Good question. Back in the dim mists of antiquity known as the early '90s, Apple (and others) published study after study showing that TCO of Macs was lower. Needless to say it wasn't very effective.
In my neck of the woods I've been recruiting software engineers for several months and found slim pickings. Good recent grads are around, but senior people have become much more difficult to find. The way I see it, my good news anecdote is just as good as other people's bad news ancedotes.
Get some smelling salts for this man. I know the precept that "there's nothing good on TV" is thick in this discussion, but is anyone really thinking about this or just blathering the same banalities of 20 years ago?
Second, Friends. They're worth every penny. I'd like to see the BBC pay someone a million a year much less a million an episode. (Think of the fees (taxes) for that).
Third, PBS. Given the choice, I'd shut it down today. But if you think capitalism limits innovation, maybe PBS can help you out.
And I believe you when you say you love America. Me Too.
Thank you. The obvious is so often lost in knee-jerk reaction. (Whenever you react quickly and without thinking, ask yourself, "Who taught me this?". I dare you.)
There is a strange sort of paranoia that sometimes affects people: they seem to take comfort that certain entities are prescient. Sometime they want to believe that FDR knew of Pearl Harbor in advance (or the President Bush knew of 9/11). This prescience seems to give comfort even when the alledged foresight was used for evil.
A similar example is the 'Big Corporation' that knows exactly what is going to happen while they masses are left to vain speculation.
Consider, just for a moment, that even the CEO of Wal-Mart doesn't completely understand if RFIDs will be net good or net bad. They just think its worth a try.
While I'm always up for some media bashing, I'm afraid if someone had sex with a 'hoe' they'd perform their own sex change. I prefer 'ho' for clarity 8-).
The fun part about this discussion is that some of the posts are right and some are completely wrong. This is obvious, of course, but, as a Comp. Sci. student in the 80's I was told repeatedly that Japan Inc.'s technical jugernaut that was unstoppable. The airwaves were filled with doomsayers predicting that Japan would dominate America.
Well the doomsayers were wrong. America was patient with the markets and eschewed Japan's central planning (although their current problems stem from a variety of factors) and eventually American tech reasserted its primacy.
I'm not suggesting that we be glib about Indian outsourcing (I was out of work for 9 months last year), but I believe that the American capital market system will eventually re-energize innovation here and balance things out.
What isn't productive is to whine about "the rich" as if they're responsible for taking care of you. Like most Americans, I don't hate the rich. I want to be rich 8-).
Bitter EJB by Brute Tate et al. IMHO fills an enormous gap in the J2EE world by daring to suggest that EJB might not be the best technology for all enterprise software projects everywhere.
Its well written, broad (but not overly), and can be read non-sequentally. I wish more books took this approach. Amazon
To my mind the music industry is between a rock, filesharing, and a hard place, the expense of developing large commercially successful artists. All of the 'solutions' I hear about (subscriptions, pay-by-the-song, etc.) indicate a larger number of smaller acts producing individual songs instead of albums.
This might generate acceptable revenue, but revenue growth is unlikely.
My question is: Am I full of it?
Followup question: How beholden are the RIAA companies to retail record stores? Are they willing to endorse a large-scale online distribution system that will largely end traditional record stores?
The Mac tools are great, but, I still find that the best tools only make 85% of a GUI job pleasant. That last 15% is a grind.
Speaking of the old school (we were weren't we?), those spiffy Mac apps were part of NeXTStep back in the day. I could bang out interfaces that made the jaws of my fellow developers -sadly using X- hit the floor like a hammer.
Thanks for your points. I'm not a lawyer and I've not seen anyone on/. claim they are, but in the spirit of free exchange I'll continue to be the black hat.
My business law text book from MBA school has real property and IP in the same chapter. The opening rubric states that, prior to the information age, real property was the main asset of a company. This has now changed and for may companies their IP is more valuable. I'm not saying you're wrong, but, on the basis of value, I see no difference between IP and real property.
The recordings are the RIAA member's property. Pure and simple. They can do with them what they want. It's not ours to decide.
Just because there are zillions of people sharing does not convey a new right upon them.
Somewhere there are people whose 401K owns stock in these corporations. Not 'big business' and all the other naive cliches/. folk indulge in, but people who directly or by proxy paid for stock in those companies.
Clearly the RIAA members need a new model, but just because we don't like their current model doesn't mean they have to change.
The point of the article (and the referenced book) was that a variety of factors working interdependently affect the success of most products - especially consumer products. The interplay of these factors cannot be predicted and that's why capitalism is fun. Too much of this thread has centered around one single factor or another and, by my lights, misses the point.
While Dr. Shneiderman is preeminent in this field (I'm a big fan), this article sounds like he's focused on turning the WIMP interface into some sort of hands-free experience.
I want to talk to my computer so I can get away from the console. For example:
Me in Living Room: HAL do I have any e-mail?
HAL (in home offce): Nothing but spam dude.
Me: Thanks. I'm going to the store.
HAL: OK, I'll forward you land line to your cell.
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Good question. Back in the dim mists of antiquity known as the early '90s, Apple (and others) published study after study showing that TCO of Macs was lower. Needless to say it wasn't very effective.
In my neck of the woods I've been recruiting software engineers for several months and found slim pickings. Good recent grads are around, but senior people have become much more difficult to find. The way I see it, my good news anecdote is just as good as other people's bad news ancedotes.
Second, Friends. They're worth every penny. I'd like to see the BBC pay someone a million a year much less a million an episode. (Think of the fees (taxes) for that).
Third, PBS. Given the choice, I'd shut it down today. But if you think capitalism limits innovation, maybe PBS can help you out.
And I believe you when you say you love America. Me Too.
There is a strange sort of paranoia that sometimes affects people: they seem to take comfort that certain entities are prescient. Sometime they want to believe that FDR knew of Pearl Harbor in advance (or the President Bush knew of 9/11). This prescience seems to give comfort even when the alledged foresight was used for evil. A similar example is the 'Big Corporation' that knows exactly what is going to happen while they masses are left to vain speculation.
Consider, just for a moment, that even the CEO of Wal-Mart doesn't completely understand if RFIDs will be net good or net bad. They just think its worth a try.
PS:If b-baggins is trolling then I'm outta here.
While I'm always up for some media bashing, I'm afraid if someone had sex with a 'hoe' they'd perform their own sex change. I prefer 'ho' for clarity 8-).
Well the doomsayers were wrong. America was patient with the markets and eschewed Japan's central planning (although their current problems stem from a variety of factors) and eventually American tech reasserted its primacy.
I'm not suggesting that we be glib about Indian outsourcing (I was out of work for 9 months last year), but I believe that the American capital market system will eventually re-energize innovation here and balance things out.
What isn't productive is to whine about "the rich" as if they're responsible for taking care of you. Like most Americans, I don't hate the rich. I want to be rich 8-).
Careful, you're getting close to connecting Liberty with responsibility (which is what I think the Founders had in mind).
Bitter EJB by Brute Tate et al. IMHO fills an enormous gap in the J2EE world by daring to suggest that EJB might not be the best technology for all enterprise software projects everywhere.
Its well written, broad (but not overly), and can be read non-sequentally. I wish more books took this approach.
Amazon
This might generate acceptable revenue, but revenue growth is unlikely.
My question is: Am I full of it?
Followup question: How beholden are the RIAA companies to retail record stores? Are they willing to endorse a large-scale online distribution system that will largely end traditional record stores?
Speaking of the old school (we were weren't we?), those spiffy Mac apps were part of NeXTStep back in the day. I could bang out interfaces that made the jaws of my fellow developers -sadly using X- hit the floor like a hammer.
Thanks for your points. I'm not a lawyer and I've not seen anyone on /. claim they are, but in the spirit of free exchange I'll continue to be the black hat.
My business law text book from MBA school has real property and IP in the same chapter. The opening rubric states that, prior to the information age, real property was the main asset of a company. This has now changed and for may companies their IP is more valuable. I'm not saying you're wrong, but, on the basis of value, I see no difference between IP and real property.
The point of the article (and the referenced book) was that a variety of factors working interdependently affect the success of most products - especially consumer products. The interplay of these factors cannot be predicted and that's why capitalism is fun. Too much of this thread has centered around one single factor or another and, by my lights, misses the point.
While Dr. Shneiderman is preeminent in this field (I'm a big fan), this article sounds like he's focused on turning the WIMP interface into some sort of hands-free experience. I want to talk to my computer so I can get away from the console. For example: Me in Living Room: HAL do I have any e-mail? HAL (in home offce): Nothing but spam dude. Me: Thanks. I'm going to the store. HAL: OK, I'll forward you land line to your cell.