From TFA, MS is sending their sales people after customers claiming the customer is not in license compliance and they need to send an inspection team in. They are very threatening, implying if the company doesn't comply, they'll face legal prosecution. Once the inspection team gets in, they try to get the customer to buy more products.
This may be the first time (myself included) that users will see the two OS's, side by side.
I've had a mac and pc connected to my console with a KVM switch for years...switching between is just a few keystrokes.
I think my way is more conveninet than having to reboot the system. I also don't see why someone would pay the price premium for a mac just to run windows.
I think you have a different definition of interesting than I am.
I subscibe to Circuit Cellar magazine. It's a very technical magazine on embedding systems. It's very finely targetted, and the ads are almost as valuable as the articles.
Advertsing can be done well and be a useful resource. It just isn't.
Making them interesting and correctly targetted will get people to watch them. Making them live won't accomplish this, it's just another gimmick that people will ignore.
Honestly, I've never experienced any direct "screwing over" from Intel. If the chip performs up to the specification that it says it will, then there's nothing wrong here.
Remember the pentium bug? Intel was not going to replace the defective chips, they claimed incorrect division results a tiny fraction of a percent off would not affect most users so there's no need to replace them.
They only replaced the chips after a huge public outcry and threats of class action lawsuits.
Those chips were not up to spec because the spec said they could perform division and get a correct answer.
That is just one example of the total disregard they've shown their customers for their entire history.
I never said intel did anything illegal. I said they were total asses to their customers. Now they're getting what they deserve as their customers abandon them. The market is taking care of things quite nicely, no need for pesky laws to get involved and punish Intel.
To imply it is illegal, especially in this context, is wrong on both charges.
I never said it was illegal or wrong. However it is acting against the customer's interest, and that will make the customers less loyal. When that results in the customers jumping ship when a viable alternative shows up, all I can say is they're reaping what they sowed.
I never called Intel evil or said what they did was evil. I guess you hear and see what you want, real world be damned.
It is a very important distinction that Intel did it first even if AMD copied it. Every grocery store in my area has those loyalty discount cards, I'm pretty much forced to use them. I do use them without complaint, but I haven't set foot in the first store to introduce them in the 7 years or so since they did.
They've been screwing over their customers for 15 years. With stuff like the spying serial number, tpa, etc, they've had an attitude of buy what we tell you or get lost. Not to mention price manipulation. They hold back each new iteration until prices slack off on the current product. AMD beat them to the 1 GHz punch because intel was holding back their own 1GHz chip to squeeze more profit. After AMD beat them, they released theirs 2 days later.
Now that it's coming back to bite them on the ass, I think it's wonderful.
Paypal has been an extremely customer hostile company for many years. The only reason a lot of people use them is there's no viable alternative. If Google come up with something good, nothing can save paypal from its own history.
Let's see. TiVo makes a piece of hardware that has about as much functionality as a doorstop. Even TV supporters agree with that. That sounds to me like TiVo makes crap.
Funny. If 0.01% of people on the planet buy your car, that's 600,000 units. That's a huge sucess by any automotive measure. In March 2006, General Motors sold 365,375 vehicles. Selling 600,000 in a year would make you 1/6th the size of GM. So yes, you'be been in a pretty good position. BTW, Delorean sold about 8,000 cars in the 3 years it was produced and it was fairly sucessful.
4.8 million units is less than 1% market penetration in the UK and US where they operate. That's a flop.
I didn't short TiVo stock, though I probably should. What I'm bitter about is that I can't buy a viable DVR because TiVo makes/sells garbage and sues anyone who makes a decent one.
I'm also not hiding behind an AC posting. I guess you're embaressed to have people know you like TiVo.
I realize you are awfully passionate about a company that seems to do you no harm
I also want to add that TiVo is very much harming me. I want a DVR. I've been waiting years to buy one, and TiVo is preventing me from doing so by keeping DVRs off the market. I have my cash practically in hand and amy ready to pay far more than the price of a TiVo + lifetime service. This patent lawsuit is a perfect example. TiVo has some key patents related to DVR tech which they use to prevent anyone else from selling a decent DVR, and yet TiVo also won't sell a DVR.
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The blurb uses a lot of words to say very little.
From TFA, MS is sending their sales people after customers claiming the customer is not in license compliance and they need to send an inspection team in. They are very threatening, implying if the company doesn't comply, they'll face legal prosecution. Once the inspection team gets in, they try to get the customer to buy more products.
Not only that, the can is a disgusting waste of material that just ends up in landfills.
If I need my coffee on the go, I'll stick with room temperature Starbucks Doubleshots.
This may be the first time (myself included) that users will see the two OS's, side by side.
I've had a mac and pc connected to my console with a KVM switch for years...switching between is just a few keystrokes. I think my way is more conveninet than having to reboot the system. I also don't see why someone would pay the price premium for a mac just to run windows.
Read "This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin.
Then implant an RFID tag in your body if you still want to.
No, actually he was eating flour, water, and salt.
I think you have a different definition of interesting than I am.
I subscibe to Circuit Cellar magazine. It's a very technical magazine on embedding systems. It's very finely targetted, and the ads are almost as valuable as the articles.
Advertsing can be done well and be a useful resource. It just isn't.
Making them interesting and correctly targetted will get people to watch them. Making them live won't accomplish this, it's just another gimmick that people will ignore.
With primetime national spots costing $100k, adding another $10-20k in expense to do it live is not a major expense.
How are they going to resolve this with their claims that illegal downloading hurts the artists? It sounds like legal downloading hurts them more.
Honestly, I've never experienced any direct "screwing over" from Intel. If the chip performs up to the specification that it says it will, then there's nothing wrong here.
Remember the pentium bug? Intel was not going to replace the defective chips, they claimed incorrect division results a tiny fraction of a percent off would not affect most users so there's no need to replace them.
They only replaced the chips after a huge public outcry and threats of class action lawsuits.
Those chips were not up to spec because the spec said they could perform division and get a correct answer.
That is just one example of the total disregard they've shown their customers for their entire history.
I never said intel did anything illegal. I said they were total asses to their customers. Now they're getting what they deserve as their customers abandon them. The market is taking care of things quite nicely, no need for pesky laws to get involved and punish Intel.
To imply it is illegal, especially in this context, is wrong on both charges.
I never said it was illegal or wrong. However it is acting against the customer's interest, and that will make the customers less loyal. When that results in the customers jumping ship when a viable alternative shows up, all I can say is they're reaping what they sowed.
I never called Intel evil or said what they did was evil. I guess you hear and see what you want, real world be damned.
It is a very important distinction that Intel did it first even if AMD copied it. Every grocery store in my area has those loyalty discount cards, I'm pretty much forced to use them. I do use them without complaint, but I haven't set foot in the first store to introduce them in the 7 years or so since they did.
They've been screwing over their customers for 15 years. With stuff like the spying serial number, tpa, etc, they've had an attitude of buy what we tell you or get lost. Not to mention price manipulation. They hold back each new iteration until prices slack off on the current product. AMD beat them to the 1 GHz punch because intel was holding back their own 1GHz chip to squeeze more profit. After AMD beat them, they released theirs 2 days later.
Now that it's coming back to bite them on the ass, I think it's wonderful.
Paypal has been an extremely customer hostile company for many years. The only reason a lot of people use them is there's no viable alternative. If Google come up with something good, nothing can save paypal from its own history.
The extra points also apply to this quote
Yeah use unicode, then you can guarantee no hits...you'll save big on bandwidth costs.
.com will boost traffic to the squatter and make their activities more profitable off your work.
Adding a hyphen or getting a non
How many Schroedinger's cats does it take to change a heisenbulb?
I'm uncertain.
Let's see. TiVo makes a piece of hardware that has about as much functionality as a doorstop. Even TV supporters agree with that. That sounds to me like TiVo makes crap.
Funny. If 0.01% of people on the planet buy your car, that's 600,000 units. That's a huge sucess by any automotive measure. In March 2006, General Motors sold 365,375 vehicles. Selling 600,000 in a year would make you 1/6th the size of GM. So yes, you'be been in a pretty good position. BTW, Delorean sold about 8,000 cars in the 3 years it was produced and it was fairly sucessful.
Why do I want people to log in and say "Hey, what's up man?". What does that have to do with my site?
Also, it's not much of an insult to call my guestbook crappy when it doesn't exist.
4.8 million units is less than 1% market penetration in the UK and US where they operate. That's a flop.
I didn't short TiVo stock, though I probably should. What I'm bitter about is that I can't buy a viable DVR because TiVo makes/sells garbage and sues anyone who makes a decent one.
I'm also not hiding behind an AC posting. I guess you're embaressed to have people know you like TiVo.
But on the web, all the people are everywhere. It's just as esay to go from one noobspace page to another as it is go to your own site at a real host.
Going by their miniscule market penetration, I would doubt he has one.
Let's just hope Echostar appeals and wins.
I realize you are awfully passionate about a company that seems to do you no harm
I also want to add that TiVo is very much harming me. I want a DVR. I've been waiting years to buy one, and TiVo is preventing me from doing so by keeping DVRs off the market. I have my cash practically in hand and amy ready to pay far more than the price of a TiVo + lifetime service. This patent lawsuit is a perfect example. TiVo has some key patents related to DVR tech which they use to prevent anyone else from selling a decent DVR, and yet TiVo also won't sell a DVR.