If the manufacturers REALLY wanted us ALL to send in the rebate forms, and were NOT expecting this 'breakage'... then why? Tell us WHY you have this convoluted rebate system in place, rather than offering us a lower price WITHOUT the rebate system?
Excellent questions.
I'd like to add another question, why was the supposed expert at the NPD Group even asked about this. Since the "expert" is deep in the market research industry, an industry that lives on customer coupons and rebates, how in the world can anyone expect him to offer an unbiased opinion?
btw, the "old-media" encyclopedias did not label those with valid criticisms of the article as bashers. They took the constructive criticism seriously and used it to try to improve their products.
It appears that such an appreciation for critique is lacking in the "new-media" encyclopedia. Arrogance, not wisdom, places itself above criticism.
Because Wikipedia links directly to original sources.
Not all of the time. Yet you build your entire viewpoint on the presumption that WikiPedia links to original sources all of the time. If WikiPedia wants to better "old-media", it needs to at least meet the accountability standards that have been par for the course for the old-media encyclopedias. So far, WikiPedia has not cleared that bar.
Your message, like WikiPedia, needs to earn accountability; not assume it is a given.
And he is correct to do so. The fact that WikiPedia can be used in such a manner, terribly diminishes the worth of WikiPedia's articles. How do you know an article that is based on fact vs. an article that is based on vindictiveness?
WikiPedia is a great concept, but it needs to grow up before it can earn the place in society that so many ascribe to it now. Part of that growing up process will be accountability of its authors and responsibility to its readers.
If by 'desparate' you mean 'responding to the market' then yes, they are.
Microsoft doesn't "respond to the market". Microsoft "protects its monopoly".
In this instance, Microsoft saw a significant threat to its MS Office monopoly when Massachusetts decided to support an open document format that others and Microsoft could support. That removed a key advantage that Microsoft holds, i.e., the ability to completely control the document format(s) of office productivity products.
Once Microsoft has lost the advantage of file format control, where is Microsoft's advantage?
Microsoft's biggest fear is having to compete in an open, fair marketspace, without having the ability to leverage its desktop monopoly, or proprietary file formats and protocols, to lock up new markets.
So half a dozen out of the hundreds of thousands of new Xbox 360 owners are having problems.
Good point. You should improve the research behind your numbers as well. As of now, we do not know the extent of the problem, nor whether the problem gets better or worse with time, nor whether it is just "a half a dozen" who are experiencing the problem (e.g., how many were bought for Christmas presents and not even opened yet?). If it is a marginal hardware component, the problem will tend to get worse as the component ages.
MySQL has been used very successfully on some projects that have Oracle very concerned. With MySQL 5.0's features, Oracle is seeing a competitor that is eating up the market from underneath Oracle's position.
The key phrase to google is "disruptive technology". Clayton Christensen is the expert on the topic.
If you're not interested in the subject of your query long enough to wait for am answer
I am interested in the subject of my query long enough to look it up in a real encyclopedia. If WikiPedia's answers were better, I wouldn't mind the wait, however better answers are available elsewhere without the wait.
The fact that the decision to unbundle Windows Media from the OS does not appear to be working is the best indication that this decision was needed. There has been no choice in the marketplace for so long, Microsoft has used its Windows monopoly to leverage and provide advantage to their products for so long, that there is now a signoficant barrier to entry for competing product to gain and maintain a foothold.
Absolutely correct. Why sell a song for $0.99 when you can sell that same song for $1.99? In the world of hit songs, when a song is popular the record company can almost name its price.
It always amazes me that Joel can write so much on things about which he knows so little.
Oracle has recently cozied up to Sun Solaris. I wonder what Oracle's reaction to this Sun/PostgreSQL announcement is, especially since Oracle recently tried to take out MySQL?
Microsoft is saying they are using Scrum in order to get their competitors to start using Scrum. This is very much like Microsoft telling all the Windows business app developers to move their apps to OS/2, while Microsoft abandoned OS/2 and continued developing their business apps for Windows.
"Don't do as we do, do as we say."
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"Not since the code breakers in Britain's Bletchley Park deciphered Germany's Enigma code during World War II has so much brainpower been focused on kicking an enemy's ass."
This statement is a joke, right?
Is it possible to mod the start message of a thread as "funny"?
First, A company that buys top of the line technology and after that screws it magestically for the sole reason that it is "Not Invented Here (tm)" is bound to have some serious troubles down the road.
Maybe Novell is looking at this from a long-term business viewpoint. For example, look at message 13959373. It seems that Novell was the last big sponsor of KDE development, the rest have jumped on the GNOME bandwagon.
So do you think it is really wise for Novell to continue to paint itself into the corner of isolation with KDE?
Your message sounds more like that of a KDE fanatic, than business-oriented viewpoint it purports to be.;-)
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To be honest,I have to agree with the "overrated" mods on my message. No way its worth a 5 - insightful. Maybe a 5 - glib, but not a 5 - insightful.
Lest there be any doubt, I agree with you completely.
It is idiots like him who give the likes of the RIAA their pull with Congress and other lawmakers.
Ouch, ... that's gonna leave a mark...
What is good for the U.S. is good for the Internet.
Excellent questions.
I'd like to add another question, why was the supposed expert at the NPD Group even asked about this. Since the "expert" is deep in the market research industry, an industry that lives on customer coupons and rebates, how in the world can anyone expect him to offer an unbiased opinion?
It appears that such an appreciation for critique is lacking in the "new-media" encyclopedia. Arrogance, not wisdom, places itself above criticism.
Not all of the time. Yet you build your entire viewpoint on the presumption that WikiPedia links to original sources all of the time. If WikiPedia wants to better "old-media", it needs to at least meet the accountability standards that have been par for the course for the old-media encyclopedias. So far, WikiPedia has not cleared that bar.
Your message, like WikiPedia, needs to earn accountability; not assume it is a given.
Point taken. I should have said, "worth to me and others who value accurate information".
And he is correct to do so. The fact that WikiPedia can be used in such a manner, terribly diminishes the worth of WikiPedia's articles. How do you know an article that is based on fact vs. an article that is based on vindictiveness?
WikiPedia is a great concept, but it needs to grow up before it can earn the place in society that so many ascribe to it now. Part of that growing up process will be accountability of its authors and responsibility to its readers.
If you call it an opinion instead of a fact, it wouldn't be a no-no.
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Microsoft doesn't "respond to the market". Microsoft "protects its monopoly".
In this instance, Microsoft saw a significant threat to its MS Office monopoly when Massachusetts decided to support an open document format that others and Microsoft could support. That removed a key advantage that Microsoft holds, i.e., the ability to completely control the document format(s) of office productivity products.
Once Microsoft has lost the advantage of file format control, where is Microsoft's advantage?
Microsoft's biggest fear is having to compete in an open, fair marketspace, without having the ability to leverage its desktop monopoly, or proprietary file formats and protocols, to lock up new markets.
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. -- Ben Franklin
Good point. You should improve the research behind your numbers as well. As of now, we do not know the extent of the problem, nor whether the problem gets better or worse with time, nor whether it is just "a half a dozen" who are experiencing the problem (e.g., how many were bought for Christmas presents and not even opened yet?). If it is a marginal hardware component, the problem will tend to get worse as the component ages.
The key phrase to google is "disruptive technology". Clayton Christensen is the expert on the topic.
I am interested in the subject of my query long enough to look it up in a real encyclopedia. If WikiPedia's answers were better, I wouldn't mind the wait, however better answers are available elsewhere without the wait.
And what generation is "our" generation?
By the time it finishes searching, I forgot why I wanted the information.
The fact that the decision to unbundle Windows Media from the OS does not appear to be working is the best indication that this decision was needed. There has been no choice in the marketplace for so long, Microsoft has used its Windows monopoly to leverage and provide advantage to their products for so long, that there is now a signoficant barrier to entry for competing product to gain and maintain a foothold.
Absolutely correct. Why sell a song for $0.99 when you can sell that same song for $1.99? In the world of hit songs, when a song is popular the record company can almost name its price.
It always amazes me that Joel can write so much on things about which he knows so little.
My ISP (Comcast) farms out their Usenet service (to giganews, I think). I use my Comcast user account and password to access the news server.
Oracle has recently cozied up to Sun Solaris. I wonder what Oracle's reaction to this Sun/PostgreSQL announcement is, especially since Oracle recently tried to take out MySQL?
"Don't do as we do, do as we say."
This statement is a joke, right?
Is it possible to mod the start message of a thread as "funny"?
Maybe Novell is looking at this from a long-term business viewpoint. For example, look at message 13959373. It seems that Novell was the last big sponsor of KDE development, the rest have jumped on the GNOME bandwagon.
So do you think it is really wise for Novell to continue to paint itself into the corner of isolation with KDE?
Your message sounds more like that of a KDE fanatic, than business-oriented viewpoint it purports to be. ;-)