Before it, to configure a phone central, you would only need to "check" the number prefixes...
Now, with portability, it's impossible to say at what operator a number is setup... and so, only AFTER you make a call you learn what operator the number is...
Who cares if someone changes number... if you want to be found, don't place "confidenciality" tabs on the number so people can ask informations for you by your name... if you don't want to be found, well, changing number will solve it better then migrate...
So... yes... to me it's just HYPE to try to sell a service that very few will take i recon...
They are more secure when viewed with the magnifying glass of current windows/office/ie problems...
I wonder what little creepy bugs are there under the rug...
A new security/api model will also have it's problems, diferent ones but nowithstanding... problems...
If they spend less time changing the place of the shortcuts in the menus and control panel and more time solving security problems, they would be more sucessefull... and have more sysadm happy in the way... (yes, for sure w2k3 will have another metaphore that will make all the "known" places for configuring things all mixed up again... and yes, you will have to take a refresher courseware in that MSCD certificate, because of that... you aren't eligible to automatic upgrade of the certification because things are diferent now... [the icons changed places]).
Well it all depends on "when" and "how" the prices are gathered.
If they are gathered AFTER the public use of them in the shelf, or in a "distributed" leaflet, then, DMCA doesn't apply. Published prices are PUBLIC (that has been acerted previously in several other cases).
If they are gathered using any kind of "pre-publishing" methods (like info tiped by someone at the print-house, gathering a leaflet from the print-house or something like that), DMCA doesn't apply also... because in that case would be other laws like trade secrets, contract laws and the like that would apply.
DMCA only applies to Digital Medium and only when some sort of Copyright protection does exist. And nope, the CD protections that are in use doesn't apply to DMCA... after all they don't forbit the "copy"... but only the "play"... and only in some devices...
Alas... America is a great nation... with completly crazy laws..
As when a car malfunctions and kills someone the motive can be a manufacturing defect and then the manufacturer is the guilty part...
In a computer, and using the analogy, the hardware/software should be the guilty part when a computer is "broken" because of an interisk flaw in the hardware/software...
But that won't happen, because as everyone know, software is void from any kind of "warranties"...
Is that will everyone can audit every line of code of open source OS's, nobody (apart from microsoft) can audit windows...
Who can say that windows don't have backdoors to FBI or worse?
They do it within their processors since Pentium Pro... Chips have a very small flash memory that can "overwrite" execution paths and thrus changing the execution of one opcode... (the operational word here is "small", which means, not for the feith of heart to do everyday... another problem is the lost performance that each entry adds to the processing, a small pay for the "corrected" chip).
Alas, its better to make it well in the first place! (and that is also why there are "versions" in the chip designs)
The reason why P2P is good to music industry is because it allows the ones with the money to buy the music they want in the stores AFTER making something that is LEGAL in the store... an AUDITION.
Of course, if everyone that used P2P to that effect started to go to the store to listen to music non-stop the whole days just to find the right new band to buy a CD from, the profits of all stores would hit the bottom!
In my view P2P isn't replacing CD sales... it is replacing CD auditions in the stores... (at least that was how i used it, but some may use it in other ways...).
It isn't the gun that is the killer... it's the personne that pulls the trigger...
900-MHz wireless LANs802.11 WLANs > Couldn't aggree more... but anyone say "BRIDGES"?
1U (1.75-in. high) serversBlade servers > They are smallers, but you loose redundancy of connectivity and power supply. So, they will still be around for LONG!
Color ink-jet printersColor laser printers > Not an issue... but bear in mind that a ink-jet printer costs about $100... So, aggree to corporate/departamental usage... don't agree for home users usage... (messy isn't a consideration or it wouldn't exist any cars around... with the messy oil changes!)
CRT monitors LCD monitors Agree. And LCD prices are lowering to good levels in comparision. Thru, at less developed countries, the cost will still be a factor to consider.
Dot-matrix printersInk-jet/laser printers The are still here for the stated reason... and will continue to be here for those reasons.
Ethernet hubsIntelligent switches Arguing that the SNMP is a reason to change is laugatable... (SNMP - Security Not My Problem). But agree that more comoditized "inteligent" network equipment will fade the market for hubs... but they will be here for a long period still... (after all they are cheap, easy to use and don't require ANY configuration to run).
File serversNetwork-attached storage appliances Because you need the extra services that they provide and that aren't yet available from the called appliances? After all, for small companies, appliances have a market, but for the big corps, you need a storage freezer or you end up with a nightmare IT with a dataware house full of appliance boxes... Capacity and redundancy will dictate the market...
Floppy disksFlash disks, writable CDs, DVDs No contest here... but i prefer my machines with that archaic floppy...
Mac OS 9Mac OS X DoH
ModemsWireless LANs Hmmm... Comparing apples with patatos... Modems are used for both faxing and internet connection mainly. If the comparision was irdabluetooth... i would agree (and no, bluetooth isn't dieing, it is evoluting as a replacement of cables and irda connections, and i like it hehehe ).
PBXsIP telephony/call manager servers Can i say price here? (PBXs are already obsolet by simple call consoles so there isn't a contest here).
PDAsCell phone/PDA hybrids PDA's will be here for long... for starts the price tags aren't even close! And to end... people want funcionality and flexibility... not everything in a device with the kitchen sink! Give me a mobile to make calls and a PDA to manage my data... (btw a pda + a mobile is less weight and volume then one of those nokia bricks that have a pda included).
Serial/parallel portsUSB 2.0 ports Yup but... nothing can be compared with hardware integration simplicity with those "older" ports... Most harware vendores will ship serial port stuff for a long time (specially when there is a fail safe fall back to telnet to allow configuration - speed isn't a consideration in this cases)... but for printer market and the like... usb is the way to go...
Token RingEthernet What is Token ring? (j/k)... Yup... ethernet = comoditized network... Token Ring = Niche market...
Windows NT serversWindows 2000, Server 2003 DoH
NT servers will survive for a long time even if they will evolve to linux with samba in the process... Most corporations that are still using NT don't need the added bloatware that W2K/W2K+3 will give...
Zip drivesRewritable CD/DVD drives Both have their uses, but zip will fade as a market more to flash disks then to cdrw/dvd-ram/rw (i would say). (all machines that i know don't carry anymore cd-rom/dvd rom readers, but some combination with writing capability. Zip drives have an hard time to compete with this status-quo and flash ram devices will put a nail in the rest of it's market).
Patents hurt the software industry as a whole. They rise the entry level at which the companies are allowed to enter in the market and make it near impossible for new and small companies to enter it.
As a side effect, the existence of patents isn't checkeable, because after a few years of the existence of them, there will be so many patents registered that it will be impossible for anyone but the "big league companies" to acertain the compliance with the existing patents.
And you are incorrect. An idea isn't patentable. As you seam keen to propose... You better get a new job. Because you don't know what a patent is!
And yes, the new age has started. Now all software developing companies in europe will start to get harrassed by stupid and ridiculous patents...
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Before it, to configure a phone central, you would only need to "check" the number prefixes...
Now, with portability, it's impossible to say at what operator a number is setup... and so, only AFTER you make a call you learn what operator the number is...
Who cares if someone changes number... if you want to be found, don't place "confidenciality" tabs on the number so people can ask informations for you by your name... if you don't want to be found, well, changing number will solve it better then migrate...
So... yes... to me it's just HYPE to try to sell a service that very few will take i recon...
I want a kitchen sink included in the BIOS!!!
Really... why not scrap all that and add a JVM instead... That at least would be usefull...
They are more secure when viewed with the magnifying glass of current windows/office/ie problems...
I wonder what little creepy bugs are there under the rug...
A new security/api model will also have it's problems, diferent ones but nowithstanding... problems...
If they spend less time changing the place of the shortcuts in the menus and control panel and more time solving security problems, they would be more sucessefull... and have more sysadm happy in the way... (yes, for sure w2k3 will have another metaphore that will make all the "known" places for configuring things all mixed up again... and yes, you will have to take a refresher courseware in that MSCD certificate, because of that... you aren't eligible to automatic upgrade of the certification because things are diferent now... [the icons changed places]).
I find it funny...
They make the license under a dynamic URL... We all know how good is Microsoft to change around it's website and thrus break everyones bookmarks...
I wonder how much time that specific url will survive... Any bets?
Well it all depends on "when" and "how" the prices are gathered.
If they are gathered AFTER the public use of them in the shelf, or in a "distributed" leaflet, then, DMCA doesn't apply. Published prices are PUBLIC (that has been acerted previously in several other cases).
If they are gathered using any kind of "pre-publishing" methods (like info tiped by someone at the print-house, gathering a leaflet from the print-house or something like that), DMCA doesn't apply also... because in that case would be other laws like trade secrets, contract laws and the like that would apply.
DMCA only applies to Digital Medium and only when some sort of Copyright protection does exist. And nope, the CD protections that are in use doesn't apply to DMCA... after all they don't forbit the "copy"... but only the "play"... and only in some devices...
Alas... America is a great nation... with completly crazy laws..
Not exactly...
As when a car malfunctions and kills someone the motive can be a manufacturing defect and then the manufacturer is the guilty part...
In a computer, and using the analogy, the hardware/software should be the guilty part when a computer is "broken" because of an interisk flaw in the hardware/software...
But that won't happen, because as everyone know, software is void from any kind of "warranties"...
Is that will everyone can audit every line of code of open source OS's, nobody (apart from microsoft) can audit windows... Who can say that windows don't have backdoors to FBI or worse?
Ask Intel...
They do it within their processors since Pentium Pro... Chips have a very small flash memory that can "overwrite" execution paths and thrus changing the execution of one opcode... (the operational word here is "small", which means, not for the feith of heart to do everyday... another problem is the lost performance that each entry adds to the processing, a small pay for the "corrected" chip).
Alas, its better to make it well in the first place! (and that is also why there are "versions" in the chip designs)
Any kind of password keeper that a web interface would implement. It isn't exactly what i call inovative...
It's a child play to work around such things... and force everyone to read the pub...
So never fear the revenue, just count the $$$
Counter-sue? Press for indeminization...
It's GPL... so the code is there... so... it won't work...
For closed sources... it will work... for open sources... no can't do...
It is illegal to change the copyright of ALREADY published works.
Check contractual law for details and see if one part can unilaterally change the terms of the contract...
And other parts in the world like Germany...
So it's just another niche os for a niche platform... Nothing to see here... move along...
The reason why P2P is good to music industry is because it allows the ones with the money to buy the music they want in the stores AFTER making something that is LEGAL in the store... an AUDITION.
Of course, if everyone that used P2P to that effect started to go to the store to listen to music non-stop the whole days just to find the right new band to buy a CD from, the profits of all stores would hit the bottom!
In my view P2P isn't replacing CD sales... it is replacing CD auditions in the stores... (at least that was how i used it, but some may use it in other ways...).
It isn't the gun that is the killer... it's the personne that pulls the trigger...
900-MHz wireless LANs802.11 WLANs
> Couldn't aggree more... but anyone say "BRIDGES"?
1U (1.75-in. high) serversBlade servers
> They are smallers, but you loose redundancy of connectivity and power supply. So, they will still be around for LONG!
Color ink-jet printersColor laser printers
> Not an issue... but bear in mind that a ink-jet printer costs about $100... So, aggree to corporate/departamental usage... don't agree for home users usage... (messy isn't a consideration or it wouldn't exist any cars around... with the messy oil changes!)
CRT monitors LCD monitors
Agree. And LCD prices are lowering to good levels in comparision. Thru, at less developed countries, the cost will still be a factor to consider.
Dot-matrix printersInk-jet/laser printers
The are still here for the stated reason... and will continue to be here for those reasons.
Ethernet hubsIntelligent switches
Arguing that the SNMP is a reason to change is laugatable... (SNMP - Security Not My Problem).
But agree that more comoditized "inteligent" network equipment will fade the market for hubs... but they will be here for a long period still... (after all they are cheap, easy to use and don't require ANY configuration to run).
File serversNetwork-attached storage appliances
Because you need the extra services that they provide and that aren't yet available from the called appliances?
After all, for small companies, appliances have a market, but for the big corps, you need a storage freezer or you end up with a nightmare IT with a dataware house full of appliance boxes... Capacity and redundancy will dictate the market...
Floppy disksFlash disks, writable CDs, DVDs
No contest here... but i prefer my machines with that archaic floppy...
Mac OS 9Mac OS X
DoH
ModemsWireless LANs
Hmmm... Comparing apples with patatos... Modems are used for both faxing and internet connection mainly. If the comparision was irdabluetooth... i would agree (and no, bluetooth isn't dieing, it is evoluting as a replacement of cables and irda connections, and i like it hehehe ).
PBXsIP telephony/call manager servers
Can i say price here? (PBXs are already obsolet by simple call consoles so there isn't a contest here).
PDAsCell phone/PDA hybrids
PDA's will be here for long... for starts the price tags aren't even close! And to end... people want funcionality and flexibility... not everything in a device with the kitchen sink!
Give me a mobile to make calls and a PDA to manage my data... (btw a pda + a mobile is less weight and volume then one of those nokia bricks that have a pda included).
Serial/parallel portsUSB 2.0 ports
Yup but... nothing can be compared with hardware integration simplicity with those "older" ports...
Most harware vendores will ship serial port stuff for a long time (specially when there is a fail safe fall back to telnet to allow configuration - speed isn't a consideration in this cases)... but for printer market and the like... usb is the way to go...
Token RingEthernet
What is Token ring? (j/k)... Yup... ethernet = comoditized network... Token Ring = Niche market...
Windows NT serversWindows 2000, Server 2003
DoH
NT servers will survive for a long time even if they will evolve to linux with samba in the process... Most corporations that are still using NT don't need the added bloatware that W2K/W2K+3 will give...
Zip drivesRewritable CD/DVD drives
Both have their uses, but zip will fade as a market more to flash disks then to cdrw/dvd-ram/rw (i would say). (all machines that i know don't carry anymore cd-rom/dvd rom readers, but some combination with writing capability. Zip drives have an hard time to compete with this status-quo and flash ram devices will put a nail in the rest of it's market).
That is my oppinion on that "analysis"...
Microsoft/CocaCola?
That's correct but not the point.
The point is that when processors are idle, they are executing NOPS, which means a very low power consumption instruction...
All other instructions use more juice as they activate more gates/transistors inside the processor.
Thrus, when the processor is doing some "real" processing and not executing "nops", it gets much hoter and the power consumption raises acordingly.
Cookies are already patented by netscape (now aol).
How could they sue him again and get more fines if they would proibit him to do it again? ;)
Why should a deck and a sound card forbid the "digitizing" of the music?
CD is a Philips trademark/list of patents which is supported by a very huge specification format that those "flawed optical disks" aren't compliant.
Smaller companies carry less weight
This isn't the case in Europe... Smaller companies are the majority in Europe and as a whole, they weight much more then the big companies.
Patents hurt the software industry as a whole. They rise the entry level at which the companies are allowed to enter in the market and make it near impossible for new and small companies to enter it.
As a side effect, the existence of patents isn't checkeable, because after a few years of the existence of them, there will be so many patents registered that it will be impossible for anyone but the "big league companies" to acertain the compliance with the existing patents.
And you are incorrect. An idea isn't patentable. As you seam keen to propose... You better get a new job. Because you don't know what a patent is!
And yes, the new age has started. Now all software developing companies in europe will start to get harrassed by stupid and ridiculous patents...