You could argue that they may discover the opposite. If hording their APIs and knowledge becomes counter-productive to profit making, software makers may decide to open things up. In the game industry this is becoming a bit more common with the publishing of advanced SDKs after a game is released. Imagine how much more commerce, development, and enrichment could go into Windows if they opened things up to everyone, instead of charging some arcane fee to access a certain percentage of the code. What is the drawback of opening up Windows? Free R&D? More products? Fake version no one will want to obtain? I dont get it
Kinda like saying.. I own all the air molecules in this room. If you want an open platform that all software is compatible with you have to get rid of this notion. Stop hording your knowledge
Try pandora.com. Enter a band or song you like and it will find similar music. Also, if you look inside the cache folder you'll find mp3s of all the songs you've heard through the site.
I had a character for years named Fart. He was a 7X grandmaster blacksmith, and I only used him to smelt my ore and create armor for my others characters. Back in the day, it used to be extremely hard to create a 7X grandmaster blacksmith. I had this character for 5 years and no one ever complained. One day a GM (game-master) came to my house, but instead of allowing me to rename the character, actually informed me that it had to be deleted. So I lost how many years of work for this? I was also a volunteer companion (a person who helps new users become acquainted with the game). Needless to say I became disenfranchised with the game after all of this took place.
This is a possibility. Who knows what kind of storms never made the record. It is somewhat weird though, that we're getting a hell of alot of powerful storms recently. Aren't the waters in the Gulf of Mexico about 5 degrees higher?
Why? Because they want to protect the environment at _any_ cost? There are mass extinctions going on. Maybe they are just thinkers on the wrong side of politics.
First of all, the PS3 will have 50GB Blu-Ray storage and full online and networking capacity.... and 512Mb of memory. Do you have any idea how slow transfer rates are getting data off a Blu-Ray drive? No, you don't. Neither do Sony, by the way - they haven't successfully created a Blu-Ray drive yet.
This is a logical rebuttle. You may dislike the Bluray DRM but I have a feeling Bluray will become the next standard, and MS doesn't like it. Not because of any DRM-related issue or because "hard drives are the future" but because they simply have been outmaneuvered in the marketplace. How the original post got marked offtopic I have no idea. XBOX 360 is going to be a big part of Microsoft's future in the game industry. And its going to have a non-next generation media standard. Am I the only one who has connected the dots on Gates' comments? Maybe transfer rates will be an issue though, it will be interesting to see what happens.
I'm sure that the XBOX 360 will be a fun online gaming system, but it will never eclipse the PS3. First of all, the PS3 will have 50GB Blu-Ray storage and full online and networking capacity. OK, you're right, the PS2 definately lacked in that department, but the PS3 is going to have the same if not better network support.
The CEO of Sony has already said the removable hard drive for the PS3 will be preloaded with Linux.
So I believe your point to be mute. Let us assume that the PS3 and XBOX 360 will have the same online capabilities (which apparently they will). With that said, how can standard DVD functionality even stand up to a 50GB Bluray functionality? (Not to mention the raw graphical and CPU capabilities of the PS3 are going to likely eclipse the 360)
You must ask yourself, what is more likely here? Has Bill Gates really become an anti-DRM advocate who dislikes both HD-DVD and Bluray for their difficult of use and rigid copy protection standards OR does he really just feel bad that Microsoft's next-generation console isn't going to be very next-generation at all?
These comments are especially interesting given what is about to transpire in the video game console market. The XBOX 360 will have not have HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, but will feature a 12X DVD-ROM and a 20GB removable hard drive capability. What is going to happen when developers start making games with alot of data - like 50GB of data - on the Blu-Ray capable Sony Playstation 3? Are they going to start including a 20GB hard drive with every XBOX game they want to sell? It is going to happen. This new storage capacity is going to be utilized at some point. It may be a few years from now, but it's inevitable. I don't think developers are going to want to have to release a half dozen DVD's for every cross platform Bluray game that comes out.
I don't think Mr. Gates wants to face that he has been outmaneuvered on this front. It doesn't matter what he thinks is the best. The method that is most easily transfered from point A to point B with the most storage capacity is the one that is going to be adopted.
Not true. I guess you didn't buy any shares in Q4-02 and Q2-03.. your investment would have doubled by now. Of course now may be the time to sell and get back in at a later time. Of course if you've been sitting on your shares since the 80's and not done anything, maybe you deserve to lose.
Maybe you shouldn't have. The situation is somewhat analogous to Pepsi and Coca-cola. I mean, even if one of them goes down hard you know they're going to get bought out somewhere along the line.
Whoever has the source code can compile it, and if you can compile the source code to a commercial product, anyone can. And if anyone can, then its value decreases substantially for your corporation, since you are selling something that is freely available by other means.
The open source system simply doesn't work for a for-profit corporation that holds such a huge market share of the software industry. How can there be that much competitive pressure against them when the value of the competiton is intrinsically of less value due to the nature of its availability?
From what I have seen the system does work quite well, however, for the few people at the top of the open source movement: doing interviews and getting great job offers on the backs of the millions of people under them contributing code on their spare time, but that is just a subjective observation.
No, successful management of people has nothing to do with successful management of machines. Business management is all about people, resources, deadlines, contracts, politics, rumors, promises, successes, stories, rewards, etc. Computer management is all about bits and bytes, CAT5, interrupt levels, BIOS, applications, viruses, security practices, procedures, training. These two things have nothing in common. As matter of fact, they require completely opposite personalities - an extravert for business management and an introvert for dealing with computers.
You don't have to be an introvert to know how to maintain security on a laptop computer. Your statement acts as if there are two types of people, those who understand computers, and those who understand people, as if the two are mutually exclusive. This is the type of stereotypical thought process that is causing alot of problems. Lets just lease out tons of laptops and spend XX amount of dollars to have our team of IT security nerds fix them when something goes wrong, instead of properly training our management staff how to handle a computer system properly.
Keeping a working computer environment absent of viruses, trojans, and worms is not a rocket science.
Ok. True. But if you can't manage a piece of computer hardware how can you manage an aspect of the business? Maybe my thought process on the topic isn't up to date with the security industry's marketing push, but people need to be educated in how to maintain a computer properly, just like an automobile or any other piece of equipment.
Quite frankly, if you can't handle using a computer outside of the office without compromising its security, you absolutely should not be working with company property. Quite frankly, maybe you're not qualified for the job. Why should a company have to create a massive security effort to protect against compromised machines when the people being given the machines should know how to use them? A zero tolerance policy with the employees would do more to correct the situation. If you have the computer knowledge of a 16 year old you shouldn't be given a company laptop.
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You could argue that they may discover the opposite. If hording their APIs and knowledge becomes counter-productive to profit making, software makers may decide to open things up. In the game industry this is becoming a bit more common with the publishing of advanced SDKs after a game is released. Imagine how much more commerce, development, and enrichment could go into Windows if they opened things up to everyone, instead of charging some arcane fee to access a certain percentage of the code. What is the drawback of opening up Windows? Free R&D? More products? Fake version no one will want to obtain? I dont get it
Kinda like saying.. I own all the air molecules in this room. If you want an open platform that all software is compatible with you have to get rid of this notion. Stop hording your knowledge
I, for one, welcome our new DNA-patented, HIV-immune overlords.
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Currency seems to be the best performance indicator. Maybe they should just use the retail price instead of a naming scheme, heh...
Goblins, trolls, orcs, demons, lizardmen, ogres, and werewolves have been drinking this stuff for years.
She should have downloaded a hot dog. That was the premier Windows HTML-authoring tool for quite some time. http://www.sausage.com/
And it will still take you 3 hours to get a game to work properly. Sounds like you are really facing SDAA, not FUD. Shock, Denial, Anger, Acceptance
I had a character for years named Fart. He was a 7X grandmaster blacksmith, and I only used him to smelt my ore and create armor for my others characters. Back in the day, it used to be extremely hard to create a 7X grandmaster blacksmith. I had this character for 5 years and no one ever complained. One day a GM (game-master) came to my house, but instead of allowing me to rename the character, actually informed me that it had to be deleted. So I lost how many years of work for this? I was also a volunteer companion (a person who helps new users become acquainted with the game). Needless to say I became disenfranchised with the game after all of this took place.
This is a possibility. Who knows what kind of storms never made the record. It is somewhat weird though, that we're getting a hell of alot of powerful storms recently. Aren't the waters in the Gulf of Mexico about 5 degrees higher?
Why? Because they want to protect the environment at _any_ cost? There are mass extinctions going on. Maybe they are just thinkers on the wrong side of politics.
I'm sure that the XBOX 360 will be a fun online gaming system, but it will never eclipse the PS3. First of all, the PS3 will have 50GB Blu-Ray storage and full online and networking capacity. OK, you're right, the PS2 definately lacked in that department, but the PS3 is going to have the same if not better network support. The CEO of Sony has already said the removable hard drive for the PS3 will be preloaded with Linux. So I believe your point to be mute. Let us assume that the PS3 and XBOX 360 will have the same online capabilities (which apparently they will). With that said, how can standard DVD functionality even stand up to a 50GB Bluray functionality? (Not to mention the raw graphical and CPU capabilities of the PS3 are going to likely eclipse the 360) You must ask yourself, what is more likely here? Has Bill Gates really become an anti-DRM advocate who dislikes both HD-DVD and Bluray for their difficult of use and rigid copy protection standards OR does he really just feel bad that Microsoft's next-generation console isn't going to be very next-generation at all?
These comments are especially interesting given what is about to transpire in the video game console market. The XBOX 360 will have not have HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, but will feature a 12X DVD-ROM and a 20GB removable hard drive capability. What is going to happen when developers start making games with alot of data - like 50GB of data - on the Blu-Ray capable Sony Playstation 3? Are they going to start including a 20GB hard drive with every XBOX game they want to sell? It is going to happen. This new storage capacity is going to be utilized at some point. It may be a few years from now, but it's inevitable. I don't think developers are going to want to have to release a half dozen DVD's for every cross platform Bluray game that comes out. I don't think Mr. Gates wants to face that he has been outmaneuvered on this front. It doesn't matter what he thinks is the best. The method that is most easily transfered from point A to point B with the most storage capacity is the one that is going to be adopted.
Not true. I guess you didn't buy any shares in Q4-02 and Q2-03.. your investment would have doubled by now. Of course now may be the time to sell and get back in at a later time. Of course if you've been sitting on your shares since the 80's and not done anything, maybe you deserve to lose.
Maybe you shouldn't have. The situation is somewhat analogous to Pepsi and Coca-cola. I mean, even if one of them goes down hard you know they're going to get bought out somewhere along the line.
Judgement Day is inevitable! Cyberdyne was simply outsourced to Korea 5 years ago!
I must agree. You know there is nothing wrong with being dissatisfied with the workplace and writing about it, but it does have its limitations.
Whoever has the source code can compile it, and if you can compile the source code to a commercial product, anyone can. And if anyone can, then its value decreases substantially for your corporation, since you are selling something that is freely available by other means. The open source system simply doesn't work for a for-profit corporation that holds such a huge market share of the software industry. How can there be that much competitive pressure against them when the value of the competiton is intrinsically of less value due to the nature of its availability? From what I have seen the system does work quite well, however, for the few people at the top of the open source movement: doing interviews and getting great job offers on the backs of the millions of people under them contributing code on their spare time, but that is just a subjective observation.
Ok. True. But if you can't manage a piece of computer hardware how can you manage an aspect of the business? Maybe my thought process on the topic isn't up to date with the security industry's marketing push, but people need to be educated in how to maintain a computer properly, just like an automobile or any other piece of equipment.
FOX News is reporting that Special Agent Fox Mulder and his partner Dana Scully will be headed to Australia to begin a formal investigation.
Quite frankly, if you can't handle using a computer outside of the office without compromising its security, you absolutely should not be working with company property. Quite frankly, maybe you're not qualified for the job. Why should a company have to create a massive security effort to protect against compromised machines when the people being given the machines should know how to use them? A zero tolerance policy with the employees would do more to correct the situation. If you have the computer knowledge of a 16 year old you shouldn't be given a company laptop.