StarOffice I don't think will kill MS Office. However, OpenOffice.org 2.0 if the marketting is done right could be what Firefox 1.0 was. It could bring a good amount of MS Office users over. OOo 1.x didn't do it because it was missing too much stuff. The interface was very different than MSOffice, many features didn't exist, and file compatibility was poor. All this has been corrected, and with a good amount of marketting and press coverage it could be huge.
I have a Nokia 6620 on the Rogers Wireless network here in Canada. That phone comes with a USB cable. I go on the Internet, on phone related forums, find dozens of free Java or Symbian programs and games (IM program, a real web browser to replace the Wap browser, even a Doom port, etc) and download them on my system, then use the USB cable to download them on my phone, all that for $0 since I didn't use the lame Wap browser to find them.
I also went on the Nokia dev forums and downloaded their Nokia Multimedia Converter to convert my.mpg and.avi files into.3gp to view movies on my phone. The phone comes with RealPlayer which plays MP3 files I send it on the USB, so that's no problem, plus it supports.mp3 as ringtones, so again $0. I even bought a PQi 1GB memory card with no DRM which fit in the phone and allows me to put whatever I want. I even have a bunch of.jpg files which the phone is more than happy to let me put as wallpaper.
So again, look around and there are options. Don't support your provider by downloading their $5 ringtones and wallpapers just because they told you to.
Java is used on well over half the mobile phones out there (other ones being BREW), and recent Symbian OS (serie 60) are used only by some Nokia phones and like one panasonic. So it makes more sense for software makers to target the Java market.
His last 5 entries are ALL about Microsoft versus the world, in which MS always wins. Even going to previous months, it has always something to do with MS doing something great. If this guy isnt paid by MS he really should be.
It's not the panel that's the failure, its the fact that it is limited to 100 songs max. I can't imagine people wanting this, when we already have phones with expension slots holding 500+ songs. The itunes logo isnt enough.
I do agree Asa has a dark side, it's quite obvious when you check not only his blog entries but the comments, and his comments in bugzilla. I also agree that many Mozilla policies are poor, and cause security issues. For example there's a feature request in bugzilla asking for extension blacklisting. This is a very good feature because anyone could write a nasty xpi with a nice name and it would cause much PR trouble. But the bug request was put "on hold" because their priorities are "elsewhere".
On the other hand, Firefox is and always has been much more secure than IE. Not only in the number of vulnerabilities, but the fact that they were all proofs of concept, and not actual vulnerabilities found on malicious web sites. The security process is also a lot more transparant, meaning patches are provided more quickly. So it's a bit of both really.
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StarOffice I don't think will kill MS Office. However, OpenOffice.org 2.0 if the marketting is done right could be what Firefox 1.0 was. It could bring a good amount of MS Office users over. OOo 1.x didn't do it because it was missing too much stuff. The interface was very different than MSOffice, many features didn't exist, and file compatibility was poor. All this has been corrected, and with a good amount of marketting and press coverage it could be huge.
I have a Nokia 6620 on the Rogers Wireless network here in Canada. That phone comes with a USB cable. I go on the Internet, on phone related forums, find dozens of free Java or Symbian programs and games (IM program, a real web browser to replace the Wap browser, even a Doom port, etc) and download them on my system, then use the USB cable to download them on my phone, all that for $0 since I didn't use the lame Wap browser to find them. I also went on the Nokia dev forums and downloaded their Nokia Multimedia Converter to convert my .mpg and .avi files into .3gp to view movies on my phone. The phone comes with RealPlayer which plays MP3 files I send it on the USB, so that's no problem, plus it supports .mp3 as ringtones, so again $0. I even bought a PQi 1GB memory card with no DRM which fit in the phone and allows me to put whatever I want. I even have a bunch of .jpg files which the phone is more than happy to let me put as wallpaper.
So again, look around and there are options. Don't support your provider by downloading their $5 ringtones and wallpapers just because they told you to.
Java is used on well over half the mobile phones out there (other ones being BREW), and recent Symbian OS (serie 60) are used only by some Nokia phones and like one panasonic. So it makes more sense for software makers to target the Java market.
His last 5 entries are ALL about Microsoft versus the world, in which MS always wins. Even going to previous months, it has always something to do with MS doing something great. If this guy isnt paid by MS he really should be.
It's not the panel that's the failure, its the fact that it is limited to 100 songs max. I can't imagine people wanting this, when we already have phones with expension slots holding 500+ songs. The itunes logo isnt enough.
I do agree Asa has a dark side, it's quite obvious when you check not only his blog entries but the comments, and his comments in bugzilla. I also agree that many Mozilla policies are poor, and cause security issues. For example there's a feature request in bugzilla asking for extension blacklisting. This is a very good feature because anyone could write a nasty xpi with a nice name and it would cause much PR trouble. But the bug request was put "on hold" because their priorities are "elsewhere". On the other hand, Firefox is and always has been much more secure than IE. Not only in the number of vulnerabilities, but the fact that they were all proofs of concept, and not actual vulnerabilities found on malicious web sites. The security process is also a lot more transparant, meaning patches are provided more quickly. So it's a bit of both really.
All this does here is open Google with "--------" not found.
Workaround: Disable IDN support (toggle network.enableIDN in about:config).