Don't forget Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Oh, yeah, and John Carter of Mars. And Aladdin. And the Jungle Book. I'll probably think of some more in a minute...
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A pretty analysis, but wrong on several counts.
Point #1: is that there is something "magical" about being innovative. Microsoft was never innovative. Microsoft copied/bought innovative solutions once they worked, and then made them even simpler to impliment and use. In other words, they executed the solution better than before. Works for me, and there are several articles here on Techdirt explaining why copying makes more sense than innovating (on the whole). I find this "innovation is King" argument so utterly lacking that it makes it difficult to take anyone presenting it seriously.
Point #2, Microsoft would only run IE/IIS/Frontpage. Silly. Apache runs on Windows boxes no problem, along with many other web servers. Also, Frontpage was out of the picture by 1998. It was actually IE/IIS/Interdev, and Interdev became the web portion of Visual Studio. And what was the thing tying IE/IIS/Interdev? Visual Basic, which powered ASP pages, and could even be run as a scripting language in IE. So what did lazy developers do? Write all their scripts in Visual Basic, which no other browsers could process. After all, why learn Javascript for an intranet app?
Point #3: Microsoft tried to sell a tablet for a decade. Apple came along and instantly redefined a tablet as something that doesn't run Windows and has a UI adapted to tables instead of a UI adapted to a mouse.
Microsoft tried to sell a tablet operating system based on pen input, which was a bad idea they called ink. Annoying to code around, so very little development was done to support it. Apple, on the other hand, figured out that people wanted a bigger screen on their IPhone, and created the IPad. The two are only related by form factor.
What is really killing Microsoft now is the fact that they are listening to criticism like yours, DannyB. They need to be supporting their core users and developers, and giving us the documentation and features that we want and need on the desktop. Instead, they are wasting their resources on cloud computing and "cutting edge" technologies, rather than nailing down their core operations.
I've been a corporate developer since '98, and been using Microsoft technologies since '87. I've written desktop, intranet and internet apps. Linux was a toy to me in '90. I'm now beginning to code for it. Why? Because Firefox runs just as well in Ubuntu as it does in Windows 7, and Microsoft is putting all their effort into the web. Why bother writing for the Microsoft platform if they aren't even going to bother to support it? Microsoft could compete with free. They have just chosen not to.
A little bit of study has been done on this subject before. See Joseph Campbells "Masks of God: Primative Mythology." From there, you can expand to the other books he references, butt his is one of the basic tennants of all religious thought.
Why? Because change purses are effeminate. Dollar bills fit in your money clip.
If you want to eliminate the dollar bill, design a coin holder that doesn't require you to pry the change out with two fingers while delicately raising your pinky.
My understanding was that the shop was trying to spread awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding. The antiseptic '40s and '50s took its toll on the practice, and very few mothers that I've met actually do it.
So, is the takeaway that Lady Gaga is against breastfeeding? I just want to be clear on the message she is sending to her fans who are pregnant or new mothers...
My nephew's mom was killed by her boyfriend, after SHE caught HIM with another woman. It was ruled premeditated because he went back into the house to get his gun as she was trying to drive away. She was having a hard time because she was beaten so badly.
Nimrod, have you looked at the economy lately? People living in a house that's about to be foreclosed don't go to the movies.
Check the economic environment before attributing the 5% to "Piracy"
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Re: Re: Re: Compete in the market, not the courts...
Point #1: is that there is something "magical" about being innovative. Microsoft was never innovative. Microsoft copied/bought innovative solutions once they worked, and then made them even simpler to impliment and use. In other words, they executed the solution better than before. Works for me, and there are several articles here on Techdirt explaining why copying makes more sense than innovating (on the whole). I find this "innovation is King" argument so utterly lacking that it makes it difficult to take anyone presenting it seriously.
Point #2, Microsoft would only run IE/IIS/Frontpage. Silly. Apache runs on Windows boxes no problem, along with many other web servers. Also, Frontpage was out of the picture by 1998. It was actually IE/IIS/Interdev, and Interdev became the web portion of Visual Studio. And what was the thing tying IE/IIS/Interdev? Visual Basic, which powered ASP pages, and could even be run as a scripting language in IE. So what did lazy developers do? Write all their scripts in Visual Basic, which no other browsers could process. After all, why learn Javascript for an intranet app?
Point #3: Microsoft tried to sell a tablet for a decade. Apple came along and instantly redefined a tablet as something that doesn't run Windows and has a UI adapted to tables instead of a UI adapted to a mouse.
Microsoft tried to sell a tablet operating system based on pen input, which was a bad idea they called ink. Annoying to code around, so very little development was done to support it. Apple, on the other hand, figured out that people wanted a bigger screen on their IPhone, and created the IPad. The two are only related by form factor.
What is really killing Microsoft now is the fact that they are listening to criticism like yours, DannyB. They need to be supporting their core users and developers, and giving us the documentation and features that we want and need on the desktop. Instead, they are wasting their resources on cloud computing and "cutting edge" technologies, rather than nailing down their core operations.
I've been a corporate developer since '98, and been using Microsoft technologies since '87. I've written desktop, intranet and internet apps. Linux was a toy to me in '90. I'm now beginning to code for it. Why? Because Firefox runs just as well in Ubuntu as it does in Windows 7, and Microsoft is putting all their effort into the web. Why bother writing for the Microsoft platform if they aren't even going to bother to support it? Microsoft could compete with free. They have just chosen not to.
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Parody?
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I wonder...
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Can't download everything, but there's more stuff than I have time to watch...
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Re: gold coins
If you want to eliminate the dollar bill, design a coin holder that doesn't require you to pry the change out with two fingers while delicately raising your pinky.
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Breastfeeding...
So, is the takeaway that Lady Gaga is against breastfeeding? I just want to be clear on the message she is sending to her fans who are pregnant or new mothers...
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OK, you talked me into it...
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I'ma gonna sen soma da boyz down to dat Korea place, have a little talk with the local constable, if ya know what I mean here.
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You should be ashamed of yourselves! Living in reality like that!
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He got 10 years.
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http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph
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Check the economic environment before attributing the 5% to "Piracy"
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Rural Areas?
Where do you expect the money to come from? Their own corporate coffers? Pshaw!
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