I'm in aphorism heaven - what goes around comes around, you reap what you sow, do unto others what you would have them do to you, it all comes full circle...
Fyi, at the Google I/O keynote on ChromeOS, the product manager made an explicit point to say (paraphrasing), "Our OEMs may not like this, but you will absolutely have the right to root any ChromeBook - and you'll be able to simply boot back into ChromeOS, with no loss of data". Now to see if they follow through, making it a part of the terms and conditions.
First thing that occurred to me... I was kind of surprised to find out it was a more mundane software error. SOMEONE has to be planning something nefarious for our soon-to-be-self-proclaimed-VOIP-overlord.
Been waiting for this. Wouldn't be surprised to see it become an avalanche. You pay $1B to one manufacturer to incentivize them to make WP7 phones, and don't think it will make others feel disenfranchised?
Mark me troll if you want, if you think businesses are above reacting based on such sentiments, you've been blessed with working in some very unique environments.
There's a short-term window in which this matters, but I would fully expect that in the 5-year timeframe, running virtual machines on your phone will be the standard, and you will be able to select what OS you want on any compliant handset. Except possibly in the U.S., where the public still for some reason permits the carriers a bizarre amount of control of the business model.
Until they release a version that adds H.264 support to Chrome on Linux, I'm filing this under "Yet ANOTHER self-serving move by a patent-focused company that fears innovation that it doesn't control."
What you say is true as far as it goes... it's a strategic move that, if it pans out the way I'm sure they're hoping, WILL increase their profits. But you're missing that they've made a choice in basic company business plan - that their business plan is to benefit when computing advances in capability, and individual users are empowered to do more and create more with it. MS, Apple, etc. have business plans that really work best if they monopolize a whole segment of the computing market, and suppress innovation from competitors.
I'll take Google's approach.
... just send the letter, Mr. Ritter, without investigating. It's not as if such a letter is going to matter anyway - anyone smart enough to write a report triggering such a claim is plenty smart enough to e.g. be part of an "association" again the next time he wants to write an excellently supported public grievance, and make sure someone else in the association, not yet "warned", submits the next report.
Or does Mr. Ritter believe they don't they teach anything in Passive Resistance 101 anymore?
Websites have a couple of months to update... Chrome OS gets released not long after that deadline. Perhaps Google didn't want to tell netbook makers they had to add the cost of an MPEG-LA genuflect to every Chrome OS device?
Do the connections freeze when the phone rings, even if you don't answer? Or is the message that a call is incoming somehow non-disruptive?
I would think that would make mobile hotspot very limited in utility, if so -- if at any time connections could freeze (and stay frozen -- and no doubt timeout -- if it's an important call that I have to answer).
By all public accounts, the Lockheed Martin HULC project, which reflects a different design philosophy, is ahead in this horse race. Figuratively and literally -- HULC lets you run 10mph, not just walk 3.5mph! (So can the Hulk beat Iron Man?)
Btw, anyone deriding the value of this technology clear doesn't love a handicapped person whose life could be changed by being able to function with minimal limits via this kind of technology. They also, I suspect, don't own a business that would benefit significantly by people being able to casually lift and move items weighing hundreds of pounds, without significant risk of injury.
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Perfect for them ... and he's probably looking for a job right about now.
I'm in aphorism heaven - what goes around comes around, you reap what you sow, do unto others what you would have them do to you, it all comes full circle ...
Fyi, at the Google I/O keynote on ChromeOS, the product manager made an explicit point to say (paraphrasing), "Our OEMs may not like this, but you will absolutely have the right to root any ChromeBook - and you'll be able to simply boot back into ChromeOS, with no loss of data". Now to see if they follow through, making it a part of the terms and conditions.
First thing that occurred to me ... I was kind of surprised to find out it was a more mundane software error. SOMEONE has to be planning something nefarious for our soon-to-be-self-proclaimed-VOIP-overlord.
I hear if you do a whole zumba routine in front of it, it emails a death threat to Jillian Michaels.
A few months ago. VMWare's solution for mobile.
Been waiting for this. Wouldn't be surprised to see it become an avalanche. You pay $1B to one manufacturer to incentivize them to make WP7 phones, and don't think it will make others feel disenfranchised?
Mark me troll if you want, if you think businesses are above reacting based on such sentiments, you've been blessed with working in some very unique environments.
... he can write open source WP7 apps! Oh, wait ...
I for one welcome our new frenemy with aspirations of overlord-hood.
there's little demand for higher performance apps in the browser.
Tell that to my poor Pentium4 struggling with the new SlashDot interface!
There's a short-term window in which this matters, but I would fully expect that in the 5-year timeframe, running virtual machines on your phone will be the standard, and you will be able to select what OS you want on any compliant handset. Except possibly in the U.S., where the public still for some reason permits the carriers a bizarre amount of control of the business model.
Is that laughing I hear? It's already starting.
Until they release a version that adds H.264 support to Chrome on Linux, I'm filing this under "Yet ANOTHER self-serving move by a patent-focused company that fears innovation that it doesn't control."
It's actually a pretty thick file already.
What you say is true as far as it goes ... it's a strategic move that, if it pans out the way I'm sure they're hoping, WILL increase their profits. But you're missing that they've made a choice in basic company business plan - that their business plan is to benefit when computing advances in capability, and individual users are empowered to do more and create more with it. MS, Apple, etc. have business plans that really work best if they monopolize a whole segment of the computing market, and suppress innovation from competitors.
I'll take Google's approach.
Oh, wait a minute, that's right -- his golden parachute is made out of Microsoft stock ... no wonder he's smiling in that picture with Slippery Steve.
... just send the letter, Mr. Ritter, without investigating. It's not as if such a letter is going to matter anyway - anyone smart enough to write a report triggering such a claim is plenty smart enough to e.g. be part of an "association" again the next time he wants to write an excellently supported public grievance, and make sure someone else in the association, not yet "warned", submits the next report.
Or does Mr. Ritter believe they don't they teach anything in Passive Resistance 101 anymore?
Websites have a couple of months to update ... Chrome OS gets released not long after that deadline. Perhaps Google didn't want to tell netbook makers they had to add the cost of an MPEG-LA genuflect to every Chrome OS device?
Do the connections freeze when the phone rings, even if you don't answer? Or is the message that a call is incoming somehow non-disruptive? I would think that would make mobile hotspot very limited in utility, if so -- if at any time connections could freeze (and stay frozen -- and no doubt timeout -- if it's an important call that I have to answer).
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=never+gonna+give+you+up&year_start=&year_end=&corpus=5&smoothing=0
I mean, how good can they be if they don't even get THIS right?!
On the other hand, they seem to have pegged this one!
Youtube vid on HULC
Btw, anyone deriding the value of this technology clear doesn't love a handicapped person whose life could be changed by being able to function with minimal limits via this kind of technology. They also, I suspect, don't own a business that would benefit significantly by people being able to casually lift and move items weighing hundreds of pounds, without significant risk of injury.
... touting Windows 7 Phone as the second coming of Zeus Bot
Fixed that for ya ...
If Oracle goes after users, they're making 200,000 enemies a day.
As opposed to how many they're making now?
> You have to install a fairly thick local client
:-) ...
... pondering how NX would adapt to support Wayland)
Of course, that only applies if your client is not also running X (e.g., if your coming from a Windows PC). Otherwise, it's completely native.
Just clarifying for newbies, who will see your low id# and assume omniscience
And, of course, downchain, there's mention of NX. (hmm
In regard to the word "typical", and with apologies to Princess Bride, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."