Comments on: News 7/10/09

By: The Alchemist

The Alchemist — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:35:11 +0000

RE: It’s the drivers, stupid”

DITTO!

By: HIS Junkie

HIS Junkie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:52:48 +0000

Yep, the hospitals via AHA have put on the table $200 billion of cuts in payments over the next 10 years. That’s their offer to Obama who wanted $950 billion a month ago. So assuming the sausage grinder still works, they’ll probably settle on $450 billion or so.

The net net is feds give hospitals $20 billion for IT, and get back $450 B. Not a bad payback for feds…when was the last time you installed an IT system and saw a 20+ payback??

By: The madness is in the Drivers

The madness is in the Drivers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:44:30 +0000

RE: Google Chrome OS. I am one (of the few?) who uses the Chrome browser, b/c of its speed. And competition in the O/S space is good, so I’m pleased to see this move by Google. I expect Google’s plan is to own the Netbook market, which they hope will grow and grow until it is the vast majority of all computers. But that’s a big “if”. I don’t think Microsoft has anything to worry about for a very long time.

Even if people are using web apps, they still want to print, scan, send faxes, get photos off their cameras, use their webcams, etc. None of that works without drivers. Anyone remember Microsoft’s problems with drivers on Vista? That’s from a company with decades of experience in the area. There’s nothing about Chrome that will save Google from similar challenges, except if they support drastically less hardware (which I expect they will do). Don’t expect the hardware vendors to fall all over themselves supporting Chrome, either – they’ll only do it when the users are there.

By: It's the drivers, stupid"

It's the drivers, stupid" — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:33:08 +0000

RE: Google Chrome OS. I am one (of the few?) who uses the Chrome browser b/c of its speed. And competition in the O/S space is good, so I’m pleased to see this move by Google. However, I don’t think Microsoft has much to fear.

By: Jedi Knight

Jedi Knight — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:31:41 +0000

“jazz music, which nobody likes anyway except pedantic posers not quite up to classical and secretaries who aren’t allowed to play real music on the office radio”

Rowr! Pretty funny coming from an old guy mining obscure college cult music.

Musicians love jazz because they understand the effort to do it musically. Non-musicians don’t get it because they haven’t studied performance or composing.