I thought this story was about Real switching exclusively to Apple. Unless the term you wish to create a page for is a proper noun, do not capitalize second and subsequent words.
This was my point that I so ineffectively put across. If this was my kids, I'd be disappointed in the budgeting of the school in question. For the 97% of users who won't care about the differences between Linux and Windows, why waste their time confusing them with a system that's different to what they have at home, and different to what they'll more than likely be using when they start their first job. I'm all for Linux gaining traction, but I disagree that it should be via some impractical budget cut. Linux should be aiming to beat Windows by ultra useability, not simply being the bargain option. The fact that Microsoft are very easily getting away with limiting piracy via product activation techniques suggests that this way simply isn't working. I hope Linux isn't destined to be the 'cheap' option.
If you want those, stick to your PC. Live is much better, some games have proximity headset chat already, and it works well. Couple this with a friends list and you're laughing. I'm in a guild on WoW that mainly uses headsets, and it works really well, allowing you to get on with the game.
Joypad control is also better for third person/driving, which a GTA clone surely is.
Posting this from an iMac G5, I can assure you that I really don't wouldn't care to downgrade to a Pentium-M, a chip that doesn't really outperform a G3, clock-for-clock. They simply couldn't market that - it would be suicide.
Of course it benefits you. It allows much greater specialization and massive economies of scale, leading to reduced costs passed on to both the consumer directly and via development. You think that computer that you're using to type that on right now would be half as good if every single part was "Made in the USA"? Of course it wouldn't, it would be much more expensive, and in turn many less would have been sold, stifling innovation.
Without it you'd simply see those Western companies that outsource certain parts of their operations shutting down completely, as they'd be totally beaten on quality, price and innovation by companies in nations with lower costs of living.
I can't believe you've posted this. Do you think the average people who work in these places are stupid enough to bite the hand that feeds, over some vague dislike of another country? Newsflash, most of the rest of the world has no love of your nation either, but that doesn't mean we mug every American that we meet in the street.
You think someone in a Western callcentre on minimum wage wouldn't do this for (the actual figure of ) £4,000+ if they could? Of course they would. Not to mention that in this particular case, the relative "price" that the guy was bought for is of course significantly higher.
I'm a bit disappointed by the racism in this comments thread to be honest - you can't expect to get all the benefits of a global free market economy without any of the drawbacks. If your particular skill can be done adequately and cheaper somewhere else then that is what will happen. This is only news because it's in India, who have quite a few companies who are ahead of the curve in some skilled technical roles currently. It's time to stop bitching and retrain in a field that does have a shortfall. Try the services industry, like financial or legal. Or even medical.
Fully agree: Free as in Bootleggers. I've never seen a post from anyone espousing the paid-for distros. I definitely believe that people prefer beer to speech, which kind of fits the demographic too.
It's just not going to be adopted though, realistically it's going to do about as well as Ogg/Vorbis... which no-one outside of this website and its kind cares about.
Windows and Linux don't let me have Safari, which is far and away my favourite. Don't even think of mentioning Konqueror in the same breath... just don't.
Consider that 'beating' IE would be realistically impossible for Opera Software, and that beating the alternatives when people actually decide they need one is far more important to them making money and staying in business.
wasd+mouse is rubbish for third person and driving games, which provide the bulk of great console games, and are much better, and are providing much more original gameplay week after week than just playing FPS/RTS all day every day. Not sure if you noticed, but the PC gaming market stopped innovating back in the 20th Century, when all the good gaming dev houses moved to consoles.
Sure, you can plug a joypad or a wheel in, but there's nothing but bad console ports and a tiny smattering of dull driving 'simulators'.
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I thought this story was about Real switching exclusively to Apple. Unless the term you wish to create a page for is a proper noun, do not capitalize second and subsequent words.
This was my point that I so ineffectively put across. If this was my kids, I'd be disappointed in the budgeting of the school in question. For the 97% of users who won't care about the differences between Linux and Windows, why waste their time confusing them with a system that's different to what they have at home, and different to what they'll more than likely be using when they start their first job. I'm all for Linux gaining traction, but I disagree that it should be via some impractical budget cut. Linux should be aiming to beat Windows by ultra useability, not simply being the bargain option. The fact that Microsoft are very easily getting away with limiting piracy via product activation techniques suggests that this way simply isn't working. I hope Linux isn't destined to be the 'cheap' option.
I meant Linux, not computing. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
By the way, 2848 comments disagree with you. Not far from the 'hall of fame'. How does it feel to be proven wrong by empirical evidence?
A better background? I'd say a fairlt irrelevant grounding for the average kid not destined for a career in IT.
It's news for more than just nerds. Would you suggest Slashdot simply ignore it? It has implications including but far beyond the remit of nerds.
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Joypad control is also better for third person/driving, which a GTA clone surely is.
Posting this from an iMac G5, I can assure you that I really don't wouldn't care to downgrade to a Pentium-M, a chip that doesn't really outperform a G3, clock-for-clock. They simply couldn't market that - it would be suicide.
Be my guest :)
Without it you'd simply see those Western companies that outsource certain parts of their operations shutting down completely, as they'd be totally beaten on quality, price and innovation by companies in nations with lower costs of living.
I can't believe you've posted this. Do you think the average people who work in these places are stupid enough to bite the hand that feeds, over some vague dislike of another country? Newsflash, most of the rest of the world has no love of your nation either, but that doesn't mean we mug every American that we meet in the street.
That's irrelevant, the cost of living is generally much lower, and careers at these outsourcing operations are considered well-paid jobs.
Is your office a call centre staffed by people on minimum wage?
You think someone in a Western callcentre on minimum wage wouldn't do this for (the actual figure of ) £4,000+ if they could? Of course they would. Not to mention that in this particular case, the relative "price" that the guy was bought for is of course significantly higher.
I'm a bit disappointed by the racism in this comments thread to be honest - you can't expect to get all the benefits of a global free market economy without any of the drawbacks. If your particular skill can be done adequately and cheaper somewhere else then that is what will happen. This is only news because it's in India, who have quite a few companies who are ahead of the curve in some skilled technical roles currently. It's time to stop bitching and retrain in a field that does have a shortfall. Try the services industry, like financial or legal. Or even medical.
So coders that know more about the subject don't cost extra money?
By decent I mean dual-core, x86-64, HT, etc. Not just a nice cool quick P3.
Fully agree: Free as in Bootleggers. I've never seen a post from anyone espousing the paid-for distros. I definitely believe that people prefer beer to speech, which kind of fits the demographic too.
Still, the P4 sucks so anyone with half a brain will wait for the decent stuff in the 2006 roadmap anyway.
It's just not going to be adopted though, realistically it's going to do about as well as Ogg/Vorbis... which no-one outside of this website and its kind cares about.
I hate the diversity. Give me one product that gets 90% of the way there over several that only manage 60%.
Windows and Linux don't let me have Safari, which is far and away my favourite. Don't even think of mentioning Konqueror in the same breath... just don't.
Consider that 'beating' IE would be realistically impossible for Opera Software, and that beating the alternatives when people actually decide they need one is far more important to them making money and staying in business.
wasd+mouse is rubbish for third person and driving games, which provide the bulk of great console games, and are much better, and are providing much more original gameplay week after week than just playing FPS/RTS all day every day. Not sure if you noticed, but the PC gaming market stopped innovating back in the 20th Century, when all the good gaming dev houses moved to consoles.
Sure, you can plug a joypad or a wheel in, but there's nothing but bad console ports and a tiny smattering of dull driving 'simulators'.