not planning on buying it ever, and I'm not the only one
Which begs the question.. when a corporation buys a website or other form of community commodity, what are they really buying?
For example, if a large publishing company were to purchase the pre-eminent tech news website on the internet then pissed off the users so badly that they all left for other websites, what have they accomplished?
Just spit-balling here, but you're not a stupid self serving chronically inefficient disrespectful and disreputable multi national corporation are you?
Canonical (with Ubuntu) just doesn't have that clout yet
They won't ever, they've got no idea what they're doing.
If (some may say 'when') Ubuntu gains a critical amount of market share
when? Who writes this drivel? "Hey guys, I know I'm 8 YEARS hate to the party and the whole market is overflowing with MASSIVE players, but it's just a matter of time before we gain critical market share!". when? never.
Super Bowl: Worth the Price Or Waste of Time?
"stuff that matters"? Whether some multi-bazzilion dollar oligopolist run corporation wastes 4 million or not advertising during a football game?
Good luck with changing the whole world jsut so they agree with reality.
FTFY.
And thankyou for the good wishes, it's my most fervent hope is that objective reality becomes the pervasive mindset of all of human kind. As you've pointed out, it's completely unrealistic to expect people to change and the easiest route would be to accept the delusion of general consensus as unchangeable. Unfortunately, I'm an idealist.
There are tens of billions of dollars worth of Libre code out there
It's only worth money if somebody is capitalizing it. Assigning any dollar value to 'Libre code' is dissonant. It's free, ergo.. it's not worth any amount of dollars.
That doesn't mean it doesn't have value. It just means that the value isn't a dollar value.
My parents are playing games on iPads, my brothers in law, my sisters, niece.. the market is exploding because people aren't having to buy custom hardware.
The Nintendo name stll has a whole shedload of trust and their game designers are really very good at innovating. Quit worrying about canabilizing hardware sales and start focussing on software sales. The hardware ship has long since sailed and Nintendo missed the boat.
Failing to accept that reality and trying to push hardware will only lead them down the monopolistic failure route of Kodak. Too little, too late.
Nintendo is also locked itself out of the hardcore market
In all seriousness, the adult gaming market is an area that hasn't received a lot of attention. But this wouldn't mesh well with Nintendo's family friendly vision.
How could anyone take this paper seriously after a posting like that? The guy is supposed to know what he's doing and look at this list he's come up with?
5/12 of the products are from Apple. I'm surprised he didn't include polo necked sweaters and jogging shoes in the list:) Apple doesn't understand Software Libre at all. They're just a commercial firm trying to circle the wagons against competition and use IP to control the market for digital goods. Apple is turning technology into appliances and the WSJ are just a mouthpiece for marketing propaganda. You'd think that for his last article, the WSJ would let Walt write it himself, but no.. the marketing dollars from Apple are just too tempting.
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not planning on buying it ever, and I'm not the only one
Which begs the question .. when a corporation buys a website or other form of community commodity, what are they really buying?
For example, if a large publishing company were to purchase the pre-eminent tech news website on the internet then pissed off the users so badly that they all left for other websites, what have they accomplished?
2 billion seems like a lot of money
Just spit-balling here, but you're not a stupid self serving chronically inefficient disrespectful and disreputable multi national corporation are you?
I thought the true purpose of the internet was porn.
You see? Mark really does know what he's doing.
Awesome! Efficient gas powered cars. Another constructive argument to continue fracking.
Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor
Tablets? They sold 2 of them?
encourage behavior that could destabilize the currency
Isn't that the whole point? It's a gameable currency that can be easily stolen and is untraceable. It will NEVER be stable.
Canonical (with Ubuntu) just doesn't have that clout yet
They won't ever, they've got no idea what they're doing.
If (some may say 'when') Ubuntu gains a critical amount of market share
when? Who writes this drivel? "Hey guys, I know I'm 8 YEARS hate to the party and the whole market is overflowing with MASSIVE players, but it's just a matter of time before we gain critical market share!". when? never.
will work with my existing hardware and software as seamlessly as it presently does with Windows
Harsh..
those with access to the NSA cloud can decide who is in and who is out in terms of eligibility for admission to the public sphere
Welcome to reality, please take your voting ballot and move to the second door on the right.
lol
And for months I've been flush in mod points with nothing to use them on :(
Yet people keep coming back for more.
We're in a rather interesting era for software
That's a first.
Super Bowl: Worth the Price Or Waste of Time?
"stuff that matters"? Whether some multi-bazzilion dollar oligopolist run corporation wastes 4 million or not advertising during a football game?
Jesus Fucking Christ! SOMEBODY, OH SOMEBODY just had to bring guns into this didn't they?
I believe you might have mis-identified me. Just for the record, this isn't Jesus.
Carbon fibre 3d printer + printable firearms = victory
Pre-packaged unprinted mai order firearms, plug into the point and push the big green with the label "Begin Revolution".
Good luck with changing the whole world jsut so they agree with reality.
FTFY.
And thankyou for the good wishes, it's my most fervent hope is that objective reality becomes the pervasive mindset of all of human kind. As you've pointed out, it's completely unrealistic to expect people to change and the easiest route would be to accept the delusion of general consensus as unchangeable. Unfortunately, I'm an idealist.
Here in the normal world its common for people to put there dollar values on things (subjectively), even if that value is not real
"It's common therefore it's right, even if it's not real" .. I like my red pill. It encourages critical thinking.
Ignoring reality in preference of a state of cognative dissonance is the acceptance of delusion. You're deluded, good luck with that.
There are tens of billions of dollars worth of Libre code out there
It's only worth money if somebody is capitalizing it. Assigning any dollar value to 'Libre code' is dissonant. It's free, ergo .. it's not worth any amount of dollars.
That doesn't mean it doesn't have value. It just means that the value isn't a dollar value.
Yes; but back then it was because they were amateurs, doing this for a hobby.
yeah.. money ruins everything.
My parents are playing games on iPads, my brothers in law, my sisters, niece .. the market is exploding because people aren't having to buy custom hardware.
The Nintendo name stll has a whole shedload of trust and their game designers are really very good at innovating. Quit worrying about canabilizing hardware sales and start focussing on software sales. The hardware ship has long since sailed and Nintendo missed the boat.
Failing to accept that reality and trying to push hardware will only lead them down the monopolistic failure route of Kodak. Too little, too late.
Nintendo is also locked itself out of the hardcore market
In all seriousness, the adult gaming market is an area that hasn't received a lot of attention. But this wouldn't mesh well with Nintendo's family friendly vision.
1. Read the algorithm
2. Write a book
3. Profit!!!
I just wrote an algorithm that predicts that no book detailing the death of creativity at the hands of science will ever be written.
How could anyone take this paper seriously after a posting like that? The guy is supposed to know what he's doing and look at this list he's come up with?
:) Apple doesn't understand Software Libre at all. They're just a commercial firm trying to circle the wagons against competition and use IP to control the market for digital goods. Apple is turning technology into appliances and the WSJ are just a mouthpiece for marketing propaganda. You'd think that for his last article, the WSJ would let Walt write it himself, but no.. the marketing dollars from Apple are just too tempting.
5/12 of the products are from Apple. I'm surprised he didn't include polo necked sweaters and jogging shoes in the list
Richard Stallman must be turning in his grave.
.. Rupee's or Dollars?