You must be a consumer. Customers influence the future of technology not CEOs, companies adapt to the market or die. This talk seems more about how these individuals have adapted in the past versus how they expect to adapt in the future. Now depending on the nature of the talks you may be right, but personally I'd like to hear what's going on in the future of computing and how Linus expects to adapt, as much as I'm interested in reading what Jobs and Gates are going to be doing.
Seems to me like it's more of a spokesperson X talks about the future/past. Linus is the most prevalent name as a spokesperson for Gnu/Linux operating systems. OSS is really interesting and people may very well like to understand what Linus does better. For instance he does have complete control over Linux (the kernel), but has little to no influence over the actual distributions. At the end of the day I think the stories of these three software giants are full of dramatic flare (as far as business stories go) and that's what people want to hear about, this makes Linux's story all the more relevant, especially because it seems like they just want a prediction of where these stories will be heading in the next 5-10yrs.
And Ballmer of course will jump in from the front row with his favorite wrestling weapon, the chair! It's ok though, Jobs may get some help if Linus shows up and reveals the hidden alliance between Mac and Open Source Software. That'll work until Gates and Ballmer are decommissioned, then RMS shows up and smacks Jobs on the back of the head with his guitar Linus unconscious from the brawl with the M$ brothers will not be able to prove his stance on RMS's actions until.... TECHNOLOGY CAGE MATCH 2!!
M$ = Lawful Evil (we can do what we want, our lawyers will make it legal)
Mac = Neutral Evil (we're evil, if we break the law our lawyers will get us out)
M$ = 20th level necromancer
special attack = Summon Zombie pc
Mac = 20th level enchanter
special attack = Charm people into thinking a Mac will make them cool
You know what else I want. I want crossover office installed, XEN installed, and I want XGL to be configured, compatible and working. That would be a damn fine machine. Another nice thing to have would be a 64bit system configured for 32bit compatibility where it's needed. I think Dell could be the icing on the cake for a Linux desktop.
Credit Card companies should have employees who Google for credit card numbers and de-activate any card whose number is found in the ' net. Thank you.
Deactivating the cards doesn't eliminate the problem. Those same merchants will be losing credit card numbers again next week, that's why the current deterrent is "if" card numbers are stolen "and" you don't meet these security standards, you may be fined and lose your ability to process credit cards. ie. ruin the dimwit that's posting cc#s on the Internet.
Same thing happens with counterfeit money. At the end of the day merchant is held liable for processing funds that are invalid. If it was any other way, then a crooked merchant could literally sit there defruading the government/credit card co. If you think about it though, it makes a bit of sense, if anything else is stolen from the merchant, do they get it back, just because it's not fair? This kind of thing is what the insurance industry exists for.
Exactly, your value increases phenomenally, when your client has hundreds of thousands of dollars in frozen funds. The article itself is accurate, but still severely out of touch with what is going on.
Maybe the card companies are still turning a profit, but estimated losses are around 49 billion, that's twice M$'s annual revenue. It's worth going after.
This has very little to do with the credit card companies and a lot to do with the merchants that process credit cards. The current standard is PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standards)discussed here http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/31/064 5227&from=rss. My job is working to upgrade software that is not compliant with these standards, so I know the credit card companies are doing something. The problem rests with merchants that are largely clueless about the necessary security precautions that need to be taken when working with computers. They want to be in business, process credit cards, have a website, a network, and they want to pay their nephew $5/hr to set everything up. The bottom line is, that having data compromised from your business, when you haven't met these standards, will leave you liable for the loss, possibly incuring fees of up to $500,000 and potentially losing your priviledge of processing credit cards permanantly. Bottom line is the vast majority of business owners are not adequately computer literate and they are too cheap to pay an expert to deal with their network properly.
Breaking News: Animal control was able to tame the wild shaven ape aka "the ballmosapien", by using it's natural mating call "developers, developers, developers!".
So, if I pull up to a gas station and use the "free water" or "free air" without getting gas then I'm being an ass?
From a legal stand point I agree with your post, free is free. From a social context I stick to the concept of free is free something is either free or it isn't. A sign stating "free air with purchase of gas" or "free wi-fi with purchase of _____" is appropriate, but a free service is a free service, like a public restroom vs customers only, this case smacks in the face of the definition of free itself and the punishment is insane, imagine going to prison for using a crapper meant for "customers only".
Fair enough. I was discussing market share. Period. End of story. Nothing more to discuss. DUDE!
Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows
On March 14, 1994, Linux 1.0.0 was released,... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
Is Linux's less than impressive market share an indication that the movement is out of touch with the average computer user?
You're splitting hairs. Microsoft's success with previous operating systems has had a significant effect on their existing market share. It's worth noting here that MS-DOS still exists, as well as 95-98 and the NT line, and when counting market share they are all (generally) collectively referred to as Microsoft Windows Market share. Microsoft's clientele is significantly older and has largely been maintained through backwards compatibility, Linux on the other hand wasn't released until '94 (per wikipedia). Therefore the Linux user base is significantly younger than Microsoft's user base, the relative youth of Linux's installed base likely has a lot to do with market penetration.
Yes, because the average user wants to take extra steps to find the software they're gonna use
I don't really understand what you're trying to say here. Please elaborate.
My cat is a user interface designer, you insensitive clod!
And my cat uses Linux, you facetious troll!!!
Well no, its really not, because they stole the base from apple, then linux stole the interface from windows.
/trollfood/ Linux stole installed base from Apple? Linux stole the interface from Windows?! The user interface is ubiquitous, resizable programs drawn on a screen with application menus and links to software. NOTHING original./trollfood/
Your reply while partly true, has absolutely nothing to do with market share. Microsoft as a brand has been around since `81, Linux has been around since `92. Windows has been a household name for around 26 years, Linux is only begining to gain relevent mindshare.
Regardless, I would contest that all things considered, Linux market share is anything but "less than impressive". Here's a study indicating that Linux's market share is at least comparable with Mac OSX.
And the fact that if you want to use any programs on linux you usually have to compile the source yourself.
BS, they are called repositories.
And the fact that there are no human interface designers working on the linux project.
This is highly offensive, to user interface designers that work on Gnu/Linux.
Microsoft may not do function very well, but their form is getting better, and they have a comparatively simple interface for users.
Microsoft's user interface is not anything unique or special.
And the fact that it has a reputation as being something only computer geeks "can" use.
All software has a reputation as something only geeks can support. You are blurring the difference between "use" and "support". Your post is flamebait and nowhere near informative.
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You must be a consumer. Customers influence the future of technology not CEOs, companies adapt to the market or die. This talk seems more about how these individuals have adapted in the past versus how they expect to adapt in the future. Now depending on the nature of the talks you may be right, but personally I'd like to hear what's going on in the future of computing and how Linus expects to adapt, as much as I'm interested in reading what Jobs and Gates are going to be doing.
Seems to me like it's more of a spokesperson X talks about the future/past. Linus is the most prevalent name as a spokesperson for Gnu/Linux operating systems. OSS is really interesting and people may very well like to understand what Linus does better. For instance he does have complete control over Linux (the kernel), but has little to no influence over the actual distributions. At the end of the day I think the stories of these three software giants are full of dramatic flare (as far as business stories go) and that's what people want to hear about, this makes Linux's story all the more relevant, especially because it seems like they just want a prediction of where these stories will be heading in the next 5-10yrs.
BSOD - Blue Stage Of Death?
And Ballmer of course will jump in from the front row with his favorite wrestling weapon, the chair! It's ok though, Jobs may get some help if Linus shows up and reveals the hidden alliance between Mac and Open Source Software. That'll work until Gates and Ballmer are decommissioned, then RMS shows up and smacks Jobs on the back of the head with his guitar Linus unconscious from the brawl with the M$ brothers will not be able to prove his stance on RMS's actions until.... TECHNOLOGY CAGE MATCH 2!!
M$ = Lawful Evil (we can do what we want, our lawyers will make it legal)
Mac = Neutral Evil (we're evil, if we break the law our lawyers will get us out)
M$ = 20th level necromancer
special attack = Summon Zombie pc
Mac = 20th level enchanter
special attack = Charm people into thinking a Mac will make them cool
Seems like a scheme to reiterate the idea that people can only choose between Mac and Windows. They are completely ignoring another big player.
You know what else I want. I want crossover office installed, XEN installed, and I want XGL to be configured, compatible and working. That would be a damn fine machine. Another nice thing to have would be a 64bit system configured for 32bit compatibility where it's needed. I think Dell could be the icing on the cake for a Linux desktop.
It's an often used pun, as in dozing off...
Deactivating the cards doesn't eliminate the problem. Those same merchants will be losing credit card numbers again next week, that's why the current deterrent is "if" card numbers are stolen "and" you don't meet these security standards, you may be fined and lose your ability to process credit cards. ie. ruin the dimwit that's posting cc#s on the Internet.
Same thing happens with counterfeit money. At the end of the day merchant is held liable for processing funds that are invalid. If it was any other way, then a crooked merchant could literally sit there defruading the government/credit card co. If you think about it though, it makes a bit of sense, if anything else is stolen from the merchant, do they get it back, just because it's not fair? This kind of thing is what the insurance industry exists for.
Exactly, your value increases phenomenally, when your client has hundreds of thousands of dollars in frozen funds. The article itself is accurate, but still severely out of touch with what is going on.
Maybe the card companies are still turning a profit, but estimated losses are around 49 billion, that's twice M$'s annual revenue. It's worth going after.
This has very little to do with the credit card companies and a lot to do with the merchants that process credit cards. The current standard is PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standards)discussed here http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/31/064 5227&from=rss. My job is working to upgrade software that is not compliant with these standards, so I know the credit card companies are doing something. The problem rests with merchants that are largely clueless about the necessary security precautions that need to be taken when working with computers. They want to be in business, process credit cards, have a website, a network, and they want to pay their nephew $5/hr to set everything up. The bottom line is, that having data compromised from your business, when you haven't met these standards, will leave you liable for the loss, possibly incuring fees of up to $500,000 and potentially losing your priviledge of processing credit cards permanantly. Bottom line is the vast majority of business owners are not adequately computer literate and they are too cheap to pay an expert to deal with their network properly.
Breaking News: Animal control was able to tame the wild shaven ape aka "the ballmosapien", by using it's natural mating call "developers, developers, developers!".
Ok, I think I'm going to give up on it today.
I'd just like to say, "I already knew that".
So, if I pull up to a gas station and use the "free water" or "free air" without getting gas then I'm being an ass?
From a legal stand point I agree with your post, free is free. From a social context I stick to the concept of free is free something is either free or it isn't. A sign stating "free air with purchase of gas" or "free wi-fi with purchase of _____" is appropriate, but a free service is a free service, like a public restroom vs customers only, this case smacks in the face of the definition of free itself and the punishment is insane, imagine going to prison for using a crapper meant for "customers only".
Can't believe I typoed that. :) .1461 or 14.61% ~15%.
Should be
Ok, I asked for that. Actually, it was global studies (bah).
should have been ~10%, reasoning: 9mo. ~ 10mo., and 40 days ~1mo.
Here's the math. 40/(365 * .75) = .1411 or 14.11 % of the school year.
Fair enough. I was discussing market share. Period. End of story. Nothing more to discuss. DUDE!
Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows On March 14, 1994, Linux 1.0.0 was released,From the first line of the article.
Now, what you were saying again?
You're splitting hairs. Microsoft's success with previous operating systems has had a significant effect on their existing market share. It's worth noting here that MS-DOS still exists, as well as 95-98 and the NT line, and when counting market share they are all (generally) collectively referred to as Microsoft Windows Market share. Microsoft's clientele is significantly older and has largely been maintained through backwards compatibility, Linux on the other hand wasn't released until '94 (per wikipedia). Therefore the Linux user base is significantly younger than Microsoft's user base, the relative youth of Linux's installed base likely has a lot to do with market penetration.
better?
The article asks about market share. I commented that maturity will influence market share.
Nor did I make any statements about Linux's market share.Ok, so you're not very skilled at transitioning from one subject to another.
I don't really understand what you're trying to say here. Please elaborate.
My cat is a user interface designer, you insensitive clod!And my cat uses Linux, you facetious troll!!!
Well no, its really not, because they stole the base from apple, then linux stole the interface from windows./trollfood/ Linux stole installed base from Apple? Linux stole the interface from Windows?! The user interface is ubiquitous, resizable programs drawn on a screen with application menus and links to software. NOTHING original./trollfood/
Your reply while partly true, has absolutely nothing to do with market share. Microsoft as a brand has been around since `81, Linux has been around since `92. Windows has been a household name for around 26 years, Linux is only begining to gain relevent mindshare.
Regardless, I would contest that all things considered, Linux market share is anything but "less than impressive". Here's a study indicating that Linux's market share is at least comparable with Mac OSX.
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2004/02/20.6.sBS, they are called repositories.
And the fact that there are no human interface designers working on the linux project.This is highly offensive, to user interface designers that work on Gnu/Linux.
Microsoft may not do function very well, but their form is getting better, and they have a comparatively simple interface for users.Microsoft's user interface is not anything unique or special.
And the fact that it has a reputation as being something only computer geeks "can" use.All software has a reputation as something only geeks can support. You are blurring the difference between "use" and "support". Your post is flamebait and nowhere near informative.