It'd be interesting to compare user-agents with those who voted for vendor lock-in. It may not prove anything substantial, but it'd be an interesting tid-bit.
What's odd is that the headline of that article captured the results perfectly, but the article failed to explain it properly.
That's totally skewed out of perspective. 22% of visitors to the site (not necessarily IT decision makers) believe that FOSS has a lower cost, and this is the most important advantage.
The 44% of visitors who viewed lower dependence on vendors as the most important may also believe that FOSS is free, or they may. We don't know. We just know that for them, reduced dependence on vendors is more important than lower cost. The same can go for any other choice.
In fact, 100% of visitors may believe that FOSS costs less. But only 22% of them see it as their first priority. I don't see how they can assume that visitors who don't see cost as the key advantage must believe that FOSS isn't really free, unless they're rabid Adam Smith fans.
Both Sony and Toshiba have their reasons to capture the High-def DVD market with their technology. And there hasn't been any actual products any of these formats for the market to decide which is better.
To many, there's no point in deciding now, as it would reduce any incentive for these companies to improve on their products and there is really no criteria on which to decide (except storage space, which is not a good measuring rod at all).
When products which use these technologies are released, the market will be able to choose. And one just hopes they choose wisely.
If you're doing it for free anyway, what's wrong with getting a little gift?
You are free not to accept it, keep it as memorabilia, or donate it to charity, as many have done in the past. People who found flaws in Knuth's books kept their $2 checks as a token of their work, rather than cashing it in.
It's about the focus. The former headline puts the focus on the flaw, while the latter headline puts the focus on the update to iTunes.
As the summary leaves out other features the iTunes update has while explaining the critical flaw that iTunes faced, the submitter clearly intended to focus on the security issues, hence he chose the former headline, which is accurate.
In any case, if the latter headline were used, it wouldn't be as news-worthy, as it would seem to be more of a Slashvertisement for iTunes than actual geek news.
Neither. Seeing as she has a penchant for fabricating quotes, she'll be working in the film business, fabricating review quotes for the next Ben Affleck movie.
If you see a Michel LeDelio quoted on a poster, remember you heard it here first.
The arguments in the "What is RealID" section are ludicrous.
Linking together databases is not spying. Just because China and Vietnam have national IDs doesn't make it a bad idea. A lot of people, after passing the driver license test, still can't drive properly. What's that got to do with illegal immigrants and national IDs?
To me, it sounded like it was written by the guys that wrote about peak oil and the 911 conspiracies.
I can't argue with history. Microsoft has entered many different markets, such as instant messenger, search engines, game hardware and software, PC hardware, and others. And they did succeed against the tide.
But the problem with succeeding in different markets is that investment, both financial and human, is required on all fronts. And that's exactly what can cause problems for them. Stream-lining and focusing one's business is what produces consistent profits and bottom-lines.
That's one of the reasons IBM decided to do away with their PC business, and why HP is facing difficulties now, while Dell is rolling. As they say, it's easy to get good results, but it's hard keeping those results up.
By succeeded I meant it generated sales, so much so that it became a viable competitor to the PS2.
Most people were not asking whether to get a a Gamecube or a PS2. They were asking whether to get a PS2 or an Xbox.
The Xbox outsold the PS2 in the US, which is a huge market. And if the current exchange rates stay the same, the PS3 will be relatively more expensive than the XBox 360, especially in the US.
I recognize Xbox's surprising success, seeing as it was just a miniature PC, and I'm a hardened Playstation fanboy.
The Xbox succeeded because it wasn't a console - it's a mini-PC. They got their games because many game developers are familiar with DirectX, which shows as the majority of games are written for Windows. The new version of IE does not have everything FF and Opera have, as the support for CSS is sketchy.
GM, Ford and VW are getting hit currently by smaller, nimbler competition from Japanese car makers, partially because the Japanese makers are more focused than GM or Ford is. Sony lost out on the portable music player scene because it was slow and pitted one part of its company (the music and movie businesses) against another (the audio and DVD player businesses).
While I, too, wouldn't count Microsoft down and out, Microsoft is facing attack on all fronts because it decided to branch into those domains. But don't expect it to win it all.
a selection of add-ons with odd shapes and colours that you could use to customise your computer
Sorry, PCI has already been invented.
I guess the best people can do is make console-case mods like they do with PC-case mods. It might be in Microsoft's and Sony's interest to make a competition for upcoming games, such as Gran Turismo, Halo and Final Fantasy amongst others.
Increases in spam results in increases in usage of electricity and in tempers, both of which increase heat*. This leads to global warming causing adverse conditions such as last year's hurricanes.
*Left to reader as an exercise to prove the relation
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It'd be interesting to compare user-agents with those who voted for vendor lock-in. It may not prove anything substantial, but it'd be an interesting tid-bit.
What's odd is that the headline of that article captured the results perfectly, but the article failed to explain it properly.
That's totally skewed out of perspective. 22% of visitors to the site (not necessarily IT decision makers) believe that FOSS has a lower cost, and this is the most important advantage.
The 44% of visitors who viewed lower dependence on vendors as the most important may also believe that FOSS is free, or they may. We don't know. We just know that for them, reduced dependence on vendors is more important than lower cost. The same can go for any other choice.
In fact, 100% of visitors may believe that FOSS costs less. But only 22% of them see it as their first priority. I don't see how they can assume that visitors who don't see cost as the key advantage must believe that FOSS isn't really free, unless they're rabid Adam Smith fans.
Yep, but turned out to be too high-maintenance for my tastes.
They already have made cases which can hold 19" hardware - my pants!
I have a short wooden leg, you see. Being a pirate and all...
It's not like the community can.
Both Sony and Toshiba have their reasons to capture the High-def DVD market with their technology. And there hasn't been any actual products any of these formats for the market to decide which is better.
To many, there's no point in deciding now, as it would reduce any incentive for these companies to improve on their products and there is really no criteria on which to decide (except storage space, which is not a good measuring rod at all).
When products which use these technologies are released, the market will be able to choose. And one just hopes they choose wisely.
Perhaps owners of the Xbox 360?
Well, those teams could still pursue with their endeavors, hopefully beating the time used by these researchers.
This would mean that their algorithm and/or heuristics is/are superior, which would be beneficial to everyone, including these researchers who "won".
The good thing about research like this is that no one really loses.
If you're doing it for free anyway, what's wrong with getting a little gift?
You are free not to accept it, keep it as memorabilia, or donate it to charity, as many have done in the past. People who found flaws in Knuth's books kept their $2 checks as a token of their work, rather than cashing it in.
It's about the focus. The former headline puts the focus on the flaw, while the latter headline puts the focus on the update to iTunes.
As the summary leaves out other features the iTunes update has while explaining the critical flaw that iTunes faced, the submitter clearly intended to focus on the security issues, hence he chose the former headline, which is accurate.
In any case, if the latter headline were used, it wouldn't be as news-worthy, as it would seem to be more of a Slashvertisement for iTunes than actual geek news.
Neither. Seeing as she has a penchant for fabricating quotes, she'll be working in the film business, fabricating review quotes for the next Ben Affleck movie.
If you see a Michel LeDelio quoted on a poster, remember you heard it here first.
Ah-ha. This is clearly a plot to get people to refute them by providing anecdotal evidence of getting non-DRM'd mp3s.
Would save them the trouble of hunting down pirates themselves. These people are clever.
Like Cherry OS itself, it was deemed to be a copy, and thus taken offline. Fitting, I'd say.
The arguments in the "What is RealID" section are ludicrous.
Linking together databases is not spying. Just because China and Vietnam have national IDs doesn't make it a bad idea. A lot of people, after passing the driver license test, still can't drive properly. What's that got to do with illegal immigrants and national IDs?
To me, it sounded like it was written by the guys that wrote about peak oil and the 911 conspiracies.
I can't argue with history. Microsoft has entered many different markets, such as instant messenger, search engines, game hardware and software, PC hardware, and others. And they did succeed against the tide.
But the problem with succeeding in different markets is that investment, both financial and human, is required on all fronts. And that's exactly what can cause problems for them. Stream-lining and focusing one's business is what produces consistent profits and bottom-lines.
That's one of the reasons IBM decided to do away with their PC business, and why HP is facing difficulties now, while Dell is rolling. As they say, it's easy to get good results, but it's hard keeping those results up.
Easy. Multi-threaded electricity.
By succeeded I meant it generated sales, so much so that it became a viable competitor to the PS2.
Most people were not asking whether to get a a Gamecube or a PS2. They were asking whether to get a PS2 or an Xbox.
The Xbox outsold the PS2 in the US, which is a huge market. And if the current exchange rates stay the same, the PS3 will be relatively more expensive than the XBox 360, especially in the US.
I recognize Xbox's surprising success, seeing as it was just a miniature PC, and I'm a hardened Playstation fanboy.
The Xbox succeeded because it wasn't a console - it's a mini-PC. They got their games because many game developers are familiar with DirectX, which shows as the majority of games are written for Windows. The new version of IE does not have everything FF and Opera have, as the support for CSS is sketchy.
GM, Ford and VW are getting hit currently by smaller, nimbler competition from Japanese car makers, partially because the Japanese makers are more focused than GM or Ford is. Sony lost out on the portable music player scene because it was slow and pitted one part of its company (the music and movie businesses) against another (the audio and DVD player businesses).
While I, too, wouldn't count Microsoft down and out, Microsoft is facing attack on all fronts because it decided to branch into those domains. But don't expect it to win it all.
a selection of add-ons with odd shapes and colours that you could use to customise your computer
Sorry, PCI has already been invented.
I guess the best people can do is make console-case mods like they do with PC-case mods. It might be in Microsoft's and Sony's interest to make a competition for upcoming games, such as Gran Turismo, Halo and Final Fantasy amongst others.
Damn you, dbretton. I come to Slashdot (amongst other places) so I don't have to do anything important.
I am a non-Microsoft guy working at Microsoft.
Funny, that statement could also apply to Laura DiDio.
With Xbox's explosive PSUs, that'll make for a fiery combo.
Personally, custom cases should be made. I believe Microsoft is doing that with the Xbox 360 and the idea worked well for the PS2 Slimline series.
There's some reason to link OurColony to the Xbox 360. It might not be true, but if it is, it's astro-turfing.
Perhaps the OP made up his mind on whether or not it was, which is definitely his right.
It's got nothing to do with [Gg]od.
Increases in spam results in increases in usage of electricity and in tempers, both of which increase heat*. This leads to global warming causing adverse conditions such as last year's hurricanes.
*Left to reader as an exercise to prove the relation
Looks like someone needs to get Sober:P
What are we going to have to do to convince "ordinary users" to visit WindowsUpdate once in a while?
Easy. Make it an invite-based system. People take for granted what they can get effortlessly.
Add a cost to it, and people will appreciate and use it more.