For the first generation PS3, I think sony's loss was $2-300/console. They ditched the emotion engine and other efficiencies have cut the loss to closer to $100/console. I might be making those numbers up, though.
All the software on my linux box (an ARM machine) was either compiled by me or came from the debian apt repositories (compiled for ARM). That's no different than if I was using x86. I fail to see what the issue is, unless you need to run closed source software or something tightly coupled to the x86 architecture, like WINE or virtual box.
Talk at the water cooler was that Sun was taking an interest in them to expand their open source catalog. All in all, they're probably a lot better off going it alone in the current market. With companies looking to save money by going open source, it's a great time for OS support.
You can buy (in bulk) SOCs with cpu, wifi, and lan for less than that retail wifi adapter. But at a $10 price point, I'm thinking more graphing calculator than laptop.
I just saw an acer one for $285 (sku 9163291) on bestbuy.com, so maybe you're looking at their intranet web site;) I don't know if they've ever hit the $200 price point (maybe as a limited black friday special), but newegg is currently selling the EeePC4G-BK029 for $250 (with free shipping)
so called "netbooks" have been available in Japan, Taiwan, and (the wealthier) parts of China for years. ASUS didn't see OLPC and decide to make a small laptop, though it may have convinced them there was a market for it in the US/Europe.
everytime you turn on your computer, you need to enter a password to access the hard drive. That's not going to work so well if your computer is sitting in a data center on the other side of the country.
You're worried that Microsoft will steal the code that they just released under an open source license, and won't give anything back, after just having given everything?
Consider Qt -- before Nokia bought trolltech and relicensed it as LGPL, it was FREEly available as GPL. Not because they believe in FREEdom, but to encourage/force end users to buy the proprietary/non-FREE version. How can the GPL ensure FREEdom if it encourages people to use non-FREE software? The GPL can and is used to force the usage of proprietary software.
Apache is Open Source, but not GPL compatible (it lacks the 5th freedom -- freedom for the GPL to virally infect it). This is a big "fuck you" to linux and FREE software in general. They might as well have left it proprietary or released under their shared source license.
In 2K and XP, there was a registry setting that determined if you were server or workstation. There was also a process that monitored that registry key in case you tried to change it. There was an app (NT Switch) that would reset the registry key while booting.
ATT Unix/BSD existed just fine before GNU. DOS/NT/Windows exists just fine without GNU. VMS exists just fine without GNU. MacOS (classic) existed just fine without GNU. Minix existed just fine without GNU.
Think back to the early 1900s. The "coca" in Coca-Cola was cocaine. You could buy cocaine, opium, and alcohol-based patent medicine at the drug store. Housewives were drugging up to treat headaches/boredom.
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For the first generation PS3, I think sony's loss was $2-300/console. They ditched the emotion engine and other efficiencies have cut the loss to closer to $100/console. I might be making those numbers up, though.
All the software on my linux box (an ARM machine) was either compiled by me or came from the debian apt repositories (compiled for ARM). That's no different than if I was using x86. I fail to see what the issue is, unless you need to run closed source software or something tightly coupled to the x86 architecture, like WINE or virtual box.
because people are illegally downloading music they don't like?
the original drawings aren't copyrighted. The photograph of them is. (if you took your own photo of them, you would have the copyright to it).
A couple weeks ago, Best Buy was selling it at 50% off.
Jon Katz didn't have a problem re-publishing slashdot columbine comments in dead tree format without permission.
Talk at the water cooler was that Sun was taking an interest in them to expand their open source catalog. All in all, they're probably a lot better off going it alone in the current market. With companies looking to save money by going open source, it's a great time for OS support.
I hate going to WalMart, but I find it MUCH easier to buy American made products there than at many other stores.
well, they can save money by insourcing the software development...
You can buy (in bulk) SOCs with cpu, wifi, and lan for less than that retail wifi adapter. But at a $10 price point, I'm thinking more graphing calculator than laptop.
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The august 19th quarterly dividend was $0.11/share. The November 18th dividend ("last quarter") was $0.13/share.
I just saw an acer one for $285 (sku 9163291) on bestbuy.com, so maybe you're looking at their intranet web site ;) I don't know if they've ever hit the $200 price point (maybe as a limited black friday special), but newegg is currently selling the EeePC4G-BK029 for $250 (with free shipping)
so called "netbooks" have been available in Japan, Taiwan, and (the wealthier) parts of China for years. ASUS didn't see OLPC and decide to make a small laptop, though it may have convinced them there was a market for it in the US/Europe.
that's not the size of the LED, it's the size of the gallium components.
everytime you turn on your computer, you need to enter a password to access the hard drive. That's not going to work so well if your computer is sitting in a data center on the other side of the country.
You're worried that Microsoft will steal the code that they just released under an open source license, and won't give anything back, after just having given everything?
Consider Qt -- before Nokia bought trolltech and relicensed it as LGPL, it was FREEly available as GPL. Not because they believe in FREEdom, but to encourage/force end users to buy the proprietary/non-FREE version. How can the GPL ensure FREEdom if it encourages people to use non-FREE software? The GPL can and is used to force the usage of proprietary software.
Apache is Open Source, but not GPL compatible (it lacks the 5th freedom -- freedom for the GPL to virally infect it). This is a big "fuck you" to linux and FREE software in general. They might as well have left it proprietary or released under their shared source license.
Since you're a deadbeat and don't pay your bills, eventually virgin will cut your phone service and this won't be a problem anymore.
In 2K and XP, there was a registry setting that determined if you were server or workstation. There was also a process that monitored that registry key in case you tried to change it. There was an app (NT Switch) that would reset the registry key while booting.
Windows Starter is for netbooks. They've said as much multiple times.
ATT Unix/BSD existed just fine before GNU. DOS/NT/Windows exists just fine without GNU. VMS exists just fine without GNU. MacOS (classic) existed just fine without GNU. Minix existed just fine without GNU.
Think back to the early 1900s. The "coca" in Coca-Cola was cocaine. You could buy cocaine, opium, and alcohol-based patent medicine at the drug store. Housewives were drugging up to treat headaches/boredom.
I prefer 1024, but to each his own.