Of course you're only reporting on sites that use Webalizer & don't keep them private. You're probably missing a huge number of corporate sites (that use proprietary/different) web stat reporting and sites that have enough sense not to post their web stats.
Google uses MS Word--I would have thought they would have eaten their own dog food and used Google apps
Google uses Adobe Acrobat--what is all of this proprietary software doing at Google?
Google doesn't know enough to look at the metadata before publishing a story--even the most junior PR flack should be coached in proper astroturfing technique
Don't count out the "dead" languages... IBM estimates that more than 30 billion transactions occur within Cobol programs every day. By contrast, Google averages about 150 million searches each day, or about.5% of Cobol's daily workload.
Rather than a "gee I need a cool website for my mom" choice, perhaps the number of transactions or dollar value would be a better count.
Cobol would probably win, followed by java and the Microsoft languages (C++, C#).
There is a huge difference between languages that work well for one- (or maybe two-) person teams and ones that scale to large projects. Many of the scripting languages (PHP-like) are great for quick results and small projects. Strong type checking, documentation, enforcing good coding practises don't matter if the project size is small enough that one person can keep it all in his or her head.
As you get into large projects all of this starts to matter.
The quality of the IDE also starts to matter--you'll find better/professional IDEs at the top end languages.
The only ones who realy care about security, have something sufficiently valuable to protect and the technical know how to do it are generally enterprises. Bit locker, TPM and 2-factor ID are complex and generally beyond the capability of home or small businesses. Even if bit locker was available on home I don't think many people would use it (most home users don't even use passwords.)
Microsoft software is really targeted at an enterprise ecosystem--that's why you really see big deployments of non-MS software at large (> 1000 employees) firms.
Actually if you use USPS registered mail you'll get a traceable route of the data. If the data is super valuable, you can contract with a secured courier (think armored truck) to transport the CD. We occasionally do work for financial services firms, and since they already have a armored truck courier service for moving cash, it's easy for them to schedule a pick up with an armed guard.
Even if the CD is stolen, it's still encrypted--and armored trucks (especially ones carrying data) are rarely held up--and they have insurance.
It's easy to grow starting from a base of On the other hand, MS could follow Apple's lead and sneak Siverlight in as a default "updated" like Apple did with Safari. But that would be unethical (unless your company starts with an "A").
As you get into more professional window-centric firms you'll see more standardization. One advantage of the Dell platform (and I suspect other enterprise-centric PC vendors) is that they have consistent drivers and a stable platform for many years. They also commit to a specific platform lifetime (something that Apple has never done) and publish a roadmap of releases (something that apple has never done). This makes it easier to plan ahead. In the home/SMB environment the PC platform is a pain because ever PC/vendor/motherboard/component requires different drivers.
On the otherhand, Apple has an advantage because there is no competition for the hardware platform. Remember Apple monopoly is GOOD. Microsoft monopoly is BAD.
It's really the difference between an enterprise mindset and home/small business. Both good, different markets.
Actually with a PC (at least with the Dell Optiplex line) you can easily boot off a USB drive. My comment was more about the "unbusiness like" service that Apple provided.
Also with a PC & Windows, the user profile can be stored on the server (using active directory) and when the user logs in (on any machine on the network), all of their profiles and settings will be identical. Probably doable on the mac, but typically most of the settings for a mac are stored on the local machine (rather than a shared network).
Unlike on the Mac where the "About this Macintosh" is the top most item on the left most tool bar--which I use about once per quarter. At least under Vista, I might have to reboot my machine once every couple of weeks.... I guess you could use the About this mac to check if someone stole the memory out of your computer... or accidently upgraded the processor while you weren't looking. (Assuming, they you have one of those rare macs that the processor is upgradable.)
The one whole day depends on whether it's a desktop or a critical piece of infrastructure. For desktops, one or two day turn around is usually ok. However, in the case the P posted above, having take the machine into an apple store--especially on the "busiest shopping day" is really painful for a business. Most businesses, expect (and pay for) on site service. We had a disk drive on a mac go--it took nearly three hours with an non-english speaking apple "tech" to get them to agree that the disk drive was bad. The tech then insisted that we had to bring the mac to a service center (which would have taken two or three hours). Finally, we pointed out that the contract specified on-site service.
Businesses don't want to wait in line at some mall behind a bunch of consumers to get their machines fixed.
Apple really isn't interested in the business/enterprise market beyond a couple of machines in the 'creative' departments.
They could add a check to see if the MAC (not that Mac) address is in the valid range for an iPhone. Yes, you can change your MAC address, but it's one more step that makes it harder to steal access.
Come join the the 21st century...I don't think anyone (other than "white box" companies) make beige boxes any more. I think everyone has (followed Apple) to black for desktops and gray/silver for laptops.
Following the successful, and well reviewed by./ readers, model that Apple used to gain browser market share, AT&T could automatically download the browser as part of a "software update" for AT&T phones. When you visit the AT&T wireless site, they could require the option to upgrade your phone (and without warning install the new AT&T browser).
Hey, if it worked for Apple, it should work for AT&T.
Complaining about a private beta not being fast or working in less than the minimum requirements isn't really fair. The reviewer spends the first half of the review complaining that it doesn't run on hardware less than the requirements, doesn't run on the mac.. and by the way they could of added that it doesn't run on the iPhone, their GPS nor the 1980-era walkman that they own.
It's a beta, designed to show some concepts and trials. The released software can be sped up or modified. Why not review the features that are included. Presumably, importing bookmarks isn't a core feature for a beta.
Although, I'm unlikely to switch browsers (seeing no reason to switch from a fully patched IE 7 running as non-administrator on Vista), it's great that there is still competition in the browser market.
In most (non-software developer) environments, employees are hired for other skills, e.g., process claims, sell new business, operate a shipping machine, etc. They are not hired for their PC abilities.
In better run companies a centralized IT department can improve efficiency and keep employees focused. It's a waste of money to have some high-paid sales rep, doctor, lawyer, lab tech or financial analyst spend 2 or 3 hours fixing a PC where a trained, less expensive person could do it in a few minutes.
This is where a Microsoft-centric environments really shines--it enables good centralized controls and allows for enforcing company policies. It is perhaps one reason why the Windows OS is so "bloated"--it's really corporate features that the big buyers need. (For example, AD is really useful in corporations, but overkill for the home user.)
Asking employees to manage their own PC is like asking them to be their own package delivery firm instead of using UPS or FedEx. Do you really want your lawyer (or doctor) to be billing you $250/hour while they are installing a new driver on their PC.
Managing PCs might be ok for software developers or specialists who need unique hardware. (As an aside, all software developers should be required to run as a regular user (not administrator) to ensure that the product doesn't require administrator rights.)
Much of the Prius is drive by wire (especially the throttle)--but they kept the old model. When I first got my prius I thought simulating the "creep" in an automatic transmission on drive by wire was stupid. I now think it makes sense--as that's what we're really used to. In other ways, keeping existing models but changing the implementation is good design.
I'm not sure I see what's wrong with the steering wheel as an input device for turning a car. However, there's no real reason why the wheel could just be turning a potentiometer that controls the steering. The original reason for a steering wheel was the mechanical advantage (thus the reason trucks had bigger steering wheels. Perhaps we should go back to the tiller -- which was what some of the original cars had.
I believe Workers Compensation is required in almost every state except one for almost every employer. In other businesses to get licensed or operate minimum liability insurance is required.
I suspect that most of the equipment is insured, just make sure that you have good backups. Also are you the only one with a laptop in the organization? What are others doing to protect their equipment? Is the equipment your personal property or the company's. If it's you own, you should probably leave it at home.
Also, you can use the "park next to an more expensive car" theory. Just make sure the laptop on your neighbor's cubicle is more valuable.
Last time I checked, Sony sold Windows PC and made products for the PC. I can buy a Vaio laptop (running Windows) or a Sony-branded CD/DVD drive for my PC.
I suspect with a little patience you'll find blu-ray players for the XBOX.
In some ways, Sony is at least being (partially) honest in that they explicitly price the removal. Other vendors hide the cost by wrapping bloatware free versions into specific models (for example, Dell's Vostos and Optiplex) don't have much bloatware, but are not exactly identical to an equivalent model.
Does anyone know how much the vendors actually get for installing various trial versions?
Also, there is some danger of one man's bloatware being another's convenience. For example is pre-installing Adobe Acrobat and Flash bloatware or value? How about Google toolbar? Firefox? And on down the line... iTunes?
And, Macs aren't exactly bloatware free. Quicktime is a trial version with a nag screen to upgrade. Macs come with trial versions of Office (how much does Microsoft pay for that) and Omni outliner.
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Of course you're only reporting on sites that use Webalizer & don't keep them private. You're probably missing a huge number of corporate sites (that use proprietary/different) web stat reporting and sites that have enough sense not to post their web stats.
- Google uses MS Word--I would have thought they would have eaten their own dog food and used Google apps
- Google uses Adobe Acrobat--what is all of this proprietary software doing at Google?
- Google doesn't know enough to look at the metadata before publishing a story--even the most junior PR flack should be coached in proper astroturfing technique
Oh the horror Google--think of the children.Sorry, I should have said the .net languages/environment of which C++ is one.
Don't count out the "dead" languages... IBM estimates that more than 30 billion transactions occur within Cobol programs every day. By contrast, Google averages about 150 million searches each day, or about .5% of Cobol's daily workload.
Rather than a "gee I need a cool website for my mom" choice, perhaps the number of transactions or dollar value would be a better count.
Cobol would probably win, followed by java and the Microsoft languages (C++, C#).
There is a huge difference between languages that work well for one- (or maybe two-) person teams and ones that scale to large projects. Many of the scripting languages (PHP-like) are great for quick results and small projects. Strong type checking, documentation, enforcing good coding practises don't matter if the project size is small enough that one person can keep it all in his or her head.
As you get into large projects all of this starts to matter.
The quality of the IDE also starts to matter--you'll find better/professional IDEs at the top end languages.
It's the same old question, are you moving the window or the frame?
The only ones who realy care about security, have something sufficiently valuable to protect and the technical know how to do it are generally enterprises. Bit locker, TPM and 2-factor ID are complex and generally beyond the capability of home or small businesses. Even if bit locker was available on home I don't think many people would use it (most home users don't even use passwords.)
Microsoft software is really targeted at an enterprise ecosystem--that's why you really see big deployments of non-MS software at large (> 1000 employees) firms.
Actually if you use USPS registered mail you'll get a traceable route of the data. If the data is super valuable, you can contract with a secured courier (think armored truck) to transport the CD. We occasionally do work for financial services firms, and since they already have a armored truck courier service for moving cash, it's easy for them to schedule a pick up with an armed guard.
Even if the CD is stolen, it's still encrypted--and armored trucks (especially ones carrying data) are rarely held up--and they have insurance.
It's easy to grow starting from a base of
On the other hand, MS could follow Apple's lead and sneak Siverlight in as a default "updated" like Apple did with Safari. But that would be unethical (unless your company starts with an "A").
As you get into more professional window-centric firms you'll see more standardization. One advantage of the Dell platform (and I suspect other enterprise-centric PC vendors) is that they have consistent drivers and a stable platform for many years. They also commit to a specific platform lifetime (something that Apple has never done) and publish a roadmap of releases (something that apple has never done). This makes it easier to plan ahead. In the home/SMB environment the PC platform is a pain because ever PC/vendor/motherboard/component requires different drivers.
On the otherhand, Apple has an advantage because there is no competition for the hardware platform. Remember Apple monopoly is GOOD. Microsoft monopoly is BAD.
It's really the difference between an enterprise mindset and home/small business. Both good, different markets.
There are a number of companies that do media conversion. They can read old floppies, 9-track tapes, tape cartridges and other obsolete media.
Try:
http://computer-convert.com/index.htm
http://www.vintagetech.com/?section=conversion (they also do 7-track tape, paper tape and punch cards!)
Google: http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=media+conversion+floppy+tape+&src=IE-SearchBox
However, you may find looking on ebay is cheaper and more fun.
Actually with a PC (at least with the Dell Optiplex line) you can easily boot off a USB drive. My comment was more about the "unbusiness like" service that Apple provided.
Also with a PC & Windows, the user profile can be stored on the server (using active directory) and when the user logs in (on any machine on the network), all of their profiles and settings will be identical. Probably doable on the mac, but typically most of the settings for a mac are stored on the local machine (rather than a shared network).
Unlike on the Mac where the "About this Macintosh" is the top most item on the left most tool bar--which I use about once per quarter. At least under Vista, I might have to reboot my machine once every couple of weeks.... I guess you could use the About this mac to check if someone stole the memory out of your computer... or accidently upgraded the processor while you weren't looking. (Assuming, they you have one of those rare macs that the processor is upgradable.)
The one whole day depends on whether it's a desktop or a critical piece of infrastructure. For desktops, one or two day turn around is usually ok. However, in the case the P posted above, having take the machine into an apple store--especially on the "busiest shopping day" is really painful for a business. Most businesses, expect (and pay for) on site service. We had a disk drive on a mac go--it took nearly three hours with an non-english speaking apple "tech" to get them to agree that the disk drive was bad. The tech then insisted that we had to bring the mac to a service center (which would have taken two or three hours). Finally, we pointed out that the contract specified on-site service.
Businesses don't want to wait in line at some mall behind a bunch of consumers to get their machines fixed.
Apple really isn't interested in the business/enterprise market beyond a couple of machines in the 'creative' departments.
They could add a check to see if the MAC (not that Mac) address is in the valid range for an iPhone. Yes, you can change your MAC address, but it's one more step that makes it harder to steal access.
Come join the the 21st century...I don't think anyone (other than "white box" companies) make beige boxes any more. I think everyone has (followed Apple) to black for desktops and gray/silver for laptops.
Black is the new beige.
If apple wanted you to have verizon access... they would have built it in. If it's not there, you don't need it.
Besides, if you want a computer that you can modify then you don't deserve to own a Macintosh.
Nothing to see here. Go back to your boring gray PC please.
Following the successful, and well reviewed by ./ readers, model that Apple used to gain browser market share, AT&T could automatically download the browser as part of a "software update" for AT&T phones. When you visit the AT&T wireless site, they could require the option to upgrade your phone (and without warning install the new AT&T browser).
Hey, if it worked for Apple, it should work for AT&T.
Complaining about a private beta not being fast or working in less than the minimum requirements isn't really fair. The reviewer spends the first half of the review complaining that it doesn't run on hardware less than the requirements, doesn't run on the mac.. and by the way they could of added that it doesn't run on the iPhone, their GPS nor the 1980-era walkman that they own.
It's a beta, designed to show some concepts and trials. The released software can be sped up or modified. Why not review the features that are included. Presumably, importing bookmarks isn't a core feature for a beta.
Although, I'm unlikely to switch browsers (seeing no reason to switch from a fully patched IE 7 running as non-administrator on Vista), it's great that there is still competition in the browser market.
In most (non-software developer) environments, employees are hired for other skills, e.g., process claims, sell new business, operate a shipping machine, etc. They are not hired for their PC abilities.
In better run companies a centralized IT department can improve efficiency and keep employees focused. It's a waste of money to have some high-paid sales rep, doctor, lawyer, lab tech or financial analyst spend 2 or 3 hours fixing a PC where a trained, less expensive person could do it in a few minutes.
This is where a Microsoft-centric environments really shines--it enables good centralized controls and allows for enforcing company policies. It is perhaps one reason why the Windows OS is so "bloated"--it's really corporate features that the big buyers need. (For example, AD is really useful in corporations, but overkill for the home user.)
Asking employees to manage their own PC is like asking them to be their own package delivery firm instead of using UPS or FedEx. Do you really want your lawyer (or doctor) to be billing you $250/hour while they are installing a new driver on their PC.
Managing PCs might be ok for software developers or specialists who need unique hardware. (As an aside, all software developers should be required to run as a regular user (not administrator) to ensure that the product doesn't require administrator rights.)
Much of the Prius is drive by wire (especially the throttle)--but they kept the old model. When I first got my prius I thought simulating the "creep" in an automatic transmission on drive by wire was stupid. I now think it makes sense--as that's what we're really used to. In other ways, keeping existing models but changing the implementation is good design.
I'm not sure I see what's wrong with the steering wheel as an input device for turning a car. However, there's no real reason why the wheel could just be turning a potentiometer that controls the steering. The original reason for a steering wheel was the mechanical advantage (thus the reason trucks had bigger steering wheels. Perhaps we should go back to the tiller -- which was what some of the original cars had.
I believe Workers Compensation is required in almost every state except one for almost every employer. In other businesses to get licensed or operate minimum liability insurance is required.
I suspect that most of the equipment is insured, just make sure that you have good backups. Also are you the only one with a laptop in the organization? What are others doing to protect their equipment? Is the equipment your personal property or the company's. If it's you own, you should probably leave it at home. Also, you can use the "park next to an more expensive car" theory. Just make sure the laptop on your neighbor's cubicle is more valuable.
Last time I checked, Sony sold Windows PC and made products for the PC. I can buy a Vaio laptop (running Windows) or a Sony-branded CD/DVD drive for my PC.
I suspect with a little patience you'll find blu-ray players for the XBOX.
In some ways, Sony is at least being (partially) honest in that they explicitly price the removal. Other vendors hide the cost by wrapping bloatware free versions into specific models (for example, Dell's Vostos and Optiplex) don't have much bloatware, but are not exactly identical to an equivalent model.
Does anyone know how much the vendors actually get for installing various trial versions?
Also, there is some danger of one man's bloatware being another's convenience. For example is pre-installing Adobe Acrobat and Flash bloatware or value? How about Google toolbar? Firefox? And on down the line... iTunes?
And, Macs aren't exactly bloatware free. Quicktime is a trial version with a nag screen to upgrade. Macs come with trial versions of Office (how much does Microsoft pay for that) and Omni outliner.