Id like to see some real world data to back up the claim that mac or any other OS is gaining anywhere except for in the Ipod world...Linux will never take over Windows, no matter how many people bitch. As a matter of fact, linux networx is so close to being out of business out here its not even funny, gee, and the guys that left are now playing in the windows world.
Just cause everyone uses it doesnt make it cool, its like the VW bus, its ugly clunky and unreliable, but some people swear by it still... hey, you can sleep in it, can you do that in your car??
The majority of the public will use the IE browser, as well as most govt. agencies and large corporations. Thats where the $$ is. The tiny fringe of opera/firefox etc... users who sit and whine about how much it sucks really dont matter. If you are really that tech savvy you would realize this...
"Microsoft != Apple. In principle, Windows 9x aimed to be a clone of Mac OS 7.x with rudimentary memory protection. "
While this may be true (although Im not convinced) that still leaves the fact that Apple's marketing department sucked so bad that they couldnt get the thing out the door to the masses. Microsoft did that, they aimed to put a computer in every house in America and through whatever wizardry (deals with satan, etc...) they used, it worked.
Jeez, if we had waited around for apple we would all still be making little line drawings in art class talking about the days when computers would perform complex tasks for us...
While Im sure it will be compliant with other OSes by the time it gets a proper release, I think it would be extremely amusing if they did not support any other OSes, windows only, thats it and thats all. That way everyone who thinks Linux, Mac and others are so "superior" would find out that superiority isnt gained by being different. Sometimes being different just means your wrong or going about things the wrong way. Kind of like those guys that are running bio-diesel. Sure, they are saving.20-.30 at the pumps, but they are also spending countless hours in the garage trying to perfect the mix, so is it really more efficient.
I guess I just dont buy into the "microsoft everything they do sucks" theory. IMHO, they brought computers into the mainstream with understandable interfaces and ease of use. Without MS, most of us that work in software engineering would probabaly be out of work right now, or never even gotten into software engineering in the first place.
There are no mines that are really sitting idle... maybe bankrupt. But not idle, Kennecott copper has been going for years and years and shown no signs of slowing. The difference is probably in the grade of copper and the cost to refine and process it, then factor in the cost to OGM for reclamaition and the price really needs to be extremely high to be profitable.
The Ipod and Itunes are for idiots anyway.. l
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The whole iPod, iTunes thing is just ridiculous. The iTunes service iis for those with a basic knowledge of the media players. "Its buy, buy, buy! and look, if your too stupid to upload to another media device, this will play nicely with your iPod, you should go buy an iPod!!"
Its an overpriced media service for an overpriced media player. If you dont want to be tracked and or monitored, then dont use such commercialized crap.
Check out iRiver's media player, it accepts most anything in any format, licensed or not.. and yes, it plays video too, for those who want to watch their movies on a 2x2 screen...
yeah, Im going to call BS if you say you have gotten every job you ever applied for. I highly doubt it, unless its intercompany. And its not sly techniques that get you the job, its gettng in the door. Once there, speak to your merits and be honest sure, but sell yourself and expand your horizons. In the past 15 years Ive gone from entry level IT well over the 6 figure mark. Done it by progressively bouncing from one position to a better more challenging position, I usually end up holding a job for 1-2 years. and yes, if your in the looking market there are things you need to do to be competitive and get your foot in the door. Being Joe good guy doesnt cut it.
while thats nice "perfect world" stuff.. how many jobs have you had in the past 10 years?? there is a lot to be said for the stuff that is in this book, if you havent read it, you probably shouldnt critique the content.
There wasnt some big monopoly on the OS, Unix has been around in many flavors for quite a while, however, windows is easier for the masses to master, so they use it, and then bitch about it, its almost a typical american response.
Yeah, cause ebay has always been completely fair in all their other dealings... Youre forgetting they dont care about the seller or the buyer, they care about collecting fees, and I for one, hope that Google Base "http://base.google.com/" gets online and grows enough to drive them into obscurity.
Sounds like you should just stick with an AS400 box and call it good. Upgrades and changes are the lifeblood of software development, if you cant keep up, then get out of the business.
I use it everyday, while I admit, it has gotten to be full of crap there is still some good stuff to be found and at a good price. Takes a little more time than it used to though.. however, for the most part, they have managed to weed out all the scumbags, the ones that take your $$ and run, not much risk of that with PayPal payments. I regularly buy x-box games new for $10-15 shipped. (granted they probably fell out of the back of some target store somewhere) And you can make a pretty penny if you know how to use ebay and sell all sorts of random shit. Not advocating Ebay here, but the following is huge. The few people who boycott it are showing themselves to be out of touch with the current technology and how to make $$ with it.
That said, as soon as Google comes up with a replacement I will jump on that bandwagon and drop ebay like a sack of flaming poo...
BMW has been playing with hydrogen powered vehicles for the past 3 years. Not just the little 3s either, they have been running the big 7 series, v8 and v12 motors with an emphasis on drivability not just fuel efficiency. Public availability has yet to be announced. however, there is a large consumer market that will drive any old POS as long as it gets good gas mileage, that must be why honda is the first in...:)
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there is a lot different under the covers... as in, if you were being monitored, using IE7, your actions would not be captured.
Id like to see some real world data to back up the claim that mac or any other OS is gaining anywhere except for in the Ipod world...Linux will never take over Windows, no matter how many people bitch. As a matter of fact, linux networx is so close to being out of business out here its not even funny, gee, and the guys that left are now playing in the windows world. Just cause everyone uses it doesnt make it cool, its like the VW bus, its ugly clunky and unreliable, but some people swear by it still... hey, you can sleep in it, can you do that in your car??
The majority of the public will use the IE browser, as well as most govt. agencies and large corporations. Thats where the $$ is. The tiny fringe of opera/firefox etc... users who sit and whine about how much it sucks really dont matter. If you are really that tech savvy you would realize this...
"Microsoft != Apple. In principle, Windows 9x aimed to be a clone of Mac OS 7.x with rudimentary memory protection. " While this may be true (although Im not convinced) that still leaves the fact that Apple's marketing department sucked so bad that they couldnt get the thing out the door to the masses. Microsoft did that, they aimed to put a computer in every house in America and through whatever wizardry (deals with satan, etc...) they used, it worked. Jeez, if we had waited around for apple we would all still be making little line drawings in art class talking about the days when computers would perform complex tasks for us...
While Im sure it will be compliant with other OSes by the time it gets a proper release, I think it would be extremely amusing if they did not support any other OSes, windows only, thats it and thats all. That way everyone who thinks Linux, Mac and others are so "superior" would find out that superiority isnt gained by being different. Sometimes being different just means your wrong or going about things the wrong way. Kind of like those guys that are running bio-diesel. Sure, they are saving .20-.30 at the pumps, but they are also spending countless hours in the garage trying to perfect the mix, so is it really more efficient.
I guess I just dont buy into the "microsoft everything they do sucks" theory. IMHO, they brought computers into the mainstream with understandable interfaces and ease of use. Without MS, most of us that work in software engineering would probabaly be out of work right now, or never even gotten into software engineering in the first place.
There are no mines that are really sitting idle... maybe bankrupt. But not idle, Kennecott copper has been going for years and years and shown no signs of slowing. The difference is probably in the grade of copper and the cost to refine and process it, then factor in the cost to OGM for reclamaition and the price really needs to be extremely high to be profitable.
The whole iPod, iTunes thing is just ridiculous. The iTunes service iis for those with a basic knowledge of the media players. "Its buy, buy, buy! and look, if your too stupid to upload to another media device, this will play nicely with your iPod, you should go buy an iPod!!" Its an overpriced media service for an overpriced media player. If you dont want to be tracked and or monitored, then dont use such commercialized crap. Check out iRiver's media player, it accepts most anything in any format, licensed or not.. and yes, it plays video too, for those who want to watch their movies on a 2x2 screen...
yeah, Im going to call BS if you say you have gotten every job you ever applied for. I highly doubt it, unless its intercompany. And its not sly techniques that get you the job, its gettng in the door. Once there, speak to your merits and be honest sure, but sell yourself and expand your horizons.
In the past 15 years Ive gone from entry level IT well over the 6 figure mark. Done it by progressively bouncing from one position to a better more challenging position, I usually end up holding a job for 1-2 years. and yes, if your in the looking market there are things you need to do to be competitive and get your foot in the door. Being Joe good guy doesnt cut it.
while thats nice "perfect world" stuff.. how many jobs have you had in the past 10 years?? there is a lot to be said for the stuff that is in this book, if you havent read it, you probably shouldnt critique the content.
There wasnt some big monopoly on the OS, Unix has been around in many flavors for quite a while, however, windows is easier for the masses to master, so they use it, and then bitch about it, its almost a typical american response.
Yeah, cause ebay has always been completely fair in all their other dealings... Youre forgetting they dont care about the seller or the buyer, they care about collecting fees, and I for one, hope that Google Base "http://base.google.com/" gets online and grows enough to drive them into obscurity.
Sounds like you should just stick with an AS400 box and call it good. Upgrades and changes are the lifeblood of software development, if you cant keep up, then get out of the business.
I use it everyday, while I admit, it has gotten to be full of crap there is still some good stuff to be found and at a good price. Takes a little more time than it used to though.. however, for the most part, they have managed to weed out all the scumbags, the ones that take your $$ and run, not much risk of that with PayPal payments. I regularly buy x-box games new for $10-15 shipped. (granted they probably fell out of the back of some target store somewhere) And you can make a pretty penny if you know how to use ebay and sell all sorts of random shit. Not advocating Ebay here, but the following is huge. The few people who boycott it are showing themselves to be out of touch with the current technology and how to make $$ with it. That said, as soon as Google comes up with a replacement I will jump on that bandwagon and drop ebay like a sack of flaming poo...
BMW has been playing with hydrogen powered vehicles for the past 3 years. Not just the little 3s either, they have been running the big 7 series, v8 and v12 motors with an emphasis on drivability not just fuel efficiency. Public availability has yet to be announced. however, there is a large consumer market that will drive any old POS as long as it gets good gas mileage, that must be why honda is the first in... :)