Europe is very much alive these days. Especially Germans. What, with their lederhosen and huge beers dancing around singing die Lorelei at the top of their lungs..
It is official; Netcraft once again confirms: *Unix is dying
One more crippling
bombshell hit the already beleaguered *Unix community when IDC confirmed that *Unix
market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 15 percent of
all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states
that *Unix has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've
known all along. *Unix is collapsing in complete disarray.
Not even the obscure and unpopular operating system known as Linux could stop it from happening.
I wonder what percentage of that astounding amount of traffic was actually created (written, composed etc.) by the sender.
These days, most people know that "multimedia" and "software demos" make up a large chunk of internet traffic. Most of this is copyrighted by someone else.
If only there were a practical and legal way to store this information in a central depository. With widespread multicasting, the sheer amount of internet traffic would be greatly reduced.
my GNOME has always sat silently on my front porch. And now it's singing MP3s encoded with LAME?
Who would've though that open source software would lead to a singing GNOME?
As long as people have a portable CD player, a CD player at home, and one in the car, CDs will keep selling.
The extra quality benefit of DVD-A and SACD will not (unfortunately) be enough to lure people to immediately rush out and buy new equipment. Personally, I would love to have better sound audio, but I'm not prepared to pay the (currently) huge premium to have it.
If you think sound quality is important for most people, look at all the portable MP3 players that have recently come out and how well they are selling. Can anyone say iPod?
The restrictive SACD format will not be a lure to the majority of people. DVD-A on the other hand may get a foothold because of its association with DVD-Video.
People want convenience. And until the companies spearheading these formats realise that, their proposed new super-mega-hyper-ultra-quality formats will be dead before day one.
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It's pretty obvious when you think about it. Bandwidth isn't free and ultimately, all internet users end up paying indirectly.
The same way that taxpayers all end up paying for the bungles of politicians.
I wouldn't say European life is in doubt.
Europe is very much alive these days. Especially Germans. What, with their lederhosen and huge beers dancing around singing die Lorelei at the top of their lungs..
How much life do you want, anyway??
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *Unix community when IDC confirmed that *Unix market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 15 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *Unix has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *Unix is collapsing in complete disarray.
Not even the obscure and unpopular operating system known as Linux could stop it from happening.
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(Movie at 11)
imagine a beo...
bah, why would you bother...
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I wonder what percentage of that astounding amount of traffic was actually created (written, composed etc.) by the sender.
These days, most people know that "multimedia" and "software demos" make up a large chunk of internet traffic. Most of this is copyrighted by someone else.
If only there were a practical and legal way to store this information in a central depository. With widespread multicasting, the sheer amount of internet traffic would be greatly reduced.
my GNOME has always sat silently on my front porch. And now it's singing MP3s encoded with LAME?
Who would've though that open source software would lead to a singing GNOME?
The audio CD certainly has more advantages over the cassette than quality.
It offers a seekable audio medium you don't have to turn over to finish listening to. It also does not degrade the way analogue cassettes do.
Yes, the walkman was revolutionary, but it still brought over all the other disadvantages of the cassette.
As long as people have a portable CD player, a CD player at home, and one in the car, CDs will keep selling.
The extra quality benefit of DVD-A and SACD will not (unfortunately) be enough to lure people to immediately rush out and buy new equipment. Personally, I would love to have better sound audio, but I'm not prepared to pay the (currently) huge premium to have it.
If you think sound quality is important for most people, look at all the portable MP3 players that have recently come out and how well they are selling. Can anyone say iPod?
The restrictive SACD format will not be a lure to the majority of people. DVD-A on the other hand may get a foothold because of its association with DVD-Video.
People want convenience. And until the companies spearheading these formats realise that, their proposed new super-mega-hyper-ultra-quality formats will be dead before day one.