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On Sat, 14 May 2011 04:15:24 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Bruce writes: I disagree. Sony believed that quality and innovation would make the company a lot of money, so they invested in quality and innovation. They would not have done that if it wasn't profitable. Morita had a genuine interest in technology and innovation that wasn't simply a matter of making a fast buck. Sony became complacent, and they no longer had any monopoly over innovation and quality. After Morita died. In HP's case I agree, but I have no respect for Bill Gates. He was not much of an innovator, but relied on taking up other people's ideas, making them proprietary and exploiting them to the full. Gates is one of the world's leading philanthropists. And a close examination of his work within Microsoft reveals that he did indeed have ideas and put them into practice. Most people who criticize him resent the fact that he got rich. People who are successful always inspire resentment among those who haven't got what it takes to succeed. I don't resent him getting rich. I resent his savage business practices. In any case, he's gone now. Steve Balmer is in control, and Steve is just a garden-variety businessman who truly cares only about money. Any hint of innovation at Microsoft left with Bill Gates. Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 14 May 2011 23:10:39 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Eric Stevens writes: I don't resent him getting rich. I resent his savage business practices. There was nothing savage about his business practices. A lot of people like to parrot urban legends about him, too. 1. Getting m/c vendors to tie the sale of their m/cs to only the one operating system was a bit of a shock the first time I encountered it. 2. Embedding lying error messages in MS software which activated when the software was run on competing operating systems (e.g. DR-DOS). 3. Witholding essential developer's software from companies Microsoft regarded as a competitor. e.g. A new version of Windows and Word had been on the market for some six months before Word Perfect was supplied with version of Visual Basic required by the new version of Windows. That's when Word got asix month lead on Word Perfect. There are many more similar examples. Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sun, 15 May 2011 10:12:32 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote: On Sat, 14 May 2011 23:10:39 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: Eric Stevens writes: I don't resent him getting rich. I resent his savage business practices. There was nothing savage about his business practices. A lot of people like to parrot urban legends about him, too. 1. Getting m/c vendors to tie the sale of their m/cs to only the one operating system was a bit of a shock the first time I encountered it. 2. Embedding lying error messages in MS software which activated when the software was run on competing operating systems (e.g. DR-DOS). 3. Witholding essential developer's software from companies Microsoft regarded as a competitor. e.g. A new version of Windows and Word had been on the market for some six months before Word Perfect was supplied with version of Visual Basic required by the new version of Windows. That's when Word got asix month lead on Word Perfect. There are many more similar examples. There were many software developers who were much more generous and sharing of their product's innards. I can't bring any to mind because their companies are not in existence anymore. I'm sure those people are happy with new occupations. Microsoft didn't succeed because Gates was a shark. They succeed because they created products that people wanted to buy. The shark-like business practices just stopped the remoras from latching on. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |
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On Sun, 15 May 2011 00:25:09 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Eric Stevens writes: 1. Getting m/c vendors to tie the sale of their m/cs to only the one operating system was a bit of a shock the first time I encountered it. You've never used a Mac? This is not an equivalent situation. Mac make their own computers and operating systems. MS make only the operating systems. 2. Embedding lying error messages in MS software which activated when the software was run on competing operating systems (e.g. DR-DOS). Have you ever looked at the source code for large operating or application systems? Yes I have. What are you trying to say? 3. Witholding essential developer's software from companies Microsoft regarded as a competitor. e.g. A new version of Windows and Word had been on the market for some six months before Word Perfect was supplied with version of Visual Basic required by the new version of Windows. That's when Word got asix month lead on Word Perfect. Have you ever worked for a large company at all? Yes I have. What are you trying to say? Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 14 May 2011 18:57:07 -0400, tony cooper
wrote: On Sun, 15 May 2011 10:12:32 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: On Sat, 14 May 2011 23:10:39 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: Eric Stevens writes: I don't resent him getting rich. I resent his savage business practices. There was nothing savage about his business practices. A lot of people like to parrot urban legends about him, too. 1. Getting m/c vendors to tie the sale of their m/cs to only the one operating system was a bit of a shock the first time I encountered it. 2. Embedding lying error messages in MS software which activated when the software was run on competing operating systems (e.g. DR-DOS). 3. Witholding essential developer's software from companies Microsoft regarded as a competitor. e.g. A new version of Windows and Word had been on the market for some six months before Word Perfect was supplied with version of Visual Basic required by the new version of Windows. That's when Word got asix month lead on Word Perfect. There are many more similar examples. There were many software developers who were much more generous and sharing of their product's innards. I can't bring any to mind because their companies are not in existence anymore. I'm sure those people are happy with new occupations. Microsoft didn't succeed because Gates was a shark. They succeed because they created products that people wanted to buy. The shark-like business practices just stopped the remoras from latching on. It ate the remoras. Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 5/14/2011 6:57 PM, tony cooper wrote:
On Sun, 15 May 2011 10:12:32 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: On Sat, 14 May 2011 23:10:39 +0200, wrote: Eric Stevens writes: I don't resent him getting rich. I resent his savage business practices. There was nothing savage about his business practices. A lot of people like to parrot urban legends about him, too. 1. Getting m/c vendors to tie the sale of their m/cs to only the one operating system was a bit of a shock the first time I encountered it. 2. Embedding lying error messages in MS software which activated when the software was run on competing operating systems (e.g. DR-DOS). 3. Witholding essential developer's software from companies Microsoft regarded as a competitor. e.g. A new version of Windows and Word had been on the market for some six months before Word Perfect was supplied with version of Visual Basic required by the new version of Windows. That's when Word got asix month lead on Word Perfect. There are many more similar examples. There were many software developers who were much more generous and sharing of their product's innards. I can't bring any to mind because their companies are not in existence anymore. I'm sure those people are happy with new occupations. Microsoft didn't succeed because Gates was a shark. They succeed because they created products that people wanted to buy. The shark-like business practices just stopped the remoras from latching on. Microsoft also had superior marketing strategies and gave unparalleled support to developers. -- Peter |
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In article , Mxsmanic
wrote: I don't resent him getting rich. I resent his savage business practices. There was nothing savage about his business practices. A lot of people like to parrot urban legends about him, too. there very definitely was, which is why microsoft got sued for abuse of monopoly and lost. |
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On Sun, 15 May 2011 04:02:04 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Eric Stevens writes: This is not an equivalent situation. Mac make their own computers and operating systems. MS make only the operating systems. In other words, Apple forces you to use both their hardware and their software, a far more restrictive arrangement than anything Microsoft has done. Apple doesn't force manufacturers to install its software simply because it doesn't allow anyone else to manufacture its computers at all. You cannot criticize Microsoft for agreements it has made with hardware vendors without considering the much more anti-competitive policies practiced even today by Apple. As far as I know there has never been more than the one operating system available for Apple. Your bought an Apple, you _needed_ the Apple OS. That has never been the situation with X86 machines. There has always been a choice of operating systems for them. Microsoft took the line with OEMs that if they wanted to install an MS operating system they had to install it on all their machines. You could not get a machine without an operating system. Here you have cut out my original text and your reply. I have replaced it. 2. Embedding lying error messages in MS software which activated when the software was run on competing operating systems (e.g. DR-DOS). Have you ever looked at the source code for large operating or application systems? Yes I have. What are you trying to say? All operating systems and application software contain gadgets designed to favor marketing ends, including time limits, feature disabling switches, and the like. But I know of no others which deliberately reported non-existent errors to discourage users from using a competing OS. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR-DOS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code Have you ever worked for a large company at all? Yes I have. What are you trying to say? If you've worked for a large company, you know that they all work the same, and Microsoft hasn't done anything out of the ordinary. The fact that others might behave in the same way, and that you accept it, doesn't mean that I can't dislike it. You're also missing the elephant in the room, which is Apple. That's changing the subject. In any case I'm not going to continue discussing this with someone who chops around and deletes sections of my post when answering it. Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 14 May 2011 19:03:06 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2011-05-14 18:54:48 -0700, Eric Stevens said: On Sun, 15 May 2011 00:25:09 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote: Le Snip Have you ever looked at the source code for large operating or application systems? Yes I have. What are you trying to say? 3. Witholding essential developer's software from companies Microsoft regarded as a competitor. e.g. A new version of Windows and Word had been on the market for some six months before Word Perfect was supplied with version of Visual Basic required by the new version of Windows. That's when Word got asix month lead on Word Perfect. Have you ever worked for a large company at all? Yes I have. What are you trying to say? Regards, Eric Stevens What he is trying to say, or should I say ask, in both cases, is the question which originated in the Monty Python, "Nudge, nudge" sketch, "What's it like then?" Oh, he knows. Regards, Eric Stevens |
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