Traditionally, it's been common to view price as a motivating factor, since open source software is often free. Last year, freedom from vendor lock-in was cited as the the primary goal.
This year, however, freedom from lock-in dropped to No. 2, while quality, which was in third place last year, was named the most important factor behind open source adoption. The availability of vendor support, meanwhile, is now a point of much less concern than it used to be.
Sometimes it's helpful to know that others are successfully using the same hardware. That way you know it's only your particular machine/config to investigate, not that you just have an unusable incompatible component.
"Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell from 23% last year to 17% share this year, the largest year-over-year decline in the iPhone's history." According to Sanford Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi, "if Apple does not introduce a new iPhone or lower-priced phone in CQ3 [Apple's fiscal Q4], it is quite possible that iPhone's smartphone market share could drop into the single digits."
I've been watching YouTube videos forever as an unregistered visitor and never seen a TOS.
So you're suggesting, based on your experiences, that the Microsoft Phone development team and their legal advisers can ignore any TOS that they choose not to read?
it seems like MS is shooting themselves in the foot yet again.
They did that long ago when they refused to participate in other software ecosystems, and concentrated on locking competitors out by locking customers in.
Now their locked-in market is failing, and the world is bypassing their restrictions. They don't have time to develop good, competitive software, all they can do is assault competitors with any tools they have at hand.
Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell from 23% last year to 17% share this year, the largest year-over-year decline in the iPhone's history. If Apple doesn't pull a rabbit out of a hat soon, their market share could drop into the single digits.
DroidDream is NOT "a widely-known and highly dangerous application". It was a malware variant identified early in 2011 and removed from both the Android Market (now Play Store) and from the infected devices. The vulnerability it exploited has been fixed in all Android versions newer than 2.2 (Froyo).
AV vendors are terrified of Windows' plunging market share, and are desperate to find another host to leech off. This is the despairing screech of a buggy-whip maker watching their buggy-OS host vanish over a cliff.
Or anything, really, that involves rapidly moving data from your brain onto a computer.
Swype on Android is already faster than typing for most people, with 20-40wpm common, and alt least one person getting close to 60wpm. I h ave no doubt that refinement of Swype and similar tools will mean that onscreen writing will soon be faster than traditional keying.
In many business contexts, (site works, parts ordering, inspections, audits etc) it's already a better input method, no matter how fast it is.
With the PC market crashing, Intel says $200 Android laptops are on the way
PC chip giant Intel has revealed it is working with hardware partners on laptops, using the company's Atom processors and running Android, that could cost as little as $200.
Just 10 years ago, Nokia/Symbian dominated the smartphone market. Since then, Microsoft WPx hung on to around 30% for a while before crashing to near nothing, while RIM/Blackberry had the lead in business phones for a while, then ceded it to Apple. Apple's iPhone dominated everything for a few years, but looks like having single figure global market share before this year ends. Android's relative flexibility has hauled it to the front of the pack for now, but this is a dynamic market.
That's what competition does. We've become accustomed to the moribund desktop PC market, where one monopoly stifled innovation for decades. For those of us who like progress, the rate of change in mobile devices is refreshing.
If it was just another phone OS, you might be right, but it isn't.
I don't think you understand what a benefit something like Firefox OS will offer corporates. Once IT departments understand what it really is and how it simplifies/secures their work, they'll be all over it.
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So does every other company in the world with an advertising department.
Some are better than others.
And according to the EFF, Google is better at protecting your privacy than Microsoft..
https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013
Microsoft are hypocrites as well as liars? Who'd have thought...
Excel, Powerpoint, Silverlight, Outlook, Visio, Vista, Blue...
The facts don't support your claim.
Traditionally, it's been common to view price as a motivating factor, since open source software is often free. Last year, freedom from vendor lock-in was cited as the the primary goal.
This year, however, freedom from lock-in dropped to No. 2, while quality, which was in third place last year, was named the most important factor behind open source adoption. The availability of vendor support, meanwhile, is now a point of much less concern than it used to be.
FWIW, I have an Asus HD 7850 working fine.
Sometimes it's helpful to know that others are successfully using the same hardware. That way you know it's only your particular machine/config to investigate, not that you just have an unusable incompatible component.
What about real human?
Would that be either legal or ethical?
Moreover It's margins are also vastly higher. So in terms of profit it has a majority of the market.
Consequences aren't always immediate.
How long do you think they can keep overcharging without providing a better product?
"Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell from 23% last year to 17% share this year, the largest year-over-year decline in the iPhone's history." According to Sanford Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi, "if Apple does not introduce a new iPhone or lower-priced phone in CQ3 [Apple's fiscal Q4], it is quite possible that iPhone's smartphone market share could drop into the single digits."
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/tag/toni-sacconaghi/
Select unfamiliar word, right-click and select "Search Google for unfamiliar word" from the context menu.
I've been watching YouTube videos forever as an unregistered visitor and never seen a TOS.
So you're suggesting, based on your experiences, that the Microsoft Phone development team and their legal advisers can ignore any TOS that they choose not to read?
Fascinating...
it seems like MS is shooting themselves in the foot yet again.
They did that long ago when they refused to participate in other software ecosystems, and concentrated on locking competitors out by locking customers in.
Now their locked-in market is failing, and the world is bypassing their restrictions. They don't have time to develop good, competitive software, all they can do is assault competitors with any tools they have at hand.
It's an ugly, desperate thing we're seeing here.
Microsoft on the other hand will probably just try to make money off Nook's patent portfolio
B&N were one of the few companies that didn't cave in to Microsoft's FATx extortion racket. That won't be happening again.
Apple has the mindshare with Google right behind.
Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell from 23% last year to 17% share this year, the largest year-over-year decline in the iPhone's history. If Apple doesn't pull a rabbit out of a hat soon, their market share could drop into the single digits.
FUD sucks too.
DroidDream is NOT "a widely-known and highly dangerous application". It was a malware variant identified early in 2011 and removed from both the Android Market (now Play Store) and from the infected devices. The vulnerability it exploited has been fixed in all Android versions newer than 2.2 (Froyo).
AV vendors are terrified of Windows' plunging market share, and are desperate to find another host to leech off. This is the despairing screech of a buggy-whip maker watching their buggy-OS host vanish over a cliff.
Or anything, really, that involves rapidly moving data from your brain onto a computer.
Swype on Android is already faster than typing for most people, with 20-40wpm common, and alt least one person getting close to 60wpm. I h ave no doubt that refinement of Swype and similar tools will mean that onscreen writing will soon be faster than traditional keying.
In many business contexts, (site works, parts ordering, inspections, audits etc) it's already a better input method, no matter how fast it is.
Intel disagrees.
With the PC market crashing, Intel says $200 Android laptops are on the way
PC chip giant Intel has revealed it is working with hardware partners on laptops, using the company's Atom processors and running Android, that could cost as little as $200.
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/information-technology/055350-with-the-pc-market-crashing-intel-says-200-android-laptops-are-on-the-way.html
Sounds like the second coming of the netbook to me...
Times change.
Just 10 years ago, Nokia/Symbian dominated the smartphone market. Since then, Microsoft WPx hung on to around 30% for a while before crashing to near nothing, while RIM/Blackberry had the lead in business phones for a while, then ceded it to Apple. Apple's iPhone dominated everything for a few years, but looks like having single figure global market share before this year ends. Android's relative flexibility has hauled it to the front of the pack for now, but this is a dynamic market.
That's what competition does. We've become accustomed to the moribund desktop PC market, where one monopoly stifled innovation for decades. For those of us who like progress, the rate of change in mobile devices is refreshing.
If it was just another phone OS, you might be right, but it isn't.
I don't think you understand what a benefit something like Firefox OS will offer corporates. Once IT departments understand what it really is and how it simplifies/secures their work, they'll be all over it.
what exactly is being added to the CO2 to make it poisonous?
CO, NOx, SO2, Hg, soot and fly ash mostly.
They also can not perform work,
Being observed is performing work.
They could just use Android phones with the Serval Project mesh network app installed on them.
What is a deltic?
It's when your hand hovers uncontrollably over the "Del" key.
Thanks for your opinion, TrollstonButtersbean, but your point isn't clear to me yet. Perhaps you'd like to explain further?
The Windows 7 GUI feels more polished, especially in the area of app installation.
Something tells me you haven't used Linux for a very long time, if ever...
Because change, even beneficial change, has a threshold of inertia to overcome.
Going for OSS embedded "platform" for the sake of a politican view is a loss clause.
It's worked out well for me over many years, but I'm not precious about my tools. YMMV.