Hmmm. In 20006 France passed the iPod law, which was covered here on Slashdot. However, parts of that law after it was passed were struck down. All governments have crazy laws, most of which are old and need to be updated. I disagree with the law, however it was put into place for an obvious reason. The problem is with the Internet, online sales and the general economy small mom and pop stores all over the world are being harmed. I do not think this law will save those stores anymore and as all old laws I'm sure this one will take years to get off the books.
After being in IT for over a decade the stories pile up. The University Grad student who tried to plug the Mouse into the electrical socket behind her. The corporate Executive who started a fire in her office becuase she piled up papers and shoe boxes around the CRT monitor. The Librarian who threatened to sue the company because of spyware porn popping up on her computer since she missed typed ebayyyy. But in all if I had to think about all the support jobs I've ever done and the one person I'd never want to support again it would have been a good friend of mine who went through computers like ham sandwiches. One laptop was chewed by her laptops and she had a two hour agreement on if I was a computer expert how come I couldn't fix it!
But when it comes down to it computers are like clothing for most people, you put it on, wear it out, through it in the laundry, and it comes back to you almost new. But US IT guys are the Laundry. Just wish we'd find some loose change once in a while.
Sounds like its not free, but a way to save money instead of paying someone to test the software bugs. Give it away and just don't call it Beta testing. I think its more complicated and business wise then just spyware.
Well it wasn't that popular, never made the water cooler news of the day. Never heard the phrase "Is that a IBM 350 or you just happy to see me!" Maybe a little before its time.
I guess I've become one of those Old Hippy Netware Guys I use to laugh at! Never Never Never! This is what happens when your in IT longer than a decade. And my Ivory tower is made of MSDN Cds.
I tested Vista when it first came out and have played around with my friends, however I have refused to use it. I support Mac and XP and Linux. I can't possible learn something completely new at this stage of my System Administration career and Vista is that... Completely New. Leopard feels and works like all the previous versions of the Mac OS X. It has some advance functions but it is the Mac OS X.
If its not broken, don't fix it. Microsoft tried to be someone else with Vista and in turn they are now trying to convince people that XP was something else. I am fine using XP for games and applications that I need and my Mac for everything else.
If more people talked less about the stupid things Microsoft says, there a big corporation there suppose to say dumb things, and just spread the word and took it upon yourself to use other programs like OpenOffice and Linux then this will show the world that there are alternatives. That these alternatives work. That they are lower in the cost of ownership if the community helps each other. Stop being shocked what Microsoft says and does.
Microsoft policy is "Do not open e-mail attachments from persons you do not know" or an EXE,.js or any virus type of file. Also their solution for Internet Explorer bugs is to turn off scripting and active-x and do not goto websites that you don't trust. So in general it isn't Microsoft's fault they put the inbox into quarantine, it is the user's fault for getting the virus or going to a website that gives them the virus. Of course that is from a MS point of view.
While most of the IT community is trying to fight viruses, fraud and all the evil things out there, MS seems to put the blame on the consumer. MS is proving this as they try harder to tell the end-user that they are doing everything they can but it is the users responisbility to protect themselves. In all if you use Microsoft products that is equvilant of buying a car, but you have to install or replace any safety features - brakes, seatbealt, airbag - yourself!
The mouse wasn't invented by Apple but Apple was the first to make it usable for all users. Agreed "New Market" poor choice of words - They Open the current market for the masses since the iPod and other products have been easier to use and nicer designed then the compition, plus they take the 'Risk' of investing modern technology at the high pricing.
As for Jesus... don't think he ate too many Apples.
Apple has always cost more because they take the risk of using modern technology and open a new market. Most critics said the iPod would never sell because it was too pricey but there was a need for the product. Now with digital media players costing $200 to $300 dollars, iPod and other audio devices another $200 to $300 and smart phones again are in the $200 to $300 market it makes sense that a product that combines the three will be priced at $600.
But this doesn't mean anything.
How many people bought the first iPods? The iPod took off on the third Generation three years after the iPod was introduced. The phone changes the technology and will start us on a new course. The question isn't if you will or can afford the product now? It is more of a question will this product change the way we communicate? And only the fools will by the first generation especially when Flash based memory is increasing in size and the costs and functions of these devices will only increase with time.
As an IT worker for a private university I have to say it sounds like a budgeting problem. We get a lot of legal issues with bittorent, cease and desist sort of things. An IT department on campuss has a lot of work and needs funding to be able to provide a safe and secure network that is fast and relibale and at the same time be able to handle the legal issues. Our department has these policies that do not distrupt the entire network but makes more work for us. Thus limiting with filters is a less costly and easir way. At times I wish we could do it, however, that would be limiting the educational aspect of a University. I think the problem with this issue of blocking content is about cost of having a well funded and knowledgable IT department. It seems when thing work companies aren't willing to add money to the IT area but when they don't work are limited they also seem not to add funding.
I support both Mac and PC systems. Run PC servers... blah blah blah. I spend more time fixing the PC issues then the Mac issues because there are less critical security issues in general on the Mac. There are many reasons for this but one important thing is that Mac OS is built more module then Windows. Internet Explorer engine is used inside the OS and other applications, so when there is a bug for one program that could affect a bunch of other programs on Windows. The whole DLL - driver based system that Windows has is clunky and harder to update because it's not as module as a Unix based system.
When it comes to secuirty it isn't how many patches a company released, it's more importantly is the product more secure and how long it takes to push out the critical patches. And since MS has not been moving quickly on this, it looks like Apple is getting a little riper.
I like to compare the Tesla- Edison conflict to what is going on today. Tesla was a man of science while Edison was business. Today we have Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds- In a hundred years from now are people going to even know who Torvalds was? Or will the Gates/Microsoft empire bury him like Edison burried Tesla?
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Hmmm. In 20006 France passed the iPod law, which was covered here on Slashdot. However, parts of that law after it was passed were struck down. All governments have crazy laws, most of which are old and need to be updated. I disagree with the law, however it was put into place for an obvious reason. The problem is with the Internet, online sales and the general economy small mom and pop stores all over the world are being harmed. I do not think this law will save those stores anymore and as all old laws I'm sure this one will take years to get off the books.
After being in IT for over a decade the stories pile up. The University Grad student who tried to plug the Mouse into the electrical socket behind her. The corporate Executive who started a fire in her office becuase she piled up papers and shoe boxes around the CRT monitor. The Librarian who threatened to sue the company because of spyware porn popping up on her computer since she missed typed ebayyyy. But in all if I had to think about all the support jobs I've ever done and the one person I'd never want to support again it would have been a good friend of mine who went through computers like ham sandwiches. One laptop was chewed by her laptops and she had a two hour agreement on if I was a computer expert how come I couldn't fix it! But when it comes down to it computers are like clothing for most people, you put it on, wear it out, through it in the laundry, and it comes back to you almost new. But US IT guys are the Laundry. Just wish we'd find some loose change once in a while.
Sounds like its not free, but a way to save money instead of paying someone to test the software bugs. Give it away and just don't call it Beta testing. I think its more complicated and business wise then just spyware.
It took me three years and monthly training to teach most of the Librarians how to use tabs in Firefox. How did they find Yahoo Answers???
Well it wasn't that popular, never made the water cooler news of the day. Never heard the phrase "Is that a IBM 350 or you just happy to see me!" Maybe a little before its time.
Big brother doesn't have to watch you, he's got his cousin - Big corporation.
I guess I've become one of those Old Hippy Netware Guys I use to laugh at! Never Never Never! This is what happens when your in IT longer than a decade. And my Ivory tower is made of MSDN Cds.
If its not broken, don't fix it. Microsoft tried to be someone else with Vista and in turn they are now trying to convince people that XP was something else. I am fine using XP for games and applications that I need and my Mac for everything else.
If more people talked less about the stupid things Microsoft says, there a big corporation there suppose to say dumb things, and just spread the word and took it upon yourself to use other programs like OpenOffice and Linux then this will show the world that there are alternatives. That these alternatives work. That they are lower in the cost of ownership if the community helps each other. Stop being shocked what Microsoft says and does.
Microsoft policy is "Do not open e-mail attachments from persons you do not know" or an EXE, .js or any virus type of file. Also their solution for Internet Explorer bugs is to turn off scripting and active-x and do not goto websites that you don't trust. So in general it isn't Microsoft's fault they put the inbox into quarantine, it is the user's fault for getting the virus or going to a website that gives them the virus. Of course that is from a MS point of view.
While most of the IT community is trying to fight viruses, fraud and all the evil things out there, MS seems to put the blame on the consumer. MS is proving this as they try harder to tell the end-user that they are doing everything they can but it is the users responisbility to protect themselves. In all if you use Microsoft products that is equvilant of buying a car, but you have to install or replace any safety features - brakes, seatbealt, airbag - yourself!
The mouse wasn't invented by Apple but Apple was the first to make it usable for all users. Agreed "New Market" poor choice of words - They Open the current market for the masses since the iPod and other products have been easier to use and nicer designed then the compition, plus they take the 'Risk' of investing modern technology at the high pricing.
As for Jesus... don't think he ate too many Apples.
Apple has always cost more because they take the risk of using modern technology and open a new market. Most critics said the iPod would never sell because it was too pricey but there was a need for the product. Now with digital media players costing $200 to $300 dollars, iPod and other audio devices another $200 to $300 and smart phones again are in the $200 to $300 market it makes sense that a product that combines the three will be priced at $600. But this doesn't mean anything. How many people bought the first iPods? The iPod took off on the third Generation three years after the iPod was introduced. The phone changes the technology and will start us on a new course. The question isn't if you will or can afford the product now? It is more of a question will this product change the way we communicate? And only the fools will by the first generation especially when Flash based memory is increasing in size and the costs and functions of these devices will only increase with time.
As an IT worker for a private university I have to say it sounds like a budgeting problem. We get a lot of legal issues with bittorent, cease and desist sort of things. An IT department on campuss has a lot of work and needs funding to be able to provide a safe and secure network that is fast and relibale and at the same time be able to handle the legal issues. Our department has these policies that do not distrupt the entire network but makes more work for us. Thus limiting with filters is a less costly and easir way. At times I wish we could do it, however, that would be limiting the educational aspect of a University. I think the problem with this issue of blocking content is about cost of having a well funded and knowledgable IT department. It seems when thing work companies aren't willing to add money to the IT area but when they don't work are limited they also seem not to add funding.
When it comes to secuirty it isn't how many patches a company released, it's more importantly is the product more secure and how long it takes to push out the critical patches. And since MS has not been moving quickly on this, it looks like Apple is getting a little riper.
I like to compare the Tesla- Edison conflict to what is going on today. Tesla was a man of science while Edison was business. Today we have Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds- In a hundred years from now are people going to even know who Torvalds was? Or will the Gates/Microsoft empire bury him like Edison burried Tesla?