Yes it wasmarketing as shown by..."No. 1 personal computer and computer printer maker" yeah right, 70% of their revenue comes from printers so how big is the printer company as Larry Ellison calls em?
Novell has announced NetWare will cease to exist as a standalone product
Um, "cease to exist" means a lot more than "cease to exist as a standalone product" in fact, they are opposite meanings. The highlighting emphasises the negative...I think this is a great announcement that sends a confused message. Hey they are adopting Linux more strongly, thats good right? They are not dropping NetWare, thats good for current NetWare users.
Hmmm, beholden to the public in what way? Microsoft played in a market where they knew the rules. They brokes the rules and couldn't explain themselves to the satisfaction of the EU, so they are now responsible for their actions just like an individual. If the punishment doesn't fit the crime, that is not the fault of the rule makers. That is the fault of the rule enforcers.
Actually Hong Kong has good examples of smart card technology in place using similar paradigm. Get on the bus...wave your smart card near the reader...fare paid,, go to MacD's and pay for your burger...travel on the train, use your card to get access through turn-styles. Millions of people use these every day, literally.
Make life a lot easier than finding the correct change and possibilities for extending its use are endless.
Novell does have plenty of IP to offer in the desktop space as evidenced by their Ximian and SUSE combo however I agree that they would probably not offer this in return for a deal with Chinese business - their attitude to IP in general and copyright in particular would put them off. Rather there are many large business poerating out of HK/Singa pore that they want a piece of.
Anyone here complete nethack or have used the latest version? I remember playing a variant on a VAX11/780 at the same time as on a PC/XT (circa '83) - whoa flashback!
Plenty of links out there: http://hakosoftware.com/nethack/
Nothing except they used to be called Special High Intensity Technology Association for Security Servcies which didn't do their poularity any good at all. Now they just act like they're called that.
Classic comment: "It is the first I've heard of anyone attempting that," said EFF legal director Cindy Cohn. "I guess that is a silver lining of the fact that the RIAA is suing so many people, that there are a lot of lawyers trying to figure out ways to protect folks."
So lawyers are trying to protect folks, wow, these people are already at the bottom of the cliff! I wonder how many of these cliff-dwellers thought about the legality of their "free" download rather than buying a ligitimate copy. Most probably consider it fair use, like recording off Television or Radio broadcasts. Is there a legal difference because the mdeium is not radio waves?
At the risk of repeating the same sentiment voiced here I have to say that the Tablet concept is not a new one as it has previously failed in an attempt to corner the market that was "emerging" in the eighties...I seem to remember a Grid machine (early laptop) coming out and months later a Compaq Concerto with no keyboard and hand writing recgnition...this was years ago and where are they now? In a museum I suspect, the best place for the latest breed of form without function.
For Windoze systems checkout the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer although it relies on Windows Update, not a good sign, but it can at least check against MS known vulnerabilities - the client can already download and run but it can be used as a base level of checking to show how good your "industrial strength" tools are.
At the end of the day, its a cost/benefit exercise in trying to balance the clients budget against their paranoia.
The reason an American company producing products in China does not sell this model in the Americas is that is a fairly shoddy piece...read the review, the guy didn't like anything about it except it had a useful screen indoors, not much of recommendation, perhaps the product is not quite mature enough and Motorola are willing to test it on the Asian market since people there tend to change phones so often, they might not notice its short comings before they swap to the next new model when it appears.
Fully. I was vaguely thinking that I would really like to see us all participating in a voting system that in reality could affect the real outcomes of real politcians in real time, instant feedback on issues of the day...like/. but as a referendum device this would be both fast and effective....and insecure using todays technologies..we can all dream for real.
OK, to summarize, a great man that was seriously flawed that created a massive monopoly and was bailed out of the depression when WWII broke out and the government paid IBM to send everyone left alive to work for very little and even though IBM only charged !% profit to the govt. they mysteriously ended the war having doubled in size.
Yes they helped the nazis and get the money from it, yes IBM paid women the same rate as men (years ahead of its time), yes he was a charismatic figure who predictably clinged onto power too long and was eventually outsed by his own son...so all in all, you can't agree with some of the politics involved but you can say it makes a great "reality soap opera"...very interesting and lessons to be learnt for all who gain from other history...then again, Billy G never did read much.
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In Hong Kong there are plenty of rip-off white headphones so mugging these people is likely to get you a $10 FM radio :-)
IBM too... http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/intellistation/apro/index .html
tasty 64-bit AMD plus RHL
Yes it wasmarketing as shown by ..."No. 1 personal computer and computer printer maker" yeah right, 70% of their revenue comes from printers so how big is the printer company as Larry Ellison calls em?
...but I'm not sure what...
Novell has announced NetWare will cease to exist as a standalone product
Um, "cease to exist" means a lot more than "cease to exist as a standalone product" in fact, they are opposite meanings. The highlighting emphasises the negative...I think this is a great announcement that sends a confused message. Hey they are adopting Linux more strongly, thats good right? They are not dropping NetWare, thats good for current NetWare users.
The glass is half full...
Hmmm, beholden to the public in what way? Microsoft played in a market where they knew the rules. They brokes the rules and couldn't explain themselves to the satisfaction of the EU, so they are now responsible for their actions just like an individual. If the punishment doesn't fit the crime, that is not the fault of the rule makers. That is the fault of the rule enforcers.
Actually Hong Kong has good examples of smart card technology in place using similar paradigm. Get on the bus...wave your smart card near the reader...fare paid,, go to MacD's and pay for your burger...travel on the train, use your card to get access through turn-styles. Millions of people use these every day, literally.
Make life a lot easier than finding the correct change and possibilities for extending its use are endless.
Um at the risk of nitpicking...Windows 1.0 was the first version...I apologize in advance for knowing this.
Novell does have plenty of IP to offer in the desktop space as evidenced by their Ximian and SUSE combo however I agree that they would probably not offer this in return for a deal with Chinese business - their attitude to IP in general and copyright in particular would put them off. Rather there are many large business poerating out of HK/Singa pore that they want a piece of.
Cantonese is the "second" official language of Hong Kong after Putongwua (Mandarin) and English is an increasingly distant third.
Anyone here complete nethack or have used the latest version? I remember playing a variant on a VAX11/780 at the same time as on a PC/XT (circa '83) - whoa flashback!
Plenty of links out there: http://hakosoftware.com/nethack/
Nethack 3.4.3 here: http://www.nethack.org/common/index.html
Easily my favourite game of all time.
Nothing except they used to be called Special High Intensity Technology Association for Security Servcies which didn't do their poularity any good at all. Now they just act like they're called that.
Small Business Server was the first time that we really kind of architected from the ground up for the small-business environment.
er, yeah right.
Poor little hamsters got run over by 18-wheels of slashdot...anyone got a mirror?
Classic comment: "It is the first I've heard of anyone attempting that," said EFF legal director Cindy Cohn. "I guess that is a silver lining of the fact that the RIAA is suing so many people, that there are a lot of lawyers trying to figure out ways to protect folks."
So lawyers are trying to protect folks, wow, these people are already at the bottom of the cliff! I wonder how many of these cliff-dwellers thought about the legality of their "free" download rather than buying a ligitimate copy. Most probably consider it fair use, like recording off Television or Radio broadcasts. Is there a legal difference because the mdeium is not radio waves?
At the risk of repeating the same sentiment voiced here I have to say that the Tablet concept is not a new one as it has previously failed in an attempt to corner the market that was "emerging" in the eighties...I seem to remember a Grid machine (early laptop) coming out and months later a Compaq Concerto with no keyboard and hand writing recgnition...this was years ago and where are they now? In a museum I suspect, the best place for the latest breed of form without function.
My 2c...
Not that kind of heroin, this "real life" kind of xray vision from an ex-superpower [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_855907.html]
Xray vision would be cool if we good all do it...imagine airport security with everyone having X-ray vision?!
Fully, thats why Dell dropped their Indian call centre like a hot chapati
For Windoze systems checkout the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer although it relies on Windows Update, not a good sign, but it can at least check against MS known vulnerabilities - the client can already download and run but it can be used as a base level of checking to show how good your "industrial strength" tools are.
At the end of the day, its a cost/benefit exercise in trying to balance the clients budget against their paranoia.
For the direct link to Microsoft offical statement, see:
e b0 4/02-12windowssource.asp
:-)
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/F
and you might want to check it for updates
Because M$ are a convicted monopolist - duh
The reason an American company producing products in China does not sell this model in the Americas is that is a fairly shoddy piece...read the review, the guy didn't like anything about it except it had a useful screen indoors, not much of recommendation, perhaps the product is not quite mature enough and Motorola are willing to test it on the Asian market since people there tend to change phones so often, they might not notice its short comings before they swap to the next new model when it appears.
Off topic? Its not a far cry from e-law making to e-voting...is anyone on my wavelength? O, sorry, its /.
Fully. I was vaguely thinking that I would really like to see us all participating in a voting system that in reality could affect the real outcomes of real politcians in real time, instant feedback on issues of the day...like /. but as a referendum device this would be both fast and effective....and insecure using todays technologies..we can all dream for real.
No joke.
Massively multi-player voting system with feedback! Cool!
OK, to summarize, a great man that was seriously flawed that created a massive monopoly and was bailed out of the depression when WWII broke out and the government paid IBM to send everyone left alive to work for very little and even though IBM only charged !% profit to the govt. they mysteriously ended the war having doubled in size.
Yes they helped the nazis and get the money from it, yes IBM paid women the same rate as men (years ahead of its time), yes he was a charismatic figure who predictably clinged onto power too long and was eventually outsed by his own son...so all in all, you can't agree with some of the politics involved but you can say it makes a great "reality soap opera"...very interesting and lessons to be learnt for all who gain from other history...then again, Billy G never did read much.