Yup. It kills price matching. I only price matched once in my life with a video game I bought from kmart. It took forever, but was ultimatlly worth it.
Also, if I dislike Microsoft its because its failed over and over the past ten years at Good, Secure, and reasonably priced software. They could have been so much more. And in an objective sense, they've had those opretunities, the technologies, the talent to be what Facebook , Google, or Apple have become. But they didn't. That's a failure of leadership. It falls on Balmer. I actually have great hope for them under the new ceo. It seems like they are acknowledging their role must change and they must co-operate with open standards in order to thrive.
The question was by what measure was he a failure.
I don't think I over did the failures. I do think you went too far in giving him credit for things that happened when gates was still there:
Microsoft Office, Windows Server, Visual studio, Exchange, Sql Server ( is that really successful? Never really hear about it anymore),.Net ( Didn't really meet their orignal expectations), Active Directory, Xbox.
Plus a few things that aren't successful:
Windows 8.1, Surface Pro 2 or 3 ( Seriously? giving a past ceo credit for the success of an unreleased product? )
I think I was rather tame, I didn't even bring up Internet explorer, Microsoft Money, Encarta, or the red rings of death.
Just as long as you don't compare his performance to that of Apple, Google, or Facebook and completely ignore the failures in the longhorn, vista, windows Mobile, windows tablet, MS hailstorm, MSN Live, Bing, windows RT, Surface, Windows 8 and the decline of the PC form factor. Then yeah, he did great.
No, of course. you're tide purchased at walmart is just as good as tide purchased at John's corner store.
But they also do have special skus created for them by large manufactorers of consumer goods. TV's, lawnmowers, grills and other small appliances are sometimes built to walmart's spec or price point. So they have the same brand on it, but its cheaper and not as durable as one purchased from another store. But with out a dicerning eye, most people will opt for the cheaper option that looks as good as the other. This has an effect on the goods that other competors offer. They have to stay close to walmart's prices, so they too start to comprimise on quality. And its a whole vicious cycle of suckiness.
MTBF. Mean time before failure. Everything has one.
I specifically didn't give a specific product to avoid any counter point based on aesthetics. There is absolutely a lack of durability in some walmart products. I actually think that they do a good job of maintaining the aesthetics of products, while worsening durability. asthetics are a main driver of impulse purchases, which walmart excels at.
No, it was the individual with the coverage that said that exact same phrase "they said they didn't take obamacare". This was Texas, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was plenty of ignorance to go around. But it wasn't my mistake, nor any reporters.
I'm somewhat well informed on this issue as most of my family members are in various parts of healthcare doctor, nurse, drug makers, hospital administration, insurance. My guess would be that either the doctor was an idoit ( entirely possible) or the patient is an idiot ( also possible). But, there is no single obama care plan, nor are the same plans with in a category ( bronze, silver, gold) even similar enough to make a determination of coverage possible.
Yeah, It seems like that would be a very likely outcome. As phones like the Moto G come down in price and up in quality, I'm not sure there is much of a niche for firefox os to exist in. Furthermore, my app's niche is not the same as those buying a phone that works as terribly as firefox os phones.
Seriously, the responses on here demonstrate that there is a huge problem amongst slashdot readers. You have to be willing to admit that you might not understand women's experience in order to have an honest conversation and learn something.
No, that's not the point at all. The point was to make useful insurance policies more readily availible to more amercians. Its so frustrating to hear people on the news talk about how a doctor wouldn't treat them because he didn't take "obamacare". There is no single policy that can be catagorised as "obamacare". If someone actually said that without actually looking at his policy, then that's just crazy wrong. As far as I know, providers can't really tell if a specific policy was purchased on an exchange or not.
Price, performance. They were luxury notebooks costing more than double what other notebooks did at the time for the same specs ( minus pen input). I had a coworker that got one. It was nice for everything, except playing Quake 3 or any other graphical needs. One note was spectacular.
Hmm, so the government actually pays for all of its windows clients? That's great if that's true. The prevaling wisdom here ( which is dripping with xenophobia), is that China doesn't pay for licensed software.
Actually, I doubt it would even work, *unless* they honored the GPL. They need it to work on all sorts of different computers with different devices and what not. There isn't a good way to do that with linux, without providing the source.
Individual small manufacturers can get away with not releasing their source code for their customized version of linux, because it has a small scope and doesn't need to be supported on anything else. This would need to be supported for a long time, on a wide array of devices.
They did for a while, with Red Flag Linux. I thought that was going to be huge. But for some reason its dead now. No idea why. It seems like they could have spared a little bit of money on supporting that on a larger scale than they did. Short sided, IMHO.
There are more i/o workloads and problem domains than the enterprise grade storage system that zfs is designed for. Its like declaring that the Honda fit can never compete with a dump truck.
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Yup. It kills price matching. I only price matched once in my life with a video game I bought from kmart. It took forever, but was ultimatlly worth it.
Uhm, I don't think you understood his post.
He was obviously trying to say that the process for printint guns with 3d printers will become easier over time and the guns will increase in quality.
I understand logic often flys out the window when talking about guns, but take a sec and breath.
Also, if I dislike Microsoft its because its failed over and over the past ten years at Good, Secure, and reasonably priced software. They could have been so much more. And in an objective sense, they've had those opretunities, the technologies, the talent to be what Facebook , Google, or Apple have become. But they didn't. That's a failure of leadership. It falls on Balmer. I actually have great hope for them under the new ceo. It seems like they are acknowledging their role must change and they must co-operate with open standards in order to thrive.
The question was by what measure was he a failure.
I don't think I over did the failures. I do think you went too far in giving him credit for things that happened when gates was still there:
Microsoft Office, Windows Server, Visual studio, Exchange, Sql Server ( is that really successful? Never really hear about it anymore), .Net ( Didn't really meet their orignal expectations), Active Directory, Xbox.
Plus a few things that aren't successful:
Windows 8.1, Surface Pro 2 or 3 ( Seriously? giving a past ceo credit for the success of an unreleased product? )
I think I was rather tame, I didn't even bring up Internet explorer, Microsoft Money, Encarta, or the red rings of death.
PC == wintel. If they get credit for the rise of the PC, they get credit for its decline.
Just as long as you don't compare his performance to that of Apple, Google, or Facebook and completely ignore the failures in the longhorn, vista, windows Mobile, windows tablet, MS hailstorm, MSN Live, Bing, windows RT, Surface, Windows 8 and the decline of the PC form factor. Then yeah, he did great.
No, of course. you're tide purchased at walmart is just as good as tide purchased at John's corner store.
But they also do have special skus created for them by large manufactorers of consumer goods. TV's, lawnmowers, grills and other small appliances are sometimes built to walmart's spec or price point. So they have the same brand on it, but its cheaper and not as durable as one purchased from another store. But with out a dicerning eye, most people will opt for the cheaper option that looks as good as the other. This has an effect on the goods that other competors offer. They have to stay close to walmart's prices, so they too start to comprimise on quality. And its a whole vicious cycle of suckiness.
MTBF. Mean time before failure. Everything has one.
I specifically didn't give a specific product to avoid any counter point based on aesthetics. There is absolutely a lack of durability in some walmart products. I actually think that they do a good job of maintaining the aesthetics of products, while worsening durability. asthetics are a main driver of impulse purchases, which walmart excels at.
No, it was the individual with the coverage that said that exact same phrase "they said they didn't take obamacare". This was Texas, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was plenty of ignorance to go around. But it wasn't my mistake, nor any reporters.
I'm somewhat well informed on this issue as most of my family members are in various parts of healthcare doctor, nurse, drug makers, hospital administration, insurance. My guess would be that either the doctor was an idoit ( entirely possible) or the patient is an idiot ( also possible). But, there is no single obama care plan, nor are the same plans with in a category ( bronze, silver, gold) even similar enough to make a determination of coverage possible.
Yeah, It seems like that would be a very likely outcome. As phones like the Moto G come down in price and up in quality, I'm not sure there is much of a niche for firefox os to exist in. Furthermore, my app's niche is not the same as those buying a phone that works as terribly as firefox os phones.
Not all is, but, honestly, a lot of it is.
Seriously, the responses on here demonstrate that there is a huge problem amongst slashdot readers. You have to be willing to admit that you might not understand women's experience in order to have an honest conversation and learn something.
Wait, what? Lowering the quality of goods is just as bad as raising the prices to me.
Take product A It costs $10 and lasts five years.
Walmart modifies product A to create Product B, which costs $7 and lasts two years.
To me that is worse than a $2 rise in product A.
How is that not an economic argument?
No, that's not the point at all.
The point was to make useful insurance policies more readily availible to more amercians. Its so frustrating to hear people on the news talk about how a doctor wouldn't treat them because he didn't take "obamacare". There is no single policy that can be catagorised as "obamacare". If someone actually said that without actually looking at his policy, then that's just crazy wrong. As far as I know, providers can't really tell if a specific policy was purchased on an exchange or not.
Price, performance. They were luxury notebooks costing more than double what other notebooks did at the time for the same specs ( minus pen input). I had a coworker that got one. It was nice for everything, except playing Quake 3 or any other graphical needs. One note was spectacular.
Hmm, so the government actually pays for all of its windows clients? That's great if that's true. The prevaling wisdom here ( which is dripping with xenophobia), is that China doesn't pay for licensed software.
Wow, I actually got down modded for ragging on myself. I'd consider this a win. I sure roped the dope on that one.
Actually, I doubt it would even work, *unless* they honored the GPL. They need it to work on all sorts of different computers with different devices and what not. There isn't a good way to do that with linux, without providing the source.
Individual small manufacturers can get away with not releasing their source code for their customized version of linux, because it has a small scope and doesn't need to be supported on anything else. This would need to be supported for a long time, on a wide array of devices.
You realize, that I said the same thing ten years ago when they announced Red Flag Linux, right?
I'm stealing that.
Well, if it they were building a barn that was only 5 feet wide, then it would be short sided. I think this might be more short *sighted*. Genious.
They did for a while, with Red Flag Linux. I thought that was going to be huge. But for some reason its dead now. No idea why. It seems like they could have spared a little bit of money on supporting that on a larger scale than they did. Short sided, IMHO.
And the windshield turns into everyone's favorite toy form the 70's:
Bag of glass!
https://screen.yahoo.com/bag-g...
Yes, I did miss that part where they pointed to zfs as an aspiration. Strange, weird, and just wrong.
Memory requirements, for one. ZFS is probably a terrible choice for tizen, or firefox os, or raspbian.
There are more i/o workloads and problem domains than the enterprise grade storage system that zfs is designed for. Its like declaring that the Honda fit can never compete with a dump truck.