For those of you who are caught up in hating MS, open your eyes and see what this really means. Many other companies licensed the technology from Germany's Fraunhofer. The list includes Apple, Sony, Creative Tech., Napster, and many other companies. This means that if this ruling stands, you will see many other lawsuits in the future related to this technology.
I am not sure that the pay-every-time-you-use model is what Ballmer was talking about. I am scared that Microsoft might release their products for free, but cram them full of so many ads that you want to puke. I am sure that GoDaddy would love to have a video with dancing girls with HUGE breasts played as Word starts. I hate ads and I hate application that are free and make you view their advertisements. Personally, I would rather buy some software with no ads, than get the same software for free with loads of ads.
I hope that the NSA and other organizations stop this and other similar data mining project now. There will be just as many or more false positives as actual leads to terrorists. We are talking about an endless stream of possibilities to account for and no two scenarios are guaranteed to be the same. We are talking about determinism here. Why do you think weather men are wrong half the time? I can see it now, my wife has a baby in Europe and decides to call the US to tell people. Those people she calls in the US proceed to call all of the family in the US. Is she a terrorist? Better yet, is Grandma a terrorist?
I do not believe that most people posting here have any idea of what makes up a good UI design. Microsoft has made a vast improvement over previous version of Office with this new UI. The interface is very intuitive and displays functions that can be used in well laid out way. There is great feedback from this user interface with most actions. They have almost eliminated difficulties that arise when using the mouse. Do you know what most users have a problem with when using a computer? I will give you a hint, it rhymes with "house". Why do you think that the mac OS places their menus at the top of the screen? It is so that a user can move the mouse all the way to the top of the screen and only have to worry about moving the mouse horizontally when selecting a menu (makes it a lot easier to select a menu this way). Back on topic, no more selecting menus and trying to position the mouse in the correct place to expand other sub menus. Functions are now quick and easy to select. When scrolling through areas such as fonts, the document is updated in real time. However, I do think the file stuff could be improved. The equation editor stuff is a good add to Word. How can you not like being able to quickly insert a integral symbol or many specific functions such as a Taylor Expansion? I believe that this new UI will be easy for all to use and will leave the user happy. Come on people, give some credit where some credit is due!!!!!!! Also, for those who are complaining about the Excel spreadsheets having too large of a capacity and that users should be using a database should do some homework before they post. Have you ever heard of Excel Lists? Guess what, you can make a Excel spreadsheet into a database. Plus, you should never place constraints on a user unless there is a good reason for it.
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For those of you who are caught up in hating MS, open your eyes and see what this really means. Many other companies licensed the technology from Germany's Fraunhofer. The list includes Apple, Sony, Creative Tech., Napster, and many other companies. This means that if this ruling stands, you will see many other lawsuits in the future related to this technology.
I am not sure that the pay-every-time-you-use model is what Ballmer was talking about. I am scared that Microsoft might release their products for free, but cram them full of so many ads that you want to puke. I am sure that GoDaddy would love to have a video with dancing girls with HUGE breasts played as Word starts. I hate ads and I hate application that are free and make you view their advertisements. Personally, I would rather buy some software with no ads, than get the same software for free with loads of ads.
I hope that the NSA and other organizations stop this and other similar data mining project now. There will be just as many or more false positives as actual leads to terrorists. We are talking about an endless stream of possibilities to account for and no two scenarios are guaranteed to be the same. We are talking about determinism here. Why do you think weather men are wrong half the time? I can see it now, my wife has a baby in Europe and decides to call the US to tell people. Those people she calls in the US proceed to call all of the family in the US. Is she a terrorist? Better yet, is Grandma a terrorist?
I heard that they will soon charge a Tax for each toilet flush!!! If it is yellow, let it mellow!!
Just Kidding!
Seriously though, what is next?
I do not believe that most people posting here have any idea of what makes up a good UI design. Microsoft has made a vast improvement over previous version of Office with this new UI. The interface is very intuitive and displays functions that can be used in well laid out way. There is great feedback from this user interface with most actions. They have almost eliminated difficulties that arise when using the mouse. Do you know what most users have a problem with when using a computer? I will give you a hint, it rhymes with "house". Why do you think that the mac OS places their menus at the top of the screen? It is so that a user can move the mouse all the way to the top of the screen and only have to worry about moving the mouse horizontally when selecting a menu (makes it a lot easier to select a menu this way). Back on topic, no more selecting menus and trying to position the mouse in the correct place to expand other sub menus. Functions are now quick and easy to select. When scrolling through areas such as fonts, the document is updated in real time. However, I do think the file stuff could be improved. The equation editor stuff is a good add to Word. How can you not like being able to quickly insert a integral symbol or many specific functions such as a Taylor Expansion? I believe that this new UI will be easy for all to use and will leave the user happy. Come on people, give some credit where some credit is due!!!!!!! Also, for those who are complaining about the Excel spreadsheets having too large of a capacity and that users should be using a database should do some homework before they post. Have you ever heard of Excel Lists? Guess what, you can make a Excel spreadsheet into a database. Plus, you should never place constraints on a user unless there is a good reason for it.