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Wow Lango, I'm honored:
That you named that chart after me...
But seriously, It's Micheal Dell who deserves the credit.
Still, It's a thing of beauty.
Bootz: Try these 2 speed checks
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=cnetfd.dir
Run 'em both. Compare.
Bootz: Lakers should forfeit tonight.
If only to keep the end score lower.
(Looks like you'll get your $20 back this year...)
Bootz. Spurs are kicking butt.
Speaking of kicking butt, I surfed through the iHub "Crossbar Hotel" & nearly fell off my chair reading your astute case assessment. BRAVO.
ganzonga man:
Since you asked, 88 no.
But I was holding MSFT during massive run ups from 1994-2000.
Thanks for asking.
ACE
P.S. I din't bring up the specifice timeline. Linda Kaplan did.
"Grandma tried to jump on my back, So I shot her!" Mark Knopfler's Horse
Blue. Good for you.
FWIW, I shorted before the 2000 splat, (due to thinking CUbe was going to be the failure it turned out to be,)& called it almost to the dime, saying AAPL would hit 13.
So we're both happy campers.
Linda. Check your bifocals.
Since WHEN is correcting your daily massive analysis errors & posting the actual chart that makes you look so foolish harrassment?
I'll let you know if the FBI, Matt or Bob contact me.
Face it. you got slapped.
I quoted you, posted a reputable chart showing MSFT's 7000% growth vs. AAPL's flatline DURING THE TIMELINE YOU SET.
Consider yourself corrected.
"Grandma wouldn't get off my back, so I shot her." - Mark Knopfler's horse
LINDA:
"and you know that's a violation of the terms in which you were allowed to participate in this thread, so you only have yourself to blame for the consequences"
REALITY CHECK FOR YOU: Only YOU have conditions on which you are "allowed to participate". ONLY YOU. The rest of us merely havee to conform to the Terms Of Service. GO back & read the conditions under which Matt relased you from iHub's Jail.
P.S. Only in the last month or so, has Apple reached the point where it stopped being DEAD MONEY from the 2000 SPLAT! day where it lost half it's value in one day. That means anyone who held AAPL stock on that day, only recently was able to break even on 4+ years of losses, just to reach a break even point. Spin it however you want. The only person I know who really made a killing (aside from shorting) is Yawwwwwwwnie, who bought some at that iTMS bottom of 13 & got out shortly after.
Linda, you have no clue:
" but the stock is still lower than it was five years ago, lower than it was in 1988, actually. My point remains accurate."
Linda if only you had a clue on how to read a chart:
Here's MSFT's performance since the time frame you listed ,1988.
Looks like it's only 7000% higher since 1988.( that's a 70 to 1 multiplication of every dollar invested in MSFT)
In comparison,with the exception of the iPod Bubble & the iMac bubble, AAPL has been a virtual flatline all that time.
Dilleet Sorry for the bold.
I agree buying Bungie was a genius move. One that's paid off many times over. And NO, I don't think her opinions are representative of anything more than the onset of Alzheimer's.
Roni,Actually:
It's Apple fans who refer to Windows users as "sheep" but, who really cares? Eh?
From the mouths of 'Tards:
"And speaking of differences, MSFT is a broken stock. They had wild success for a long time and stockholders got rich, but those times are over."
Ironic how such a stupid comment should come out the same day this is announced:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050127/earns_microsoft_12.html
MICROSOFT 2Q EARNINGS MORE THAN DOUBLE
Microsoft Second-Quarter Earnings More Than Double,Beating Estimates, on Server Software Sales
SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter earnings more than doubled, beating Wall Street estimates with strong sales of server software and its Halo 2 video game.
The software maker also raised its earnings forecast for its full fiscal year, which ends in June.
For the final three months of 2004, Redmond-based Microsoft earned $3.46 billion, or 32 cents per share, compared with earnings of $1.55 billion, or 14 cents per share, in the same period last year.
The most recent quarterly earnings include a stock-based compensation expense of 3 cents per share. Without that expense, earnings would have been 35 cents per share.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call were expecting earnings of 33 cents per share for the most recent quarter, excluding stock-based compensation expense.
The prior year's quarterly earnings had included an after-tax charge of $2.17 billion, or 20 cents per share, related to the company's switch to stock-based compensation. Without that expense, earnings for the comparable period would have been 34 cents per share.
Revenue for the quarter was $10.82 billion, up from $10.15 billion in the same period in 2003. The revenue results also beat Wall Street estimates of $10.56 billion.
Microsoft also reported its first-ever profitable quarter in its home and entertainment division, fueled by strong sales for its Xbox Live online gaming service and Halo 2. The unit reported operating income of $84 million for the three-month period, compared with a loss of $397 million in the same period a year earlier.
But Chief Financial Officer John Connors warned that the home and entertainment division would lose money again in the first six months of 2005, and likely won't achieve ongoing profitability until late 2006 or 2007.
In an interview, Connors also pointed to strong performance by the company's server and tools unit during the just-ended quarter. Operating income for that unit rose to $2.52 billion, compared with $2.15 billion a year earlier.
"We've been joking internally (that) our server and tools business is comparable to the New England Patriots in the NFL playoffs -- they just don't lose," said Connors, who recently disclosed that he is leaving Microsoft later this year to join a venture capital firm.
Analyst Alan Davis with McAdams Wright Ragen said the strong performance by that business shows that Microsoft is continuing to snag server business from rivals, including Unix.
For the full fiscal year ending June 30, Microsoft now expects to earn between $1.09 and $1.11 per share, up from previous guidance of between $1.07 and $1.09.
Revenue is expected to total between $39.8 billion and $40 billion, also an increase over Microsoft's previous guidance of between $38.9 billion and $39.2 billion.
For the six months ended Dec. 31, Microsoft earned $5.99 billion, or 55 cents per share, on revenue of $20 billion. That compares with earnings of $4.16 billion, or 38 cents per share, on revenue of $18.37 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Microsoft shares rose 46 cents, or 1.8 percent, in the extended trading session, after gaining 10 cents to close at $26.11 in regular trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, before the report was released. In the last 52 weeks, the shares have traded between $24.01 and $30.20.
Davis said the after-hours rise in the stock price made sense.
"I think the stock was not necessarily priced for a good quarter," he said.
Sheesh! nothing like consistancy...MSFT making money & the person who made the quote at the top of the page being as wrong as wrong can be.
Microsoft Beats Forecasts on Strong PC, Game Demand
Thursday, January 27, 2005
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. the world's largest software maker, on Thursday reported better-than-expected profit and revenue growth on stronger demand for personal computers and video games.
Microsoft also raised its outlook for its current fiscal year ending in June, and shares rose 1.7 percent in after-hours trade.
The Redmond, Wash.-based company reported a net profit of $3.46 billion, or 32 cents per share, for its fiscal second quarter ended in December, compared with a profit of $1.55 billion, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier.
The result beat the company's forecast and analysts' average expectations for a net profit of 29 cents per share, according to forecasts compiled by Reuters Estimates.
Excluding stock-based compensation Microsoft said it had a profit of 35 cents per share, compared with Wall Street expectations of 33 cents, according to Reuters Estimates.
Revenue rose 6.6 percent to $10.82 billion.
"The PC environment is actually quite healthy," Microsoft Chief Financial Officer John Connors said in an interview, adding that big companies were spending more on software for servers, or networked computers.
"Home and entertainment was also a highlight for us.... We're very pleased with 'Halo 2' results and Xbox Live," Connors said.
Microsoft reported that sales of the video game "Halo 2" for its Xbox game console improved results in its home and entertainment division.
Analysts had been looking for such an improvement, as it could raise prospects for its next generation of Xbox video game consoles, expected by the 2005 holiday season.
For the Microsoft's current third fiscal quarter, the company expects a profit of 27 or 28 cents a share on revenue between $9.7 billion and $9.8 billion. Analysts had been expecting on average a profit of 27 cents a share on $9.66 billion in revenue.
For the full fiscal year to June, Microsoft raised its earnings outlook to $1.09 to $1.11 a share from its previous forecast of $1.07 to $1.09.
The revenue outlook for fiscal 2005 was raised to $39.8 billion to $40.0 billion from the previous projection of $38.9 to $39.2 billion.
For fiscal 2005 Microsoft also forecast PC shipment growth of 9 percent to 11 percent and server unit shipment growth of 13 percent to 15 percent, both below fiscal 2004.
Shares in Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, rose 44 cents to $26.55 in after-hours trade on the Inet electronic brokerage from a $26.11 Nasdaq close.
Bootz: Whatcha Gonna Name It????
How about an 'homage' to JLG.... "Lunchbox"?
Gosh dileet, hate to break it to you...
Jenna's quite the popular & in demand model these days.
and a real sweetheart to boot.
You were expecting them to hire some junkie?
Maybe Ellen Feiss needed a job, eh?
(What ever happened to her? did she get her G.E.D.?)
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/store/jenna.html
lango WHICH video?
Not sure I caught what you were alluding to.
Bootz,Nice combo: Spybot & MSFT AntiSpy
Quick Scans will run quicker...
Check out Deep Scan, especially on the machine you found something on.
A cross between the new MSFT tool, Zone Alarm, & SpyBot & the excellent "SHIELDS UP!" site. https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
I think I'm covered!
ACE
In other strange news, years ago, my girlfriend at the time & I watched this lovely house being built in the Hollywood Hills. We fully intended on purchasing it once my upcoming album sold a million copies, & we could pay it's half a million pricetag. During last weeks rains, that very house collapsed due to flood & mud under the foundation. Poor guy that owned it had it on the market for 1.5 million. Fortunately he & his kids got out alive.
I shouldn't be surprised:
Only ljk could say something so incredibly stupid & be so oblivious to the facts regarding the very company she's wonking about.
"Why didn't MSFT spend those billions on protecting their software from virus attack?"
Ummm, Clueless? Look here, http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Bootzz- RE: MSFT's new anti-spyware feature:
"I probably did all three 'puters start to finish in less than, what, 15 minutes?"
That's pretty fast. I made note my deep scan tonight.
0 spyware found (expected... I know how to set it up right the first time.)
Deep Scan took 6 minutes 33 seconds.
Has anyone noticed, Media Center Edition of XP is now a "Version 3" product? Isn't this the point where MSFT usually end up decimating the competition? IS THERE ANY?
Back to XBOX for me... Got some Orks to kill & move on from HALO1 to HALO2.
Bootz: Re: your question.
I THINK I was using Firefox at the time.(It's been a few days, bear with me.)
It gave you the opportunity to check for authorized WIndows OS,
& also an option for you to bypass that part as well.
There was no reboot required.
Well worth it.
ACE
Edit* Apologies, Bootz - Only read the first message & replied , THEN saw your 2nd.
I agree..MSFT got this one right, the first time. Expecially liked the "Deep Scan" way of doing it.
Did you get it in Firefox? Or did it require the IE boot up?
No, ALtaire, Although Rush IS in the entertainment industry.
I was referring to the "artsy content provider types" where I stated quite plainly that they were Apple's niche stronghold.
I guess that hope you weren't a dullard is right out the window.
You can comprehend English, can't you?
"HOPING that maybe you might not be a total dullard & understand that Apple's ONLY stronghold (if you wish to call it that) is with "artsy types" like musicians. "
Altaire: I was giving you the benefit of the doubt
HOPING that maybe you might not be a total dullard & understand that Apple's ONLY stronghold (if you wish to call it that) is with "artsy types" like musicians. You stay oblivious to how yor Fischer Price toy works. Keep telling yourself it's superiour. Those that scratch the surface of the the specs will cut a wide swath to avoid buying 7 year behind technology like the MiniMuck . (P.S. it sure is cute though. Too bad it comes crippled, huh?)
Stay Clueless, I like you just the way you are.
"Ace doesn't want to understand that most people who use computers are oblivious to how they work."
Pete, Maybe they should add the following?:
"Are you tired of security problems?
Do you want the easiest computer to use?
Do want the world's most advanced desktop operating system?<- Maybe not this.
Are you on a budget?
You no longer have any excuses not to use a Macintosh!
The Macintosh Mini, $499
I know the words need work, but the thought is there. If Apple doesn't aggresively advertise in PC magazines, they will show that they don't want the market very much."
Maybe they should add "DO YOU WANT A CIRCA 2005 COMPUTER WITH A CIRCA 1998 BUS SPEED? (167)
C'mon... that's not going to coerce anyone to switch.
Jr. had it right for once, BYO Keyboard for this is a mistake. All the little Apple incompatibilities, like no "Apple" key on regular PC keyboards (i'm sure there's an equivalent, but the Apple contextual menu won't say what it is,) are going to get blamed squarely on Apple.
It's cute looking, a bit underpowered for it's price, & the same fatal flaw the iMac, & Cube had.... there's not even a single open PCI slot. Dumb. (you just killed any chance of hi end audiophile sales to ProToolsHD users. Way to go, Steve!)
They'll sell a few. And they'll be selling them to people who would've probably bought a higher margin machine in the same Mac food chain. But for switchers? Don't count on any appreciable bump.
As for the iPod shittle... Comparing it to Rio, Creative etc, is looking in the wrong place. iRiver OWNS the mini flash sector. And at that pricepoint, they offer a 2 line LCD screen. Sure, Apple will sell some to the already RDF infected, but in the sub $100 flash player sector, iiPod Shuttle is playing catch up, & the competition already has a more feature laden, superior product out there, and at better price points.
Personally I find it funny Steve had to come up with a "me too" product for that niche. Wasn't he the one who said flash players were a dinosaur? It looks to me like "iRantosaurus" had to spawn or face extinction. JMHO.
Burpzilla! An idea:
Perhaps we should add this link to the new, free & totally excellent Microsoft Anti-Spyware Tool (Beta) to the Big Blue info box?
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
I ran the deep scan on my machines and as expected, it found nothing. (seeing as I know how to properly set my machine up,and Zone Alarm & "Shields Up!" have always helped me maintain "TRUE STEALTH" security status.)
What I wasn't prepared for, was to go over to see my brother, and run it on his almost 2 year old Dell. Deep scan found over 1,300 pieces of spyware, etc. Microsoft's Anti-Spyware Tool identified & eliminated them all, and more amazingly, after the offending spyware was eradicated, programs he couldn't get to work, sprang to life like a fresh install. (on a few, it actually was. the virii had blocked completion of installation on at least one I saw. )
MSFT did the right thing making this a free download. I highly recommend it. My brother says "it feels like a brand new computer, with a RAM upgrade" I have to agree. Especially in his case, It's that good. Well worthy of "top of the page" Status.
MSFT CFO John Connors to leave:
Microsoft Corp. said that its chief financial officer, John Connors, was leaving after 16 years with the software giant to join a Seattle-area venture capital firm.
A replacement for Connors, 45, was not immediately named. The company said Tuesday that it planned to consider both internal and external candidates.
The announcement was unexpected. Matt Rosoff, with independent analysts Directions on Microsoft, said Connors is well-regarded both inside and outside the company and saw no indication that upper management was unhappy with Connor's performance.
Instead, Rosoff said Connors may have seen a good window of opportunity to leave, now that the company has put many of its legal battles behind it and a restructuring to create seven major business units.
"If you have to leave, you want to do it at a relatively quiet time," Rosoff said.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Connors said there was "no big precipitous event" prompting his decision to leave Microsoft. In five years as the finance chief of the world's largest software company, Connors said he felt like he had accomplished many key goals, including improving financial performance and finding ways for the company to save money.
"It was time to really think about a new chapter," he said.
Connors said he surprised Chief Executive Steve Ballmer with his decision late last week, and made clear that he could not be persuaded to change his mind.
"John has done an awesome job building a world-class finance organization for Microsoft and leaves behind him a very capable team," Ballmer said in a statement.
Rosoff said he didn't see an obvious person to replace Connors. But given Microsoft's culture, he expected the company to look internally before considering an outsider.
"Typically Microsoft has not had good luck hiring outsiders for executive positions," he said.
Connors will work with the company to assist in the transition. He said he plans to take some time off before joining venture capital firm Ignition Partners in April.
Ignition, based in Bellevue, was founded in 2000 by former executives at Microsoft and McCaw Cellular Communications.
Good Luck John, Thanks for your service to this company.
Custom made for Apple:
Friday's Dilbert seems like it was custom made from a meeting in Steve's boardroom...
Dilleet, You sure about that?
you don't think it'll affect it by even a penny? C'mon!
This stock has swung thru a $5 range in the last couple weeks. You seriously think it won't have any effect? Since I wasn't paying attention, what happened in the weeks after the last 2 times Steve had to write multi-million dollar checks to Paul, Yoko, Ringo & George? I honestly don't know. I'm asking. I just think , (especially when "The Corps" sued prior to the real take off in iPod sales, and ( it was before the iTMS Store opened, wasn't it?). What if, (& admittedly, it's a big if) the Beatle battalion got every penny of revenue that could be accounted directly to iPods,( Do the English Courts allow triple damages punitive awards like U.S. Courts?). To me the bigger "if" is the iTMS. The big issue is whether the courts see downloads as "tangible" . Obviously they're tangible as files residing on the iTMS servers. Unless Steve's argument is court is that people give him 99cents, & he really gives them nothing "tangible" in return. My guess is that the courts aren't going to see it that way.
Go for the XPS series when you buy that Dell.
For me, a Dell that'll be 4 years old this month, that has only gotten an upgrade to XP & a newer, larger hard drive last month is still running great, burning CD's , watching DVD's, and doing everything else I need it to, and I push it pretty hard thru a ton of Adobe & MSFT applications. Should decide to up it's RAM someday, it'll still be cruising for quite some time. (running Firefox 1.0 as my default browser right now, on a friend's recomendation. I like it.) My laptop has about 3 times the CPU & 4 times the Ram, this one is still my favorite.
Knowing how to set up your computer correctly is the reason I can make this run like a top , while "DiD" can kill a newer tower in a matter of weeks.
P.S. the wardrobe changes are unneeded.
Dell - fine.
Swag company baseball cap (worn correctly, not backwards)
White Reeboks
White socks Blue jeans & a hooded sweatshirt. (more company swag)
Tonight's score: Fireplace: 1 , old sugarpine pallette from the SONY guys,- 0.
Flame on.
P.S.S. Is Apple in last place, really? I know Linux passed it, but surely there's someone else behind them, right? 5 guys in an AMIGA user group? 2 dweebs with an Altaire kit? And to answer your last question, It's still loads of fun, especially with the amount of arrogance displayed by certain members of the ">3% club".
Have a good evening.
Ace
If the apple vs Apple suit results in aapl's share price moving more than .01 in either direction I will buy a Dell, a propellor cap, brown shoes, white socks and never boot up a Mac again.
Of PC users 67.3% regard it as a love hate relation with technology, but those who have nothing better to do than obsess on every little grey day in Cupertino are severely bereft of lives. I mean what fun is it picking on the guy in last place?
Ninth District?
Really? (blecch.) Say it isn't so.
Thanks for that info.
I still think it may set a dangerous precedent.
Legal or otherwise.
Having had access to the pdf's of the AAPL vs. Apple suit, I'd say Steve better be counting his pennies. & hanging on to them for the time being.
Lango: Yes, She did.
And in reference to the last line, NO She is not.
Thinks men in white coats & big MSN Butterfly nets are chasing her.
Pitiful.
Chris, COOL, Thanks. I've got reading to do!
The irony is it takes away from overseeing some content encoding for (dare I say it?) an Apple related project.
Chris, could you be more specific?
a .Net clone that's not got some cross license going? fill me in.
Bootz, Wasn't being selective at all.
Just been a busy day & catching posts a batch at a time.
DiD's notwithstanding. DRM & it's licensing just happens to be something I understand implicitly, and I'm not really worried about iPods entering my world. Have already allowed the unpardonable sin of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance into my travel time with offspring. I haven't looked at it beyond a cursory glance, but if you find an earphone jack, lemmeknow. Please.
P.S. (Oh... I'll tell ya elsewhere. ) Go Spurs.
WLD, Can you name me some?
WLD, try again:
"yep, you're wrong. any music download service using an open, public standard - ie, mp3 or mp4 - is supported."
I haven't spotted many of those. Or any, actually that I'm aware of. Care to name me a few? KaaZaaa, eMule, iDonkey, etc. DON'T COUNT.
"Sony, Microsoft and Real aren't supported"
- nor are any of the rest of the vast majority of download stores.
Here's 7 to start.
http://www.playsforsure.com/AdvancedSearchResults.aspx?searchtype=BrowseStores&cat=StoreTypePane....
Can you show me 7 places I could buy Music that natively runs on an iPod? (no ripping & reformatting) How about 3?
Just one thing:
"What will stop a company from releasing non-game and office type apps on DVD for the XBox2? Open Office for Xbox2 with full file compatibility with MS Office."
Hmmm...How a bout, "An interactive developers license from Microsoft for the patented proprietary XBOX OS system?
Turnabout is, ahem... FairPlay TM
6.7 MILLION copies of HALO2 sold already,
in little over 3 weeks... Not bad, NOT BAD.
Don't tear your hair out over it, Linda,
Funny how you conclude that "people sue Apple because they have money" (What they have in capitalizaton is MINIMAL, comparitavely) YET when you see someone sue Microsoft (who has more money than just about anybody) You always conclude it's a "deal with the devil" .
Right. Slander on, LJK, Slander on.
P.S. It's been a year,still waiting for the FBI to call me.
P.S.S. 6.7 million copies of Halo2 in little over 3 weeks time. NOT BAD, about 1/3 of a BILLION in revenue off one lil ol' game disc. (with no end in sight) Color me impressed.
LAWSUIT? Well I knew NONE of you would post it:
Lawsuit Claims Apple Violates Law with iTunes
By Duncan Martell
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An unhappy iTunes online music store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out competitors, court filings showed.
Apple, which opened its online music store in April 2003 after introducing the iPod in October 2001, uses technology to ensure each digital song bought from its store only plays on the iPod, a computer or home stereo system.
The suit was filed on Monday in the U.S. District Court in San Jose. One antitrust expert called it a long shot, but Californian Thomas Slattery is hoping for unspecified damages for being "forced" to buy an iPod, one of the most successful electronics products in years.
The key to such a lawsuit would be convincing a court that a single product brand like iTunes is a market in itself separate from the rest of the online music market, according to Ernest Gellhorn, an antitrust law professor at George Mason University.
There is legal precedent for such claims, but courts usually conclude competing products as viable alternatives, Gellhorn said.
"As a practical matter, the lower courts have been highly skeptical of such claims," Gellhorn said.
Since rolling out the iPod, which has sold nearly 6 million units and was a top Christmas gift this past holiday season, Apple has garnered 87 percent of the market for portable digital music players, market research firm NPD Group has reported.
"Apple has unlawfully bundled, tied, and/or leveraged its monopoly in the market for the sale of legal online digital music recordings to thwart competition in the separate market for portable hard drive digital music players, and vice-versa," the suit charged.
Slattery called himself an iTunes customer who "was also forced to purchase an Apple iPod" if he wanted to take his music with him to listen to.
A spokesman for Apple declined to comment on the suit. Its iTunes charges 99 cents per song on its online music store and has sold more than 200 million tracks.
Although Apple is the dominant disk-drive-based digital music player, many others, using the MP3 compression decompression standard and others, are sold by Creative Technology Ltd. (CREAF.O) (CREA.SI), Dell Inc. (DELL), Gateway Inc. (GTW), and others.
Apple's online music store uses a different format for songs than Napster, Musicmatch, RealPlayer and others. The rivals use the MP3 format or Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) WMA format while Apple uses AAC, which it says helps thwart piracy.
While songs saved in the AAC format can be saved in the MP3 format and played on virtually any digital music player, songs bought from the iTunes music store have an added software tag, which Apple calls FairPlay DRM, or digital rights management, added to the file that contains the song.
"Apple has turned an open and interactive standard into an artifice that prevents consumers from using the portable hard drive digital music player of their choice, even where players exist that would otherwise be able to play these music files absent Apple's actions," the suit alleges.
In the past Apple has aggressively pursued those who had provided a work-around to Apple's FairPlay DRM to let songs purchased from other online music stores play on the iPod. Last year it also blocked technology from music rival Real Networks Inc. (RNWK) that made downloads from its online music store compatible with any other portable media player, including Apple's.
Apple shares more than tripled last year, fueled by soaring sales of iPods and strong demand for its PowerBook notebook computers. The shares rose 56 cents to close at $64.50 on Nasdaq on Wednesday. (Additional reporting by Peter Kaplan)
01/05/05 21:05
An interesting argument the gentlemen has. I'm sure the SJ choir will try to disparage him. Chat amongst your selves.
edit: Here's the link to the story: http://channels.aimtoday.com/pf/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0002/20050105/2105531173.htm
Happy New Years 2005 MSFT board users
I was curious, as I knew I had left my new years message last year on NYE while in Hawaii. Interesting that exactly 1 year and 400 posts later on this board, I'm doing the same, Only not in my usual tropical locale.
Happy New Year's, Guys.
Good question Dilleet:
"Why is it that the last 4 corporations, I worked on projects for, had Active-X deactivated on their server based browsers?
I was just curious, if this is some key app to all the mysteries of Redmond, why would Windows IT guys turn it off?"
Good question why. You should ask them. As for what it does, Here:
ActiveX™ controls, formerly known as OLE controls or OCX controls, are components (or objects) you can insert into a Web page or other application to reuse packaged functionality someone else programmed. For example, the ActiveX controls that are included with Microsoft® Internet Explorer allow you to enhance your Web pages with sophisticated formatting features and animation.
A key advantage of ActiveX controls over Java™ applets and Netscape™ plug-ins is that ActiveX controls can also be used in applications written in many programming languages, including all of the Microsoft programming and database languages.
There are more than 1,000 ActiveX controls available today with functionality ranging from a timer control (which simply notifies its container at a particular time) to full-featured spreadsheets and word processors. If you can imagine it, you can do it with an ActiveX control.
You can add ActiveX controls to your Web pages by using the standard HTML <OBJECT> tag. The object tag includes a set of parameters that you use to specify which data the control should use and to control the appearance and behavior of the control.
NO he can't. Know your your software:
"In your case you can use the wonderful Windows ability to go back in time to restore things to the way they were before you used the MS updates. In my case, I couldn't do that, because that feature had been mysteriously turned off."
Wrong. the Windows SYSTEM RESTORE feature did not debut until Windows ME. Pinza/Spit specifically mentioned he's attempting to fix a Windows 98 equipped machine. Know your software.
And yes, System Restore is a wonderful feature. MSFT came up with a neat trick there.