And if the best example you folks can come up with is "cars from the 70s", you need to find a better example and get with the times. When was the last time you purchased a land-line phone that wasn't a POS? When was the last time you purchased ANYTHING that was built as well as it was pre-NAFTA and pre-Globalization in general?
I'm just saying that all these things people consider "commodities" where one is no better than the other, are full of problems like this where corners are cut, etc to make things cheaper
When everything was made in the USA, we never had this problem. Now, all that matters is "who makes this thing cheaper?". This is what you get: Taiwanese capacitors in our mission-critical systems failing and causing who-knows-what.
No longer will the joke be "What does this red button do?" when it comes to space shuttle problems
Yes, they'd still be so cheap that we'd buy them. AND give 50% as a tax to OUR government so they don't have to tax internet traffic or other things. WIN-WIN!!
You're right...But the people reading this board are (A) Geeky-home-nerds and (B) not corporate movers-and-shakers.
The people on this board (myself included) who run Solaris x86 do so because secretly they have always wanted a SUN machine regardless of speed just because they think it's cool.
The goal of raising the price on the x86 software is to sell more SUN hardware, not to raise money from software sales. Everything SUN does is to try to drive hardware sales.
Of course, this does not explain away the fact that they wrote and support a hardware-independent programming language, but there are a lot of things in this world that are inexplicable
When you've got two substitute items (SUN vs. Intel), and you raise the price of the complimentary item (The Operating system) on one, but not the other, you will increase sales of the one with lower complimentary item prices. This is their GOAL. They believe the economics of the situation will dictate an increase in sales.
They would be absolutely right, BUT, one can get a sweet SUN machine used for under $100!
On one hand, you've got JUST THE SOFTWARE for $99. On the other hand, you can buy an Ultra-1 AND get the "real deal"(tm) in OSes for it for about $99. Which would you pick?
All this will do is make people buy SUN gear USED on EBay. SUN might think this will cause people to buy their overpriced new hardware, but there is a glut of nice used machines out there.
Why are the Bells forced to lease out their DSL connectivity to other companies at below cost? Does this really spur investment? The reason that most people do not have access to DSL is that the Bells will NOT invest until they are allowed to compete against cable companies DIRECTLY
Do cable companies have to let the telcos use their cable at below cost?
What will happen to the parasites (CLECs) when the hosts (Bells) die?
Deregulate the Bells and let true competition take hold. You will not regret it, Mr. Powell
Missouri has a "no call list". If you're on the list and you get called, the telemarketting company gets nailed for $25k. I know it sounds like a load of B.S., but I haven't gotten a single call since I've been on it.
1. Advertise it on slashdot
2. Call the thing "IT"
3. Tell us NOTHING about "IT"
4. Plant the idea of "IT" in the media
5. Start widespread media speculation that "IT" is the answer to everything
Some Mayberry cop might mistake the "walking game" for a "walking Palestinian suicide bomber".
Sorry, Sheriff! All those wires and those controllers confused me!
Wow, a 5% drop in CD sales. Must be because people are stealing songs. Couldn't have ANYTHING to do with the fact that we're in the worst economic times since 1991, could it? Nah. Must be those m@d h@xorz.
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I am not trolling
And if the best example you folks can come up with is "cars from the 70s", you need to find a better example and get with the times. When was the last time you purchased a land-line phone that wasn't a POS? When was the last time you purchased ANYTHING that was built as well as it was pre-NAFTA and pre-Globalization in general?
I'm just saying that all these things people consider "commodities" where one is no better than the other, are full of problems like this where corners are cut, etc to make things cheaper
CHEAPER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER
When everything was made in the USA, we never had this problem. Now, all that matters is "who makes this thing cheaper?". This is what you get: Taiwanese capacitors in our mission-critical systems failing and causing who-knows-what.
No longer will the joke be "What does this red button do?" when it comes to space shuttle problems
Yes, they'd still be so cheap that we'd buy them. AND give 50% as a tax to OUR government so they don't have to tax internet traffic or other things. WIN-WIN!!
Bzzzt... I don't see anyone buying OUR stuff and helping us out of our recession. When they have ALL of our wealth, will it be okay then?
You're right...But the people reading this board are (A) Geeky-home-nerds and (B) not corporate movers-and-shakers.
The people on this board (myself included) who run Solaris x86 do so because secretly they have always wanted a SUN machine regardless of speed just because they think it's cool.
The goal of raising the price on the x86 software is to sell more SUN hardware, not to raise money from software sales. Everything SUN does is to try to drive hardware sales.
Of course, this does not explain away the fact that they wrote and support a hardware-independent programming language, but there are a lot of things in this world that are inexplicable
Why don't we just try taxing imports? Works well for the Chinese and every other country that has positive GDP growth this year.
Free traders will say that it will hurt us in the long run, but in the long run "we're all dead".
Think about it from an Economics standpoint:
When you've got two substitute items (SUN vs. Intel), and you raise the price of the complimentary item (The Operating system) on one, but not the other, you will increase sales of the one with lower complimentary item prices. This is their GOAL. They believe the economics of the situation will dictate an increase in sales.
They would be absolutely right, BUT, one can get a sweet SUN machine used for under $100!
On one hand, you've got JUST THE SOFTWARE for $99. On the other hand, you can buy an Ultra-1 AND get the "real deal"(tm) in OSes for it for about $99. Which would you pick?
All this will do is make people buy SUN gear USED on EBay. SUN might think this will cause people to buy their overpriced new hardware, but there is a glut of nice used machines out there.
Bad move, JMO
Why are the Bells forced to lease out their DSL connectivity to other companies at below cost? Does this really spur investment? The reason that most people do not have access to DSL is that the Bells will NOT invest until they are allowed to compete against cable companies DIRECTLY
Do cable companies have to let the telcos use their cable at below cost?
What will happen to the parasites (CLECs) when the hosts (Bells) die?
Deregulate the Bells and let true competition take hold. You will not regret it, Mr. Powell
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Missouri has a "no call list". If you're on the list and you get called, the telemarketting company gets nailed for $25k. I know it sounds like a load of B.S., but I haven't gotten a single call since I've been on it.
All thanks go to the Missouri Attorney General
Do we really need more space? Why not a 20,000 rpm spindle? We need SPEED. If we wanted space, we'd just get additional drives.
1. Advertise it on slashdot 2. Call the thing "IT" 3. Tell us NOTHING about "IT" 4. Plant the idea of "IT" in the media 5. Start widespread media speculation that "IT" is the answer to everything
Doesn't intel make most of their stuff in Tiawan? Won't be long until they are part of China! I agree with you that they SHOULDN'T, but will they?
How long will this one be open before they realize they can open one in China and have $.50/hour labor???
Some Mayberry cop might mistake the "walking game" for a "walking Palestinian suicide bomber". Sorry, Sheriff! All those wires and those controllers confused me!
You did it to Ma Bell! Why not do it to the cable cos? It's not right to put restrictions on the RBOCS without putting the same on the cable cos.
Wow, a 5% drop in CD sales. Must be because people are stealing songs. Couldn't have ANYTHING to do with the fact that we're in the worst economic times since 1991, could it? Nah. Must be those m@d h@xorz.
I suppose that's why they sold their harddrive interests to Hitachi! Who needs those old mechanical monsters when you've got this!?!?!?!