It doesn't need to. All Microsoft needs to do is convince corporations that loss of control is good (which is what they have been trying to do). Once this is firmly entrenched in corporations any user who wants to work on a file at home will need the same OS and programs to do so.
No, happiness was leaving the theatre knowing I would never have to see that movie again and that large amounts of alcohol would erase the memory of the experience. Thank you so very much for ruining my happiness.
But similarly, wouldn't you think that the people of Russia who have lived under an authoritarian regime that regularly made citizens "disappear" and used torture extensively would feel empathy for the Iraqi's? Instead they mostly have the attitude of "screw them, let them solve their own problems".
Oh I managed to find better work just around the time as my severance was running out (aside: wasn't it nice to see that Dick Brown got more in severance than he gave to every single laid off employee combined?).
I've been alot more fortunate than some of my fellow ex-EDSers. It took some of them 6 - 14 months to find work.
And you hit the nail on the head with the word "quality". So many people are incapable of judging quality so they just go for the lowest cost labor and figure that "processes" will somehow make up the difference.
The one thing I did learn from my experience at EDS was that if morale is poor because of bungling management there probably isn't much you can do except find a new job. If the managers actually listened to their workers they wouldn't have gotten in that situation in the first place. So making suggestions probably isn't going to get you anywhere except labelled a "trouble maker" who "isn't on board". And then you're out (to hopefully find a good job!).
And even THIS isn't foolproof. DRM speakers? Fine, just buy a quality set and then put a mike in front of them. The resulting recording is now free from DRM. DRM monitor? Just put a video camera in front of your monitor (just get the refresh rate right - maybe this isn't a problem with LCD?) and the movie is now free from DRM.
And of course with the Napsterization model, once a single person does this it's "game over" for that protected work.
If people are allowed to freely distribute information then DRM can never possibly work. Period.
Any new computer could also be used to launder money, so you should pay a criminal fine (let's say 16% of $1,000,000) and distribute kiddy porn, so you should go to jail for a few years....
but hey, then that baby's yours and you can do what you want with it (ooh, maybe bad choice of words:)
[possible oversimplification] So if the cost of components was $400 and you sold the computer for $700 then the 16% VAT would only be applied to the $300 difference. [/possible oversimplification]
1. The university obviously currently has an IT budget. This money would be in addition to the IT budget. So the question is, if the IT budget is X, what could they get done with X + $800k ??
2. The switch doesn't have to happen overnight. Computers become obselete and are eventually replaced. It's only the *replacements* that need to be non-Microsoft. I don't see anything here to suggest that if they decide to accept this money the next day they wake up and throw out all their computers.
telling myself to invent collectible card games? Or at least to buy loads and loads of Magic the Gathering cards (Alpha and Beta decks particularly). Decks going for $20 a piece....yum. No I don't play, but I kicked myself for not buying when I had the chance.
Partnering can be dangerous. However, some people created companies with apparently the sole purpose to be attracting attention so they could be bought out by someone with the muscle/money to bring their product to the masses (while making a tidy sum in the process:).
I agree with your last statement, though, and that's why I generally support anti-trust laws (and the Sherman act).
As much as I would like to see companies be socially responsible, it's pretty much a fact that the companies that try to "play fair" tend to lose to the companies that don't. It only takes one cut-throat company to force everyone to play by the same rules if they want to succeed. It's just human nature.
As far as innovation goes, creating the basic idea is certainly part of the process. But turning it into a workable product and marketing that product is just as essential. Why insult people that are good at the latter (but not the former)? People who can't make workable products need to make way for those who can.
"I went out and handpicked the three best developers on the team and said, 'just go and fix it.' One developer fixed over 7,000 references to [Windows].NET Server. Let's just say that there are people I trust, and people I don't trust. I told these guys, 'don't tell me what you're doing. Just do it.'"
When the drek hits the fan, everyone is CMM level 1. Heroes! LOL.
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It doesn't need to. All Microsoft needs to do is convince corporations that loss of control is good (which is what they have been trying to do). Once this is firmly entrenched in corporations any user who wants to work on a file at home will need the same OS and programs to do so.
No, happiness was leaving the theatre knowing I would never have to see that movie again and that large amounts of alcohol would erase the memory of the experience. Thank you so very much for ruining my happiness.
But similarly, wouldn't you think that the people of Russia who have lived under an authoritarian regime that regularly made citizens "disappear" and used torture extensively would feel empathy for the Iraqi's? Instead they mostly have the attitude of "screw them, let them solve their own problems".
I recently read that they are remaking this but I can't find the link.....*puzzle*
Rene Russo.....for a woman who's almost 50....damn she looks good
"Pick me up" I just love the light grenades :)
Definitely an underappreciated movie.....
Oh I managed to find better work just around the time as my severance was running out (aside: wasn't it nice to see that Dick Brown got more in severance than he gave to every single laid off employee combined?). I've been alot more fortunate than some of my fellow ex-EDSers. It took some of them 6 - 14 months to find work. And you hit the nail on the head with the word "quality". So many people are incapable of judging quality so they just go for the lowest cost labor and figure that "processes" will somehow make up the difference. The one thing I did learn from my experience at EDS was that if morale is poor because of bungling management there probably isn't much you can do except find a new job. If the managers actually listened to their workers they wouldn't have gotten in that situation in the first place. So making suggestions probably isn't going to get you anywhere except labelled a "trouble maker" who "isn't on board". And then you're out (to hopefully find a good job!).
I agree with you but this isn't what the bad managers that infest many companies think.
To quote my ex-manager at EDS:
"Programmers are a dime a dozen"
And even THIS isn't foolproof. DRM speakers? Fine, just buy a quality set and then put a mike in front of them. The resulting recording is now free from DRM. DRM monitor? Just put a video camera in front of your monitor (just get the refresh rate right - maybe this isn't a problem with LCD?) and the movie is now free from DRM.
And of course with the Napsterization model, once a single person does this it's "game over" for that protected work.
If people are allowed to freely distribute information then DRM can never possibly work. Period.
Any new computer could also be used to launder money, so you should pay a criminal fine (let's say 16% of $1,000,000) and distribute kiddy porn, so you should go to jail for a few years ....
:)
but hey, then that baby's yours and you can do what you want with it
(ooh, maybe bad choice of words
Did you "understand" this from reading the article or did you come up with that on your own? LOL
Or....
This has been an unauthorized dream sequence.
The article said value added tax.
[possible oversimplification]
So if the cost of components was $400 and you sold the computer for $700 then the 16% VAT would only be applied to the $300 difference.
[/possible oversimplification]
What better way to jump start the economy then to impose a tax and divert the money to...oh...nothing useful.
1. The university obviously currently has an IT budget. This money would be in addition to the IT budget. So the question is, if the IT budget is X, what could they get done with X + $800k ??
2. The switch doesn't have to happen overnight. Computers become obselete and are eventually replaced. It's only the *replacements* that need to be non-Microsoft. I don't see anything here to suggest that if they decide to accept this money the next day they wake up and throw out all their computers.
So either this is going to be another failed attempt at "video on demand" that probably wouldn't get off the ground anyway due to licensing...
Or it is going to be a product that has *less* functionality than the ones currently on the market. And people would buy this why exactly?
The real market for TiVo is in licensing their technology to cable operators. If my digital cable came with TiVo capability I would be very happy!!!
If I never meet a woman who won't let me say, "it's just fun to kill hookers with a chainsaw"....well, then, I'll have more money for games!!!!
...he is claiming to have invented the mailing list. Please tell me I am wrong.
Maybe it's the Emporer Todd argument.
"Bring it inside to show everyone how much it DOESN'T look like me"
If you saw that movie too then you're as sad as I am...
telling myself to invent collectible card games? Or at least to buy loads and loads of Magic the Gathering cards (Alpha and Beta decks particularly). Decks going for $20 a piece....yum. No I don't play, but I kicked myself for not buying when I had the chance.
Partnering can be dangerous. However, some people created companies with apparently the sole purpose to be attracting attention so they could be bought out by someone with the muscle/money to bring their product to the masses (while making a tidy sum in the process :).
I agree with your last statement, though, and that's why I generally support anti-trust laws (and the Sherman act).
As much as I would like to see companies be socially responsible, it's pretty much a fact that the companies that try to "play fair" tend to lose to the companies that don't. It only takes one cut-throat company to force everyone to play by the same rules if they want to succeed. It's just human nature.
As far as innovation goes, creating the basic idea is certainly part of the process. But turning it into a workable product and marketing that product is just as essential. Why insult people that are good at the latter (but not the former)? People who can't make workable products need to make way for those who can.
"I went out and handpicked the three best developers on the team and said, 'just go and fix it.' One developer fixed over 7,000 references to [Windows] .NET Server. Let's just say that there are people I trust, and people I don't trust. I told these guys, 'don't tell me what you're doing. Just do it.'"
When the drek hits the fan, everyone is CMM level 1. Heroes! LOL.
"The more tightly the MPAA and RIAA squeeze content up their asses" ...the more star systems will slip through their fingers?
Is it just me or does the list of girls names from the 1990's sound like a bunch of porn stars?