White did not provide a reason for his decision. InformationWeek, however, notes that his position could not have been easy. White's posts often elicited hundreds of responses from Vista users complaining about the OS's numerous glitches and quirks.
What would shed more light on this is whether White had access to technical staff who could provide behind the scenes information and support when responding to these users. Further, whether these staff had an idea and an understanding of why it is important to respond to these users, and the Web 2.0 world, where two way interaction and many to many communication is the norm.
If he was left out there in the cold on his own, it's no surprise he resigned.
For example, a Greek treatise published a generation before Archimedes' proofs of the lever laws explains why, if you were a galley slave, you'd want to work the oars near the center of the ship instead of closer to the hull."
Do you think it was mentioned in their induction pack along with their sunscreen, sunhat, and timecard?
I wrote a (very) short piece on this a while ago, in response to an article on El' Reg.
Again, looking at the list of 'discoveries' there, and at the reasons given here, it's hard to believe that the industry hasn't already fallen over in a big screaming heap. The only thing propping it up thus far are multi-album recording contracts, and their McDonald's inspired ability to foist very average fair on to the average user.
In the last couple of years with GarageBand etc providing the ability for anyone to make reasonable music at home, the iTunes Music Store and it's ilk providing the ability for almost anyone to publish their work, and social networking sites providing the marketing (often viral), it's time these commercial dinosaurs went the way of their reptilian cousins did millions of years ago.
How many slashdotters in an area served by both have FiOS? Have cable?
Looking at this, and at the recent debacle surrounding Bittorrent and Comcast, I know which I'd definitely behaving. Not to mention the fact that fibre to the premises just sounds so much cooler and faster than cable!
As has been said above; this was going to happen. I know of companies running OS X, companies running Linux servers, who all adopt the wait-and-see approach. I'm not that impressed with Vista either, but I don't think I've ever seen an update to an operating system in which all users had total confidence in the manufacturer and OS enough to all update, no questions asked.
Yes, I agree there are certain aspects of Vista which deserve to be slated, but this is more process related than product related.
I have ClamXav installed, and run it every now and then, and it never finds anything (apart from warnings about oversize archives - i.e. large zip files). It almost goes without saying that when a genuine malware threat hits the OS X platform, it will be all over the news - or at least the news I read, anyway.
Their voting machines are paid for by public dollars, used by the majority of the members of the public, to elect public officials, and they claim evaluation of their software cannot occur without their "permission"?
(Even my 9 year old nephew read this and thought it was "dumb")
Actually, since I live in NZ, they're not our overlords yet, but we do have the RIANZ down here, who are cut from the same cloth.
In fact, here it's illegal to make any copies of music at all. Hence, until the iTMS arrived, it was a pretty good bet that almost all music on any digital devices was illegally uploaded. Law changes are proposed, and the RIANZ wants to keep the law the same, but they give their word they won't chase the little guy, but want the law to remain the same just in case.
Slashdot Mirror
...because none of us have RTFA - as there isn't one.
I have found various contradictory recommendations...Err, that's nice. Where's the links?
There are so many variables to this.
- What medium are we referring to? CRT monitor, LCD monitor, printed matt page, Hi-gloss paper?
- How much ambient light is there?
- What type of ambient light is there? Incandescent, fluorescent, halogen...?
- What is 'a long time'?
- Who are we talking about? A 7 year old child, a 30 year old office worker, a 50 year old proof reader...?
Answer those questions and we won't all be shooting in the dark.What would shed more light on this is whether White had access to technical staff who could provide behind the scenes information and support when responding to these users. Further, whether these staff had an idea and an understanding of why it is important to respond to these users, and the Web 2.0 world, where two way interaction and many to many communication is the norm.
If he was left out there in the cold on his own, it's no surprise he resigned.
Do you think it was mentioned in their induction pack along with their sunscreen, sunhat, and timecard?
If I had mod points I'd mod you '+1 divorced'
I wrote a (very) short piece on this a while ago, in response to an article on El' Reg.
Again, looking at the list of 'discoveries' there, and at the reasons given here, it's hard to believe that the industry hasn't already fallen over in a big screaming heap. The only thing propping it up thus far are multi-album recording contracts, and their McDonald's inspired ability to foist very average fair on to the average user.
In the last couple of years with GarageBand etc providing the ability for anyone to make reasonable music at home, the iTunes Music Store and it's ilk providing the ability for almost anyone to publish their work, and social networking sites providing the marketing (often viral), it's time these commercial dinosaurs went the way of their reptilian cousins did millions of years ago.
How many slashdotters in an area served by both have FiOS? Have cable?
Looking at this, and at the recent debacle surrounding Bittorrent and Comcast, I know which I'd definitely behaving. Not to mention the fact that fibre to the premises just sounds so much cooler and faster than cable!
any who has ever seen cartoons as a kid would know this :p
...they wouldn't be around to complain about it, so what's the issue?
Of course it means we'd all die without actually seeing Duke Nukem Forever (DNF - hmm...)
Either way, the consumer wins. The faster development builds get it right, the faster it will end up in a shipping, public release, build.
Lets give the developers all the motivation we can to get this to happen. If that means a pissing contest of nightly builds, let 'em go for it, I say.
Until I can browse and see 100/100 on my screen, I don't see it as too late. 98/100 is the highest I've seen when browsing http://acid3.acidtests.org/
Apparently Duke Nukem Forever is a great game, too...
Either way, it's us punters who are enjoying the fruits of this competition :-)
So in twenty years, they expect to just hit the start button again?
In that case, we can rename it Rip Van Winkle
so you shouldn't, at one atom thick.
Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of graphite...As has been said above; this was going to happen. I know of companies running OS X, companies running Linux servers, who all adopt the wait-and-see approach. I'm not that impressed with Vista either, but I don't think I've ever seen an update to an operating system in which all users had total confidence in the manufacturer and OS enough to all update, no questions asked.
Yes, I agree there are certain aspects of Vista which deserve to be slated, but this is more process related than product related.
Since the linked article is a bit light on them:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=870
Spec sheet here (PDF 917KB)
The TR list discussed here, that is: http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/12/176227
This I can see as having many applications, including those rather warm MacBookAirs ;-)
Someone quick - mod parent 'funny'!
Otherwise: dude, if you really have to ask...
I have ClamXav installed, and run it every now and then, and it never finds anything (apart from warnings about oversize archives - i.e. large zip files). It almost goes without saying that when a genuine malware threat hits the OS X platform, it will be all over the news - or at least the news I read, anyway.
That's often the results with certain voting machines.
...have I got this straight?
Their voting machines are paid for by public dollars, used by the majority of the members of the public, to elect public officials, and they claim evaluation of their software cannot occur without their "permission"?
(Even my 9 year old nephew read this and thought it was "dumb")
...allow unsigned code to be written to memory.This doesn't sound that attractive to me.
...Balmer threw his toys (i.e. chair) out of the cot?
I'd wear full motocross protective gear if I was Yang.
Far future: none.
You forgot the last one, which shows we should take more notice of the preceding figures.
Actually, since I live in NZ, they're not our overlords yet, but we do have the RIANZ down here, who are cut from the same cloth.
In fact, here it's illegal to make any copies of music at all. Hence, until the iTMS arrived, it was a pretty good bet that almost all music on any digital devices was illegally uploaded. Law changes are proposed, and the RIANZ wants to keep the law the same, but they give their word they won't chase the little guy, but want the law to remain the same just in case.