so Samsung didn't fight Apple? Apple isn't bigger than Microsoft? you think Samsung actually has a dependence on Microsoft? Windows PCs are a comparatively tiny part of Samsung's profits, Microsoft has no leverage over Samsung.
Reread my comment its on the money. Samsung simply fought Apple because apple threatened its lucrative revenue stream...Android Phones. Samsung negotiated with Microsoft...because it could be bought off with few windows licenses and a slapping Windows Phone on one of its models.
So yeah irrelevant questions [and silly and...just plain wrong]. If your question had been what gets Samsung stuffing more dollars in its g-string?
If the patents are invalid then why would any company pay? It's not size: Samsung fought Apple and Apple is much larger than Microsoft. It's not dependence: Microsoft depends on Samsung more than the other way around
Except those things aren't true, Apple wanted Samsung Phones banned from being sold...or worse to produce Windows Phones, While Microsoft simply wants to make Android less attractive to manufacturers of Android products.
The bottom line is the whole thing is about *cost* we suspect Samsungs Price involved buying Windows licenses [as Samsung is dependent on one supplier for its OS:)] for their PC hardware and producing a Windows Phone, instead of actual money,
Ironically Windows 8 could very well be the result of Predictions, on what is successful, when you have Android overtaking Windows as being the dominant OS, taking *the selling features* without looking at *consistency* is just the kind of mistake this kind of analysis can create.
Its not though, its simply a method of forcing its entrenched developers, to develop mobile Applications in Windows...and force monopoly on a Desktop into a sizeable mobile marketshare if you add them together with an ill thought out hybrid device that maybe will blossom into a half useful Android tablet with a keyboard [they call the whole misguided thing an ecosystem] after they lost early entry to market [laughably by not being able to respond to market trends...things forecasting and predictions are all about]
...Microsoft have had there behinds kicked around so badly, that when they describe new technology they describe the pack of 4 "Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon", you would have thought with all this analysis, they could done better with the internet[all of it], social media, smartphones, mp3 players, tablets...all their money still comes from Office/OS.
Because then they would still beholden to the Microsoft tax
The Microsoft Tax, is about patents...mainly those that concern interfacing with Windows Computers/Services, Microsoft Bully Boys are going to be knocking on your door whatever OS you choose. Although considering these companies are already heavily involved (and successful) with android its unlikely they are not prepared for Microsoft.
It was a serious survey from a respected research firm "320,000 mobile and tablet users in six countries, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan and Indonesia, about how satisfied they were with their device." I am sorry you don't like the results, but they are unsurprising.
Except people [including myself have been incredibly impressed with having a high resolution; quad-core; small tablet running latest Android....and so are the reviews. Top searches on Google
I know you love Apple but right now Apple need compelling products, priced competitively not fanatics spreading lies. It simply tarnishes the Apple brand more, and its been damaged enough just lately.
Good comeback! Personally, these iphone vs android arguements are getting weary
Except I personally would say none of those things, in fact those things are Apple spin, and in retrospect kind of sad that you think they should be worth mentioning. There is only one argument left, profits vs market share.
If Apple was going to take half the cost of your itoy (or perhaps double the cost of it so they could make the Apple Lisa the success it should have been, would their investors be all for it?
Things fail for a reason.
Your quote is Ironic for a couple of reasons, Even Apple has a diverse portfolio [iPod, IPhone, IPad, Advertising, Selling Content, Selling Search Defaults, OSX [other software], iMac], but its investors have wiped 35% of its value in the last 6 Months because its too reliant on its iPhone.
HTC is the only company who sells Android phones that I'd consider buying. Too bad Android apparently has issues with security updates / etc. Sure, blame the vendor... But this seems to be a prevalent problem with Android based phones.
Lets have a little look at security on the iPhone...hmmm you can just fiddle with the power button and making an emergency call then immediately hang up, and it bypasses the passcode.
Perhaps you would have been better with a HTC phone after all;)
If the project team has multiple projects, and its fixed costs can be shared amongst them great, if they manage to produce the final product below the cost of production great...that is profit its what kickstarter is about.
If you truly believe they are being dishonest [I personally believe what they are doing is a great idea] then to undercut them, is trivial.
I'm a little concerned that your talking about congress [they have one source of income you] and funding unrelated projects [hey they have multiple kickstarters]. Its you that looking dishonest.
There are quite a few serious potential pitfalls from running simultaneous projects at once for a small team, but you are not highlighting them simply demonising them.
is another mans treasure....II have finally found reasons for Unicode...the Backward N in Nine Inch Nails; The Lightning in AC/DC my MP3 collection is finally complete
So half of your money won't even go to the project!
That is not a scam that is business model [in fact its most business models]. My favourite example of this is Apple make no iPhones...not one; zero; zilch; nada. They get about 40% Net profit on their phones....Foxconn who do the building make 2% profit.
The reality is if they are not dependent on one stream of revenue...both projects are more likely to succeed.
I really quite like this project, but love the use [not overuse] of emotions I am actually quite taken with the example Emoji, the examples are all based on a circle [for a simple face] its true, but if you look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji which covers Tansport/Maps/Symbols and Pictographs. I'm confident I could do a smiley face...but a Pine Decoration or Trumpet not so much. Personally I'd love this project this project to succeed simply because it contains the symbols hot beverage & shortcake.
If you want it to be 'free', then just BSD license it (MIT is fine since its in your list) and fucking stop.
Multi-license crap is only for when you're trying to deal with some retarded license like GPL and its purpose built anti-compatibility/virus license being included in your project.
How about you stop quoting Fear and Doubt, over a license that does not directly benefit your preferred mega-corporation. Its kind of sad. I'm glad BSD rescued Apple I do, but seriously its depressing, we all know why Apple choose BSD for their limited [often one way takes] from open source projects. The reality is GPL was designed to protect itself from the very abuse of the license you want, and I for one am grateful for that. Seriously Apple has enough cash, seriously there is no need for subterfuge any more.
Sorry couldn't you summarize the hour long video especially when you have a valid point. Which as I see it is the https://www.sdcard.org/ SD Association and includes [Canon Inc., Cardwave Services Limited, Giesecke & Devrient, Hewlett Packard, Kingston Technology, Lexar, Motorola Mobility, Panasonic, Phison, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk Corporation, Silicon Motion, Inc. and Toshiba...yeah] everybody who makes a SD Cards , as a successor to SDHC cards SDXC have chosen to use exFAT as replacement for FAT...and anyone who used those cards has to pay Microsoft royalties.
They also license patents from Apple, IBM and god knows who else, but it's not a big story then.
Except we do in the case of Apple *endlessly* Its not just been big news here, but in every damn newspaper worldwide. In fact very little is said of Evil Microsoft(sic) shady deals which are in the main back room affairs "While the contents of the agreement will not be disclosed" , with it being spin as a joyful agreement "Microsoft and Nikon have a long history of collaboration".
Perhaps if your not happy you could register and submit stories you feel more worthwhile, rather than attack a community.
No wrong. I am tired of closed being the new open , and well closed being the new open [Thank you Ars]. Android is an a modular OS where various parts are under different licenses GPL2 (Linux the Kernel) most of the userland (Apache which is why Honeycomb never got released) and proprietary (most first party Applications) with various stuff happening in the cloud (maps; various storage; mail)...and nothing has changed.
Android does not protect you from patent trolls like Microsoft, but then it never did or claimed to...your choices have always been, work around the patents; pay them off; fight them in courts.
In short though this topic has nothing to do with being open...and unless your a Tizen fanboi your just trolling [lets face it iOS and Bada the only serious contenders are closed], with an off-topic comment, now if you has said "But Android is still free [beer]?" you would have least been on topic...still a troll...but on topic.
From the Article "The California-based company then informs the NYPD of the device’s current location — and it can track it even if it was reregistered with a different wireless provider."...they then boast how they have tracked a phone to brazil!?
Nobody, no-one concerned that a Apple is tracking their customers, and can do so without their knowledge.
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/ Google produces a report that includes a breakdown of all requests Google has received since July 2011 to remove copyright-infringing content from its search index. Google updates the information daily.
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LG is still alive somewhere
...its thriving after ditching windows phone, and the Nexus 4 I believe has been [too] sold out since launch.
so Samsung didn't fight Apple? Apple isn't bigger than Microsoft? you think Samsung actually has a dependence on Microsoft? Windows PCs are a comparatively tiny part of Samsung's profits, Microsoft has no leverage over Samsung.
Reread my comment its on the money. Samsung simply fought Apple because apple threatened its lucrative revenue stream...Android Phones. Samsung negotiated with Microsoft...because it could be bought off with few windows licenses and a slapping Windows Phone on one of its models.
So yeah irrelevant questions [and silly and...just plain wrong]. If your question had been what gets Samsung stuffing more dollars in its g-string?
If the patents are invalid then why would any company pay?
It's not size: Samsung fought Apple and Apple is much larger than Microsoft.
It's not dependence: Microsoft depends on Samsung more than the other way around
Except those things aren't true, Apple wanted Samsung Phones banned from being sold...or worse to produce Windows Phones, While Microsoft simply wants to make Android less attractive to manufacturers of Android products.
The bottom line is the whole thing is about *cost* we suspect Samsungs Price involved buying Windows licenses [as Samsung is dependent on one supplier for its OS :)] for their PC hardware and producing a Windows Phone, instead of actual money,
He could use his powers of predicition to devine when the Azure SSL cert needs to be renewed.
sicky note. I would say outlook, but its not very good.
And still, they released Windows 8?
Ironically Windows 8 could very well be the result of Predictions, on what is successful, when you have Android overtaking Windows as being the dominant OS, taking *the selling features* without looking at *consistency* is just the kind of mistake this kind of analysis can create.
Its not though, its simply a method of forcing its entrenched developers, to develop mobile Applications in Windows...and force monopoly on a Desktop into a sizeable mobile marketshare if you add them together with an ill thought out hybrid device that maybe will blossom into a half useful Android tablet with a keyboard [they call the whole misguided thing an ecosystem] after they lost early entry to market [laughably by not being able to respond to market trends...things forecasting and predictions are all about]
...Microsoft have had there behinds kicked around so badly, that when they describe new technology they describe the pack of 4 "Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon", you would have thought with all this analysis, they could done better with the internet[all of it], social media, smartphones, mp3 players, tablets...all their money still comes from Office/OS.
So colour me not so impressed
Because then they would still beholden to the Microsoft tax
The Microsoft Tax, is about patents...mainly those that concern interfacing with Windows Computers/Services, Microsoft Bully Boys are going to be knocking on your door whatever OS you choose. Although considering these companies are already heavily involved (and successful) with android its unlikely they are not prepared for Microsoft.
It was a serious survey from a respected research firm "320,000 mobile and tablet users in six countries, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan and Indonesia, about how satisfied they were with their device." I am sorry you don't like the results, but they are unsurprising.
All this an a sainted device from Google
Except people [including myself have been incredibly impressed with having a high resolution; quad-core; small tablet running latest Android....and so are the reviews. Top searches on Google
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/google-nexus-7-1087040/review 4.5 stars
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/tablets/379261/nexus-7 3x 5 out of 6 and 1x6 out of 6
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/laptops/1297408/google-nexus-7 5 out of 5 User 5 out of 5 expert
http://reviews.cnet.com/google-nexus-7/ 4 out 5
http://www.wired.co.uk/reviews/tablets/2012-11/google-nexus-7 9 out of 10
http://www.theverge.com/products/nexus-7/5831 8.8 expert 9.1 User
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/tablets/google-nexus-7.aspx 4 out of 5
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406552,00.asp 4.5 out of 5
I know you love Apple but right now Apple need compelling products, priced competitively not fanatics spreading lies. It simply tarnishes the Apple brand more, and its been damaged enough just lately.
Good comeback! Personally, these iphone vs android arguements are getting weary
Except I personally would say none of those things, in fact those things are Apple spin, and in retrospect kind of sad that you think they should be worth mentioning. There is only one argument left, profits vs market share.
Mozilla publish the release schedule...so 2013-06-25
https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar
If Apple was going to take half the cost of your itoy (or perhaps double the cost of it so they could make the Apple Lisa the success it should have been, would their investors be all for it?
Things fail for a reason.
Your quote is Ironic for a couple of reasons, Even Apple has a diverse portfolio [iPod, IPhone, IPad, Advertising, Selling Content, Selling Search Defaults, OSX [other software], iMac], but its investors have wiped 35% of its value in the last 6 Months because its too reliant on its iPhone.
http://ondeviceresearch.com/blog/iphone-5-ranked-fifth-in-user-satisfaction%2C-behind-four-android-powered-devices#sthash.9vdyrgB2.7dG9XnAT.dpbs On device research found the One X to be the most satisfying phone in the UK beating out the iPhone.
HTC is the only company who sells Android phones that I'd consider buying. Too bad Android apparently has issues with security updates / etc. Sure, blame the vendor... But this seems to be a prevalent problem with Android based phones.
Lets have a little look at security on the iPhone...hmmm you can just fiddle with the power button and making an emergency call then immediately hang up, and it bypasses the passcode.
Perhaps you would have been better with a HTC phone after all ;)
If the project team has multiple projects, and its fixed costs can be shared amongst them great, if they manage to produce the final product below the cost of production great...that is profit its what kickstarter is about.
If you truly believe they are being dishonest [I personally believe what they are doing is a great idea] then to undercut them, is trivial.
I'm a little concerned that your talking about congress [they have one source of income you] and funding unrelated projects [hey they have multiple kickstarters]. Its you that looking dishonest.
There are quite a few serious potential pitfalls from running simultaneous projects at once for a small team, but you are not highlighting them simply demonising them.
is another mans treasure....II have finally found reasons for Unicode...the Backward N in Nine Inch Nails; The Lightning in AC/DC my MP3 collection is finally complete
They want 40$ per icon
If that is really is low, you could undercut them. Kickstarter would be an incredibly safe way to do so.
So half of your money won't even go to the project!
That is not a scam that is business model [in fact its most business models]. My favourite example of this is Apple make no iPhones...not one; zero; zilch; nada. They get about 40% Net profit on their phones....Foxconn who do the building make 2% profit.
The reality is if they are not dependent on one stream of revenue...both projects are more likely to succeed.
I really quite like this project, but love the use [not overuse] of emotions I am actually quite taken with the example Emoji, the examples are all based on a circle [for a simple face] its true, but if you look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji which covers Tansport/Maps/Symbols and Pictographs. I'm confident I could do a smiley face...but a Pine Decoration or Trumpet not so much. Personally I'd love this project this project to succeed simply because it contains the symbols hot beverage & shortcake.
If you want it to be 'free', then just BSD license it (MIT is fine since its in your list) and fucking stop.
Multi-license crap is only for when you're trying to deal with some retarded license like GPL and its purpose built anti-compatibility/virus license being included in your project.
How about you stop quoting Fear and Doubt, over a license that does not directly benefit your preferred mega-corporation. Its kind of sad. I'm glad BSD rescued Apple I do, but seriously its depressing, we all know why Apple choose BSD for their limited [often one way takes] from open source projects. The reality is GPL was designed to protect itself from the very abuse of the license you want, and I for one am grateful for that. Seriously Apple has enough cash, seriously there is no need for subterfuge any more.
too late, that battle is lost already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh8gLKrGeBE
Sorry couldn't you summarize the hour long video especially when you have a valid point. Which as I see it is the https://www.sdcard.org/ SD Association and includes [Canon Inc., Cardwave Services Limited, Giesecke & Devrient, Hewlett Packard, Kingston Technology, Lexar, Motorola Mobility, Panasonic, Phison, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk Corporation, Silicon Motion, Inc. and Toshiba...yeah] everybody who makes a SD Cards , as a successor to SDHC cards SDXC have chosen to use exFAT as replacement for FAT...and anyone who used those cards has to pay Microsoft royalties.
They also license patents from Apple, IBM and god knows who else, but it's not a big story then.
Except we do in the case of Apple *endlessly* Its not just been big news here, but in every damn newspaper worldwide. In fact very little is said of Evil Microsoft(sic) shady deals which are in the main back room affairs "While the contents of the agreement will not be disclosed" , with it being spin as a joyful agreement "Microsoft and Nikon have a long history of collaboration".
Perhaps if your not happy you could register and submit stories you feel more worthwhile, rather than attack a community.
Right?
No wrong. I am tired of closed being the new open , and well closed being the new open [Thank you Ars]. Android is an a modular OS where various parts are under different licenses GPL2 (Linux the Kernel) most of the userland (Apache which is why Honeycomb never got released) and proprietary (most first party Applications) with various stuff happening in the cloud (maps; various storage; mail)...and nothing has changed.
Android does not protect you from patent trolls like Microsoft, but then it never did or claimed to...your choices have always been, work around the patents; pay them off; fight them in courts.
In short though this topic has nothing to do with being open...and unless your a Tizen fanboi your just trolling [lets face it iOS and Bada the only serious contenders are closed], with an off-topic comment, now if you has said "But Android is still free [beer]?" you would have least been on topic...still a troll...but on topic.
From the Article "The California-based company then informs the NYPD of the device’s current location — and it can track it even if it was reregistered with a different wireless provider."...they then boast how they have tracked a phone to brazil!?
Nobody, no-one concerned that a Apple is tracking their customers, and can do so without their knowledge.
Seriously "Do no evil?"
http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/ Google produces a report that includes a breakdown of all requests Google has received since July 2011 to remove copyright-infringing content from its search index. Google updates the information daily.