Tech/Gaming hobbies can be expensive. Just ask someone who has played WoW since launch how much of their money Blizzard has now. If it weren't for the fact that Blizzard/WoW is "amazing/ohmygod/awesome/cool", then it'd be possible that that money was misspent, right?
Your average person is convinced he is not a fool. Fools don't make stupid decisions. Therefore, your average person is convinced that that PS3/WoW/iMac they just bought must be worth every penny. Given the prices on some of these things, the products (and their companies) must therefore somehow be 'better' than they seem. Result: Delusional Fans.
*XP/Vista are significantly more stable than the 9x series ever was.
*Visual Studio 2005 is much nicer than anything Eclipse puts out
*There's the one I cited in the very document you're replying to (IIS).
*Exchange Servers.
*SQL 2005 Servers.
etc.
The fact that people get 'used to' a version like Win2k or Office97 does not mean that their successors suck; adding new functionality (which they do) while not breaking anything (which they don't do often) is, by most reasonable criteria, a better product. The fact that the upgrade may be slight (95->98, Office 97->2k, XP->Vista (when the drivers are available)) just means that you're not going to rush out and buy the upgrade; no reason for someone who may not have the product not to buy the newest one.
So when Apple bombs, its "Learning from Mistakes" and when they get the next version right, its "Insightful Market Understanding", but when Microsoft bombs, its "Rushing it out the door to crush competitors" and when they get the next version right, its "Stealing technology from their competitors".
Everyone in business learns from their mistakes and improves their subsequent product, or fails to remain in business. Just look at the stability of the latest IIS vs the earlier ones, for example.
"I don't want to use the term DRM any longer"
Whew! Problem solved! Its this kind of decisive action from our corporate leaders that demonstrates just how much they earn every penny of their salary!
Warhammer Fantasy is currently being developed. Has knights, swords, orcs, eleves, etc.
This article references Warhammer 40k. Has space marines. And guns.
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Tech/Gaming hobbies can be expensive. Just ask someone who has played WoW since launch how much of their money Blizzard has now. If it weren't for the fact that Blizzard/WoW is "amazing/ohmygod/awesome/cool", then it'd be possible that that money was misspent, right? Your average person is convinced he is not a fool. Fools don't make stupid decisions. Therefore, your average person is convinced that that PS3/WoW/iMac they just bought must be worth every penny. Given the prices on some of these things, the products (and their companies) must therefore somehow be 'better' than they seem. Result: Delusional Fans.
Captain Ahab ALWAYS gets his whale... Eventually.
*XP/Vista are significantly more stable than the 9x series ever was. *Visual Studio 2005 is much nicer than anything Eclipse puts out *There's the one I cited in the very document you're replying to (IIS). *Exchange Servers. *SQL 2005 Servers. etc. The fact that people get 'used to' a version like Win2k or Office97 does not mean that their successors suck; adding new functionality (which they do) while not breaking anything (which they don't do often) is, by most reasonable criteria, a better product. The fact that the upgrade may be slight (95->98, Office 97->2k, XP->Vista (when the drivers are available)) just means that you're not going to rush out and buy the upgrade; no reason for someone who may not have the product not to buy the newest one.
So when Apple bombs, its "Learning from Mistakes" and when they get the next version right, its "Insightful Market Understanding", but when Microsoft bombs, its "Rushing it out the door to crush competitors" and when they get the next version right, its "Stealing technology from their competitors". Everyone in business learns from their mistakes and improves their subsequent product, or fails to remain in business. Just look at the stability of the latest IIS vs the earlier ones, for example.
Winterblink for president! http://www.winterblink.com/wda/
Well shoot... isn't the whole point of a PUBLIC debate to get, I don't know, PUBLICITY?
"I don't want to use the term DRM any longer" Whew! Problem solved! Its this kind of decisive action from our corporate leaders that demonstrates just how much they earn every penny of their salary!
What you're looking for exists. Its called XFire (http://www.xfire.com/). No reason to pay $$$ for something they can do on ad revenue.
You can't notify the people involved. Read the article. They don't even know for sure which data was stolen.
Warhammer Fantasy is currently being developed. Has knights, swords, orcs, eleves, etc. This article references Warhammer 40k. Has space marines. And guns.
It's ok... we mailed your letter out last week.