And you can also assume an unfaithful patent policy because they do not depend on the platform for their own business. I would expect them to ask Microsoft sign a patent pledge before their code enters the mainline.
Michael Jackson and Vista live on. Vista SP3 is now rebranded as Windows 7. A dead Michael Jackson sells more. If I were Michael Jackson I would kill myself to increase my record sales. That is business, guys.
Right, prices are going down. And hardware manufacturers will tell Microsoft, lower your prices or we go Linux, Google Chrome Os etc. A company as Dell will develop its own operating system.
Because "people who check email and write letters" can take any Operating System. It is the end of the era of overcharging for software.
It is the low entry mark. They assume when they say, it is all crap people will tell them, no it isn't, I like it so much. And if they find it is not ready they can't tell they were not told it was crap. It is a fantastic sales argument.... I wonder who is convinced? I want the Win7 update for free for my Vista installation. I find it despicable that they charge us.
I mean, don't buy Win7 and wait what happens with Microsoft. Microsoft is now in an experimental mode. Sedia iacta est.
And OEM's will do Linux, just for fun, because it scares the hell out of the Microsoft sales guys.
Come on, Lefty Schlesinger works for a Linux mobile patent troll and incites flame wars with Richard Stallman about the virgin mary... The definition of a troll is someone who attacks in order to incite public attention. Lefty adheres to the definition.
Schestowitz on the other hand just insists on his core messages and write his sloppy articles. He is an information spammer and surprises us sometimes. That is something entirely different. Schestowitz is sloppy but he does not optimize his buzz, he is no "agent provocateur".
Of course it helps to grab market share from Microsoft because then we move towards a more competitive market. Competition == less excessive prices, less dependencies and so forth. Hardware support for Linux will also increase, when Linux has a share of 7-8% instead of 4%. Microsoft will be forces to innovate more etc etc.
Chrome OS is a lightweight Linux OS for Netbooks. Cloud in the context of netbooks means nothing more than: We don't need special native applications beyond what we can use via our webbrowser, e.g. google docs. For some users as administrations that is relevant because they don't play ego shooters during work hours anyway. We chose the cloud = we don't depend on a platform that runs natively MS Office. Of course OpenOffice.org will also run on Google Chrome OS.
The Pirate Parties are quickly gaining ground in Europe, in particular among young voters. In the European Parliament there are now two Pirate Party representatives, and the Pirate Party got also one seat in the German Reichstag. Despite its rapid growth the Pirate Party is a fringe party that will only shape the debate. The Pirate Party aims for a 5 year protection period. Economists estimate the optimal copyright duration should be around 15 years. Richard Stallman criticises the reform vision of a fringe party which understands that governments are bound by certain international treaties, so five years won't happen anytime soon.
Stallman's other mistake is that he does not understand how software copyright protection works in Europe.
EULA's are something American and they are defunct in continental private law. They don't have the effects Richard Stallman describes.
Proprietary software is restricted by EULAs, not just by copyright, and the users don't have the source code. Even if copyright permits noncommercial sharing, the EULA may forbid it.
And someone who has a software service contract can actually request disclosure of source code to make modifications. Richard Stallman lacks imagination. If a party manages to get the copyright term down to 5 years, it will also manage to enforce a legal obligation to disclosure all source code of proprietary software.
In the current environment the situation is more that you bet on a party where you expect that they will not make copyright enforcement worse. Think of ACTA for instance, the transatlantic anti-counterfeit agreement. The real madness is international.
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When Google does it the Hardware manufacturers will prepackage Google OS with their machines. So we will get better hardware support for the Linux kernel and so forth. Microsoft will hate it which puts them in a weak negotiation position. This is not about you switching to anything. This is about a cheap investment of Google that kills Microsoft's cash cow. The hardware manufacturers will negotiate lower margins from Microsoft and invest in the new competitor. It is a victorious circle. They will eat Microsoft's lunch.
Same in an business with say 30 000 licenses. They will evaluate OpenOffice, and ask the Microsoft sales guy: What else do you offer?
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At least there is a vulnerability now. Hardware manufacturers will be smart and built up pressure.
And you can also assume an unfaithful patent policy because they do not depend on the platform for their own business. I would expect them to ask Microsoft sign a patent pledge before their code enters the mainline.
I see.
Linux is the challenger. If Linux was evil Microsoft could be the challenger.
Well, actually it is a matter of power relations. Microsoft is the dictator and you need checks and balances and cut the power down.
So actually the best thing that can happen to society is a bad Vista7 experience.
In fact, the worse Win 7 the better for the transformation of the company into a decent member of society.
Michael Jackson and Vista live on. Vista SP3 is now rebranded as Windows 7. A dead Michael Jackson sells more. If I were Michael Jackson I would kill myself to increase my record sales. That is business, guys.
Ah? "ME" = Millenium Edition"?
Right, prices are going down. And hardware manufacturers will tell Microsoft, lower your prices or we go Linux, Google Chrome Os etc. A company as Dell will develop its own operating system.
Because "people who check email and write letters" can take any Operating System. It is the end of the era of overcharging for software.
Laptops will be ~250 Eur.
It is the low entry mark. They assume when they say, it is all crap people will tell them, no it isn't, I like it so much. And if they find it is not ready they can't tell they were not told it was crap. It is a fantastic sales argument.... I wonder who is convinced? I want the Win7 update for free for my Vista installation. I find it despicable that they charge us.
I mean, don't buy Win7 and wait what happens with Microsoft. Microsoft is now in an experimental mode. Sedia iacta est.
And OEM's will do Linux, just for fun, because it scares the hell out of the Microsoft sales guys.
Wait and see.
Majority is populism.
An aristocratic view is entirely different. You can also read Horkheimer/Adorno.
Come on, Lefty Schlesinger works for a Linux mobile patent troll and incites flame wars with Richard Stallman about the virgin mary... The definition of a troll is someone who attacks in order to incite public attention. Lefty adheres to the definition.
Schestowitz on the other hand just insists on his core messages and write his sloppy articles. He is an information spammer and surprises us sometimes. That is something entirely different. Schestowitz is sloppy but he does not optimize his buzz, he is no "agent provocateur".
Of course it helps to grab market share from Microsoft because then we move towards a more competitive market. Competition == less excessive prices, less dependencies and so forth. Hardware support for Linux will also increase, when Linux has a share of 7-8% instead of 4%. Microsoft will be forces to innovate more etc etc.
Chrome OS is a lightweight Linux OS for Netbooks. Cloud in the context of netbooks means nothing more than: We don't need special native applications beyond what we can use via our webbrowser, e.g. google docs. For some users as administrations that is relevant because they don't play ego shooters during work hours anyway. We chose the cloud = we don't depend on a platform that runs natively MS Office. Of course OpenOffice.org will also run on Google Chrome OS.
The Pirate Parties are quickly gaining ground in Europe, in particular among young voters. In the European Parliament there are now two Pirate Party representatives, and the Pirate Party got also one seat in the German Reichstag. Despite its rapid growth the Pirate Party is a fringe party that will only shape the debate. The Pirate Party aims for a 5 year protection period. Economists estimate the optimal copyright duration should be around 15 years. Richard Stallman criticises the reform vision of a fringe party which understands that governments are bound by certain international treaties, so five years won't happen anytime soon.
Stallman's other mistake is that he does not understand how software copyright protection works in Europe.
EULA's are something American and they are defunct in continental private law. They don't have the effects Richard Stallman describes.
And someone who has a software service contract can actually request disclosure of source code to make modifications. Richard Stallman lacks imagination. If a party manages to get the copyright term down to 5 years, it will also manage to enforce a legal obligation to disclosure all source code of proprietary software.
In the current environment the situation is more that you bet on a party where you expect that they will not make copyright enforcement worse. Think of ACTA for instance, the transatlantic anti-counterfeit agreement. The real madness is international.
Also called astroturfing.
Are there any studies about this phenonemon. What causes the slowdown?
I think that all Windows Vista users should get a free upgrade to Windows Vista 7.
You don't have to use it to benefit from it.
When Google does it the Hardware manufacturers will prepackage Google OS with their machines. So we will get better hardware support for the Linux kernel and so forth. Microsoft will hate it which puts them in a weak negotiation position. This is not about you switching to anything. This is about a cheap investment of Google that kills Microsoft's cash cow. The hardware manufacturers will negotiate lower margins from Microsoft and invest in the new competitor. It is a victorious circle. They will eat Microsoft's lunch.
Same in an business with say 30 000 licenses. They will evaluate OpenOffice, and ask the Microsoft sales guy: What else do you offer?
Oh, and there is gnustep.
Yes, it does.
The worst upcoming nightmare is transatlantic and it is called ACTA.
Very good. My impression is that Microsoft will be reformed by simple market pressure. There are two tools for that:
1. You need to shoot down their cash cows. The relevant cash cows are
* office
* windows
* exchange
With Zarafa, Exchange is basically obsolete.
Chrome OS has the potential to hit Windows 7 hard,
No pain, no gain.
2. Market share does not matter.
What counts instead is the competition. When you have the leverage to sink an multibillion market with a 60 Mio investment, that is powerful.
No, he was Genuese. There wasn't an Italy.
Apparently the name "new found" is misleading