Comments on: Oracle Gates http://techrights.org/2010/02/06/gates-nonsensical-predictions/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robotron 2084 http://techrights.org/2010/02/06/gates-nonsensical-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-81063 Robotron 2084 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:06:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26478#comment-81063 It's ridiculous to blame Microsoft for spam, though this website goes above and beyond what you could reasonably blame them for when it comes to just about anything. The reason spam exists boils down to simple economics. It costs no more money to send 1 email or 1,000,000, no matter what method you use to send that mail. While Bill Gates may have been overly ambitious in his statement, in part he was correct. At least for me, spam isn't the problem it used to be. All 3 of my email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail) do get spam messages occasionally but they are always filtered out automatically. Once every few months a single unwanted message gets through. Long gone are the days when I would have to spend 5 minutes manually deleting messages. It’s ridiculous to blame Microsoft for spam, though this website goes above and beyond what you could reasonably blame them for when it comes to just about anything. The reason spam exists boils down to simple economics. It costs no more money to send 1 email or 1,000,000, no matter what method you use to send that mail.

While Bill Gates may have been overly ambitious in his statement, in part he was correct. At least for me, spam isn’t the problem it used to be. All 3 of my email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail) do get spam messages occasionally but they are always filtered out automatically. Once every few months a single unwanted message gets through. Long gone are the days when I would have to spend 5 minutes manually deleting messages.

]]> By: your_friend http://techrights.org/2010/02/06/gates-nonsensical-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-81028 your_friend Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:13:17 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26478#comment-81028 The run away success of iPod and iPhone have me less sure of iPad's future. The thing that most makes Apple successful is Microsoft's dominance of markets and a sickly tech press. It's not hard to beat Microsoft in any of these categories and the tech press routinely ignores the promise of free software because they are paid to hype non free agendas. Apple will be able to dribble out features that people want as expensive options and replacements for the next five years. Camera and video chat? Next year or so. Keyboard? They can launch bluetooth devices in three years. Microsoft and Apple's legal extortion will keep makers from being able to offer multitouch, reasonable handwriting recognition and other UI items that were developed long ago on free software. Microsoft's hardware sabotage will continue to make it difficult for free software users to give themselves these features on their own. iPad will sell as a default option if Microsoft manages to screw companies like Asus hard enough. The sooner Microsoft fails, the sooner market forces will be released. The run away success of iPod and iPhone have me less sure of iPad’s future. The thing that most makes Apple successful is Microsoft’s dominance of markets and a sickly tech press. It’s not hard to beat Microsoft in any of these categories and the tech press routinely ignores the promise of free software because they are paid to hype non free agendas. Apple will be able to dribble out features that people want as expensive options and replacements for the next five years. Camera and video chat? Next year or so. Keyboard? They can launch bluetooth devices in three years. Microsoft and Apple’s legal extortion will keep makers from being able to offer multitouch, reasonable handwriting recognition and other UI items that were developed long ago on free software. Microsoft’s hardware sabotage will continue to make it difficult for free software users to give themselves these features on their own. iPad will sell as a default option if Microsoft manages to screw companies like Asus hard enough. The sooner Microsoft fails, the sooner market forces will be released.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/06/gates-nonsensical-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-80924 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:22:07 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26478#comment-80924 Android or Chrome OS will have some (Google or others). Android or Chrome OS will have some (Google or others).

]]> By: Dennis Murczak http://techrights.org/2010/02/06/gates-nonsensical-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-80923 Dennis Murczak Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:48:06 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=26478#comment-80923 The iTablet will probably not sell well - it has a bulky power-hungry x86 processor inside so it can run a bulky power-hungry Microsoft operating system. I think they didn't state the battery life for good reasons. ARM+full-featured Linux (Moblin?) would have been the way to go for a universal mobile device with a big screen. Well, that "new" market is still young. We will probably see some nice Linux-based tablets from companies that already produce portable bookreaders. The iTablet will probably not sell well – it has a bulky power-hungry x86 processor inside so it can run a bulky power-hungry Microsoft operating system. I think they didn’t state the battery life for good reasons. ARM+full-featured Linux (Moblin?) would have been the way to go for a universal mobile device with a big screen.

Well, that “new” market is still young. We will probably see some nice Linux-based tablets from companies that already produce portable bookreaders.

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