So, if Microsoft is the elephant, does that mean that Open Source is the mouse that scares the elephant, and Google is the sneaky snake that convinces the mouse to scare the elephant before said snake eats the mouse?
I don't know about you, but I'd rather deal with the evil I know rather than deal with the treacherous snake that pretends to be my ally one week (Mozilla / Android) and is my enemy the next (Chrome / NexusOne).
I can think of a few people off the top of my head that I know who would take a Windows based solution from Microsoft for the cost of licenses + support, over a Linux based FOSS solution with a similar or lower cost of support, and I'm sure all of you all do as well. Microsoft would be downright foolish not to court that market segment.
Sadly, certain governments are part of this segment.
Remember back in the day when Google came out? They practically killed their competitors (Yahoo, Altavista, MSN) in 2 years.
I remember when Google came out and killed their competitors (Altavista, Excite, Lycos, Yahoo, etc...). However, your list includes an entry that didn't exist when Google entered the market...
In 2005 they gained over 20% in 6 months,
[citation needed]
ComScore Networks reported that Google had a 6% (from 36.3% to 42.3%) increase between February 2005 and February 2006.
They must be different, because the US version definitely returns "Why are Mac's so expensive?" as its first link, as of when I checked 10 seconds ago.
Now to be 100% compatible with Microsoft Office, the OpenOffice developers have to work day and night to get this bug/hole/exploit to work exactly the same way in OpenOffice too. I have heard OpenOffice people bitch and moan, "Microsoft keeps changing file formats and APIs deliberately forcing us to do so much of work catching up", now I sympathize. I understand how difficult it would be to code up a gaping security hole that works exactly like it does in the De-Facto Standard.
No, the OpenOffice developers will work day and night to make this bug/hole/exploit to work similarly to, but not quite the same as, Microsoft Office.
For best performance on x86-64, you want pointers to remain 32 bits, but still run in Long mode. The OS should make sure that everything is mapped below the 4GB line for the process. As far as I am aware, no operating systems actually support this mode of operation. Without that, for any process using less than 4GB of address space, you have some advantages and some disadvantages when running in 64-bit mode. Whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, or vice versa, depends on the code.
Whoa, wait just a second. Before asking if the operating system support this, shouldn't we first ask "does the hardware support this?" or more specifically "does Intel's implementation support this?" because as far as I can tell from Wikipedia, it doesn't.
Easy fix: The Department of Justice should use its regulatory powers granted by the Americans with Disabilities act to force gas stations to do license-plate checks on every person who buys gas.
t's the Wii's other display options... of which there is just one; 480i. depends where you bought your wii, if you bought it on this side of the pond you get the choice between 576i 50Hz, 480i 60Hz and 480p 60Hz.
Yes, we on this side of the pond don't have a 576i PAL resolution option.
Unfortunately, the way the Wii uses SD cards means that you can never have a downloadable game larger than 512MB. Actually, that limit is probably considerably lower, because 512MB is the size of the *entire* on-board storage.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, the "SD Card Channel" on the Wii copies games from the SD card to the on-board storage before running them. The on-board storage is 512MB of Flash memory.
This limit also means that games can't be copied from discs and run from the SD card.
All of them do this. Mainly to generate hype for their new system and to "trash" the competition's newly announced system that will come out roughly the same year.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, google "Nintendo Revolution" and note that the news articles that come back are from more than a year before the Wii's release... which would place it around the same time the Xbox 360 was released.
I know you can get component cables for it from 3rd parties at a lower price, but the average user won't know that.
I haven't had the best experiences with third-party video game equipment (to be specific, PS1 memory cards and GameCube controllers), so I tend to stick to first party parts whenever I can.
Needless to say, I bought "official" Wii Component Cables that I bought when I got an HD TV... and wish I had an HDMI cable, as I have more open HDMI inputs than Component.
My personal experience (as in just me; I don't have kids) is that the Xbox 360 is the one of the two that gets all the play time. While the Wii has a few gems, they are few and far between.
Nintendo's rationing of new WiiWare titles doesn't help... the Xbox Live Arcade just has a wider variety... with ratings... so it's much easier for me to find cheap titles on it that are still good.
Still, my most used system for gaming is still my PC. (Team Fortress 2 for the win!)
Oh, sorry, my bad for not looking that up. But at least it's digital right, and thus retains it's crisp color no matter what? And higher definition than, say, normal TV broadcasts? So it's better, and it's available. It's not 1080p but when I watch movies in 480p on my friend's streaming website, it looks just fine and dandy whether it's on my monitor or my TV.
It's not TV broadcasts you have to compare it to, it's the Wii's other display options... of which there is just one; 480i.
Doom is the best selling game on xbox live, if I remember correctly. Unenhanced graphics. My son at college just recently beat Nightmare mode, and called me to brag. Pixelation and all.
When I looked at the Xbox Live Arcade list just recently, I don't remember seeing Doom on the Best Sellers list. Instead, that list had things like Castle Crashers and Portal. I do recall that Duke Nukem 3D is on that list, though...
I'll check later when I'm at home; xbox.com is blocked where I work.
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So, if Microsoft is the elephant, does that mean that Open Source is the mouse that scares the elephant, and Google is the sneaky snake that convinces the mouse to scare the elephant before said snake eats the mouse?
I don't know about you, but I'd rather deal with the evil I know rather than deal with the treacherous snake that pretends to be my ally one week (Mozilla / Android) and is my enemy the next (Chrome / NexusOne).
I would hope so, since OpenOffice documents are .odt files.
Sadly, certain governments are part of this segment.
Then the engine will host a documentary about the Bingies.
Really? I didn't think Jobs had anything to do with GNOME!
I remember when Google came out and killed their competitors (Altavista, Excite, Lycos, Yahoo, etc...). However, your list includes an entry that didn't exist when Google entered the market...
[citation needed]
ComScore Networks reported that Google had a 6% (from 36.3% to 42.3%) increase between February 2005 and February 2006.
They must be different, because the US version definitely returns "Why are Mac's so expensive?" as its first link, as of when I checked 10 seconds ago.
In fact, have a screenshot!
No, the OpenOffice developers will work day and night to make this bug/hole/exploit to work similarly to, but not quite the same as, Microsoft Office.
Whoa, wait just a second. Before asking if the operating system support this, shouldn't we first ask "does the hardware support this?" or more specifically "does Intel's implementation support this?" because as far as I can tell from Wikipedia, it doesn't.
Easy fix: The Department of Justice should use its regulatory powers granted by the Americans with Disabilities act to force gas stations to do license-plate checks on every person who buys gas.
Better analogy?
As I understand it, the GBC had a different processor than the GB (not really sure why... color graphics rendering required it?).
Yes, we on this side of the pond don't have a 576i PAL resolution option.
That argument kind-of is, but the Dead Rising argument isn't.
Unfortunately, the way the Wii uses SD cards means that you can never have a downloadable game larger than 512MB. Actually, that limit is probably considerably lower, because 512MB is the size of the *entire* on-board storage.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, the "SD Card Channel" on the Wii copies games from the SD card to the on-board storage before running them. The on-board storage is 512MB of Flash memory.
This limit also means that games can't be copied from discs and run from the SD card.
No, you've not picked up the hdmi cable because the Wii doesn't have an hdmi cable.
See the comment above mine for info about the component cable you can get.
All of them do this. Mainly to generate hype for their new system and to "trash" the competition's newly announced system that will come out roughly the same year.
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, google "Nintendo Revolution" and note that the news articles that come back are from more than a year before the Wii's release... which would place it around the same time the Xbox 360 was released.
I haven't had the best experiences with third-party video game equipment (to be specific, PS1 memory cards and GameCube controllers), so I tend to stick to first party parts whenever I can.
Needless to say, I bought "official" Wii Component Cables that I bought when I got an HD TV... and wish I had an HDMI cable, as I have more open HDMI inputs than Component.
My personal experience (as in just me; I don't have kids) is that the Xbox 360 is the one of the two that gets all the play time. While the Wii has a few gems, they are few and far between.
Nintendo's rationing of new WiiWare titles doesn't help... the Xbox Live Arcade just has a wider variety... with ratings... so it's much easier for me to find cheap titles on it that are still good.
Still, my most used system for gaming is still my PC. (Team Fortress 2 for the win!)
Not not just get Metroid Prime Trilogy if you've got a Wii?
I mean besides that Nintendo isn't making any more copies (but then, they aren't of MP and MP2 either).
That reminds me, I should call my cousin and ask if he's played any of the MP games yet, as I got him a copy of MPT for the holidays...
Actually, I'm pretty sure the Sega Dreamcast was a commercial failure.
The Game Boy, Game Boy Colo(u)r, and Game Boy Advance are all different product lines that just happen to have the name "Game Boy" in them.
*raises hand*
While I was extremely young when the Osbourne thing happened, I've heard about it enough to know what you were referring to.
And I don't mean Ozzy's TV show!
It's not TV broadcasts you have to compare it to, it's the Wii's other display options... of which there is just one; 480i.
When I looked at the Xbox Live Arcade list just recently, I don't remember seeing Doom on the Best Sellers list. Instead, that list had things like Castle Crashers and Portal. I do recall that Duke Nukem 3D is on that list, though...
I'll check later when I'm at home; xbox.com is blocked where I work.
I simply set Firefox's options so that JavaScript can't disable or modify context menus.