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Comment Why Games? (Score 1) 28

Why the focus on games? Sure I understand that there are millions of people that enjoy playing video games for entertainment, but the problem is much bigger than just games. There are all kinds of software that is switched off when the company produces it decides it isn’t worthwhile any more. The focus should be on a law that compels vendors to ensure software that requires access to an online license server can continue to run within once that server is shut down. If the software has a cloud based element, it should be possible to allow the client to choose an alternative service through a configuration option, so that should another provider either commercial or free and open wishes to provide a compatible service, the purchaser can continue to use the software they paid for.

Comment Outsourcing (Score 3, Interesting) 37

The fundamental problem is the post office not seeing IT as a core function of its business, this is shown by outsourcing IT functions. If you treat IT as a commodity like your electricity supply or office cleaning then you will never get a system that provides a competitive advantage to the company. Sure, if you are a small company where off the shelf solutions for your industry meet your needs, then fine in house IT specialism is not a core part of your business. Once you require large scale bespoke systems IT is very much a core part of your business, that needs proper investment and in house expertise with a seat at the top table.

Comment Re: But how long does it take for your TV to boot? (Score 1) 134

This is largely driven by the use of FPGAs instead of custom chips. Because ASICs are expensive to develop and cannot be updated in the field, manufacturers choose to use FPGAs, when powered on they must load their configuration before any OS can load and start addressing them. Added to this is the trend to put a full desktop OS on even the simplest device instead of a dedicated embedded OS because it makes life easier for the developers.

Comment Re:Why would they even bother until about 2030? (Score 1) 37

Because technology companies that stand still quickly lose their lead. I doubt people will be willing to pay double the price for a console as would be the case with today’s memory and storage prices. Perhaps an opportunity to delay a bit and use the time to significantly optimise things to the point that the wait will be worth it.

Comment Not just the USA (Score 2) 238

I work in a UK university and the number of applicants that have issues is increasing all the time, it may be just a reflection of a general societal problem of over diagnosis, but I suspect it is an attempt to game the system.

Also since COVID when students were able to claim consideration be taken for getting Covid, or related disruption to exams, the number of claims has gone through the roof.

Comment Reduces fragmentation. (Score 2) 73

This will hopefully mean that the Warner streaming services are shut down and rolled into Netflix. The potential downsides are that Netflix may decline to license content to other streaming services, and other content providers may be reluctant to license their content to Netflix, seeing them as more of a direct competitor.

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