Really? I wonder why everyone (or even most of the people) still don't use Linux (or xBSD)... it's free, better, more secure, much more bug free, you-name-it than Win after all:-/
1 - Because people are used to Windows, and people by and large don't like change.
2 - If Linux were installed on PCs at purchase time, people might be inclined to try it.
But number 2 by itself is a difficult sell, since people tend to use Windows at work.
We will end up paying for google the same way we pay for TV channels (for those of us who still do...)
Or not.
There are plenty of free alternatives for people to migrate to. If there were no other alternatives, then you might have a point, but time and again, when someone starts charging for services available for free elsewhere, people just go elsewhere.
It was done via the web, with bits of java. I can't remember who actually was responsible for the programming, but it was pretty slick.
You were basically placed in a virtual main hall, where you could then choose which sessions you wanted to attend. In each presentation, you looked at what you would normally see in a conference sesion - a slideshow-type presentation. There were no interruptions during the presentations, but after each session, there was a Q&A period where you could use either your keyboard and chat/ask, or actually use your microphone. You'd be placed in a queue with other questioners.
They also had other typical convention-type things, such as a networking room, etc, as well as the usual giveaways for "visiting" a vendor booth.
IMAP works nicely for me. I also use Google calendar. And I use them within Thunderbird, although I suppose you could use them within whatever your favorite client is.
No intrusiveness, no being tied into other serivces I don't want or need.
Hulu is in the content business, if the alliance between the various studios lasts much longer. They're not in the Flash business. What they're running is already H.264, only in a Flash container. And since even H.264 is free for free content for at least five years, I'd say they'll switch over with no problems.
True enough, but I think it'll take a long while for Hulu to catch on to this. Not to mention that they've invested a fair amount in their own "Hulu Desktop", also written in flash.
It's fine to wish they'd do this (I wish this too, for the record), but they're big, and we all know how slowly big businesses move.
Please name a few where more modern, widely-adopted and -accepted alternative solutions aren't available. Animated, noisy ads? I can live without those.
Hulu, for one. Yes, I'm with everyone else in that Flash is a reource hog, but as long a Flash offers something that HTML5 can't (DRM/content control, in this case), it's probably not going away any time soon.
Or did you honestly think the big networks were just going to let you right-click and save all their content?
How do you "minimize" an app in iPad? How would you close an app? How do you manage the apps that are running in the background? How do you bring an app to the foreground? How do you determine which of the apps is slowing the machine down?
...
says the armchair-technologist.
... says the wannabe expert.
Look, jut because you don't know that it's already been done doesn't mean that it hasn't been done.
It fits our needs. We have a web-based application that our sales people need to demo.
And my guess is that your company is really just doing this so your sales people can look hipper. Otherwise, they'd go out with regular laptops to demo the web-based app, as nobody you're trying to sell to currently has a tablet anyway.
Oh, and the laptop is also capable of any other full application that's probably needed to do their job. Not so with the iPad.
If you haven't used it recently, try it now. Speaking as a linguist I am incredibly impressed by the speed of their progress.
And speaking as a translator, I can say my job is in no danger.
But putting that aside, it's rather absurd to even compare text-to-text with speech-to-speech processes; they're entirely different beasts. I routinely get messages left through my google voice account in non-english languages, and the text that is left in my inbox is ridiculously bad. If they can't even get voice-to-text right without even going through a translation, they've got a LONG way to go.
There are a lot of us that want to use our netbooks as a complete off-line machine, as well as on-line.
All this means is that Ubuntu won't be the first thought when it comes to replacing the installed OS. Lately there have been a bunch of other distros that have been made to work well on netbooks.
I could foresee netbooks replacing conventional laptops over the next decade or so.
My main laptop died this last summer, and I've been using my Netbook as my only computer since then (well, at least for work and some entertainment purposes).
As someone else pointed out, there are times I wish it had a bit more power, usually only when I go to Hulu or some such place, but other than that, it does everything I need it to do.
Hell, I even run Virtualbox with a WinXP instance on it for the rare instance I need to use a Win program and have no trouble with it.
Particularly if your first language is Spanish or English and you live anywhere in the Americas.
I think that once you learn a second language, for whatever reason, you're going to at least be comfortable with exposure to other languages. Once exposed to other languages, you tend to already know what's utilitarian.
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1 - Because people are used to Windows, and people by and large don't like change.
2 - If Linux were installed on PCs at purchase time, people might be inclined to try it.
But number 2 by itself is a difficult sell, since people tend to use Windows at work.
Or not.
There are plenty of free alternatives for people to migrate to. If there were no other alternatives, then you might have a point, but time and again, when someone starts charging for services available for free elsewhere, people just go elsewhere.
And I've also read that you may get a 503 error if you don't have cyrus-sasl installed on your linux system.
I think at this point it's probably due to them still trying to get their act together WRT XMPP.
Otherwise, as you said, it's the universes way of trying to tell him something.
You were basically placed in a virtual main hall, where you could then choose which sessions you wanted to attend. In each presentation, you looked at what you would normally see in a conference sesion - a slideshow-type presentation. There were no interruptions during the presentations, but after each session, there was a Q&A period where you could use either your keyboard and chat/ask, or actually use your microphone. You'd be placed in a queue with other questioners.
They also had other typical convention-type things, such as a networking room, etc, as well as the usual giveaways for "visiting" a vendor booth.
Seriously, I attended one this last fall with about 5000 attendees, and it worked out quite well.
No intrusiveness, no being tied into other serivces I don't want or need.
True enough, but I think it'll take a long while for Hulu to catch on to this. Not to mention that they've invested a fair amount in their own "Hulu Desktop", also written in flash.
It's fine to wish they'd do this (I wish this too, for the record), but they're big, and we all know how slowly big businesses move.
Hulu, for one. Yes, I'm with everyone else in that Flash is a reource hog, but as long a Flash offers something that HTML5 can't (DRM/content control, in this case), it's probably not going away any time soon.
Or did you honestly think the big networks were just going to let you right-click and save all their content?
Look, jut because you don't know that it's already been done doesn't mean that it hasn't been done.
Have a look at Maemo. It's been done. For years.
And my guess is that your company is really just doing this so your sales people can look hipper. Otherwise, they'd go out with regular laptops to demo the web-based app, as nobody you're trying to sell to currently has a tablet anyway.
Oh, and the laptop is also capable of any other full application that's probably needed to do their job. Not so with the iPad.
And speaking as a translator, I can say my job is in no danger.
But putting that aside, it's rather absurd to even compare text-to-text with speech-to-speech processes; they're entirely different beasts. I routinely get messages left through my google voice account in non-english languages, and the text that is left in my inbox is ridiculously bad. If they can't even get voice-to-text right without even going through a translation, they've got a LONG way to go.
For the record, I hate Valentine's Day. It's just silly to assign a day of the year to plan something romantic.
Usually a couple days after the game, a page with all Super Bowl ads will be online and you should be able to watch them all.
All this means is that Ubuntu won't be the first thought when it comes to replacing the installed OS. Lately there have been a bunch of other distros that have been made to work well on netbooks.
You're on slashdot.
And I don't mean that in any sort of disrespectful way. This just seems more suited to the "idle" section for its absurdity.
My main laptop died this last summer, and I've been using my Netbook as my only computer since then (well, at least for work and some entertainment purposes).
As someone else pointed out, there are times I wish it had a bit more power, usually only when I go to Hulu or some such place, but other than that, it does everything I need it to do.
Hell, I even run Virtualbox with a WinXP instance on it for the rare instance I need to use a Win program and have no trouble with it.
Sure it is. Just not for you (or your family member).
Honestly, is it so hard to just say "It's not there yet FOR ME" instead of blanket-panning a product?
Particularly if your first language is Spanish or English and you live anywhere in the Americas.
I think that once you learn a second language, for whatever reason, you're going to at least be comfortable with exposure to other languages. Once exposed to other languages, you tend to already know what's utilitarian.
Thanks!
Why hopefully? Do you even understand the point of ODF? It's *NOT* OpenOffice.
I take it you're not married.
A corporation, particularly multinational, has no concept of the word.
It's supposedly going to be available 2nd quarter this year for the same price.