If Apple doesn't go above 10% in market share (though I doubt that statement), it's because it doesn't need to.
The reason Apple sells is because they represent the high end and the stylish. Arguing Apple is stupid because it cannot grab 10% market share in the computer market makes just as much sense as arguing Rolex is stupid because it cannot grab 10% market share in the watches market, or Porsche is stupid because it cannot grab 10% market share in the cars market. Problem is - do these companies need to?
As Apple's venture with iPod and iPhone has shown, Apple can increase their profits by taking their brand and design and expanding into other markets, rather than go destroy their brand and combat the lower end PC markets. I'm not saying Apple is superior to HP, Dell, etc. But Apple's direction is fundamentally different from HP and Dell, it just doesn't make sense to judge Apple's success with HP/Dell's metric. It's like judging a fashion company from the viewpoint of a drugs company - it doesn't make sense.
If your argument is true, doesn't that apply to Mac market share as well? Mac is also not Windows, and "many Mac users spoof IE/Windows in their browser... Mac usage IS a bit under reported" would make just as much sense. Also, your argument applies to even Firefox users under Windows.
So either you'll have to admit that everything non-Windows/IE are under reported, or you'll have to admit that the fraction of users spoofing as IE/Windows is negligible. I believe the latter is closer to truth. Because from my own experience as a Mac user and installing Hackintosh for my friends, I've never seen anyone needing to set their Firefox or Safari to spoof as IE/Windows. If a site doesn't work under Firefox/Safari, spoofing the browser agent would more often than not give you a half-working site only. So people would either just not use that site or (if that site is important), fire up Windows XP in VMWare Fusion to view it.
No, men is the oppressed minority. Now that women are free to work there's really no reason for men to give their money to women, but culturally we're still expected to do so.
Wow, looks who's teaching Chinese history to the Chinese...
Just as the other poster said, before the communists, there's Guomindang - they lost the civil war and had to move to Taiwan. And Guomingdang lost the civil war not because they're "too good" - it's because they're corrupt. Of course, we all know by now that the other alternative is just as bad (worse if you compare it to modern-day Taiwan), but the idea of communism was really attractive to the peasants back then.
Before the civil war and WWII and WWI... China was split and invaded by a number of foreign powers, most notably the Japanese but many "civilized" western countries were included as well... And those invaders were surely much more brutal than either the Guomindang or the CCP. Ever wondered why Hong Kong was still a territory of Britain until 1997? That's the reason. If you want a reason why nationalism is so prevailing in China, that part of the Chinese history is a good reason for that.
"China was very loosely managed by the China Dynasty"... That is so wrong I don't even know how to counter you. But to start, China was ruled by the Manchus from Manchuria in the Ching Dynasty! The Manchus founded it! And if you can call that "independent" you may as well call the CCP an "independent party" as well - as if there's a bigger ruling party. Chinese laws were much more brutal than modern day China in those days. You think capital punishment is evil? You think the Aztec sacrificial ceremony is beyond evil? Look to ancient China kid, we have Slow Slicing - guaranteed to give you three days of excruciating pain before your eventual death. Cruelty and sickness with style, almost an art. Draw and quarter is only for the uncivilized you know.
But there's still something even better than that - I don't know the English term for that but if I directly translate it to English it is "kill nine races" - it means if you've committed some really heinous crime, like, speaking up against your emperor, than not only will you be killed (probably with slow slicing or some other totally sick method that will make the Aztecs look like school kids), your parents, your relatives and your friends will also be killed. And you call that "very loosely managed"? Where have you been living in? Some cave managed by the Taliban?
And don't forget doing a single 15-year project means you're going to put 15 years worth of mistakes into a single project, which means the project will most probably fail after all the hype and fanfare.
It is much more sensible to go in small steps first, so that any problems will be solved before the big project.
Then how are you going to help those poor people? Give them free money and food so they'll continue to do nothing and further your poverty problem?
How about actually setting up a sensible education system, then a sensible industrial sector, and then a sensible R&D sector for future industries; so that people can be productive and build wealth for your country?
Doesn't that sound a lot like what India is trying to do?
common sense holds that NO ONE should have nukes. so proliferation is bad, for whomever. the most logical approach to iranian proliferation then is this: "i am against iran having nukes, AND i am against the usa having nukes"
Congratulations, you're a nice guy. The common sense of the rationale part of the population has always been "I should own at least one nuke myself, so the next time anyone talk with me they'll be extra nice to me". Note the "myself" here has nothing to do with nationalistic pride or any such social nonsense.
True. But you have to keep in mind that their uptime is controlled by them, not you. And there's really no reason to expect they'll keep their current level of service quality once their service has turned from a growth business to a cash cow.
And... when was the last time you really took time to read the service agreement?
Sounds a little biased to conspiracy theories to me - the amount of money that bankers can create is nevertheless limited by the government's monetary policies. So, bankers are not so all-powerful as the video depicts.
What I'm worried about is the so-called shadow banking system. I can understand the basics of the standard fractional reserve system, but the shadow banking system is unregulated and I don't understand one single bit of how money is created from it. Where are the balances and controls?
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The closest thing you have in Linux to virus is rootkit. And yes, there are things you can use to look for rootkits.
I see dead people.
They probably already had a lot of requests like yours, and simply don't have the manpower to handle more requests.
If Apple doesn't go above 10% in market share (though I doubt that statement), it's because it doesn't need to.
The reason Apple sells is because they represent the high end and the stylish. Arguing Apple is stupid because it cannot grab 10% market share in the computer market makes just as much sense as arguing Rolex is stupid because it cannot grab 10% market share in the watches market, or Porsche is stupid because it cannot grab 10% market share in the cars market. Problem is - do these companies need to?
As Apple's venture with iPod and iPhone has shown, Apple can increase their profits by taking their brand and design and expanding into other markets, rather than go destroy their brand and combat the lower end PC markets. I'm not saying Apple is superior to HP, Dell, etc. But Apple's direction is fundamentally different from HP and Dell, it just doesn't make sense to judge Apple's success with HP/Dell's metric. It's like judging a fashion company from the viewpoint of a drugs company - it doesn't make sense.
If your argument is true, doesn't that apply to Mac market share as well? Mac is also not Windows, and "many Mac users spoof IE/Windows in their browser... Mac usage IS a bit under reported" would make just as much sense. Also, your argument applies to even Firefox users under Windows.
So either you'll have to admit that everything non-Windows/IE are under reported, or you'll have to admit that the fraction of users spoofing as IE/Windows is negligible. I believe the latter is closer to truth. Because from my own experience as a Mac user and installing Hackintosh for my friends, I've never seen anyone needing to set their Firefox or Safari to spoof as IE/Windows. If a site doesn't work under Firefox/Safari, spoofing the browser agent would more often than not give you a half-working site only. So people would either just not use that site or (if that site is important), fire up Windows XP in VMWare Fusion to view it.
... and then ask for a bailout.
Not really. My Fonera 2100 uses Atheros chipsets and DD-WRT works really well on it. It even supports Super-G mode on the Atheros chip.
Are you sure you didn't misspell "hosed"?
So because of the Geneva Convention we won't be using robots to "kill" - we'll starve people so they die a slow, natural death instead.
Oh why, that sure sounds a lot more humane to me.
SCO may be dead, but the year 2020 will STILL be the year of Linux on the desktop.
You aren't getting Duke Nukem Forever yet, but you can get Fallout 3 now. Which is one kick ass sequel to a kick ass franchise.
No, men is the oppressed minority. Now that women are free to work there's really no reason for men to give their money to women, but culturally we're still expected to do so.
Typo in my post: Ching Dynasty, or even better, Qing.
Wow, looks who's teaching Chinese history to the Chinese...
Just as the other poster said, before the communists, there's Guomindang - they lost the civil war and had to move to Taiwan. And Guomingdang lost the civil war not because they're "too good" - it's because they're corrupt. Of course, we all know by now that the other alternative is just as bad (worse if you compare it to modern-day Taiwan), but the idea of communism was really attractive to the peasants back then.
Before the civil war and WWII and WWI... China was split and invaded by a number of foreign powers, most notably the Japanese but many "civilized" western countries were included as well... And those invaders were surely much more brutal than either the Guomindang or the CCP. Ever wondered why Hong Kong was still a territory of Britain until 1997? That's the reason. If you want a reason why nationalism is so prevailing in China, that part of the Chinese history is a good reason for that.
"China was very loosely managed by the China Dynasty"... That is so wrong I don't even know how to counter you. But to start, China was ruled by the Manchus from Manchuria in the Ching Dynasty! The Manchus founded it! And if you can call that "independent" you may as well call the CCP an "independent party" as well - as if there's a bigger ruling party. Chinese laws were much more brutal than modern day China in those days. You think capital punishment is evil? You think the Aztec sacrificial ceremony is beyond evil? Look to ancient China kid, we have Slow Slicing - guaranteed to give you three days of excruciating pain before your eventual death. Cruelty and sickness with style, almost an art. Draw and quarter is only for the uncivilized you know.
But there's still something even better than that - I don't know the English term for that but if I directly translate it to English it is "kill nine races" - it means if you've committed some really heinous crime, like, speaking up against your emperor, than not only will you be killed (probably with slow slicing or some other totally sick method that will make the Aztecs look like school kids), your parents, your relatives and your friends will also be killed. And you call that "very loosely managed"? Where have you been living in? Some cave managed by the Taliban?
The script above shreds the contents of your harddisks! Why is it modded Interesting?!
That's not just piss, it's concentrated piss.
We've always been at war with Eastasia, you know?
Actually, BitTorrent was developed by an unemployed programmer called Bram Cohen. He wrote it because he had nothing to do.
Now, he's filthy stinking rich.
And don't forget doing a single 15-year project means you're going to put 15 years worth of mistakes into a single project, which means the project will most probably fail after all the hype and fanfare.
It is much more sensible to go in small steps first, so that any problems will be solved before the big project.
Then how are you going to help those poor people? Give them free money and food so they'll continue to do nothing and further your poverty problem?
How about actually setting up a sensible education system, then a sensible industrial sector, and then a sensible R&D sector for future industries; so that people can be productive and build wealth for your country?
Doesn't that sound a lot like what India is trying to do?
common sense holds that NO ONE should have nukes. so proliferation is bad, for whomever. the most logical approach to iranian proliferation then is this: "i am against iran having nukes, AND i am against the usa having nukes"
Congratulations, you're a nice guy. The common sense of the rationale part of the population has always been "I should own at least one nuke myself, so the next time anyone talk with me they'll be extra nice to me". Note the "myself" here has nothing to do with nationalistic pride or any such social nonsense.
Really? I think the last time I changed my cheap Logitech wireless mouse's battery was 2 months ago.
True. But you have to keep in mind that their uptime is controlled by them, not you. And there's really no reason to expect they'll keep their current level of service quality once their service has turned from a growth business to a cash cow.
And... when was the last time you really took time to read the service agreement?
Actually, Microsoft is an FBI sting for catching the criminally stupid.
Sounds a little biased to conspiracy theories to me - the amount of money that bankers can create is nevertheless limited by the government's monetary policies. So, bankers are not so all-powerful as the video depicts.
What I'm worried about is the so-called shadow banking system. I can understand the basics of the standard fractional reserve system, but the shadow banking system is unregulated and I don't understand one single bit of how money is created from it. Where are the balances and controls?