I think if they want to test our coding skillz they should at least give us a computer... nothing worse than writing a shopping cart on paper in 20 minutes, then loosing marks for a missing ';'
Other than that it needs to be iteresting... the only people who goto class regularly (at least where I am) are the ones who can't program anyway, at least that is my experience with the first 2 years.
I suspect that a yearly Subscription cost will be in the same price range as what it currently costs to buy Office
Otherwise BUY the software... the price will soar. Basically it's a ploy to make _everyone_ upgrade every year!
They see everyone who upgrades say... every other version as *potential* for more sales. With a subscription based service, they don't even have to convince people to upgrade, they HAVE to to keep using the software, and therefore HAVE to keep paying a subscription fee... the equivilent of buying a new version. This will also allow them to slow down development a bit... because the money'll keep rolling every year even if they don't release a new version.
Why are students saving data onto floppies and moving them through your institution in the first place?
plain and simple: because people are stupid.
at the Help Desk I work at the Students in the labs are the ones who *usually* don't have computers at home, ie: usually not technically apt people, and therefore, are less likely to know jack about computers.
Case in point: most of the people I work with at the help desk never or rarly use computer labs on campus... why? because they go home after class and use there own computers.
most people can't remember how to print on the system (although it is REALLY stupid): they print to a file on the L:
most people can handle a floppy disk. they've know how to use them.
You havn't heard the new ones? I guess they are just mostly on X FM (owned by rogers)
- new download righermotous one (TV)
- new one about arcades coming back into style due to slow internet connections over the phone and the Canadian mint releasing a commemerative coin (Radio)
- new one about how cable is more secure than the phone line (the one I was orgianally talking about)
I listen to the radio alot when I'm driving to school during rush hour=) (Vanier->Carleton U)
oh well, enough procastination... back to studying.
This article was about the weaknesses that needed to be improved before linux could become a major contender against Microsoft on the desktop. Which is what I am talking about.
Yes I have handed a non techie a Win98 CD after he asked asked me how to backup his files to my computer through FTP so he could re-install Windows. How can you say non-techies don't really matter? Microsoft _depends_ on them, that is why they they have such a large market share. Software that works vs. Software that non-techies will use is going to become a big issue as Linux continues to grow
As Microsoft has demonstrated pleasing non technical users gives you a huge market share, which Linux will have a hard time taking over unless changes to reflect the large market share of non-techie users
Whats wrong with that? As long as it works for them. Remember the people working at the bank arn't usually big computer users. they know what they need to know. Changing systems all the time to the "newest" and "best" would mean having to train the whole staff over, insteed they are saving money and leaving well enough alone
One day a while ago I was going to look up RedHat's stock... I didn't notice I was in Dvorak keymap, and typed in "rhat" but it displayed as "pday" and I imediatly thought "PayDay" funny, yet true.
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Other than that it needs to be iteresting... the only people who goto class regularly (at least where I am) are the ones who can't program anyway, at least that is my experience with the first 2 years.
Otherwise BUY the software... the price will soar. Basically it's a ploy to make _everyone_ upgrade every year!
They see everyone who upgrades say... every other version as *potential* for more sales. With a subscription based service, they don't even have to convince people to upgrade, they HAVE to to keep using the software, and therefore HAVE to keep paying a subscription fee... the equivilent of buying a new version. This will also allow them to slow down development a bit... because the money'll keep rolling every year even if they don't release a new version.
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Why are students saving data onto floppies and moving them through your institution in the first place?
plain and simple: because people are stupid.
at the Help Desk I work at the Students in the labs are the ones who *usually* don't have computers at home, ie: usually not technically apt people, and therefore, are less likely to know jack about computers.
Case in point: most of the people I work with at the help desk never or rarly use computer labs on campus... why? because they go home after class and use there own computers.
most people can't remember how to print on the system (although it is REALLY stupid): they print to a file on the L:
most people can handle a floppy disk. they've know how to use them.
Douper
> 2 play the same dam song 5 times in 6 hours
yup, they do, but luckly I ownly listen to them ~1 hr a day=)
and it's better than The Bear=)
You havn't heard the new ones? I guess they are just mostly on X FM (owned by rogers)
- new download righermotous one (TV)
- new one about arcades coming back into style due to slow internet connections over the phone and the Canadian mint releasing a commemerative coin (Radio)
- new one about how cable is more secure than the phone line (the one I was orgianally talking about)
I listen to the radio alot when I'm driving to school during rush hour=) (Vanier->Carleton U)
oh well, enough procastination... back to studying.
In Canada, Rogers@Home has a new advertising campain all over TV/Radio saying that cable is safer than DSL.
I laughed out loud the first time I heard it.. ahh well...
But I imagine they would probably implement some kind of system where by they track uses of the card... much the way that credit card companys do..
hrmm... this guy used his card twice within an hour 100 miles apart, both times leaving the country...(or whatever)
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This article was about the weaknesses that needed to be improved before linux could become a major contender against Microsoft on the desktop. Which is what I am talking about.
Yes I have handed a non techie a Win98 CD after he asked asked me how to backup his files to my computer through FTP so he could re-install Windows. How can you say non-techies don't really matter? Microsoft _depends_ on them, that is why they they have such a large market share. Software that works vs. Software that non-techies will use is going to become a big issue as Linux continues to grow
As Microsoft has demonstrated pleasing non technical users gives you a huge market share, which Linux will have a hard time taking over unless changes to reflect the large market share of non-techie users
Whats wrong with that? As long as it works for them. Remember the people working at the bank arn't usually big computer users. they know what they need to know. Changing systems all the time to the "newest" and "best" would mean having to train the whole staff over, insteed they are saving money and leaving well enough alone
One day a while ago I was going to look up RedHat's stock... I didn't notice I was in Dvorak keymap, and typed in "rhat" but it displayed as "pday" and I imediatly thought "PayDay" funny, yet true.
Douper