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Journal: Vista/Windows 8 Hype Log. 1
All the usual hype is flowing about Vista 8. This mostly means that Vista 7 was a failure, but I decided to log it for laughs. Vista 7 did not sell as well as Vista did and Vista 8 won't sell any better than Vista 7. Vista failure has really killed Microsoft. The upgrade inevitability myth is six feet underground, traditional desktops are becoming a thing of the past and everyone looks to Google, Apple even IBM for cool and reliable computing. Despite that, Microsoft brings out the same old lines and strategies.
- 05/29 - Steve Ballmer tries to freeze the market by announcing an early release date, only to have Micrsoft quietly rebuff him. In reality, OEM outrage at Microsoft's limitations and power grab pushes Vista 8 release out of 2012.
- 06/02 - A fawning article from business insider. We get all the usual BS, "riskiest OS ever," "biggest step forward in more than 20 years, when it pushed Windows as the replacement for DOS", "underneath that layer is the old Windows that users are accustomed to. It will run old Windows apps", Linux and Apple are too jarring, expensive and suck, and so on and so forth.
Journal: Windows in Decline, as More than 1 in 3 PCs Ship Without 7
As the Linux Foundation wins new friends and influences people, sharp reporters at PCWorld notice that Windows sales as a fraction of PCs shipped are in a steep and accelerating decline. Woody Leonhard of Infoworld does the math on Microsoft's numbers,
Between launch and June 30, 2010 -- a period of 251 days -- Microsoft sold 0.78 Windows 7 licenses for each PC sold. Between July 1, 2010, and April 22, 2011 -- a period of 275 days -- Microsoft sold 0.67 Windows 7 licenses for each PC sold: 175 million Windows 7 licenses, and 260 million new PCs. To turn the numbers the other way around, in the past nine months, more than one-third of all new PCs sold didn't have Windows 7.
... it's entirely possible that 40 percent of all new PCs in the past nine months shipped without Windows 7. Maybe more.
So, the Windows 7 PC sales "refresh" is over. Business adoption rates are still under 10%. Kanthryn Noyles of Computer World interprets that as a Win for gnu/linux
I think it's fair to assume that a good number of them are running Linux instead. Preloaded options, after all, are increasingly common, and the reasons to switch are more compelling with each passing Patch Tuesday.
Android/Linux, is another reason for the decline. Why sit around mom's basement with a big, noisy PC when you can drop the net in your pocket? PCs are less important and Windows is downright archaic.
Microsoft's bottom line sags with its cash cow. There was good evidence in 2010 and January of this year that Windows 7 was not driving sales. Roughly Drafted now looks at Microsoft's quarterly report and shows that Windows profits are down since 2008 back when they were trying to sell Vista which many people dumped in less than six months.
Journal: What is Florian Mueller telling Slashdot? 7
Florian Mueller has thrust himself into the news a lot over the last couple of years, mostly to the detriment of Microsoft competitors, and has been particularly successful at getting Slashdot to copy his message. Roy Schestowitz, of Techrights, noticed him early because Boycott Novell was on Florian's journalist mass mailing list. So was Groklaw. Both rejected Florian's message and both are now smeared by him. Techrights has this index and PJ has this about bad behavior in 2005, this, this and more. Florian waged a Twitter/Social Media FUD campaign against both "Groklie" and Techrights in retaliation. Even Slashdot submitters have called Florian a "gadfly" and noticed he's behind anti-Google FUD. All of Florian's media manipulation has earned him special mention by actual lawyers who advise those threatened by lawsuits to ignore him and people like him.
The best way to understand what Florian has been doing is to make a list of it. Here then, is a list of what he's been telling Slashdot readers over the last year or so, with context and links to refutations as time allows.
Android/Google Spin.
- Google violated Java patents on purpose (See source article for source of silly opinion. ITWorld should be ashamed.)
- Speculation about why Apple replaced their chief patent lawyer. While Apple is quiet about the change, Florian pretends to be an Apple spokesman and tells us it's all about plans to block Android features.
- Sensationalized Oracle's obnoxious demands for money as something that would "far exceed any money Google has ever earned with Android", Google's no cost, free OS. Groklaw puts things in perspective and lawyers advise people to ignore Florian and people like him.
- Google Loses Bedrock Suit, All Linux May Infringe Florian put his anti-linux spin into CNet, the article source. See refutations, [2 SJVN], [3 PJ].
- A refutation that points to Florian as the source of Android copyright FUD.
- Huffington Post and Florian level copyright charges against Android, call it a "serious problem". Techrights and Groklaw answer these charges and take a careful look at Florian. [2]
- Google and Microsoft are working to make sofware patents livable
- Backs Google's request to invalidate Oracle VM patents.
- Florian charges Google of copyright violation against Oracle, blames ASF.
- Florian claims Android is doomed by Google's small patent portfolio, so Google had better pay fees to Apple, Microsoft and Oracle.
- Android and iPhone charged with violating media patents
- Counts patents involved in Apple's attack on Android.
- Pumps up Paul Allen's sue everyone lawsuit as trouble for Android.
Red Hat FUD
Novell's Patent Hoard.
- Notices Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and EMC are to receive Novelle's patents and predicts dire results for free software.
Reframes Microsoft's attempt to tax Motorola's use of GNU/Linux and Android.
This issue should not be separated from general anti-Google FUD but Florian does this.
- Compares LG Sony fight to Motorola Microsoft
- Talks about new patent charges by both companies as if they were equals.
- ITC investigates Xbox after Motorola complaint.
That's 16 articles in less than a year and each represents dozens of Microsoft press echos. All of it says something bad about Google, Red Hat, IBM and other free software users. When he's not busy smearing Microsoft competitors, he's telling us that they Love Microsoft and are working with them towards some noble goal.
People speculate that Muelller is fed inside information as part of Microsoft's coordinated campaigns against free software and Microsoft competitors. PJ of Groklaw thinks that Microsoft hoped that a community of deluded coders would form around Florian, but only Novell employees and Mono boosters pal around, while the larger free software community ignores him. His recent praise of the SCO Gang and smears of PJ places him among the most disgusting of Microsoft company.
Journal: ZDNet Author Dumps Vista for GNU/Linux 1
I simply can't believe how awful Windows is, and (unfortunately) how gullible I am. [my laptop] came loaded with Vista Business, and a "fallback" DVD for XP Professional. I tried running Vista on it. I really tried, I really wanted it to work, and I said exactly that in my blog here. But it didn't. Every time I tried it, things started out looking promising, and after a month or two it would go belly-up. Three or four times I reloaded Vista from scratch and tried again, hoping that the latest Microsoft Updates would fix it. Eventually I gave up, reloaded one last time with XP Professional, and ran that with no problem for two years.
A month or so ago, through my own carelessness, I wiped the disk on this laptop. I had to reload everything from scratch, so (like a fool) I thought well, Vista SP2 is out, everyone says that it is "all fixed up now and works great, and reliably", so I'll try that again. I loaded Vista from scratch, added all the updates to SP2 and beyond, and I've been running it that way since. Until today.
... Windows is unreliable garbage, it always has been, it always will be, and if you use it you should be willing to accept that risk. I am no longer willing to accept that risk, even part-time as a secondary operating system on this laptop. Windows is gone, it has puked all over its disk for the last time here, and I will not reload it. I am in the process of transferring the data to one of the Linux partitions - yes, Linux is quite happy to read the partition that Windows says is hopelessly corrupted.
Please, PLEASE, unless you want to hear a very long string of words that I learned during my military service, do NOT tell me that the "solution" to this problem is to give Microsoft even more money and "upgrade" to Windows 7.
... if Vista is not stable, or reliable, then Microsoft should withdraw it and either offer a free "upgrade" to Windows 7 or offer a refund of the purchase cost. ... I absolutely don't believe the Windows 7 is any better, any more stable or any more reliable than Vista. They come from Microsoft, they are utter garbage...
This is a sign of things to come for Windows. Windows 7 was predictably just as bad as Vista was. People no longer are falling for Microsoft's promises of "this version fixes everything."
Journal: Digitimes: Windows 7 Won't Drive PC Sales. 1
Digitimes has another reason for Windows 7 sales to be low.
PC replacement demand is not driven significantly by the consumer market, but rather enterprise and government purchases
... most enterprises in Europe and North America are expected to start planning annual purchasing budgets for the year in March and April of 2010, actual replacement demand is not expected to spur until the second half of the year.
Companies and government might buy computers next year, but they should already be buying orders placed in March and April of this year. There are already accounts of corporate rejection of Windows 7, so that OS is not likely to have anything to do with corporate buying and government won't be a big market because UAC still does not meet government security standards . Back in January, retailers at CES remembered being "burnt by Vista" and saw nothing to change their minds about the contracting PC market. Perhaps OEMs and retailers could deliver the gnu/linux netbooks and desktops that people actually want to buy.
Journal: email not shown publicly
Who decided that all story submissions would be tagged with user email addresses? You might as well demand and publish people's real names.
This is a breach of trust that will drive away long standing users such as myself. Email addresses were collected under the promise of never being published. Now I have the choice of submitting things as AC, publishing my email address or just giving up. I'm leaning towards giving up. Boycott Novell has been more fun anyway.
Journal: Vista 7 Fail Videos 1
Despite all the hype, it is easy to predict that Windows 7 will go the same way Vista did. Vista was a failure in every way, so a pretty new face was made to sell the same buggy and customer hostile core and the Microsoft hype machine was turned on full blast. Now that Vista 7 is RTM, we no longer have to make predictions, we can simply watch the results. Here is a collection of Vista 7 failures found on YouTube. Enjoy what I found in a few minutes:
- Counter Strike Fail
- Power Management Fail Hibernate seems to be broken. Any power management working would be an improvement over XP or Vista but we should not expect such miracles from non free software.
- Cracking Video shows how to p0wn "activation." Soothing music welcomes you to the botnet.
- Good rundown of Windows 7 problems by seasoned IT professional who has yet to give up on Windows. He's not correct about being able to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.
Update 1/2/2011 Real users have been forced to buy Vista 7 with their new computers for more than a year and it's Vista all over again. They tell the story better than I can.
Here are videos that have collected at YouTube over the last year. Windows 7 is no less a pig and no more secure than Vista was, everything the Microsoft boosters say is a lie. All of these videos were made after the RTM date and most after the October 22nd, 2009 shelf date. The best have bold dates.
- 07/28 - an amazing Windows 7 failure video. Ten minutes long but fun the whole time.
- 09/11 - buggy dual monitor action. It's funny how my PIII can correctly do this kind of thing with composting using E16 and Debian. Multitouch on Windows 7 has had a lot of high profile failure too.
- 10/22 - Fails the day it was released to the public. Man forced to wipe Vista to install Windows 7 and ends up with two dead computers.
- 12/29 - Windows 7 speech recognition, impressive and completely worthless.
- 12/31 - What Windows 7 OEM "support" is really like, explained by a former Gateway support tech. The techical issue was product activation but the video is a profoundly sad portrait of betrayed US tech workers.
- 01/03 - A gamer hates Windows 7 performance and broken Steam
- 01/05 - Another user abandons the Windows world over Vista/Windows 7.
- 01/15 - Another tech and XP fans tell his users to go from XP to Mac OSX because Windows 7 is so poor
- 01/18 - This poor user thinks Vista was better, how pathetic.
- 04/19 - Hardware does not work with Windows 7, user hates it.
- 07/10/2010 - Excellent critique by long term Windows user fed up with Vista/Window7. After fighting "updates" for two years, user runs to Mac and vows to never purchase Windows again.
- 07/29 - Windows 7 ruins a netbook and lots of other hardware, user can't use CDs and is very frustrated.
- 8/21 - Infuriating general flakeyness, poor user wants his XP back.
- 09/04 - Poor battery life of Windows 7 graphically illustrated.
- 09/30 - Windows 7 broken so that user can't log in.
- 10/04 - User complains about poor performance and incomplete Vista facelift for Window 7. Thinks it works a little faster with "classic" 1995 like menu bar.
- 10/10 - Fake AV demonstrated, shows that Windows 7 is still insecure and preyed on by all sorts. The demonstrator should have actually used virtual machine if he really needed Windows.
- 10/31 - Slow shutdown ruins someone's day.
- 12/10 - Great demonstration of CPU usage in Windows 7 vrs GNU/Linux.
- 02/01 - Bugs and clown music
- 02/11 - Microsoft Anna voice tells you how annoying Windows 7 is
- 02/13 - Windows 7 ruins $1,000 computer so user is unable to play games, make videos and whatnot.
- 03/16 - Five crashes a month belies hype for this man. He wanted an improvement over Vista and 64 bit OS, but thinks Windows 7 is worse than Vista, which he also thought suckes. Wants to go Linux but has a few programs holding him back.
Journal: Amazingly Bad Defense of M$ Monopoly Practices. 1
This ZDNet opinion piece has got to be the worst defense of unethical business practices I've see to date. Basically, the author admits M$ bribes and punishes OEMs and that's AOK with him. Let's preserve this gem:
a company gets twice as much from a PC with their brand on it as one they make for someone else. MSI needs this money to survive in a world where its Chinese partners can undercut them. The margin justifies MSIs existence.
It is also true that Linux cannot afford a presence in the channel. Its not how we roll. You cant invest in retailing if your product costs nothing. There is nothing to invest. Thats why Linux and open source depend on the Internet.
A monopolistic practice occurs when two sides are offering the same deal and one side gets all the business. But in this case both sides were not offering the same deal. Microsoft offered channel support, Linux a hearty handshake and rhetoric about freedom.
... What Linux needs to succeed is a way to offer more than was offered MSI. The question is, how would you structure a deal?
Well, that's a good question. What besides an OS that works and costs zero dollars does free software offer? OK, it can cost up to half what Windows costs if you get it customized and maintained by a company like Xandros. "Channel Support" is just a code word for exclusion of competition by bribes and threats, the very definition of anti-trust conspiracy. Lately, "Channel Support" has come at a terrible cost to companies like Asus. Retail partners like CompUSA, Circuit City and others who got themselves channel stuffed with Vista. This is what Li Chang, vice president of the Taipei Computer Association, was complaining about and it's worth a DOJ investigation. People don't want Windows, they want computers that work. Retailers and OEMs that don't deliver are going the way of other M$ partners and M$ themselves.
Ordinarily, I don't pick on language and style but the phrase, "how we roll," references to his parents' national origin bring special disgrace on ZDNet and the Wintel press. It's hard to tell if he's being cynical or if M$'s culture has really degenerated so far. This single article earns Dana a place in my Poison Pen Collection.
Journal: M$ Employee Admits M$'s Poor Security Reputation. 3
Roger Grimes makes this startling admission of public perception:
Youll often read similar recommendations to dump Microsofts Internet Explorer (I work full-time for Microsoft) and use any other browser instead. To completely protect yourself, theyll advise moving off of Microsoft Windows all together.
He goes on to make some long winded excuses and insult users in a way that's completely torn apart in the comments. His readers sanely point out that Window's endless problems have been well demonstrated. What's interesting about this article is not the same old blame the user and "popularity" excuses, it's that M$ is no longer able to pretend to the general public that "computer experts" still trust Windows. They don't and neither does anyone else any more.
Journal: Mini Microsoft Bemones a Moribund M$
I enjoy gloating, so a pair of articles, 1 and 2, from the M$ employee known as Mini Microsoft were quite enjoyable. It sucks to work for a big dumb company that's being raped by greedy and stupid people at the top of the org chart. It must suck even more at a company like M$, which long ago became a parasitic cult, loathed when people have the inclination to care. Mini's observations come through rose colored glasses, but there's no mistaking the lack of motivation and useful leadership.
He's got mood swings the size of Steve Ballmer's ego. He swings from wishing everyone well to wanting people fired, now - damn it! Desperately, he seeks a simple solution for his broken company but realizes none is can be found. This is typical of the emotional rollercoaster employees of a failing company ride.
Do you think that the concept of shared sacrifice would work at Microsoft? If it still felt like a company driven by the employees, probably so.
... if we still felt like the drive and ambition of the front-line employees shaped the company and defined it, then helping one another would make sense. But the huge growth shattered that sense of employee ownership, abetted by the abysmal Microsoft stock performance we've had since, yes, Mr. Ballmer became CEO.
Microsoft gorged itself at the buffet bar of mediocre hires. And now we're bursting at the seams and deadlocked. We are stagnant right when we have two major product releases coming in for landing
... Zero attrition. Stagnation. Organizational constipation. Nothing good comes out of that but corporate sepsis.
He proposes a crazy plan where people can move freely in the company but crashes hard the very same day. He celebrates the fifth birthday of his blog by basically saying, "I was right, M$ is stupid and hopeless. All of my efforts have been wasted."
Soon to be five years ago, I started this blog up because I felt Microsoft was a train not only off-track but also heading straight for a cliff. We were massively expanding and incapable of dealing with the exponential complexity that a fast growing Microsoft required of us. It appeared as though we were growing for growth's sake and without a particular elegant plan in mind. [twitter note: most people think they were just buying revenue to keep their stock price from collapsing.]
... Early 2009, we publically reached that cliff and went flying off.
... all the publicity this blog has garnered and the awkward questions it forced to be asked, none of it helped to avoid that cliff we've been steaming towards the last five years. My reality check has been cashed.
Yes Mini, you were right. Non free software quit making sense about a decade ago. Everything M$ has done since then has been to perpetuate a lie to enrich top leadership at M$, broadcast media and other fraudulent companies. Vista is non free software's crowning achievement in treacherous and disfunctional computing. Re arranging the org chart won't make Windows 7 any better. The non free software development model will never be able to provide enough resources to code production to make it competitive. This is true even if M$ were to quit wasting billions on Zune, Xbox, advertising and executive toys like the world's larges private yacht and failed private resort towns. But they won't do that any more than they will divest NBC, CNBC or any of the rest of the news organizations bought by M$, the Gates Foundation or funded by M$'s massive budget. The lies will go on till the company falls over like Enron did. M$ has entered the same death spiral it created for so many more worthy companies over the years. M$'s demise alone won't bring the owners of those other companies justice. That will take many protracted lawsuits to strip the ill gotten wealth from those who think they have gotten away with it. A country of ruined worker bees will be more than happy to see it happen.
Journal: Ever Wondered What M$ did about Linux at Walmart?
Confidential Memo
To: Microsoft Internal
From: Walmart/Linux Taskforce: Robin Bradshaw, Christine Briggs, Mark Croft David Hoffman & Tom Perrier
CC: Rogers Weed
Date: May 16, 2006
Microtel PCs without an operating system ("naked") first started appearing on Walmart.com in CY 01. We responded by workding with Walmart.com on the language that was used to market those PCs. The focus was on "anti-piracy" messages.
The first Microtel Lindows PCs appeared on Walmart.com in June 2002. We are responding with a taskforce and coordinated efforts to understand the situation and intentions of all parties involved.
To date, there has been a lot of press about the Linux PCs selling on Walmart.com (See attached list of articles.) The media has been mixed, some telling a positive story about the Linux efforts and some pointing out the flaws in the offerings. One consisten message is that these are "substandard" PCs based on todays technology advances.
There is one critical data point we are missing: volume. Walmart will not disclose the volume of Microtel PCs they are selling, and Microtell has told us they are under a "non-disclosure agreement with Walmart." We have been working on some tactics so attempt to obtain volume estimates, but at this time, we can't confirm any numbers.
- We understand that Microtel is shipping approximately 100 units per week on Walmart.com orders.
- We understand that most of the volume is at the $199 price point.
- We understand that most of those systems are shipping with NO OS. (Naked Systems)
- We understand that there has not been a customer satisfaction issue. Walmart sets fairly strict standards for customer return rates and service calls.
The PR activity and focus from Walmart has definitely increased out efforts to understand the Linux threat on the desktop. Several Linux PCs were purchased and evaluated. See the summary of those findings below.
Linux on the Desktop
Microtel is a small system builder in the City of Industry California. A couple of principles in the company came from a previous OEM Mitsuba. Microsoft filed suit against them in _____ for piracy and they went out of business. They haven't been proponents of Microsoft, their volumes haven't warrented direct account management, and we just began to engage and build a relationship with them in 2002.
We started to engage with Microtel in the beginning of FY02, but the AM was met with a closed door and had little if no success. When the Lindows issue broke, Tom Perrier (tperrier), Microsoft System Builder RSM, discovered that Rich Hindman was their VP of Sales/Marketing (from Mitsuba). Tom had worked with Rich prior at AST Computer. Tat got us in the door and Rich is open to work on the relationship with Microsoft and Tom, but isn't sharing any information regarding their plans of volume. This is a summary of his progress with Rich:
1.) Continue the engagement with Rich Hindman to focus on strategies to differentiate the offerings as Microtel introduces a new wave of SKU's. This will seperate the offerngs and focus on the added value of the Windows based systems. (Avoid the current situtation where the $299 Windows Home SKU is the same config as Lindows model but $100 more for the same model with XP Home, with no other differentiation). This can be accomplished with scenarios like the Office XP 20-Day trial (in place today).
2.) They are still very "non-disclosure" oriented. I tried and tried, but could not get Rich to divulge any shipment data. I continue to think that the shipments out of their facility in City of Industry are small. In addition, Rich would not give me any real data for the current PRM Account Profilling that we are doing.
3.) All of the conversations with Microtel are centered on growing their Microsoft business, and improving the relationship between Microtel and Microsoft. We avoid any direct conversations on Linsows.
4.) Rich realizes and states that Microtel is getting increased focus and attention based upon their offerings on the Wal-Mart.com site. He will continue to take advantage of these opportunities as they arise.
5.) In developing the relationship with the local VIA Sales Rep, Roger Goh (rogergoh), System Builder AM was able to determine that the systems built for Walmart.com are build somewhere on the east coast, and the volume is approx 1000 a week. He was not able to get the mix.
Tom has been working closely with the taskforce team and David Hoffman on driving a longer term strategy with Walmart.com. Microtel seems willing to do the implementation.
Retail relationship efforts have been historically focused on Walmart corporate and not walmart.com. There is a high level of autonomy at walmart.com. They are not managed under the same guidelines and processes as Walmart corporate. They are making their own decisions about product offerings. Luke Ellison is the Technology Manager at Walmart.com. David Hofman, Microsoft HRD Account Manager, has developed a relationship with Luke. He is eager to work on some additional Microsoft programs with David, but isn't sharing too much regarding their Linux plans. This a summary of his meetings with Luke:
1.) Luke is concerned that Microsoft is mad at them for selling Linux PCs.
a. He wanted to make sure that we knew that www.wal-mart.com is very "pro-Microsoft"
b. They feel that customers that purchase Linux PCs were never a "Microsoft" customer anyway, and that by offering Linux PCs, they were broadening their customer base
c. Their goal with Lindows was to hit a very low price point - if it sold, they would keep it, if it didn't they would dump it after 90-120 days. It's selling.
2.) "Naked PCs" (no O/S) are still outselling Linux PCs (but not by much)
a. They plan to start selling Windows XP OEM (bundled with mouse) as a standalone product (technically this is legit)
3.) All the machines are build-to-order and that www.wal-mart.com carries no inventory.
4.) They are currently working on a way to offer additional software bundles with all of their PCs (like Office, Anti-Virus, etc.)
5.) He mentioned that Microtel was upset about the E-machines deal with Wal-Mart retail, but that Wal-Mart didn't think Microtel could handle being a retail partner - it was just too big of a job for them.
David is working with Walmart.com to help them promote the Windows XP PCs that are listed on walmart.com today. In an effort to differentiate the Windows XP PC from the Linux PC, we are working on a consumer software title bundle to promote as part of the purchase of the Windows XP machine.
Next Steps
1.) Continue the relationship efforts with Microtel and Walmart.com. (Tom Perrier & David Hoffman)
2.) Develop a deeper understanding of the Linux efforts at other System Builders and OEMs in the US. (Datel, ZT Group, MEI etc) (Tom Perrier & Ken Goetsch)
3.) Work with Windows Team to understand options for a Windows XP eval solution. (Mark Croft)
4.) Stay close to HP and eMachines (tow OEMs selling PCs at Walmart) to understnd their efforts and position in the account.
http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/020821/doesn t do windows 3.html
Wal-Mart Sells Windows-Less Computers
Associated Press
Silicon Valley.com
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/review/2002-07-17-walmart-computers x.htm
Linux finds fans at Wal-Mart
Sun, Lindows.com Strike Deal
Internet.com: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/1404731
Mandrake on Lindows
http://www.pcmag.com/print article/0,3048,a-30914,00.asp
Journal: TechCrunch and Wired Lead Anti-PR Revolt 3
Ever wondered how the tech press all ends up talking about the same stuff at the same time and why so many stories look like dupes that make Slashdot look original? There was an editorial revolt against PR practices by TechCrunch and Wired spills all the beans. TechCrunch is tired of "Embargos", a practice where talking points are issued to everyone who's willing to wait till a specified date to publish. Both TechCrunch and Wired are fed up with spams by people too lazy to build propper relationships. Both report ugly details of abusive manipulation by the PR firms and their masters. Though TechCrunch apparently fears Waggener Edstrom, they were happy to show off an ugly letter from someone from a weaker firm. The arrogance displayed is breathtaking.
Lois is one of the most obnoxious PR people you'll ever meet, and the poster child for everything that is wrong with the industry.
... Lois takes pleasure in making people miserable, and her specialty is spamming. ... [here's what she wrote someone who asked to be removed from a list] "CES publishes a list of press. You are one of a few thousand. ... I have seen nasty people like you melt away faster than a snowball going up hill in the rain. I am waiting for an apology. Maybe we can meet at CES for a hug or a slug. P.S. I just visited your web site. I would hardly call your blog a publication, However, you do have very interesting content ...."
Translation: eat my spam or die. TechCrunch thinks the PR firm's days are over,
As the economy turns south, PR firms are under increasing pressure to perform and justify their monthly retainers which range from $10,000 to $30,000 or more. In short, they have to spam the tech world to get coverage, or lose their jobs.
It's good to revolt against these practices but they only scrape the surface of what's wrong with tech writing. Neither deals with OEM manipulation that always backs up the worst of hack writing. PR firms are also engaged in a whole other world of abuse, astroturf and heckling designed to stifle academic and professional conversations which fall outside of market force control. The sooner these games end, the better informed all of us will be. Traditional news has long failed to inform, now much of it also fails to make money.
Story also submitted to firehose.
- December 20, Slashdot discusses death of newspapers.
- December 26, Pew News Survey on death of print covered.
Journal: Vista Still Not Out of the Box Ready, Breaks DHCP.
Yet another reviewer is tempted to Vista's annoyances and finds it still lacking.
Yes, I finally slowed down enough to let the Microsoft Vista steamroller catch me.
Although this PC is aimed at home and small business users, the Out Of Box Experience would make many of the people I know in those categories uncomfortable. First, the network connection didn't work.
... Second, the HP TotalCare and other setup crap gets really annoying. I'm almost certain I will delete most of these helper programs, but I'm going through all the standard steps just so I can feel the pain of all the users getting new Vista PCs this holiday. ... I had to download four big update files. I don't think these were for Microsoft, but for HP's software. Even more aggravating, while the main download popup windows sat in the middle of the screen, the task bar popups alerted me to start the exact updates that were already in progress. Speaking of progress, there doesn't seem to be much in this installation sequence over XP, at least not so far. ... Remember when nag screens were what you got from trial software, not purchased products? ... No sound from the speakers during installation, even though HP put a volume setting on the display like there should be sound. [he had to download drivers to make it work]
Elswhere, he describes his frustration with Vista networking.
Now that my sound function works, and I vented about the User Access Control, let's get to a serious problem: networking.
... Microsoft's bizarre configuration change turned DHPC into a source of incredible frustration. I've been fighting networks for over two decades and never, ever had to worry about DHCP before, but that was before Microsoft's incompetence with Vista.
Too bad he did not buy an HP system with GNU/Linux instead.
Journal: Stephen Fry's Vista Melt Down.
This one is worth preserving.
I hate Vista so much I want to cry. Bought a Vaio. The most useless $4k ever spent. It just will not join a sec-enabled network.
... I have nine macs!!!!!! I don't need another fucking mac. I just want ONE ARSING PC that isn't complete SHIT. ... Too late. It's going out the window. I can't put up with this sort of arse. Listemn I have parallels, I have fusion, I have 2 distros of Linux. I need jsut one, just 1 of cunting Vista so that I can review things. Forgive intemperate language, but every time I buy a PC they're worse, not better than they were before and it make me so angry I could kill. ... I've calmed down now. Vista and PCs are so crap it's funny
Nothing is so sad as the tears of a clown. Give up Steve, Vista's not worth your efforts.


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Secret Gypsy, Hour Glass Meet Again in Endine
Richland Hills Stable and John Kuehl's Secret Gypsy will be looking to continue her comeback success story when she meets seven rivals in the $150,000 Endine Stakes (gr. III) Sept. 11 at Delaware Park for fillies and mares going six furlongs.
In her most recent start, Secret Gypsy posted a two-length score over current entrant Hour Glass in the Aug. 8 Honorable Miss Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga. Previously, the 5-year-old daughter of Sea of Secrets notched a 4 3/4-length score in the Saylorville Stakes at Prairie Meadows on June 25.
Before her victory in the Saylorville, Secret Gypsy's last victory dated back to March 21, 2009 when the Kentucky-bred won the Distaff Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct. It preceded a five-race losing streak over the next 15 months.
"She has had some issues with her knees and we have had to operate on her a couple of times, so that has been the biggest reason," said trainer Ronny Werner. "She has come back off those operations well. She has done well and we have been fortunate that she has made it back both mentally and physically. It is a mental battle as well, but she is tough. She is a warrior and I have a ton of respect for her and she sure has been running good for us."
Secret Gypsy's last race put the exclamation point on the time and effort dedicated to her comeback and now her team is hoping to keep moving forward.
"We were really pleased with her effort," Werner said. "She took it to the next level and really stepped up her game, but we are looking forward and hopefully we will keep her on this pattern."
Secret Gypsy, the 8-5 favorite, has a career record of seven wins, two seconds, and two thirds from 16 starts with earnings of $506,926. Jamie Theriot will have the mount from post 1.
The 5-2 second choice is Mill House's Hour Glass, winner of the Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont in May. Since then the Todd Pletcher trainee ran sixth in the Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. I) and was runner-up to Secret Gypsy in the Honorable Miss.
The 4-year-old daughter of Petionville drew post 7 and will be ridden by David Cohen.
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As the exit polls give a mandate to the BJP-led NDA coalition, Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Amar Singh on Tuesday said that he will accept the verdict given by people.
Commenting on the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Singh said one could see a glimpse of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, party patriarch LK Advani, and slain BJP leader Pramod Mahajan in Narendra Modi.
"One could see mix of Atal ji, Advani ji and late Pramod Mahajan ji in Modi, will accept the verdict of people," he added.
According to Times Now ORG exit poll, the BJP-led NDA will get around 249 seats whereas the Congress-led UPA government might score around 148 seats. The poll also shows that regional parties will get 146 seats combined.
The C-Voter exit poll suggests that the NDA might get around 289 seats while the UPA will get only 101 seats.
The CNN-IBN CSDS-Lokniti exit poll suggests that NDA will get a lion's share of around 270-282 seats while the UPA will get around 92-102 seats only.
The Headlines Today exit poll suggests the NDA will get 272 plus seats, while the UPA will be struck at 115 seats.
The ABP NEWS - NIELSEN exit poll too suggests that the NDA will get more than 281 seats whereas the UPA will get only 97 seats.
All the polls have shown huge gains for the NDA in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra. In Southern states, the regional parties will be getting the lion share of seats.
In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the UPA was able to get 262 seats while the NDA got only 159 seats.


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Strengths: Extremely durable, amazing grip, good looking
Weaknesses: Nylon covering on ankle protection had a hole 1 inch in diameter about 3-4 months in, still functions just an eye sore.
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Price Paid: $5.00
Purchased At: Toronto Bike Convention
Bike Setup: De Vinci Hucker, Karpiel Armageddon
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2006
Strengths: -feel
-insane grip
-support (using good footbeds)
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-look sexy
-are pretty tough so far (long term don't know)
Weaknesses: -only problem, is I wish they could make it a little more comfortable on the foot's arch, but this is only if you stand around on them for too long. While riding it is okay, and generally this is a small concern.
-could get hot on those really hot summer days
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Being honest here, I haven't use that many shoes before, so I can't speak for all the shoes out there. But when I purchased these shoes, my riding improved so much. Before I was wearing skate shoes, but these shoes........are a whole different story. They have the right amount of support, and suppleness, but also keep you foot in one place, so every motion that you do tranfers directly into the bike. I use them for trials riding, bmx, and downhill/freeride. The best shoes that I have ever tried, and worth the steep price tag. (they are true to size, just don't where a dedicated cycling shock, those are too thin) (I am also using these shoes with Sole Custom Footbeds, very important)
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Price Paid: $100.00
Purchased At: super LBS
Similar Products Used: addidas skate shoes, vans, nike air whistler (crap)
Bike Setup: don't really matter, these shoes grip any pedals, even my cheap plastic bmx ones!
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2003
Strengths: Very tough uppers. Roomy toebox. Lots of lacing options. Relatively stylish. Lots of ankle support with an internally armored collar.
Weaknesses: Laces look like they'd be vulnerable to savage chainring attacks (I've had the good fortune so far to avoid such a thing)--pricey for a no-frills shoe.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $80.00
Purchased At: Valencia Sports (661 direct)
Similar Products Used: Cannondale MTB shoes (spd-compatible), Intense Team Shoes
Bike Setup: Mongoose XR-150 with a Manitou Magnum fork, Shimano XT, Deore, and Alivio components, Truvativ Cranks, SRMA Twisters and 9.0SL Brake levers. Weinmann rims.
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2003
Strengths: Hooks up better than any other shoe ive tried. Ive never felt more connected to my flats before. Good ankle protection.
Weaknesses: None so far.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: No shoes ive ever used even come close. (vans)
Bike Setup: 03 stinky primo
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2003
Strengths: Very good ankle protection, inside and out, because of the neopren support inside shoe. They stay on the pedals well.They are very comfortable, except a little hot. I LOVE 'EM!!!
Weaknesses: They are kinda hot......but who notices when you are flying down a mountain???
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I dont think Axo makes these exact shoes any more, but SixSixOne makes a shoe almost the same. BUY THEM If you like your ankles.
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Price Paid: $25.00
Purchased At: Clearance from ???
Similar Products Used: Vans skate shoes,
Bike Setup: Purple Karpiel Disco Volante SWEET!!!!!!!!
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2003
Strengths: Super Good shoe! The best shoe I have ever had. For biking and everything. Great for hiking, no hot spots. Hold up very well.
Weaknesses: There are 2 types of loops you can string the laces through. 1 set of plastic loops and the other leather. The leather ones rip. But the plastic ones hold up well
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Price Paid: $70.00
Purchased At: Go-Ride.com
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2003
Strengths: Sweet grip. Ankle protection. Damn good shoe.
Weaknesses: The loops that hold the laces.
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Similar Products Used: I actually have the newer 661 duallys, but they are very similar.
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I recently noticed that my Factory Image Drive was low (1.54 GB free of 11.2 GB) on my Compaq Presario SR5710F Desktop PC. When I got my PC, the drive was only about 20% full, now it is about 90% full. How do I delete files on this drive and prevent it from losing more space without having to delete it?
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Manufacturer: Hilason
Model: Barrel saddle
Category: Barrel Saddles
Purchase: Purchased this saddle because I was told that it might be a good saddle for the price you can buy it for on ebay, paid $650 for the saddle and $35 for the shipping.
Likes: Didn't like much of this saddle after trying it out.
Dislikes: Wasn't made that good, the pommel area seamed to be separating from the saddle, the stirrups where made set way to far back, and the cinch rode way to far back on the horse, no matter how I tried it was designed that when you put the saddle on the horse the girth/cinch was 6 or 7 inches too far back, if you put it where the girth was where it should be the saddle was on the horses neck. after riding in the saddle it creased in the middle, basically folded in half and the crease would not come out, it caused my horse to have a sour back and creased right in my crotch area. was not at all comfortable to ride in for me or my horse.
Quality: leather separated, pommel was coming off after only 3 rides, seller didn't respond back to make good on the sale.
Summary: Wouldn't buy this saddle again, may be after some time they can better their product, but us buyers are the ginny pigs for the products when they come out.
Rating: 1
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Usefulness Rating: 2 out of 5.
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Kent State Occupational Therapy Assistant program students attended the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA) 2010 Capitol Hill Day in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20 to both learn about and participate in advocacy efforts in their chosen career path. A group of 26 participants, consisting of second-year students, faculty and guests from the university's program, became part of a group of more than 400 politically active occupational therapy practitioners from around the United States.
Eliminating the caps on outpatient rehabilitation remains one of the top legislative concerns for AOTA. AOTA supports elimination of these caps because they feel they are arbitrary, inappropriate and potentially harmful to the most vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries.
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Caldwell County authorities arrested Ricky A. Annas, 50, of Granite Falls, later Tuesday and charged him with murder in the death of J.W. Smith Jr., 38, of Conover. He is being held at the Catawba County jail without bond.
Catawba County sheriffŌĆÖs deputies responded to the shooting at about 1:49 a.m. to find Smith shot, according the sheriffŌĆÖs report.
Officials approved a Catawba County development plan Monday that will build upon plans and initiatives more than 15 years in the works.
Catawba County Commissioners approved the 321 Eco-Tech Development Plan on Monday, taking another large step in making some of the projectŌĆÖs long-range goals a reality.
A hearing for Adam Baker about charges unrelated to the Zahra Baker case was continued Tuesday until Sept. 6.
AdamŌĆÖs attorney, Mark Killian, would not comment as to why the case was continued, but said Adam wants to remain in the area to see that justice is provided in ZahraŌĆÖs case.
ŌĆ£I think he wants to stay here and see it finished,ŌĆØ Killian said, adding that he does not think Adam will leave the country even if his charges were dropped.
Killian said Adam has been seeking support from family members and friends to cope with the ordeal of losing his daughter.
Grammar was a hot topic for the Catawba Town Council on Monday as the board discussed the grammatical correctness on a historical marker they want to display by the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 12.
The sign will read, ŌĆ£Depot built here at siding on Western North Carolina Railroad, 1859; village organized as Catawba Station, 1872; market center for locally produced tobacco and flour; incorporated as Town of Catawba in 1893; base for building nearby Lookout Shoals Dam in 1914.ŌĆØ
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The attorney for Elisa Baker wants a venue change for his clientŌĆÖs court proceedings. He said a change of locations is the only way that the woman accused of second-degree murder in her stepdaughterŌĆÖs death can receive a fair trial.
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DrumŌĆÖs Restaurant in Conover was destroyed by a fire early Saturday morning after an electrical surge protector initially sparked a blaze inside the historic city landmark, fire officials told DrumŌĆÖs owner Douglas Travis.
The restaurant was built in 1972.
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Super cool, thanks. I've sorted and ranked all of those suggestions by stiffness, and worked them into the big list on the opening post. The Yonex string looks promising. I'm thinking that it must be new? Either that, or it somehow slipped past my search criteria.
PLEASE let me know how the Yonex plays. I have purchased some, however, the hybrid set-up I have usually lasts 30-40 hours and I have a ways to go before I restring. That is one of the things people like about the MSV Co-Focus 18g - it starts out stiff, then gets a little mushy for an hour or two, and then plays great for hours and hours (even after it is dead, it STILL feels pretty good in a gut/poly hybrid).
I think one of the reasons MSV has such a nation of followers is that is is such a superb VALUE (price to performance) which (when you buy the MSV Co-Focus by the reel and use Pacific Classic Gut) comes to $36. for two racquets.
In the end, I felt I could rationalize that cost when I was having the GUT / POLY hybrid playing well AFTER over 30 hours of play and I was cutting out my POLY / MULTI hybrid after it went dead after 16 hours (max). In the long run, GUT / POLY plays better and is CHEAPER as it holds the tension and plays LONGER. Maybe the Yonex can be a SOFTER version of the MSV.
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New Research Challenges Prevailing Theories On Maya Origins
April Flowers for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online
The origins of the Maya civilization remain something of a mystery to researchers, despite the fact it is well-known for elaborate temples, a sophisticated writing system, and mathematical and astronomical developments.
A new study led by the University of Arizona (UA) suggests the origins of the civilization are more complex than previously thought, challenging the two prevailing theories.
In the debate on the origins of the Maya, anthropologists typically fall into one of two competing camps. One side believes it developed almost entirely on its own in the jungles of what is modern day Guatemala, Belize and southern Mexico, while the other side believes it developed as the result of direct influences from the Olmec civilization, whose center was at La Venta.
UA husband-and-wife anthropologists Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan led an international team of archeologists whose findings suggest neither of those theories holds the full truth.
"We really focused on the beginning of this civilization and how this remarkable civilization developed," said Inomata, UA professor of anthropology.
The team focused their attentions on excavations at Ceibal, an ancient Maya site in Guatemala, using radiocarbon dating measurements taken from some of the ceremonial structures, like plazas and platforms to find Ceibal predates the growth of La Venta as a major center by at least 200 years. This strongly suggests La Venta could not have been the prevailing influence over early Mayan development.
The team is not suggesting the Maya are an older civilization than the Olmec — since the Olmec had another center prior to La Venta — nor do they think it proves the Maya civilization developed entirely independently either.
The team suggests, rather, the findings indicate both Ceibal and La Venta probably participated in a broader cultural shift taking place in the period between 1,150-800 BC.
"We're saying that the scenario of early Maya culture is really more complex than we thought," said UA anthropology graduate student Victor Castillo.
"We have this idea of the origin of Maya civilization as an indigenous development, and we have this other idea that it was an external influence that triggered the social complexity of Maya civilization. We're now thinking it's not actually black and white," Castillo said.
There are undeniable similarities between Ceibal and La Venta. These include evidence of ritual practices and the presence of similar architecture — specifically the pyramids that would become the hallmark of Mesoamerican civilization, but did not exist at the earlier Olmec center of San Lorenzo.
"The main complex at Ceibal is made up of a plaza area, a western platform or pyramid and an eastern mound," said Inomata. "This is generally known as an 'E-Group Assemblage,' and they can be found across southern Mesoamerica."
According to a recent statement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science , "Many researchers have resisted using the term to refer to the structures at La Venta, since it was originally coined to describe Mayan architecture. But, Inomata and his team argue that the ceremonial constructions at La Venta should also be classified as such E-Group Assemblages."
"Possibly, their uses were very similar," Inomata continued. "Ritual was very important to these civilizations, and there is a series of ritual deposits in the plaza at Ceibal"¦ Such rituals often included greenstone axes, made from jade or other imported, precious stones, which were deposited [in the plaza] as a kind of offering."
Other Mesoamerican sites have also shown evidence of such ritualistic offerings, including two contemporaneous sites in Chiapas, Mexico. The E-Group Assemblages at Ceibal probably began as small, two meter tall structures. With continuous renovation, however, the ceremonial buildings grew taller, eventually becoming the pyramids.
The team does not believe, however, this is the case of simply one site mimicking the other. They suspect both Ceibal and La Venta were parts of a more geographically far-reaching culture shift that occurred around 1,000 BC — approximately the time when the Olmec center was transitioning from San Lorenzo to La Venta.
"Basically, there was a major social change happening from the southern Maya lowlands to possibly the coast of Chiapas and the southern Gulf Coast, and this site of Ceibal was a part of that broader social change," Inomata said. "The emergence of a new form of society — with new architecture, with new rituals — became really the important basis for all later Mesoamerican civilizations."
The findings of this study were published in a recent issue of the journal Science.


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Sylvia Plath was, for both English and American poetry, one of the defining voices of twentieth-century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. Though she published just one collection in her lifetime, The Colossus, and a novel, The Bell Jar, it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved. The manuscript that she left behind, Ariel, was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband, Ted Hughes, as were two later volumes, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees in 1971, which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name. Hughes's careful curation of Plath's work extended to a Collected Poems and a Selected Poems in the 1980s, which remain in print today and stand testimony to the 'profound respect' that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mother's work. It was not until the publication of a 'restored' Ariel in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plath's own selection and arrangement of her work.
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In the following essay, Fish detects a unity of style and substance in Burton's frequent digressions and shifts of subject in The Anatomy of Melancholy.
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The reader who manages to make his way through the preface to Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy may be excused if he is unable to take its concluding sentences at face value:
but I presume of thy good favour, and gracious acceptance (gentle reader). Out of an assured hope and confidence therof, I will begin.
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