Re:Like Woz didn't move on a LONG time ago?
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Hm lock-in. Yes you can buy the reliable hardware that runs nearly every operating system available reasonably well and comes with an enterprise capable OS already, with full development system included. Or be locked into software that runs on most hardware but not as reliably as other OSes requires a pretty good investment just to program and is ubiquitous. This is a conundrum.
Re:"Apple Inc -- creator of the personal computer"
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The Commodore PET 2001, Peddle's full home computer, was introduced in January of 2001.
I know this is incorrect and a typo, can we have the correct date. I believe that this is even more correct as well.
Re:Like Woz didn't move on a LONG time ago?
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Speaking of Office, I would suggest the Mac wouldn't have been as popular without it.
You win the prize there. That is exactly why Apple partnered with Microsoft to create it. That's why Apple gave the keys to the kingdom to Microsoft. And how Microsoft stabbed yet another partner in the back. They have not had a partner yet that they haven't ripped off or screwed in some other way. Just ask IBM and the guy they bought DOS from. Though to be fair the guy that they bought Dos from was paid his whole $2.99 and not really ripped off, unless you count all the money IBM paid Microsoft that they didn't pass on to him. But hey they bought the program source lock stock and barrel for their $2.99 (not the actual price merely indicating the bargain basement nature of it).
Re:Like Woz didn't move on a LONG time ago?
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Sorry Apple paid Xerox $5000 for the technology. That came out when Xerox tried to sue them.
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when they sued Microsoft for their look and feel issues over Windows.
Apple sued Microsoft because they had out and out ripped off Apple. Only the stupid clause in the contract giving Microsoft legal access to the APIs saved them from being sued out of existence. Remember Office was a mac product first, the development of Office gave Microsoft access to the APIs developed for the Mac by Apple and from there Windows was born, the bastard son of Mac and DOS.
Re:The iPad is original Apple Redux
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any other tablet PC made in the last ten years was NOT INVENTED BY APPLE. Repeat this mantra until you understand the nature of cool!
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The TRS-80s post date the Apple I by a bit. The Altair took hours to assemble and cost a great deal more than most households could really afford and probably a personal computer but also not truly useful as such. The TRS-80s were also not per se personal computers they were marketed for small businesses. The Apple II really kicked off the personal computer craze followed closely by the Commodore 64 and the Atari 800. So the statement that Apple created the personal computer is more or less accurate.
Few people or business for that matter like competing with themselves. The reason for patents in the first place was to allow the owner to exploit his inventions without competition. So saying they like Open Source until they have to compete with it is bullshit. I like Open Source until I have to compete with it just as much as IBM! If you love Open Source so much make it work without violating the patents, compete on an even footing. I know you guys that hate software patents are going to go insane on this one but please it's what we have now and it's going to change but until it does, play by the rules and innovate.
Oh hell no, a Japanese guy thousands of miles from home taking thousands of pictures is exactly what I was going to point out. It's not going to be down modded at all.
jump through hoops to get MP3s that will play anywhere? At least there are hoops I can jump through. With the rented Zune music there are no hoops you can jump through to get it off the Zune! Both will play standard MP3s but at least the Mac environment allows you to migrate your music off to another system.
Well considering you can't guarantee that windows will run on non windows compliant hardware either I'd say your argument is moot. MS is more locked than any other system on this planet. At least if you develop an app on the Mac you migrate it to any UNIX in the world with a pretty simple front end change, and if it has no front end you are pretty golden.
As opposed to only being able to play the music you bought..oops rented for your Zune as long as the servers are turned on. Using only the apps that you can download to your Zune from the MS store which is an MS only proposition right now. And they will still only be rented.
What idiot decided to let the poster use 35 as middle age? middle age today is closer to 50 than 35. Geez these stupid kidz try to make it younger every year!
I was hoping that the Authors/Publishers would get the bottom half of the page and Google the top half. Seems they divided it the stupid way. Make them cooperate to make a buck for a change.
No they did not invent electric underpants. Electronic underpants that send an alarm when wet are as old as electricity. They have merely made the embarrassment more private by sending a text or e-mail rather than an audible alarm!
Trust me, your life is not
Thank you for appointing yourself the great arbiter of what is and isn't interesting to my relatives and friends. I assume since you think our lives are uninteresting that yours is also bland and boring and yes uninteresting, I'll bet this chewing out is the most interesting thing to happen to you since birth. So until you actually become the arbiter if interest in my life I'll thank you to keep your opinions to yourself! Oh and by the way Slashdot qualifies as social networking, so for someone who doesn't understand the appeal you certainly do use it frequently.
HTML5 lacks ubiquity and consistency.
Except that at one time so did flash. It's just a matter of time before HTML 5 is ubiquitous. I don't know what you mean about consistency, haven't seen a problem there.
And probably about 90% of all web browser related crashes to date. I won't design a site with flash, I don't have any use for flash on any site and as far as flash games go, well there are sites for that but most people don't go there cause they can't do it at work and the kids might see them at home.
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Hm lock-in. Yes you can buy the reliable hardware that runs nearly every operating system available reasonably well and comes with an enterprise capable OS already, with full development system included. Or be locked into software that runs on most hardware but not as reliably as other OSes requires a pretty good investment just to program and is ubiquitous. This is a conundrum.
The Commodore PET 2001, Peddle's full home computer, was introduced in January of 2001.
I know this is incorrect and a typo, can we have the correct date. I believe that this is even more correct as well.
Speaking of Office, I would suggest the Mac wouldn't have been as popular without it.
You win the prize there. That is exactly why Apple partnered with Microsoft to create it. That's why Apple gave the keys to the kingdom to Microsoft. And how Microsoft stabbed yet another partner in the back. They have not had a partner yet that they haven't ripped off or screwed in some other way. Just ask IBM and the guy they bought DOS from. Though to be fair the guy that they bought Dos from was paid his whole $2.99 and not really ripped off, unless you count all the money IBM paid Microsoft that they didn't pass on to him. But hey they bought the program source lock stock and barrel for their $2.99 (not the actual price merely indicating the bargain basement nature of it).
Sorry Apple paid Xerox $5000 for the technology. That came out when Xerox tried to sue them.
when they sued Microsoft for their look and feel issues over Windows.
Apple sued Microsoft because they had out and out ripped off Apple. Only the stupid clause in the contract giving Microsoft legal access to the APIs saved them from being sued out of existence. Remember Office was a mac product first, the development of Office gave Microsoft access to the APIs developed for the Mac by Apple and from there Windows was born, the bastard son of Mac and DOS.
any other tablet PC made in the last ten years was NOT INVENTED BY APPLE. Repeat this mantra until you understand the nature of cool!
The TRS-80s post date the Apple I by a bit. The Altair took hours to assemble and cost a great deal more than most households could really afford and probably a personal computer but also not truly useful as such. The TRS-80s were also not per se personal computers they were marketed for small businesses. The Apple II really kicked off the personal computer craze followed closely by the Commodore 64 and the Atari 800. So the statement that Apple created the personal computer is more or less accurate.
Few people or business for that matter like competing with themselves. The reason for patents in the first place was to allow the owner to exploit his inventions without competition. So saying they like Open Source until they have to compete with it is bullshit. I like Open Source until I have to compete with it just as much as IBM! If you love Open Source so much make it work without violating the patents, compete on an even footing. I know you guys that hate software patents are going to go insane on this one but please it's what we have now and it's going to change but until it does, play by the rules and innovate.
That loud whirring sound is Werner Klemperer spinning in his grave.
Or any other insensitive clod.
Now this should get down modded, Maybe it's a German camera did you ever think about that you insensitive clod!
Oh hell no, a Japanese guy thousands of miles from home taking thousands of pictures is exactly what I was going to point out. It's not going to be down modded at all.
jump through hoops to get MP3s that will play anywhere?
At least there are hoops I can jump through. With the rented Zune music there are no hoops you can jump through to get it off the Zune! Both will play standard MP3s but at least the Mac environment allows you to migrate your music off to another system.
Well considering you can't guarantee that windows will run on non windows compliant hardware either I'd say your argument is moot. MS is more locked than any other system on this planet. At least if you develop an app on the Mac you migrate it to any UNIX in the world with a pretty simple front end change, and if it has no front end you are pretty golden.
As opposed to only being able to play the music you bought..oops rented for your Zune as long as the servers are turned on. Using only the apps that you can download to your Zune from the MS store which is an MS only proposition right now. And they will still only be rented.
Um no, MS agreed to apologize and invest in 100,000 shares of non voting stock for not carrying out agreements for which they could have been sued.
What idiot decided to let the poster use 35 as middle age? middle age today is closer to 50 than 35. Geez these stupid kidz try to make it younger every year!
I was hoping that the Authors/Publishers would get the bottom half of the page and Google the top half. Seems they divided it the stupid way. Make them cooperate to make a buck for a change.
No they did not invent electric underpants. Electronic underpants that send an alarm when wet are as old as electricity. They have merely made the embarrassment more private by sending a text or e-mail rather than an audible alarm!
stop!
Trust me, your life is not
Thank you for appointing yourself the great arbiter of what is and isn't interesting to my relatives and friends. I assume since you think our lives are uninteresting that yours is also bland and boring and yes uninteresting, I'll bet this chewing out is the most interesting thing to happen to you since birth. So until you actually become the arbiter if interest in my life I'll thank you to keep your opinions to yourself! Oh and by the way Slashdot qualifies as social networking, so for someone who doesn't understand the appeal you certainly do use it frequently.
HTML5 lacks ubiquity and consistency.
Except that at one time so did flash. It's just a matter of time before HTML 5 is ubiquitous. I don't know what you mean about consistency, haven't seen a problem there.
No No the line is: Poisson sniffing badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
And probably about 90% of all web browser related crashes to date. I won't design a site with flash, I don't have any use for flash on any site and as far as flash games go, well there are sites for that but most people don't go there cause they can't do it at work and the kids might see them at home.
How do we stop submitters.