Comment Re:I applaud Microsoft for this. (Score 1) 188
More profitable than making a tablet that people would want to buy even if Office was available on iPads?
More profitable than making a tablet that people would want to buy even if Office was available on iPads?
"Far enough" being the scrapping of all trivial patents.
The ONLY problem with the patent office is that they accept the most trivial, obvious patents imaginable. Despite that fact that patents are supposed to only be granted for things that are novel and ingenious.
Worse...most of them are so trivial that a couple of lines of code would cover it.
Sorry, this proposal is a complete failure.
Examples:
I applaud Microsoft for this. Using Office as a stick to try to force people into buying a tablet they don't want is a much better strategy than selling Office to people who actually want to buy it.
I just think this Tesla company is getting all a lot of hype for a car that the overwhelming majority of people won't be able to afford.
Most of the equipment you take for granted in your car (air conditioning, airbags, ABS, traction control, etc.) started life in cars the overwhelming majority of people couldn't afford.
Now a lot of it is mandatory even in cheap cars.
You can always rent a gas-burner for special occasions.
every few years I need to drive to somewhere odd that would be outside that range, and not knowing if I will be able to recharge would be a worry.
Rental?
Yep, and if you can charge it at home then you actually eliminate all those trips to the gas station. How would anybody not want that?
If roadside cafes and/or mall parking lots with chargers become common, the only remaining problem would be the price. We all know what happens to the price of high-tech stuff...
a) People also read about Ferraris, even though they'll never own one.
b) This sort of tech is what most people will be driving a few years from now.
Based on a sample size of two?
"Godwin"...
"Goodwin!" sounds like "good win!"
When one of the founders bails you know the ship is sinking.
That's what he hopes people will think.
a) Everybody dumps their shares, share price plummets
b) He buys back his shares, dirt cheap.
c) RIM makes Apple-killing product announcement
d) Profit!!
Maybe for some ideal chemicals but gasoline engines are very inefficient (just look at how much cooling they need...)
Maybe in an American state with a high percentage of trailer trash, yes.
Down in Mexico (for example), not so much...
That's the way it works for some of them, yes...
Others? Not so much.
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein
