I used to work at company (a pretty big company with revenue of $1 bn +) that had IBM as its largest client, and we were compelled to use Lotus Notes, 123, Wordpro, and Freelance.
Really very crappy programs, btw.
The point is that if a company of that size was compelled to use Lotus software, they are going to be forced to use Linux now.
We still did our spreadsheets in Excel, but there was a nifty VB macro floating around that converted to 123 without losing the formatting.
The government will never get involved. Can you imagine a serious candidate coming down on the side of fair use? The issue is a non-starter because that candidate would be pilloried from here to eternity (or socialism).
Yes, but Google has a minimum threshold of 5 clicks for every 1,000 times an ad is served. If that threshold is not met, the ad gets dropped even if there is no one else to pay Google for the same inventory.
(As an aside, a click-through rate of.5% is astronomical for online advertising. Google has set the bar very high for its cut-off, and I think that they are probably turning away a nice sum of money. Not MSFT money, but still pretty good amounts).
Google orders its advertising placements based both on the amount an advertiser is willing to pay for a click and according to the percentage of users who click on the advertisement. It is not necessarily true that the highest bidder is in the first position.
His first attempt at starting a business was to have computers monitor all traffic activity at stop lights in Seattle, and then they would be able to predict the ideal settings for red, yellow, and green light durations.
Guess there were a few bugs in it.
I think that everyone, except for the hard core libertarians, feel that some taxation is necessary, but one of the points not emphasized here is that our current tax levels should be sufficient to provide a minimally acceptable lifestyle for everyone. That has not been the truth in practice because of governmental inefficiencies. A $20,000 toilet seat anyone?
Another problem is that many (NOT ALL) civil servants are concerned with their budgets and not the function of the job. In NYC recently, the transit authority misrepresented their books to show a deficit when they ad a $300mm surplas. The truth came out eventually, but only after a 30-40% fare hike was implemented.
It's not always a lack of concern for the less fortunate that angers people about paying taxes.
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Dude - the picture at your sig is really foul. I'll need a few more beers to wipe that from my memory, just like that girl in . . . never mind.
I used to work at company (a pretty big company with revenue of $1 bn +) that had IBM as its largest client, and we were compelled to use Lotus Notes, 123, Wordpro, and Freelance. Really very crappy programs, btw.
The point is that if a company of that size was compelled to use Lotus software, they are going to be forced to use Linux now.
We still did our spreadsheets in Excel, but there was a nifty VB macro floating around that converted to 123 without losing the formatting.
The government will never get involved. Can you imagine a serious candidate coming down on the side of fair use? The issue is a non-starter because that candidate would be pilloried from here to eternity (or socialism).
Yes, but Google has a minimum threshold of 5 clicks for every 1,000 times an ad is served. If that threshold is not met, the ad gets dropped even if there is no one else to pay Google for the same inventory. (As an aside, a click-through rate of .5% is astronomical for online advertising. Google has set the bar very high for its cut-off, and I think that they are probably turning away a nice sum of money. Not MSFT money, but still pretty good amounts).
Google orders its advertising placements based both on the amount an advertiser is willing to pay for a click and according to the percentage of users who click on the advertisement. It is not necessarily true that the highest bidder is in the first position.
I think that he means to concur.
His first attempt at starting a business was to have computers monitor all traffic activity at stop lights in Seattle, and then they would be able to predict the ideal settings for red, yellow, and green light durations. Guess there were a few bugs in it.
I think that everyone, except for the hard core libertarians, feel that some taxation is necessary, but one of the points not emphasized here is that our current tax levels should be sufficient to provide a minimally acceptable lifestyle for everyone. That has not been the truth in practice because of governmental inefficiencies. A $20,000 toilet seat anyone?
Another problem is that many (NOT ALL) civil servants are concerned with their budgets and not the function of the job. In NYC recently, the transit authority misrepresented their books to show a deficit when they ad a $300mm surplas. The truth came out eventually, but only after a 30-40% fare hike was implemented.
It's not always a lack of concern for the less fortunate that angers people about paying taxes.