I'd like to point out if you look at the business model of a lot of companies it is, in fact, for complete and global dominance with their product.
Can we blame Microsoft for having the spot it does? No. I don't think so. Millions have been paying for Windows to be their system of choice. PC took off, Windows/DOS was easy and known and was able to keep up with changing software and demands (Though, perhaps as unstable as it could be sometimes).
I guess what starts to come about is when do we draw the line? MS is a force to be reckon'd with. Having a huge budget and a huge market that not many others can compete with. So they expand into other software and then, because people use it--they bundle it and really make it a part of the starting package so you don't need to go anywhere until you're unhappy.
I'm a Apple user now. But I stil use MS Office because mostly a great word processor, second because it is supported. I've used OpenOffice on GNU/Linux system that I had, and I enjoy it too, but it isn't ready to replace it for me.
I liked what I read from other users too. There are great projects out there with are under GNU or open source. To make a difference though, software companies need to be portable--this is why these projects stand a chance.
Things that scare me are not just one company to rule them all and, one company to guide them--it's constant pirating that puts other software vendors who make good products sales down.
Meh, i lost my train of though. Soon we'll just deck-in and cause havoc on marjor corporations and goverments if need be when things get tigt. yukmyuk
Yeah, all that wasted funding could have been put back into arms building to supply Budwiser drinkin', selfish, gun toting cultures with a means to continue wasting their lives with answers they all-ready have.
Who cares about the ways our universe work when I know my Xbox 360 can connect me to the internet.
What use is pumping billions into sending friends into some country over flip-flopping undefined reasons?
Oh! Because you sir, like many others only think with 5 minutes ahead. The teams involved with this program involved students (Of Schools and LIFE) who are in fact learning something. This may not directly lead to a way for you to feel happy because it doesn't appear anyone will profit from this but hell, they're learning. We're learning. With the gains here it can lead to bigger developments.
What's sad is you love physics but in my expert opion(^~), you don't love yourself.
Taxpayers money? Why should we care. It's calculations at a low cost for people to learn or a couple of foreign caualities.
Ah, but why bother ranting. Can't fight our programming.
[J]
My only comment about this idea is from an article I saw on here I believe which tends to point to the fact that Mac makes there systems match their software.
I hear people talking both ways. I talk to people in editing who are switching to PC's because of Avid/Adobe matching Final Cut Studios plus the extra software that is cheaper compared to Mac software.
I hear middle ground stories where they use a PC for personal, Mac for work because of stability.
I'm sorry, but OS X gives a false sense of security. The problem is most people pop it on highspeed lines and would never look at logs or think of viruses because of that mentality. There's a lot of sitting ducks at cafes who join a wifi network without any firewall setups of their own.
Of course, a lot of this is because of the person--when you hear about MS this and that it makes people think about what they're doing and what they're using. Not that is a great thing but that's what I've noticed in everday life.
Outside of that myself, well, I purchased a G5 iMac for my personal computer. I used Dual GNU/Linux & XP before that. OS X Tiger is great. I enjoy it. It's nothing I can't get from hacking my own LinuxBox on a PC with good hardware besides the odd software.
Now that Macs are Intel driven you may see Windows on Macs and people will bitch. Why? Because Windows XP isn't racist or elitest. It trys it's best on everything.
In the end Apple isn't different from other companies other than their charity/enviroment concerns are very minimal.
Every dog has it's day. End the end I'm just sitting on the fence--it comes down to how the user treats the computer. I like XP Professional as much as OS X. It's when you add poor applications that flood the PC world that XP gets terrible. OS X is not much different except on my NEW G5 I've experienced hardware issues(Superdrive), and MightyMouse ball needs a booger to funk up scrolling.
Enough ranting...Cheers
How come Microsoft word can tell me how to spell something and then send a paperclip with eyes to give me results on my help search for creating VB virus but they can't get something designed to talk to you to make much sense.
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Can we blame Microsoft for having the spot it does? No. I don't think so. Millions have been paying for Windows to be their system of choice. PC took off, Windows/DOS was easy and known and was able to keep up with changing software and demands (Though, perhaps as unstable as it could be sometimes).
I guess what starts to come about is when do we draw the line? MS is a force to be reckon'd with. Having a huge budget and a huge market that not many others can compete with. So they expand into other software and then, because people use it--they bundle it and really make it a part of the starting package so you don't need to go anywhere until you're unhappy.
I'm a Apple user now. But I stil use MS Office because mostly a great word processor, second because it is supported. I've used OpenOffice on GNU/Linux system that I had, and I enjoy it too, but it isn't ready to replace it for me.
I liked what I read from other users too. There are great projects out there with are under GNU or open source. To make a difference though, software companies need to be portable--this is why these projects stand a chance.
Things that scare me are not just one company to rule them all and, one company to guide them--it's constant pirating that puts other software vendors who make good products sales down.
Meh, i lost my train of though. Soon we'll just deck-in and cause havoc on marjor corporations and goverments if need be when things get tigt. yukmyuk
[J]
Yeah, all that wasted funding could have been put back into arms building to supply Budwiser drinkin', selfish, gun toting cultures with a means to continue wasting their lives with answers they all-ready have.
Who cares about the ways our universe work when I know my Xbox 360 can connect me to the internet. What use is pumping billions into sending friends into some country over flip-flopping undefined reasons? Oh! Because you sir, like many others only think with 5 minutes ahead. The teams involved with this program involved students (Of Schools and LIFE) who are in fact learning something. This may not directly lead to a way for you to feel happy because it doesn't appear anyone will profit from this but hell, they're learning. We're learning. With the gains here it can lead to bigger developments.
What's sad is you love physics but in my expert opion(^~), you don't love yourself.
Taxpayers money? Why should we care. It's calculations at a low cost for people to learn or a couple of foreign caualities.
Ah, but why bother ranting. Can't fight our programming. [J]
My only comment about this idea is from an article I saw on here I believe which tends to point to the fact that Mac makes there systems match their software. I hear people talking both ways. I talk to people in editing who are switching to PC's because of Avid/Adobe matching Final Cut Studios plus the extra software that is cheaper compared to Mac software. I hear middle ground stories where they use a PC for personal, Mac for work because of stability. I'm sorry, but OS X gives a false sense of security. The problem is most people pop it on highspeed lines and would never look at logs or think of viruses because of that mentality. There's a lot of sitting ducks at cafes who join a wifi network without any firewall setups of their own. Of course, a lot of this is because of the person--when you hear about MS this and that it makes people think about what they're doing and what they're using. Not that is a great thing but that's what I've noticed in everday life. Outside of that myself, well, I purchased a G5 iMac for my personal computer. I used Dual GNU/Linux & XP before that. OS X Tiger is great. I enjoy it. It's nothing I can't get from hacking my own LinuxBox on a PC with good hardware besides the odd software. Now that Macs are Intel driven you may see Windows on Macs and people will bitch. Why? Because Windows XP isn't racist or elitest. It trys it's best on everything. In the end Apple isn't different from other companies other than their charity/enviroment concerns are very minimal. Every dog has it's day. End the end I'm just sitting on the fence--it comes down to how the user treats the computer. I like XP Professional as much as OS X. It's when you add poor applications that flood the PC world that XP gets terrible. OS X is not much different except on my NEW G5 I've experienced hardware issues(Superdrive), and MightyMouse ball needs a booger to funk up scrolling. Enough ranting...Cheers
How come Microsoft word can tell me how to spell something and then send a paperclip with eyes to give me results on my help search for creating VB virus but they can't get something designed to talk to you to make much sense.
It says a lot about a culture when normal body parts are 'sick jokes' and distastful. Lets got see Scary Movie 4.