Here is a neat little trick for ya, when you get all those credit card apps (etc.) write on them "Refused Return to Sender" and just drop it off in one of those nice big blue USPS mail boxes. I have had great success with this. Most of the time the mail never comes back to me, occasionally it does. Since the postal workers can't throw the mail out, they must send it back, and the sender is forced to pay return postage!
Give it a try sometime:)
I think you make a good point here. Windows owns, and probably will own the PC desktop for years to come (unless a new revolution comes around and they don't take on to it.) However, the light-weight portability of Linux gives it a huge advantage in the tablet/portable/cell phone/what's next market. Microsoft knows that this is where the market is headed and is going to be pushing real hard to get in there a la Windows CE style. But, as we all know it is about the app. Microsoft owns the desktop because MS Office is a great product. If it ported to Linux with ease (no Wine does not count) then I think Linux would catch on much easier. When it comes to the tablet/portable device it will depend on what the killer-app is and what is runs on.
I don't think that is what the article was saying. It praised how well Linux was doing in the server market, taking on the older more established *NIX big boys. The only failure the article mentioned was how it has not make a significant impact on the desktop at home. Well Duh! When a company such as Microsoft has a monopoly, I think it is going to take more than just a few years to crack a hole in that shell.
Well,
I think it depends on how short the cycle is, and how dramatic the change is. If the cycle is an annual one, then you are right, people couldn't keep track. But, if the cycle was more like five years, then I think people would figure it out. And, if the changes were substantial, such as changing the color, picture, location of key items (number, picture, etc.) then I think it would be reasonable to say that people would know the difference.
Yea, but you usually don't see the older designs in circulation. Banks take it out because they get worn, etc. I imagine they keep they cycle like that because that is how long they think it will take to produce a reliable counterfeiting machine. My theory is that the shorter the cycle the more difficult it is to counterfeit.
Usage Note: Its is the possessive form of the pronoun it and is correctly written without an apostrophe. It should not be confused with the contraction it's (for it is or it has), which should always have an apostrophe.(http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=it% 27s)
"Wonder what would happen to this machine in U.S. and Europe."
Well, depending on what part of the contry (USA) you put this thing in, I can see a couple of red-necks loading this baby on the back of their pickup and driving off with it (cough West Virginia cough). If people have tried to rip off ATM's, soda machines, and newspaper dispensers, what makes you think they wouldn't go after this thing? I really hope they load the base of this puppy with some lead or cement.
At least IBM is contributing to the Linux cause. I'd like to see Sun do some actual application development for the env. rather than just throw it on their cheap boxes. This is definitly a good step in the right direction for the community!
I totally agree with this. When it takes my browser 5 seconds to download and load up a pop-up, pop-under, pop-over, pop-insideyourskull ad every time I surf to a page, surfing the net becomes tedious and boring. I don't know about the rest of you, but when an ad interupts my surfing experience, I make an effort to never shop from that advertised site.
I'm not sure about the school you go/went to, but the Accounting/Marketing/Management majors at my school wouldn't even know how to spell Linux let alone try and use it. As a Business IS major, we use VB for most of our coding projects, which means we are using VS. The only *nix experience that most IS majors get is from using pine to read their email. Some of us geeks are smart enough to go out and learn the other OS's and apps, but the Frat Boys have little modivation to do the same.
Actually, I was reading the EULA waiting for the presentation to start, and with the copy of VS.NET it stated that any software you created with the academic version absolutly HAD to port to a MS OS! Talk about locking you in. Sheesh.
When these guys came to my campus a couple of weeks ago (CU Boulder) I think the majority of students were more interested in the free XBOX giveaway than the.NET. Although finally having a legit copy of XP Pro was a nice bonus as well:)
Actually, Sun is also apparently going to be charging for Star Office 6. (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-865257.html) - The News.com article points out that they are going to have a hard time going after MS's market, especially when MS only charges $48 for an academic license to schools.
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Here is a neat little trick for ya, when you get all those credit card apps (etc.) write on them "Refused Return to Sender" and just drop it off in one of those nice big blue USPS mail boxes. I have had great success with this. Most of the time the mail never comes back to me, occasionally it does. Since the postal workers can't throw the mail out, they must send it back, and the sender is forced to pay return postage! Give it a try sometime :)
I think you make a good point here. Windows owns, and probably will own the PC desktop for years to come (unless a new revolution comes around and they don't take on to it.) However, the light-weight portability of Linux gives it a huge advantage in the tablet/portable/cell phone/what's next market. Microsoft knows that this is where the market is headed and is going to be pushing real hard to get in there a la Windows CE style. But, as we all know it is about the app. Microsoft owns the desktop because MS Office is a great product. If it ported to Linux with ease (no Wine does not count) then I think Linux would catch on much easier. When it comes to the tablet/portable device it will depend on what the killer-app is and what is runs on.
I don't think that is what the article was saying. It praised how well Linux was doing in the server market, taking on the older more established *NIX big boys. The only failure the article mentioned was how it has not make a significant impact on the desktop at home. Well Duh! When a company such as Microsoft has a monopoly, I think it is going to take more than just a few years to crack a hole in that shell.
Well, I think it depends on how short the cycle is, and how dramatic the change is. If the cycle is an annual one, then you are right, people couldn't keep track. But, if the cycle was more like five years, then I think people would figure it out. And, if the changes were substantial, such as changing the color, picture, location of key items (number, picture, etc.) then I think it would be reasonable to say that people would know the difference.
Yea, but you usually don't see the older designs in circulation. Banks take it out because they get worn, etc. I imagine they keep they cycle like that because that is how long they think it will take to produce a reliable counterfeiting machine. My theory is that the shorter the cycle the more difficult it is to counterfeit.
Yeah,
He needs a good 'ol cockpunching Jarad (subway) style.
And it is "it's" not its.
% 27s)
Usage Note: Its is the possessive form of the pronoun it and is correctly written without an apostrophe. It should not be confused with the contraction it's (for it is or it has), which should always have an apostrophe.(http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=it
/me raises hand
That has more memory than my Webserver running FreeBSD!(64MB) Sheesh.
"Wonder what would happen to this machine in U.S. and Europe."
Well, depending on what part of the contry (USA) you put this thing in, I can see a couple of red-necks loading this baby on the back of their pickup and driving off with it (cough West Virginia cough). If people have tried to rip off ATM's, soda machines, and newspaper dispensers, what makes you think they wouldn't go after this thing? I really hope they load the base of this puppy with some lead or cement.
At least IBM is contributing to the Linux cause. I'd like to see Sun do some actual application development for the env. rather than just throw it on their cheap boxes. This is definitly a good step in the right direction for the community!
I totally agree with this. When it takes my browser 5 seconds to download and load up a pop-up, pop-under, pop-over, pop-insideyourskull ad every time I surf to a page, surfing the net becomes tedious and boring. I don't know about the rest of you, but when an ad interupts my surfing experience, I make an effort to never shop from that advertised site.
I'm not sure about the school you go/went to, but the Accounting/Marketing/Management majors at my school wouldn't even know how to spell Linux let alone try and use it. As a Business IS major, we use VB for most of our coding projects, which means we are using VS. The only *nix experience that most IS majors get is from using pine to read their email. Some of us geeks are smart enough to go out and learn the other OS's and apps, but the Frat Boys have little modivation to do the same.
Actually, I was reading the EULA waiting for the presentation to start, and with the copy of VS .NET it stated that any software you created with the academic version absolutly HAD to port to a MS OS! Talk about locking you in. Sheesh.
When these guys came to my campus a couple of weeks ago (CU Boulder) I think the majority of students were more interested in the free XBOX giveaway than the .NET. Although finally having a legit copy of XP Pro was a nice bonus as well :)
I can only imagine how great my drive would become with minimal gravity. Although I don't think that would help my short game. DOH!
Actually, Sun is also apparently going to be charging for Star Office 6. (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-865257.html) - The News.com article points out that they are going to have a hard time going after MS's market, especially when MS only charges $48 for an academic license to schools.