Sorry, first we have to start the war crimes trials - that's what the wire taps are for.
But I remember being in the shack in Yakima where we intercepted your long distance calls during the first Bush Regime. This has been going on longer than you may realize.
First, remember, there's China where you can get the netbook version of Win OS for something like $10 legally - and that's a lot of Netbooks.
Second, MSFT counts all free copies of Win OS "sold" worldwide at full non-discounted retail price. Even though they "gave" them to people in India and Africa.
Third, in the first world, let's say you have 1 million netbooks - 90 percent of which have Linux on them - total cost is.... $1000 total. Cause it's free. Now let's look the 10 percent that are MSFT - total cost is.... $20,000,000. Which makes MSFT's MARKET SHARE in the first world... 99.99 percent!
Microsoft wins!
But, in cold hard reality, most netbooks are shipping with Linux.
There are TOTAL UNITS SOLD. And there is MARKET SHARE. Market share is based on Units X Price of OS. Linux will always lose this battle (free) and MSFT will always win this battle (too expensive). And they have all those subsidized Chinese Win OS netbooks to let them sidetrack you from the true picture, as well as their "donated" copies.
good point re Office - once you have Office for XP that creates additional complexities - although sometimes it's good to have one PC capable of running it.
The problem is that there's really no reason to "upgrade" to Vista, and at twice the price for slower speeds and performance, not to mention the mandatory RAM and video card costs, this is a wise budgetary precaution.
Just don't mandate netbooks - they have a tendancy to walk away.
We have many MRIs (in fact we use Magnetic Resonance Imaging data for research into Autism, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, PTSD, and Lipids) in the US.
But it's mostly driven by the profit picture.
They don't actually give us a longer life-span - we live 8 to 10 years LESS in the USA than Canada, even though we spend TWICE as much on health care per capita.
But, hey, that's just the science and the opinion of most scientists.
A Volt would be exempt from both Carbon Taxes and impacted by reduced labor costs if we adopted Canada's Health Care system here in the US, dropping production and operating costs dramatically.
Most systems permit all-electric cars to ride in HOV lanes, which puts operating costs even lower, and are exempted from various federal, state, county, municipal and parking taxes.
Total cost of ownership thereby drops dramatically, and economies of scale for year 2 or 3 batteries drops quite substantially.
Assuming all these, you can see a profit point by year 3 of vehicle sales, including retooling and startup costs.
The problem is that the cost to mine, process, manufacture, and deliver large quantities of batteries is actually LESS than the cost to do so on a small scale.
Due to efficiencies of production, permitting, delivery, costs of finance, etc.
As an example, let's say they get the mineral from a small mine right now - if they move to a large facility like say Tek Cominco (who get most of their power from hydro - green power) and have low costs of production due to large efficiencies - with lower costs due to lower demand for other materials right now so they bid low to deliver the material - then the price drops, since it represents steady work with low retooling for jobs - and low frictional employment costs since they have people who can handle that.
Combine that with say Ballard Power fabbing the batteries in similar circumstances (most of their power is hydro - green).
Total cost per unit NEXT YEAR may in fact be up to ONE-TENTH total cost per unit THIS YEAR.
That's what economy of scale during a cyclical downturn gets you when you move from fabbing 500 batteries in year one to 100,000 batteries in year two.
A hamburger today may not cost the same to make as a hamburger tomorrow.
Since even Bill Gates is unhappy with the product experience on Windows, and they ignore him, what makes you think they're going to listen to Win 7 Testers?
Exactly. My point is that, if you're looking at a reasonable OS package, it tends to cost $200 for the average guy on the street to add to a $300 laptop hardware box.
Mumbai has multiple language groups, including Farsi.
Maybe you should watch Slumdog Millionaire or realize how many many many languages there are in the Subcontinent of India.
Then we'll talk.
(for the record I speak neither Hindu nor Farsi and have no idea which one someone is saying, but since it's a Muslim slum they start in, for all I know there was some Farsi)
When the next Batman movie and T-Pain record come out in Farsi, then you can start talking about the "Death of English". And dubbing doesn't count. I speak Italian, but watching The Simpsons in la Lingua just isn't as good.
You mean like Slumdog Millionaire, which just won eight Oscars and is partially in Farsi?
Like that?
The demise of English as a world trade language may be not a real risk, but there is some risk nonetheless.
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Sorry, first we have to start the war crimes trials - that's what the wire taps are for.
But I remember being in the shack in Yakima where we intercepted your long distance calls during the first Bush Regime. This has been going on longer than you may realize.
And ship them back to their homelands.
What's a little privacy between friends?
Nobody seemed to care for eight years ...
Let's just do the numbers.
First, remember, there's China where you can get the netbook version of Win OS for something like $10 legally - and that's a lot of Netbooks.
Second, MSFT counts all free copies of Win OS "sold" worldwide at full non-discounted retail price. Even though they "gave" them to people in India and Africa.
Third, in the first world, let's say you have 1 million netbooks - 90 percent of which have Linux on them - total cost is .... $1000 total. Cause it's free. Now let's look the 10 percent that are MSFT - total cost is .... $20,000,000. Which makes MSFT's MARKET SHARE in the first world ... 99.99 percent!
Microsoft wins!
But, in cold hard reality, most netbooks are shipping with Linux.
There are TOTAL UNITS SOLD. And there is MARKET SHARE. Market share is based on Units X Price of OS. Linux will always lose this battle (free) and MSFT will always win this battle (too expensive). And they have all those subsidized Chinese Win OS netbooks to let them sidetrack you from the true picture, as well as their "donated" copies.
Bloody Google-assisted pervs.
good point re Office - once you have Office for XP that creates additional complexities - although sometimes it's good to have one PC capable of running it.
The problem is that there's really no reason to "upgrade" to Vista, and at twice the price for slower speeds and performance, not to mention the mandatory RAM and video card costs, this is a wise budgetary precaution.
Just don't mandate netbooks - they have a tendancy to walk away.
You need to learn to whisper to them.
I find a mix of radish and arugula works. Most carrots can understand that.
But you'd have to ask a vegetable if it feels pain.
Think of Sims: The Urbz, add in the usability of Sims 3, with a bug-free Wii3 experience and this 2160p HDTV2 experience will rock your socks off!
Plus, it has ponies. And unicorns.
This is a choice.
We have many MRIs (in fact we use Magnetic Resonance Imaging data for research into Autism, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, PTSD, and Lipids) in the US.
But it's mostly driven by the profit picture.
They don't actually give us a longer life-span - we live 8 to 10 years LESS in the USA than Canada, even though we spend TWICE as much on health care per capita.
But, hey, that's just the science and the opinion of most scientists.
A Volt would be exempt from both Carbon Taxes and impacted by reduced labor costs if we adopted Canada's Health Care system here in the US, dropping production and operating costs dramatically.
Most systems permit all-electric cars to ride in HOV lanes, which puts operating costs even lower, and are exempted from various federal, state, county, municipal and parking taxes.
Total cost of ownership thereby drops dramatically, and economies of scale for year 2 or 3 batteries drops quite substantially.
Assuming all these, you can see a profit point by year 3 of vehicle sales, including retooling and startup costs.
The problem is that the cost to mine, process, manufacture, and deliver large quantities of batteries is actually LESS than the cost to do so on a small scale.
Due to efficiencies of production, permitting, delivery, costs of finance, etc.
As an example, let's say they get the mineral from a small mine right now - if they move to a large facility like say Tek Cominco (who get most of their power from hydro - green power) and have low costs of production due to large efficiencies - with lower costs due to lower demand for other materials right now so they bid low to deliver the material - then the price drops, since it represents steady work with low retooling for jobs - and low frictional employment costs since they have people who can handle that.
Combine that with say Ballard Power fabbing the batteries in similar circumstances (most of their power is hydro - green).
Total cost per unit NEXT YEAR may in fact be up to ONE-TENTH total cost per unit THIS YEAR.
That's what economy of scale during a cyclical downturn gets you when you move from fabbing 500 batteries in year one to 100,000 batteries in year two.
A hamburger today may not cost the same to make as a hamburger tomorrow.
Soon hamster-powered devices will spread throughout the world, and the masses will become dependent upon them.
All hail our Hamster Overlords!
No, he uses a Mac, since MSFT makes more money from people who buy Mac.
Since even Bill Gates is unhappy with the product experience on Windows, and they ignore him, what makes you think they're going to listen to Win 7 Testers?
He owns the company.
So, Mr. Superior, how many languages from China do you speak ...
Seriously, I learned five languages growing up, expecting me to learn more than 300 from India when I don't even live there is fairly unrealistic.
Exactly. My point is that, if you're looking at a reasonable OS package, it tends to cost $200 for the average guy on the street to add to a $300 laptop hardware box.
Sure OEMs get it cheaper, but we're not OEMs.
Mumbai has multiple language groups, including Farsi.
Maybe you should watch Slumdog Millionaire or realize how many many many languages there are in the Subcontinent of India.
Then we'll talk.
(for the record I speak neither Hindu nor Farsi and have no idea which one someone is saying, but since it's a Muslim slum they start in, for all I know there was some Farsi)
It's not a distro responsibility to make sure all the devices have current drivers, it's the manufacturer's job to do that.
DEMAND THEY DO IT.
And accept nothing less.
Farsi, Hindi, whatever.
Not English.
When the next Batman movie and T-Pain record come out in Farsi, then you can start talking about the "Death of English". And dubbing doesn't count. I speak Italian, but watching The Simpsons in la Lingua just isn't as good.
You mean like Slumdog Millionaire, which just won eight Oscars and is partially in Farsi?
Like that?
The demise of English as a world trade language may be not a real risk, but there is some risk nonetheless.
Sorry, but Infoworld did an article about this very issue this week and I stand by my statement.
Right now most of the DBMS people I know are busy porting things over to MySQL because we're bailing.
Maybe in your world the color of the sun is orange and the sky is purple, but in mine it's yellow and blue.
You might want to get out to the stores and see what's there now.
Cause I'm having a hard time justifying a $200 OS for my $300 laptop ... at least in the Real America that most of us live in.
Oh, and no takebacks on the Elevation, like they did with the firings of their staff and the pay they "overpaid" ...
I refuse to buy a new watch, or a new cellphone or digital camera, until the day that a cheap one appears that is all three.
Having to carry yet another thing that can be easily lost is just an accident waiting to happen.
Dick Tracy had it right.
if it is, he stole it from me