...remember that the marginal cost of selling a downloadable song is $0...
Well, No.
Yes, The marginal cost of creating an extra copy of MS Office is $0 when the market price is $500, and the company makes maybe a few hundred thousands to a few million dollars on such sales.
However, for each song that sells for $.29, there is bandwidth cost, there is hardware cost that must proportionately increase if the number of downloads increase. And don't forget the credit card processing commission. Even if these things come out to a nickel apiece, this is a significant amount in the changed context.
For a $500 ticket item, the marginal cost may be minimal. However, for an item to sell for a quarter, the traditional marginal costs become significant and must be accounted for...
Ok, the title will make people think of me as a troll.
However, I do not intend this as a criticism. I am just thinking aloud. When Microsoft wants to fight Open Source, or Netscape, or anything, they create FUD. Part of the FUD is reasoned but slanted information, which people outside the Slashdot belt may not be able to fight.
This article articulates well the other side of things. I know it is Inquirer, but it is a well written piece, if little sketchy on numbers. For Open Source to battle Microsoft effectively, we need such articles in abundance besides the stable, usable and free platforms.
I know it is too late to post a comment on this thread, but here's an idea about the next Nigerian scam...
Dear Friend,
I have been a victim of the famous Nigerian scam. I was promised 21 million dollars in return for helping poor Mr X and Mr Y get their ancestral money out of Nigeria, and ended up giving money to scamsters. I have lost everything, house, cars, bank accounts and am badly in debt. I am desperately looking for help. I never intend to fall for such scam again, and request your help in getting back on feet. Please help me by sending.....
... as Bollywood, the Indian film industry produces 1000 movies a year and outstrips hollywood by almost 3:1....
Well, Bollywood does not make 1000 movies a year. Indian film industry does make 1000 movies a year. The difference is that Bollywood (based in Mumbai earlier known as Bombay) is focussed primarily on Hindi movies. However, this constitutes maybe a third to a half of the 1000 movies a year. There are other languages / locations which make movies by the dozens and that make up the rest of the numbers. Most of the Southern states, which incidentally do not have Hindi as their primary language, have factories chruning regional language films. Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam and (I think) Kannada movies are made to the tune of 50-100 per year. There are other languages contributing a smaller share.
Irrespective of whether the movie is Hindi, or one of the regional movies, they all do have similar formulaes. 95% of the movies adopt romance / action formula, with maybe less than 5% movies trying to do something different.
However, Hindi movies are the ones which are known globally historically and people get the mis-impression that all Bollywood is Indian Movies (which is right), and all Indian movies are Bollywood (which is wrong).
Businessweek like other traditional media is not in the business of breaking "uncomfortable" stories. Did outsourcing start happening only in the past year? I do not think so. However, any reasoned analysis is first available to the Wall Street insiders, and then to the public when the gravity of the issue becomes too large to hide. Otherwise, such stories are found in many places, but only in as much detail as "Thumbs Up / Down type Conventional Wisdom" typically seen in many mainstream magazine.
Something's up. Per websites, not much speculation about the coming MacWorld. The noise re MacWorld is much lower than years past. Apple has released / patched / upgraded so many product lines in the past quarter. Looks like MacWorld will not have much to demonstrate. Unless Steve wants to talk about the year that was rather than the year to come.
Or is there something going on. Watching Apple for a long time, I am suspicious.
Sorry if it is offtopic re Xcode etc., but I think my comments covers what is going on in general than this specific thread.
Contrary to his article, the small market segment held by Apple doesn't automatically make the Mac OS less vulnerable to attack or exploitation. Any competent security professional will tell you that "security through obscurity" - what Lance is referring to toward the end of his article - doesn't work. In other words, if, as he suggests, Mac OS was the dominant operating system, its users would still enjoy an inherently more secure and trustworthy computing environment even if the number of attacks against it increased. That's because unlike Windows, Mac OS was designed from the ground up with security in mind. Is it totally secure? Nothing will ever be totally secure. But when compared to Windows, Mac OS is proving to be a significantly more reliable and (exponentially) more secure computing environment for today's users, including this security professional......
I recall the biggest benefit to America was provided by a European by the name of Linus. Ok, he did not work in India, or China, but wasn't America obligated to counter Micro$oft from its own shores!!!
Very soon Chinese channels will be coming out with their own version of space travel series. Given the quality of recent ST series, I would not be surprised if they cooked up something way better than ST franchise.
So Apple Software sells Mac OS. Apart from a few slashdot moderators (and authors), no one else is interested in intel version. Microsoft FUD: Buy XP it has been tuned over Intel for 20+ years.
And then there is hardware. The people who like Mac OS wonder that Apple is changing strategy and might dump PowerPC soon. So why not wait and see how this goes.
And then there is Steve Jobs. Do I remain the CEO of the hardware side or the software side. Actually given the changes I have brought in hardware (original iMac, new iMac, iBook, PowerMacs, Powerbooks, and iPod) and in software (OS X, OS X, OS X, and Keynote, and Safari, and iChat, and iCal (oops)), I think splitting the company will ensure that the other side does not have my (Steve's) leadership. Should I do this?
Maybe the solution will be "Apple Group of Companies" - Hardware+Software, Movies, Music and more. And that is probably already there (although Pixar does not truly fall under the Apple Umbrella).
I have been reading about other competitors being ready with Windows couterparts to Apple iTunes Music Store by the time Apple ported iTunes to Windows. This would have been another surprise at that time.
Well, but then Apple would have known people will dis-assemble iPods. Does it mean they were planning to release it right around now, and were not ready?
Did anyone notice that the "Music" tab on Apple Store has replaced "Switch" tab. I went there looking for the ads shown today, and realized what happened.
Also, if anyone has a link to the ads, please pass it on.
The point I am making is not that they should serve Windows market rather than Mac. What I am saying is that if they are able to let Windows users sample their catalog (even when the final interface will get done by the end of the year), it will create more and more interest in Apple products. Right now, there is absolutely no way to sample unless you own a Mac...
I spent a few minutes on the Apple website to check their catalog. Actually, I could not. The only way to browse the catalot is through iTunes. Although this might be a way to push more people to use Macs, should not Apple provide a sample of their catalog over HTTP? Or maybe the experience is everything...
Apple has done it before. Close all the rumors of product upgrades, new products (ok music site) by announcing them before Macworlds and provide a single focus on Macworld. I can see many product launches over the next month, and then starts the evangelization of Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) right from developers conference and going into Macworld.
I understand the challenges. However, do you mean to say "not one person" in this world
a) knows what is going on b) reads Slashdot (and Mac Topics) c) is in position to write on Slashdot anonymously
I am not asking about detectives hiding behind the trees (if that is the picture you or others got). Yes, their IP can be recorded while posting from office, but I think it is not hard to post anonymously. Anyway... you get the idea.
Ok, so the event is in San Francisco on the 28th. Apple would not let its plans leak easily, but I think we can get better clues by doing some detective work.
1. Are any Universal senior executives going to be in SFO on 28th? Maybe any friends, collegues can answer?
2. Any other recording company executive planned to be in SFO on 28 - with no event planned publicly?
3. Are any major artists (somewhere read Pearl Jam) planned to be in SFO on 28th?
I am sure people can come up with more clues (flight plans, website registration - ok I know about appleuniversal.plan - what else) which can throw more light on the plans.
22857$ per machine !! Try asking your boss to deal directly with Dell. With a volume of 350K machines, they might be too willing to provide you full end to end support for this work!! I know I can buy a Dell laptop for personal use for less than 1500. Even considering the premium of stringent support requirements and the cost of managing the migration etc., this is just preposterous.
Disclosure - Not affiliated with Dell, so please do not question my motives. Although I work for one of their competitors, but note that I am not recommending us.
1. Who won the Oscar 2. Which Category 3. Which Movie
There is no related story explaining why this is such a great thing. The post a lsodoes not explain this. Now this is not a case of someone complaining without reading the related story, so can someone please explain what happened???
Remember that Lord Steve was not the CEO of Apple during those days. Maybe that is why the company was more interested in winning by lawsuits rather than innovation.
Slashdot Mirror
...remember that the marginal cost of selling a downloadable song is $0...
Well, No.
Yes, The marginal cost of creating an extra copy of MS Office is $0 when the market price is $500, and the company makes maybe a few hundred thousands to a few million dollars on such sales.
However, for each song that sells for $.29, there is bandwidth cost, there is hardware cost that must proportionately increase if the number of downloads increase. And don't forget the credit card processing commission. Even if these things come out to a nickel apiece, this is a significant amount in the changed context.
For a $500 ticket item, the marginal cost may be minimal. However, for an item to sell for a quarter, the traditional marginal costs become significant and must be accounted for...
Ok, the title will make people think of me as a troll.
However, I do not intend this as a criticism. I am just thinking aloud. When Microsoft wants to fight Open Source, or Netscape, or anything, they create FUD. Part of the FUD is reasoned but slanted information, which people outside the Slashdot belt may not be able to fight.
This article articulates well the other side of things. I know it is Inquirer, but it is a well written piece, if little sketchy on numbers. For Open Source to battle Microsoft effectively, we need such articles in abundance besides the stable, usable and free platforms.
Thank You.
I know it is too late to post a comment on this thread, but here's an idea about the next Nigerian scam...
.....
Dear Friend,
I have been a victim of the famous Nigerian scam. I was promised 21 million dollars in return for helping poor Mr X and Mr Y get their ancestral money out of Nigeria, and ended up giving money to scamsters. I have lost everything, house, cars, bank accounts and am badly in debt. I am desperately looking for help. I never intend to fall for such scam again, and request your help in getting back on feet. Please help me by sending
Regards,
XXXX
... as Bollywood, the Indian film industry produces 1000 movies a year and outstrips hollywood by almost 3:1....
Well, Bollywood does not make 1000 movies a year. Indian film industry does make 1000 movies a year. The difference is that Bollywood (based in Mumbai earlier known as Bombay) is focussed primarily on Hindi movies. However, this constitutes maybe a third to a half of the 1000 movies a year. There are other languages / locations which make movies by the dozens and that make up the rest of the numbers. Most of the Southern states, which incidentally do not have Hindi as their primary language, have factories chruning regional language films. Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam and (I think) Kannada movies are made to the tune of 50-100 per year. There are other languages contributing a smaller share.
Irrespective of whether the movie is Hindi, or one of the regional movies, they all do have similar formulaes. 95% of the movies adopt romance / action formula, with maybe less than 5% movies trying to do something different.
However, Hindi movies are the ones which are known globally historically and people get the mis-impression that all Bollywood is Indian Movies (which is right), and all Indian movies are Bollywood (which is wrong).
Businessweek like other traditional media is not in the business of breaking "uncomfortable" stories. Did outsourcing start happening only in the past year? I do not think so. However, any reasoned analysis is first available to the Wall Street insiders, and then to the public when the gravity of the issue becomes too large to hide. Otherwise, such stories are found in many places, but only in as much detail as "Thumbs Up / Down type Conventional Wisdom" typically seen in many mainstream magazine.
Something's up. Per websites, not much speculation about the coming MacWorld. The noise re MacWorld is much lower than years past. Apple has released / patched / upgraded so many product lines in the past quarter. Looks like MacWorld will not have much to demonstrate. Unless Steve wants to talk about the year that was rather than the year to come.
Or is there something going on. Watching Apple for a long time, I am suspicious.
Sorry if it is offtopic re Xcode etc., but I think my comments covers what is going on in general than this specific thread.
whether Bush wins the re-election ...
.....
.....
Contrary to his article, the small market segment held by Apple doesn't automatically make the Mac OS less vulnerable to attack or exploitation. Any competent security professional will tell you that "security through obscurity" - what Lance is referring to toward the end of his article - doesn't work. In other words, if, as he suggests, Mac OS was the dominant operating system, its users would still enjoy an inherently more secure and trustworthy computing environment even if the number of attacks against it increased. That's because unlike Windows, Mac OS was designed from the ground up with security in mind. Is it totally secure? Nothing will ever be totally secure. But when compared to Windows, Mac OS is proving to be a significantly more reliable and (exponentially) more secure computing environment for today's users, including this security professional.
I recall the biggest benefit to America was provided by a European by the name of Linus. Ok, he did not work in India, or China, but wasn't America obligated to counter Micro$oft from its own shores!!!
Star Trek lives...in Chinese...
Very soon Chinese channels will be coming out with their own version of space travel series. Given the quality of recent ST series, I would not be surprised if they cooked up something way better than ST franchise.
Hope lives...in China.
Microsoft has announced it will donate 5000 computers pre-loaded with Windows and Office software to the public schools...
So Apple Software sells Mac OS. Apart from a few slashdot moderators (and authors), no one else is interested in intel version. Microsoft FUD: Buy XP it has been tuned over Intel for 20+ years.
And then there is hardware. The people who like Mac OS wonder that Apple is changing strategy and might dump PowerPC soon. So why not wait and see how this goes.
And then there is Steve Jobs. Do I remain the CEO of the hardware side or the software side. Actually given the changes I have brought in hardware (original iMac, new iMac, iBook, PowerMacs, Powerbooks, and iPod) and in software (OS X, OS X, OS X, and Keynote, and Safari, and iChat, and iCal (oops)), I think splitting the company will ensure that the other side does not have my (Steve's) leadership. Should I do this?
Maybe the solution will be "Apple Group of Companies" - Hardware+Software, Movies, Music and more. And that is probably already there (although Pixar does not truly fall under the Apple Umbrella).
Just some idle musings...
If only this had leaked a few months later...
I have been reading about other competitors being ready with Windows couterparts to Apple iTunes Music Store by the time Apple ported iTunes to Windows. This would have been another surprise at that time.
Well, but then Apple would have known people will dis-assemble iPods. Does it mean they were planning to release it right around now, and were not ready?
Mohammad-Al-Sahaf: These are all rumors. There is no recording capability in iPods. We have captured and killed all infidels.
BTW, can someone negotiate my surrender?
Did anyone notice that the "Music" tab on Apple Store has replaced "Switch" tab. I went there looking for the ads shown today, and realized what happened.
Also, if anyone has a link to the ads, please pass it on.
The point I am making is not that they should serve Windows market rather than Mac. What I am saying is that if they are able to let Windows users sample their catalog (even when the final interface will get done by the end of the year), it will create more and more interest in Apple products. Right now, there is absolutely no way to sample unless you own a Mac...
Interesting...
I spent a few minutes on the Apple website to check their catalog. Actually, I could not. The only way to browse the catalot is through iTunes. Although this might be a way to push more people to use Macs, should not Apple provide a sample of their catalog over HTTP? Or maybe the experience is everything...
Apple has done it before. Close all the rumors of product upgrades, new products (ok music site) by announcing them before Macworlds and provide a single focus on Macworld. I can see many product launches over the next month, and then starts the evangelization of Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) right from developers conference and going into Macworld.
I understand the challenges. However, do you mean to say "not one person" in this world
a) knows what is going on
b) reads Slashdot (and Mac Topics)
c) is in position to write on Slashdot anonymously
I am not asking about detectives hiding behind the trees (if that is the picture you or others got). Yes, their IP can be recorded while posting from office, but I think it is not hard to post anonymously. Anyway... you get the idea.
Ok, so the event is in San Francisco on the 28th. Apple would not let its plans leak easily, but I think we can get better clues by doing some detective work.
1. Are any Universal senior executives going to be in SFO on 28th? Maybe any friends, collegues can answer?
2. Any other recording company executive planned to be in SFO on 28 - with no event planned publicly?
3. Are any major artists (somewhere read Pearl Jam) planned to be in SFO on 28th?
I am sure people can come up with more clues (flight plans, website registration - ok I know about appleuniversal.plan - what else) which can throw more light on the plans.
22857$ per machine !! Try asking your boss to deal directly with Dell. With a volume of 350K machines, they might be too willing to provide you full end to end support for this work!! I know I can buy a Dell laptop for personal use for less than 1500. Even considering the premium of stringent support requirements and the cost of managing the migration etc., this is just preposterous.
Disclosure - Not affiliated with Dell, so please do not question my motives. Although I work for one of their competitors, but note that I am not recommending us.
The information this post provides is:
1. Who won the Oscar
2. Which Category
3. Which Movie
There is no related story explaining why this is such a great thing. The post a lsodoes not explain this. Now this is not a case of someone complaining without reading the related story, so can someone please explain what happened???
Just an FYI
Most of the UPN stations re-telecast Enterprise on Saturday or Sunday, so you do not need to miss WW.
Another option is to record one of the programs while watching the other, if your cable company and VCR features let you do this...
The article is German centric and talks about effect on people in Germany !! Any idean if it will impact US GPS systems?
Remember that Lord Steve was not the CEO of Apple during those days. Maybe that is why the company was more interested in winning by lawsuits rather than innovation.