If they add security measures to their system, already existing security companies will call them a monopoly and sue them, whereas if they don't, customers will get angry at Microsoft for not including everything in there for them and will switch to other systems.
Insurance companies pick the lowest risk people so they get the insurance payments without having to pay for health bills. Is it ethically right? Probably not. Is it profitable? Hell yes it is. In the end, profit overcomes ethics.
Single-play DVDs a hoax? Yeah, it doesn't sound too likely either. Most everyone I know have incredibly old DVD players, and how would one use DVDs work on those? It obviously wouldn't, because it wasn't a standard when everyone got them. In other words, it would be incredibly ineffective to develop such single-play DVDs, because older players wouldn't understand it.
...But remember what the iPod is doing? It's popular, and it just came out with the Nano, and even that's selling. Size matters there days, when people want to do things on the go, they like what's smallest best.
Well, Microsoft SHOULD have offered updates for free if they screwed something up, because asking people to upgrade their software for money because they screwed something up is like a person telling you that you need to send money in to repair a toaster that doesn't work that you just bought.
...Most politicians are trying to convince parents that younger children (5-12) will start commiting crimes if teenagers are doing the same thing when they play the same games. The problem with this is that it makes parents see teens as not mature enough to play the games, instead of just going after those 12 and under.
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I agree with you on most comments. MS Office is nice, but... well... Openoffice is free. Also, Mozilla Firefox feels very natural on Windows, and a home server I run with another side laptop running Microsoft Windows XP and Abyss Web Server is incredibly stable. And even if it does crash, it reboots automatically, so I don't have to go over and reboot it manually. That's a nice thing. I've tried Linux before, and I think it's nice. I'd consider switching, but I like how I'm able to easily configure Windows to do what I want it to do, and Windows feels much more natural to me. Overall, the Windows Operating System is of great quality, but some of it's components are not.
...Closed source also means that people have to take more time to find exploits. Closed source is good in that it takes longer to find exploits that people can use maliciously, but bad in that it takes longer for the exploits to be fixed. There's also the matter of updating everyone. You'll normally have at least one stubborn person that refuses to update their software, and then there's the people that expect auto-updates because they don't know how to do so manually.
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That should be lik-wang.
If it wasn't it would make no sense.
If it can kill in less than 10 seconds, it's dangerous.
Shuttle crashed, 300 pieces missing. NASA refeses to comment on any link between the layoffs and the missing pieces from the launched shuttle.
Open-source is like a double-edged blade.
You can repair security issues faster, but malicious users can figure out how to exploit them faster.
You could say the same thing about alpha testers and beta testers. People do it to see what it will be like before it's fully completed.
I think he wants kids to grow up to replace Ballmer and NOT waste money on broken chairs.
Just like how it worked with violent video games marked with age warnings and no one got sued for that.
If they add security measures to their system, already existing security companies will call them a monopoly and sue them, whereas if they don't, customers will get angry at Microsoft for not including everything in there for them and will switch to other systems.
Insurance companies pick the lowest risk people so they get the insurance payments without having to pay for health bills. Is it ethically right? Probably not. Is it profitable? Hell yes it is.
In the end, profit overcomes ethics.
He'll use Chair Power to coerce people to do it.
...Is that the media would be bitching if they threw people out if they stayed too long.
Media craves conflict to prey on these days...
Single-play DVDs a hoax? Yeah, it doesn't sound too likely either. Most everyone I know have incredibly old DVD players, and how would one use DVDs work on those? It obviously wouldn't, because it wasn't a standard when everyone got them. In other words, it would be incredibly ineffective to develop such single-play DVDs, because older players wouldn't understand it.
...But remember what the iPod is doing?
It's popular, and it just came out with the Nano, and even that's selling. Size matters there days, when people want to do things on the go, they like what's smallest best.
Well, Microsoft SHOULD have offered updates for free if they screwed something up, because asking people to upgrade their software for money because they screwed something up is like a person telling you that you need to send money in to repair a toaster that doesn't work that you just bought.
...Most politicians are trying to convince parents that younger children (5-12) will start commiting crimes if teenagers are doing the same thing when they play the same games. The problem with this is that it makes parents see teens as not mature enough to play the games, instead of just going after those 12 and under.
I agree with you on most comments. MS Office is nice, but... well... Openoffice is free. Also, Mozilla Firefox feels very natural on Windows, and a home server I run with another side laptop running Microsoft Windows XP and Abyss Web Server is incredibly stable. And even if it does crash, it reboots automatically, so I don't have to go over and reboot it manually. That's a nice thing.
I've tried Linux before, and I think it's nice. I'd consider switching, but I like how I'm able to easily configure Windows to do what I want it to do, and Windows feels much more natural to me. Overall, the Windows Operating System is of great quality, but some of it's components are not.
The sad thing is that's probably going to happen sooner or later.
Now there's a new compact disc with 30 GB?! I only have a 20 GB HD!
WHY MUST GOD TORMENT ME SO
Well, nowadays, people consider you guilty until you die in a prison awaiting a trial.
Last I checked, Google wasn't putting books up for free download, just snippets. And I think they even have links to other sites to buy the book.
Will a release game be a game where children go around forcing abortions and silencing evil journalists?
And the sad thing is this generation will do the same thing when it gets old. It's a neverending cycle of bitterness.
Or in hollywood's case, they grab the nearest shovel and start digging.
...What's Google getting out of this deal? Money? Land? Connections to the government?
And on that note, I for one, welcome our new space-searching overlords.
...Closed source also means that people have to take more time to find exploits. Closed source is good in that it takes longer to find exploits that people can use maliciously, but bad in that it takes longer for the exploits to be fixed. There's also the matter of updating everyone. You'll normally have at least one stubborn person that refuses to update their software, and then there's the people that expect auto-updates because they don't know how to do so manually.