IE still has an enormous bulk of users, but those they've lost are power users and web developers. Web developers, more than anyone, are the ones who have controlled browser success. They're not OSS fanboys, they are the ones that want the best working conditions available. They took IE4 over Netscape 4, and FF over IE6. They have no issue reverting to IE if IE resumes its best-of-category status.
Not necessarily...many utilize Linux or Mac instead of Windows. There's no IE anymore on the Mac, and Linux doesn't have it. So far Opera and Firefox are the only mainstream multiplatform browsers.
In a word, DRM. Most subscription based content is exclusively for digital music players, not for burning CD's. That was the Napster subscription model, and I can only assume that Yahoo is the same.
There are freeware apps that will rip the DRM out of your digital music, however.
I'm in the backup camp with everyone else. Additional hard drives can be purchased for as little as 50 bucks.
However, I agree with you. I don't understand why there seems to be a time limit on songs you download...they leave it up to you to handle the backups, and proprietary DRM songs shouldn't be hard to re-obtain.
Have you used iTunes? It's probably the best solution out there, so yes, it is good.
I get your point...Windows is the most popular OS, but it is far from "good". iTunes, however, is an easy to use, semi-multiplatform solution that makes sense and works well, even on older systems.
Does it? Wow. I'd better go and delete all of those PDFs I've created using pdelatex (free and Free) and OmniGraffle (cheap and non-Free). Or edited using PDFPen (cheap, non-Free).
There's no need to be snide about it.:-)
Obviously, I didn't know about these apps. Thanks very much for the info, as I may use these in the future.
I guess my only frustration is that the format people are embracing is pdf, which (unless you use a "export to pdf" feature) is a format that requires yet another expensive program to create.
And you can forget editing someone's pdf unless you have the appropriate software. Open standards are great, but does it have to be pdf?
With vonage you can call anyone, anywhere free. With most other VoIP systems like google talk, etc, the receiver needs special software. I'd me more interested in Vonage stock than google stock at this time.
Free? You pay nearly 25 bucks a month for this service. This, frankly, is the problem. I use a smaller voip provider that lets me call within the state for 10 bucks and the country (and about 10 other countries, including Canada and the UK) for about 20 bucks.
Vonage has multiple pricing platforms, but the price needs to come down on VOIP for people to completely embrace it. After all, unlike a cell phone, it's not based on battery, but broadband. It's only portable if you're staying somewhere with broadband (and while I agree that broadband is almost everywhere, you can't very well use your voip phone while traveling down the interstate). At least, not yet.
Truthfully, I don't know much about CNet UK, but here in America, CNet borderlines on Tech sensationalism at times. Yes, it's only on occasion, but those occasions are often enough to annoy me.
If CNet would stop trying to make their article titles +1 Flamebait just to get you to read them, maybe I'd take their opinions on Google more seriously.
Anyone that says this isn't worth it is not very technical in my book.
Bah. Frugal maybe.
Point being that I don't mind waiting a little bit for my data to come back up, and from a consumer standpoint, I'm patient enough to wait a few extra seconds.
It's not that I don't see the validity of the technology, I simply don't justify the expense for myself right now.
Would you pay $100 for a 4GB Solid State Drive that is up to 6x faster than a WD Raptor?
Nope. I'd rather wait longer and have more capacity for less money. After all, I use Windows as my primary OS. I'm used to waiting.
Truthfully, though, if the price came down, I'd be interested in this for a Windows install, and then install all my apps and save all my docs to an external IDE.
Given that this show is on PBS, advertisement will probably FOLLOW the program anyway. I would assume that it might come BEFORE it during the download, if the download includes the sponsers at all.
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While I agree that Steve's temperament can be equated to that of a 10 year old beating his fists into the carpet when he doesn't get his way, Apple is FAR from doomed.
Most people buy Apple for the OS, not just for what's under the hood.
Application developers need to rely 100% on certain components being available to them on all client platforms.
That's true, but why do so many developers (even the exalted Quickbooks when it comes to IE) rely so heavily on Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player? Because MS bundled it. If this bundle didn't occur, all that would happen is developers would resort to installing 3rd party apps again (remember Myst for Windows 95 and the Quicktime Installer?). I don't think this is a bad thing.
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Not necessarily...many utilize Linux or Mac instead of Windows. There's no IE anymore on the Mac, and Linux doesn't have it. So far Opera and Firefox are the only mainstream multiplatform browsers.
There are freeware apps that will rip the DRM out of your digital music, however.
Which is why I said semi-multiplatform instead of saying multi-platform. Because you're right; it isn't for Linux.
However, I agree with you. I don't understand why there seems to be a time limit on songs you download...they leave it up to you to handle the backups, and proprietary DRM songs shouldn't be hard to re-obtain.
I get your point...Windows is the most popular OS, but it is far from "good". iTunes, however, is an easy to use, semi-multiplatform solution that makes sense and works well, even on older systems.
My question is what would you say is better?
Napster? Doubtful.
Wal-Mart? Don't make me grin.
"Stuck" with the most popular online music store?
Poor, poor us.
I'd be willing to sacrifice a little more space to have it in flash memory.
There's no need to be snide about it. :-)
Obviously, I didn't know about these apps. Thanks very much for the info, as I may use these in the future.
I guess my only frustration is that the format people are embracing is pdf, which (unless you use a "export to pdf" feature) is a format that requires yet another expensive program to create.
And you can forget editing someone's pdf unless you have the appropriate software. Open standards are great, but does it have to be pdf?
True enough, but Open Office will also read docs. And beta2 of Oo reads them quite well.
Interesting point. I dislike MS as much as the next guy, but they provide a free MSWORD reader as well.
So what's the difference?
So I guess either way, it was modded correctly. :-)
Vonage has multiple pricing platforms, but the price needs to come down on VOIP for people to completely embrace it. After all, unlike a cell phone, it's not based on battery, but broadband. It's only portable if you're staying somewhere with broadband (and while I agree that broadband is almost everywhere, you can't very well use your voip phone while traveling down the interstate). At least, not yet.
Truthfully, I don't know much about CNet UK, but here in America, CNet borderlines on Tech sensationalism at times. Yes, it's only on occasion, but those occasions are often enough to annoy me. If CNet would stop trying to make their article titles +1 Flamebait just to get you to read them, maybe I'd take their opinions on Google more seriously.
Point being that I don't mind waiting a little bit for my data to come back up, and from a consumer standpoint, I'm patient enough to wait a few extra seconds.
It's not that I don't see the validity of the technology, I simply don't justify the expense for myself right now.
Nope. I'd rather wait longer and have more capacity for less money. After all, I use Windows as my primary OS. I'm used to waiting.
Truthfully, though, if the price came down, I'd be interested in this for a Windows install, and then install all my apps and save all my docs to an external IDE.
Given that this show is on PBS, advertisement will probably FOLLOW the program anyway. I would assume that it might come BEFORE it during the download, if the download includes the sponsers at all.
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Dr. Gene Ray
Most people buy Apple for the OS, not just for what's under the hood.
Indeed. But with IBM involved, I'm not sure the plumage will be quite so lovely.
Yes, in many sectors the parrots are pining for the fjords.
You mean like Longhorn?
That's true, but why do so many developers (even the exalted Quickbooks when it comes to IE) rely so heavily on Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player? Because MS bundled it. If this bundle didn't occur, all that would happen is developers would resort to installing 3rd party apps again (remember Myst for Windows 95 and the Quicktime Installer?). I don't think this is a bad thing.