I wonder why it is not possible to have both Linux and Microsoft hosting to suit different customers.
Since Microsoft is paying for netcraft stats on those dead/parked domain names, GoDaddy could put everything to IIS by default, and those who choose to stay with Linux may do so.
This would have created a win-win-win situation for customers, GoDaddy and Microsoft.
The history of Shared Source is long, but in layman's term -- After reviewing the potential and limitation of Open Source, Microsoft has instead decided to adopt Shared Source, which not only opens up source code, but allows anyone to use freely, freelier than free Open Source.
The only major difference is once a Shared Source is shared, it can be modified, opened, shared or even closed in future release.
In my opinion, any language is good for beginner, the idea is to get you started and hooked, and as you progress, you will find out what are good and bad habits, and you will develop your own discipline.
On the other hand, I would not recommend a beginner to use Visual Studio or any of the IDE where you drag-and-drop to program.
So, in essence, they're saying they want desktops cluttered with unnecessary features."
I hope this is not the common development mode in Open Source, because it's just arrogant to presume what a user might or might not want to use.
And so what if these users really want desktops cluttered with unnecessary features? Let's face it, if that's what they want and you couldn't deliver these to them, you have failed.
Open Source should really do more on marketing (finding out what consumers want) than sales (selling what you have).
While some blogs are entertaining to read, the whole exercise requires readers to visit several blogs to get their daily required intake.
RSS-and-friends is not the answer because the burden is on the readers to seek out interesting logs, what if a blog is interesting one day and crap the other? What if there's another insightful blog pops out of nowhere today?
I wouldn't bother if I had to read 10 newspapers to get "good" national news in one, international news in another, sports in yet another so on and so forth.
This is where sites like Slashdot comes in handy, it's essentially a collection of interesting articles.
So some people have to get together to be the "blogeditors" and actively search for good blog articles every day, and readers have a place to go. It's like a selective RSS service.
I don't know how many 16-year-old teenagers would give consent to being tracked, while on the other hand, those need being tracked the most (under 10 or so) cannot legally allow parents to do so?
Just be patient and wait for Google to start offering prizes, and Google won't require us to give personal information, because it already has them if you are using its services like Search, GMail, Blogs......
Think this will lead to smarter content developers making their own sites more mobile friendly, or just a few lawsuits?
Most likely these content providers will sit and see what comes out of this.
If it isn't popular, MobileGLU will die out itself; If it's popular, these content providers will invite MobileGLU to pay up, or file an injunction to shut it down while they start providing the service themselves.
Not many company can manage to live off someone else's content for free, the one that stands out is obviously the Beast, which is also constantly under attack by content providers.
To be successful, MobileGLU really needs to hit the market hard and fast, that is to make sure these content providers need its service more than it needs their content.
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I got a feeling that the asker wants to block the calls automatically, which I think is a bad idea.
Unlike spams, the best way to stop wrongnumber-dialers to call you again is to tell them they have got the wrong number.
If wrong numbers are troubling you so much, consider investing in a O2-type smartphone which comes with features to screen/block numbers.
I remember the day people downloaded Linux ISOs (sometimes 2 or 3 CDs) with 56K, actually I think many people still do.
I wonder why it is not possible to have both Linux and Microsoft hosting to suit different customers.
Since Microsoft is paying for netcraft stats on those dead/parked domain names, GoDaddy could put everything to IIS by default, and those who choose to stay with Linux may do so.
This would have created a win-win-win situation for customers, GoDaddy and Microsoft.
It does, as bragging rights for Microsoft to show that its server solution is hosting xx% of the internet.
The history of Shared Source is long, but in layman's term -- After reviewing the potential and limitation of Open Source, Microsoft has instead decided to adopt Shared Source, which not only opens up source code, but allows anyone to use freely, freelier than free Open Source.
The only major difference is once a Shared Source is shared, it can be modified, opened, shared or even closed in future release.
If you are watching porn, you will have to conceal more than just the screen if you don't want people to know.
In the ideal world, this would have been perfect, but I suspect most people either:
1. Go public and mainstream, and keep on going not knowing when (or wanting) to stop.
2. Go public and mainstream, sell out and stop.
In the 70's, over 16 is considered old and uncool; In 00's, over 32 is considered old and uncool.
So maybe come 2015, only those over 64 will be considered old and uncool.
From a company like Google, credits are as good as cash.
Now Lane's Gifts just need to set up an advertising agency, and its clients will advertise via its account (and credits) on Google.
What about virgins?
In my opinion, any language is good for beginner, the idea is to get you started and hooked, and as you progress, you will find out what are good and bad habits, and you will develop your own discipline.
On the other hand, I would not recommend a beginner to use Visual Studio or any of the IDE where you drag-and-drop to program.
The problem is he still does, except he's using a ZDNet blog as a smoke screen, and in that blog, it invites readers to visit his primidi site.
I thought everybody knows that Microsoft's rivals are constantly trying to bring it down?
I wonder if the reaction would still be the same if it was AMD that was chosen by Skype for the 10-way call feature.
Now who would be the WB to publish the name of the university here?
I wonder if that paper will attract more students because of the assignment. Guys, whatever you do, just don't TK.
Why can't Napster do what iTunes has been doing?
Given its track record, when will we see the infiltration happening?
So, in essence, they're saying they want desktops cluttered with unnecessary features."
I hope this is not the common development mode in Open Source, because it's just arrogant to presume what a user might or might not want to use.
And so what if these users really want desktops cluttered with unnecessary features? Let's face it, if that's what they want and you couldn't deliver these to them, you have failed.
Open Source should really do more on marketing (finding out what consumers want) than sales (selling what you have).
I wouldn't say "everyone", sadly however, "enough" people are using Outlook.
While some blogs are entertaining to read, the whole exercise requires readers to visit several blogs to get their daily required intake.
RSS-and-friends is not the answer because the burden is on the readers to seek out interesting logs, what if a blog is interesting one day and crap the other? What if there's another insightful blog pops out of nowhere today?
I wouldn't bother if I had to read 10 newspapers to get "good" national news in one, international news in another, sports in yet another so on and so forth.
This is where sites like Slashdot comes in handy, it's essentially a collection of interesting articles.
So some people have to get together to be the "blogeditors" and actively search for good blog articles every day, and readers have a place to go. It's like a selective RSS service.
I don't know how many 16-year-old teenagers would give consent to being tracked, while on the other hand, those need being tracked the most (under 10 or so) cannot legally allow parents to do so?
Just be patient and wait for Google to start offering prizes, and Google won't require us to give personal information, because it already has them if you are using its services like Search, GMail, Blogs......
As previously discussed
Think this will lead to smarter content developers making their own sites more mobile friendly, or just a few lawsuits?
Most likely these content providers will sit and see what comes out of this.
If it isn't popular, MobileGLU will die out itself; If it's popular, these content providers will invite MobileGLU to pay up, or file an injunction to shut it down while they start providing the service themselves.
Not many company can manage to live off someone else's content for free, the one that stands out is obviously the Beast, which is also constantly under attack by content providers.
To be successful, MobileGLU really needs to hit the market hard and fast, that is to make sure these content providers need its service more than it needs their content.