It's sad that someone who flamed previous post has been modded as insightful. The fact is that Microsoft has claimed the tablet turf- It would have been nice to see Palm OS devices move in this direction also, but Gates has been chasing this market for a long time, and M$ is not going to let go easily.
I think there's more probably noncompetitive agreement issues with Microsoft, (and possibly others...Wacom maybe?) that are stopping Apple. Mac Tablets clearly would have a market- the problem is that M$, as usual, has bullied its way into the market- and Apple has reason to fear treading on their toes.
Could you give me another source? I've read that its its being sold at a loss was only a rumor. Its hard for me to believe that an automobile is sold at a loss. Xbox, sure, but a car? Honda has also put out a hybrid, called the Insight- are they selling at a loss too?
I had an energy audit done by a contractor for my gas company- Even though the house was over a hundred years old, he said installing new, efficient windows would be a 20 year ROI. Not long after that I let a salesman give me his pitch for new windows, sure enough, energy efficiency was his major selling point, although he remained vague on the math. I'm pretty sure a number of people buy "energy efficient" windows, although I suspect they're real appeal is as a status symbol. Now if only wind power was "cool!"
"And, as usual, sane people win out against the insane, again."
- Hey, I'm totally insane- you insensitive clod!! Actually its hard to be offended by such a ridiculous statement. I have my doubts that sane people ever win out, let alone usually.
you can endlessly debate the technical merits and disadvantages of any technology...However, the Prius is selling well- and that's a good real-world start for electric vehicles. Electrical power also has an infrastructure in place; not particularly suited for vehicles, but far ahead of other technologies. And though the US has plenty of coal, it certainly is a political issue globally.
Very true, but OS X upgrades are not so nicely priced compared to Linux or BSD:-)
I don't like how quickly Apple and Microsoft drops support for products, though. IBM kept up support for OS/2 and even PC-DOS for quite a while.
Perhaps in the development business, you have knowledgeable and discriminating buyers. Many businesses have IT department heads who care about job security and not overall cost-effectiveness. I've heard of MS marketing being very good at convincing IT that Windoze is in their best interest. If you're scared that every twenty-something entering the business is a linux wizard, the status quo with latest crappy corporate OS sounds good. Basically, you and you're friends are not MS's key demographic, and obviously not the bread and butter of their Salespeople either
Television sucks. And its not like Stern was Lenny Bruce. Basically, cable television (and then the web) made this issue irrelevant. Who knows? Maybe writers will get more creative if their challenged more often by the FCC.
Especially for laptops, when you're not going to do much incremental upgrades- and repair is so much more expensive, Apple is competitive in price. Firewire comes standard with Macs- very useful for video. Macs have become much better value for hardware in recent years. Unfortunately they'll probably never shake the reputation of being pricey. Apple is going to hold onto its niche in graphic design, though- and will remain far ahead of linux for graphic/photo/video in the foreseeable future.
I used to get a headache hearing about cooperative multitasking and pre-emptive multitasking- but this virtualization process seems to be similar to the Redmond way. Are they Windozifying linux?
In fact Microsoft seems to have been interested in leveraging superior knowledge against the average person. Actually they use business knowlege against people with technical backgrounds, too.
That school should be compulsary up to 18, not that it is already, and this law would help encourage more schooling. The logic doesn't seem very good, but I think that what he meant.
Green Hills (or its representatives) specifically criticized the "open source nature" of linux. It would seem your product takes advantage of available OSS products. I realize you and your company may have a specific view about security, and perhaps are only considering security, but I'm afraid you've burned some bridges by showing such disdain for the work of dedicated individuals. I hope you publicly praise the usefulness of open source apps as ardently as you criticize the "flagship" OSS product, linux. As most OSS developers don't get paid, pride becomes that much more important, and Green Hills needs to recognize this.
BSD users, and perhaps we can include Apple OSX users among them, have made valid criticisms of linux for a long time now. None of us have sunk to the depths of declaring linux a threat to national security because it is open source. It is perfectly reasonable to act as Green Hills Software has, in providing a compatibility layer. The irresponsible public statements they have made is another matter.
In criticising linux, they have rather strongly criticized Open Source. Perhaps that was a strategic mistake, because much of the available software for linux is also open source. This is a change of heart. Its a shame the article isn't more clear about the conflict. Many of us (especially BSD fans) have long criticized linux, but champion open source and other "free" software
I'm a little disappointed with thie original post. The change of heart is about open source and the "free software" that runs on linux. Green Hills specifically criticized the open source nature of Linux. I think its pretty clear that much of the linux-compatible apps available are open source. They could have made many other criticisms of linux, but they specifically attacked OSS, and now, perhaps grudgingly, accomadating demand for it.
"the open source nature of Linux makes it a threat to national security." saying linux sucks because its Open Source and than saying "here's something to run Linux apps" is hypocracy, not emphasis. There's little reason to think their offering is better either.
I've seen some difficult to understand jokes on slashdot, but "pier review" is not one of them.
On the other hand, is there a special significance to "Pier 13?" Yes, I've googled it, but there's only so much time for me to waste till I get out of work.
"de-pre-mux-defrobnostication" that's a great term! The frobno part sounds like Zork. Maybe there's a hint of Douglas Adams in there? This is totally off-topic, but I've enjoy marketing jargon satires. Slashdot should have a survey of fictional technical jargon. There's probably something on the web- maybe there should be a wikipedia entry? Something on the Hitchhiker's Guide that wasn't strictly Douglas Adam's? Actually, this is probably all-too on-topic. I always thought quality control was supposed to be divided amongst thousands of volunteers on free software projects- right?
Nintendo guards its intellectual property very closely. That's why it took so long for GameCube bsd and linux to come out- and they're still not as functional as xbox linux. I'm sure Nintendo has made it so that it would make more sense to "hack" or even just buy peripherals for a Palm/palmtop than to try to make DS useful.
I'd think surgery for ingrown toenails would be a bigger waste of money- Should've refused you outright. Did you happen to be locked in a little padded room while you were there? Were you really donating blood and getting Novacaine or did the nice nurse give you a little something to relax while you stayed with the "special" patients?
To find a good doctor means shopping around first- and that's really difficult-I think most people only meet more than one physician after they've become seriously ill. There should have been more incentive for your PA to stay in one place, also. I see more problems with doctors "bouncing around" than patients. I don't mean to be rude, but I see so many other serious problems in health care, that even your otherwise good advice seems inadequate in the face of such a broken system.
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It's sad that someone who flamed previous post has been modded as insightful. The fact is that Microsoft has claimed the tablet turf- It would have been nice to see Palm OS devices move in this direction also, but Gates has been chasing this market for a long time, and M$ is not going to let go easily.
I think there's more probably noncompetitive agreement issues with Microsoft, (and possibly others...Wacom maybe?) that are stopping Apple. Mac Tablets clearly would have a market- the problem is that M$, as usual, has bullied its way into the market- and Apple has reason to fear treading on their toes.
Could you give me another source? I've read that its its being sold at a loss was only a rumor. Its hard for me to believe that an automobile is sold at a loss. Xbox, sure, but a car? Honda has also put out a hybrid, called the Insight- are they selling at a loss too?
I had an energy audit done by a contractor for my gas company- Even though the house was over a hundred years old, he said installing new, efficient windows would be a 20 year ROI. Not long after that I let a salesman give me his pitch for new windows, sure enough, energy efficiency was his major selling point, although he remained vague on the math. I'm pretty sure a number of people buy "energy efficient" windows, although I suspect they're real appeal is as a status symbol. Now if only wind power was "cool!"
"And, as usual, sane people win out against the insane, again." - Hey, I'm totally insane- you insensitive clod!! Actually its hard to be offended by such a ridiculous statement. I have my doubts that sane people ever win out, let alone usually.
you can endlessly debate the technical merits and disadvantages of any technology...However, the Prius is selling well- and that's a good real-world start for electric vehicles. Electrical power also has an infrastructure in place; not particularly suited for vehicles, but far ahead of other technologies. And though the US has plenty of coal, it certainly is a political issue globally.
I would guess- clitoris, but I imagine many /.ers have little experience with these ;-)
Very true, but OS X upgrades are not so nicely priced compared to Linux or BSD :-)
I don't like how quickly Apple and Microsoft drops support for products, though. IBM kept up support for OS/2 and even PC-DOS for quite a while.
Perhaps in the development business, you have knowledgeable and discriminating buyers. Many businesses have IT department heads who care about job security and not overall cost-effectiveness. I've heard of MS marketing being very good at convincing IT that Windoze is in their best interest. If you're scared that every twenty-something entering the business is a linux wizard, the status quo with latest crappy corporate OS sounds good. Basically, you and you're friends are not MS's key demographic, and obviously not the bread and butter of their Salespeople either
Television sucks. And its not like Stern was Lenny Bruce. Basically, cable television (and then the web) made this issue irrelevant. Who knows? Maybe writers will get more creative if their challenged more often by the FCC.
Especially for laptops, when you're not going to do much incremental upgrades- and repair is so much more expensive, Apple is competitive in price. Firewire comes standard with Macs- very useful for video. Macs have become much better value for hardware in recent years. Unfortunately they'll probably never shake the reputation of being pricey. Apple is going to hold onto its niche in graphic design, though- and will remain far ahead of linux for graphic/photo/video in the foreseeable future.
I used to get a headache hearing about cooperative multitasking and pre-emptive multitasking- but this virtualization process seems to be similar to the Redmond way. Are they Windozifying linux?
In fact Microsoft seems to have been interested in leveraging superior knowledge against the average person. Actually they use business knowlege against people with technical backgrounds, too.
That school should be compulsary up to 18, not that it is already, and this law would help encourage more schooling. The logic doesn't seem very good, but I think that what he meant.
Green Hills (or its representatives) specifically criticized the "open source nature" of linux. It would seem your product takes advantage of available OSS products. I realize you and your company may have a specific view about security, and perhaps are only considering security, but I'm afraid you've burned some bridges by showing such disdain for the work of dedicated individuals. I hope you publicly praise the usefulness of open source apps as ardently as you criticize the "flagship" OSS product, linux. As most OSS developers don't get paid, pride becomes that much more important, and Green Hills needs to recognize this.
BSD users, and perhaps we can include Apple OSX users among them, have made valid criticisms of linux for a long time now. None of us have sunk to the depths of declaring linux a threat to national security because it is open source. It is perfectly reasonable to act as Green Hills Software has, in providing a compatibility layer. The irresponsible public statements they have made is another matter.
In criticising linux, they have rather strongly criticized Open Source. Perhaps that was a strategic mistake, because much of the available software for linux is also open source. This is a change of heart. Its a shame the article isn't more clear about the conflict. Many of us (especially BSD fans) have long criticized linux, but champion open source and other "free" software
I'm a little disappointed with thie original post. The change of heart is about open source and the "free software" that runs on linux. Green Hills specifically criticized the open source nature of Linux. I think its pretty clear that much of the linux-compatible apps available are open source. They could have made many other criticisms of linux, but they specifically attacked OSS, and now, perhaps grudgingly, accomadating demand for it.
"the open source nature of Linux makes it a threat to national security." saying linux sucks because its Open Source and than saying "here's something to run Linux apps" is hypocracy, not emphasis. There's little reason to think their offering is better either.
I've seen some difficult to understand jokes on slashdot, but "pier review" is not one of them. On the other hand, is there a special significance to "Pier 13?" Yes, I've googled it, but there's only so much time for me to waste till I get out of work.
"de-pre-mux-defrobnostication" that's a great term! The frobno part sounds like Zork. Maybe there's a hint of Douglas Adams in there? This is totally off-topic, but I've enjoy marketing jargon satires. Slashdot should have a survey of fictional technical jargon. There's probably something on the web- maybe there should be a wikipedia entry? Something on the Hitchhiker's Guide that wasn't strictly Douglas Adam's? Actually, this is probably all-too on-topic. I always thought quality control was supposed to be divided amongst thousands of volunteers on free software projects- right?
Buying a subscription kinda turned me off from Nokia, especially since its adds significantly to the price.
Nintendo guards its intellectual property very closely. That's why it took so long for GameCube bsd and linux to come out- and they're still not as functional as xbox linux. I'm sure Nintendo has made it so that it would make more sense to "hack" or even just buy peripherals for a Palm/palmtop than to try to make DS useful.
I'd think surgery for ingrown toenails would be a bigger waste of money- Should've refused you outright. Did you happen to be locked in a little padded room while you were there? Were you really donating blood and getting Novacaine or did the nice nurse give you a little something to relax while you stayed with the "special" patients?
To find a good doctor means shopping around first- and that's really difficult-I think most people only meet more than one physician after they've become seriously ill. There should have been more incentive for your PA to stay in one place, also. I see more problems with doctors "bouncing around" than patients. I don't mean to be rude, but I see so many other serious problems in health care, that even your otherwise good advice seems inadequate in the face of such a broken system.