I think it's safe to assume that a large majority of kids have Windows boxes at home, and are probably somewhat familiar with essentials like Word and IE.
The problem here is that if everyone is using MS Office at home and at work, you'll meet stiff resistence introducing alternatives into the classroom. Our local schools all have evening programs teaching MS Office skills. which remain marketable in a very tough environment. Anyone substituting OpenOffice.org as a matter of principle wouldn't last a week.
The real savings comes in the next year or two when they don't have to pay for new software to stay on the proprietary upgrade path and they won't have to pay for new hardware to meet the demands of the new software.
assumming there are commercial quality, off-the-shelf, replacements for every Windows app. and that you will never need to upgrade a Linux box when you upgrade the O/S or software.
Kick the dog... meaning Microsoft didn't do anything this week, while three of its competitors made news in different ways. Out of frustration, Microsoft kicked the dog
I could just imagine the reaction of Joe Average watching this report if the reporter had said, "Or you could just switch to a Mac and have virtually none of these problems." Joe Average would have sat up and said, "What? Really? I had no idea!"
Joe has a ten year investment in hardware, software, and peripherals to protect. Joe's cable ISP includes spam filtering and an Internet security bundle as part of his basic or premium service package. Joe is not in the market for the Mac or Linux.
If the American military was serius about defending American freedom, they would hunt down Sensenbrenner, drag him into the street and shoot him through the lungs.
a hint to the clueless: loose talk about shooting congressmen does not win you friends on capital hill.
But at that point the margins will be too low for either Apple or Microsoft
Philips has signed an agreement with Microsoft to integrate Windows Media into its chip designs for set-top boxes, PVRs, HDTV, portable media players, cell phones, the works:
It's one thing to get a BSOD on your monitor. It's common and expected
I could count the number of BSODs I've seen running XP at home on the fingers of one hand and each time Microsoft's crash analysis has gaven me a plain English explanation of what went wrong and how to fix it. No trolling Usenet, searching through Google, or trying to track down the neighborhood Geek.
The problem with that is that in almost any real democratic process there are always two or more sides.
That there are two or more sides to a question doesn't always translate into two or more votes in the Senate, or any other representative body in the American system, for that matter. When compromise is needed and compromise is possible, adjustments are made before a bill ever reaches the floor. But it always comes down to a straight yes-or-no vote, and the results are often lop-sided.
You price a product as to what the market can withstand to maximize profits, not to maximize market share. Simple macro-economics will tell you that if people are willing to pay that much for a product, then you sell it at that price point even if your product isn't that expensive. Why should you ever want to NOT take the extra money the consumers are willing to pay.
Henry Ford took a look at the math and saw that a well made car priced at $500 and sold to millions would yield a return 100 times greater than a $5000 luxury model sold to thousands.
Competing technologies like steam seemed to disappear from the streets, and auto makers unable or unwilling to move into mass production would soon fade out of the picture altogether.
Keep in mind your easy to buy Wal-mart specials are going to be HP or
Lexmark inkjets that have no Linux support, funny how that works
Well, that is the problem, isn't it? In our middle class village of 2000, RiteAid stocks digital cameras, a Lexmark printer/scanner/fax, as well as a selection of ink jet cartridges, mostly for HP.
When Susan matured and stop being a girl and became interested, in the words of the book, "stockings and parties", i.e., sex, she stopped believing in Narnia
The children aged in Narnia, and the adult Susan was courted by Rabadash. But inside she remained an adolescent obsessed with the trappings of adulthood who had let her childhood slip away and was unprepared for what lay beyond it.
Disney, the Politically correct mass marketting machine, producing what are essentially extended metaphors for Christian beliefs. I can't wait until it comes out to see how they butcher it. I am sure that Peter will not kill the wolf, (a child, kill?)
Disney had no problem distributing The Incredibles, which does not play as a Saturday morning cartoon.
Anybody else get a little creeped out by the possibility that alot of what CS Lewis was doing with his fantasy writings was really Christian propaganda?
Instead of promoting Linux as the 'thinking man's alternative' most of it's fanbase has bought into the whole 'computer as appliance' mindset.
You can buy or built a PC with significant horse power for $500 and under. The PC as household appliance or an office tool as commonplace as a typewriter made that possible.
Most people don't have broadband; Windows Update takes a long time when all you want to do is get your email.
Windows Update downloads in the background, and allows other programs the bandwith they need. It should never be a problem, even over dial-up. If you didn't have the patience to wait out the download of SP2 over a slow connection, you could mail order it on CD from Microsoft, no charge, even for postage.
What legal right does anyone have to do this? If you are innocent until proven guilty, it would be a meaningless action that at most would be intimidation, which is illegal
Innocent until proven quilty is the standard of proof in a criminal trial.
It does not bar a formal rquest to stop what you are doing until the legal issues have been resolved.
And the link you so thoughtfully provided says nothing about forcing someone to testify against themselves, which is what you're talking about
You can invoke the fifth amendment while being questioned by the police or testifying before a court. The privilege is pretty much defined as a limited right to remain silent. It does not allow you to obstruct the execution of a lawful search warrant or discovery process without paying a price.
There has never been a comic book where a scene has had to have been changed because someone said, "It would be too expensive to make that scene happen."
A publisher still has to grapple with the limitations of production costs, formats, schedules and markets.
Even the good old Windows blue screen is more informative than "error code 4"
and, on recovery, Microsoft's Crash Analysis site will give you a plain english explanation of what went wrong and often a fix, such as a link to an updated hardware driver.
In short, this is a company paid by Microsoft to make reports/whitepapers that make Microsoft look good. Nothing wrong with that as long as everyone's aware.
Verisoft's client list reads like a global Who's Who of the industry. AMD, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Google, Intel, IBM. Google, Nokia, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Philips, Sony, Sun. Hundreds of others. Veritest Clients. This is not a company whose reports will be casually ignored or dismissed at the enterprise level.
Anyone care to point out where this was said, because I obviously missed it when I RTFA...
What he did say was:
Of course, the Office edition for students and teachers costs $149, and no one's checking IDs
Still, if you have a new home computer or are setting up a small office, I suggest giving OpenOffice a try. It may well meet your needs, and if it doesn't, you haven't lost much.
Those clicking on the link to Microsoft Office Online might well be influenced by the generous welcome, resources, ideas and support offered to new users that aren't to be found on the bare and geekish OpenOffice.org. home page.
Except that some people will buy the legit copy, but then purchase or download a cracked copy because they don't want to deal with the freaking annoying authentication
Which for most users takes one mouse click and it's done.
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The problem here is that if everyone is using MS Office at home and at work, you'll meet stiff resistence introducing alternatives into the classroom. Our local schools all have evening programs teaching MS Office skills. which remain marketable in a very tough environment. Anyone substituting OpenOffice.org as a matter of principle wouldn't last a week.
assumming there are commercial quality, off-the-shelf, replacements for every Windows app. and that you will never need to upgrade a Linux box when you upgrade the O/S or software.
This week, Philips signed an agreement with Microsoft that will integrate Windows Media and DRM at the chip level into all its consumer products. Microsoft, Philips team up for multi media software
Joe has a ten year investment in hardware, software, and peripherals to protect.
Joe's cable ISP includes spam filtering and an Internet security bundle as part of his basic or premium service package. Joe is not in the market for the Mac or Linux.
a hint to the clueless: loose talk about shooting congressmen does not win you friends on capital hill.
Philips has signed an agreement with Microsoft to integrate Windows Media into its chip designs for set-top boxes, PVRs, HDTV, portable media players, cell phones, the works:
Philips, Microsoft Seal Software Deal
I could count the number of BSODs I've seen running XP at home on the fingers of one hand and each time Microsoft's crash analysis has gaven me a plain English explanation of what went wrong and how to fix it. No trolling Usenet, searching through Google, or trying to track down the neighborhood Geek.
Still, the "insightful" mod-up feels a little uncomfortable and disturbing. I wouldn't have welcomed it myself.
That there are two or more sides to a question doesn't always translate into two or more votes in the Senate, or any other representative body in the American system, for that matter. When compromise is needed and compromise is possible, adjustments are made before a bill ever reaches the floor. But it always comes down to a straight yes-or-no vote, and the results are often lop-sided.
Henry Ford took a look at the math and saw that a well made car priced at $500 and sold to millions would yield a return 100 times greater than a $5000 luxury model sold to thousands.
Competing technologies like steam seemed to disappear from the streets, and auto makers unable or unwilling to move into mass production would soon fade out of the picture altogether.
Take a look at the software sales chart on Amazon.com, at any given moment, about ten of the top fifty sellers will be Microsoft titles.
Well, that is the problem, isn't it? In our middle class village of 2000, RiteAid stocks digital cameras, a Lexmark printer/scanner/fax, as well as a selection of ink jet cartridges, mostly for HP.
The children aged in Narnia, and the adult Susan was courted by Rabadash. But inside she remained an adolescent obsessed with the trappings of adulthood who had let her childhood slip away and was unprepared for what lay beyond it.
Disney had no problem distributing The Incredibles, which does not play as a Saturday morning cartoon.
C.S. Lewis (1898-1965) brought a Christian perspective to all his work, and may be the most accessible and appealing of modern Christian apologists. The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics, C.S Lewis Foundation.
You can buy or built a PC with significant horse power for $500 and under. The PC as household appliance or an office tool as commonplace as a typewriter made that possible.
Windows Update downloads in the background, and allows other programs the bandwith they need. It should never be a problem, even over dial-up. If you didn't have the patience to wait out the download of SP2 over a slow connection, you could mail order it on CD from Microsoft, no charge, even for postage.
Innocent until proven quilty is the standard of proof in a criminal trial.
It does not bar a formal rquest to stop what you are doing until the legal issues have been resolved.
You can invoke the fifth amendment while being questioned by the police or testifying before a court. The privilege is pretty much defined as a limited right to remain silent. It does not allow you to obstruct the execution of a lawful search warrant or discovery process without paying a price.
A publisher still has to grapple with the limitations of production costs, formats, schedules and markets.
and, on recovery, Microsoft's Crash Analysis site will give you a plain english explanation of what went wrong and often a fix, such as a link to an updated hardware driver.
Verisoft's client list reads like a global Who's Who of the industry. AMD, Apple, Cisco, Dell, Google, Intel, IBM. Google, Nokia, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Philips, Sony, Sun. Hundreds of others. Veritest Clients. This is not a company whose reports will be casually ignored or dismissed at the enterprise level.
What he did say was:
Of course, the Office edition for students and teachers costs $149, and no one's checking IDs
Still, if you have a new home computer or are setting up a small office, I suggest giving OpenOffice a try. It may well meet your needs, and if it doesn't, you haven't lost much.
Those clicking on the link to Microsoft Office Online might well be influenced by the generous welcome, resources, ideas and support offered to new users that aren't to be found on the bare and geekish OpenOffice.org. home page.
Except that some people will buy the legit copy, but then purchase or download a cracked copy because they don't want to deal with the freaking annoying authentication Which for most users takes one mouse click and it's done.
You do not rule the home/desktop market when every Dell ships with an Intel CPU.