In the UK the network operators like to bastardise the phone as they see fit. Rebranding, removing features and often ruining the phone. With Windows smartphones they often remove MSN messenger and any VOIP software.
Firstly, you can change the bodywork easily for different designs. Secondly it's a Mercedes, Thirdly it can park in small spaces in cities which other cars can't.
With games consoles and PC games you still often buy a disc and install.
With the Wii Nintendo have sort of shown us the future, download games through the console. They're not ruling out distributing Wii games in this manner either.
While I can imagine recent programming would be covered by this, a lot of the BBCs archives have little or no financial potential and can be made available.
Childrens programmes, old TV shows etc.. have been long paid for and wouldn't earn much on DVD.
Lets not forget that home taping of TV shows is the only reason some TV shows exist these days. I've seen it a few times on nostalgia shows where they have used someone's VCR recording to show a clip. The more the BBC can spread their programming the more chance it will all survive in the future.
But it's poor hifi systems, radio (net and FM) which is the problem. People want a cheap tiny stereo to sound punchy, so they compress the dynamics so it sounds acceptable.
Seems like Apple take some of the best ideas from the Unix world. Really shows the potential of Unix systems if the people who wrote them thought a little more about usability.
Indeed, this is why people dislike Microsoft's general attitude. It's like they have multiple personalities or something.
On the one hand they want partners, developers..developers..developers and customers. But at the same time they feel the need to remind us how powerful they are and how we musn't cross them.
This attitude seems to have surfaced since Microsoft became obsessed with eliminating pirate copies of Windows. I think the pressure to maintain growth is getting to them.
While the express edition of Visual Studio is aimed at students. Surely if a student learns how to test software and write unit test then the whole industry will benefit? code quality will improve as it will be tested as it is developed.
Microsoft really are idiots at times when it comes to how they treat their customers and developers.
There's no software synthesiser on Linux that can hold a candle to any of the synths that ship with Logic. Not to mention the AU plugins.
Find me a photo management suite like Aperture.
Find me an application as good as Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc... on Linux.
I love Linux, but it doesn't have commercial grade creative tools.
Windows ran music badly im my experience (even on a 2.66Ghz Core 2 duo), audio timing glitches etc...
I just love life with a Mac. I bought a Mac Pro and I don't need to think about all the rubbish I did with Windows and Linux. I just get on using a computer for creative tasks.
If you can't understand that then you will never see the benefit of a Mac.
Hardware lock-in? it's not like you could possibly be blind to that. Apple makes some good hardware. The author is very biased and says there's no reason why Mac OS X can't run on other hardware. True there's no reason why, but Apple would have to charge $300 or more for the OS then. It would fall over more due to bad hardware/driver implementations. There would a lot of unsupported hardware like Linux.
Life is just easier with the hardware and software made by one vendor. Nobody ever moaned about the Amiga OS running only on Commodore hardware and people like running Solaris on Sun hardware for example.
People buy Macs and keep them 4-5 years, so expandability and upgrades aren't an issue. You buy a good machine that brings you good service.
When you buy a PC it can be hard to avoid paying for Windows, unless you self build. So running Linux means you suffer the Windows lock-in.
Mac OS is no different to Linux in low memory situations. It swaps and slows down. Windows has had to have good VM performance as a huge number of users run it with paltry PCs.
A Mac Mini is just that, a mini computer. You don't buy a BMW Mini or any other small car then complain you can't get a sofa in the back of it.
If you buy entry level then you can't expect much. It still plays HD video files, so it's not that bad.
Indeed, this is why US and Uk guns have had trouble. They're precision guns which are accurate but also hopeless in dusty sandy conditions. Soldiers don't always have time to follow a cleaning routine.
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The difference is, people don't get killed, beaten up or otherwise assaulted when someone copies an mp3.
This whole attitude problem of the media companies is going unchecked, it's about time people fought back against it.
In the UK the network operators like to bastardise the phone as they see fit. Rebranding, removing features and often ruining the phone. With Windows smartphones they often remove MSN messenger and any VOIP software.
Indeed. Besides, the threats only affect those selling Linux. Microsoft can try and stop community Linux, but the backlash would be huge.
Firstly, you can change the bodywork easily for different designs. Secondly it's a Mercedes, Thirdly it can park in small spaces in cities which other cars can't.
That's what they need to do. Rather than make one chip look like two, it's easier to get max performance by making more than one core appear as one.
PCs have so many problems, so many different causes of problems. Hardware can cause crashes and problems, software can cause crashes and problems.
Before the Internet you wouldn't have so many different patch levels.
PC Tech support is hard, no mistake.
Microsoft earn most of their money from Windows and Office. So how someone can say the model is broken I don't know.
Okay, if you're referring to the fact that without the lock-in and monopoly it would fail then sure, the model is broken.
Microsoft won't ever do open source for a current product. Maybe in a few years they would release Office 95 or similar.
With games consoles and PC games you still often buy a disc and install.
With the Wii Nintendo have sort of shown us the future, download games through the console. They're not ruling out distributing Wii games in this manner either.
Game and Gamestation have stocks, my local Asda has them. I ordered mine on Amazon UK or else I would have got one from Asda today.
The US government would rather one US company had a monopoly over the desktop than have a foreign company have more market share.
Even though Apple and Google are both also US companies that would thrive with a less powerful Microsoft.
A lot easier for the security services if the major player is a US company. Easier to get tools to bypass encryption etc..
While I can imagine recent programming would be covered by this, a lot of the BBCs archives have little or no financial potential and can be made available.
Childrens programmes, old TV shows etc.. have been long paid for and wouldn't earn much on DVD.
Lets not forget that home taping of TV shows is the only reason some TV shows exist these days. I've seen it a few times on nostalgia shows where they have used someone's VCR recording to show a clip. The more the BBC can spread their programming the more chance it will all survive in the future.
It won't, but the net is full of BBC shows anyway. There's probably little interest in their programming outside of the Uk anyway.
Simple, make people register and use their TV licence details to gain access.
It's better than locking everything with DRM.
Looking back, it seemed a bit crazy that the Mac wasn't colour for many years. Especially given the competition.
Maybe we would all be using Macs if they at least had a 16 or 256 colour display a few years earlier.
But it's poor hifi systems, radio (net and FM) which is the problem. People want a cheap tiny stereo to sound punchy, so they compress the dynamics so it sounds acceptable.
Seems like Apple take some of the best ideas from the Unix world. Really shows the potential of Unix systems if the people who wrote them thought a little more about usability.
Indeed, this is why people dislike Microsoft's general attitude. It's like they have multiple personalities or something.
On the one hand they want partners, developers..developers..developers and customers. But at the same time they feel the need to remind us how powerful they are and how we musn't cross them.
This attitude seems to have surfaced since Microsoft became obsessed with eliminating pirate copies of Windows. I think the pressure to maintain growth is getting to them.
While the express edition of Visual Studio is aimed at students. Surely if a student learns how to test software and write unit test then the whole industry will benefit? code quality will improve as it will be tested as it is developed.
Microsoft really are idiots at times when it comes to how they treat their customers and developers.
There's no software synthesiser on Linux that can hold a candle to any of the synths that ship with Logic. Not to mention the AU plugins.
Find me a photo management suite like Aperture.
Find me an application as good as Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc... on Linux.
I love Linux, but it doesn't have commercial grade creative tools.
Windows ran music badly im my experience (even on a 2.66Ghz Core 2 duo), audio timing glitches etc...
I just love life with a Mac. I bought a Mac Pro and I don't need to think about all the rubbish I did with Windows and Linux. I just get on using a computer for creative tasks.
If you can't understand that then you will never see the benefit of a Mac.
There's more quality freeware than Windows.
Hardware lock-in? it's not like you could possibly be blind to that. Apple makes some good hardware. The author is very biased and says there's no reason why Mac OS X can't run on other hardware. True there's no reason why, but Apple would have to charge $300 or more for the OS then. It would fall over more due to bad hardware/driver implementations. There would a lot of unsupported hardware like Linux.
Life is just easier with the hardware and software made by one vendor. Nobody ever moaned about the Amiga OS running only on Commodore hardware and people like running Solaris on Sun hardware for example.
People buy Macs and keep them 4-5 years, so expandability and upgrades aren't an issue. You buy a good machine that brings you good service.
When you buy a PC it can be hard to avoid paying for Windows, unless you self build. So running Linux means you suffer the Windows lock-in.
Mac OS is no different to Linux in low memory situations. It swaps and slows down. Windows has had to have good VM performance as a huge number of users run it with paltry PCs.
A Mac Mini is just that, a mini computer. You don't buy a BMW Mini or any other small car then complain you can't get a sofa in the back of it.
If you buy entry level then you can't expect much. It still plays HD video files, so it's not that bad.
There's few Linux support specialists compared to Windows. Hiring enough Linux support staff for a relatively low price will be hard.
Linux and Unix professionals often earn more.
Why do you think it took Bush so long to get with it on climate change? his family has made a lot of money from oil.
You can imagine the sort of things Ballmer would do for the government. Mandate Windows in education and local government.
Indeed, this is why US and Uk guns have had trouble. They're precision guns which are accurate but also hopeless in dusty sandy conditions. Soldiers don't always have time to follow a cleaning routine.
Are you telling me TiVo will re-write the entire product without Linux? of course not. They use Linux for a reason, it's cheaper and easier.
They can either change policy to stay with Linux or they can use another OS. Nobody is going to lose any money if they use something else anyway.
CVS and Subversion are open source projects, Linus should fix them.