No. It isn't. This doesn't represent a change in Apple's direction. Apple has always been this way. Apple is a hardware and software company that believes that users should want to use the systems the way Apple designed them. In the early PC (personal computer, not IBM PC brand) days, all of the computer companies were pretty much this way.
How many other consumer electronics products are designed to be opened and modified/repaired? Not very many. No consumer electronics company is going to lose much sleep over losing sales to the small percentage of possible customers who are actually capable (and want to take the time) of repair.
Microsoft is still playing the same old games of monopoly. Look at the new Office formats and the reasons why Open/LibreOffice are having troubles with them. It's reminiscent of Win32 vs. Win-OS/2.
If they're rich and still working 60+ getting richer, there's something wrong with them. The greedy and manipulative are the rich that people hate. The conservatives want to cast it as envy, but it's really about fairness. Nobody's going to object to someone working 60+ to get rich as long as they can work 40 and be comfortable.
it's not as easy as Mitt Romney makes it look.
Yeah. Mitt sure worked hard to raise himself up from the ghetto. >:->
The hollow-earthers were right! The GOP hopefuls should probably campaign on gaining ownership of the natural resources of Pellucidar; it'd fit right in with their anti-anthropomorphic climate change, sustainable fossil fuels, and creationism beliefs.:-D
Considering the source company, it's kind of hard to say this isn't more about spreading FUD over Google's ability to offer exciting new products, than it is about telling how things really are.
I think a lot of Microsoft's success with consumer-grade PCs has been because of their dominance in the business world.
No. It's due to their anti-competitive tactics used to sustain an illegally obtained monopoly on the PC market. Business use of Microsoft products was driven from the home, and Microsoft used client penetration into business to drive server sales. Most businesses already had networked clients with office and other application software running on whatever network OS they supported. The problem from a user perspective was learning two of everything (OS, office software, etc.) which drove demand to have the same environment at work as at home. This changed the dynamic in businesses from server-focused to an unsustainable client-focused and now we need "the cloud" to get us back to server-focused.
Read some Noam Chomsky or Howard Zinn. The USA hasn't ever been a lovable country; the abuses were just better hidden before the internet. I'm not saying it's a bad place to live, but the idea that it was somehow less imperialistic or friendly towards personal freedom "pre 9/11" is laughable.
Nope. I'll go with Sony. They haven't been restricting consumer choice for over 20 years. Now if Playstation was the only console and we were all using Betamax, then you'd have a better argument.;-)
Microsoft has been beaten up over anti-competitive / anti-trust practices many times in many jurisdictions.
Not "beaten up", convicted. The only people who have been beaten up are all the competition that were manhandled over the years. Microsoft is still has an applications barrier to entry and is still changing file formats to try to keep it's monopoly intact.
The findings of fact in the USA anti-trust trial really detail things nicely, if you want an education on why they were convicted and why people hold such hard feelings towards them.
What's the alternative? XBox is obviously out if you're concerned with a parent company's treatment of the Linux user base. Wii doesn't seem to be considered a competing platform to XBox or PS3. i.e., different target audience. Linux PC gaming doesn't seem to be taking off too fast either due to Windows applications barrier to entry. ???
Mandating automated collision avoidance technology would make much more sense. You can ignore a video screen just as easily as a rear view mirror or a back window. Make it an intentional override to back over something. This would also solve many front and side collision problems as well.
LD kids often need to be taught socialization, so it is education. If they don't get some real exposure to the social needs of others, they'll be disadvantaged in real world interactions. Of course, the real exposure comes with all of the normal social pitfalls, so adult guidance is needed to advise on future handling of situations.
Accomodations should be handled through some administrative mechanisms. Often states (USA) have rules for setting up individualized learning plans. This removes some burden from the teacher. Good teachers will already be making accomodations; students are individuals. The "gifted" students also have special needs to keep them engaged in average classroom settings.
getting stuck with students with learning disabilities
Getting stuck with?!? Maybe we should exclude all the LD kids and the ESL kids and segregate the schools by socioeconomic status, so teachers in the "good" schools are less likely to get "stuck".
Turning the entire infrastructure of a school upside-down to switch platforms is more of a problem than a solution.
The OP didn't complain about technology
I would consider not being able to connect to the network to be a technology problem, and the OP also never states what infrastructure the school is on or what platforms they usually run. The suggestion of a switch to Linux also assumes too much.
Your points about needing to consider Windows-only applications needs are valid, considering Microsoft's still present "applications barrier to entry" on PCs.
Meta: So, parent was modded flamebait... I find that moderation more inflammatory than the above comment. Whom would the comment be baiting? Are we really supposed to not mention that linux is free of cost and could be used for general computing, because that could get Microsoft proponents agitated? I think the moderator should try to aquire some better moderating skillz.
Come on now. Microsoft probably paid good money for someone to mod that post down.;-) Oh wait! You're post is modded to zero as well. Surprise, surprise. OTOH, maybe it's due to the AC. Let's wait and see if my post gets modded below 1 as well.
As someone else posted, there are application considerations, and Microsoft still has an "applications barrier to entry" in the PC world. This might be insurmountable wrt textbook software, etc., but like you said, one can easily set up some test machines.
How would it have ever struck anyone as not a social network? I've always viewed it as a social network for business contacts. I keep a very business-oriented persona on my LinkedIn social network, which isn't the same as the persona I might keep on other social networks. It's kind of like the "circles" idea, but separated out further.
I do like the groups feature on LinkedIn, otherwise it's mostly about maintaining business contacts.
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Window's really what the problem is here.
I call BS. How is working from home any less secure than outsourcing or working with outside contractors?
No. It isn't. This doesn't represent a change in Apple's direction. Apple has always been this way. Apple is a hardware and software company that believes that users should want to use the systems the way Apple designed them. In the early PC (personal computer, not IBM PC brand) days, all of the computer companies were pretty much this way.
How many other consumer electronics products are designed to be opened and modified/repaired? Not very many. No consumer electronics company is going to lose much sleep over losing sales to the small percentage of possible customers who are actually capable (and want to take the time) of repair.
Microsoft is still playing the same old games of monopoly. Look at the new Office formats and the reasons why Open/LibreOffice are having troubles with them. It's reminiscent of Win32 vs. Win-OS/2.
all the richest guys I know work 60+ hours/week.
If they're rich and still working 60+ getting richer, there's something wrong with them. The greedy and manipulative are the rich that people hate. The conservatives want to cast it as envy, but it's really about fairness. Nobody's going to object to someone working 60+ to get rich as long as they can work 40 and be comfortable.
it's not as easy as Mitt Romney makes it look.
Yeah. Mitt sure worked hard to raise himself up from the ghetto. >:->
The USA's relationship with Iran has been shitty since 1979
Actually, even before that due to our support for the Shah.
As for Israel, Jello Biafra has some interesting comments here.
The hollow-earthers were right! The GOP hopefuls should probably campaign on gaining ownership of the natural resources of Pellucidar; it'd fit right in with their anti-anthropomorphic climate change, sustainable fossil fuels, and creationism beliefs. :-D
You do realize that the "research in-house like they used to do around WWII to 1970s-ish" was mostly government subsidized.
Considering the source company, it's kind of hard to say this isn't more about spreading FUD over Google's ability to offer exciting new products, than it is about telling how things really are.
Yes. The "fool me once" moment, WinCE, is shame on you, Microsoft! BUT .. the "fool me twice" moment is shame on [insert automotive company]!
I think a lot of Microsoft's success with consumer-grade PCs has been because of their dominance in the business world.
No. It's due to their anti-competitive tactics used to sustain an illegally obtained monopoly on the PC market. Business use of Microsoft products was driven from the home, and Microsoft used client penetration into business to drive server sales. Most businesses already had networked clients with office and other application software running on whatever network OS they supported. The problem from a user perspective was learning two of everything (OS, office software, etc.) which drove demand to have the same environment at work as at home. This changed the dynamic in businesses from server-focused to an unsustainable client-focused and now we need "the cloud" to get us back to server-focused.
Read some Noam Chomsky or Howard Zinn. The USA hasn't ever been a lovable country; the abuses were just better hidden before the internet. I'm not saying it's a bad place to live, but the idea that it was somehow less imperialistic or friendly towards personal freedom "pre 9/11" is laughable.
Nope. I'll go with Sony. They haven't been restricting consumer choice for over 20 years. Now if Playstation was the only console and we were all using Betamax, then you'd have a better argument. ;-)
Microsoft has been beaten up over anti-competitive / anti-trust practices many times in many jurisdictions.
Not "beaten up", convicted. The only people who have been beaten up are all the competition that were manhandled over the years. Microsoft is still has an applications barrier to entry and is still changing file formats to try to keep it's monopoly intact.
The findings of fact in the USA anti-trust trial really detail things nicely, if you want an education on why they were convicted and why people hold such hard feelings towards them.
Weapon of Mass Defense? ;-)
What's the alternative? XBox is obviously out if you're concerned with a parent company's treatment of the Linux user base. Wii doesn't seem to be considered a competing platform to XBox or PS3. i.e., different target audience. Linux PC gaming doesn't seem to be taking off too fast either due to Windows applications barrier to entry. ???
Mandating automated collision avoidance technology would make much more sense. You can ignore a video screen just as easily as a rear view mirror or a back window. Make it an intentional override to back over something. This would also solve many front and side collision problems as well.
LD kids often need to be taught socialization, so it is education. If they don't get some real exposure to the social needs of others, they'll be disadvantaged in real world interactions. Of course, the real exposure comes with all of the normal social pitfalls, so adult guidance is needed to advise on future handling of situations.
Accomodations should be handled through some administrative mechanisms. Often states (USA) have rules for setting up individualized learning plans. This removes some burden from the teacher. Good teachers will already be making accomodations; students are individuals. The "gifted" students also have special needs to keep them engaged in average classroom settings.
Before the rants start about over-entitled public employees
In America there's no such thing; it's one of the big conservative myths (lies).
getting stuck with students with learning disabilities
Getting stuck with?!? Maybe we should exclude all the LD kids and the ESL kids and segregate the schools by socioeconomic status, so teachers in the "good" schools are less likely to get "stuck".
I fail to see how this post addresses anything in the OP's submission. ???
What problem would switching platforms solve?
Turning the entire infrastructure of a school upside-down to switch platforms is more of a problem than a solution.
The OP didn't complain about technology
I would consider not being able to connect to the network to be a technology problem, and the OP also never states what infrastructure the school is on or what platforms they usually run. The suggestion of a switch to Linux also assumes too much.
Your points about needing to consider Windows-only applications needs are valid, considering Microsoft's still present "applications barrier to entry" on PCs.
Meta: So, parent was modded flamebait... I find that moderation more inflammatory than the above comment. Whom would the comment be baiting? Are we really supposed to not mention that linux is free of cost and could be used for general computing, because that could get Microsoft proponents agitated? I think the moderator should try to aquire some better moderating skillz.
Come on now. Microsoft probably paid good money for someone to mod that post down. ;-) Oh wait! You're post is modded to zero as well. Surprise, surprise. OTOH, maybe it's due to the AC. Let's wait and see if my post gets modded below 1 as well.
As someone else posted, there are application considerations, and Microsoft still has an "applications barrier to entry" in the PC world. This might be insurmountable wrt textbook software, etc., but like you said, one can easily set up some test machines.
How would it have ever struck anyone as not a social network? I've always viewed it as a social network for business contacts. I keep a very business-oriented persona on my LinkedIn social network, which isn't the same as the persona I might keep on other social networks. It's kind of like the "circles" idea, but separated out further.
I do like the groups feature on LinkedIn, otherwise it's mostly about maintaining business contacts.
https://www.eviscerati.org/comics/comic/hd/2010/04/real-legal-argument-revealed
OK. Old one, but Chris'll probably have to bite on this.
... why we need IPv6. ;-)