We're not talking about percent growth. We're talking about gaining a share of the market. If they said their user base grew 1%, that wouldn't be anything to brag about, but gaining 0.5-1% of the entire market per month is quite nice. If the market is growing at the time they are gobbling up market share, that means their previous 8% share had devalued to smaller percentage and that the additional market share they actually gained would be more than 0.71% of the new market size.
I think they'd really like it if they could get the UN to force everyone else to just use China's filtering on everyone so China can save the money for military buildup:P
As if they'd collect the taxes. We barely pay our dues and owe them at least a billion, maybe 2 in debt. This is probably because our government has realized that paying them is a waste of taxpayer dollars. We pretty much only pay them enough to make them STFU about it.
We can accept that other countries have retarded laws that make talking about freedom a crime punishable by death, but we don't have to accept such countries controlling what we can and cannot see on the internet, and/or making it a crime in an international court to talk about things they don't like on the internet.
It would probably be put in the hands of a committee where it would be possible that the likes of China could decide what was acceptable and what was not.
Yeah, let's trade one organization set up by the US government (ICANN etc) for another worse organization set up by the US government and administered by human rights abusers and crooks (the UN).
If I'm not mistaken, that was a terror suspect. Why wasn't Italy apprehending this person themselves? Or did Italy's spy agency give the CIA the go-ahead and are simply denying it to keep the terrorists off Italy's back?
That's exactly what we need! Having to pay the UN for internet access would rock. Not to mention there'd probably be a committee headed by China, Iran, North Korea and France deciding what should be censored (EVERYTHING!). There are notorious human rights abusers on committees for human rights in the UN. Do you really trust those nuts to control global communications?
If it wasn't the most secure version ever, it'd either be a) less secure or b) just as secure as the current most secure version. Uninteresting post modded up by a mod who couldn't hold their load:|
At least with Microsoft's C++ compiler, the overflow won't matter since doing a subtraction will cause it to go back in the other direction whether it's signed or unsigned and end up with the correct values. Of course, if you're using a language and/or compiler that behaves differently, then it isn't going to work.
Removing Gator will sometimes break some lame software that requires it. After Microsoft buys them and hopefully neuters Gator, their spyware might not be a threat anymore anyway.
Some of us think we wouldn't be giving God enough credit by saying he couldn't just start the ball rolling in a very particular way and *know* exactly how things would turn out (the exact formation of the universe, evolution of human beings etc etc). He's all knowing and all powerful afterall. Perhaps you simply don't have enough faith in the big guy?
I'm sure we should have a warning for every stupid thing a person could possibly do with any product. "Rat poison is not intended to be fed to children." "Do not stick your tongue in the fan." "Do not stick your penis in the fan." "Do not stick your penis in this cup of coffee." "Do not place super-glue on your genitals."
Microsoft's Client, Information Worker and Server & Tools divisions are all profitable. This encompasses Windows XP, Windows 2003, Office, Exchange, SQL Server and probably just about every piece of software they produce. Their Home & Entertainment division has posted a one-time profitable quarter and their Business Solutions division is also posting losses. The Mobile and Embedded division is around the break-even point if not profitable already. I'm not sure where they hide their mouse and keyboard business at but I doubt they'd still be producing mice and keyboards if that segment didn't at least pay for itself in mindshare if not actual dollars. The "failing" divisions simply are not mature with a steady revenue stream yet.
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We're not talking about percent growth. We're talking about gaining a share of the market. If they said their user base grew 1%, that wouldn't be anything to brag about, but gaining 0.5-1% of the entire market per month is quite nice. If the market is growing at the time they are gobbling up market share, that means their previous 8% share had devalued to smaller percentage and that the additional market share they actually gained would be more than 0.71% of the new market size.
They're not tiny hentai lesbians...
I think they'd really like it if they could get the UN to force everyone else to just use China's filtering on everyone so China can save the money for military buildup :P
Please pass the bud.
Do you expect McDonald's workers to eat nothing but McDonald's food? I certainly hope not.
The UN is basically a revampled Leage of Nations which was a concoction of Woodrow Wilson.
If the United States starts lobbing multi-megaton thermonuclear bombs around, the last thing you have to worry about is DNS...
The US government circa World War II is calling, they want Europe back.
As if they'd collect the taxes. We barely pay our dues and owe them at least a billion, maybe 2 in debt. This is probably because our government has realized that paying them is a waste of taxpayer dollars. We pretty much only pay them enough to make them STFU about it.
We can accept that other countries have retarded laws that make talking about freedom a crime punishable by death, but we don't have to accept such countries controlling what we can and cannot see on the internet, and/or making it a crime in an international court to talk about things they don't like on the internet.
You were beaten into signing a treaty by a bunch of rebels and the French. :o
We have a weaker economy at about 120-135% of the UK's GDP per capita at roughly 5 times the population?
It would probably be put in the hands of a committee where it would be possible that the likes of China could decide what was acceptable and what was not.
Yeah, let's trade one organization set up by the US government (ICANN etc) for another worse organization set up by the US government and administered by human rights abusers and crooks (the UN).
And the British practically belong to us, so what's your point?
If I'm not mistaken, that was a terror suspect. Why wasn't Italy apprehending this person themselves? Or did Italy's spy agency give the CIA the go-ahead and are simply denying it to keep the terrorists off Italy's back?
That's exactly what we need! Having to pay the UN for internet access would rock. Not to mention there'd probably be a committee headed by China, Iran, North Korea and France deciding what should be censored (EVERYTHING!). There are notorious human rights abusers on committees for human rights in the UN. Do you really trust those nuts to control global communications?
If it wasn't the most secure version ever, it'd either be a) less secure or b) just as secure as the current most secure version. Uninteresting post modded up by a mod who couldn't hold their load :|
At least with Microsoft's C++ compiler, the overflow won't matter since doing a subtraction will cause it to go back in the other direction whether it's signed or unsigned and end up with the correct values. Of course, if you're using a language and/or compiler that behaves differently, then it isn't going to work.
Removing Gator will sometimes break some lame software that requires it. After Microsoft buys them and hopefully neuters Gator, their spyware might not be a threat anymore anyway.
Some of us think we wouldn't be giving God enough credit by saying he couldn't just start the ball rolling in a very particular way and *know* exactly how things would turn out (the exact formation of the universe, evolution of human beings etc etc). He's all knowing and all powerful afterall. Perhaps you simply don't have enough faith in the big guy?
I'm sure we should have a warning for every stupid thing a person could possibly do with any product. "Rat poison is not intended to be fed to children." "Do not stick your tongue in the fan." "Do not stick your penis in the fan." "Do not stick your penis in this cup of coffee." "Do not place super-glue on your genitals."
Microsoft's Client, Information Worker and Server & Tools divisions are all profitable. This encompasses Windows XP, Windows 2003, Office, Exchange, SQL Server and probably just about every piece of software they produce. Their Home & Entertainment division has posted a one-time profitable quarter and their Business Solutions division is also posting losses. The Mobile and Embedded division is around the break-even point if not profitable already. I'm not sure where they hide their mouse and keyboard business at but I doubt they'd still be producing mice and keyboards if that segment didn't at least pay for itself in mindshare if not actual dollars. The "failing" divisions simply are not mature with a steady revenue stream yet.
Why was a stock trader capable of making such a huge purchase on their own in the first place?
If IBM *needs* Intel products (when they built PCs) much more than Intel needs IBM products, then Intel can easily bully IBM.
Unlike Microsoft, Nintendo still made profit on their current generation console and will probably make profit on the next.