I'm going to be the pessimist (realist?) and say we can probably expect an "embrace and extend" maneuver from Microsoft. Allow Office 11 to use XML + some "Microsoft Office extensions" and.NET support, and then watch as businesses use it over standard XML...
... Is anybody else as worried about an approaching time when we don't need those 8 hours of sleep a night, and can just pop a refreshing pill instead? True, it would be nice to have those extra 8 hours a day for other stuff, but it's going to make for quite a change in society if we're suddenly awake all the time! I'm imaging 16 hour work days...
Does this mean that we are closer to developing a drug/surgical procedure that will eliminate a person's affinity for Britney's/Christina's/Boy Band of the Month's "music"?
Frankly, some of those additional requirements [demanded by Hollywood] have nothing to do with copy protection, but a lot to do with studios' own business models," Jaboulet said.
Truer words were never spoken. A desire by Hollywood to protect its copyright is one issue, but trying to restrict my right to do whatever I want with my property is another. [Oh right, I forgot I don't actually own that DVD - Fair use, anyone?]
Besides - any guesses as to how long it'll be before this is circumvented? Place your bets!
This all depends on how you look at it, I suppose - on one hand, the generation of kids who grew up with Nintendo are now in their twenties and thirties, and probably want games that have more mature themes, or that hark back to their favourite game characters from childhood (Notice Nintendo's heavy reliance on characters they created in the 1980's!).
OTOH, parents (hopefully) want a game console where most of the game titles would be "safe" for their children to play - Nintendo delivers.
Looks like Miyamoto wants Nintendo to take the latter.
Currently, Everquest and Ultima Online are being run successfully by people using WineX - and surely the developers of these games can see the benefits of this! At no up-front cost to them, people who wouldn't normally be in the market for their games are buying them, playing them, and giving them additional money every month!
I'd love to see more help from these developers and publishers with aiding groups such as LDP and Transgaming in getting their games to wokr on alternate platforms.
I'm a gamer, I'll admit, and I love seeing the great new games that come to market. And even moreso, I love it when these games work in Linux. Currently, I can get nearly every game I want to play to work in Linux. For the ones that don't, I wait patiently...
However, I wish I could say the same for my friends - lots of them are thoroughly intrigued by the idea of Linux, and really want to switch to only Linux - but lack of support for newer games hold them back. I can certainly get what I want to play to work, but when my friends ask "But will Battlefield 1942 work?" I have to say "No." I think that work has to begin on either porting massively popular games, or convincing more devlopers to develop for Linux (although I am happy with progress so far!).
As a side issue - wouldn't it be in LGP's best interest to work on porting games that are more comercially successful? I know that there's more to it than just getting people to switch to Linux, but I'd like to ensure that they can stay in business too!
Maybe it's just me, but I can't see this becoming a reality anytime in the near future.
Firstly, there is a certain tactile "feel" to writing on actual paper that would be very difficult to replicate - and if it feels too different, I suspect people won't adopt it.
Secondly, cost - could this be brought down to a price that would be economically feasible? If it's not as cheap as paper, it isn't gonna happen.
That's not to say that I wouldn't like to see it introduced; we could all have our workplace documents on those little pads, similar to theones in Star Trek, and I'm all for anything that will stop the slaughter of forests - I'm just highly pessmisitic. The author seems to be of a "more of the same" persuasion as well. Maybe someday, but I don't think we'll see it in the next ten years.
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According to IDC, storage capacity is exploding at a rate of almost 60% per year.
Quick! Someone back up all of the porn before we lose it all!
I couldn't get that to compile with 'use strict'. Any suggestions?
:-)
Coral Cache link here.
Michael Geist is my hero.
I, for one, welcome our new double-density overlords!
I'm going to be the pessimist (realist?) and say we can probably expect an "embrace and extend" maneuver from Microsoft. Allow Office 11 to use XML + some "Microsoft Office extensions" and .NET support, and then watch as businesses use it over standard XML...
Employee signs NDA. Employee breaks NDA. Employer gets mad. This is news?
... Is anybody else as worried about an approaching time when we don't need those 8 hours of sleep a night, and can just pop a refreshing pill instead? True, it would be nice to have those extra 8 hours a day for other stuff, but it's going to make for quite a change in society if we're suddenly awake all the time! I'm imaging 16 hour work days...
Does this mean that we are closer to developing a drug/surgical procedure that will eliminate a person's affinity for Britney's/Christina's/Boy Band of the Month's "music"?
Besides - any guesses as to how long it'll be before this is circumvented? Place your bets!
This all depends on how you look at it, I suppose - on one hand, the generation of kids who grew up with Nintendo are now in their twenties and thirties, and probably want games that have more mature themes, or that hark back to their favourite game characters from childhood (Notice Nintendo's heavy reliance on characters they created in the 1980's!).
OTOH, parents (hopefully) want a game console where most of the game titles would be "safe" for their children to play - Nintendo delivers.
Looks like Miyamoto wants Nintendo to take the latter.
I couldn't agree more with that point.
Currently, Everquest and Ultima Online are being run successfully by people using WineX - and surely the developers of these games can see the benefits of this! At no up-front cost to them, people who wouldn't normally be in the market for their games are buying them, playing them, and giving them additional money every month!
I'd love to see more help from these developers and publishers with aiding groups such as LDP and Transgaming in getting their games to wokr on alternate platforms.
... but is this the right approach?
I'm a gamer, I'll admit, and I love seeing the great new games that come to market. And even moreso, I love it when these games work in Linux. Currently, I can get nearly every game I want to play to work in Linux. For the ones that don't, I wait patiently...
However, I wish I could say the same for my friends - lots of them are thoroughly intrigued by the idea of Linux, and really want to switch to only Linux - but lack of support for newer games hold them back. I can certainly get what I want to play to work, but when my friends ask "But will Battlefield 1942 work?" I have to say "No." I think that work has to begin on either porting massively popular games, or convincing more devlopers to develop for Linux (although I am happy with progress so far!).
As a side issue - wouldn't it be in LGP's best interest to work on porting games that are more comercially successful? I know that there's more to it than just getting people to switch to Linux, but I'd like to ensure that they can stay in business too!
Alright. I predict that by 2013, Slashdotters will still be making "In Soviet Russia..." jokes.
Firstly, there is a certain tactile "feel" to writing on actual paper that would be very difficult to replicate - and if it feels too different, I suspect people won't adopt it.
Secondly, cost - could this be brought down to a price that would be economically feasible? If it's not as cheap as paper, it isn't gonna happen.
That's not to say that I wouldn't like to see it introduced; we could all have our workplace documents on those little pads, similar to theones in Star Trek, and I'm all for anything that will stop the slaughter of forests - I'm just highly pessmisitic. The author seems to be of a "more of the same" persuasion as well. Maybe someday, but I don't think we'll see it in the next ten years.