Because their operation's value is in the Walmart approach. BUT being an online operation, they could be based anywhere. Their innovation and technology initiatives are limited to retail, which means they will eventually be beat by Lenovo. Eventually, these operations will be entirely offshore, unless the Yuan gets re-valued or the dollar drops significantly. Dell should be defensive. Commodity operations have no staying power - and they don't help the nation defend our economic interests. They are a great investment and a very reliable firm for Wall Street, but they are not a significant player in any sense. Lenovo, HP, Gateway, any of these guys could pick up their slack if they were dissolved tomorrow, and no one in any market would care.
So you changed from an actual news organization to a liberal mouthpiece because NPR wasn't outrageously critical of Bush? How very fair and balanced of you.
It's not just local NPR stations that are at risk. EVERY local radio station is becoming obsolete. And the future is more centralized, internet-based content. NPR is right about this one, push podcasts and get on with the future. People in the local stations will find that they need to find new jobs, big whoop-de-doo. They should wake up and find their listening audience had their jobs outsourced, too, over the last 10 years. The world has changed. Time to wake up.
I've even got the notoriously balky Mechwarrior 3 running on Win2k/xp. But it's not well-documented like Apple's classic mode, and it isn't automated.
But you make a good point. For all that Windows touts backwards compatibility, Apple is in some ways better. On the other hand, I have the latest Mac OSX and it won't even recognize my old Starcraft discs.
It only really matters on the business end, and Windows' history has been so much more stable. Give Apple another 10 years and if they don't screw up, they'll be popular here. But Linux will gain overseas, as bad as it is, there's nothing that's more backwards compatible. You can run and re-compile anything from OTHER DECADES on Linux.
Technically, Apple has this same advantage for server applications, but I doubt they'll ever put together a competent, well supported program for businesses. They're too distracted with high-end consumers. That's why I've always thought they should acquire Sun, ditch Solaris, integrate/open source Java. But Sun's CEO is too stubborn for this to happen prior to bankruptcy.
Exactly, the manufacturers choose Windows, but that's because everyone wants it. The larger picture is that Windows DOESN'T NEED a new consumer release. Everyone's excited about x360, ps3, and their RAZR. After we got online with Win95, no consumer really cares much what they're running. If they don't need to purchse antivirus with Vista (ha) great. Other than that, no one cares. They could probably sell XP 5 years from now.
The delay is bad because for MS because it kills their manufacturing partners and their fanboys with the gaming rigs. But they honestly should make their own OSX, because of their monopoly in business, they really DO have the time.
I mean, that's the classic wikipedia problem, right? If 100 encyclopedists can't write about everything, surely 1 million will be able to cover the entire Earth and it's history, right?...Or maybe they'll all just screw around with their own biographical entries and flameing political figures.
Whether it's improving fast enough for your tastes, I can't answer, but:
1. It's seamlessly interoperable with various eras' MS office documents, moreso that MS Office at times. 2. It's free. Didn't anyone mention that? 3. Yes, OO is slavishly copying MS Office's features. That's a good thing! I know those features are actually there. I have no guarantees with other alternative apps like abiword or whatever, and I have to hunt through hundreds of websites to figure out what else I can use. The time already invested in OO.org and MS Office has got to be enough. No more learning new names, websites, methods, UIs. Nope. Let's everyone just stick with and improve OO.org. If you like, negotiate to fold Gnumeric into Calc, I don't care. These other programs have zero chance of succeeding in the marketplace. 4. I also can't answer whether OO.org needs a re-write. But it's good enough that my wife and my parents can use it (at least as much as they can use MS Office). And no one owns 64bit chips yet, so who cares? I'm talking worldwide, of course. Anyone who currently has a 64 bit chip already has an old 32 bit chip computer and/or the money to get one.
See? OO.org and the alternatives are for people who can't/won't pay. As a free gift, it's silly to whine about it's pedigree.
I think you're dead wrong. The biggest trends for the last few years has been blogs, which are dirt simple website 99% of the time, and Google's dominance, which runs typically basic webpages and maximizes on speed. XML, etc. is good enough for the long-term. Oh, everyone is making hay on video, and that seems to be working fine without new web standards and langauges. Considering the bleeding edge for 90% of the internet is a website like ESPN, it will be a while before that potential is tapped out.
As for MS propaganda, they've just made too many enemies. They won't be able to achieve huge market share in any new markets, the word got out about 10 years ago that they'll bleed you dry. No more monopolies.
They are rolling out the images earlier. They delay on the consumer side is to allow the retailing outlets to be on par with Dell, etc. direct sellers. So that the corporate customers who purchased licenses (remember Software Assurance?) won't be completely cheesed, the volume business customers can get it early anyway. But basically, MS could roll Vista out to Dell, but won't because HP, Gateway and now Lenovo would pitch a fit.
Civ IV shows how out of touch Sid is. I bought my laptop less than a year ago, and I don't come close to the specs! Meanwhile, the console industry chugs along mostly on specs from 5 years ago.
I don't mind that my computer is slow, and I understand I can't play the last Unreal or Half-Life 2, but turn based strategy games SHOULD be playable by anything running the last Windows OS.
Also, why does Blizzard always provide Macintosh versions, but Sid's games don't? They should have broader appeal, not lesser.
Why isn't the original civilation being sold on every platform like Tetris? This is beyond me - now I'm talking about Gameboy, cell phones, PDAs, PSP, etc. That's all I want. They could have released a joystick game with a number pad controller by now, really. I don't think 2kgames understands the real beauty of Civ.
Don't confuse the two. These wiretaps aren't being used by the administration directly, as with that cheater Nixon. There's a reason we voted for these guys, even if 'we' doesn't include Slashdot or the NYT. We're getting democracy, there are still 500+ representatives on Congress who could have stopped this in the last decade, if we had voted that way.
As for freedom, there should always be a balance. We're on of the free-est societies in history. We can't get arrested for no reason, as in the UK, and we don't have judges arbitrarily ruling cases, as in France, and we don't have a legislature that can overrule the constitution at any time - as in virtually every other democracy.
We whine about wiretaps, and that's healthy. But this is still just whining while we're at war. Our vaunted forefathers did much worse (Lincoln, FDR, Wilson). The things you can get away with in this country under the guise of freedom is more than enough.
I agree the rules can't just be ignored, but this process for monitoring for national security is a huge gray area. A lot of people have gotten into the habit of calling everyone they don't agree with liars and crooks - when they have no evidence. NYT is one of them.
When Wi-Max comes out, VOIP is the killer app. Keep in mind that Google probably isn't developing hotspot tech for 801.11 tech, but for wimax. Verizon and their ilk want to charge extra for video over their lines, but soon many more companies will be able to enter their space for less money. Today, ESPN buys space from Sprint, tomorrow, that won't even be necessary.
And Yes, this is why most carriers don't want to work with MS. It's just a matter of time before MS goes for the jugular.
Why would you ever boast about number of articles? Isn't that just a sign that no one can agree - as they splinter off every article about every group into a 'Criticism of' article about every group? Shouldn't the number of articles be static at some point? We're only adding a day of history once every 24 hours. If everyone writes their own viewpoint, we may as well read blogs, right?
Why allow topics on current events? They're always volatile and politically biased nonsense. It could really cut your costs in terms of servers, and then maybe you wouldn't have to beg for money.
The NEWS is that Sony is actually challenged by MS. By a feature they didn't like, even. And now we'll see if Sony can make decent software that doesn't have the words 'Gran Turismo' or 'Everquest' in the title. I'm not optimistic.
I like how he made his own relatives upgrade before he would help them. Strongarming HIS OWN RELATIVES before he will help them with problems in HIS COMPANIES' OWN SOFTWARE THEY PAID FOR. It takes a special kind of arrogance not just to do this, but then TO ADMIT IT!
This guy BLEEDS microsoft Teal. Or whatever color they are.
They already want you to download ActiveX,.Net framework, and now this? I already have antivirus, firewall, Java, Macromedia, Quicktime, etc. web-centric download add-ons up the yinyang. I don't need yet another security risk, and I'm not going to go out of my way for one, that's why they'll bundle it with Vista, or it wouldn't be adopted at all. I can't see this getting traction, it's not an area where MS's dominance in the business office tools will really help them.
You can't just say you do a good job, when you have no data. I think by now, most people go to slashdot for the comments, rather than the articles. So traffic isn't sufficient feedback to think you're successful at your own particular job. Just an option to rate articles, the ability to sort on perfect '5' articles by date, that would be all it takes.
I know it would take a bit of work on your part, and I appreciate what you do already, but rating articles makes a lot more sense than the categories. Though I do like that I can't see all your Left Coast loony articles whining about Bush. I mean, I like being able to block your 'politics' section and I don't want that to go away.
These ratings also make more sense than posting an apologetic for your job every year or so, like this article.
They can't release MCE for X360, because the hardware manufacturers would kill them. MS is hamstrung by their legacy business in PC software. And to make profits, the X360 can't just be purchased for use as a DVR, so they're hamstrung by the videogames business model.
Is ANOTHER Simpsons knockoff/spinoff/show. This confirms Simpsons as the 'Mad Magazine' of TV. We're coming up to Simpson's 2nd DECADE soon (if you inlclude the Ullman appearances). I got sick of it like 10 years ago, because, like Robin Williams and Mad-Libs, they just make the same jokes year after year and insert different names to match current events.
Why everyone else hasn't grown out of it, too, is beyond me.
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Because their operation's value is in the Walmart approach. BUT being an online operation, they could be based anywhere. Their innovation and technology initiatives are limited to retail, which means they will eventually be beat by Lenovo. Eventually, these operations will be entirely offshore, unless the Yuan gets re-valued or the dollar drops significantly. Dell should be defensive. Commodity operations have no staying power - and they don't help the nation defend our economic interests. They are a great investment and a very reliable firm for Wall Street, but they are not a significant player in any sense. Lenovo, HP, Gateway, any of these guys could pick up their slack if they were dissolved tomorrow, and no one in any market would care.
You're calling for research, and the citing wikipedia? Here, let me edit it to my pov...
But seriously, the point has already been made that it's the member stations who receive the public funding that THEN ENDS UP at NPR.
So you changed from an actual news organization to a liberal mouthpiece because NPR wasn't outrageously critical of Bush? How very fair and balanced of you.
It's not just local NPR stations that are at risk. EVERY local radio station is becoming obsolete. And the future is more centralized, internet-based content. NPR is right about this one, push podcasts and get on with the future. People in the local stations will find that they need to find new jobs, big whoop-de-doo. They should wake up and find their listening audience had their jobs outsourced, too, over the last 10 years. The world has changed. Time to wake up.
You're just in agreement with theirs.
I've even got the notoriously balky Mechwarrior 3 running on Win2k/xp. But it's not well-documented like Apple's classic mode, and it isn't automated.
But you make a good point. For all that Windows touts backwards compatibility, Apple is in some ways better. On the other hand, I have the latest Mac OSX and it won't even recognize my old Starcraft discs.
It only really matters on the business end, and Windows' history has been so much more stable. Give Apple another 10 years and if they don't screw up, they'll be popular here. But Linux will gain overseas, as bad as it is, there's nothing that's more backwards compatible. You can run and re-compile anything from OTHER DECADES on Linux.
Technically, Apple has this same advantage for server applications, but I doubt they'll ever put together a competent, well supported program for businesses. They're too distracted with high-end consumers. That's why I've always thought they should acquire Sun, ditch Solaris, integrate/open source Java. But Sun's CEO is too stubborn for this to happen prior to bankruptcy.
They have one SCV, they'll never surrender...
Exactly, the manufacturers choose Windows, but that's because everyone wants it. The larger picture is that Windows DOESN'T NEED a new consumer release. Everyone's excited about x360, ps3, and their RAZR. After we got online with Win95, no consumer really cares much what they're running. If they don't need to purchse antivirus with Vista (ha) great. Other than that, no one cares. They could probably sell XP 5 years from now.
The delay is bad because for MS because it kills their manufacturing partners and their fanboys with the gaming rigs. But they honestly should make their own OSX, because of their monopoly in business, they really DO have the time.
I mean, that's the classic wikipedia problem, right? If 100 encyclopedists can't write about everything, surely 1 million will be able to cover the entire Earth and it's history, right? ...Or maybe they'll all just screw around with their own biographical entries and flameing political figures.
Whether it's improving fast enough for your tastes, I can't answer, but:
1. It's seamlessly interoperable with various eras' MS office documents, moreso that MS Office at times.
2. It's free. Didn't anyone mention that?
3. Yes, OO is slavishly copying MS Office's features. That's a good thing! I know those features are actually there. I have no guarantees with other alternative apps like abiword or whatever, and I have to hunt through hundreds of websites to figure out what else I can use. The time already invested in OO.org and MS Office has got to be enough. No more learning new names, websites, methods, UIs. Nope. Let's everyone just stick with and improve OO.org. If you like, negotiate to fold Gnumeric into Calc, I don't care. These other programs have zero chance of succeeding in the marketplace.
4. I also can't answer whether OO.org needs a re-write. But it's good enough that my wife and my parents can use it (at least as much as they can use MS Office). And no one owns 64bit chips yet, so who cares? I'm talking worldwide, of course. Anyone who currently has a 64 bit chip already has an old 32 bit chip computer and/or the money to get one.
See? OO.org and the alternatives are for people who can't/won't pay. As a free gift, it's silly to whine about it's pedigree.
I remember when disk 11 got corrupted and wouldn't work. ~sniff~ brings a tear to my eye. It's not like I needed to re-install Wind95 or anything...
I think you're dead wrong. The biggest trends for the last few years has been blogs, which are dirt simple website 99% of the time, and Google's dominance, which runs typically basic webpages and maximizes on speed. XML, etc. is good enough for the long-term. Oh, everyone is making hay on video, and that seems to be working fine without new web standards and langauges. Considering the bleeding edge for 90% of the internet is a website like ESPN, it will be a while before that potential is tapped out.
As for MS propaganda, they've just made too many enemies. They won't be able to achieve huge market share in any new markets, the word got out about 10 years ago that they'll bleed you dry. No more monopolies.
They are rolling out the images earlier. They delay on the consumer side is to allow the retailing outlets to be on par with Dell, etc. direct sellers. So that the corporate customers who purchased licenses (remember Software Assurance?) won't be completely cheesed, the volume business customers can get it early anyway. But basically, MS could roll Vista out to Dell, but won't because HP, Gateway and now Lenovo would pitch a fit.
Civ IV shows how out of touch Sid is. I bought my laptop less than a year ago, and I don't come close to the specs! Meanwhile, the console industry chugs along mostly on specs from 5 years ago.
I don't mind that my computer is slow, and I understand I can't play the last Unreal or Half-Life 2, but turn based strategy games SHOULD be playable by anything running the last Windows OS.
Also, why does Blizzard always provide Macintosh versions, but Sid's games don't? They should have broader appeal, not lesser.
Why isn't the original civilation being sold on every platform like Tetris? This is beyond me - now I'm talking about Gameboy, cell phones, PDAs, PSP, etc. That's all I want. They could have released a joystick game with a number pad controller by now, really. I don't think 2kgames understands the real beauty of Civ.
Don't confuse the two. These wiretaps aren't being used by the administration directly, as with that cheater Nixon. There's a reason we voted for these guys, even if 'we' doesn't include Slashdot or the NYT. We're getting democracy, there are still 500+ representatives on Congress who could have stopped this in the last decade, if we had voted that way.
As for freedom, there should always be a balance. We're on of the free-est societies in history. We can't get arrested for no reason, as in the UK, and we don't have judges arbitrarily ruling cases, as in France, and we don't have a legislature that can overrule the constitution at any time - as in virtually every other democracy.
We whine about wiretaps, and that's healthy. But this is still just whining while we're at war. Our vaunted forefathers did much worse (Lincoln, FDR, Wilson). The things you can get away with in this country under the guise of freedom is more than enough.
I agree the rules can't just be ignored, but this process for monitoring for national security is a huge gray area. A lot of people have gotten into the habit of calling everyone they don't agree with liars and crooks - when they have no evidence. NYT is one of them.
When Wi-Max comes out, VOIP is the killer app. Keep in mind that Google probably isn't developing hotspot tech for 801.11 tech, but for wimax. Verizon and their ilk want to charge extra for video over their lines, but soon many more companies will be able to enter their space for less money. Today, ESPN buys space from Sprint, tomorrow, that won't even be necessary.
And Yes, this is why most carriers don't want to work with MS. It's just a matter of time before MS goes for the jugular.
Why would you ever boast about number of articles? Isn't that just a sign that no one can agree - as they splinter off every article about every group into a 'Criticism of' article about every group? Shouldn't the number of articles be static at some point? We're only adding a day of history once every 24 hours. If everyone writes their own viewpoint, we may as well read blogs, right?
Why allow topics on current events? They're always volatile and politically biased nonsense. It could really cut your costs in terms of servers, and then maybe you wouldn't have to beg for money.
The NEWS is that Sony is actually challenged by MS. By a feature they didn't like, even. And now we'll see if Sony can make decent software that doesn't have the words 'Gran Turismo' or 'Everquest' in the title. I'm not optimistic.
I like how he made his own relatives upgrade before he would help them. Strongarming HIS OWN RELATIVES before he will help them with problems in HIS COMPANIES' OWN SOFTWARE THEY PAID FOR. It takes a special kind of arrogance not just to do this, but then TO ADMIT IT!
This guy BLEEDS microsoft Teal. Or whatever color they are.
They already want you to download ActiveX, .Net framework, and now this? I already have antivirus, firewall, Java, Macromedia, Quicktime, etc. web-centric download add-ons up the yinyang. I don't need yet another security risk, and I'm not going to go out of my way for one, that's why they'll bundle it with Vista, or it wouldn't be adopted at all. I can't see this getting traction, it's not an area where MS's dominance in the business office tools will really help them.
Everyone who thinks GT5 will be on schedule, raise your Sony ID badge in your right hand...
Can't we rate articles?
You can't just say you do a good job, when you have no data. I think by now, most people go to slashdot for the comments, rather than the articles. So traffic isn't sufficient feedback to think you're successful at your own particular job. Just an option to rate articles, the ability to sort on perfect '5' articles by date, that would be all it takes.
I know it would take a bit of work on your part, and I appreciate what you do already, but rating articles makes a lot more sense than the categories. Though I do like that I can't see all your Left Coast loony articles whining about Bush. I mean, I like being able to block your 'politics' section and I don't want that to go away.
These ratings also make more sense than posting an apologetic for your job every year or so, like this article.
They can't release MCE for X360, because the hardware manufacturers would kill them. MS is hamstrung by their legacy business in PC software. And to make profits, the X360 can't just be purchased for use as a DVR, so they're hamstrung by the videogames business model.
Is ANOTHER Simpsons knockoff/spinoff/show. This confirms Simpsons as the 'Mad Magazine' of TV. We're coming up to Simpson's 2nd DECADE soon (if you inlclude the Ullman appearances). I got sick of it like 10 years ago, because, like Robin Williams and Mad-Libs, they just make the same jokes year after year and insert different names to match current events.
Why everyone else hasn't grown out of it, too, is beyond me.