So continuing the analogy, maybe it would be more appropriate if Fox News changed its marketing slogan from, "Fair and balanced" to "The leader in misinformation that entertains you".
The purpose of Fox News (along with the other, so-called "liberal" members of the corporate media) is to make a profit for their parent corporation. They do this by getting high ratings to drive up their advertising rates, and they've found that more people want to watch if you state opinions that match the viewers' own than if you just try to inform them.
One could extend that to say that since NPR is run by a non-profit organization, NPR can put more emphasis on "informing its listeners" than the commercial news organzations can. Maybe that is why NPR does a better job of informing its listeners, while Fox News has to focus on entertaining its listeners in order to keep the adverstising money flowing in.
After all, some people think Fox News is fair and balanced while others say NPR is fair and balanced.
It depends upon what you call, "fair and balanced".
A news organization's purpose is to inform, not to proffer an opinion. In the area of informing, NPR does better than Fox. For example, more than 60% of Fox News listeners thought the US found WMD's in Iraq, less than 20% of NPR's listeners thought the same. Since Washington has admitted that no WMDs were found, which news organization did a better job of informing its listeners?
Will Microsoft follow the trend established in Windows XP SP2 and allow certain applications (Microsoft's and others) to open holes in the firewall so they can communicate stealthily, or will the firewall obey only the user's configuration.
If they forked Firefox and labeled it IE7 (or 8), who would they be dependent on?
Microsoft would need to maintain it themselves. So what would that really get them? The web is written for IE, it would be a major amount of work to "downgrade" FireFox to emulate IE's bugs.
Additionally, a major downside is that it validates FireFox, a competitor.
IE is a loss leader. You give out IE in order to get other stuff back.
Microsoft bundles IE with Windows to leverage Windows' monopoly to gain marketshare for IE. Once IE has high marketshare, then Microsoft can control indirectly the website developers. Have you ever noticed how many websites are written to accommodate the bugs in IE?
A Red Flag In The Brain Game
America's dismal showing in a contest of college programmers highlights how China, India, and Eastern Europe are closing the tech talent gap
Ben Mickle, Matt Edwards, and Kshipra Bhawalkar looked as though they had just emerged from a minor auto wreck. The members of Duke University's computer programming team had solved only one problem in the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in San Antonio on Apr. 12. The winning team, from Saratov State University in Russia, solved six puzzles over the course of the grueling five-hour contest. Afterward, Duke coach Owen Astrachan tried to cheer up his team by pointing out that they were among ``the best of the best'' student programmers in the world. Edwards, 20, still distraught, couldn't resist a self-deprecating dig: ``We're the worst of the best of the best.''
Duke wasn't the only U.S. school to be skunked at the prestigious computing contest. Of the home teams, only Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked among the 12 highest finishers. Most top spots were seized by teams from Eastern Europe and Asia. Until the late 1990s, U.S. teams dominated these contests. But the tide has turned. Last year not one was in the top dozen.
Why does Torvalds care? I mean, why does he care what FreeBSD is doing, or how they are doing it?
If there is something that FreeBSD does that he likes, he is welcome to the code. If there is something that FreeBSD does that he does not like, he can just let it go.
Why does he feel the need to start a war within the OpenSource community?
Artists have always made their money on the concert tours. Always.
Artists have always complained how little money is left over from record sales after the blood-sucking record companies extract all of the various contractual fees.
Well yes, but do you really need that top end NVidia graphics card for your secure workstation? If security's your priority then stick with a chipset that can provide it.
That's my point, you need to be aware of the security issue with binary drivers in order to make the proper decision.
If you do not think about the security issues caused by binary drivers, then you may use them in a place where it would not be appropriate to do so.
Allowing some company to run a binary driver on my computer, when I cannot see the source code for that driver, is not in the interest of best practices security. Using those binary drivers on a computer that has a need for high level of security is a self-defeating endeavor.
ISP's are selling you these huge bandwidth rates....5-30Mb/S in the case of Verizon, and then it turns out there's nothing *legitimate* to use that bandwidth on, and then they're shocked just SHOCKED that customers have found a way to use that bandwidth on?
Bandwidth is how fast you can send or receive data. Data volume is how much data you send or receive. The ISPs are concerned about the data volume you use, not the bandwidth.
The important news? What they're doing seems to be working,
They are not the first company to use that management style, nor will they be the last. Nearly 30 years ago, Koss (the headphone maker) was using the very same management philosophy. India is in a booming economy nowadays. A booming economy makes it easy for companies to make lots of profit. Profits hide many errors that a company makes. The real test of the company cited will be whether they can weather an economic downturn and keep the same management style.
I'll repeat, there's nothing new or newsworthy here. It's just a reporter trying to create news.
whose president feels that 'employees come first and customers second.'
The book, The Customer Comes Second: Put Your People First and Watch 'em Kick Butt is over ten years old, with the updated second edition still around two years old.
Microsoft has identified reducing piracy as a key way for the company to grow its sales of Windows,
If there were compelling reasons to upgrade, Microsoft wouldn't have to look at other means to grow their Windows' sales, the upgrade sales would carry them forward.
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She was appointed by a Republican, what did you expect?
The we may be seeing the beginnings of a dictatorship here in the United States. We should heed her warnings.
Nice strawman, which you subsequently argue against.
Problem is, though, I never said that; so you are only arguing against yourself. Therefore, I'll bow out and let you continue.
Carry on.
One could extend that to say that since NPR is run by a non-profit organization, NPR can put more emphasis on "informing its listeners" than the commercial news organzations can. Maybe that is why NPR does a better job of informing its listeners, while Fox News has to focus on entertaining its listeners in order to keep the adverstising money flowing in.
Point granted.
It depends upon what you call, "fair and balanced".
A news organization's purpose is to inform, not to proffer an opinion. In the area of informing, NPR does better than Fox. For example, more than 60% of Fox News listeners thought the US found WMD's in Iraq, less than 20% of NPR's listeners thought the same. Since Washington has admitted that no WMDs were found, which news organization did a better job of informing its listeners?
Will Microsoft follow the trend established in Windows XP SP2 and allow certain applications (Microsoft's and others) to open holes in the firewall so they can communicate stealthily, or will the firewall obey only the user's configuration.
Microsoft would need to maintain it themselves. So what would that really get them? The web is written for IE, it would be a major amount of work to "downgrade" FireFox to emulate IE's bugs.
Additionally, a major downside is that it validates FireFox, a competitor.
Microsoft would not allow themselves to be dependent upon someone else for such a critical piece of their strategy.
Microsoft bundles IE with Windows to leverage Windows' monopoly to gain marketshare for IE. Once IE has high marketshare, then Microsoft can control indirectly the website developers. Have you ever noticed how many websites are written to accommodate the bugs in IE?
Where have I seen this before?
This chart from the article says it all.
Ben Mickle, Matt Edwards, and Kshipra Bhawalkar looked as though they had just emerged from a minor auto wreck. The members of Duke University's computer programming team had solved only one problem in the world finals of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in San Antonio on Apr. 12. The winning team, from Saratov State University in Russia, solved six puzzles over the course of the grueling five-hour contest. Afterward, Duke coach Owen Astrachan tried to cheer up his team by pointing out that they were among ``the best of the best'' student programmers in the world. Edwards, 20, still distraught, couldn't resist a self-deprecating dig: ``We're the worst of the best of the best.'' Duke wasn't the only U.S. school to be skunked at the prestigious computing contest. Of the home teams, only Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked among the 12 highest finishers. Most top spots were seized by teams from Eastern Europe and Asia. Until the late 1990s, U.S. teams dominated these contests. But the tide has turned. Last year not one was in the top dozen.
Complete article.
Maybe if you RTFA, you would have seen that Apple has access to internal Microsoft technology that the WINE people would only dream of having.
If there is something that FreeBSD does that he likes, he is welcome to the code. If there is something that FreeBSD does that he does not like, he can just let it go.
Why does he feel the need to start a war within the OpenSource community?
Artists have always complained how little money is left over from record sales after the blood-sucking record companies extract all of the various contractual fees.
Microsoft is on the receiving end of many patent infringement lawsuits because Microsoft routinely steals the technology of others.
That's my point, you need to be aware of the security issue with binary drivers in order to make the proper decision.
If you do not think about the security issues caused by binary drivers, then you may use them in a place where it would not be appropriate to do so.
Allowing some company to run a binary driver on my computer, when I cannot see the source code for that driver, is not in the interest of best practices security. Using those binary drivers on a computer that has a need for high level of security is a self-defeating endeavor.
Wasn't McAfee suspected of releasing computer viruses into the wild to beef up the sales of their wares?
Bandwidth is how fast you can send or receive data. Data volume is how much data you send or receive. The ISPs are concerned about the data volume you use, not the bandwidth.
They are not the first company to use that management style, nor will they be the last. Nearly 30 years ago, Koss (the headphone maker) was using the very same management philosophy. India is in a booming economy nowadays. A booming economy makes it easy for companies to make lots of profit. Profits hide many errors that a company makes. The real test of the company cited will be whether they can weather an economic downturn and keep the same management style.
I'll repeat, there's nothing new or newsworthy here. It's just a reporter trying to create news.
The book, The Customer Comes Second: Put Your People First and Watch 'em Kick Butt is over ten years old, with the updated second edition still around two years old.
If there were compelling reasons to upgrade, Microsoft wouldn't have to look at other means to grow their Windows' sales, the upgrade sales would carry them forward.