> Gates put his operating system within reach of every school kid in America for FREE. That is exactly why Microsoft has a monopoly today!
Um, no. That has virtually nothing to do with MS's dominance in the market.
Probably the biggest single factor was getting PC makers to pre-load Windows on computers. Most folks just use what the PC had on it when they bought it. That created a huge market for application developers.
The requirement to show where your down payment came from aren't new to the Patriot Act. I had to do that when I bought my first house 15+ years ago.
Theoretically, they want to know that you can actually afford the house and aren't being given the down payment from sources of income other than your own - well, that or at least that you were willing to sit on the external funds for a few months before buying the house.
That misses the point of this technology.
One of the big things that separates fantastic photos from p&s snapshots is shallow depth of field. Having the subject tack sharp and in focus with everything else melting away in beautiful bokeh.
And when the MAC address you chased down to a specific house/office is the MAC address of their router? Explain to me again how the MAC address == user?
A big part of the problem is customers complain mightily when network devices congest (drop packets). Congestion is easily monitored. Additional latency is much harder to measure and most customers are less likely to notice it.
Less support calls == better margins
For some devices, it's clear that the engineers that built it don't understand networking very well and that's where the problem crops up. For others, it reduces pain on the field support organization so, in some ways, customers are doing it to themselves.
I ran into this as well. Let the auto-update move me from 3.6.3 to 3.6.4 and FF can't connect to *any* webpage now. Have had to resort to using IE until I figure out what the problem with FF is.
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Well, there's always the hierarchy inside development itself. Even ignoring the whole "architect" thing and just sticking with programmers/developers that primarily write code, you have:
internal application developers (generally lumped in with IT)
maintainance coders (aka "sustaining engineers") - in both the IT and non-IT camps
UI developers
product developers
systems/kernel developers
embedded systems developers
firmware / board bring-up
etc.
Not necessarily ordered here, but there tends to be a pecking order towards the alpha geek. Not that anyone outside of the software development community would realize this, but at most companies, it's there.
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Having grown up in Texas, thinking about winter doesn't occur to me much beyond a couple of weeks a year:-)
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No, most Americans don't walk/bike because most cities in the US are spread out. Cities here just aren't as dense as in Europe.
In the southern US, there's also the additional weather factor. Walking/biking in Phoenix?!
Assuming that rebooting the device did flush the worm (very doubtful), an IPS would help clear up the problem and would have helped prevent it in the first place. No need to modify the device itself.
These days, I find it surprising that an IPS isn't standard network security equipment at hospitals.
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Being a good general purpose OS kernel doesn't mean it appropriate for _all_ purposes. Control systems are generally better off using an RTOS.
Linux has certainly gotten much better in the last few years, but it's not a one-size-fits-all best answer.
Um, no. That has virtually nothing to do with MS's dominance in the market.
Probably the biggest single factor was getting PC makers to pre-load Windows on computers. Most folks just use what the PC had on it when they bought it. That created a huge market for application developers.
Fascinating. Thanks for the clarification.
The requirement to show where your down payment came from aren't new to the Patriot Act. I had to do that when I bought my first house 15+ years ago. Theoretically, they want to know that you can actually afford the house and aren't being given the down payment from sources of income other than your own - well, that or at least that you were willing to sit on the external funds for a few months before buying the house.
That misses the point of this technology. One of the big things that separates fantastic photos from p&s snapshots is shallow depth of field. Having the subject tack sharp and in focus with everything else melting away in beautiful bokeh.
And when the MAC address you chased down to a specific house/office is the MAC address of their router? Explain to me again how the MAC address == user?
Apparently you've never worked with venture capitalists before...
A big part of the problem is customers complain mightily when network devices congest (drop packets). Congestion is easily monitored. Additional latency is much harder to measure and most customers are less likely to notice it.
Less support calls == better margins
For some devices, it's clear that the engineers that built it don't understand networking very well and that's where the problem crops up. For others, it reduces pain on the field support organization so, in some ways, customers are doing it to themselves.
We don't use a proxy, so that shouldn't be it but I can't check. I re-installed 3.6.3 and everything is working fine again. 3.6.4 == broken
I ran into this as well. Let the auto-update move me from 3.6.3 to 3.6.4 and FF can't connect to *any* webpage now. Have had to resort to using IE until I figure out what the problem with FF is. Jay
Well, there's always the hierarchy inside development itself. Even ignoring the whole "architect" thing and just sticking with programmers/developers that primarily write code, you have: internal application developers (generally lumped in with IT) maintainance coders (aka "sustaining engineers") - in both the IT and non-IT camps UI developers product developers systems/kernel developers embedded systems developers firmware / board bring-up etc. Not necessarily ordered here, but there tends to be a pecking order towards the alpha geek. Not that anyone outside of the software development community would realize this, but at most companies, it's there.
Having grown up in Texas, thinking about winter doesn't occur to me much beyond a couple of weeks a year :-)
No, most Americans don't walk/bike because most cities in the US are spread out. Cities here just aren't as dense as in Europe. In the southern US, there's also the additional weather factor. Walking/biking in Phoenix?!
Assuming that rebooting the device did flush the worm (very doubtful), an IPS would help clear up the problem and would have helped prevent it in the first place. No need to modify the device itself. These days, I find it surprising that an IPS isn't standard network security equipment at hospitals.
It's not a development platform at all. It doesn't include compilers or other development tools...