Yes, of course, 15% is where the magic begins, sure
Or maybe it's 16%? 20%?
Of course it has nothing to do with changes on malware, browser vulnerabilities, and the tendency of Windows users of downloading every crap software off the net
Well, It's free software, you can always download the source and switch the affiliate code back to Banshee's and run that (in the end it's probably a config file)
1 - try to install a printer on Ubuntu (really, try), try sharing it with other machines 2 - OpenOffice 3 - music players (not to mention the mp3 issue) Rhythmbox? really???
The argument that most people just need a basic browser capable computer has been debunked for a long time and is one of the main reasons we see linux fail in the desktop marketplace.
Being a basic browser capable computer is about 80% of the iPad's success. Same with Android
Linux has been failing in the PC world because manufacturers can't come up with a linux distro that doesn't stink. Ubuntu is one of the best, and still sucks.
Am a nokia employee. You misheard, or have an unreliable grapevine. And your view of the political spectrum is way off too, Finland's not socialist, and it's easier (i.e. cheaper) to get rid of Finns than it is to get rid of Germans, for example (see the NSN mess).
I understand, I didn't mean Finland was socialist, (but rather Finland has a socialist bias - like all nordic countries, and don't get me wrong, I would move to Finland given the chance). What I've heard was, if you fire someone in Finland (after a lot of red tape) they get back in a queue to be re-hired (in the same company).
OK, maemo only had a very large headcount rather than a huge one, but still, it was a high enough headcount to get several good phones out of the door in the last few years if it hadn't for certain matters that I am probably not even at liberty to mention the existence of.
Well, there you have it. My bet is politics.
Scrapping Symbian and moving more bodies onto maemo wouldn't have sped things up, a slow transition always made more sense.
The problem with a slow transition like Nokia was doing is that it was not assertive enough. You can go slow, but firmly, something that Nokia wasn't doing. No one in their right mind should have accepted the direction change of Meego and delaying it 2 years.
Problem with a fresh install is, you usually can't use the license your notebook came, since the 'serial number' only works with "Windows from HP" or something similar.
But I've seen cases where the recovery CD doesn't have all the bloatware it originally came with.
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Well I've heard Gnu HURD has perfect security until now! Of curse it's a better security architecture.
It's called 'total code execution denial'
Yes, of course, 15% is where the magic begins, sure
Or maybe it's 16%? 20%?
Of course it has nothing to do with changes on malware, browser vulnerabilities, and the
tendency of Windows users of downloading every crap software off the net
Funny
My current HP laptop (mid-2007) is lasting a lot more than my old (race-to-the-botton) laptop (bought in 2002 - 999€ at the time)
Granted, it was upgraded a couple of times, still
Well, It's free software, you can always download the source and switch the affiliate code back to Banshee's and run that (in the end it's probably a config file)
Well, some people started using SIGBUS to get out!!!
Itanic 3: now sinking twice as fast!
If you really want to sell, the 30% is going to be payed by the user, not you...
Besides, ok, suppose you want to deal with everything: set up servers, CC processing, billing, etc, etc you'll start to think the 30% is a good deal
Been there, done that, etc
Yes
And if you allow a 'wallpaper pack' permission to access the network, really?!
Ok, scratch that, if you download a 'wallpaper pack' instead of picking photos on flickr you deserve it
I guess that's the first time I used 3D software as well... (it was on DOS, I'm sure)
What bothers me is that the speed looks like it's the same =P (of course the DOS version didn't have particle systems, etc)
Just like the 'Jury Nullification' page, it's pretty much a 'get out of jury free' card for ever
And who's to blame for killing alternatives in the 70s? Mainly the radical environmental groups.
Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you
Greenpeace and other ecoannoyers are one of the reasons we don't have more CLEAN nuclear power.
They're not getting a dime from me any time soon.
Chernobyl = old technology + communist regime
Thank you green'peace', for making global warming worse.
Yes, Microsoft took Light Speed and increased the speed of it!
Unfortunately, data went to the past, instead of going to the other connector.
You would probably need the water of the whole ocean to cool the earth's core... And even then!
But maybe it the earth magnetic field is gone, everybody can take their fridge magnets and point them all in the same direction, problem solved!!!
1 - try to install a printer on Ubuntu (really, try), try sharing it with other machines
2 - OpenOffice
3 - music players (not to mention the mp3 issue) Rhythmbox? really???
the list goes on
The argument that most people just need a basic browser capable computer has been debunked for a long time and is one of the main reasons we see linux fail in the desktop marketplace.
Being a basic browser capable computer is about 80% of the iPad's success. Same with Android
Linux has been failing in the PC world because manufacturers can't come up with a linux distro that doesn't stink. Ubuntu is one of the best, and still sucks.
Yes it sure looks that he has only 6 weeks to live, I mean, he's using a sweater instead of his usual turtleneck.
And the jeans are faded a little bit, yep, he's gone folks
Yes
Call me when they pair him with a Cyborg Jeopardy player, with direct feed of the questions to the brain
Great to hear that.
Am a nokia employee. You misheard, or have an unreliable grapevine. And your view of the political spectrum is way off too, Finland's not socialist, and it's easier (i.e. cheaper) to get rid of Finns than it is to get rid of Germans, for example (see the NSN mess).
I understand, I didn't mean Finland was socialist, (but rather Finland has a socialist bias - like all nordic countries, and don't get me wrong, I would move to Finland given the chance). What I've heard was, if you fire someone in Finland (after a lot of red tape) they get back in a queue to be re-hired (in the same company).
OK, maemo only had a very large headcount rather than a huge one, but still, it was a high enough headcount to get several good phones out of the door in the last few years if it hadn't for certain matters that I am probably not even at liberty to mention the existence of.
Well, there you have it. My bet is politics.
Scrapping Symbian and moving more bodies onto maemo wouldn't have sped things up, a slow transition always made more sense.
The problem with a slow transition like Nokia was doing is that it was not assertive enough. You can go slow, but firmly, something that Nokia wasn't doing. No one in their right mind should have accepted the direction change of Meego and delaying it 2 years.
The problem is Nokia never took Maemo seriously.
The Symbian feud dominated Nokia, and Maemo developers were treated like "the kids playing with linux"
Add to that the inability to fire people in a socialist country like Finland.
(note, not a Nokia employer, heard this through the gravepine)
What Nokia should have done is tear the Symbian division apart 2 years ago, and start shipping only Maemo, again, 2 years ago.
Simple
Ship NOW (or better, ASAP) a Maemo/Meego phone. Simpler than the N900
Take what works and ship. Yes, Android sucked big time at the beginning as well. Guarantee updates (not too difficult) and ship
Interesting, but look at the specs
2GB memory 250GB HD
That's an entry level computer even here where I live (South America)
I believe Dell began buying AMD for its cheapest computers some time ago.
Considering the average intelligence of higher levels of management, if Dell buys AMD it's probably going o keep buying chips only from Intel
Unfortunately, I'm not kidding
Actually the difference from vi to vim is huge
Having worked on an AIX installation that only had vi, 1st task was to get vim running
really, it's water to wine
I agree 100%
Problem with a fresh install is, you usually can't use the license your notebook came, since the 'serial number' only works with "Windows from HP" or something similar.
But I've seen cases where the recovery CD doesn't have all the bloatware it originally came with.
At least when they get there they'll have finished Kama Sutra 2.0 (or maybe 3.0 for high frame-dragging environments)