Paying For Fewer Features

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Paying developers to get features faster

Paying developers to get features faster 12/18/2003 03:22 AM
What do you do when your off-the-shelf software lacks all the features you want? If it's Open Source software, you can modify the program yourself, if you've got the time and expertise, but then you have to worry about supporting your mods, and whether they'll work when a new release comes out. You can ask the program's developers and hope they'll do what you request within a useful time frame. Or -- in some cases -- you can pay the developers to add the features you want, in the timeframe you want, as part of the main release.

Red Hat Professional Workstation: More
expensive, fewer features

Red Hat Professional Workstation: More
expensive, fewer features 02/18/2004 03:50 AM
Red Hat Professional Workstation was designed to allow former users of the company's consumer product line to continue to use a supported platform without having to migrate to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Unfortunately, it fails to live up to its predecessors in key areas, and is considerably more expensive in some usage scenarios. Home users should look to the Fedora Project if they wish to continue using Red Hat technology, or consider migrating to another Linux distribution. Small businesses should analyse their current expenditure and consider migrating to another vendor.

Vertu: Much More Expensive Phones For
Fewer Diamond Encrusted Features

Vertu: Much More Expensive Phones For
Fewer Diamond Encrusted Features 02/10/2004 03:59 PM
You may remember Vertu, the Nokia spinoff that is trying to be the "Rolex of mobile phones" by offering insanely high priced gold or diamond encrusted mobile phones for "splurging millionaires." Well, not only are you spending more than a small car might cost (the original Vertu phones were around $20,000), you're getting less advanced technology. That's right, just like fine-wine, Vertu believes that important technology enhancements take time, and they don't want to rush them into their diamond encrusted phones until everyone is already onto the next big thing. So, if you're buying from the new line of Vertu phones (much cheaper than the originals at only $4,000 or so), don't expect such "advanced features" as Bluetooth, MMS or a camera phone.

Fed paying Haliburton more than twice
what others are paying to import
Kurwaiti gasoline and other fuel

Fed paying Haliburton more than twice
what others are paying to import
Kurwaiti gasoline and other fuel 12/11/2003 06:11 AM
U.S. Paying Halliburton TWICE What It Pays Other Companies to Truck Oil into Iraq. Outrageous! 12/10 .. Halliburton

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How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal
Infrared Remote Control - Features -
features.engadget.com

How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal
Infrared Remote Control - Features -
features.engadget.com 07/27/2004 02:41 PM
How-To Turn your iPod in to a Universal Infrared Remote Control

features.engadget.com/entry/6336778455600767
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Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must
each do to win the living room -
Features - features.engadget.com

Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must
each do to win the living room -
Features - features.engadget.com 08/12/2004 01:20 PM
Excellent article at Engadget yesterday by guest commentator Thomas Hawk .. Ten things that Microsoft and TiVo must each do to win the living room

features.engadget.com/entry/1882345133499767
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How-To Tuesday: Make 3-D photos -
Features - features.engadget.com

How-To Tuesday: Make 3-D photos -
Features - features.engadget.com 08/28/2004 04:46 AM
How to make your own red-blue 3-D photos

features.engadget.com/entry/1253716493759137
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The Trouble with Tethering - Features -
features.engadget.com

The Trouble with Tethering - Features -
features.engadget.com 07/30/2004 02:58 AM
is bad for business .. Siva Vaidhyanathan

features.engadget.com/entry/6314322665586411
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480,000 Fewer Screams

480,000 Fewer Screams 08/10/2004 02:37 PM
Six Flags' attendance fell by 480,000 in its latest quarter.

IGT Keeps Paying Out

IGT Keeps Paying Out 01/23/2004 05:21 PM
International sales and replacement demand lead to record results.

I'm paying for what now?

I'm paying for what now? 04/09/2004 04:05 PM

Glad to hear that I'm helping pay for long, slow security lines. Enjoy your share of my $50 TSA!

You're Paying How Much?

You're Paying How Much? 04/20/2004 12:53 PM
With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for.

How-To Tuesday: Disable AutoRun on
Windows! - Features - Engadget -
features.engadget.com

How-To Tuesday: Disable AutoRun on
Windows! - Features - Engadget -
features.engadget.com 06/30/2004 09:43 AM
how to disable AutoRun on your Windows PC

features.engadget.com/entry/3239236478279892
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Software Makers: Soon They'll Be Fewer

Software Makers: Soon They'll Be Fewer 07/09/2004 03:12 AM
Business Week Jul 9 2004 6:52AM GMT

What Cheney said. But with fewer words.

What Cheney said. But with fewer words. 07/12/2004 10:41 PM
"By jabbing a threatening phallus at your enemy like a wild animal, you aren't just belittling him, but also making him your sexual inferior." Apparently, George W. Bush let some boys in East Lampeter, PA know that they were sexually inferior. But Kerry too has jabbed a threatening phallus recently. [Bush link via Kottke; first link previously discussed on MeFi]

Fewer tourists going to Scotland

Fewer tourists going to Scotland 08/08/2004 03:34 AM
Visitor numbers to Scotland show a surprise fall for the first three months of 2004.

Fewer Crackers in the Barrel

Fewer Crackers in the Barrel 03/29/2005 03:02 PM
CBRL Group revises guidance, just a little.

The NY Times wants fewer links

The NY Times wants fewer links 06/17/2005 04:32 PM

A couple months ago, I chatted with someone who said the New York Times was considering going to a subscription model for nytimes.com, similar to the Wall Street Journal. I said that would be a foolish and short-sighted decision on the Times' part; to place their content behind a subscription wall would be to remove themselves from online conversations now and in the future.

Adam L. Penenberg, in an article for wired.com on February 24, 2005 about the Wall Street Journal's for-pay approach, Whither The Wall Street Journal? expressed a similar point of view:

Since most people refuse to pay for WSJ stories, most bloggers are reluctant to link to them. It also has an impact on anyone who uses the web for research -- and there are a lot of us. As importantly, the next generation of readers is growing up by accessing news over the internet, and one place they are not surfing to is WSJ.com. With their habits being formed now, there is little chance the Journal will become part of their lives, either now or in the future. (emphasis mine)

The Times should remove all barriers to content, from their registration requirement to their for-pay archive access

And yet, yesterday the Times issued a press release, The New York Times Announces TimesSelect - New Online Offering to Launch in September announcing their decision to move more content to an expensive for-pay only section of their site. This is a move in the wrong direction: The Times should remove all barriers to content, from their registration requirement to their for-pay archive access. Such action would enable and increase linking to their broad range of content.

As Jill Walker writes in her paper, Links and Power: The Political Economy of Linking on the Web, "Links have become the currency of the Web. With this economic value they also have power, affecting accessibility and knowledge on the Web."

Enabling more links to the New York Times would:

• increase the visibility of the Times brand
• help content reach a larger segment of readers
• increase traffic to the site

Clearly, increased traffic would drive increased revenue in the form of online advertising. And in the long term, I believe it would generate more income than charging US$49.95 for an annual subscription. Perhaps US$49.95 is, as Martin Nisenholtz (senior vice president of digital operations for the Times) says, a "terrific price point" for what they're offering -- if you happen to live in the US or western Europe. But it truly is a world wide web, with English as its de facto language.

As media brands increasingly become more global, it's hard to fathom why the Times wouldn't do everything in its power to ensure it's the world wide web's news leader. By charging for its online content, the Times reduces its number of linkable sources, and thus its reach in the online world. It's their first step towards ensuring they will play a smaller role in it going forward.

GM, Ford See Fewer Bumps

GM, Ford See Fewer Bumps 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
Optimism abounds for the Big Three in '04.

235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015

235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 12/19/2003 11:30 AM

Fewer checks, same balances

Fewer checks, same balances 12/27/2004 08:51 AM
Chicago Tribune Dec 27 2004 12:04PM GMT

Fakesters Are Okay If They're Paying...

Fakesters Are Okay If They're Paying... 07/12/2004 07:08 AM
As the whole Friendster phenomenon seems to be dying out as people find other random social networks (or something entirely different) to fill their spare time, it appears Friendster is getting desperate to come up with some way to justify the somewhat ridiculous valuation they received when the VCs came crawling. There was a big fuss among some last year when Friendster started deletin g "fakester" profiles of random famous or imaginary people, claiming that such profiles had no place on the site. Well, now it turns out that they do have a place on the site if it's a big movie company paying to make sure they have a place on the site. At least that seems to be the explanation of why Friendst er is now allowing fake profiles for characters in a new Disney movie. Of course, unlike the original fakesters, which were often fun, this will come off as clear, blatant advertising, and probably won't interest too many people.

Are You Paying Your Debt?

Are You Paying Your Debt? 08/31/2004 10:10 AM
America is getting more Foolish -- by paying off credit cards.

paying attention

paying attention 09/15/2004 03:41 PM
Good line .. Link:

johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0915.html
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Fewer Online Shoppers in Canada

Fewer Online Shoppers in Canada 01/26/2004 02:24 AM
More Canadians than Americans use the Internet, but they do far less of their shopping there.

Fewer Computer Science Majors

Fewer Computer Science Majors 08/10/2004 10:20 AM

Fewer, But Better, Computer Science
Students

Fewer, But Better, Computer Science
Students 11/14/2003 08:38 PM
To hear people complaining these days you'd think that there were no more computer science students taking classes any more, and the three or four who were would never find jobs. It seems that's not true. Enrollment in computer science is definitely down, but people say the quality is much higher, as these are students who actually are interested in the topic, as opposed to those boom-year students who just studied it because they thought it would let them ride the wave to dot com riches. The schools also note that it's more difficult to find jobs, but they are placing the majority of their students in tech jobs.

Callcentres: Fewer players, but more
recruitment?

Callcentres: Fewer players, but more
recruitment? 12/31/2004 04:44 AM
The Star Online Dec 31 2004 8:31AM GMT

AT&T Wireless Reports Fewer Subscribers
(AP)

AT&T Wireless Reports Fewer Subscribers
(AP) 04/20/2004 11:27 AM
AP - AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported 367,000 fewer subscribers in the first quarter, the first full quarter since customers were allowed to keep their phone numbers after switching cell-phone companies.

Fewer UK students study in Europe

Fewer UK students study in Europe 08/06/2004 04:03 AM
More British students are studying abroad, but they are shunning Europe for English-speaking countries, researchers say.

Fewer children banned from school

Fewer children banned from school 05/26/2004 10:44 PM
The number of children excluded from English schools falls, but teachers say behaviour is worsening.

IT A-levels attract fewer pupils

IT A-levels attract fewer pupils 08/20/2004 08:22 AM
vnunet.com Aug 20 2004 12:25PM GMT

"A world with more partners, fewer
terrorists"

"A world with more partners, fewer
terrorists" 07/27/2004 12:47 PM
While delegates talked politics, world leaders and one popular former U.S. president discussed what's at stake globally in the November election.

Americans Read Fewer Books

Americans Read Fewer Books 07/09/2004 11:19 PM

Fewer permissions are key to Longhorn
security

Fewer permissions are key to Longhorn
security 04/06/2005 12:06 PM
Software engineers who attend Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference later this month could get their first taste of a new Windows user permissions model that could change the way thousands of programs are developed and run. But as the company prepares for the final Longhorn development push, questions remain about its plans for a new user privileges model called Least-Privilege User Account, or LUA.

Fewer Fraudulent Orders With Paypal?

Fewer Fraudulent Orders With Paypal? 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
There has been a long standing belief that PayPal is more secure for ecommerce than any other form of payment acceptance.

Fewer online job ads posted in December

Fewer online job ads posted in December 01/06/2005 04:59 PM
CNET News.com Jan 6 2005 8:23PM GMT

Paying for the Publishing Revolution

Paying for the Publishing Revolution 12/19/2004 03:37 PM

Paying for the Second Half of Life

Paying for the Second Half of Life 05/11/2004 02:57 PM
Dayana Yochim asks: Can you cover the bill for the second half of your life?
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