I've worked on SGI computers before, and I was just amazed at the way the boxes were made. No tools required for anything, and that was back in 1996. Their Unix OS (Iris?) was wonderful, and the whole system felt like the Apple's do now; hardware and software designed to go together. Such a pity they are failing.
Movie DVD's cost about the same or less. This is for 2+ hours of entertainment with special effects, music, actors, film and studio crews, stop-motion, green-screens, etc. I can imagine that most movies (I haven't looked it up) involve 200+ people and a ton of computers, hardware (helicopters, camera's, costumes, etc) and talent. Movies produce a very high quality image and sound, which needs to stand up to a movie theater resolution.
Music CD's I picture involve a producer, music techs, record studios and a group (The only thing a movie doesn't need) for about 60 minutes of entertainment, which let's face it, only about 10 minutes are worth hearing again. Music produces a relatively low quality sound compared to a movie, with music videos only needing TV resolution (and a music video is only produced as a marketing tool to sell the music).
They both need distribution, with movies being more expensive typically due to the quality demanded in a movie theater.
Yes, I feel screwed every time I purchase a CD (Which is not often now).
Most enterprise users are behind a company firewall anyway, which should be blocking most incoming connections. The only exception to this is remote users or laptop users, which IT will configure before the user sees the box. To me the main thing is that the firewall is there and can be controlled by Group Policies to be ON or OFF when the user is on the LAN or away from it.
You can still control GP for the Firewall with 2K DC's, you just have to import the.ADM files from MS and add them to your AD.
Maybe they want to have a DB Appliance? Makes sense to have one box pre-installed with Oracle and not have to worry about the OS, which has been tuned to give Oracle the best possible performance.
Apple has always been a "consumer" company, not a business player. When I see graphs of computer sales it makes me laugh, as Apple's market is almost purely non-business and "% of computer sales" means nothing to them. Look at the "% of computer sales to home users" and you will see that Apple is making vast in-roads in its target audience.
Microsoft, Dell, HP and the rest target anyone with a pulse, which in my mind makes it less attractive. Apple's best move was the IPod because it not only makes wads of money, but increases the consumer's awareness of the whole Apple brand as a consumer company, and so the consumers are more likely to buy an Apple Mac if their IPod works well for them, then a Windows based computer which is made by HP, runs Microsoft, and runs Napster which getting support for is a nightmare (no, it's a hardware problem, no it's Windows at fault, etc...).
My 2 cents...
I think that another problem is that the marketing people and the software programmers do not agree about whom the target audience is, or what their needs are.
Marketing wants to cover as many people as possible with the program, but the programmers want it to specialize, so you end up with MS Word which people only use 10% of its features, and those are hard to get to.
To me the main problem is ERP, HR and accounting software. Office is no problem now, and email is easy. Linux has some really good replacements, but ERP, HR and accounting software are mainly Windows based. OK, Oracle will run on anything, but most companies do not use, or want to use Oracle. Apart from that, ADP is Windows, and most accounting software is pushed by the CPA's, so they use Windows too.
This to me as an IT guy is the main problem. Get ERP, HR and accounting on Linux, and most companies in the world will jump on it. Until then Linux will not get over 10% of the market.
I think it's as easy as Apple getting fed up of the cell phone companies control over the phone. The ROKR E2 could have easily been a wonderful product, and I think the reviews pointed this out in amazing detail. Apple wanted to put the features in that the reviews begged for, but the cell phone companies would not allow it. If Apple controls the network, it no longer has that problem. Simple!
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I've worked on SGI computers before, and I was just amazed at the way the boxes were made. No tools required for anything, and that was back in 1996. Their Unix OS (Iris?) was wonderful, and the whole system felt like the Apple's do now; hardware and software designed to go together. Such a pity they are failing.
Why not? That's what happened with Moore's Law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moores_law
I misread the subject as "DRM Makers Accused of Price Fixing" and got all excited!
They will have to afford the DHS or NSA personal to handle them. :-D That will cost a pretty penny!
And Oracle was unbreakable! http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-5808928.html
I just had to...6 0517.jpg
http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200605/df200
Sorry...
I just like the tagging...
vaporware, malware, microsoft
Says it all really....
In honour of Ian Dury.
Taken from "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards"
Einstein can't be classed as witless.
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness
Frighten everybody shitless
WTF!!!
15:30 The Code Breakers.
That's 3:30pm!!!. Anyone going to BitTorrent it for those of us (OK, almost all of us) that actually work????
Yes, and it sucked!
This is my problem with the cost of CD's.
Movie DVD's cost about the same or less. This is for 2+ hours of entertainment with special effects, music, actors, film and studio crews, stop-motion, green-screens, etc. I can imagine that most movies (I haven't looked it up) involve 200+ people and a ton of computers, hardware (helicopters, camera's, costumes, etc) and talent. Movies produce a very high quality image and sound, which needs to stand up to a movie theater resolution.
Music CD's I picture involve a producer, music techs, record studios and a group (The only thing a movie doesn't need) for about 60 minutes of entertainment, which let's face it, only about 10 minutes are worth hearing again. Music produces a relatively low quality sound compared to a movie, with music videos only needing TV resolution (and a music video is only produced as a marketing tool to sell the music).
They both need distribution, with movies being more expensive typically due to the quality demanded in a movie theater.
Yes, I feel screwed every time I purchase a CD (Which is not often now).
Most enterprise users are behind a company firewall anyway, which should be blocking most incoming connections. The only exception to this is remote users or laptop users, which IT will configure before the user sees the box. To me the main thing is that the firewall is there and can be controlled by Group Policies to be ON or OFF when the user is on the LAN or away from it.
.ADM files from MS and add them to your AD.
You can still control GP for the Firewall with 2K DC's, you just have to import the
Maybe they want to have a DB Appliance? Makes sense to have one box pre-installed with Oracle and not have to worry about the OS, which has been tuned to give Oracle the best possible performance.
Just my $0.02
Apple has always been a "consumer" company, not a business player. When I see graphs of computer sales it makes me laugh, as Apple's market is almost purely non-business and "% of computer sales" means nothing to them. Look at the "% of computer sales to home users" and you will see that Apple is making vast in-roads in its target audience.
Microsoft, Dell, HP and the rest target anyone with a pulse, which in my mind makes it less attractive. Apple's best move was the IPod because it not only makes wads of money, but increases the consumer's awareness of the whole Apple brand as a consumer company, and so the consumers are more likely to buy an Apple Mac if their IPod works well for them, then a Windows based computer which is made by HP, runs Microsoft, and runs Napster which getting support for is a nightmare (no, it's a hardware problem, no it's Windows at fault, etc...). My 2 cents...
Now I'm going to have to block ".html" files in Outlook, thanks to IE running local files in the "Trusted" zone...
Gee, thanks...
I think that another problem is that the marketing people and the software programmers do not agree about whom the target audience is, or what their needs are.
Marketing wants to cover as many people as possible with the program, but the programmers want it to specialize, so you end up with MS Word which people only use 10% of its features, and those are hard to get to.
But when will the first Blu-Ray Porn movie be out?
To me the main problem is ERP, HR and accounting software. Office is no problem now, and email is easy. Linux has some really good replacements, but ERP, HR and accounting software are mainly Windows based. OK, Oracle will run on anything, but most companies do not use, or want to use Oracle. Apart from that, ADP is Windows, and most accounting software is pushed by the CPA's, so they use Windows too.
This to me as an IT guy is the main problem. Get ERP, HR and accounting on Linux, and most companies in the world will jump on it. Until then Linux will not get over 10% of the market.
Flame on...
But did they ask the RIAA for their costs on computer crime?
And no, I didn't RTFA
I think it's as easy as Apple getting fed up of the cell phone companies control over the phone. The ROKR E2 could have easily been a wonderful product, and I think the reviews pointed this out in amazing detail. Apple wanted to put the features in that the reviews begged for, but the cell phone companies would not allow it. If Apple controls the network, it no longer has that problem. Simple!
I bet Beatles-Beatles is pissed right now...