Go ahead and mod me 'Flamebait', but some of the new features very strongly resemble applications written by independent developers. Dashboard? Meet Konfabulator. Spotlight? Meet Launchbar. Safari's new RSS feature? Meet NetNewsWire. IIRC, Apple did the same thing involving Watson when it added channels to Sherlock.
Maybe this is why Apple distributes the Developer Tools free of charge; so they can coopt any product that is created using those Developer Tools?
Of course, not everyone is going to listen to Microsoft when Linux is being discussed. Slowly, more and more people are going to catch on that Linux is worth a second look, and Microsoft would look foolish (well, more foolish than usual) if they kept on insisting that there are no pros to using Linux.
One example of how this PR strategy has failed recently is the current situation of the Seattle Mariners. I know, I know, a professional sports analogy; don't worry, this will be painless. Anyway, during the 2000 through 2003 seasons, the Mariners won 60.6% of their games (393 out of 648); by all accounts, this was a very good team. But there were issues mounting behind the scenes. Players were getting older, and money was being wasted on players that had already passed their peak. Regardless, the Mariners front office kept reassuring fans that the team could compete. Sabermetricians (people who study baseball statistics) predicted that old age would end up biting the Mariners in the ass, but fans didn't believe that a team that had done so well recently would do so poorly now. Well, the Mariners are almost halfway through their season, and they have won only 41.4% of their games (29 out of 70). They have the worst record in their division, the second worst record in their league, and the fifth worst record in all of Major League Baseball! Still, the front office denies that there is anything seriously wrong with how the team is being run and maintained. Now the fans *know* that the Mariners are too old to play well, pay too much to crappy players in an attempt to improve their team, and that the front office is going to bullshit their way out of doing anything meaningful. By staying the course and saying that nothing serious is wrong, the Mariners front office is going to lose a lot of business and a lot of respect.
I'm not the kind of guy who would normally give free advice to Microsoft, but sometimes it's better for the emperor to admit that he's not wearing any clothes.
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Even if this produces three dimensional sound, I doubt it would remedy the lack of depth in today's pop music.
...You play parcheesi in your sleep?
I bet they'd call you "Sir" if you bought England.
How about it, Bill? "Sir Bill" has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
...I concur. :D
...in Japan!
Er, I mean... here.
The meaning is totally different, and the poster should apologize for spreading mis-information.
On Slashdot?
As I type from within one I must say!
Oh no, terraformer is trapped in his computer!
This is the lamest statement from a cynical /.-er I heard in a while.
How many DBZ characters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Only one, but it takes three episodes.
Only two disks? Where will they fit in the part where she lectures Neo on the finer points of Keynesian economic theory?
Geez, after five minutes of that craptacular monologue half of the theater was yelling "Come on, die already!"
One time, at computer camp, I put a Windows Install CD in my Linux box. :/
Hey, only Europa is forbidden. They didn't say *anything* about Titan.
When they grab you with those metal claws, you can't break free, because they're made of metal and robots are strong.
Not only that, but he must have had a *really* awkward childhood.
Pffft, 64 KB of RAM? Ancient junk! 128 KB, now that's the technology of the future!
Mobile homes on the freaking moon. Dale Earnhardt commemorative posters and a car on cinderblocks are all that's left.
Tagline seen on the cover of next month's "Linux Today":
Labelling: It's the new 'blog'!
Go ahead and mod me 'Flamebait', but some of the new features very strongly resemble applications written by independent developers. Dashboard? Meet Konfabulator. Spotlight? Meet Launchbar. Safari's new RSS feature? Meet NetNewsWire. IIRC, Apple did the same thing involving Watson when it added channels to Sherlock.
Maybe this is why Apple distributes the Developer Tools free of charge; so they can coopt any product that is created using those Developer Tools?
And if the Space Escalator breaks, you still have Space Stairs!
"Only 300 million more steps to go... *groan*"
You think that's big, what about 802.11c through 802.11f?
This one calls for a freaking tin foil *bodysuit*.
Your comparison is better. I must be focused on the Mariners because of their 18-inning loss today. /still my home team
Of course, not everyone is going to listen to Microsoft when Linux is being discussed. Slowly, more and more people are going to catch on that Linux is worth a second look, and Microsoft would look foolish (well, more foolish than usual) if they kept on insisting that there are no pros to using Linux.
One example of how this PR strategy has failed recently is the current situation of the Seattle Mariners. I know, I know, a professional sports analogy; don't worry, this will be painless. Anyway, during the 2000 through 2003 seasons, the Mariners won 60.6% of their games (393 out of 648); by all accounts, this was a very good team. But there were issues mounting behind the scenes. Players were getting older, and money was being wasted on players that had already passed their peak. Regardless, the Mariners front office kept reassuring fans that the team could compete. Sabermetricians (people who study baseball statistics) predicted that old age would end up biting the Mariners in the ass, but fans didn't believe that a team that had done so well recently would do so poorly now. Well, the Mariners are almost halfway through their season, and they have won only 41.4% of their games (29 out of 70). They have the worst record in their division, the second worst record in their league, and the fifth worst record in all of Major League Baseball! Still, the front office denies that there is anything seriously wrong with how the team is being run and maintained. Now the fans *know* that the Mariners are too old to play well, pay too much to crappy players in an attempt to improve their team, and that the front office is going to bullshit their way out of doing anything meaningful. By staying the course and saying that nothing serious is wrong, the Mariners front office is going to lose a lot of business and a lot of respect.
I'm not the kind of guy who would normally give free advice to Microsoft, but sometimes it's better for the emperor to admit that he's not wearing any clothes.
Irrationally tasty, you mean!
Have you *seen* the Big Book of British Smiles?
"This is a dentist's office, not a house of lies!"
And if you had some Astroglide, you could use that same half as... a slide rule. /rimshot