The general public use whatever software they're told to use by everyone else. When it changes it can change relatively quickly and it's very chicken and egg. By the time people even notice it happening it can be too late to change. They never know, understand or care anything about software except to use what everyone else thinks is the best tool for the job.
Is that people would have to actually understand the first half of your post and be able to do everything in it.
Even someone with years of (non Linux) experience can't be expected to know the difference between emerge, mplayer and xine. There's a need out there for people who are being introduced to Linux for the first time and don't want to worry about a(nother) "broken" OS.
What the spammers should be doing is forwarding the email from the compromised botnets to themselves and using that a basis for coming up with the formula for spam. Or they could just intercept every email they find.
If they were really ingenious they would set up their own servers for white and black lists and analyse the information coming in and make their own bayesian filter to target spam more effectively.
"This wireless revolution is only just getting started."
The revolution is over. None of this technology is even slightly new and it's all widespread. Pretty much every peripheral that can be untethered from a power supply has been. Even printers which need a power cord can be hooked up to wireless by the kind of people who've never heard of/. Wireless is old news and an article talking about a bluetooth mouse is redundant.
Whatever is happening for the future of wireless peripherals involves more people synching their contacts/calenders/photos from their phones and VOIP WLAN phones. There might be some adoption of building wireless modems into All-in-one-printers which would improve functionality for some people by removing 5 minutes of set up to get two boxes talking to each other.
I noticed that especially with the XServe and Mac Pro. The number of configuration options is so large now that it's highly likely that many changes will simply take place to these lines with relatively little fanfare. An option for a graphics card here, a different hard drive there etc. All just a quick update to the store. The Mac Pro page only lists one Mac Pro and you then select the processor. It will allow Apple to introduce new processor speeds easily without making news. This way they can always have an up to date system that changes regularly without annoying the crowd who don't want to own the previous generation of Mac Pro.
Microsoft are basically admitting that they won't be able to fix VPC. They're releasing the embarrassing news that they found it too hard to update their software for cross platform compatability. They're taking their time getting the universal binary ready for Office too. It makes them look like a slow out of touch monolith especially when you consider the pace of Apple's software development. If Vista gets any more delays it could easily slip into the Leopard launch frame.
VPC was already old news and was a dying product. So Microsoft release this news straight after the WWDC when Apple fans are busy pouring over all the really important stuff. VMWare just announced that Microsoft would be wasting their time anyway in effect and no one is gonna complain about Microsoft not supporting software that no one cares about anymore. They were just trying to avoid a PR disaster. In the wider media this story will be relatively small.
I had been wondering about the implications of Apple open sourcing iCal server. It's a huge limitation of any calendering app to be restricted to one platform. Clearly Apple have plans to do something large in this area. What I'm unsure of is whether they want to build iCal integration into other applications or whether Apple plan to release iCal (even Mail.app) on Windows. They reaped the rewards of doing it with iTunes. Since there will be plenty of OS X users on Windows using bootcamp it would make sense to keep those people able to access their iCal calender. I know there are already ways but being Apple I'm positive they'd want to streamline the process so people don't have to figure out for themselves.
It's about time something like this was done. Caching is complicated but is in theory so much faster. The older system of local mirrors for downloading software faster is something that could really benefit from being used in conjunction with bittorrent.
I'm quite happy that many programmers will be spending their time on application design rather than debugging memory leaks. Sure there are those out there with years of C experience who don't need this feature and I'm happy for them. They can continue to code the way they always have and they'll still be in demand. But there's another group who will find this really useful.
At the end of the day Apple aren't really catering for the top programmers here who will write good programs no matter what. It'll help the rest write better programs though.
You wouldn't be able to listen an iPhone on a plane. If Apple ever produced an iPhone it's pretty likely that they'd include a plane mode right from the start which disables the phone aspect.
Some people would prefer to carry a separate iPod and phone. It's not like Apple are about to stop selling iPods. An iPhone would have a low capacity and compete with the nano. It wouldn't be a rival for the iPod itself.
An OS with advertising built in would be a great way to ensure that advertising supported broadband or internet services are used as desired. Getting your internet connection by paying a nominal monthly subscription or even getting it free and having it subsidised by ads is something that could be very popular. Google have looked at this by providing free public Wi-fi. People who use more of the bandwidth would receive more ads hence usage would not be a problem. In public areas going off and setting up wi-fi is a pain. How about instead you just connect easily to an ad(sense) supported connection with no setup. The company would receive revenue from every time you clicked on an ad and all they would have to do is set up an access point. Install Google software/set up adsense account and wait for their cheque in the mail.
The issue of whether it works or not is whether AOL or Google do it?
Or to use the existing Windows structure. XP Home would be ad supported but XP Pro would be ad free. Users with XP Pro who don't pay a subscription to Windows Live see ads based on any Windows Live services they use.
Ubuntu like every other linux distro publishes their sourcecode. It only takes one person disagreeing with the way they do something (and able to make the effort) to fork Ubuntu. Any other distro can borrow their code and the very next time that Ubuntu makes a mistake someone could in theory make a better fork.
Ubuntu is based on Debian and still relies on a lot of the work being done by Debian developers. Any distro that isn't doing as well could just borrow the best bits of Ubuntu code and add whatever they like. Don't like Ubuntu's default list of packages? Prefer multi-CD/DVD distros? No problem. Change Ubuntu. This is one of the reasons why the next big thing changes so quickly in the Linux world.
There's a mini army of developers using whatever distro is the flavour of the month and for a while that distro will grow rapidly before something else takes over. It's inevitable. Outside of producing better, more reliable code or better default settings/packages there are several other things that are harder to replicate. Certified sysadmins, support and being certified with commercial software are all very important for linux at enterprise level. At the moment Red Hat are doing that well and making a lot of money doing too. This is good for linux and for linux users. It should be welcomed. Ubuntu are doing what they want to do well. There's room for all the big distros and as long as any of them continue to do something right they will continue to exist.
4 million is a huge number of laptops. It represents about 10% of the annual worldwide laptop shipments. If these shipments actually occur in a reasonable timeframe it would have a massive effect on the worldwide computer market. It would effect component prices for OEMs. Imagine the headlines as Red Hat grab a larger proportion of the laptop market than Apple.
That happened my sister. The agency removed the contact information so that the company would have no way of contacting her for clarifications etc. The company were mad that she didn't include her details including age. She didn't get the job.
Or the UMPCs that are just coming out. The markets gonna be full of these things but you're the first person I've seen who actually wants one over a laptop. I suppose the 2.5 hour battery life sorta spoils it.
Windows is free to most people as they are forced to buy it when they get their computer. One of the things that has been slowing down Linux desktop adoption is unfamiliar and immature applications. As programs like openoffice, gaim, firefox etc become more mature and understood on windows the the obligatory expensive operating system becomes irrelevant.
When enough people are using OSS on Windows it will be possible to switch to Linux on the desktop and most people will barely notice and won't have as many problems moving over. If the only closed source software you're using is Windows then you're gonna be wondering why you're paying for it. People pay for windows because it has the applications they're used to and it's preinstalled. If OSS applications reach enough usage the hardware vendors will be able to switch to Linux and lower prices without putting off customers. Once enough people are buying computers with Linux pre-installed other manufacturers will follow suit.
The iSight is necessary as it adds functionality to several iLife apps. Video conferencing, photobooth etc. Not every school setup will use them but many will. Bluetooth on the other hand is different. For home users bluetooth can be used for headsets, keyboard/mouse , file transfer from cameraphones.
Keyboard and wireless mouse is the real deal-breaker for some people but in a computer lab it's exactly what you don't want. Also bluetooth is easier to remove. You can just take the chip out and people can buy a module if they really want it. iSight OTOH would be very hard to retrofit.
eBay allows someone to reach a very large market very quickly. If someone can find the right product cheaply and sell it on at a large margin to customers who normally pay higher margins to specialist retailers then eBay is an easy, fast and low risk (think of the bank loans you'd need to set up a high street store) way to start buying and selling.
Maybe you'd like the bit about how if you share your access for free you get access when roaming for free. Or maybe you'd prefer to get paid for sharing your access. The cheap router is only part of it. Having your connection slowed and people camped outside your house might be less desirable.
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This should remind Windows users about complacency.
The general public use whatever software they're told to use by everyone else. When it changes it can change relatively quickly and it's very chicken and egg. By the time people even notice it happening it can be too late to change. They never know, understand or care anything about software except to use what everyone else thinks is the best tool for the job.
Even someone with years of (non Linux) experience can't be expected to know the difference between emerge, mplayer and xine. There's a need out there for people who are being introduced to Linux for the first time and don't want to worry about a(nother) "broken" OS.
She only dates Apple fanboys?
If they were really ingenious they would set up their own servers for white and black lists and analyse the information coming in and make their own bayesian filter to target spam more effectively.
The revolution is over. None of this technology is even slightly new and it's all widespread. Pretty much every peripheral that can be untethered from a power supply has been. Even printers which need a power cord can be hooked up to wireless by the kind of people who've never heard of /. Wireless is old news and an article talking about a bluetooth mouse is redundant.
Whatever is happening for the future of wireless peripherals involves more people synching their contacts/calenders/photos from their phones and VOIP WLAN phones. There might be some adoption of building wireless modems into All-in-one-printers which would improve functionality for some people by removing 5 minutes of set up to get two boxes talking to each other.
And the parents point is proved!
I noticed that especially with the XServe and Mac Pro. The number of configuration options is so large now that it's highly likely that many changes will simply take place to these lines with relatively little fanfare. An option for a graphics card here, a different hard drive there etc. All just a quick update to the store. The Mac Pro page only lists one Mac Pro and you then select the processor. It will allow Apple to introduce new processor speeds easily without making news. This way they can always have an up to date system that changes regularly without annoying the crowd who don't want to own the previous generation of Mac Pro.
VPC was already old news and was a dying product. So Microsoft release this news straight after the WWDC when Apple fans are busy pouring over all the really important stuff. VMWare just announced that Microsoft would be wasting their time anyway in effect and no one is gonna complain about Microsoft not supporting software that no one cares about anymore. They were just trying to avoid a PR disaster. In the wider media this story will be relatively small.
I had been wondering about the implications of Apple open sourcing iCal server. It's a huge limitation of any calendering app to be restricted to one platform. Clearly Apple have plans to do something large in this area. What I'm unsure of is whether they want to build iCal integration into other applications or whether Apple plan to release iCal (even Mail.app) on Windows. They reaped the rewards of doing it with iTunes. Since there will be plenty of OS X users on Windows using bootcamp it would make sense to keep those people able to access their iCal calender. I know there are already ways but being Apple I'm positive they'd want to streamline the process so people don't have to figure out for themselves.
It's about time something like this was done. Caching is complicated but is in theory so much faster. The older system of local mirrors for downloading software faster is something that could really benefit from being used in conjunction with bittorrent.
At the end of the day Apple aren't really catering for the top programmers here who will write good programs no matter what. It'll help the rest write better programs though.
Some people would prefer to carry a separate iPod and phone. It's not like Apple are about to stop selling iPods. An iPhone would have a low capacity and compete with the nano. It wouldn't be a rival for the iPod itself.
The issue of whether it works or not is whether AOL or Google do it?
Or to use the existing Windows structure. XP Home would be ad supported but XP Pro would be ad free. Users with XP Pro who don't pay a subscription to Windows Live see ads based on any Windows Live services they use.
Ubuntu is based on Debian and still relies on a lot of the work being done by Debian developers. Any distro that isn't doing as well could just borrow the best bits of Ubuntu code and add whatever they like. Don't like Ubuntu's default list of packages? Prefer multi-CD/DVD distros? No problem. Change Ubuntu. This is one of the reasons why the next big thing changes so quickly in the Linux world.
There's a mini army of developers using whatever distro is the flavour of the month and for a while that distro will grow rapidly before something else takes over. It's inevitable. Outside of producing better, more reliable code or better default settings/packages there are several other things that are harder to replicate. Certified sysadmins, support and being certified with commercial software are all very important for linux at enterprise level. At the moment Red Hat are doing that well and making a lot of money doing too. This is good for linux and for linux users. It should be welcomed. Ubuntu are doing what they want to do well. There's room for all the big distros and as long as any of them continue to do something right they will continue to exist.
4 million is a huge number of laptops. It represents about 10% of the annual worldwide laptop shipments. If these shipments actually occur in a reasonable timeframe it would have a massive effect on the worldwide computer market. It would effect component prices for OEMs. Imagine the headlines as Red Hat grab a larger proportion of the laptop market than Apple.
That happened my sister. The agency removed the contact information so that the company would have no way of contacting her for clarifications etc. The company were mad that she didn't include her details including age. She didn't get the job.
Or the UMPCs that are just coming out. The markets gonna be full of these things but you're the first person I've seen who actually wants one over a laptop. I suppose the 2.5 hour battery life sorta spoils it.
It would be a great way to input Morse Code into a laptop. It could be integrated into a program which teaches Morse Code and would be fun to learn.
When enough people are using OSS on Windows it will be possible to switch to Linux on the desktop and most people will barely notice and won't have as many problems moving over. If the only closed source software you're using is Windows then you're gonna be wondering why you're paying for it. People pay for windows because it has the applications they're used to and it's preinstalled. If OSS applications reach enough usage the hardware vendors will be able to switch to Linux and lower prices without putting off customers. Once enough people are buying computers with Linux pre-installed other manufacturers will follow suit.
what's the world coming to?
Keyboard and wireless mouse is the real deal-breaker for some people but in a computer lab it's exactly what you don't want. Also bluetooth is easier to remove. You can just take the chip out and people can buy a module if they really want it. iSight OTOH would be very hard to retrofit.
eBay allows someone to reach a very large market very quickly. If someone can find the right product cheaply and sell it on at a large margin to customers who normally pay higher margins to specialist retailers then eBay is an easy, fast and low risk (think of the bank loans you'd need to set up a high street store) way to start buying and selling.
Maybe you'd like the bit about how if you share your access for free you get access when roaming for free. Or maybe you'd prefer to get paid for sharing your access. The cheap router is only part of it. Having your connection slowed and people camped outside your house might be less desirable.