I work for a BI consulting firm and this is, I think, a good move for Microsoft. I think Proclarity's product will eventually merge with SQL Server 2005 and probably will be distributed as a bundle just as the reporting or analysis (OLAP) components of SQL Server. This will probably provide better front end tools to Microsoft's offering right now which is very limited.
This really is a threat to other BI vendors like Cognos or Business Objects, and probably to the other front ends to SQL Server Analysis Services. Not that the resulting suite when integrated (if ever) will be a full BI suite, but because of the fact that it would, very probably, be purchased bundles with SQL Server Licences.
What I meant was some sort theoretical limit to a Nickel-Cadmium (or alike) battery. I was trying to make an analogy cause, you probably know, there is a limit (at least in thoery) to the speed "the best semiconductor transistor" can switch from one state to the other. Scientists are pushing the techonolgy to this limit until eventually we will have to switch to something else. So.. may be (chemical reaction batteries) as we know them have reached a limit already.
This is probably the thing that bothers me the most about laptops. I long for a "Moore's law" for batteries so your laptop would last 4 hours this year, 8 the next, 64 in two years and so on.
I know there must be some technological barrier or limit just as there is with semiconductors. If anyone has comments on that area it would be nice to hear them.
As it is in almost any business, competition is always good for the consumer. And in this case the consumers are not only us using the search engine for free, but the companies that actuallt buy services (ads, etc.) from Google, Yahoo and MSN. These are the ones that would actually benefit from a price war.
I'd like to see how MS muscles out Google in this particular aspect.
US Military Budget is probably over 40 times Nasas. And I'm pretty sure China, bieng also a nuclear power has a huge military budget to. This is where the money should not go.
Spending in science (space exploration) is always money well spent, specially with unmanned, redundant (two identical spacecrafts or more) missions.
Gonzalez Camarena IS NOT the inventor of TV it self, he invented a Color TV Format that was not based on the original B&W TV standard. His format used 12Mhz bandwith rather than the 6Mhz that todays format use, hence NO backward compatibilty. This is what killed his project. His standard however had much superior quality and what he called "true color".
Todays color TV standard was submitted by RCA. Camarena`s color standard was also submitted at the time but not by him, his idea got stolen by other major company in the US (I cant remember which). He didt finally sued because it didnt win anyway so the whole thing died.
I know this cause one of my college teachers was one of his engineering team members.
Most of tou guys have IT jobs in first world countries.. but how about IT Jobs in third world countries like yours truly's?, Not that I'm complaining but providing yourself a decent living is much harder. For example, let's say I can afford the same house you buy in 5 years, in 10 years. Quite a difference there huh?.
So you have a fierce competition to make it to C** whatever just to reduce that gap.
Large corporations are like a big tree with huge ramifications, and many monkeys sitting at all levels. The monkeys on the top look down and see happy faces. Tha monkews on the bottom look up and they se assholes
..so no hurry is going to happen at NASA I belive.
Capitalism (coporate interests) I do think will go on with the most obsolete, useless, bloddy and expensive space program in the world.. yes ladies and geeks... the Space Shuttle!!. The hurry now is to get the suttle back in space so all of NASA suppliers keep earning thier buck.
Not a single person (not geeks) I've tried to convert to switch Mozilla has actually used for more than one day. Not even after all the security flaws.
Hey I know is better.. I actually love it and use nothing else.. but Mozilla is not taking over the browser world any time soon.. if ever.
profit by bringing misfortune to others, or whether to embrace poverty
This is a white and black simplistic aproach. I see the point you are trying to make though. There's nothing wrong with making a profit, as long as your are not lying, cheating or stealing. Anyone can make a decent buck without crushing people or companies. Now, getting greedy is another thing (a capital sin in christian terms). when does anyone have enough money?.
As a matter of fact one good invention or innovation can bring fortune to many besides the inventor him/herself.
The Article was making a good point about questionable or semi-legal business practices until he made that Invention(good)/Innovation(bad) argument, that had nothing to do with the central subject. Both words can be equally valid depending on the context. The IC is both an invention and and innovative usage of transistors.
There have been some improvments but not quite there yet. I don't see this happening on any large corporation I'm related to. I've seen some medium sized companies migrate to OpenOffice(on win32),but changing everything??... not happening.
The last person you want to disturb is the tipical Desktop user. Just upgrading a version of Office makes tech support beg for death after weeks of stupid user questions.
I do think however that the ISS and low earth orbiters like the Space Shuttle have seen their time already and serve little purpose now.
A lot more can be achieved with smaller non-manned vehicles for a fraction of the price. With the budget the Space Shuttle has we could be launching tens or may by hundreds of spacecrafts to explore the outer solar system and attempt landings in place like say Europa or Neptune's Triton.
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I work for a BI consulting firm and this is, I think, a good move for Microsoft. I think Proclarity's product will eventually merge with SQL Server 2005 and probably will be distributed as a bundle just as the reporting or analysis (OLAP) components of SQL Server. This will probably provide better front end tools to Microsoft's offering right now which is very limited.
This really is a threat to other BI vendors like Cognos or Business Objects, and probably to the other front ends to SQL Server Analysis Services. Not that the resulting suite when integrated (if ever) will be a full BI suite, but because of the fact that it would, very probably, be purchased bundles with SQL Server Licences.
What I meant was some sort theoretical limit to a Nickel-Cadmium (or alike) battery. I was trying to make an analogy cause, you probably know, there is a limit (at least in thoery) to the speed "the best semiconductor transistor" can switch from one state to the other. Scientists are pushing the techonolgy to this limit until eventually we will have to switch to something else. So.. may be (chemical reaction batteries) as we know them have reached a limit already.
This is probably the thing that bothers me the most about laptops. I long for a "Moore's law" for batteries so your laptop would last 4 hours this year, 8 the next, 64 in two years and so on.
I know there must be some technological barrier or limit just as there is with semiconductors. If anyone has comments on that area it would be nice to hear them.
Also, Mercury (the god) is also called "The Winged Messenger" in Roman mithology. Hence the acronym picked for the mission.
Of course. MS, as usual, will move in and out of the boundary that separates the legal from the illegal.
As it is in almost any business, competition is always good for the consumer. And in this case the consumers are not only us using the search engine for free, but the companies that actuallt buy services (ads, etc.) from Google, Yahoo and MSN. These are the ones that would actually benefit from a price war.
I'd like to see how MS muscles out Google in this particular aspect.
Penis..The missing manual (for developers).
Same here..
..go home...
60 minutes in the waiting room
10 minutes in surgery (I did not even see the Doctor)
And thats it
you wont believe it once your in your car reading the billboards 10 minutes after the operation.
I think SETI should be a permanent project of man kind. SETI's search is not merely science, it is a philosophical matter of the highest importance.
The day this happens will change the way minkind think's forever.
Also sprach Zarathustra...
US Military Budget is probably over 40 times Nasas. And I'm pretty sure China, bieng also a nuclear power has a huge military budget to. This is where the money should not go.
Spending in science (space exploration) is always money well spent, specially with unmanned, redundant (two identical spacecrafts or more) missions.
Actually,
Gonzalez Camarena IS NOT the inventor of TV it self, he invented a Color TV Format that was not based on the original B&W TV standard. His format used 12Mhz bandwith rather than the 6Mhz that todays format use, hence NO backward compatibilty. This is what killed his project. His standard however had much superior quality and what he called "true color".
Todays color TV standard was submitted by RCA. Camarena`s color standard was also submitted at the time but not by him, his idea got stolen by other major company in the US (I cant remember which). He didt finally sued because it didnt win anyway so the whole thing died.
I know this cause one of my college teachers was one of his engineering team members.
Most of tou guys have IT jobs in first world countries.. but how about IT Jobs in third world countries like yours truly's?, Not that I'm complaining but providing yourself a decent living is much harder. For example, let's say I can afford the same house you buy in 5 years, in 10 years. Quite a difference there huh?.
So you have a fierce competition to make it to C** whatever just to reduce that gap.
Large corporations are like a big tree with huge ramifications, and many monkeys sitting at all levels. The monkeys on the top look down and see happy faces. Tha monkews on the bottom look up and they se assholes'You don't need perfect nuclear plants to avoid security problems'
Peolple should build radiation safe bunkers in their basements, in order to keep their families completly safe.
... I almost peeed my pants
Dear Sirs Madams
I kindly request your help to transfer 9 1/2 inches of penis, left my my late husband, left in Nigeria's National Morgue.
As a sign of good will I'll request you to send me a couple of inches of your own equipment ASAP.
I would be very grateful to transfer 25% of my penis supply to a surgeon of your preference.
..so no hurry is going to happen at NASA I belive.
Capitalism (coporate interests) I do think will go on with the most obsolete, useless, bloddy and expensive space program in the world.. yes ladies and geeks... the Space Shuttle!!. The hurry now is to get the suttle back in space so all of NASA suppliers keep earning thier buck.
Not a single person (not geeks) I've tried to convert to switch Mozilla has actually used for more than one day. Not even after all the security flaws.
Hey I know is better.. I actually love it and use nothing else.. but Mozilla is not taking over the browser world any time soon.. if ever.
narrow was my view .. I was thinking about atmosphere only.
Oxygen is the most abundant element here
Actually it's Nitrogen (around 70% or something)
profit by bringing misfortune to others, or whether to embrace poverty This is a white and black simplistic aproach. I see the point you are trying to make though. There's nothing wrong with making a profit, as long as your are not lying, cheating or stealing. Anyone can make a decent buck without crushing people or companies. Now, getting greedy is another thing (a capital sin in christian terms). when does anyone have enough money?. As a matter of fact one good invention or innovation can bring fortune to many besides the inventor him/herself.
The Article was making a good point about questionable or semi-legal business practices until he made that Invention(good)/Innovation(bad) argument, that had nothing to do with the central subject. Both words can be equally valid depending on the context. The IC is both an invention and and innovative usage of transistors.
Should have used running Office application. I went WTF the first time a read it.
There have been some improvments but not quite there yet. I don't see this happening on any large corporation I'm related to. I've seen some medium sized companies migrate to OpenOffice(on win32) ,but changing everything??... not happening.
The last person you want to disturb is the tipical Desktop user. Just upgrading a version of Office makes tech support beg for death after weeks of stupid user questions.
I do think however that the ISS and low earth orbiters like the Space Shuttle have seen their time already and serve little purpose now.
A lot more can be achieved with smaller non-manned vehicles for a fraction of the price. With the budget the Space Shuttle has we could be launching tens or may by hundreds of spacecrafts to explore the outer solar system and attempt landings in place like say Europa or Neptune's Triton.
Conspiracy Theory huh?? my favorite !! :)