Comments on: M$, the Monopolist, Panics, Budgets $billions on Advertising “8″

By: ssorbom

ssorbom — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:48:01 +0000

Thank you for those Mr. Pogson. The first looks like it requires a two yr. contract, but I’m not sure about the other. I will do more research on that company.

By: Robert Pogson

Robert Pogson — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:28:56 +0000

see Rogers.ca. Prices range from $0.01 to $500 depending on the "plan". Alibaba has a bunch you can get for $50 if you buy a few cases.

By: ssorbom

ssorbom — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:02:31 +0000

Where can you get a $50 smartphone running any OS? Do you mean $50 USD or $50 Canadian? Do they come with a mandatory plan? One of the nice things about my set up is that my T-mobile plan is that it costs $50 USD per year for a pay-as-you-go. I think the initial phone purchase was an additional $10 or $20. Of course it isn’t a smartphone I have. Are there any pay-as-you-go plans for smartphones that are comparable?

By: eug

eug — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:23:36 +0000

Stallman pointed out two things he thought were bad about the new feature landing in Ubuntu 12.10:

1. Users’ privacy. If Canonical gets this data, it will be forced
to hand it over to various governments.

2. Amazon. People should not buy from Amazon (see
http://stallman.org/amazon.html), so it is bad to suggest buying from Amazon.

http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/10/12/richard-stallman-canonical-will-be-forced-to-hand-over-data-to-various-governments

By: dougman

dougman — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:23:21 +0000

Notice that both M$ shills overlook the issue of “8″ not being wanted by many of people. M$ spent over $500 million on VISTA and guess what, that was a failure! So now M$ up’s the ante, all the while hoping and praying that the software takes to consumers.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/10/is-windows-8-already-in-trouble-new-survey-casts-doubt.php

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010981/poor-pre-launch-showing-plagues-windows-8.html

http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/66507-yes-windows-8-still-has-bugs

http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/will-windows-8-bugs-destroy-microsoft

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/windows-8-bugs-plaguing-microsoft-intel-ceo-said-to-tell-staff.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010630/intel-ceo-says-windows-8-bugs-will-sting-consumers.html

Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini told employees in Taiwan that Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 operating system is being released before it’s fully ready, a person who attended the company event said.

Improvements still need to be made to the software, Otellini told employees at a company meeting in Taipei today, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the meeting was private.

Intel, the biggest semiconductor maker, is Microsoft’s closest partner and Otellini’s remarks echo criticism from analysts such as Michael Cherry at Directions on Microsoft. While Windows is fundamentally sound, the operating system lacks a wide range of robust applications and PC makers haven’t had enough time to work out kinks with so-called drivers, which connect software to such hardware as printers, Cherry said.

“We are concerned at the level of bugs and fine tuning that appears necessary to get the beta systems we demoed ready for prime time,” Alex Gauna, an analyst at JMP Securities LLC in San Francisco, wrote in a Sept. 13 note in response to versions of Windows 8 shown at Intel’s recent developer forum.

Vista Flops Technology vendors often release software before it’s completely ready and make adjustments on the fly. Still, the practice can backfire. Vista, a version of Windows that debuted in 2007, was introduced two years late. It was met with poor adoption as the software initially did not work with many applications and drivers.

By: oldman

oldman — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:46:14 +0000

Adam, go back to church and pray. I’m sure there you’ll find answers as to why you are homophobe.

As Quentin Crisp once observer, the biggest gay bashers are just covering up their own sexual needs.

By: Chris Weig

Chris Weig — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:48:52 +0000

Adam, go back to church and pray. I’m sure there you’ll find answers as to why you are homophobe.

But that’s so typical of the FLOSS community. Narrowmindedness and pathological hate everywhere.

By: Adam King

Adam King — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:31:50 +0000

Of course no one wants to use 8. It was a bad attempt to copy the gayness of Apple into a desktop package. Naturally M$ never bothered to improve on it because they were more interested in ship dates than product quality.