Microsoft has been kicking the finest programmers they can recruit from around the world off their local Redmond/Bellevue porch at a rate of 10% of their employee population per year, every year for over a decade. Naturally that leads to a local surplus of people with those skills because they tend to not move far if they can avoid it.
I did not post the parent comment. Just so you know.
A Steambox will be a worthy addition to our home entertainment system. I trust Valve to put together a compelling experience.
With Valve's commitment to the Linux Foundation more game houses should see interest in Linux as a gaming platform, and more manufacturers will hopefully look to bring the unique benefits of their products to this growing ecosystem. This can only be good for competition.
“Mopping Up can be a lot of fun. In the Mopping Up phase, Evangelism’s goal is to put the final nail into the competing technology’s coffin, and bury it in the burning depths of the earth. Ideally, use of the competing technology becomes associated with mental deficiency, as in, “he believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and OS/2.” Just keep rubbing it in, via the press, analysts, newsgroups, whatever. Make the complete failure of the competition’s technology part of the mythology of the computer industry.”
–James Plamondon, Microsoft
“We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.If you’re going to kill someone, there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger.”
–Jim Allchin, Microsoft’s Platform Group Vice President
What sort of thing do you imagine I'm spouting these missives on? It is a 7" tablet with Bluetooth keyboard. It uses Slimport (mobile Displayport) to drive ridiculously large high def monitors over HDMI. Works great with a Bluetooth combo optical/air mouse. Or my 50' USB inspection cam, btw. It works with everything. With a monitor I could use this all day. With my mobile BT keyboard and mouse I could do it in a coffee shop, or at the lake in a boat. These things are more than capable of handling mere office chores. I don't know if you remember back to the dark ages of the release of Office XP but back then we managed to get the printer to scribble the marks on the paper quite capably, and such a powerful PC as this 2.2GHz quad core beast with 2 GB of RAM could not be had for love nor money. Office XP required a Pentium 133 and 32MB of RAM. For the modern kids that's single core 0.133 GHz and 0.032 GB RAM.
There is a reason we say "Intel giveth and Microsoft taketh away". The ever-increasing demands of Microsoft software have driven a lot of this growing need that has driven the things you talk about, and that may have been deliberate. We passed "good enough for decent software" a decade ago. Unfortunately a few years ago somebody figured that out, and started chopping the Wintel PC off at the knees. In response to this existential threat Microsoft has turned about, making Windows 7 and 8 lighter than Vista (the first such change ever) - resulting in a lack of demand for the highest-end and mid-range hardware, and initiating a declining price spiral of doom.
As part of "platform enablement" Microsoft works hand-in-hand with PC OEMs helping them select platforms that are fully supported on the Windows install disc, with drivers that are optimized for lowest power consumption, highest performance and reliability. It should be no surprise that they guide the OEMs to ancillary devices from manufacturers who have agreed to keep their hardware API a secret between only Microsoft and them, and prevent official open drivers. And naturally making a device that is hard to reverse engineer makes for a quirky interface even Windows can't keep up with now and then. If you want a laptop that works great with Linux try one that came with Linux, Android or ChromeOS. In your specific case the Chromebook Pixel might be ideal.
People try to push tablets into this "consumption only" role as if it were the only thing they were capable of. First-generation tablets this was so with their single core, poor GPU low-power requirements. But times have changed. My tablet shoots, edits and natively displays FullHD video. It converts FullHD video at 15FPS. Next year tablets will be able to do live-action HD stream editing like a broadcast booth at the Superbowl. This is not a content consumption task.
As of 2013Q3, the share of tablet sales worldwide that are not either Android or iOS is 3.6%. Think about all the articles, ads and posts you've seen in the last year touting these devices from Microsoft, HP, Dell, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and a host of others: this is to serve 3.6% of the worldwide market for tablets. I agree that these people exist somewhere, but I would say they are already overserved in proportion to the demand.
I don't mind writing code through a VPN on my Nexus 7 with a touch-screen. But then I have a Bluetooth mouse/airmouse and keyboard, and a 55" widescreen FullHD display over Slimport. Just one 1080p is a little limiting, but the couch is comfy. RDP, VNC and SSH to servers and PCs works just fine.
This is the correct answer. Also, although trite, naming your children after cultural icons that share your family name if possible can help. Your little Dexter Morgan will never be in the top search results as progressive copyright extensions drag the series' exploitation to the end of time, minus a day. No help against government snoops but keeps the idle stalkers at bay. Of course little Dexter may need it explained, lest he find it suggestive...
No. Somebody would great a more secure fork and it would be the grand xfree86 migration all over again. And then there would be no reason to move off XP ever.
My problem with all these encrypted networks are that they are all immediately taken over not by whistleblowers and political dissidents, or plain folk wanting privacy, but people I strongly don't want to be around.
The amount spent on care is completely disconnected from the benefit or real cost of care. There are few other fields where cooperating state-sanctioned monopolies conspire to drive up cost and deprive a minority of service entirely. It is not good for health. I doubt it will ever change.
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Impy, it is a truism that processor emulation slows things down a lot, but with those requirements I think an emulator could run that on my phone.
It's not cheap to get rid of that much processor power without improving anything.
Office XP system requirements: Single core processor at 0.133 GHz minimum. 0.4 GHz recommended. RAM 0.024 GB (OS) + 0.008 GB (Office). Storage 0.21 to 0.26 GB.
Microsoft has been kicking the finest programmers they can recruit from around the world off their local Redmond/Bellevue porch at a rate of 10% of their employee population per year, every year for over a decade. Naturally that leads to a local surplus of people with those skills because they tend to not move far if they can avoid it.
Where do you think OneNote came from?
I did not post the parent comment. Just so you know.
A Steambox will be a worthy addition to our home entertainment system. I trust Valve to put together a compelling experience.
With Valve's commitment to the Linux Foundation more game houses should see interest in Linux as a gaming platform, and more manufacturers will hopefully look to bring the unique benefits of their products to this growing ecosystem. This can only be good for competition.
“Mopping Up can be a lot of fun. In the Mopping Up phase, Evangelism’s goal is to put the final nail into the competing technology’s coffin, and bury it in the burning depths of the earth. Ideally, use of the competing technology becomes associated with mental deficiency, as in, “he believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and OS/2.” Just keep rubbing it in, via the press, analysts, newsgroups, whatever. Make the complete failure of the competition’s technology part of the mythology of the computer industry.” –James Plamondon, Microsoft
Sorry buddy. This revolution will not be stopped. Certainly not by the likes of Burson Marsteller and Waggener Edstrom.
Bonus quote, since I'm here:
“We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.If you’re going to kill someone, there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger.” –Jim Allchin, Microsoft’s Platform Group Vice President
Too late this time, buddy.
So buy a cable. Gosh, some people expect everything to be just handed to them.
What sort of thing do you imagine I'm spouting these missives on? It is a 7" tablet with Bluetooth keyboard. It uses Slimport (mobile Displayport) to drive ridiculously large high def monitors over HDMI. Works great with a Bluetooth combo optical/air mouse. Or my 50' USB inspection cam, btw. It works with everything. With a monitor I could use this all day. With my mobile BT keyboard and mouse I could do it in a coffee shop, or at the lake in a boat. These things are more than capable of handling mere office chores. I don't know if you remember back to the dark ages of the release of Office XP but back then we managed to get the printer to scribble the marks on the paper quite capably, and such a powerful PC as this 2.2GHz quad core beast with 2 GB of RAM could not be had for love nor money. Office XP required a Pentium 133 and 32MB of RAM. For the modern kids that's single core 0.133 GHz and 0.032 GB RAM.
There is a reason we say "Intel giveth and Microsoft taketh away". The ever-increasing demands of Microsoft software have driven a lot of this growing need that has driven the things you talk about, and that may have been deliberate. We passed "good enough for decent software" a decade ago. Unfortunately a few years ago somebody figured that out, and started chopping the Wintel PC off at the knees. In response to this existential threat Microsoft has turned about, making Windows 7 and 8 lighter than Vista (the first such change ever) - resulting in a lack of demand for the highest-end and mid-range hardware, and initiating a declining price spiral of doom.
As part of "platform enablement" Microsoft works hand-in-hand with PC OEMs helping them select platforms that are fully supported on the Windows install disc, with drivers that are optimized for lowest power consumption, highest performance and reliability. It should be no surprise that they guide the OEMs to ancillary devices from manufacturers who have agreed to keep their hardware API a secret between only Microsoft and them, and prevent official open drivers. And naturally making a device that is hard to reverse engineer makes for a quirky interface even Windows can't keep up with now and then. If you want a laptop that works great with Linux try one that came with Linux, Android or ChromeOS. In your specific case the Chromebook Pixel might be ideal.
People try to push tablets into this "consumption only" role as if it were the only thing they were capable of. First-generation tablets this was so with their single core, poor GPU low-power requirements. But times have changed. My tablet shoots, edits and natively displays FullHD video. It converts FullHD video at 15FPS. Next year tablets will be able to do live-action HD stream editing like a broadcast booth at the Superbowl. This is not a content consumption task.
Agreed. And a lot of companies are already looking at the "other" options.
As of 2013Q3, the share of tablet sales worldwide that are not either Android or iOS is 3.6%. Think about all the articles, ads and posts you've seen in the last year touting these devices from Microsoft, HP, Dell, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and a host of others: this is to serve 3.6% of the worldwide market for tablets. I agree that these people exist somewhere, but I would say they are already overserved in proportion to the demand.
I don't mind writing code through a VPN on my Nexus 7 with a touch-screen. But then I have a Bluetooth mouse/airmouse and keyboard, and a 55" widescreen FullHD display over Slimport. Just one 1080p is a little limiting, but the couch is comfy. RDP, VNC and SSH to servers and PCs works just fine.
Ah, the Eternal September.
This is the correct answer. Also, although trite, naming your children after cultural icons that share your family name if possible can help. Your little Dexter Morgan will never be in the top search results as progressive copyright extensions drag the series' exploitation to the end of time, minus a day. No help against government snoops but keeps the idle stalkers at bay. Of course little Dexter may need it explained, lest he find it suggestive...
No. Somebody would great a more secure fork and it would be the grand xfree86 migration all over again. And then there would be no reason to move off XP ever.
Why?
My problem with all these encrypted networks are that they are all immediately taken over not by whistleblowers and political dissidents, or plain folk wanting privacy, but people I strongly don't want to be around.
Cat got your tongue? (something important seems to be missing from your comment ... like the body or the subject!)
The amount spent on care is completely disconnected from the benefit or real cost of care. There are few other fields where cooperating state-sanctioned monopolies conspire to drive up cost and deprive a minority of service entirely. It is not good for health. I doubt it will ever change.
The department shall be called "The Ministry of Truth" or MINITRU for short.
The Windows app store is the Steam competitor.
Have you seen the last 7 years budget for OSD, including that Aquantive acquisition?
You think you're screwed? Think of the retailers who stocked up on Surface RT for the Christmas rush.