Likely, there is an 'economy-of-scale' element at play here. If they have to develop custom hardware for such a device, then it can be a huge challenge for them to cover their costs.
A surprising 18% of Americans have some for of hearing disability:
http://disabilityhistoryinamerica.wetpaint.com/page/Disability+Statistics+In+America
You have to look at the addressable market size for these companies; if there are other countries internationally who do not have a large percentage of their population who use hearing devices.
Compare this with netbooks where almost any person is a candidate for a new machine. That's a much more large addressable market for a computer manufacturer.
That being said, I'm with you, I wish these devices could be far more affordable.
I totally agree. This WebSphere addon simply automates the process of retrieving and vetting feedback from the web. Like any technology, it can be used for good or for evil. It sounds like IBM has also gone out of their way to pull news from multiple channels which sounds good from the surface.
This sounds a lot like the devices used at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA. They have a short piece on the technology on their website
Museum Exhibit Guide (MEG) Device
The perfect virtual "companion" while visiting the museum, this handheld technology provides a completely customized tour of EMP. Delivering to the visitor hours of superior, high-quality audio, video, and graphic content, the MEG device represents one of many ways EMP redefines what it means to be a museum.
The MEG device utilizes the Microsoft Windows CE operating system, is capable of storing 20 or more hours of CD-quality audio, and uses the latest audio compression technologies. This audio content enriches EMP by giving visitors personalized access to more information about a particular gallery, exhibit or artifact. Items of particular interest can be bookmarked for future reference in the Digital Lab.
The EMP device uses some version of portable windows (the first device I used crashed and showed me a bunch of windows errors!) It's great to see linux used in this type of technology.
Does it count if your company pays?
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My company has bought tickets for our entire staff to go on opening day. Does that count as lost productivity?
Is it just me, or does SCO's logic in interpreting this pedigree
(unixhistory01.html)
imply that BSD's shared heritage with OpenServer have significance? Does SCO mean to suggest that they own BSD as well?
The nice thing about digital voting is that you know that there's a problem with your vote (a frozen computer screen, etc.) before you walk away from the booth. With the current system, how are you know if your chad is punched all the way?;) Coding errors can be debugged. It's great to be able to _see_ the problem.
Assuming Sony and Universal's proposal were a success, how useful would it be to the unix world? Liquid Audio has a free player for Windows and for Mac, but how about the rest of us. Can anyone find a player for BSD, Linux, etc? Otherwise, though potentially profitable (I guess that is the bottom line), it wouldn't be very useful to me.
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Likely, there is an 'economy-of-scale' element at play here. If they have to develop custom hardware for such a device, then it can be a huge challenge for them to cover their costs. A surprising 18% of Americans have some for of hearing disability: http://disabilityhistoryinamerica.wetpaint.com/page/Disability+Statistics+In+America You have to look at the addressable market size for these companies; if there are other countries internationally who do not have a large percentage of their population who use hearing devices. Compare this with netbooks where almost any person is a candidate for a new machine. That's a much more large addressable market for a computer manufacturer. That being said, I'm with you, I wish these devices could be far more affordable.
I totally agree. This WebSphere addon simply automates the process of retrieving and vetting feedback from the web. Like any technology, it can be used for good or for evil. It sounds like IBM has also gone out of their way to pull news from multiple channels which sounds good from the surface.
My company has bought tickets for our entire staff to go on opening day. Does that count as lost productivity?
Is it just me, or does SCO's logic in interpreting this pedigree (unixhistory01.html) imply that BSD's shared heritage with OpenServer have significance? Does SCO mean to suggest that they own BSD as well?
The nice thing about digital voting is that you know that there's a problem with your vote (a frozen computer screen, etc.) before you walk away from the booth. With the current system, how are you know if your chad is punched all the way? ;) Coding errors can be debugged. It's great to be able to _see_ the problem.
Assuming Sony and Universal's proposal were a success, how useful would it be to the unix world? Liquid Audio has a free player for Windows and for Mac, but how about the rest of us. Can anyone find a player for BSD, Linux, etc? Otherwise, though potentially profitable (I guess that is the bottom line), it wouldn't be very useful to me.