Comment Re:They are better than what the cable cos. provid (Score 1) 367
By commodity he means that there will be no significant differences between the products, thus forcing the manufacturers to compete on price.
Cheers!
K
The Virtual Choir Project 58
An anonymous reader writes "Conductor and composer Eric Whitacre has successfully created a virtual choir using the voices of 185 people who posted their performance on YouTube. The piece that's performed is called 'Sleep,' composed by the conductor himself in 2000. Anyone can join in — all you need is a webcam and a microphone."
Ubuntu Wipes Windows 7 In Benchmarks 781
twitter writes "Recent and controversial benchmarks for Windows 7 leave an important question unanswered: 'Is it faster than GNU/Linux?' Here, at last, is a benchmark that pits Ubuntu, Vista and Windows 7 against each other on the same modern hardware. From install time to GUI efficiency, Ubuntu beats Windows and is often twice as fast. Where Windows 7 is competitive, the difference is something the average user would not notice. The average GNU/Linux user is now getting better absolute performance from their computer as well as better value than the average Windows user."
Comment Re:Total Cost (Score 1) 1219
I strongly believe (having used .net technology at work for a year) the the total cost of a project is greatly reduced if you use .Net (or perhaps even java) where possible. The SDK is well documented and support is available at MSDN.
I'm not arguing that MS is not a monopolist. I see the moral side of it, but saying that overal cost is increased in .net... I think you would have to be very, very creative with math to prove that statement...
I'm not arguing that MS is not a monopolist. I see the moral side of it, but saying that overal cost is increased in
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