You are too right. I had never thought of it like that before. I'm going to start doing that myself. Sometimes it seems like the woods is the only place we have left.
Let's say I own a movie on VHS tape. Here at school, I don't have a VCR, so I can't watch my VHS movies. It is within my fair use rights, however, to format shift those tapes so that I can watch the movies. If i am too lazy, or don't have a VCR, I can simply download the movie. If people are not allowed to share the file, whether or not they actually have a legit license to it, it impedes my fair use right to format shifting under current US copyright law as established in "the betamax case"
There are many of us that still light up joints after our exams. In fact, many of us do it before our exams. Especially since New York state has decriminalized the stuff.
I don't think Sun is capable of buying AMD. I would imagine something more like Sun selling their microprocessor division to AMD in exchange for a sweet licensing deal.
Sun is not IBM. IBM is not bleeding money. IBM does not need to change anything to avoid going bankrupt. IBM is different in many ways as well. Sun only builds systems with Sun processors. IBM builds Power4 systems as well as Pentium systems. Sun only builds solaris systems. IBM builds systems that run AIX, they build linux servers, they even build windows workstations. IBM has been smart and followed market trends. When the mainframe market began to wane, IBM didn't sit there and wonder why their mainframes were not selling, they started building PC's. They find out what the customers want and give it to them. Sun builds the same sort of stuff and wonders why the customers aren't buying it.
I assume by "Apple's G5" you mean the integrated system, not the processor. Remember that the G5 is built by IBM and is in actuality a toned-down version of IBM's monster CPU, the Power4.
As for Sun, I don't think they are capable of keeping up with the growth of microprocessors. They should be looking for a buyer for that part of their business.
It isn't Sun's software thats bad. The problem is their microprocessor division. They are bleeding R&D money but not getting the sort of results from their sparc line that AMD, Intel, and IBM are getting from the Opteron, Xeon, and Power4 (power 5 is due this year) respectively. One of the best things for sun to do to save themselves from extinction is sell off their microprocessor division (and get a sweet deal on another company's chips) and focus on making systems and software. Apple, although small, has constantly been able to find a market for itself (and make a profit) by doing this.
Sun's business model needs to change. By building their own processors, systems, and operating software all at the same time, they are not going to do any of them very well and they will bleed out alot of cash. The only computer company to succeed at this sort of vertical integration - Commodore (they owned the company that made their processor) - succeeded because their product was aimed at one particular market and was extremely affordable. But that was the 80's. Today, there is just too much R&D that needs to go on... Sun is essentially making a profit on a single product when they sell a system while expending the cost of 3 products - a processor, a system, and an OS.
I know I have been contributing to the downturn in CD sales by only buying vinyl! It's just better. I'm sure you older geeks know what I mean. I also buy mostly from independent labels like victory and Fat Wrech Chords.
I'm at RIT too, but i would not have expected a slashdotter to be a liberal arts major (i'm in microelectronic engineering). Did you switch from GCCIS to liberal arts?
I'm a student at RIT in the microelectronic engineering program. I have class with Dr. Smith, the guy who came up with this, 3 days a week at noon. Although the Dem said that RIT said it would teach students the process, I don't think anyone but microsystems Ph.D. candidates will work with it at all for at least a few years. 38nm is pretty great, though, especially considering how unclean our cleanroom is- it's a level 1000.
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You are too right. I had never thought of it like that before. I'm going to start doing that myself. Sometimes it seems like the woods is the only place we have left.
If you are going to raise Cthulhu, maybe you should have Duke Nukem or Ahhhnold or someone around to slay it before it snaps you like a slim jim.
Let's say I own a movie on VHS tape. Here at school, I don't have a VCR, so I can't watch my VHS movies. It is within my fair use rights, however, to format shift those tapes so that I can watch the movies. If i am too lazy, or don't have a VCR, I can simply download the movie. If people are not allowed to share the file, whether or not they actually have a legit license to it, it impedes my fair use right to format shifting under current US copyright law as established in "the betamax case"
There are many of us that still light up joints after our exams. In fact, many of us do it before our exams. Especially since New York state has decriminalized the stuff.
I don't think Sun is capable of buying AMD. I would imagine something more like Sun selling their microprocessor division to AMD in exchange for a sweet licensing deal.
Sun is not IBM. IBM is not bleeding money. IBM does not need to change anything to avoid going bankrupt. IBM is different in many ways as well. Sun only builds systems with Sun processors. IBM builds Power4 systems as well as Pentium systems. Sun only builds solaris systems. IBM builds systems that run AIX, they build linux servers, they even build windows workstations. IBM has been smart and followed market trends. When the mainframe market began to wane, IBM didn't sit there and wonder why their mainframes were not selling, they started building PC's. They find out what the customers want and give it to them. Sun builds the same sort of stuff and wonders why the customers aren't buying it.
I assume by "Apple's G5" you mean the integrated system, not the processor. Remember that the G5 is built by IBM and is in actuality a toned-down version of IBM's monster CPU, the Power4. As for Sun, I don't think they are capable of keeping up with the growth of microprocessors. They should be looking for a buyer for that part of their business.
It isn't Sun's software thats bad. The problem is their microprocessor division. They are bleeding R&D money but not getting the sort of results from their sparc line that AMD, Intel, and IBM are getting from the Opteron, Xeon, and Power4 (power 5 is due this year) respectively. One of the best things for sun to do to save themselves from extinction is sell off their microprocessor division (and get a sweet deal on another company's chips) and focus on making systems and software. Apple, although small, has constantly been able to find a market for itself (and make a profit) by doing this.
Sun's business model needs to change. By building their own processors, systems, and operating software all at the same time, they are not going to do any of them very well and they will bleed out alot of cash. The only computer company to succeed at this sort of vertical integration - Commodore (they owned the company that made their processor) - succeeded because their product was aimed at one particular market and was extremely affordable. But that was the 80's. Today, there is just too much R&D that needs to go on... Sun is essentially making a profit on a single product when they sell a system while expending the cost of 3 products - a processor, a system, and an OS.
I know I have been contributing to the downturn in CD sales by only buying vinyl! It's just better. I'm sure you older geeks know what I mean. I also buy mostly from independent labels like victory and Fat Wrech Chords.
I'm at RIT too, but i would not have expected a slashdotter to be a liberal arts major (i'm in microelectronic engineering). Did you switch from GCCIS to liberal arts?
I'm a student at RIT in the microelectronic engineering program. I have class with Dr. Smith, the guy who came up with this, 3 days a week at noon. Although the Dem said that RIT said it would teach students the process, I don't think anyone but microsystems Ph.D. candidates will work with it at all for at least a few years. 38nm is pretty great, though, especially considering how unclean our cleanroom is- it's a level 1000.