Sonys approach with blu-ray is more similar to the way they marketed dvd than betamax and memory stick. And you know what resulted from the dvd vs divx war.
why would anyone.... trust a remote company to hold their data
I'm not gonna answer why because everyone will have their own reasons but what I can say is theres not a shortage of them. These are the same people who use web based email and they will be the same people Google targets already (but not exclusively).
As to: " rely on a net connection to be able to write a letter"
I wonder hwo many google/hotmail/yahoo users type their letter in notepad and then paste it into their browser before sending.
It could if Google came out with a spreadsheet or word processor that works over the web in something like xml and saves files in gmail. If its made to web standards and works in any platform browser than they they'll be indirectly taking on ms's os as well since people wont have to have windows to use it. (office being a big reason people buy windows. for stuff like games ms is doing a good enough job itself moving gamers to consoles).
Googles economic model may be offering basic word processing/spreadsheet features for free and then if they want the more advanced features available they have to subscribe to it. ads in the free version would bring in money to google too.
I think it is foolish to believe your blu-ray player will only work if its connected to the phoneline or modem. Blu ray (and hd-dvd ) are aimed to at the mass market, to be in every living room, every new comp etc. everywhere theres a dvd player, hd-dvd and blu ray aim to replace them. Neither format will achieve this if they require phoning home to work. And I think Toshiba and Sony realize this. Both know better than to pull another divx.
Everything you just said applies equally as much to Microsoft which this whole slashdot article is about. In addition to pushing their own proprietary formats and not following set standards, ms is also notorious for taking credit for other organisations work (ms tcp/ip in windows anyone?), derailing standards (opengl) and changing their own implenmentation of a standard so its not a standard anymore (ms java, html, etc).
You make it sound like everyone else is backing the 'other standard' while only sony is backing blu ray when blu ray has the most support and hd-dvd (the only other feasible next gen disc format rival) has far fewer. If you set your bias for sony aside for a minute you may realize that it is ms here that is not following the next gen disc format that has the most support. Seems to me like ms trying to derail a 'standard' again.
ah the site is slashdotted. Anyone lucky enough to have got ther before it caught on fire could they answer this for me: did they test the Truepower 2 550? how did it go because I just put in a order for one no longer than 10 minutes ago.
I'm look at this page (http://www.gp32x.com/gpx2xgp.php) which compares the two handhelds. Is there another page I should be looking at?
I like big screens too. I read a review the other on the gb micro that just came out and while the guy said the screen is a lot nicer rpgs are difficult becausethe text is too small. I mainly play rpgs so I think I'll be giving that one a miss and sticking with the sp. the gp2x looks appealing though.
Making it a requirement for an entertainment appliance to phone home in order to function is suicide. Divx tried it and had a spectacular death. Sonys not stupid enough to try this.
Think about what you're saying. it would mean people out on a remote farm away from other people but have a tv and generator,would not be able to use a ps3.
A hell of a lot of people don't have broadband access. And a hell of a lot of people don't have land lines (more and more people are moving off to mobiles/cells too). if calling home was necessary for the ps3 to work then sony would be cutting a large portion of their potential market off. and for a applicance that Sony aims to be 'in everyones home' as they say, this is counterproductive towards it.
They will learn what fear is when Tom Cruise hails all frequencies until he reachesthe pilot and exclaims 'now why you do that for? you know what? you're.. you're a jerk!'
they are all variants of the dvd format while blu-ray and hd-dvd are vastly different. not only are their licensing hurdles to overcome but technical as well.
diamonds aren't rare, they are held hostage by a cartel. two of the hooligans would be arrested the minute they set foot in the US. Secondly we can manufacture diamonds. The electronic industry can make use of this. The cartel can try to stop it but the electronics industry is much bigger and can easily trump it.
As an Australia-born chinese I feel no sympathy for the bombs being dropped in japan. If it weren't for the bombs, many more lives would have been lost in an all out assualt on japan. If neither was done, japan would have continued with committing atrocities against the allies.
There was no avoiding deaths. japan should have thought about that before starting a war with just about every Asia-Pacific nation.
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addendum: stupid microsoft doesn't learn from history.
Sonys approach with blu-ray is more similar to the way they marketed dvd than betamax and memory stick. And you know what resulted from the dvd vs divx war.
another corp has ripped a page out of microsoft business practices.
why would anyone.... trust a remote company to hold their data
I'm not gonna answer why because everyone will have their own reasons but what I can say is theres not a shortage of them. These are the same people who use web based email and they will be the same people Google targets already (but not exclusively).
As to:
" rely on a net connection to be able to write a letter"
I wonder hwo many google/hotmail/yahoo users type their letter in notepad and then paste it into their browser before sending.
It could if Google came out with a spreadsheet or word processor that works over the web in something like xml and saves files in gmail. If its made to web standards and works in any platform browser than they they'll be indirectly taking on ms's os as well since people wont have to have windows to use it. (office being a big reason people buy windows. for stuff like games ms is doing a good enough job itself moving gamers to consoles).
Googles economic model may be offering basic word processing/spreadsheet features for free and then if they want the more advanced features available they have to subscribe to it. ads in the free version would bring in money to google too.
I think it is foolish to believe your blu-ray player will only work if its connected to the phoneline or modem. Blu ray (and hd-dvd ) are aimed to at the mass market, to be in every living room, every new comp etc. everywhere theres a dvd player, hd-dvd and blu ray aim to replace them. Neither format will achieve this if they require phoning home to work. And I think Toshiba and Sony realize this. Both know better than to pull another divx.
Everything you just said applies equally as much to Microsoft which this whole slashdot article is about. In addition to pushing their own proprietary formats and not following set standards, ms is also notorious for taking credit for other organisations work (ms tcp/ip in windows anyone?), derailing standards (opengl) and changing their own implenmentation of a standard so its not a standard anymore (ms java, html, etc).
You make it sound like everyone else is backing the 'other standard' while only sony is backing blu ray when blu ray has the most support and hd-dvd (the only other feasible next gen disc format rival) has far fewer. If you set your bias for sony aside for a minute you may realize that it is ms here that is not following the next gen disc format that has the most support. Seems to me like ms trying to derail a 'standard' again.
ah the site is slashdotted. Anyone lucky enough to have got ther before it caught on fire could they answer this for me: did they test the Truepower 2 550? how did it go because I just put in a order for one no longer than 10 minutes ago.
I had an s3 at the time and had the same problems. :) I wish there was a port of the Mechwarrior series to handhelds.
I'm look at this page (http://www.gp32x.com/gpx2xgp.php) which compares the two handhelds. Is there another page I should be looking at?
I like big screens too. I read a review the other on the gb micro that just came out and while the guy said the screen is a lot nicer rpgs are difficult becausethe text is too small. I mainly play rpgs so I think I'll be giving that one a miss and sticking with the sp. the gp2x looks appealing though.
seems in some ways a downgrade.
they went from a 4inch screen to a 3.5 inch one. screen res went down and they took out the wireless.
Ming Vases have been found here. They date circa 1600A.D.
Making it a requirement for an entertainment appliance to phone home in order to function is suicide. Divx tried it and had a spectacular death. Sonys not stupid enough to try this.
Think about what you're saying. it would mean people out on a remote farm away from other people but have a tv and generator,would not be able to use a ps3.
A hell of a lot of people don't have broadband access. And a hell of a lot of people don't have land lines (more and more people are moving off to mobiles/cells too). if calling home was necessary for the ps3 to work then sony would be cutting a large portion of their potential market off. and for a applicance that Sony aims to be 'in everyones home' as they say, this is counterproductive towards it.
Trademarks must be used. Either ms would have to renamed windows to Linux or actually make a linux distribution. I can't see them doing either.
Or it didn't apply to them.
"Not all of the recipients were using Linux as part of their business of product/service names."
They will learn what fear is when Tom Cruise hails all frequencies until he reachesthe pilot and exclaims 'now why you do that for? you know what? you're.. you're a jerk!'
Nah the smart ones stayed behind and bought up all the cheap real estate when the foolish ones jumped ship. HK is still as properous as ever today.
Tom Cruise: you fired a missile at me. you know what.. you're... you're a jerk!
they are all variants of the dvd format while blu-ray and hd-dvd are vastly different. not only are their licensing hurdles to overcome but technical as well.
Your post about aircraft OSes and in-flight system crashes reminds me of an hilarious old thread I remember reading here.
Here's the link to the topic that talks about the OS in the f22.
they don't play 'Crash and Burn' by Savage Garden.
isn't this the guy who use to spam the cd burning NGs?
thanks i've been hunting around the web for ages looking for a pic to gauge its size.
diamonds aren't rare, they are held hostage by a cartel. two of the hooligans would be arrested the minute they set foot in the US. Secondly we can manufacture diamonds. The electronic industry can make use of this. The cartel can try to stop it but the electronics industry is much bigger and can easily trump it.
As an Australia-born chinese I feel no sympathy for the bombs being dropped in japan. If it weren't for the bombs, many more lives would have been lost in an all out assualt on japan. If neither was done, japan would have continued with committing atrocities against the allies.
There was no avoiding deaths. japan should have thought about that before starting a war with just about every Asia-Pacific nation.