mod needs to have their ability to mod revoked. you are not funny, unique, cool, or anything other than a prick on a fucking power trip.

to the mod who has now twice rated this -1 flamebait; i ask again: how is acknowledging that apple's marketing strategy caters to non-intellectuals flamebait? how?

the vast majority of apple's istore consumers are not buying anything other than BS gizmo apps and top 40 trash.

what makes you think that just because they can buy a book for their ipad that they'll suddenly buy in enough volume to allow apple to become some sort of heavyweight in the ebook industry?

why? what?

their consumer base does not support it.

so either stop rating me -1 flamebait and acknowledge that or stop rating me -1 flamebait and accept that you simply disagree.

why is this flamebait? apple's entire marketing strategy is pinned to 'appearing' to be cool and hip. without question, people wanting to appear 'cool and hip' neither buy books or read them. so how is it flamebait?

i mean - what's the worry here? apple may sell a lot of ipads but amazon, sony, B&N, etc., will continue to sell ebook readers to people who actually want to read books.

so, regardless of what publishers end up dictating prices at, apple will never be a contender in the ebook arena.

sorry you think that's flamebait.

publishers will push whatever they want to push and apple may even come out on top.

it won't matter, though, and amazon will still rule the day.

why? because, by and large, apple consumers are wanna-be, douche bag, hipsters who wouldn't ACTUALLY read a book if their life depended on it.

sure, a lot of them will buy oprah's book of the month or some lamer bit of poetry...but it won't be because they're trying to learn something or because they enjoy literature.

it'll be so they can capture the attention of the other vapid apple tosser they spot at whatever coffeshop they happen to be lurking in while trying desperately to appear relevant.

there. i said. i predict that by and large most of the apple wanna-be's will buy MAYBE one book for their ipad.

and that's a big, big maybe.

This is an excellent time - since I have your captive attention - to point out that you were asked to present on a specific topic. What you are proposing is that you will provide a rose garden when all you were asked to deliver was a shrubbery. Don't make the mistake of thinking that these others topics, no matter how tertiarily related, will endear you to your audience of your manager. That said, I would find ways of incorporating some of them in the "effect of..." being a victim of social networking scams, schemes, malware, etc., etc.. Much better than dropping more info in their laps at the end and they probably won't be able to put two and two together and see how they are related. By the way, once you learn to deliver what has been asked for not only your manager but you will be much happier. Find other ways to get what you want. It's a skill; so learn it. See what I did and didn't do there?

not maintained? they just released a total rewrite as v3 and a commercially supported version as well. cfengine is designed for large, complex environments. mar burgess talks cfengine to google: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CCXs4Om5pY