I think the general idea behind their lawsuit was good -- most websites should be as accessible as possible. However, using a lawsuit to get their intended results -- I think that was a poor idea. And target is stupid for making their site unaccessible anyways.. potentially losing lots of business.
Wow... that would really suck. I mean, I guess for the company, it makes life easier, because you don't have to deal with confrontation -- but it certainly doesn't motivate me to go and try and get a job from them. What if someone didn't check their email? That would be really awkward..
At the moment, it doesn't seem like Microsoft is really open to the idea of 'true' open source a la GPL or BSD. Though really, they have so much money it probably wouldn't matter in the short run whether they used open source or not.
On the plus side, open source windows would probably have a TON of exploits at first, but eventually get secured to some degree -- despite the fact that the security model is fundamentally flawed..
Don't forget about adding a 'beta' to the end of the name as well. Also, integrating an AJAX-driven GUI will help them incentivize dynamic value from their resulting rss-driven communities.
The problem with ANY new or 're-established' "web 2.0" social networking site is that the existing ones are firmly entrenched, and theres not a big reason to switch to a different one if all your friend are already on the one you have.
They're going to have to do something different and unique to get noticed, otherwise they have a snowball's chance in hell of making it work.:)
I think that the reason the GPL has been so popular is because it served the needs of the developers that used it. I think that everyone involved in the GPLv3 process is going to recognize that they need to put the needs of the community first, and in the end -- everyone is going to be mostly happy.
This is definitely an interesting technology, but I still think that display technology really has a long way to go before it can be used for general purpose things such as books and the like.
The one thing that bugs myself about monitors/lcd's is that they always require a backlight or some active light source to function -- which IMHO really can bug the crap out of your eyes.
What if they could invent a technology that didn't require a light source to be seen, but just reflected whatever existing light.. like a normal surface. Not only would this sort of thing definitely bring down the strain factor, but it would seem like you're reading a book or paper or something. Just a thought.
Software encryption is fine, but there needs to be better and more widespread hardware encryption (NOT DRM) facilties that can be taken advantage of in a cross-platform manner..
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I think the general idea behind their lawsuit was good -- most websites should be as accessible as possible. However, using a lawsuit to get their intended results -- I think that was a poor idea. And target is stupid for making their site unaccessible anyways.. potentially losing lots of business.
Of course yes, there is a whole different social reason to go there and whatever, and times have changed..
Reminds me of "Office Space".
http://blogs.msdn.com/sandyk/archive/2006/02/24/53 8832.aspx
I especially like this one: "Sun Microsystems: Where Unix came to die."
On the plus side, open source windows would probably have a TON of exploits at first, but eventually get secured to some degree -- despite the fact that the security model is fundamentally flawed..
No, I translated it in and out of English using a program. :p
Don't forget about adding a 'beta' to the end of the name as well. Also, integrating an AJAX-driven GUI will help them incentivize dynamic value from their resulting rss-driven communities.
(thanks to the Web 2.0 bullshit generator)
The problem with ANY new or 're-established' "web 2.0" social networking site is that the existing ones are firmly entrenched, and theres not a big reason to switch to a different one if all your friend are already on the one you have.
:)
They're going to have to do something different and unique to get noticed, otherwise they have a snowball's chance in hell of making it work.
I think that the reason the GPL has been so popular is because it served the needs of the developers that used it. I think that everyone involved in the GPLv3 process is going to recognize that they need to put the needs of the community first, and in the end -- everyone is going to be mostly happy.
:)
Or nobody will use it.
Awesome! Had no idea... :)
This is definitely an interesting technology, but I still think that display technology really has a long way to go before it can be used for general purpose things such as books and the like. The one thing that bugs myself about monitors/lcd's is that they always require a backlight or some active light source to function -- which IMHO really can bug the crap out of your eyes. What if they could invent a technology that didn't require a light source to be seen, but just reflected whatever existing light.. like a normal surface. Not only would this sort of thing definitely bring down the strain factor, but it would seem like you're reading a book or paper or something. Just a thought.
Software encryption is fine, but there needs to be better and more widespread hardware encryption (NOT DRM) facilties that can be taken advantage of in a cross-platform manner..