Gone do care about Bill Gate's opinions - at least I assume that is why they keep trying to make Gnome as much like Windows as possible (centralised config, session manager design, etc.)>
I do not know where you live, but on very unstable third world power supplies most of my CFL s seems to last at leat a year, sometimes several years. The cost the equivalent of about $3 each.
You are correct about counterfeiting (experienced bank cashiers can often tell a note is wrong immediately), and the notes are reasonably durable.
Comparing notes and coins in circulation to GDP is not comparing like to like. Money changes hands several times a year so GDP is much bigger than money supply. You should be comparing dollar notes and coins in circulation globally to M3 less foreign currency deposits in the US plus supply of dollars outside the US.
The effect of private companies doing things like this is that the government gets powers that go far beyond what is constitutionally allows, and, because they are purely informal, cannot be reined in.
If it cannot tell whether you are talking to it or someone else, it isn't ready yet If it cannot ignore voices other than the logged in user, it isn't ready yet.
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A lot of people would argue.Net is a much better development environment than Qt. I can't understand why someone would willingly use C++ to develop user applications ( not systems dev ) in 2011. Even Android promotes Java for this.
He said one of the best, not the best. The fact is that most user applications are developed in C or C++. The world is changing. Windows is decaying on desktops. Unix runs most servers, many desktops (combining Apple + GNU/Linux + other free Unix-like systems), and is the biggest mobile player (33% Android + 16% Apple)
How is windows 'decaying'? Is that your emotional way of saying that it's losing marketshare? If so, why should Nokia care?
Nokia should care because the argument for using MS is that the customers want Windows.
Yes, unfortunately, only nerds care about that.
That is a failure of Nokia's development or marketing. Meego could have offered customers a lot.
And in case you missed Elop's many interviews, the board was focused on delivering more than just an operating system. Microsoft brings, XBox, office productivity, Bing and many other very large franchises.
SO your suggesting that we will see XBox compatible phones? Or full versions of MS Office on phones? Otherwise MS is not bringing those to Nokia.
Many of the innovative features found on Android and IPhone today came from Microsoft and RIM.
Name five that came from MS. RIM is not relevant to a deal with MS.
They ran the market for at least a decade before they faltered. WP7 has been out for only 3 months and has already gained 1-3% ( depends on who you ask ). That's without Nokia.
How much is MS's total share of the phone OS market?
HTC made all its money before a year or two ago from Microsoft. That tiny company would never have been able to produce its own OS. Sony did the same. Dell and HP have both grown for decades using Microsoft software
HTC benefited because they were tiny and no one else was willing to do the same deal with MS. Dell and HP in the PC market are just box builders. As for Sony, which bit of Sony are you talking about? PCs? Consoles? Something else?
Whereas Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken the Liberty of Printing, Reprinting, and Publishing, or causing to be Print-ed, Reprinted, and Published Books,and other Writings, without the Con- sent of the Authors or Proprietors of such Books and Writings
It does not sound like there was copyright before then.
There was a monopoly on printing, which arose out of government efforts to censor what was printed by restricting control of the printing presses. Sounds familiar.
Licensing costs are trivial in the context of these sorts of systems. TradeElect cost £40m, the new system was £50m - but that was to buy the company, not just the software.
Given that this was a showcase client for MS, it does not make them looks good.
Given that the MS was involved in developing the TradeElect system (the Windows based one), so even is the fault lies in TradeElect rather than the MS platform, then its still at least partly MS's fault.
Microsoft and Accenture developed a system that turned out not to be as good as the one developed by a small Sri Lankan company no-one had ever heard of.
That is exactly what happened in the UK. Stronger enforcement of gun laws lead to a reduction in gun crime, and a huge panic about the rise in knife crime, and then laws about carrying knives.
HTC was a much smaller company, and still are. They did not have their own OS which could have given they greater differentiation. They were not facing the same level of entrenched competition from Apple and Android.
Nokia have failed to persuade people to buy Meego based products, so they are trying to solve the problem installing another OS that no one is buying. Very smart.
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Gone do care about Bill Gate's opinions - at least I assume that is why they keep trying to make Gnome as much like Windows as possible (centralised config, session manager design, etc.)>
True, but the next generation should be as fast as "today's" desktop processors. Of course it will never catch up.
Even now, for most purposes it is about half as fast, and therefore an adequate replacement.
A comment that shows a failure to understand basic physics (conservation of energy etc.) get modded +5 insightful.
This is supposed to be a site for geeks?
I do not know where you live, but on very unstable third world power supplies most of my CFL s seems to last at leat a year, sometimes several years. The cost the equivalent of about $3 each.
You can easily buy "warm" (i.e. red) tinted CFLs, and I am sure you will be able to buy LEDs in any colour there is demand for.
You are correct about counterfeiting (experienced bank cashiers can often tell a note is wrong immediately), and the notes are reasonably durable.
Comparing notes and coins in circulation to GDP is not comparing like to like. Money changes hands several times a year so GDP is much bigger than money supply. You should be comparing dollar notes and coins in circulation globally to M3 less foreign currency deposits in the US plus supply of dollars outside the US.
Even on your assessment they are still the best: equal quality of results and faster updates means they are still the best.
Personally, I still think Google results are the best - and I done my own testing, even using blind search for a while.
I like your sig, but surely you mean "Hurd is Unending Research & Development"
If Jobs had not gone over, no one would have made use of those ideas. They would have appeared on some Xerox machine that hardly anyone bought.
Apple did pay Xerox.
The effect of private companies doing things like this is that the government gets powers that go far beyond what is constitutionally allows, and, because they are purely informal, cannot be reined in.
Will the UK veto be decided by a judge or a politician.
If it cannot tell whether you are talking to it or someone else, it isn't ready yet
If it cannot ignore voices other than the logged in user, it isn't ready yet.
For Linux? I have not been able to find anything/
A lot of people would argue .Net is a much better development environment than Qt. I can't understand why someone would willingly use C++ to develop user applications ( not systems dev ) in 2011. Even Android promotes Java for this.
He said one of the best, not the best. The fact is that most user applications are developed in C or C++.
The world is changing. Windows is decaying on desktops. Unix runs most servers, many desktops (combining Apple + GNU/Linux + other free Unix-like systems), and is the biggest mobile player (33% Android + 16% Apple)
How is windows 'decaying'? Is that your emotional way of saying that it's losing marketshare? If so, why should Nokia care?
Nokia should care because the argument for using MS is that the customers want Windows.
Yes, unfortunately, only nerds care about that.
That is a failure of Nokia's development or marketing. Meego could have offered customers a lot.
And in case you missed Elop's many interviews, the board was focused on delivering more than just an operating system. Microsoft brings, XBox, office productivity, Bing and many other very large franchises.
SO your suggesting that we will see XBox compatible phones? Or full versions of MS Office on phones? Otherwise MS is not bringing those to Nokia.
Many of the innovative features found on Android and IPhone today came from Microsoft and RIM.
Name five that came from MS. RIM is not relevant to a deal with MS.
They ran the market for at least a decade before they faltered. WP7 has been out for only 3 months and has already gained 1-3% ( depends on who you ask ). That's without Nokia.
How much is MS's total share of the phone OS market?
HTC made all its money before a year or two ago from Microsoft. That tiny company would never have been able to produce its own OS. Sony did the same. Dell and HP have both grown for decades using Microsoft software
HTC benefited because they were tiny and no one else was willing to do the same deal with MS. Dell and HP in the PC market are just box builders. As for Sony, which bit of Sony are you talking about? PCs? Consoles? Something else?
Given that the Statute of Ann begins:
Whereas Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken
the Liberty of Printing, Reprinting, and Publishing, or causing to be Print-ed, Reprinted, and Published Books,and other Writings, without the Con- sent of the Authors or Proprietors of such Books and Writings
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It does not sound like there was copyright before then.
There was a monopoly on printing, which arose out of government efforts to censor what was printed by restricting control of the printing presses. Sounds familiar.
Sorry, I misunderstood the GP.
The move to Windows happened three and a half years ago. That is hardly a new system: its mature and its still crap.
Licensing costs are trivial in the context of these sorts of systems. TradeElect cost £40m, the new system was £50m - but that was to buy the company, not just the software.
Given that this was a showcase client for MS, it does not make them looks good.
Given that the MS was involved in developing the TradeElect system (the Windows based one), so even is the fault lies in TradeElect rather than the MS platform, then its still at least partly MS's fault.
Microsoft and Accenture developed a system that turned out not to be as good as the one developed by a small Sri Lankan company no-one had ever heard of.
I have noticed far more libertarians than left wingers on /.
That is exactly what happened in the UK. Stronger enforcement of gun laws lead to a reduction in gun crime, and a huge panic about the rise in knife crime, and then laws about carrying knives.
So what if artists needed patrons. They found they and produced great work. It proves things can work that way.
HTC was a much smaller company, and still are. They did not have their own OS which could have given they greater differentiation. They were not facing the same level of entrenched competition from Apple and Android.
Nokia have failed to persuade people to buy Meego based products, so they are trying to solve the problem installing another OS that no one is buying. Very smart.
At the same time, they are going to keep investing in Meego (and making Symbian phones), and dividing responsibilities for each OS over multiple divisions. My take: Nokia's strategy seems to be “divide our forces, and keep dividing them”.
To paraphrase Adam Smith, businesses want a free market for everyone except themselves.