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Apple threw a bit of smack talk Microsoft's way during its big iPad presentation yesterday. While CEO Tim Cook didn't specifically call out Microsoft, he said Apple's competition was "confused." "Now they're trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs," Cook said in an obvious shot at Microsoft's Surface lineup. "Who knows what they'll do next?" That wasn't the only dig — Apple positioned its now-free iWork suite as a feature-rich alternative to Microsoft's Office, and Redmond noticed. We're back to Apple vs. Microsoft? Good times return.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: We're back to Apple vs. Microsoft?
Yeah, but it's kinda lame:
Side A "Your tablet sucks!"
Side B: "No, your tablet sucks!"
Apple did 6 Billion in sales of the iPad; Microsoft's done 853 Million[^] (Total tablet sales from all brands combined is reported at 12.6 Billion[^])
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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An open-source JavaScript library for browsers can give developers some of the features they miss as Flash fades from the Web. Does it support IE6?
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Many programmers feel that naming things in their code is not only the hardest task they face, but also one of the most important. Dim someVar as New BunchOfCharactersInARowButNotAString
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JSIL is a .NET to JavaScript compiler converting Common Intermediate Language (CIL) into cross-browser JavaScript that runs on all major engines - V8, SpiderMonkey, Chakra and JavaScriptCore-. JSIL compiles C#, VB.NET and F# into corresponding JavaScript. Some people need a new hobby (thanks Paulo Augusto Künzel)
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Lousy PC sales, Microsoft's refusal to compete in small-tablet market contribute to another downgrade of Windows device estimates. "Fortune, good-night: smile once more; turn thy wheel!"
modified 24-Oct-13 10:21am.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Microsoft's refusal to complete
Compete, perhaps?
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Yeah, sorry. That should be it. Of course, now that I look at it. That was copied from the Computerworld article. Good thing I'm not the only slack editor.
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TTFN - Kent
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Wasn't blaming you. I just found it amusing.
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Once you have your own web server, it’s very important to keep a close eye on what resources are being consumed. If all the gauges are in the red, that means it's good, right?
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The desktop operating system is dead as a major profit center, and Apple just delivered the obituary. "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." (thanks Eddy Vluggen)
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It's free because even Apple's ashamed to get money for nothing (Mavericks is the same for OS X as 8.1 for Windows)
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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Yeah, I'd actually say that it's less of an upgrade than 8.1. If they had charged for it, it would have been criminal. That's why I think that these headlines are a bit premature. I've even seen some that (again) suggest doom for Microsoft because of this "trend".
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TTFN - Kent
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IMO MS would be better off if they offered free OS upgrades, and a streamlined upgrade process. Windows upgrades are a small chunk of their revenue, so they won't take much of a financial hit from doing so. However a large part of MS's problems are relating to customers sticking with old versions for years after new ones are available. ex the huge number of people still running XP boxes. W7 will run tolerably fast on any computer capable of running a modern light workload without chugging; meaning that most of the people who're keeping their relics around instead of upgrading could do so. Most won't because upgrading windows is both a PITA, and because it would cost ~$100 for the upgrade disk. It's probably too late to streamline the w7 upgrade process (although something that would batch up the Xp->Vista->W7 double upgrade as a single button walk away for a day and let it reboot 9000 times option would be really helpful); but just offering a free download would probably get a lot of them off of it.
If nothing else, the next time the family geek needs to fix their computer because they hopelessly crapped it up (again); I suspect most of us would insist "your XP is too broke to fix, I'm backing up your data and giving you w7 instead".
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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World View Enterprises of Tucson, AZ, plans to offer suborbital spaceflight in a capsule lifted by balloon to 18.6 miles (30 km), which then glides back to Earth. It's extra if you want the balloon shaped like a poodle
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Cool,
But don't the winds go at like 100+mph at that height? If so, it would be anything but a "gentle" ride
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The air is extremely thin, so the force would be far less than on ground level.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Interesting; but a few years ago I read about a company based in Moscow offering flights to a similar altitude from the backseat of a demilled Mig-31 interceptor for only $30k.
Assuming that company is still in business $45k seems like a lot more to pay just to avoid getting a passport and a bit of jetlag.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Well, apart from the altitude it's a totally different experience. It's difficult to compare the two in terms of which one has the most value.
A fighter jet is highly intimidating for people who are not used to piloting airplanes or race-cars, while the balloon would be a quiet ride that most people are able to handle. And the fighter jet flying experience can't possibly last as long as the balloon flight.
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BlackBerry's BBM service is one of its most beloved features, and iOS and Android users apparently haven't forgotten about it. In a blog post, BlackBerry reports that over 10 million people have downloaded its cross-platform mobile app in the first 24 hours since its release yesterday. That should help their bottom line. Oh, it's a free download.
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I'm surprised it even took them this long to do this... they should have been popping out apps as soon as they started lagging in the smart phone market (make money from the customers they lost in some form or another).
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I'm not. Until their most recent Dingleberry faceplanted to the tune of $1bn, they were banking on crap exclusivity to try and lock people in to the Cackberry platform.
Launching BBM on other platforms is an admission that they know they're screwed.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Well, I think for a lot of people it was painfully obvious their strategy wasn't working for quite a long time.
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Hey now. RIM has been able to point out that they're making very rapid progress with the BB10 platform. Granted the direction of the progress is a narrowing spiral with rapid descent; but the difference between speed and velocity only confuses suits so they're only reporting instantaneous measurements of the former to the MBAs.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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