Cell phone sales have risen 35%, and Nokia leads with 46 million cellphones sold in the 2nd quarter alone. That means Nokia sells approximately 185million cell phones a year, and thats only one company. Just mind boggling.
SBC- Southern Bell Communications (one of tbe companies that came from the antitrust suit against Bell)
http://www.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=5039
MSNBC- Microsoft and National Broadcasting Corporation. (News)
Contender with CNN and FoxNews. Owned by GE and our great friends over in Redmond.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
Now AT&T, honestly where have you been for your whole life. Haven't you seen those incredibly annoying ads for AT&T with the messed up-orange-haired-annoying-guy?
AT&T- (American Telephone and Telegraph) Old school phone company since the 1880's. Frequently nailed for antitrust suits.
http://www.att.com/
The main problem with government run IT programs is the same problem with ALL government programs.
Oversight and other things are the only tip of the iceberg.
The problem is they are being created BY the government. A Government may be penalized by voters for screwing up, but the likelihood of that transcending partisan politics is miniscule. A Corporation is screwed if they mess up, they will lose money, etc. All a Government has to do is request more money.
Look at projects such as the Big Dig (in Boston), they've run 5 years over, and nearly 14 billion over budget.
How does this apply to IT? As I mentioned, the mentality is the same.
I'm kinda surprised nobody's mentioned the FBI IT fiasco yet. The FBI had a plan to overhaul their computers/network, and its millions of dollars over budget, and doesn't even work. To finish my argument, I quote the Department of Justice's Inspector General, who blasted the FBI IT project.
"IG investigators concluded that the bureau lacked basic project management practices and had failed to establish policies that would prevent overruns and delays in IT procurements."
Microsoft is majorly profiting because I'd say because of the explosion of broadband. With more people accessing the internet (running XP, no doubt) the servers increase. That's a profit. As more and more people get online, more servers will be required, and with anti-Linux propaganda at the ready, Microsoft can take advantage of small business sans IT. (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem /fact s/default.mspx) That being said, I'm sure Linux groups (Red Hat, etc.) have sold more servers also.
As previously mentioned, more and more computers are being sold. The vast majority are dell-whorish mass-produced Windows XP computers. Case in point, I'm at my school library using brand new IBMs running Windows XP. As long as schools, libraries, individual users, etc, continue to buy desktops, Microsofts profits will continue to rise.
On a side note, the computer next to me just crashed.
It's been said many times, but the idea of trying to break the law in a strict state is a bad idea. Would you go to Tehran to give out Bibles?
Watch a video of Tiananmen Square. You'll change your mind.
This movie already is in script development, and apparently Gillian Anderson is loosely attached, said by the Hollywood Stock Exchange.
(http://movies.hsx.com/servlet/SecurityDetail?symb ol=XFIL2)
Another interesting thing to note- After this/. article came out, the stock for X-files 2 dropped over 4 dollars./. now affects the stock market!
Most comments so far have approved of the new iPod and Mac PC, but the question is can it survive business-wise?
Investors (in Apple) clearly didn't think so, as Apple stocks dropped nearly $3.00 a share today.
My dad, who supports proprietary software like it's his job, received an e-mail from UPROMISE after his IE didn't work correctly.
They advised various stuff, and then," We also suggest an alternative browser, such as Mozilla Firefox."
My dad was ranting for the next 10 minutes.
Your point is irrelevant. This isn't a censorship issue or giving the world the finger, it's an economic question. Should the Bush campaign slow down their servers so international people can view their campaign ads (no one knows why) or, should they focus their bandwidth to help get their message to Americans?
Personally I think this is a bad idea...it's socialism. And it's unnecessary.
I'd say 50% of the people who used Wifi in Philly would probably be out-of-towners, or at even out-of-staters, considering how close to other states Philly is.
Let government do what it needs to, and do it well, and no more. Rather than increase taxes to pay for a massive wifi network, (all the hotspots, etc.) let the taxes be used by citizens to buy their own, the way they want.
Besides. This would eliminate chalking!!
Well that's why it's a bummer to have the name Kennedy. Or Jones. With the amount of people worldwide, whether born with the name or not, there's almost bound to be a terrorist or a felon with that name.
That' why it's nice to have a long italian last name. With 12 people in the US with my name, it's doubtful my name will show up on the no-fly list.
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Cell phone sales have risen 35%, and Nokia leads with 46 million cellphones sold in the 2nd quarter alone. That means Nokia sells approximately 185million cell phones a year, and thats only one company. Just mind boggling.
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http://news.com.com/Cell%20phone%20sales%20keep%2
SBC- Southern Bell Communications (one of tbe companies that came from the antitrust suit against Bell) http://www.sbc.com/gen/press-room?pid=5039 MSNBC- Microsoft and National Broadcasting Corporation. (News) Contender with CNN and FoxNews. Owned by GE and our great friends over in Redmond. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Now AT&T, honestly where have you been for your whole life. Haven't you seen those incredibly annoying ads for AT&T with the messed up-orange-haired-annoying-guy? AT&T- (American Telephone and Telegraph) Old school phone company since the 1880's. Frequently nailed for antitrust suits. http://www.att.com/
The main problem with government run IT programs is the same problem with ALL government programs.
Oversight and other things are the only tip of the iceberg.
The problem is they are being created BY the government. A Government may be penalized by voters for screwing up, but the likelihood of that transcending partisan politics is miniscule. A Corporation is screwed if they mess up, they will lose money, etc. All a Government has to do is request more money.
Look at projects such as the Big Dig (in Boston), they've run 5 years over, and nearly 14 billion over budget.
How does this apply to IT? As I mentioned, the mentality is the same.
I'm kinda surprised nobody's mentioned the FBI IT fiasco yet. The FBI had a plan to overhaul their computers/network, and its millions of dollars over budget, and doesn't even work.
To finish my argument, I quote the Department of Justice's Inspector General, who blasted the FBI IT project.
"IG investigators concluded that the bureau lacked basic project management practices and had failed to establish policies that would prevent overruns and delays in IT procurements."
Microsoft is majorly profiting because I'd say because of the explosion of broadband. With more people accessing the internet (running XP, no doubt) the servers increase. That's a profit.m /fact s/default.mspx)
As more and more people get online, more servers will be required, and with anti-Linux propaganda at the ready, Microsoft can take advantage of small business sans IT.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversyste
That being said, I'm sure Linux groups (Red Hat, etc.) have sold more servers also.
As previously mentioned, more and more computers are being sold. The vast majority are dell-whorish mass-produced Windows XP computers.
Case in point, I'm at my school library using brand new IBMs running Windows XP. As long as schools, libraries, individual users, etc, continue to buy desktops, Microsofts profits will continue to rise.
On a side note, the computer next to me just crashed.
It's been said many times, but the idea of trying to break the law in a strict state is a bad idea. Would you go to Tehran to give out Bibles? Watch a video of Tiananmen Square. You'll change your mind.
im not paranoid, i just feel safer in this tin hat... 2+2=4!
can we say slashdot effect?
This movie already is in script development, and apparently Gillian Anderson is loosely attached, said by the Hollywood Stock Exchange. (http://movies.hsx.com/servlet/SecurityDetail?symb ol=XFIL2)
Another interesting thing to note- After this /. article came out, the stock for X-files 2 dropped over 4 dollars. /. now affects the stock market!
yeah. Penny Arcade has a great comic about this. (duchovny's voicing over crappy games) Tycho- Actually, this might be a step up for you.
Most comments so far have approved of the new iPod and Mac PC, but the question is can it survive business-wise? Investors (in Apple) clearly didn't think so, as Apple stocks dropped nearly $3.00 a share today.
Speaking of bumming things, don't the Russians launch their rockets from the independant nation of Kazakhstan?
My dad, who supports proprietary software like it's his job, received an e-mail from UPROMISE after his IE didn't work correctly. They advised various stuff, and then," We also suggest an alternative browser, such as Mozilla Firefox." My dad was ranting for the next 10 minutes.
Is it just me, or has this article already run on /.
Maybe I'm getting an odd case of Deja Vu, does anyone else remember this?
nothings secure. microsoft gets hacked all the time and ikts not like they dont have the right people. and he knows what hes doing
Ever heard of hacktivism? It's no secret many Europeans loathe Bush...
Your point is irrelevant. This isn't a censorship issue or giving the world the finger, it's an economic question. Should the Bush campaign slow down their servers so international people can view their campaign ads (no one knows why) or, should they focus their bandwidth to help get their message to Americans?
Personally I think this is a bad idea...it's socialism. And it's unnecessary. I'd say 50% of the people who used Wifi in Philly would probably be out-of-towners, or at even out-of-staters, considering how close to other states Philly is. Let government do what it needs to, and do it well, and no more. Rather than increase taxes to pay for a massive wifi network, (all the hotspots, etc.) let the taxes be used by citizens to buy their own, the way they want. Besides. This would eliminate chalking!!
Well that's why it's a bummer to have the name Kennedy. Or Jones. With the amount of people worldwide, whether born with the name or not, there's almost bound to be a terrorist or a felon with that name. That' why it's nice to have a long italian last name. With 12 people in the US with my name, it's doubtful my name will show up on the no-fly list.