There's also the problem of the "observer effect," which is potentially changing an environment being part of it. "This is the important part for Microsoft," he said. "We have an impact from what people call the ripple effect... What would actually happen if we were in that environment?"
You'd really mess it up comes to mind!
One of the things MS fails to see is that the Open Source movement has lit a fire under the whole computing industry and opened doors for many who have great ideas. The part I like best about the open source movement is the rush of new talent on the scene that would otherwise be stuck in a very Orwellian state if it had not been set free.
MS seems to be facing quite a dilemma where they have to be very careful to not make too much sense when addressing open source, much like a politician who has to gain the confidence of those he will later betray for money over principles. This may explain why a smart, educated man would sound so illiterate and senseless while addressing the open source supporters in the room. Surely, ramblings like we see in TFA must be absent when he reports back to HQ. Otherwise, I would be compelled to warn all MS employees not to drink the water at the office.
It seems to me there is a downward trend with MS in every area, marketing, innovation, product design, and security. I think that it has reached a very noticeable level to even those who are die-hard MS fans. Maybe it was the marketing by hype practice that put MS on an inescapable treadmill of eroded credibility. It seems harder these days for tech writers to stick their necks out and jump on the MS bandwagon to fully hype the new products. That was a pretty wimpy review of Vista, and I expected more hype from the writer, otherwise why cover a beta that keeps loosing features just to meet a release date.
While not seeming to overcome fear of innovating a new OS, MS asks us all to live in their imaginary world and believe that they are the innovators of all things new to desktop computing. This may be the way to go if MS were better at the art of illusion, but they are not that good at it. While David Copperfield can make a live crowd believe he just made an elephant disappear before their eyes, MS can't convince PC prospects that they are not following Mac and Linux in the desktop innovations Vista claims to offer, maybe, at some future date.
Clearly, from the posts here by savvy/.ers, they are the followers and not the leaders of the "top ten reasons to buy an OS". Of course, in shear volume of sales they beat all other OSs hands down and they are truly the top dog of the desktop computer market. Why, then does MS seem to have to make such an effort to try and steal the "innovation" credit when so many know the truth is far down another road?
Perhaps being on top so long breeds fear of innovating. It may be safer to wait and watch others do the innovating, fumble around at a knock-off and proclaim you have just innovated a whole new set of features that everyone needs, right now. It seems to work to a degree, but is that also failing to keep the giant of desktop OSs on top, as more markets slip away from MS.
I switched from MS Win to Mac and Linux over the last few years. First by getting comfortable with Mac OSX at work and a couple of years ago I discovered Linspire. I still love the Mac, especially for graphics work, but I never got use to seeing MS products for the Mac, like MS Office and IE. So, Firefox and Open Office have been my primary browser and office suit for a while. I tend to rely more on Linux as my primary desktop OS now and have cut all but a couple of old ties to third party Windows software, that I rarely boot into XP to use. One of those is Swish, a light weight flash movie developer package. I tried to get Swish running in Crossover Office, but no go there.
These days, I don't consider myself to be a MS product user to any noticeable degree, and I need not wonder why. MS has performed so poorly as at the corporate level, like a bully loosing his grip on the desktop playground, doing desperate things in response to the slightest threat from any new kid (or those already not cowering in the corner like Mac). I thought I switched primarily for security reasons, and would have said that if surveyed at the time, but now I think it goes further. As MS continues to disappoint me almost daily with their attitude towards their users and others in the market, I realize that this is the real driving force behind my switching from MS products.
So, with regards to Vista, I don't see any thing for me in this OS shell game MS seems to be playing. In fact I think it may be the worst direction MS has ever taken their marketing in. MS seems to be resorting to carny trickery to milk money out of anyone they can. I wonder if this is the big downward spiral of the software giant that has been predicted for several years. It certainly is interesting to watch...
I thought TFA said they were releasing MS Orifice 2007 in the following versions:
MS Orifice 2007 - Professional
MS Orifice 2007 - Standard
MS Orifice 2007 - Enterprise
MS Orifice 2007 - Small Business
MS Orifice 2007 - Home & Student
After thinking that the Internet had doged a bullet from the Cyber Storm of the century, reports are now coming in that several cyber levys have been breeched and the internet is filling with spam.
I tried that once with a tequila bottle, but never made it all the way to the finished product. Did mention the bottle was full of tequila when I started?
due to the ancient Egyptians use of honey as an antibiotic. It is some great forensic work, none the less. I didn't think the head injury was the cause of death, but just looked like an effect of the embalming process.
You have to wonder if his mummy had been around to kiss the boo boo and make it better, would he have lived a full life?
A, diss is a nice office youz got here...
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I notice you PCs are still runnin XP, hmmm...
Perhaps youz otta tinka bout upgradin ta Vista before youz find youself sleepin wit the little fishes on da screensaver, capiche!
Well, there's the answer. "You're Honor, my client (Google) contends that a/. poll could solve this whole issue much faster and at much less cost to the tax payers."
an amicus Curiae brief with the court just to see what your favorite politicians are searching for at Google. I'll bet the Feds would shut the whole thing down if that happened.
while having my Wheaties, I poured the toasty goodies into a cereal bowl and out fell a cellophane wrapped prize. Wahoo, it was a secret DNA decoder ring... Yes, come to papa you lovely $10 million!
"Rather, he said, the idea is to contain it to the point that its impact on in-boxes is minor. In that way, Hamlin said, Gates' prediction has come true for people using the right tactics and advanced filtering technology."
My prediction of solving world hunger has just come true! By contain it to a point for those who chose the right tactics, like having a BigMac for lunch...
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fear is a powerful force.
That is apparent by the FUD campaigns and SCO legal action. The bigger the beast the more dangerous their fearful actions become.
There's also the problem of the "observer effect," which is potentially changing an environment being part of it. "This is the important part for Microsoft," he said. "We have an impact from what people call the ripple effect ... What would actually happen if we were in that environment?"
You'd really mess it up comes to mind!
One of the things MS fails to see is that the Open Source movement has lit a fire under the whole computing industry and opened doors for many who have great ideas. The part I like best about the open source movement is the rush of new talent on the scene that would otherwise be stuck in a very Orwellian state if it had not been set free.
MS seems to be facing quite a dilemma where they have to be very careful to not make too much sense when addressing open source, much like a politician who has to gain the confidence of those he will later betray for money over principles. This may explain why a smart, educated man would sound so illiterate and senseless while addressing the open source supporters in the room. Surely, ramblings like we see in TFA must be absent when he reports back to HQ. Otherwise, I would be compelled to warn all MS employees not to drink the water at the office.
Thank you, that makes me feel 15 again. I guess that means no beer for me now though!
"Similar to silly putty"
If it were more like Flubber (if you remember this you are an old geek) the projectiles would bounce back at the source.
It seems to me there is a downward trend with MS in every area, marketing, innovation, product design, and security. I think that it has reached a very noticeable level to even those who are die-hard MS fans. Maybe it was the marketing by hype practice that put MS on an inescapable treadmill of eroded credibility. It seems harder these days for tech writers to stick their necks out and jump on the MS bandwagon to fully hype the new products. That was a pretty wimpy review of Vista, and I expected more hype from the writer, otherwise why cover a beta that keeps loosing features just to meet a release date.
/.ers, they are the followers and not the leaders of the "top ten reasons to buy an OS". Of course, in shear volume of sales they beat all other OSs hands down and they are truly the top dog of the desktop computer market. Why, then does MS seem to have to make such an effort to try and steal the "innovation" credit when so many know the truth is far down another road?
;-)
While not seeming to overcome fear of innovating a new OS, MS asks us all to live in their imaginary world and believe that they are the innovators of all things new to desktop computing. This may be the way to go if MS were better at the art of illusion, but they are not that good at it. While David Copperfield can make a live crowd believe he just made an elephant disappear before their eyes, MS can't convince PC prospects that they are not following Mac and Linux in the desktop innovations Vista claims to offer, maybe, at some future date.
Clearly, from the posts here by savvy
Perhaps being on top so long breeds fear of innovating. It may be safer to wait and watch others do the innovating, fumble around at a knock-off and proclaim you have just innovated a whole new set of features that everyone needs, right now. It seems to work to a degree, but is that also failing to keep the giant of desktop OSs on top, as more markets slip away from MS.
I switched from MS Win to Mac and Linux over the last few years. First by getting comfortable with Mac OSX at work and a couple of years ago I discovered Linspire. I still love the Mac, especially for graphics work, but I never got use to seeing MS products for the Mac, like MS Office and IE. So, Firefox and Open Office have been my primary browser and office suit for a while. I tend to rely more on Linux as my primary desktop OS now and have cut all but a couple of old ties to third party Windows software, that I rarely boot into XP to use. One of those is Swish, a light weight flash movie developer package. I tried to get Swish running in Crossover Office, but no go there.
These days, I don't consider myself to be a MS product user to any noticeable degree, and I need not wonder why. MS has performed so poorly as at the corporate level, like a bully loosing his grip on the desktop playground, doing desperate things in response to the slightest threat from any new kid (or those already not cowering in the corner like Mac). I thought I switched primarily for security reasons, and would have said that if surveyed at the time, but now I think it goes further. As MS continues to disappoint me almost daily with their attitude towards their users and others in the market, I realize that this is the real driving force behind my switching from MS products.
So, with regards to Vista, I don't see any thing for me in this OS shell game MS seems to be playing. In fact I think it may be the worst direction MS has ever taken their marketing in. MS seems to be resorting to carny trickery to milk money out of anyone they can. I wonder if this is the big downward spiral of the software giant that has been predicted for several years. It certainly is interesting to watch...
Sorry for the long reply on this one
I forgot what we were discussing here...
Don't they know they will be missing out on all the free software you get when you plug a Win PC into the Net? ;-)
must not be enough. Let's jump on the plug-nplay virus bandwagon?
I guess you could call it virus envy if it were to ever happen. I don't see it happening though...
I thought TFA said they were releasing MS Orifice 2007 in the following versions:
MS Orifice 2007 - Professional
MS Orifice 2007 - Standard
MS Orifice 2007 - Enterprise
MS Orifice 2007 - Small Business
MS Orifice 2007 - Home & Student
I gota get my eyes checked...
Unfortunately no, Mac users have to work harder than Win users to get free software over the nternet.
Looks like a lot of work to just get this thing. Not at all a lazy persons trojan.
After thinking that the Internet had doged a bullet from the Cyber Storm of the century, reports are now coming in that several cyber levys have been breeched and the internet is filling with spam.
Or, incert Linspire (or other Linux distro) install disk and follow the instructions for a clean install.
still debating space-time travel. It's no wonder you were conquered by the Velcroians in 2026.
"By combining anti-virus scans, anti-spyware scans, and firewall protection into a single package, Microsoft thinks they've created something fresh."
What will you think of next Microsoft, you innovators of all things new!
a wind-up car for fuel efficiency
I tried that once with a tequila bottle, but never made it all the way to the finished product. Did mention the bottle was full of tequila when I started?
due to the ancient Egyptians use of honey as an antibiotic. It is some great forensic work, none the less. I didn't think the head injury was the cause of death, but just looked like an effect of the embalming process. You have to wonder if his mummy had been around to kiss the boo boo and make it better, would he have lived a full life?
I notice you PCs are still runnin XP, hmmm...
Perhaps youz otta tinka bout upgradin ta Vista before youz find youself sleepin wit the little fishes on da screensaver, capiche!
I was wondering why the rapper Ice Cube was mentioned in a /. post about evidence for a String Cheese Theory.
Well, there's the answer. "You're Honor, my client (Google) contends that a /. poll could solve this whole issue much faster and at much less cost to the tax payers."
an amicus Curiae brief with the court just to see what your favorite politicians are searching for at Google. I'll bet the Feds would shut the whole thing down if that happened.
while having my Wheaties, I poured the toasty goodies into a cereal bowl and out fell a cellophane wrapped prize. Wahoo, it was a secret DNA decoder ring... Yes, come to papa you lovely $10 million!
I just couldn't resist!
"Rather, he said, the idea is to contain it to the point that its impact on in-boxes is minor. In that way, Hamlin said, Gates' prediction has come true for people using the right tactics and advanced filtering technology."
My prediction of solving world hunger has just come true! By contain it to a point for those who chose the right tactics, like having a BigMac for lunch...
This makes up for the Google post.