The 'BSD-like' license Google chose is not right in my opinion. Companies like Microsoft could easily do an 'Embrace-->Extend-->Extinguish' game on the technology. What is wrong with LGPL ver. 3?
I did not bother with Silverlight because I just could not keep up with the speed in technology. I have stuck with Java and like it over here.
The presence of Android has made Java even more relevant no matter how one looks at it.
The overall problem with Microsoft is this: They are trying to get into every business by 'locking users in'. People do not like this. With all these blogs saying lies about Microsoft, the company should change and do it fast.
Here's my suggestion: Fire Steve Ballmer as an initial first step.
In Canada, there are this 'CRTC fee', '9-1-1 fee' and 'system access' fee. Canucks have no way out with only a bundle of national operators that could foster competition.
You hit the nail on the head because on the other hand, I bogaboga, love the device more than anything that has come from Apple. I wonder whether Slashdot will put my review up. Will it?
Why do these bureaucrats waste people's time? Instead of focussing in things that really do damage, like pollution or financial fraud with an example of an agency that sabotaged investigations, they waste time on non-issues.
Hacking can [sometimes] be good for the society at large.
For example, I would like to delete all information from one social networking site but I cannot. Hacking would be my only 'rescue'. And that's bad?
I mean...They (Google), should be focussing on marketing their services in authentication using OAuth .
As it stands now, what I see are more and more websites asking potential contributors to use Facebook, Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail. As for Google, it's no where to be seen!
One wonders whether Google is just a sleeping giant or whether these sites are engaged in a conspiracy to sideline Google.
In the automotive industry, look at Ford. They are 'cooperating' with Microsoft. Given a choice, I'd rather have Android in my car as compared to any offers from Microsoft.
'We find ourselves in a difficult situation: "..." "If we were to operate google.kz only via servers located inside Kazakhstan, we would be helping to create a fractured Internet.' "...".
The more plausible reason follows, thus: -
"We find ourselves in a difficult situation: If we were to operate google.kz only via servers located inside Kazakhstan, we will be backing ourselves into a corner where we could find ourselves subject to the whims of governments good and bad. Not a good move under any measure at all. We could enable governments confiscate our equipment and be subject to more blackmail.
Further, our yielding to such [outrageous] demands could mark the beginning of a torrent of similar requests from governments around the globe, disrupting our current efficient setup, which we modify/tweak without asking for any government approval.
All in all, Google will not succumb to any action and will oppose any efforts from within or without that seek to undermine the value of our shareholders.
I say 'be careful with Microsoft' because if my memory serves me well, Microsoft had some agreement with now defunct SUN Microsystems over Java and its use...that was until SUN realized that Microsoft had a hidden agenda.
Nothing will prevent Microsoft from attempting to pull off what I will call a 'SUN moment.'
'I hate to say this, but a number of people in IT positions work harder to make it seem like they're busy as beavers than doing actual work.
In my case, all serious IT management stuff was outsourced to one of the big IT service companies. My work was to act as a liaison between this IT company and my company....mainly because I understood the 'business logic' of what we were doing.
My boss was afraid of computers. In the late 90s when Linux was becoming a threat to UNIX and Microsoft, he just could not believe one could run Linux legitimately without a license.
The most routine tasks I did involved activating and deactivating user accounts...which I sometimes referred to a buddy at the IT company, who would create or delete these users.
Times were interesting. I quit because of boredom!
The trouble is they might have to fire some of them. Some folks are just not good at selling. They need to hire sales men with an atttude like that of a used car salesman.
These salesmen employ tricks like lowballing, timing and cheap financing etc.
I have heard a lot of..."Our correspondent, or contributor , skyped in earlier from Stockholm."
I must admit that I have also heard yr format too. I hope you agree that a good sounding name is also critical to early/easy adoption. I think it's one reason why DOS command names were easier to remember as compared to their Linux/Unix counterparts.
Compare how to change file name united.txt to hope.txt Linux/Unix: mv united.txt hope.txt MS DOS: rename united.txt hope.txt
Surely, it's easier on MS DOS as compared to Linux/Unix.
For this to even be a great success, the application needs to be `verbable` (I know verbable as a word does not exist in the English dictionary).
That is, it needs to be put into a sentence as: 'skyped' is to skype, 'googgled' is to google, and so on...So we need a verb for the application. Suggestions welcome.
My suggestion 'Mirror' so that we can say bogaboga mirrored in from Helsinki. How about that?
Devices running Android 2.3.3 or earlier (which accounts for the vast majority of phones) are most vulnerable, but there are steps devs, Google, and users can take to reduce the risks."
Why not eliminate the threat entirely? 'Reducing the risks' just does not gut it in the security industry.
If I were to change the US educational system...
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...I would start with the issue of eliminating the employment of multiple choice questions in the sciences and mathematics.
This move in my opinion, would encourage students to deliberately show the working (read steps) as they solve these questions.
What we have these days is a situation in which students are encouraged by the knowledge that they can guess their way through an exam and it has not helped.
My approach would reward 'small marks' for each step shown to be relevant in solving a number. This approach is better. What do you think?
Grand Central were doing fine. The moment they were bought, new registrations were stopped by Google. Shortly after that, registrations were 'by invitation only'.
Question is: What really happened after purchase that necessitated this type of action?
I don't get the logic behind this 'invitation' nonsense that companies especially Google employ. I do not get it. They did it with Gmail, Grand Central and Wave. With the latter, it just did not work out. Google lost more than gained. Why do they do it?
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Well put! Thanks.
The 'BSD-like' license Google chose is not right in my opinion. Companies like Microsoft could easily do an 'Embrace-->Extend-->Extinguish' game on the technology. What is wrong with LGPL ver. 3?
I did not bother with Silverlight because I just could not keep up with the speed in technology. I have stuck with Java and like it over here.
The presence of Android has made Java even more relevant no matter how one looks at it.
The overall problem with Microsoft is this: They are trying to get into every business by 'locking users in'. People do not like this. With all these blogs saying lies about Microsoft, the company should change and do it fast.
Here's my suggestion: Fire Steve Ballmer as an initial first step.
...and I am happy to have been a [small] contributor to the outcome.
You see, I have resisted installing Silverlight on my Windows machines whenever I would be prompted to have it installed.
Microsoft must have gotten the message that Silverlight was not flying.
Good, they 'smelled the coffee'. I would like to hear what Microsoft zealots have to say about this.
In Canada, there are this 'CRTC fee', '9-1-1 fee' and 'system access' fee. Canucks have no way out with only a bundle of national operators that could foster competition.
You hit the nail on the head because on the other hand, I bogaboga, love the device more than anything that has come from Apple. I wonder whether Slashdot will put my review up. Will it?
Why do these bureaucrats waste people's time? Instead of focussing in things that really do damage, like pollution or financial fraud with an example of an agency that sabotaged investigations, they waste time on non-issues.
Hacking can [sometimes] be good for the society at large.
For example, I would like to delete all information from one social networking site but I cannot. Hacking would be my only 'rescue'. And that's bad?
I mean...They (Google), should be focussing on marketing their services in authentication using OAuth .
As it stands now, what I see are more and more websites asking potential contributors to use Facebook, Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail. As for Google, it's no where to be seen!
One wonders whether Google is just a sleeping giant or whether these sites are engaged in a conspiracy to sideline Google.
Who will be paying Nokia next? Samsung, HTC? Anyone?
While I appreciate the enormous strides Google and their Chrome team have achieved, the Chrome browser does not cut it in my case because: -
1: It still *is* an unfinished product...(read, "lacks print preview"). I understand this issue is now being addressed as of Chrome 13.0.782.1 Beta.
2: I find its interface weird...(consider what happens to the interface once extensions are installed).
Question: Is it just me?
In the automotive industry, look at Ford. They are 'cooperating' with Microsoft. Given a choice, I'd rather have Android in my car as compared to any offers from Microsoft.
'We find ourselves in a difficult situation: "..." "If we were to operate google.kz only via servers located inside Kazakhstan, we would be helping to create a fractured Internet.' "...".
The more plausible reason follows, thus: -
"We find ourselves in a difficult situation: If we were to operate google.kz only via servers located inside Kazakhstan, we will be backing ourselves into a corner where we could find ourselves subject to the whims of governments good and bad. Not a good move under any measure at all. We could enable governments confiscate our equipment and be subject to more blackmail.
Further, our yielding to such [outrageous] demands could mark the beginning of a torrent of similar requests from governments around the globe, disrupting our current efficient setup, which we modify/tweak without asking for any government approval.
All in all, Google will not succumb to any action and will oppose any efforts from within or without that seek to undermine the value of our shareholders.
Re:And why would I trust them to actually pay?
By establishing who funds them.
I say 'be careful with Microsoft' because if my memory serves me well, Microsoft had some agreement with now defunct SUN Microsystems over Java and its use...that was until SUN realized that Microsoft had a hidden agenda.
Nothing will prevent Microsoft from attempting to pull off what I will call a 'SUN moment.'
'I hate to say this, but a number of people in IT positions work harder to make it seem like they're busy as beavers than doing actual work.
In my case, all serious IT management stuff was outsourced to one of the big IT service companies. My work was to act as a liaison between this IT company and my company....mainly because I understood the 'business logic' of what we were doing.
My boss was afraid of computers. In the late 90s when Linux was becoming a threat to UNIX and Microsoft, he just could not believe one could run Linux legitimately without a license.
The most routine tasks I did involved activating and deactivating user accounts...which I sometimes referred to a buddy at the IT company, who would create or delete these users.
Times were interesting. I quit because of boredom!
The trouble is they might have to fire some of them. Some folks are just not good at selling. They need to hire sales men with an atttude like that of a used car salesman.
These salesmen employ tricks like lowballing, timing and cheap financing etc.
I have heard a lot of..."Our correspondent, or contributor , skyped in earlier from Stockholm."
I must admit that I have also heard yr format too. I hope you agree that a good sounding name is also critical to early/easy adoption. I think it's one reason why DOS command names were easier to remember as compared to their Linux/Unix counterparts.
Compare how to change file name united.txt to hope.txt
Linux/Unix: mv united.txt hope.txt
MS DOS: rename united.txt hope.txt
Surely, it's easier on MS DOS as compared to Linux/Unix.
For this to even be a great success, the application needs to be `verbable` (I know verbable as a word does not exist in the English dictionary).
That is, it needs to be put into a sentence as: 'skyped' is to skype, 'googgled' is to google, and so on...So we need a verb for the application. Suggestions welcome.
My suggestion 'Mirror' so that we can say bogaboga mirrored in from Helsinki. How about that?
...though not publicly, about the chaos in Android's ecosystem. Seems that everything he predicted is coming to pass.
Folks, we need sanity on Android. Currently, it's nowhere to be seen. Who can deny that?
HTC must have felt the heat from Samsung since they (Samsung) indicted that their devices would be 'root enabled' by default.
it is sad though, that HTC appears to be paying at least US$5 to Microsoft for their patents...one more reason for me to avoid HTC.
Kudos to them though, for acting fast, which is an attribute most successful companies have. Compare that to what Microsoft would have done.
The fact that Google Presentations lack the Find and Replace function is a non-starter for me. Their lackluster speed simply makes things worse.
Devices running Android 2.3.3 or earlier (which accounts for the vast majority of phones) are most vulnerable, but there are steps devs, Google, and users can take to reduce the risks."
Why not eliminate the threat entirely? 'Reducing the risks' just does not gut it in the security industry.
...I would start with the issue of eliminating the employment of multiple choice questions in the sciences and mathematics.
This move in my opinion, would encourage students to deliberately show the working (read steps) as they solve these questions.
What we have these days is a situation in which students are encouraged by the knowledge that they can guess their way through an exam and it has not helped.
My approach would reward 'small marks' for each step shown to be relevant in solving a number. This approach is better. What do you think?
Grand Central were doing fine. The moment they were bought, new registrations were stopped by Google. Shortly after that, registrations were 'by invitation only'.
Question is: What really happened after purchase that necessitated this type of action?
I don't get the logic behind this 'invitation' nonsense that companies especially Google employ. I do not get it. They did it with Gmail, Grand Central and Wave. With the latter, it just did not work out. Google lost more than gained. Why do they do it?