He didn't say it never happens, he said nobody WANTS to do it, they just bitch instead. And guess what? People bitched about Oracle to no end on this site when both of those forks were announced, as well as when the announcements were made that cause the forks happened. He's spot on...
You don't. You write two apps. If you don't want to be in the Windows marketplace, don't write an app for it. That has nothing to do with the OP's statement that nobody will write apps for MS because they can't use code they've used on Android or IOS. HIs statement was and is provably false.
The 60,000 apps in their store written by both big development houses and one-man shops directly refutes your claim that nobody will write apps for them. But don't let reality get in the way of you being upset that they don't support apps written in the language you'd prefer.
They're free to pay back all the subsidies and share the infrastructure if they don't want to be forever beholden to the taxpayers. What? They couldn't stay in business if they had to do that? Well then shut the fuck up and deal with it.
Just like checking out a book from the Library is *wrong*. The Library didn't write the book. People should just find alternative means of entertainment.
There's a reason we have libraries, and it's not because the free market does a good job of making content available for everyone.
That's evidence that someone with a lot of money is always going to win. Had Dow not already had billions to buy up everything being sold in the US, there's absolutely no way he would've succeeded. Try comparing a startup to two established behemoths as an example. This one just proves that massive corporations can compete with each other when they both have limitless resources.
An open protocol will NOT allow you to write one client. You're asking for a single standard platform, which is idiotic. I don't want ten different platforms that offer identical services. I want them all to innovate and compete. ALL of the platforms mentioned so far already utilized open PROTOCOLS to function. What they don't offer is identical services for those protocols to access. Meaning you have a specific API per platform. Dropbox and MS operate on HTTP/HTTPS, both OPEN protocols. So again, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, and you clearly haven't spent a second actually looking at the services before making comments that are completely inaccurate.
So you haven't actually used any of the services then? Because they pretty much all have an API for third party programmers to program to. It generally helps to know SOMETHING about the product before you bitch about features you THINK it doesn't have.
MS supports OSX and Windows with their syncing app. Asking vendors to support operating systems that have basically 0 market penetration like BeOS or CP/M is not only unreasonable, it's ludicrous. Why on earth would you want someone to waste programming cycles natively supporting an OS with 0 userbase vs. patching/adding functionality to the application for OS's people actually USE???
Easy. When Linux first took off BSD was in the middle of a lawsuit with AT&T. By the time it was all settled, Linux had already gained significant momentum. It definitely wasn't licensing or features that caused it to take off.
You're assuming they're building it themselves. Given the recent accusations and lawsuit against Cisco, it's entirely possible that a US or some other country based company is writing the code they're using.
"In the theater" makes no difference. Some people just dislike 3D, include me in that group. I really wish they'd stop trying to shove it down everyone's throats.
There isn't a $69,000 house in this country that comes anywhere close to a $600k house no matter when it was built. In even the poorest regions of this nation that won't buy you more than 1000 square feet. Barely enough room to raise a single child much less have a "home theater". You also didn't buy a 2007 honda civic for $9,800 unless it's a salvage title, has been in a serious accident, or has about 200,000 miles on it. The only thing that amazes me is that you got modded 5 insightful when you're talking out of your ass.
Focused on the OS, enterprise services, and server platforms and then what? They've already got extremely high market penetration in all of those areas. They need to continue to grow or they'll be slaughtered by shareholders. Search/the web is an area they have massive room for growth. Of course they're going to continue to invest funds in a profitable area they don't have a lot of exposure in currently.
Hardly. That's called a lawsuit. If Cisco sells something claiming it supports IPv6 and it doesn't, they're either taking the gear back or finding their asses in court for misrepresentation of good sold. If they sold it to the government, they're likely facing more than a lawsuit.
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He didn't say it never happens, he said nobody WANTS to do it, they just bitch instead. And guess what? People bitched about Oracle to no end on this site when both of those forks were announced, as well as when the announcements were made that cause the forks happened. He's spot on...
You're assuming they want it truly secure. Reality is governments around the world want backdoors.
You don't. You write two apps. If you don't want to be in the Windows marketplace, don't write an app for it. That has nothing to do with the OP's statement that nobody will write apps for MS because they can't use code they've used on Android or IOS. HIs statement was and is provably false.
The 60,000 apps in their store written by both big development houses and one-man shops directly refutes your claim that nobody will write apps for them. But don't let reality get in the way of you being upset that they don't support apps written in the language you'd prefer.
Tell that to Micron and Intel. They seem to have no issues keeping plants in the US.
Sort of like... a national ID card?
They're free to pay back all the subsidies and share the infrastructure if they don't want to be forever beholden to the taxpayers. What? They couldn't stay in business if they had to do that? Well then shut the fuck up and deal with it.
If you destroy the key material they can try you with obstruction of justice and tampering.
Just like checking out a book from the Library is *wrong*. The Library didn't write the book. People should just find alternative means of entertainment.
There's a reason we have libraries, and it's not because the free market does a good job of making content available for everyone.
That's evidence that someone with a lot of money is always going to win. Had Dow not already had billions to buy up everything being sold in the US, there's absolutely no way he would've succeeded. Try comparing a startup to two established behemoths as an example. This one just proves that massive corporations can compete with each other when they both have limitless resources.
If you think the Zeta's haven't bought off 90% of the government officials in Mexico you're nuts.
An open protocol will NOT allow you to write one client. You're asking for a single standard platform, which is idiotic. I don't want ten different platforms that offer identical services. I want them all to innovate and compete. ALL of the platforms mentioned so far already utilized open PROTOCOLS to function. What they don't offer is identical services for those protocols to access. Meaning you have a specific API per platform. Dropbox and MS operate on HTTP/HTTPS, both OPEN protocols. So again, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, and you clearly haven't spent a second actually looking at the services before making comments that are completely inaccurate.
So you haven't actually used any of the services then? Because they pretty much all have an API for third party programmers to program to. It generally helps to know SOMETHING about the product before you bitch about features you THINK it doesn't have.
MS supports OSX and Windows with their syncing app. Asking vendors to support operating systems that have basically 0 market penetration like BeOS or CP/M is not only unreasonable, it's ludicrous. Why on earth would you want someone to waste programming cycles natively supporting an OS with 0 userbase vs. patching/adding functionality to the application for OS's people actually USE???
Yes anymore. Just because the package doesn't come installed from the factory from Apple doesn't mean it isn't actively being developed and supported.
Yes, only tiny companies like NetApp, EMC, Juniper and Dell.
Easy. When Linux first took off BSD was in the middle of a lawsuit with AT&T. By the time it was all settled, Linux had already gained significant momentum. It definitely wasn't licensing or features that caused it to take off.
OSX can read ZFS.
You're assuming they're building it themselves. Given the recent accusations and lawsuit against Cisco, it's entirely possible that a US or some other country based company is writing the code they're using.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/23/cisco-falun-gong-lawsuit_n_865585.html
"In the theater" makes no difference. Some people just dislike 3D, include me in that group. I really wish they'd stop trying to shove it down everyone's throats.
There isn't a $69,000 house in this country that comes anywhere close to a $600k house no matter when it was built. In even the poorest regions of this nation that won't buy you more than 1000 square feet. Barely enough room to raise a single child much less have a "home theater". You also didn't buy a 2007 honda civic for $9,800 unless it's a salvage title, has been in a serious accident, or has about 200,000 miles on it. The only thing that amazes me is that you got modded 5 insightful when you're talking out of your ass.
Focused on the OS, enterprise services, and server platforms and then what? They've already got extremely high market penetration in all of those areas. They need to continue to grow or they'll be slaughtered by shareholders. Search/the web is an area they have massive room for growth. Of course they're going to continue to invest funds in a profitable area they don't have a lot of exposure in currently.
Arm and memory controllers speaks more to Apple competing with Intel than Samsung.
Read another way: It's not murder if they can't find a body.
Hardly. That's called a lawsuit. If Cisco sells something claiming it supports IPv6 and it doesn't, they're either taking the gear back or finding their asses in court for misrepresentation of good sold. If they sold it to the government, they're likely facing more than a lawsuit.