but can they improve upon this product to the degree that it will cause the Windows users to switch?
I work in the music industry and have used a fair few different studios. The theme that runs throughout with engineers and producers is that they stick to what they started with normally. I.e. someone who started with logic loathes moving to cubase and distrusts anyone who uses it. Same goes for the other way round. I'm sure in the bigger set-ups where money is no object systems will be changed to mac (if they aren't already). Anyway, a lot of these places use pro-tools as well, which works much better on the mac (the pc version is the most ugly unusable piece of cr*p I've ever had the misfortune to play with, then again so's the mac version, just slightly less so...give me a soundscape red system anyday!!!)
Don't know if this would work where you are but I live in a mainly student area and lots of people don't fancy walking into campus to use the internet.
We've got a large brand computer store up the road (PC World) but three smaller shops within 2-5 mins walking distance are still doing very well, how? One offers cheap fast internet access (think pc shop crossed with internet cafe). Another unlocks mobile phones so they can be used on any network (not strictly illegal here in the u.k.) and another sells second hand as well as new kit, so people wanting a large hard-drive/extra memory etc. don't have to break the bank.
The last one has been used as a location in a T.V. drama and so made some money that way too!
Why not use the new non-blocking i/o api's in merlin (java 2 v 1.4) ? I've written quite a few server apps in Java and before they always took a bad performance hit becuase of the number of threads required (one for each connection)...the new i/o classes? 3 threads...and a whole lot more bang for your hardware buck...only problem is the documentation is really pants (come on sun, what are you up to?) I had to rely on a third party tutorial.
It's a little tricky at first but you soon get used to it and it's how networking code "should" be done.
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Yeah, but it takes more bandwidth.. ;o)
I think the guy was trying to be sarcastic...or at least I hope he was otherwise I'm going to look really stupid now! ;o)
but can they improve upon this product to the degree that it will cause the Windows users to switch?
I work in the music industry and have used a fair few different studios. The theme that runs throughout with engineers and producers is that they stick to what they started with normally. I.e. someone who started with logic loathes moving to cubase and distrusts anyone who uses it. Same goes for the other way round. I'm sure in the bigger set-ups where money is no object systems will be changed to mac (if they aren't already). Anyway, a lot of these places use pro-tools as well, which works much better on the mac (the pc version is the most ugly unusable piece of cr*p I've ever had the misfortune to play with, then again so's the mac version, just slightly less so...give me a soundscape red system anyday!!!)
Don't know if this would work where you are but I live in a mainly student area and lots of people don't fancy walking into campus to use the internet.
We've got a large brand computer store up the road (PC World) but three smaller shops within 2-5 mins walking distance are still doing very well, how? One offers cheap fast internet access (think pc shop crossed with internet cafe). Another unlocks mobile phones so they can be used on any network (not strictly illegal here in the u.k.) and another sells second hand as well as new kit, so people wanting a large hard-drive/extra memory etc. don't have to break the bank.
The last one has been used as a location in a T.V. drama and so made some money that way too!
Perhaps if someone came out with a Java Compiler that turns Java code to machine code I'd like it better.
GCJ, TowerJ, VisualAge for Java, BulletTrain, Jove, Visual Café etc., need I go on?
Of course the upside of using java is garbage collection...no more annoying memory leaks, improved productivity, lower cost to market etc. etc. etc.
Why not use the new non-blocking i/o api's in merlin (java 2 v 1.4) ? I've written quite a few server apps in Java and before they always took a bad performance hit becuase of the number of threads required (one for each connection)...the new i/o classes? 3 threads...and a whole lot more bang for your hardware buck...only problem is the documentation is really pants (come on sun, what are you up to?) I had to rely on a third party tutorial. It's a little tricky at first but you soon get used to it and it's how networking code "should" be done.