same here then, I guess that I recalled how it was a few years ago before the "online renting" business started, and one can also "reserve" the movie in advance, for instance on LoveFilm:
- Transporter 3 avail from 20 April 2009 (released in UK 5 December 2008)
- Changeling avail from 30 March 2009 (released in UK 26 November 2008)
So I might have exaggerated the 12 months, instead it's just 4 months to disc/download after the cinemas...
not sure about NetFlix, but LoveFilm (and I guess any such service) only rents movies which are available on DVD/BD (even if you decide to take the download option), which is about a year after the cinemas, since in general cable/satellite TVs get them in the meantime... it's the usual dog eats dog business typical of Hollywood, I guess:
- first maximise revenues from expensive cinema tickets for each individual
- then maximise revenues from agreements with cable/satellite companies
- finally maximise revenues from whatever other audience is left
It would be a financial suicide (well, profit warning...) to release it somewhere else than cinemas in the beginning...
z
not sure about NetFlix, but LoveFilm (and I guess any such service) only rents movies which are available on DVD/BD (even if you decide to take the download option), which is about a year after the cinemas, since in general cable/satellite TVs get them in the meantime... it's the usual dog eats dog business typical of Hollywood, I guess:
- first maximise revenues from expensive cinema tickets for each individual
- then maximise revenues from agreements with cable/satellite companies
- finally maximise revenues from whatever other audience is left
It would be a financial suicide (well, profit warning...) to release it somewhere else than cinemas in the beginning...
well, in my opinion a pledge is not enough to make it a standard (see all the brouhaha about the approval of OOXML and specifically this ISO policy regarding software patents)
I'd also like to have from you specific documentation to support that the Samba team was the beneficiary of anything in that court decision, since an antitrust court would not really make specific arrangements like those but instead one thay would benefit the whole community (which I believe they did by ordering Microsoft to licence the protocols to anyone for a reasonable fee)
in reply to this (and below to gallwapa): while it's true that the software assurance "avoids" you from having to purchase a whole new set of licences when a new version comes out, it's also true that its typical duration is for 3 years and a "new family release" now happens every 4-5 years with Microsoft:
- XP to Vista = 5y
- Server 2003 to 2008 = 5y
- SQL Server 2000 to 2005 5y
- SQL Server 2005 to 2008 = 3y
- MSOffice/SharePoint 2003 to 2007 = 3y
in reality you end-up paying almost two "cycles" of SA instead of just one "round" of upgrades...
Do the math !
(also to gallwapa: how exactly do you then plan to have 80 users on each box ? 40000/5000)
and in the meantime, any "insurance" company will also have full access to your your complete medical history, should you apply for a mortgage or the like...
(not to mention that the broker will "candidly" suggest not to review them before passing them on to insurer... and checks the option box for you)
Maybe we should compare each new version of the OS within their respective overall market share, so in this case, Vista has been replacing exactly 1% per month of the overall Windows market share (4.5 / 5 = 0.9% per month out of 90%) which in my opinion is quite a slow rate, given that Microsoft has already announced that they will replace Vista in 3 years time, we can project a 36% penetration of all computers by then... (or 40% of all Windows). On the other hand, how many people will upgrade their Mac to Leopard (OS X 10.5) ? and how many Ubuntu users usually upgrade to the latest version, each released in 6-month cycles ? This is the same of comparing IE 7 to Firefox 2.0.x which doesn't make sense as absolute numbers are affected by the huge marketing machine that Microsoft is and obviously the fact that the lion's share of Vista users are people who dumbly go to a shop and ask for "a computer"... In the end, given the fact that more and more gamers are moving to consoles, that OpenOffice will soon become the productivity suite of choice for home users and governmental agencies and that web developers are finally writing W3C compliant code (that is, not customised for a broken industry standard), we might soon see the light at the end of the tunnel.
What exactly does it mean to have copyright on the lyrics ?
I am pretty sure that no one said "Purple Rain" before Prince's song but what about "Yellow Submarine" ? maybe this slipped out of some sailor's mouth before the Beatles did...
And after all if "I want to ride my bicycle" is anyone out there going to make me pay a full ticket to a Queen concert ?
Really, I don't understand why lecturers, showmen and PR people can't have all their quotes copyrighted while these guys (backed by powerful companies with powerful attorneys) can do it.
Anyone ?
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4. Admitting that USA's call centres are all run by Indians, so why not this one too ?
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there, fixed for you...
same here then, I guess that I recalled how it was a few years ago before the "online renting" business started, and one can also "reserve" the movie in advance, for instance on LoveFilm:
- Transporter 3 avail from 20 April 2009 (released in UK 5 December 2008)
- Changeling avail from 30 March 2009 (released in UK 26 November 2008)
So I might have exaggerated the 12 months, instead it's just 4 months to disc/download after the cinemas...
not sure about NetFlix, but LoveFilm (and I guess any such service) only rents movies which are available on DVD/BD (even if you decide to take the download option), which is about a year after the cinemas, since in general cable/satellite TVs get them in the meantime... it's the usual dog eats dog business typical of Hollywood, I guess:
- first maximise revenues from expensive cinema tickets for each individual
- then maximise revenues from agreements with cable/satellite companies
- finally maximise revenues from whatever other audience is left
It would be a financial suicide (well, profit warning...) to release it somewhere else than cinemas in the beginning...
z
not sure about NetFlix, but LoveFilm (and I guess any such service) only rents movies which are available on DVD/BD (even if you decide to take the download option), which is about a year after the cinemas, since in general cable/satellite TVs get them in the meantime... it's the usual dog eats dog business typical of Hollywood, I guess:
- first maximise revenues from expensive cinema tickets for each individual
- then maximise revenues from agreements with cable/satellite companies
- finally maximise revenues from whatever other audience is left
It would be a financial suicide (well, profit warning...) to release it somewhere else than cinemas in the beginning...
well, in my opinion a pledge is not enough to make it a standard (see all the brouhaha about the approval of OOXML and specifically this ISO policy regarding software patents)
I'd also like to have from you specific documentation to support that the Samba team was the beneficiary of anything in that court decision, since an antitrust court would not really make specific arrangements like those but instead one thay would benefit the whole community (which I believe they did by ordering Microsoft to licence the protocols to anyone for a reasonable fee)
in reply to this (and below to gallwapa): while it's true that the software assurance "avoids" you from having to purchase a whole new set of licences when a new version comes out, it's also true that its typical duration is for 3 years and a "new family release" now happens every 4-5 years with Microsoft:
- XP to Vista = 5y
- Server 2003 to 2008 = 5y
- SQL Server 2000 to 2005 5y
- SQL Server 2005 to 2008 = 3y
- MSOffice/SharePoint 2003 to 2007 = 3y
in reality you end-up paying almost two "cycles" of SA instead of just one "round" of upgrades...
Do the math !
(also to gallwapa: how exactly do you then plan to have 80 users on each box ? 40000/5000)
you mean pre-dated (the web), do you ? :-)
and in the meantime, any "insurance" company will also have full access to your your complete medical history, should you apply for a mortgage or the like...
(not to mention that the broker will "candidly" suggest not to review them before passing them on to insurer... and checks the option box for you)
Maybe we should compare each new version of the OS within their respective overall market share, so in this case, Vista has been replacing exactly 1% per month of the overall Windows market share (4.5 / 5 = 0.9% per month out of 90%) which in my opinion is quite a slow rate, given that Microsoft has already announced that they will replace Vista in 3 years time, we can project a 36% penetration of all computers by then... (or 40% of all Windows).
On the other hand, how many people will upgrade their Mac to Leopard (OS X 10.5) ? and how many Ubuntu users usually upgrade to the latest version, each released in 6-month cycles ?
This is the same of comparing IE 7 to Firefox 2.0.x which doesn't make sense as absolute numbers are affected by the huge marketing machine that Microsoft is and obviously the fact that the lion's share of Vista users are people who dumbly go to a shop and ask for "a computer"...
In the end, given the fact that more and more gamers are moving to consoles, that OpenOffice will soon become the productivity suite of choice for home users and governmental agencies and that web developers are finally writing W3C compliant code (that is, not customised for a broken industry standard), we might soon see the light at the end of the tunnel.
What exactly does it mean to have copyright on the lyrics ? I am pretty sure that no one said "Purple Rain" before Prince's song but what about "Yellow Submarine" ? maybe this slipped out of some sailor's mouth before the Beatles did... And after all if "I want to ride my bicycle" is anyone out there going to make me pay a full ticket to a Queen concert ? Really, I don't understand why lecturers, showmen and PR people can't have all their quotes copyrighted while these guys (backed by powerful companies with powerful attorneys) can do it. Anyone ?