"First, you need to know (or remember) that huge corporations (be they defense contractor, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, whomever) are often a conglomeration of previously small companies."
First you need to know that Microsoft, Oracle and Google are not a conglomeration of previously small companies. So what was your point in naming these companies? Too prove you are ignorant? Mission Accomplished.
KBR, Haliburton, Blackwater...look up these companies. Where the flying fuck did the government jack up their rates?? Where the fuck did the government cause these ass-holes to deliver inferior products or no products at all but still pocket the money.
How about we start with excessive, generous government contracts! You no, these no bid contracts that cost the tax payer billions of dollars and don't deliver.
It's time for business to go back to the market and make their money there instead of suckling on Uncle Sams teet!
Yeah and CEOs REALLY care about government spending, let alone about the profitability of their company with their golden parachutes!
Seriously, how does "America's growing national debt is undermining our global competitiveness?" How exactly is that impacting IBM? Really? Are foreign companies mocking you? We are a capitalistic country morons! Now if we were China, where the Chinese government invests in companies then I can see growing debt by the government impacting business. But here in America, that doesn't happen. Or are these CEOs looking for FAT government contracts and figured they wouldn't get them....hmmm.....
Dude what is in the water you are drinking and why are you not sharing!
"...you can write.NET Windows apps using a fully OSS stack - Mono runs on Windows too...."
Nice on Zippy but no sale..NET is not OSS, not even close. Microsoft has not opened all the IP behind.NET. Developers are at risk of being sued by Microsoft.
The First Open Development platform was Unix. Do some homework.
Only Fisher Price babies who can't program consider Visual Studio to be the best IDE. Seriously, if you know how to program, the IDE is irrelevant.
Or pay the price for listening to idiots who don't know what they are talking about and live with their parents so that can have a seemingly endless amount of money to continue to buy the latest shiny new toy!
Nice job zippy.
Bet you bought a first generation blu-ray player or 720p HD TV....
Except Vista was released 4 years ago! so in that time period 2006-2010 alot of people should have upgraded to either Vista or Windows 7. The majority have not.
Most businesses have not either! Businesses are staying with XP for as long as they can.
Can you hear me now. It's not a small irritant. It's a HUGE problem that should have never been there to begin with. It's about fucking time something was done about.
That's wonderful but we live in the United States so voting for European political parties is not possible here.
Put another way: McCain, Obama, who do YOU vote for? Thought so.
Let's be clear, the Fed has been against re-importation of drugs for some time. This is nothing new. The FDA has strongly been against this. This is just taking the fight to the internet, which is harder to regulate, considering its global reach.
I don't agree with the process. It would much rather have the government investigate on-line pharmacies and where appropriate have them shutdown legally where they are breaking the law. Not voluntarily have the ISP restrict access.
Yeah it's all about funding. Seriously, IBM is an "International" company, that's what the "I" stands for....so why all the worry IBM. Oh yeah you want money to build your souped up super computer.
Repeat after THE END USER DOESN'T GIVE A FLYING FIG ABOUT FLASH. If you think they care you are wrong. Flash brings nothing that can't be done in another technology.
This pro flash argument is simple flash developers trying to save their bread and butter. No consumer cares. And not flash does not not well on the android and no you don't need to use flash to view web content.
The problem this author fails to understand is the argument is about mobile devices accessing the web and not having an flash client to access all those flash gizmos!
So..WHAT THE HELL IS HE COMPARING???
Most mobile devices have not been able to access flash content until this year!
And we all know how bad flash can be on the desktop. But since there was nothing to challenge flash we grinned and bore it. Now new technologies are emerging that changes that.
So why protect an antiquate and proprietary technology like Flash?
Do you have any proof that the Android tablet will be more open than the iPad? Do you have any proof that the Android tablet will be more useful than the iPad? If you have read articles about the Droid cell phone you would know that the phone carriers are making their Droid phone just as "closed" off and "proprietary" as the iPhone. Thus, just because they are using Google's Android OS does not mean the tablet manufacturer or the cell manufacturer will let the system remain "open."
The Android tablet and the iPad are both tablets, therefore they have the same strengths and weaknesses. Neither one will be better than the other.
The problem is not the technology as you seem to think, the problem is what is being done with the technology. Based on education software, one could say that computers suck because the education software is quite poor. But that's not the case. Because there is software that people use to accomplish certain tasks that makes to that person the computer highly valuable. So it is how the iPad or Android tablet is used that will determine whether or not it will be successful. Not the technology itself.
And as an IT guy it is your job to figure that out. Which it seems you won't do because of your bias against Apple.
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"First, you need to know (or remember) that huge corporations (be they defense contractor, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, whomever) are often a conglomeration of previously small companies."
First you need to know that Microsoft, Oracle and Google are not a conglomeration of previously small companies. So what was your point in naming these companies? Too prove you are ignorant? Mission Accomplished.
BULLSHIT
KBR, Haliburton, Blackwater...look up these companies. Where the flying fuck did the government jack up their rates?? Where the fuck did the government cause these ass-holes to deliver inferior products or no products at all but still pocket the money.
Moron.
Yeah that's why he is worried about government spending. High government spending means less fat contracts to private corporations.
How about we start with excessive, generous government contracts! You no, these no bid contracts that cost the tax payer billions of dollars and don't deliver.
It's time for business to go back to the market and make their money there instead of suckling on Uncle Sams teet!
Yeah and CEOs REALLY care about government spending, let alone about the profitability of their company with their golden parachutes!
Seriously, how does "America's growing national debt is undermining our global competitiveness?" How exactly is that impacting IBM? Really? Are foreign companies mocking you? We are a capitalistic country morons! Now if we were China, where the Chinese government invests in companies then I can see growing debt by the government impacting business. But here in America, that doesn't happen. Or are these CEOs looking for FAT government contracts and figured they wouldn't get them....hmmm.....
THANK YOU!
These idiots who write these articles need to understand the end user. End Users don't care.
Dude what is in the water you are drinking and why are you not sharing!
.NET Windows apps using a fully OSS stack - Mono runs on Windows too...."
.NET is not OSS, not even close. Microsoft has not opened all the IP behind .NET. Developers are at risk of being sued by Microsoft.
"...you can write
Nice on Zippy but no sale.
The First Open Development platform was Unix. Do some homework.
Only Fisher Price babies who can't program consider Visual Studio to be the best IDE. Seriously, if you know how to program, the IDE is irrelevant.
Go home Junior.
Where's the cheering?
Microsoft fan-boy......
Or pay the price for listening to idiots who don't know what they are talking about and live with their parents so that can have a seemingly endless amount of money to continue to buy the latest shiny new toy!
Nice job zippy.
Bet you bought a first generation blu-ray player or 720p HD TV....
EXACTLY!
Except Vista was released 4 years ago! so in that time period 2006-2010 alot of people should have upgraded to either Vista or Windows 7. The majority have not.
Most businesses have not either! Businesses are staying with XP for as long as they can.
Nice job Microsoft fan-boy.
Hey zippy how do you think DSL is getting to your house by fairy dust! It's a freakin piece of copper. FIOS has the same problem.
Moron.
I care about it and I would be willing to bet the TV viewing population cares about it.
And you don't have to watch 40+ hours of TV to care about this.
You just have to be giant douche bag to tell others how they should feel.
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!
Can you hear me now. It's not a small irritant. It's a HUGE problem that should have never been there to begin with. It's about fucking time something was done about.
FYI George W Bush asserted that right.
That's wonderful but we live in the United States so voting for European political parties is not possible here.
Put another way: McCain, Obama, who do YOU vote for? Thought so.
Let's be clear, the Fed has been against re-importation of drugs for some time. This is nothing new. The FDA has strongly been against this. This is just taking the fight to the internet, which is harder to regulate, considering its global reach.
I don't agree with the process. It would much rather have the government investigate on-line pharmacies and where appropriate have them shutdown legally where they are breaking the law. Not voluntarily have the ISP restrict access.
Ah so....the other show drops!
Yeah it's all about funding. Seriously, IBM is an "International" company, that's what the "I" stands for....so why all the worry IBM. Oh yeah you want money to build your souped up super computer.
Here's a thought, BUILD IT YOURSELF!
Nicely done.
Repeat after THE END USER DOESN'T GIVE A FLYING FIG ABOUT FLASH. If you think they care you are wrong. Flash brings nothing that can't be done in another technology.
This pro flash argument is simple flash developers trying to save their bread and butter. No consumer cares. And not flash does not not well on the android and no you don't need to use flash to view web content.
You don't read your own posts do you? You are blocking flash! Good God man.
Big difference between HTML 5 and Adobe's Flash, HTML 5 is an standard specification. Flash is proprietary.
Flash fills no voids. Games? Seriously that's your excuse? HTML 5 has a version of Doom.
Moron.
The problem this author fails to understand is the argument is about mobile devices accessing the web and not having an flash client to access all those flash gizmos!
So..WHAT THE HELL IS HE COMPARING???
Most mobile devices have not been able to access flash content until this year!
And we all know how bad flash can be on the desktop. But since there was nothing to challenge flash we grinned and bore it. Now new technologies are emerging that changes that.
So why protect an antiquate and proprietary technology like Flash?
-1 Flash apologist.
If you are the IT guy you need some serious help.
Do you have any proof that the Android tablet will be more open than the iPad? Do you have any proof that the Android tablet will be more useful than the iPad? If you have read articles about the Droid cell phone you would know that the phone carriers are making their Droid phone just as "closed" off and "proprietary" as the iPhone. Thus, just because they are using Google's Android OS does not mean the tablet manufacturer or the cell manufacturer will let the system remain "open."
The Android tablet and the iPad are both tablets, therefore they have the same strengths and weaknesses. Neither one will be better than the other.
The problem is not the technology as you seem to think, the problem is what is being done with the technology. Based on education software, one could say that computers suck because the education software is quite poor. But that's not the case. Because there is software that people use to accomplish certain tasks that makes to that person the computer highly valuable. So it is how the iPad or Android tablet is used that will determine whether or not it will be successful. Not the technology itself.
And as an IT guy it is your job to figure that out. Which it seems you won't do because of your bias against Apple.
Did you read the first sentence:
"One university in Adelaide has even abolished textbooks for first year science students and is allocating free iPads to first year students instead."
Instead of text books students in the first year science program are getting iPads.
Your reading comprehension skills are extremely bad.