE who runs a consultancy for Embedded Systems and Software in nearby Trichur in Kerala State.
Very nice course, one I fully recommend for all ages.
The Internet is not an absolute necessity for life. First comes national security. Iran is a nation that has every right to exist and defend itself. Insulating their people from the rogue internet controlled by commercial interests in a nation they do not trust, is a very good form of self defence.
Secure Boot will do nothing to impede enterprise Windows users.
Most enterprises are still on XP; so Secure Boot has to be disabled or bypassed in millions of corporate desktops. If hw mfrs try to shove Windows-8 and above only PCs to the Corporate segment, nobody will buy them. Either way, I don't see Secure Boot as a viable option for PC mfrs.
More than XP, I am thinking different flavours of Windows 8. System admins need to wipe off the OEM stuff and install their Enterprise License stuff on new kit. That could be a different flavour of 8 or earlier versions of the OS as well. If they can't do it, they will simply ignore Windows 8 and wait for the next version that removes the restriction of Secure Boot.
Just wait for a while. System admins will find it very difficult to install Enterprise Licensed Windows licenses. MS will be forced to cave in, and provide easy mechanisms to do that for early adapters. Just use whatever technique the local PC vendor guy recommends.
The judge ought to be charge-sheeted and sentenced for prejudicial misconduct. Sadly, it appears she has already decided in favour of Apple. So looks like this is headed for the Appeals court, all over again.
"Dell Technical Support could not be reached for comments."
Not so fast, Sir.
The southern grid where the city of Bangalore is located, is fairly stable, and no interruptions.
Besides, EVERY SINGLE IT company has diesel generators that can operate to supply full load, because scheduled power cuts are very common in India. And ALL computers have UPS backup for 3 hours because the normal power line quality (frequency and voltage levels) are both poor, compared to international standards.
It would be nice to get a close view of the MS-Samsung deal.... it would be even more interesting if it is found that Microsoft PAID money to Samsung rather than the other way round.
I would question the IQ of any customer buying a TV or a computer or a tablet device based on how it looks from 10 feet distance; and not bothering what's inside it. I would ban design patents for ALL electronic goods based on the above principle.
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all the tools at their disposal: ocean buoys, radar and satellite imagery, and computer modeling.
At times like these, the only technology is that which helps in mass exodus, plain and simple values like sharing and caring; and them coming back to pick up the pieces all over again.
Chances are it would also be csh'ed, ksh'ed and zsh'ed (amongst others) as well.
You forgot the eminently appropriate and more common: BASHed
If Microsoft came into a Gnu event it would be bashed
and do what? they would be speechless. GNU and other free software are 'free' in more ways than one; whereas MS-ware is non-free in every sense. MS would be foolish to try such a stunt. Any publicity is good publicity for Free Software though...
It means I can put visual studio on it and with an actual fucking keyboard that comes attached to it, theoretically I can use it to develop on.
Yes, and guess what: you could do that with any Windows version from Windows98 onwards. But the important question is:
Is Visual Studio going to allow you to develop apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT? I don't think so - only one, not both.
And besides, who would buy your app when the equivalents are in abundance on a lower cost platform like Android; or sexier ones like the iOS? That's the big question, and why Surface will be a disaster.
Millions of people are buying Apple products...
Billions of devices still run a proprietary locked-down operating system.
Conclusive clincher: Florian Mueller is an expert on patents, and reputed journalists are still quoting him.
if businesses will have to retain their staff, why would they stick to MS?
I supposed you intended to say retrain there...
Android tablets are already low-cost, has tons of apps, and also allows apps to be loaded outside of the app store.
Current versions of MS Exchange work fairly smoothly on nearly every browser. What incentive is there for developers, developers and developers to code for Windows8 and WindowsRT?
Android is the new MS-DOS; it is going to swallow the entire eco-system in a few years time.
Apple's walled garden has early mover advantage and gazillion apps.
Android's open nature has attracted dozens of OEMs to make the hardware, and also has gazillion apps now.
The Surface is neither open, nor are developers flocking to i since Microsoft is now screwing over developers like they have done OEMs.
So it is neither open nor low-cost; and bound to be a colossal failure. No need for Cook to break into sweat...
Gone are the days of desktops, and apps specifically developed for the desktops. These days,most apps can be run off a browser. The Android ecosystem has captured the low and medium ends of the tablet spectrum, and there are gazillion apps for Android, and Windows apps are miniscule in comparison. It will take a while yet, but highly likely that Windows and Microsoft will continue to slide into irrelevance sooner than later.
This is what the rascal Florian Mueller has to say: Apple's rubber-banding (overscroll-bounce) patent is still going to go through a lengthy proces before it may or may not be invalidated. There can be more than one non-final Office action by the Central Reexamination Division. Even a "final Office action" is not final at all. It can be reconsidered by the Central Reexamination Division itself, and the last decision by that division can be appealed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), which used to be called the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) until recently and is like an USPTO-internal appeals court. Remands by the PTAB to the Central Reexamination Division cause further delay. When the USPTO is done with the patent, its decision can be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. And theoretically, a Federal Circuit decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court, which doesn't hear many patent validity cases (but does take a look at important issues from time to time).
Apple has many patents in play against Android. It doesn't matter in a strategic sense if some of them, or even many of them, get invalidated. It just needs to enforce enough of them to ensure product differentiation. The '381 patent covers a signature element of the iOS touchscreen user interface, and Apple is going to fight hard to keep it alive. But at the end of the day it's just one of many patents-in-suit.
Someone needs to whip this scoundrel a 1000 lashes on his bare buttocks until he understands what shit he is spouting as a so-called 'expert' on patents.
when Shitsta would've been a better name for the product.
Who cares what the old man says anymore? As the Salesforce chap said,Windows is irrelevant these days. Same goes for Microsoft, Bill Gates ad Ballmer. No one cares what they think or say anymore. The whole tech World has moved on.
when Shitsta would've been a better name for the product.
Who cares what the old man says anymore? As the Salesforce chap said,Windows is irrelevant these days. Sme goes for Microsoft, Bill Gates ad Ballmer. No one cares what they think or say anymore. The whole tech World has moved on.
for grown up men who wish to get serious work done, you know.... like coding, making things happen; Windows XP and Linux distros are the thing.
Balls to Ballmer... he can go play with his dolls.
Yes. Not only the customers, even the judges (I'm thinking about you, Lucy Koh) are not complete idiots in the UK.
Apple cannot generalise shapes, or strategise around trade dress based on bastardised shapes that are characterised by rounded rectangles.
Spelling and shapes vary based on geography. Not everybody is stupid like in the US, where people buy electronic goods based on the shape of the screen and the icons.
This speech at TED was featured in my local Linux User Group based in South India a few weeks back. I am planning on conducting this course for my College students in CS and IT branches.
The video also features Pramode CE who runs a consultancy for Embedded Systems and Software in nearby Trichur in Kerala State.
Very nice course, one I fully recommend for all ages.
unless you overturn the idiotic jury verdict, the entire World is going to laugh at you.
I feel sorry for the Iranian people
The Internet is not an absolute necessity for life. First comes national security. Iran is a nation that has every right to exist and defend itself. Insulating their people from the rogue internet controlled by commercial interests in a nation they do not trust, is a very good form of self defence.
listening to Steve's own words and letting them into your heart
Yeah, the idiotic bit about going thermo-nuclear against Android for copying a rounded rectangle.
Secure Boot will do nothing to impede enterprise Windows users.
Most enterprises are still on XP; so Secure Boot has to be disabled or bypassed in millions of corporate desktops. If hw mfrs try to shove Windows-8 and above only PCs to the Corporate segment, nobody will buy them. Either way, I don't see Secure Boot as a viable option for PC mfrs.
More than XP, I am thinking different flavours of Windows 8. System admins need to wipe off the OEM stuff and install their Enterprise License stuff on new kit. That could be a different flavour of 8 or earlier versions of the OS as well. If they can't do it, they will simply ignore Windows 8 and wait for the next version that removes the restriction of Secure Boot.
Just wait for a while. System admins will find it very difficult to install Enterprise Licensed Windows licenses. MS will be forced to cave in, and provide easy mechanisms to do that for early adapters. Just use whatever technique the local PC vendor guy recommends.
The judge ought to be charge-sheeted and sentenced for prejudicial misconduct. Sadly, it appears she has already decided in favour of Apple. So looks like this is headed for the Appeals court, all over again.
"Dell Technical Support could not be reached for comments."
Not so fast, Sir.
The southern grid where the city of Bangalore is located, is fairly stable, and no interruptions.
Besides, EVERY SINGLE IT company has diesel generators that can operate to supply full load, because scheduled power cuts are very common in India. And ALL computers have UPS backup for 3 hours because the normal power line quality (frequency and voltage levels) are both poor, compared to international standards.
Microsoft moves to seal their agreement with Samsung for Android licenses.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120727084323510
It would be nice to get a close view of the MS-Samsung deal.... it would be even more interesting if it is found that Microsoft PAID money to Samsung rather than the other way round.
I would question the IQ of any customer buying a TV or a computer or a tablet device based on how it looks from 10 feet distance; and not bothering what's inside it. I would ban design patents for ALL electronic goods based on the above principle.