The leading edge ALWAYS takes the brunt of the cost. That's how it's always been... 2GB of RAM used to cost thousands, now you can get it for less than $100. I know you want everything and want it now, but an expensive 512GB SSD will force the prices of the 128 and 256GB SSD's down.
A stable binary driver interface is a great way to remove Linux's edge. Why be able to change things when we find a more efficient design when we can lock ourselves into a single interface, beholden to 3rd party device manufacturers?
If you want support for your device under Linux, make your driver open source. It's really that simple.
And selling software... depends on WHAT you're selling. There's not a lot of market for selling air to most people, either. The thing is, when something is abundant (bits), people realize how much it costs to duplicate. Shrink-wrap software is an anachronism from lack of ubiquitous Internet access that is slowly being corrected. If you want to sell software, sell your expertise, which IS actually scarce. You have an app, you will customize it for a customer. Once the app is "good enough" for most people, that market dries up. Time to move on to another app.
You're saying that someone used to Office 2003 can switch to 2007 with no issues whatsoever? Just jump straight into the ribbon interface?
New software takes learning new paradigms. If you're gonna switch anyway, why not switch to Linux, where at least the people behind it see you as more than a wallet to be emptied?
if I want to download a program and install it, it is not habitual like it is in windows.
There, fixed that for you. The problem is that you're so used to Windows, that you complain that Linux doesn't work right because it doesn't work like Windows. You should very rarely (and if you're a typical user, never) need to download and install a program that is not in the repositories.
The UK still uses imperial units in many places. You can't buy liters of beer, it's all in pints. There are still distances in miles and speeds in miles per hour.
They've got the same kind of half-metric system as the US does... most science in the US is done in metric. Almost all US military measurements are done in metric (that's what a 'klick' is).
The truth is that the US really isn't as ass-backwards as you like to portray it, and the UK isn't as progressive as you'd like to say so, either.
I'm tired of this uninformed, anti-American bashing bullshit. At least get your facts straight if you're gonna go on a rant like that, moron.
So don't care about WHAT the standard is. Just that your tool adheres to it. That's all that really matters. Standards exist so people can work together... if one company dictates the standards and makes them exclusive, we all lose out.
I wonder what would happen if Toyota weren't compatible with the gasoline standard?
I'd like it if the Hummer was the only vehicle available that ran on a standard gasoline, wouldn't you? Rather than having those pesky "industry standards" that give you the choice of vehicles to fit your usage styles.
You should care about standards. If IE is the only browser that works, then you'll end up with a Microsoft-only Internet.
Imagine if only one company made a "combustible engine car" that ran on the fuel available on every corner. Would you be able to get where you're going without them? Would you be happy about only being able to buy the Ford Pinto, because that's the cheapest car for them to manufacture?
New York should tax computers too. 20% seems about right... that'll be a huge boost in state revenue! You don't mind your $1000 machine costing $1200 now, do you? I mean, the library has computers, you don't need one of your own if you think the tax on computer ownership is unfair.
That's called a "tragedy of the commons", actually. There's a limited amount of space going to each home, and in publicly accessible right-of-ways. To build in redundant, unused structures that do the exact same job is wasteful and damaging to the economy as a whole. See the broken window fallacy for clarification.
The competition should be at the service points, not in the last mile. The wires should be available as a resource to any ISP just as highways are to trucking companies. Or are you also a fan of building multiple private highways, each competing for your dollars?
That's stretching. Dialup is not "the Internet" in the same way that someone with a pickup truck is not a shipping company. You do have choice, but many people don't have FiOS or DSL available because they aren't in a highly populated center or near enough to a DSLAM. DirecTV and Dish contract with DSL companies, so they're also not ISP's as you'd claim. HughesNet has severely limited upstream, so it's more of an "on-demand" type service than a true Internet, not to mention lag that makes it useless for anything other than web surfing or downloading media. You also failed to mention cellular modems and such as alternatives, which are still plagued by the same issues as satellite feed, but to a lesser extent, though bandwidth is even more limited there.
So really, you have whoever owns your cable feed for Internet, and that's it. You're "lucky" enough to have two completely separate cable systems running wires all over town, apparently. I'm not sure about you, but doubling the number of wires on overhead lines and such really doesn't seem like a good use of resources. The last mile IS a monopoly, and for broadband services in most locations, the Internet is effectively a monopoly.
There wouldn't be multiple stories from people saying they didn't move their machines and still got the scratched discs. It's way too sensitive to vibrations. Got a subwoofer or an upstairs neighbor that walks heavily? Hope you don't have a 360.
So... you paid extra to protect yourself against manufacturing defects, basically giving the retailer and Microsoft money for providing you with a sub-standard product?
You sure are a savvy consumer there... I'll bet manufacturers wish there were more people like you.
How about a slight increase in price so that if someone stomps on the floor while it's playing, it doesn't scratch? Or if something falls? The mechanism is too delicate. If you need to treat it like a ming vase perched on top of a tennis ball, they need to say that.
Or just find a decent mechanic. The guys I use will show me the ODBC code, and let me make the decision, and they know I know it just takes a reset to clear the light, and it isn't a $400 procedure.
Wait... you mean there's a way to get past that first guard? I tried everything I could think of short of finding a walkthrough. I'm not a fan of "click and die until you find the right pixel to click" games.
That link you posted had a bunch of Windows specific stuff (including XNA code, which even most Windows devs I know dislike because of the extreme lock-in it creates). The claims are that TUMIKI Fighters is for Windows, too, absolutely no mention of anything Linux or Open Source anywhere on the page. The game is in the Ubuntu repos, but it's odd that there's no mention of it.
I just installed it and tested it to be sure. It's no speed demon, but it runs ok at 800x600 in a window on my x3100 as long as you disable the water;) It's probably better if I wasn't running multiple monitors right now, but I don't have the time to test that.
Linux has many very stable API's. It's the kernel ABI's that change often, and as far as I'm concerned if it gives the kernel devs the leeway to improve the kernel by changing that stuff, I'm all for it. Stability is a synonym for stagnation in those cases.
Naah. The real reason is that they grew up in the 50's and have therefore formed a hard connection in their heads that anything with "nuclear" in it means the destruction of all mankind. It takes a long time to deprogram propaganda, and usually depends on the believers just dying out.
I love it. He only doesn't like nuclear power because of them there terr'ists. And that it's completely reasonably possible to get weapons-grade uranium from any nuclear reactor.
And he completely ignores the effects of wind power on things like bats and birds.
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The leading edge ALWAYS takes the brunt of the cost. That's how it's always been... 2GB of RAM used to cost thousands, now you can get it for less than $100. I know you want everything and want it now, but an expensive 512GB SSD will force the prices of the 128 and 256GB SSD's down.
A stable binary driver interface is a great way to remove Linux's edge. Why be able to change things when we find a more efficient design when we can lock ourselves into a single interface, beholden to 3rd party device manufacturers?
If you want support for your device under Linux, make your driver open source. It's really that simple.
And selling software... depends on WHAT you're selling. There's not a lot of market for selling air to most people, either. The thing is, when something is abundant (bits), people realize how much it costs to duplicate. Shrink-wrap software is an anachronism from lack of ubiquitous Internet access that is slowly being corrected. If you want to sell software, sell your expertise, which IS actually scarce. You have an app, you will customize it for a customer. Once the app is "good enough" for most people, that market dries up. Time to move on to another app.
You're saying that someone used to Office 2003 can switch to 2007 with no issues whatsoever? Just jump straight into the ribbon interface?
New software takes learning new paradigms. If you're gonna switch anyway, why not switch to Linux, where at least the people behind it see you as more than a wallet to be emptied?
if I want to download a program and install it, it is not habitual like it is in windows.
There, fixed that for you. The problem is that you're so used to Windows, that you complain that Linux doesn't work right because it doesn't work like Windows. You should very rarely (and if you're a typical user, never) need to download and install a program that is not in the repositories.
The UK still uses imperial units in many places. You can't buy liters of beer, it's all in pints. There are still distances in miles and speeds in miles per hour.
They've got the same kind of half-metric system as the US does... most science in the US is done in metric. Almost all US military measurements are done in metric (that's what a 'klick' is).
The truth is that the US really isn't as ass-backwards as you like to portray it, and the UK isn't as progressive as you'd like to say so, either.
I'm tired of this uninformed, anti-American bashing bullshit. At least get your facts straight if you're gonna go on a rant like that, moron.
So... God is a conspiracy theory?
I like it.
So don't care about WHAT the standard is. Just that your tool adheres to it. That's all that really matters. Standards exist so people can work together... if one company dictates the standards and makes them exclusive, we all lose out.
I wonder what would happen if Toyota weren't compatible with the gasoline standard?
I'd like it if the Hummer was the only vehicle available that ran on a standard gasoline, wouldn't you? Rather than having those pesky "industry standards" that give you the choice of vehicles to fit your usage styles.
You should care about standards. If IE is the only browser that works, then you'll end up with a Microsoft-only Internet.
Imagine if only one company made a "combustible engine car" that ran on the fuel available on every corner. Would you be able to get where you're going without them? Would you be happy about only being able to buy the Ford Pinto, because that's the cheapest car for them to manufacture?
Hell... tax it at $20 an ounce, and it'll probably make even more money. Most potheads I know are poor :P
Just an FYI, not intended as an insult. The idiom is champing at the bit.
New York should tax computers too. 20% seems about right... that'll be a huge boost in state revenue! You don't mind your $1000 machine costing $1200 now, do you? I mean, the library has computers, you don't need one of your own if you think the tax on computer ownership is unfair.
That's called a "tragedy of the commons", actually. There's a limited amount of space going to each home, and in publicly accessible right-of-ways. To build in redundant, unused structures that do the exact same job is wasteful and damaging to the economy as a whole. See the broken window fallacy for clarification.
The competition should be at the service points, not in the last mile. The wires should be available as a resource to any ISP just as highways are to trucking companies. Or are you also a fan of building multiple private highways, each competing for your dollars?
That's stretching. Dialup is not "the Internet" in the same way that someone with a pickup truck is not a shipping company. You do have choice, but many people don't have FiOS or DSL available because they aren't in a highly populated center or near enough to a DSLAM. DirecTV and Dish contract with DSL companies, so they're also not ISP's as you'd claim. HughesNet has severely limited upstream, so it's more of an "on-demand" type service than a true Internet, not to mention lag that makes it useless for anything other than web surfing or downloading media. You also failed to mention cellular modems and such as alternatives, which are still plagued by the same issues as satellite feed, but to a lesser extent, though bandwidth is even more limited there.
So really, you have whoever owns your cable feed for Internet, and that's it. You're "lucky" enough to have two completely separate cable systems running wires all over town, apparently. I'm not sure about you, but doubling the number of wires on overhead lines and such really doesn't seem like a good use of resources. The last mile IS a monopoly, and for broadband services in most locations, the Internet is effectively a monopoly.
There wouldn't be multiple stories from people saying they didn't move their machines and still got the scratched discs. It's way too sensitive to vibrations. Got a subwoofer or an upstairs neighbor that walks heavily? Hope you don't have a 360.
So... you paid extra to protect yourself against manufacturing defects, basically giving the retailer and Microsoft money for providing you with a sub-standard product?
You sure are a savvy consumer there... I'll bet manufacturers wish there were more people like you.
Get a decent sound system with a sub. See if all your discs stay pristine.
How about a slight increase in price so that if someone stomps on the floor while it's playing, it doesn't scratch? Or if something falls? The mechanism is too delicate. If you need to treat it like a ming vase perched on top of a tennis ball, they need to say that.
Or just find a decent mechanic. The guys I use will show me the ODBC code, and let me make the decision, and they know I know it just takes a reset to clear the light, and it isn't a $400 procedure.
Wait... you mean there's a way to get past that first guard? I tried everything I could think of short of finding a walkthrough. I'm not a fan of "click and die until you find the right pixel to click" games.
That link you posted had a bunch of Windows specific stuff (including XNA code, which even most Windows devs I know dislike because of the extreme lock-in it creates). The claims are that TUMIKI Fighters is for Windows, too, absolutely no mention of anything Linux or Open Source anywhere on the page. The game is in the Ubuntu repos, but it's odd that there's no mention of it.
I just installed it and tested it to be sure. It's no speed demon, but it runs ok at 800x600 in a window on my x3100 as long as you disable the water ;) It's probably better if I wasn't running multiple monitors right now, but I don't have the time to test that.
Linux has many very stable API's. It's the kernel ABI's that change often, and as far as I'm concerned if it gives the kernel devs the leeway to improve the kernel by changing that stuff, I'm all for it. Stability is a synonym for stagnation in those cases.
Naah. The real reason is that they grew up in the 50's and have therefore formed a hard connection in their heads that anything with "nuclear" in it means the destruction of all mankind. It takes a long time to deprogram propaganda, and usually depends on the believers just dying out.
I love it. He only doesn't like nuclear power because of them there terr'ists. And that it's completely reasonably possible to get weapons-grade uranium from any nuclear reactor.
And he completely ignores the effects of wind power on things like bats and birds.