For sure end-users don't always have the right choice, but it's often due to marketting. (Users have often no way to judge technicaly and rely on marketting).
Regarding Beta Max, for sure it was used professionaly, but I doubt that was the definition of commercial success;-)
Re:Aside betamax, minidisk, dcc, lynx and SGI PCs.
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Forgot: - ORB Disks (removable hard drives) - DVD-RAM
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Java is mainly used as a GUI frontent. If it displays correctly , have all menus and functions available and no crash during a day to heavy users, then I deploy.
I'm not in a bank company ultra tested environment. If something goes wrong, then this is not dramatic.
BTW, one more point for the opensource. All java opensource apps that I know of are java 1.5.0_09 compatible. (MyFreeTv, azureus,...)
Closed source apps are realy a hell. Not because you need to pay for, but because you have such problems like not up to date with current distros (either libc or java environment). (not speaking about side costs like license inventory tracking, license servers: adding a point of failure and reducing flexibility, debugging difficult,...)
Honestly, when installing a vendor app, you have to install the corresponding jre leading to tons of different jre versions installed on the system (that takes much place and slow down install process.
Trust me, when you want to deploy new version of Matlab across your network, you're happy to remove the bloated bundled java!
Now I through every application that do no work with latest java 1.5.0_09.
Netbackup: => replaced by bacula and backuppc: works fine (backuppc is killer app BTW)
Matlab: repacakged to rpm killing builded java. Matlab 2006b works fine (even better) using java 1.5.0_09:-) I keep it
Animated pictures are not restricted to web use.
They are massively used by instant messenging clients.
having animated icons on buttons that have focus (and static for buttons that don't) would IMHO be an interresting usability enhancement. (just like moving the mouse in upper right corner in compiz).
The aim of this move is simple: costs saving for the majors:
- They don't need to edit a DVD structure with bonuses and such - They donc have to create the media, the jacket and such - They don't have to manage media storage - They don't have to manage media transportation
But you pay the same: They earn 35% more.
Same for downloadable manazines and news papers: same price, but the company saves paper, printing costs, transportation, unsold idtems,....
You connect a reciever (look like a satellite reciever but it is connected on you phone line)
then at the back of the reciever you have 3 connectors: - a RJ45 10/100Mb/s connector for LAN - a SCART connector for TV - a phone connector (RJ11) for standard phone
And of course a connector for the phone line. - a ADSL connector (also RJ11) to connect to the phone line.
See example page 12 on the following user guide (sorry only French, but picture is ok). http://support.free.fr/maj/freebox_V3-V4_dgp .pdf
Old version launched in 2000 if my memory is correct: http://mfilter.free.fr/fr/im/pop_freebox.jpg New version twice smaller http://www.iliad.fr/im/FreeboxV3.jpg
I think the article title is somewhat missleading. One can think it's a new technology which will be 1st deployed in the US next year; but it's not a new technology.
A good title would have been: TV Over Phone Lines first rolled out in France in late 2003 (and maybe other countries) finaly arrives to US in 2005.
NOTE: In France we have 3 ADSL/ADSL2+ providers offering TV over phone lines (with VoIP included: just connect a standard phone to the ADSL reciever (which is more than a basic modem)). - ADSL bandwidths range from 1Mb/s to 8Mb/s downstream and 256Kb/s to 768Kb/s upstream. - ADSL2+ bandwidths range from 1Mb/s to 25Mb/s downstream and 512Kb/s to 2Mb/s upstream. => Speed depends on provider and distrance to the connection point.
TV over ADSL is mainly downstream (multicast) traffic and consumes about 3Mb/s (meaning that if you have less than 3Mb/s, you cannot recieve TV over phone line).
HDTV is planned for 2005 for ADSL2+ (this will be the first HDTV programs in France as this cool technology is STILL NOT:-( available here despite the fact it has been out for several years in US now). Thanks to the provider FREE (http://www.free.fr) this will be fixed next year.
Finaly: US is late on TV over phone lines, France is late on HDTV. One point for both sides, technology progresses and everybody is happy:-)
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For sure end-users don't always have the right choice, but it's often due to marketting. (Users have often no way to judge technicaly and rely on marketting).
;-)
Regarding Beta Max, for sure it was used professionaly, but I doubt that was the definition of commercial success
Forgot:
- ORB Disks (removable hard drives)
- DVD-RAM
We can count:
- NeXT
- BeBOX
what about the following:?
- SONY Beta MAX tape
- SONY MiniDisk
- Philips Digital Compact Cassette (DCC)
- Atari Lynx
- SGI Intel based workstation running Windows
Java is mainly used as a GUI frontent. If it displays correctly , have all menus and functions available and no crash during a day to heavy users, then I deploy. I'm not in a bank company ultra tested environment. If something goes wrong, then this is not dramatic. BTW, one more point for the opensource. All java opensource apps that I know of are java 1.5.0_09 compatible. (MyFreeTv, azureus, ...)
Closed source apps are realy a hell. Not because you need to pay for, but because you have such problems like not up to date with current distros (either libc or java environment). (not speaking about side costs like license inventory tracking, license servers: adding a point of failure and reducing flexibility, debugging difficult, ...)
Honestly, when installing a vendor app, you have to install the corresponding jre leading to tons of different jre versions installed on the system (that takes much place and slow down install process. Trust me, when you want to deploy new version of Matlab across your network, you're happy to remove the bloated bundled java! Now I through every application that do no work with latest java 1.5.0_09. Netbackup: => replaced by bacula and backuppc: works fine (backuppc is killer app BTW) Matlab: repacakged to rpm killing builded java. Matlab 2006b works fine (even better) using java 1.5.0_09 :-) I keep it
Animated pictures are not restricted to web use. They are massively used by instant messenging clients. having animated icons on buttons that have focus (and static for buttons that don't) would IMHO be an interresting usability enhancement. (just like moving the mouse in upper right corner in compiz).
The aim of this move is simple: costs saving for the majors:
....
- They don't need to edit a DVD structure with bonuses and such
- They donc have to create the media, the jacket and such
- They don't have to manage media storage
- They don't have to manage media transportation
But you pay the same: They earn 35% more.
Same for downloadable manazines and news papers: same price, but the company saves paper, printing costs, transportation, unsold idtems,
Can I install AROS as well?
http://www.aros.org/
that way I could quintuple boot
- a dream OS
- a good OS
- a bad OS
- an ugly OS
- a dead OS
I'm not saying what OS is a dream OS.
A virus is not alive.
Life definition: "Is able to replicate itself".
A virus is unable to do this; the replication is done by the infected cell.
No No, it is realy standard phone lines...
p .pdf
You connect a reciever (look like a satellite reciever but it is connected on you phone line)
then at the back of the reciever you have 3 connectors:
- a RJ45 10/100Mb/s connector for LAN
- a SCART connector for TV
- a phone connector (RJ11) for standard phone
And of course a connector for the phone line.
- a ADSL connector (also RJ11) to connect to the phone line.
See example page 12 on the following user guide (sorry only French, but picture is ok).
http://support.free.fr/maj/freebox_V3-V4_dg
Old version launched in 2000 if my memory is correct: http://mfilter.free.fr/fr/im/pop_freebox.jpg
New version twice smaller http://www.iliad.fr/im/FreeboxV3.jpg
I think the article title is somewhat missleading. One can think it's a new technology which will be 1st deployed in the US next year; but it's not a new technology.
:-( available here despite the fact it has been out for several years in US now). Thanks to the provider FREE (http://www.free.fr) this will be fixed next year.
:-)
A good title would have been:
TV Over Phone Lines first rolled out in France in late 2003 (and maybe other countries) finaly arrives to US in 2005.
NOTE: In France we have 3 ADSL/ADSL2+ providers offering TV over phone lines (with VoIP included: just connect a standard phone to the ADSL reciever (which is more than a basic modem)).
- ADSL bandwidths range from 1Mb/s to 8Mb/s downstream and 256Kb/s to 768Kb/s upstream.
- ADSL2+ bandwidths range from 1Mb/s to 25Mb/s downstream and 512Kb/s to 2Mb/s upstream.
=> Speed depends on provider and distrance to the connection point.
TV over ADSL is mainly downstream (multicast) traffic and consumes about 3Mb/s (meaning that if you have less than 3Mb/s, you cannot recieve TV over phone line).
HDTV is planned for 2005 for ADSL2+ (this will be the first HDTV programs in France as this cool technology is STILL NOT
Finaly: US is late on TV over phone lines, France is late on HDTV. One point for both sides, technology progresses and everybody is happy