The SDK will probably be free at the beginning - remember it's for the World Domination. However this does not necessarily mean it will be free forever.
Instead of "How Should One Review a Distribution?", shouldn't we ask "Should One Review a Distribution?"?
It's like you look at news.google.com, "Bill Gates fined 800000 dollars for merger violation" has 153 related news, I am sure the essence of those news is the same.
However in the world of easy content creation and publication, nobody will stop doing the same things.
Over there, cars are installed with a fare-paying device which automatically pays road-toll depending where and when you're driving on which section of the road.
Hopefully this will encourage more people to move away from IE.
Only if these people were running IE on this Linux distribution. I don't think there are many people who will download and install a new distro because it has the latest, bestest browser.
Shouldn't the location be characteristically close to the future real launch venue? I don't think it'll help much if everybody test launch in antarctica:)
I believe this is just MS's marketing at work, we have probably seen those advertisements about XXX potatoe chips are 97% fat free, and 3% healthier than other competitors, but how many consumers really go to find out if it's true? and if it is, how things are compared? since number/percentage can easily be tweaked to your advantage.
However, my real question is, does OO.org already have a similar Competitive Guide Why people should use OO.org?
Open Source users 'in the know' probably can understand the benefits in the sleep, but how many average MS-only users? Bashing MS isn't always as effective as praising the alternative.
Is it the reason why we're seeing more and more MS-related "Everybody-Should-Use-It" web services?
Since nobody's really using the passport, MS is really trying to force people to use it by introducting IM, webmail and maybe in the future and passport-based search engine...
Everybody's has two columns, good and bad counts, next to your profile based on your personal conduct records reported by anybody who has had contact with you.
Then in a pool of passenger they do a Bayensian formulae to determine if that particular flight has a probability of terrorism, based on all passengers. To cut down the processing time, they'll only pick the 15 most interesting passengers with either the highest or lowest good/bad counts.
A digital divide is probably more likely, as most people on broadband are accessing fuller multi-media experiences while poor souls have to avoid big-combo sites.
I think from the history of technology advancement, things always get bigger, better, faster, strong etc, and they usually don't break themselves down in the process.
Take our transportation for example, when the gravel roads got too crowded, we paved them, then widened them, then built highway motorway causeway, then we moved to train, light-rail, bullettrain.
At first we only tried to travel a short distance if you had to do it by foot, when we have cars, we want to travel further and eventually it is too far for cars, and we move to flights etc etc.
It's not quite in the same target market, as it plays movies, stores photos, and most importantly it is FATTER than iPod (roughly three times as thick as an iPod and roughly twice as long ).
It's like callling an elephant a pet killer because it can carry luggages, push start your car etc, which your normal domestic pets like dogs, cats cannot do.
It's hard to believe these kind of trojans are not in any way related to spammers.
Just take a look at the feature list, it probably has more bells and whistles than most of the software out there.
Is there a way to trace back the master of these trojans and do something about it? Surely these trojans need to do something for their masters at some stage, probably waiting for commands somewhere.
One thing I learnt from working (as opposed to freelancing) is that you need to take into account business value of a product, otherwise it is next to useless.
Most self-inspired products are too heavily biased towards technology, but not enough in the business sense.
I'm curently researching this spam filter, it may sound like a good idea, maybe it even works, but I have yet to see a business sense in it, i.e. how to market it, brand it and add value to the users. Please note that by business sense, it doesn't necessarily mean profit, but a sense for users to actually use it.
I guess what I am trying to say is, most geek-based products are developed based on the developers' vision of the world, but they hardly have a chance to meet up with potential project sponsors, and consumers (focus groups) who are really the persons to tell what should be developed.
I guess it is fair to put a stop to such brand dilution. No matter how free a product is, it is still important to maintain its identity based on some standards/rules. Without such control, the brand/goodwill will eventually become less valuable.
Some might argue if you're doing something for free, why do you want to protect your branding. Well, branding is what consumers look for in making a decision (most of the time), and if a company can maintain a strong branding, it is able to continue pushing its mission/objective using the same brand, and consumers will continue to use products based on that mission/objective.
If Sun didn't control the use of naming of Java, we might have too many different version of *Java*, and eventually consumers couldn't find one to stick to and the standard might be lost.
Imagine if people start printing Slashdot logo all over all kind of vibrators...
Personally I think it might just be a bit easier to roll out a gaming linux console, as it eliminates most of the installtion/setup processes that could be complicated sometiems.
Yeah it is a very good point, imagine how many life insurance companies went out of business or bailed out by the government because of 9/11.
As stated by the parent post, a simliar (but proven) SCO case can well involve the whole development community, and it's going to hurt even more for those insured.
If it is like most insurance, it probably won't cover existing illness and conditions.
Anyway, the article said SCO believes that its $699 per processor Intellectual Property License for Linux, however, is a better idea. "Ours is certainly the most reasonable way to go and certainly the safest way to go," said SCO spokesman Blake Stowell.
Which probably means this insurance premium mustn't be too expensive.
Unless the insurance premium is kept low - it could be low now, but we only need a couple of alligation to push up the premium - eventually, only big development houses can afford such insurance, and what are part-time freelance developers going to do?
The main problem is, when you have such 'standard protection' for malpractice, consumers want to see that you're insured.
In most offices, they don't use noise generators (ie Gossip Support Group) to cancel out talking noises, instead they put in a lot of plants, cubicles, which act to absorb most of the noises.
If the noise is pointing at your directly, then you probably need a cancelling method. If it is a general-direction noise, it should be absorbed rather than trying to cancel it (where you need to find it in the first place).
Slashdot Mirror
The SDK will probably be free at the beginning - remember it's for the World Domination. However this does not necessarily mean it will be free forever.
Those who managed to track pass those few critical trail junctions probably will not need the search and rescue.
Is it possible to have centralised server for Xbox Live? Like what we have for PC-based online gaming?
Not only will it help shouldering the bandwidth cap some third-world internet users have to suffer, it'll also provide a centralised stats.
This will also help pushing tournaments/competition.
in the article, both phones have 2 hours talk, and what happens when users are using the other non-talking functions??
Instead of "How Should One Review a Distribution?", shouldn't we ask "Should One Review a Distribution?"?
It's like you look at news.google.com, "Bill Gates fined 800000 dollars for merger violation" has 153 related news, I am sure the essence of those news is the same.
However in the world of easy content creation and publication, nobody will stop doing the same things.
Over there, cars are installed with a fare-paying device which automatically pays road-toll depending where and when you're driving on which section of the road.
It's bad, but nothing shocking.
Hopefully this will encourage more people to move away from IE.
Only if these people were running IE on this Linux distribution. I don't think there are many people who will download and install a new distro because it has the latest, bestest browser.
Wouldn't it make sense to separate data from patients? This is like Database Design 101.
So patient medical records can be transcribed by anyone without leaking the identities, and the patient details are held in another database.
So if someone wants to post a medical record, it can only go as far as "Patient DFA12435 has xxx, HA! HA!".
Shouldn't the location be characteristically close to the future real launch venue? I don't think it'll help much if everybody test launch in antarctica :)
I believe this is just MS's marketing at work, we have probably seen those advertisements about XXX potatoe chips are 97% fat free, and 3% healthier than other competitors, but how many consumers really go to find out if it's true? and if it is, how things are compared? since number/percentage can easily be tweaked to your advantage.
However, my real question is, does OO.org already have a similar Competitive Guide Why people should use OO.org?
Open Source users 'in the know' probably can understand the benefits in the sleep, but how many average MS-only users? Bashing MS isn't always as effective as praising the alternative.
Is it the reason why we're seeing more and more MS-related "Everybody-Should-Use-It" web services?
Since nobody's really using the passport, MS is really trying to force people to use it by introducting IM, webmail and maybe in the future and passport-based search engine...
Everybody's has two columns, good and bad counts, next to your profile based on your personal conduct records reported by anybody who has had contact with you.
Then in a pool of passenger they do a Bayensian formulae to determine if that particular flight has a probability of terrorism, based on all passengers. To cut down the processing time, they'll only pick the 15 most interesting passengers with either the highest or lowest good/bad counts.
A digital divide is probably more likely, as most people on broadband are accessing fuller multi-media experiences while poor souls have to avoid big-combo sites.
I think from the history of technology advancement, things always get bigger, better, faster, strong etc, and they usually don't break themselves down in the process.
Take our transportation for example, when the gravel roads got too crowded, we paved them, then widened them, then built highway motorway causeway, then we moved to train, light-rail, bullettrain.
At first we only tried to travel a short distance if you had to do it by foot, when we have cars, we want to travel further and eventually it is too far for cars, and we move to flights etc etc.
The cycle just keeps going.
It's not quite in the same target market, as it plays movies, stores photos, and most importantly it is FATTER than iPod (roughly three times as thick as an iPod and roughly twice as long ).
It's like callling an elephant a pet killer because it can carry luggages, push start your car etc, which your normal domestic pets like dogs, cats cannot do.
It's hard to believe these kind of trojans are not in any way related to spammers.
Just take a look at the feature list, it probably has more bells and whistles than most of the software out there.
Is there a way to trace back the master of these trojans and do something about it? Surely these trojans need to do something for their masters at some stage, probably waiting for commands somewhere.
One thing I learnt from working (as opposed to freelancing) is that you need to take into account business value of a product, otherwise it is next to useless.
Most self-inspired products are too heavily biased towards technology, but not enough in the business sense.
I'm curently researching this spam filter, it may sound like a good idea, maybe it even works, but I have yet to see a business sense in it, i.e. how to market it, brand it and add value to the users. Please note that by business sense, it doesn't necessarily mean profit, but a sense for users to actually use it.
I guess what I am trying to say is, most geek-based products are developed based on the developers' vision of the world, but they hardly have a chance to meet up with potential project sponsors, and consumers (focus groups) who are really the persons to tell what should be developed.
I guess it is fair to put a stop to such brand dilution. No matter how free a product is, it is still important to maintain its identity based on some standards/rules. Without such control, the brand/goodwill will eventually become less valuable.
Some might argue if you're doing something for free, why do you want to protect your branding. Well, branding is what consumers look for in making a decision (most of the time), and if a company can maintain a strong branding, it is able to continue pushing its mission/objective using the same brand, and consumers will continue to use products based on that mission/objective.
If Sun didn't control the use of naming of Java, we might have too many different version of *Java*, and eventually consumers couldn't find one to stick to and the standard might be lost.
Imagine if people start printing Slashdot logo all over all kind of vibrators...
Personally I think it might just be a bit easier to roll out a gaming linux console, as it eliminates most of the installtion/setup processes that could be complicated sometiems.
Remember though, it's just (Fiction) TV show, and what the producer said is just his personal opinion.
This is probably as excitable as the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968.
According to the article, it has more high-tech gadgets than a normal printer, things such as high resolution, bluetooth, cell connection etc etc.
Don't most female just want a printer that prints, and with HelloKitty casing?
If the printer is being used by a male (via the BO sensor), first thing it will ask is "Does the letter look fat in font size 14?".
Yeah it is a very good point, imagine how many life insurance companies went out of business or bailed out by the government because of 9/11.
As stated by the parent post, a simliar (but proven) SCO case can well involve the whole development community, and it's going to hurt even more for those insured.
If it is like most insurance, it probably won't cover existing illness and conditions.
Anyway, the article said SCO believes that its $699 per processor Intellectual Property License for Linux, however, is a better idea. "Ours is certainly the most reasonable way to go and certainly the safest way to go," said SCO spokesman Blake Stowell.
Which probably means this insurance premium mustn't be too expensive.
Unless the insurance premium is kept low - it could be low now, but we only need a couple of alligation to push up the premium - eventually, only big development houses can afford such insurance, and what are part-time freelance developers going to do?
The main problem is, when you have such 'standard protection' for malpractice, consumers want to see that you're insured.
In most offices, they don't use noise generators (ie Gossip Support Group) to cancel out talking noises, instead they put in a lot of plants, cubicles, which act to absorb most of the noises.
If the noise is pointing at your directly, then you probably need a cancelling method. If it is a general-direction noise, it should be absorbed rather than trying to cancel it (where you need to find it in the first place).