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Discounting a recurring class due to a shortened session

If you have a monthly class that won’t have the usual number of sessions because of a holiday, you may want to offer it at a different price to accommodate the shortened series. Here is how to establish a pricing rule that is only effective for certain dates. Remember, rules are processed in the order shown, so put your holiday rules above your standard schedule rules to ensure the system uses the holiday rules for the date.

  1. On the main calendar window click Manage Schedule.
  2. Click on the Schedules tab.
  3. Click on the offering you would like to edit and click the Edit button. This will bring up the Edit Offering window.
  4. In the Edit Offering window click the Pricing tab.
  5. Check Offering has a price attached to open the pricing options display.
  6. First, select the booking product you wish to use.
  7. Click Add to add a rule
  8. After giving the rule a name you will want to define the pricing for this rule. Click the Pricing For This Rule tab. Click Add to add the new price.
  9. Click the Rule Applicability Dates/Days Of The Week tab. Select Specific dates, days of week or times for the event and enter the start date, end dates, time restrictions and the days of the week the event takes place as applicable.
  10. Click OK to save this rule. Repeat this for any other sessions that will be affected by holidays or closures. Use the arrow keys to put these special holiday rules above your standard pricing rules.
  11. Click Close to finish.
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Introducing People View

People View is your sightline and action center. It functions as a convenient way to quickly access all of the people available to you in Sococo.

People View is optimized to enhance your awareness of the presence and activity of the people you collaborate with most often. Whether it’s working across different spaces or connecting via a third-party channel like Slack, People View lets you interact easily to get work done fast!

Using People View you can:

  • Collapse three distinct sections to control your view
  • Search for people (and Slack channels) using Find
  • See current people status and location details
  • Access a clickable action menu
  • Open whole-room or private chat box
  • See view of Slack group messages and channels (if workspace is integrated with Slack)

Organizing Your People

People are organized into three categories:

  1. People in the same room as you
  2. People you have manually “starred”
  3. People you’ve had recent conversations with

Each of these categories can also be collapsed or expanded by clicking on the arrow to the right of the header.

People in the Same Room as You

This section is updated by Sococo to tell you who is in your room right now. It's extremely useful to have this list when you are in a large meeting, for example.

Glance here for a room roster so that you are aware of all participants, including those who aren't sharing video or are quiet.

"Blinkies" indicate who is talking. You can also see who has their headset, mic, camera or screen share on.

There are multiple ways to add a person to your Starred list. Read more about Starring here

Recent Conversations

As you interact with others in Sococo, this list will smartly auto-update so that the people you chatted with most recently are at the top of the list. Your Recent Conversations list will grow to 25 list items before being refreshed. (Initially, the Recent Conversations section will start out showing you the people who have most recently entered your space.)

Right-click on a name in the Recent Conversation list and choose "Remove from list" in the menu if you would like to remove a particular listing here.

Automated Status Icons

Status icons give you a quick sense for what people are currently up to.

If you’re using live media in a room with others, Sococo will auto-update your status icon to indicate this, letting others know when you’re Speaking, Listening, or Presenting.

You can manually change your status at any time by simply right-clicking on your name in People View and clicking Update Status.

When you’re actively speaking in a room, there will be a "blinkie" by your name in the People View list to let others know you’re engaged in a conversation.

You can hover over a person’s name to get instant information on where they are currently located, including the name of the space if it is a different space from where you are.

Hovering over a name listed in People View will also allow you to access an action menu by clicking the trio of dots next to the name. From here you can:

  • Spotlight a colleague to quickly find her on the map
  • Add her to your Starred list
  • View a profile
  • Invite her to the room you’re in
  • Knock on the door of the room she's in
  • Open a private chat window
  • Enter her space (if she's not currently in the same workspace as you)

To quickly chat with all the people who are in the same room as you, just click Chat in [Room] at the top of your People View just below the Find tool.

To open a private chat with someone, simply click on their name and a chat box will open in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.

Looking for someone? Don’t waste time scanning your People View list line-by-line. Simply click on Find at the top and type a name or email address to locate someone.

If she's online, she’ll even be spotlighted on the map! If she's offline, we’ll tell you that too.

Search results are returned in one-click action cards that allow you to:

  • Open a private chat window
  • Knock on the door of the space she's currently in
  • Get her and bring her to the space you’re currently in

Search will return up to five results in this action card format. If there are more than five results, they will be displayed in a filtered list instead.

Even if the person you searched for is in a different Sococo workspace than you, the action card will allow you to take those same actions to connect, as long as you both are granted access to both spaces. We call that cross-space collaboration!

Slack Integration

If you’re working in a space that is integrated with Slack, your People View will offer you multiple ways to interact with people through both apps.

You can also use the Find tool to locate Slack channels and group chats. Read more here.

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News - Mila J and Bobby Brackins back on a hot song called 'Sorry'

Read the lyrics here Sorry.

Other great songs :
- complete lyrics for Freaknic;
- complete lyrics for Like You;
- complete lyrics for Pain In My Heart;
- complete lyrics for Champion;
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- complete lyrics for Good Kisser;
I gotta say this is for the traps and trunks. It's got that young vibe, that sit in the car and pump it up sound. Talkin' bout my bu, bout ride or die, this is the kind of song that'll never bore you, nor will it leave you lonely.

Bobby Brackins covers the heavy rap part of the song. His delivery is on point, a straight jab in the second verse that doesn't leave you with any breath in 'em lungs.

A slight drop in audience, Mila? No way. This song's leaked and has been building up views on sites like youtube and audiomack, but unfortunately, it's been banned on each of these sites. If you add up those views, you'll round up roughly 30.000 viewers. And that's in 9 hours. The reason she's not officially unveiled the song is because (we believe) she's got a video prepared for it. Mustard's on the production, so don't be amazed if this songs gets the popularity it needs in a week or so. Stay tuned!


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Calendar Announcement/Save the Date: 2015 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest

The Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest is a two-day signature event of the SWFL Children’s Charities Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides funding to local charities serving local children.

Extraordinary Chef Vintner Dinners held in host homes from Naples to Captiva are followed by a Grand Tasting and Auction the next afternoon at Miromar Lakes Beach Clubhouse.

Funds raised during the auction directly benefit the charities; more than $11.4 million has been raised over the last six years. The primary charity is the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Also benefiting are Florida SouthWestern State College’s pediatric nursing program and Florida Gulf Coast University’s music therapy program.

Feb. 27 and 28, 2015
Chef Vintner Dinners: Friday, Feb. 27
Grand Tasting and Auction: Saturday, Feb. 28
Grand Tasting: Noon-1:30 p.m.
Auction: 2-4 p.m.

Beach Clubhouse at Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club
10160 Miromar Lakes Blvd. East
Miromar Lakes, FL┬á 33913

Elaine Hawkins and Dorothy Fitzgerald

$1,500 per person for both events, Vintner Dinner and Grand Tasting & Auction
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Underwriting and sponsorship opportunities are available

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Behaviour/Student Expectations

Our Academy approach to behaviour is positive and places an emphasis on praise, encouragement and rewards for making good choices. Our basic expectations for developing good learning habits are rooted in our core values of STRIVE:

Success: Stay on task in lessons
Togetherness: Be on time
Respect: Listen when others are speaking
Independence: Have the basic equipment with you for all your lessons
Versatility: Use the correct presentation and learning skills for each subject
Effort: Ensure homework is handed in on time and to a good standard

We expect all our students to;

  • Treat others with respect, in keeping with the ethos of our academy
  • Be polite and helpful to others
  • Work to the best of your ability
  • Be punctual to the academy and to lessons and attend daily
  • Ensure you have all the equipment needed for lessons, including your student planner and cashless system card
  • Always wear the correct academy uniform and be tidy in appearance
  • Look after the environment of our academy and our community as a whole
  • Ensure your classwork and homework is well presented, completed to the best of your ability and handed in on time
  • Behave appropriately at all times – whether that is in the academy, arriving or leaving and when representing the academy in extra-curricular activities

STRIVE : Behaviour for Learning System

Students must realise that making good choices around positive learning behaviours will be rewarded whilst making poor choices will have consequences. Our STRIVE system of consequences are as follows:

A student will be given two reminders to help them make the correct choice for learning. If after that they choose not to uphold the STRIVE learning standards they will receive a SAME DAY 30 minute detention AFTER SCHOOL. Students will be informed of the detention by the class teacher and we will make every effort to notify parents/carers by text of a same day detention before 3pm that day.

Should a student continue to make inappropriate choices there will be an escalation of consequences as follows:

  • Not attending the 30 minute after school correction will result in a 1 hour detention after school the following day
  • Failing or not attending the 1 hour detention will result in being isolated and spending the next day with the Form Tutor/Form Team
  • Failing the isolation with the Form Tutor will result in a day in Retreat
  • Failing a day in Retreat will result in a day in Retreat+
  • Failing the day in Retreat+ will result in a fixed term exclusion from the Academy.

Should any student choose to exhibit extremely challenging behaviour (such as swearing at a member of staff) they will be immediately isolated with the form team and then spend the next day in Retreat.

Students upholding the STRIVE learning standards for the week, and therefore not having any after school corrections, will be allowed to leave school at 2:30pm on Friday instead of attending form time.


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[Audio] LLKYA Podcast 03 – Chicken (Featuring Syntax, Mules, Haunts & Tactic one)

Episode 3 of our LLKYA podcast – In this episode we explore the cottaging habits of Marty McFly, expose the seedy underbelly of McDonalds, and find out if anyone responded to our amazing Craigstlist ad

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[Video] Bad, Meet Evil presents DEATH STARS – The Self Titled EP featuring Haunts (of Choose Mics)

Bad, Meet Evil Streetwear ( and Formula Recordz present DEATH STARS, the free EP from Gold Coast artists Syntax and Mules.

DEATH STARS is a 7-track EP, featuring prominent samples from Hollywood film scores, and pays homage to cinema’s greatest movie composers with slick samples, inventive, pop culture-infused lyrics, and a masterful overtone of well-crafted production.

DEATH STARS will be available for FREE download from 15th July 2011 at the official DEATH STARS/Bad, Meet Evil website

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  • Best suited for recent graduates with software and engineering backgrounds passionate about film, TV, music or media
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Protecting Interstate Taxpayers from Discriminatory State Taxation: CSX Transportation v. Alabama Department of Revenue

May 31, 2017

State and local governments are frequently tempted to apply different tax rules to individuals and businesses less able to resist them. One area of this is interstate railroads, where local governments historically imposed excessive property tax levies compared with other similarly situated property. In some cases, a railroad track going through a town paid most of the local property taxes collected for the whole town. These local tax practices contributed to the bankruptcy of a large part of the U.S. railroad industry in the 1960s and 1970s. The federal 4-R Act, passed in 1976, prohibits discriminatory taxes on railroads, and is a model for defining discriminatory tax burdens and fair property tax practices for individuals and other businesses.

In this case, Alabama imposes a 4 percent sales tax on purchases of diesel fuel by interstate railroads, the proceeds of which are used for general state government such as education, criminal justice, and health programs. Motor carriers’ purchase of diesel fuel is exempt from the sales tax, but is subject to a 19 cent per gallon tax, the proceeds of which are used to fund construction and maintenance of roads. Water carriers are exempt from both taxes. In strict dollar terms, railroad and road users will pay about the same in taxes. But road users directly benefit from those taxes as the funds paid are used to improve the roads they use, while the funds from the taxes paid by the railroads are diverted to other governmental purposes. This differential amounts to discriminatory taxation.

The trial and appellate courts ruled for the state by concluding that sales tax exemptions are not subject to the 4-R Act, but the U.S. Supreme Court reversed in 2011 and ruled that they are, because the 4-R Act was meant to stop discriminatory state taxation of any kind. (The Tax Foundation filed an amicus brief in that case, making that argument.) Remanded back to the trial court, the issue then became against whom you compared the railroads for discriminatory taxation purposes: all state taxpayers, or competitors in the transportation industry (road and water carriers). Ultimately the issue reached the U.S. Supreme Court again in 2015, where they ruled that the comparison class should be similarly situated to the railroad, so the transportation competitors was a valid comparison. The Court did not decide the Alabama tax system’s validity and directed the lower courts to consider the matter, noting that if a state imposes “an alternative, roughly equivalent tax,” a tax on railroads may not be discriminatory. In deciding that matter, the trial court concluded that the two taxes are roughly equivalent and upheld it.

The Tax Foundation has filed an amicus brief with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals now considering the case, coauthored by eminent Professor Walter Hellerstein, the author of a respected law review article on complementary taxation. We argue that the trial court erred by not looking at the use of the revenue. In Bacchus Imports, Inc. v. Diaz (1984), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a tax-and-subsidy scheme whereby interstate businesses paid a tax, and intrastate businesses paid the same tax but got it effectively refunded to them. The same situation is occurring here, as road users pay a tax that is effectively refunded to them in the form of road maintenance and construction while interstate railroad users pay a tax that is used for non-transportation purposes. This practice was one of the reasons the 4-R Act was enacted in the first place. We hope the appellate court understands the use of the revenue is important for assessing discrimination, and we hope that the precedent will guide future tax decisions.

The case is CSX Transportation v. Alabama Department of Revenue, No. 17-11705.

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How to Avoid 10 Common Lawn and Garden Problems

How to Avoid 10 Common Lawn and Garden Problems

No matter how well you care for your lawn, some pests and problems are bound to appear, but you can be prepared for these top 10 common lawn and garden problems and take steps right away to minimize any unwanted difficulties.

  1. Dandelions
    One of the most aggravating lawn weeds, dandelions are found in nearly every type of lawn and with their fast growth and wide-spreading seeds, they can be difficult to remove.

    The Solution – Aerate and dethatch your lawn to build strong turf that won't have room for dandelions, add calcium to the soil to make it less dandelion-friendly and use a selective herbicide formulated to remove these unwanted weeds.

  2. Crabgrass
    The thick, tough blades of crabgrass and its spreading growth pattern can quickly overtake a lawn, patio, sidewalk or paving stones.

    The Solution – Mow your grass slightly higher to keep crabgrass from getting established, and look for a herbicide specially formulated to fight crabgrass. Healthy turf will keep this weed from spreading quickly.

  3. Grubs
    Grubs are the larvae form of many different insects, but the results are the same for your lawn no matter which grub is present: wilting plants, dead patches and moles, raccoons and other wildlife that feast on grubs.

    The Solution – Aerate your lawn to remove thatch that grubs eat, and opt for specialized insecticides that target grub species. It may be necessary for a professional consultation to determine exactly which grubs are damaging your lawn and garden.

  4. Bare Patches
    A thin, patchy lawn is an open invitation for weeds to take over, and it is unsightly for homeowners who take pride in their turf.

    The Solution – Reseed the bare or thin areas, keeping the seed damp and staying off the area until new seedlings are well established. If the area is large enough, it may be more effective to break up the soil and lay new sod instead.

  5. Yellowing Grass
    If your lawn is turning yellow rather than a lush green, it may be suffering from iron deficiency, but if the yellow is just in patches, dog urine may be to blame.

    The Solution – Add sulfur to an iron-deficient lawn and avoid overwatering, which can leach iron out of the soil and cause yellowing. If a dog is the problem, train the pet to only use one area, and water the lawn more to help rinse urine away and restore its color.

  6. Slugs
    Slimy slugs are the bane of many gardeners, and they chew through many different types of leaves, damaging fruits, vegetables, flowers and shrubs alike.

    The Solution – Use copper barriers around plants to keep slugs away, or consider slug traps or bait to catch the pests. Attracting birds to the yard or frogs to a backyard pond can provide natural pest control as they feed on slugs.

  7. Deer
    Deer may be picturesque, but they're less photogenic when they're chewing up a garden or flowerbed and leaving their droppings sprinkled over the lawn.

    The Solution – Opt for deer-resistant plantings and surround a garden with a double fence with 2-5 feet between each layer, since deer are reluctant to jump long distances over a fence. Shorter double fences can be more effective than a single taller fence.

  8. Garden Weeds
    Weeds can quickly take over a garden, suffocating desirable seedlings, usurping precious water and making it harder to tend vegetables.

    The Solution – Pull weeds regularly before they begin to spread, and consider mulching deeply around garden rows to minimize weed growth. If necessary, use a selective weed herbicide, but take care not to contaminate garden plants when spraying.

  9. Mushrooms
    Mushrooms and toadstools can spring up overnight, creating unsightly patches of fungus in even the greenest, best kept lawn.

    The Solution – Correct the lawn's drainage to avoid boggy, wet patches where mushrooms thrive, and dethatch the lawn so there is less decaying material for mushrooms to feed on. Pull mushrooms as soon as they appear so they don't spread as quickly.

  10. Drought
    Hotter, longer summers can lead to droughts that devastate a garden, and community water restrictions can make it difficult to keep a lawn or garden properly hydrated.

    The Solution – Opt for drought-resistant turf, xeriscaping and plants that thrive on less water. Use drip hoses in the garden so no water is wasted, and mulch deeply to keep soil moist. Use compost regularly, and consider adding shade trees to the yard to shelter turf.


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Taking Care of Animals During Extreme Heat

Taking Care of Animals  During Extreme Heat

Pets and agricultural animals are at risk of experiencing adverse reactions from the extreme heat we’re going to see in the valley this weekend. Tulare County Health & Human Services’ Animal Services want community members to take special care of animals so they can be healthy and safe.

  • Never leave pets in parked cars for any period of time: The temperature in a car can reach 120° in a matter of minutes. If you see an animal in a parked car during the summer, call your local animal control or the police immediately.

  • Every animal needs shade and water: Any animal that is outside needs protection from the heat and sun, and plenty of fresh, cool water.

  • Know and recognize the signs of heatstroke: Signs of heatstroke include heavy panting, glazed eyes, rapid heartbeat, restlessness, excessive thirst, lethargy, fever, dizziness, lack of coordination, profuse salivation, vomiting, a deep red or purple tongue, and unconsciousness.

  • If heatstroke occurs, take action immediately: Take the following steps immediately to gradually lower your pet’s body temperature and contact your veterinarian as soon as possible.
    • Move the animal into the shade or an air conditioned area;
    • Apply ice packs or cold towels to the head, neck, and chest or run cool water over them;
    • Let your pet drink small amounts of cold water or lick ice cubes; and
    • Take your animal directly to a veterinarian.

  • Limit exercise to early morning or evening hours on very hot days: Remember that both asphalt and cement sidewalks get very hot. These surfaces reach high temperatures, and can burn your pet’s paws.

  • Pets with light-colored noses or light-colored fur on their ears are particularly vulnerable to sunburn and skin cancer, and may require sunscreen on nose and ear tips.

    An animal's normal temperatures are from 99 to 102.2. As a result, they may more quickly reach fatal temperatures of 105 to 106. An animal should never be tied up where it cannot access shade and water; the water should be kept shaded. We also have seen pets with e-collars that suffer heat stroke because the collar traps heat around the head. Dogs only have sweat glands on their paws, so most of their cooling efforts are achieved via panting; don’t’ rely on a fan to cool down pets. All animals should be checked frequently as should their water sources. Some animals tip over their water bowls and can become dehydrated quickly.

These safety tips are not a substitute for veterinary care. If a heat-related illness occurs, contact your veterinarian immediately.


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The TBoD Podcast – Halo – Saint’s Testimony

Saints Testimony

Hi there Teabaggers,

Thanks for sticking with us through a Halo riddled couple of months, just a short while left til the end of Halovember. We are once again joined by Sir Woaf and Lady Dunderkitty for this TeaBook or Die Club episode where we dissect Saint’s Testimony, the short story about an A.I facing a legal trial to save her own life, written by 343’s very own Frank O’Connor.

Read the book, play Halo 5 and have a listen, things get majorly spoilery so don’t jump in until you’re all caught up. Thanks for stopping by as always and be sure to share your thoughts on this or any of the other topics discussed via the usual methods.


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Women are frequent shopaholic in comparison to men. They genetically love shopping, shopping malls, and online shopping too. Most of the retail window displays are specially decorated to attract women buyers. Most men are used to blaming women for being expensive. Have you ever thought why women are crazy about shopping? A few people believe women can forget eating and sleeping but not shopping.

A Shopaholic woman
A Shopaholic woman

Why are Women Shopaholic?

Our objective is to explore what impels women to do shopping.

1. Jealousy

Most of the men habit to watch a beautiful attractive woman walk by and women too. A woman notices outfit first of another woman, then hairstyle, makeup, handbag, nail paint, footwear etc. She scans another woman from tip to toe. She can’t accept other women can look beautiful than her. This brings an obsession to have new outfits, latest watch, clutch, makeup accessories and rest other things. She resists herself to expensive much, but can’t able to stop shopping. This one is the major factor for a women’s shopper propensities!

2. To Impress Men

We all do love compliments and especially women. An adorable compliment catalyzes the women’s self-confidence. Mostly in the workplace, all women want to be the center of attention. She wants to impress men in her surroundings and want to make other women jealous. Every day she wants to dress different and bring a new avatar. This way she wants to keep updated herself in her apparels.

3. Pleasance

It won’t be wrong if I say, women eyes crawl new updates like the search engines. She keeps looking for trendy and fashionable accessories in the market. Even she isn’t in the mode of shopping but can’t ignore spending time for window shopping. This way she looks for the latest fashion and gets a feeling of self-satisfaction. It doesn’t count whether she purchases or not but make her wish list.

4. Confused

Women’s are never satisfied with their last purchase. Somehow she’s used to finding flaws in her apparels and accessories. Entire closet is full of variety but she tells everything is outdated. She keeps dreaming to be dressed to the nines. That makes her a shopaholic.

5. To Spend Time

Not necessary about women, if you also want to spend free time, shopping is the best way. To do this thing she never needs a companion. This way she can spend a boring weekend and have time for herself.

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6. Sale

In her dictionary, she’s word like discount and offers on the first page. Hoardings like 50% markdown, buy one get one free, clearance sale etc. make her crazy about shopping. To grab such deals she will buy without any reason. She feels like this the last opportunity to get something best for her at the lowest price.

7. Online Shopping Opportunities

Technology is making shopping simple. Now anyone can buy almost anything using their smartphone and/or personal computer. Online marketplaces like Flipkart, Amazon, eBay, Zivame, Shopclues, Chumak etc. kindling her to shop easily. Now she can buy latest and fashionable things from her home. Clever companies are offering the option to see, select and pay at your doorstep. Most women don’t like online shopping but they do online research for the latest fashion and accessories. If something comes on her mind, no one can hold her hands.

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Govt announces open source software policy

The government has announced a policy for adopting open source software (OSS), making it mandatory that such software is considered along with proprietary products, as it looks to bring in transparency and lower total cost of ownership of projects.

The policy shall be applicable to Central government organisations and and those State governments that choose to adopt this policy, an official statement said.

"Under the overarching vision of Digital India, Government of India aims to make government services digitally accessible to citizens in their localities and to ensure efficiency, transparency and reliability of such services at affordable costs," it said.

It added that organisations worldwide have adopted alternative solutions to optimise costs by exploring avenues of OSS and the Policy will encourage the formal adoption and use of OSS in government organisations in the country.

Under the Policy, all government organisations, while implementing e-Governance applications and systems will have to include a specific requirement in Request for Proposal (RFP) for all suppliers to consider OSS along with closed source software (CSS) while responding.

Suppliers will have to provide justification for exclusion of OSS in their response, in case they do not do so.

"Government organisations shall ensure compliance with this requirement and decide by comparing both OSS and CSS options with respect to capability, strategic control, scalability, security, life-time costs and support requirements," it said.

In certain specialised domains where OSS solutions are not be available, the concerned government organisation can consider exceptions "with sufficient justification", it said.

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said CSC codes, which are proprietary, used to be monopolistic as there is not only a lock-in but vendors also charge heavily for maintenance and subsequent updates.

Usage of open source software (OSS) is cost effective, allows modification of source codes (key to any mobile/ computer programme or application) according to local needs and is free from royalty, he had said.

Many countries around the world are supporting OSS like the US and the UK.

"GoI has also been promoting the use of open source technologies in the eGovernance domain within the country in order to leverage economic and strategic benefits," the statement said.

Also, the National Policy on Information Technology, 2012 mentions 'Adoption of open standards and promote open source and open technologies' as one of its objectives.

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Chrome Is No Ordinary Browser

In the beginning Bill created the operating system with browser, and he saw that it was good. On the seventh day he rested………. Fast forward past the stone tablets, telegraph and DOS, to the begining of a colossal change in browsing as we know it.

It has been a busy few days since the surprising and successful release of Google Chrome. From the start most everyone expressed their anticipation of an exceptional browsing experience. Is it bigger? Is it better? Is it more of the same? The answer is a resounding NO! It’s a new story with a whole new plot and I’m glad to be watching it happen.

Googleâ€™s comic book approach to this release is a first for software introduction and aptly sets the stage. Simply titled “Google Chrome”, it goes a long way towards describing Chromes features and benefits. At 38 pages itâ€™s a great how-to, but the real meat starts in Part Four, “Security, Sandboxing and Safe Browsing” .

As our own Dave Methvin noted on Sept 1st.,â€Chrome’s debut answers a 16-month mystery: Why did Google buy GreenBorder Technologies? I looked at GreenBorder in 2006 and thought it was a great product. Essentially, GreenBorder used some virtual machine technology to isolate programs from the operating system, but still allowed them to talk with the OS in a controlled way. The most useful job for GreenBorder was to “sandbox” a copy of Internet Explorer or Firefox to make browsing more secure.â€

This is what makes Chrome stand out from the other browsers. Sandboxing is a relatively new approach to security for programs and specifically browsers. It’s purpose is to keep you secure regardless of what’s happening to your favorite OS. In 2006 Google had enough foresight to aquire this technology and use it as the foundation for Chromes security.

Feature Improvements like Search, Google Maps, and private browsing do more than keep pace with the just released IE 8 and the never ending add-ons for Firefox. Chromes features will absolutely contribute to this popularity of the browser, but they are not the story here. Google Chrome is based on WebKit which is designed for always-on broadband connections and web applications like Google Maps and Gmail. The real story is going on in the background, out of sight. The real story is how Google is incorporating new technology to secure it’s place in a future dominated by SAAS or Cloud Computing (software as a service). Chrome has the advantage over IE 8, Firefox, and Safari because of it’s newer starting point. It will be able to achieve things older browsers aren’t capable of. Without all the bloat Chrome is able to function more efficiently, resulting in faster computing for the memory challenged or older systems.

Chrome doesn’t arrive without some substantial challenges though, and leaping the ActiveX hurdle is one of the big ones. Lots of office applications and Pitstop’s OverDrive program are incompatible without ActiveX support.

Even with these challenges, Thomas Claburn of Information week smacks it right on the head. The days of worring about which is the best operating system are coming to an end. “The desktop is dying, long live the browser.” It’s the browser that’s running the show and SaaS is the promised destination.

I first heard the term SaaS in April of this year at our company meeting. Rob Cheng gave an excellent presentation on SaaS and on PC Pitstop’s plans to be a large part of the changes that SaaS represents. Every day more programs and applications are moving to web based locations instead of sitting isolated on indivdual desktops. This greatly reduces the chance of loss due to crashed operating systems, trashed hard drives, and the never ending stream of hugely successful malware.

The high cost of software isn’t slowing this shift either. While there’s always the open source option, for many it’s not always possible to substitute “generic”. The huge success of products like Overdrive attest to the popularity of free online options

Sorry if I sound all excited, but I can’t wait to see how this Browser War shakes out. Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer all battling for position on a changing terrain is almost as good as Ultimate Fighter or Deadliest Catch. For all we know the major player isn’t even in the game yet.

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  1. And it should not be forgotten that Microsoft is a business, the purpose of which is to make money – as much money as possible.

  2. My old PC – circa 2002 – ran XP Home. I was happy with that machine at the time, considering that the one before that was some seven years younger and just about managed to cope with Win98 … badly.

    I bought my current desktop about 16 months back and it runs nicely with Vista Home Premium. The only problems I have had with it was the installation of my ancient scanner (now absolutely fine after a few hours’ fiddling) and the running of the Myst sequel Riven (and that didn’t really like XP either).

    As I am a real cheap skate I use as many open source programmes as possible (yes, I know I could try Linux as well but I can’t be bothered). Quite possibly a browser other Firefox would load itself and web pages ever so slightly faster but I’m honestly happy with my lot.

  3. RE: CPM. Remember the story that IBM scheduled a meeting with Gary Kildall, the creator of CPM, but that, when they arrived, he was up flying his plane, and, after waiting 45 mins or so, the IBMrs left and sought out Bill Gates, who had just bought for ~$50,000 an “inferior” O/S called DOS? Here’s a link to the “true” story, as told by Kildall’s partner, Tom Rolander.

  4. IMHO: I consider Microsoft Windows to be one of the greatest engineering accomplishments in the history of the world, and yes, I scream computer language often, when something goes wrong with my PC. Anyone who has done project management understands that politics, communication, change management, etc., are as important as pieces of steel and concrete, in completing projects. I say that no other single achievement in history has improved communications among the people of the world than has Microsoft, pushing its Windows environment. 1.5 billion people now speak English, a large percentage of whom learned it to interact on the Internet.

    Yes, there are many problems, and many bugs which go unfixed. Having worked in Software Quality Assurance Testing for a while, I know that many thousands of bugs are in the database, but are never going to be fixed because it is too expensive. Consider the number of permutations possible in say, 1GB of RAM, any one of which can crash the very unforgiving operating system. How much is 2^30 factorial? Is that the correct number? This is why Tech Support so often says, “Just do a power-on resetâ€, rather than attempting to diagnose the problem.

  5. Let’s face it. Chrome is new IE7 is old. Newer is faster & better. It has a few kinks, but what doesn’t when it is new. Microsoft should be so lucky to have as few kinks when they intro a product. And the best part is Chrome is free, Microsoft products seldom are.

    Lest we forget the Vista disaster! Windows 7 will not be free. Where is the compensation for those that had Vista crammed down their throats only to get the short end of the stick later! Microsoft translates into Pay ….. Pay ….. Pay!

  6. I had a Tandy Color Computer I. 16K of ram.

    I turned it one, and almost instantaneously it is was ready to use.

    But the tape drive took a while for other programs to load. The floppy wasn’t much faster. But it did load fast and was ready to use.

    Too bad you have to WAIT for drivers to load….

  7. I think google chrome is a great alternative to internet explorer and it is free. I have been using it for a few months now and haven’t had a problem. I think the battle is on and I know google will try its hardest to win it.

  8. -Merlin: FINALLY! A voice of (obvious) reason, amid a formidable morass of ridiculous M$-propaganda-BS! Thought I was gonna ‘lose my lunch’ if I had to wade thru one more posting of… -well, you get the drift, so again: Thank You!
    -Chrome: I understand the necessary-evil of beta testing, but I don’t have the time (or blood pressure) to waste dealing w/bugs and annoyances which should have been caught during the ‘in-house’ testing… (ex: FF3, XP’s SP3, etc) So this time I’ll wait a bit first for the more obvious garbage to be fixed/updated (tho it does sound promising).

  9. That gates got involved at all was a fluke. IBM wanted CPM for the OS, but the guy was out of town when they showed up and his lawyer told the wife not to sign the non-disclosure agreement IBM wanted before talking about their PC project, so IBM left went back to Micro-soft and asked if they could go find an OS, they bought DOS which was a direct rip off of CPM and on the advice of Bills daddy leased it to IBM. All the innovations since then have come from non MS people who were either bought out or ripped off for their work. There have always been better alternatives to anything Micro-soft offered BUT MS cut the deals for getting on all PC’s right in the factory and all the new first time buyers didn’t know anything or any better or that there were other choices, can we say Monopoly by force? Ironic thing is that Monopolies are illegal in Washington State and even if you file a complaint it will never move forward what with all the pre-paid political protection.
    We can continue to see MS rip off anything new that’s better and find it in that never ending stream of critical updates that flow out of MS like the mighty Columbia River.

  10. Actually, IE sucks, and Firefox sucks, and Opera sucks. I don’t like any of these web browsers. I kind of liked Links by Mikulas Patocka, but you could only use that for reading. I really hate computers. These things are just so hard to use and stupid. I hate Macs. I hate Linux people. I hate the evangelism of Linux people. I hate how intelligent people get involved in computers when they could be doing something more important with their lives like helping to fix our government and judicial system.

  11. I was initially enthusiastic about Chrome, but now I am back with IE. However I made a lot of bookmarks with Chrome. Has anybody come up with a way to transfer bookmarks from Chrome into IE (or into FF or Opera, so I could then use THOSE bookmarks to transfer into IE)? Thanks

  12. I found chrome was making my C drive go beserk in a patterned rattle and when I uninstalled it did not replace the settings that it took from my internet explorer browser and I had to search the net for answers to try and get it right which I have, almost.
    Other than that I found it difficult to find, (if there is one) buttons to go back or close a page without closing the browser, often having to reopen and log back in to a secure site.
    Cheers Neilium

  13. Chrome may be cool. So are those little icons that all the kiddies fall for and get viruses all over someone elses computer (that I get paid to remove).

    But still, I trust Google with my privacy about as far as I can throw my pick-up truck on a good day.

  14. Isn’t freedom of speech wonderful? I mean we have the opportunity to voice our opinion what the subject or to hold our peave and just listen.

    I read about 60% or so of the post here, I usually don’t say anything, but I would like to speak up here.

    Ron and Laura B, I think you two have said just about all there is to say about History, Bill Gates, Microsoft and all the other companies / people out there that have made what we are doing right now (being on the web, reading and posting our opinions) possible.

    Someone mention IBM and what might be if they had of been the ones to have the lead (so to speak) that Bill Gates had, Well I am from a school older then that Which Ron spoke of. Floppy drives hadn’t even been thought of when I started out with this, so I can say that if IBM had paved they that Bill Gates has managed to pave, most of us wouldn’t be on the Internet doing what we do so much!

    As for Google and Chrome, Well as some of us has already acknowledged, It’s BETA! I am sure Google wants it to be all it can be and then some! 🙂 So lets see what time brings us, after all time as brought us where we are today.

    That is MHO, Dean.

  15. Again all these complaints about Microsoft. I am very happy with my Vista Ultimate SP1 as well as Word and Outlook 2007. All of those work beautifully. now along comes IE8 and even the Beta 2 version is fantastic. I can’t wait for the release of the full version. IE8 is notably faster that IE7 was and everything about it works great. Even though I am very happy with the Vista that I got within a month of its original RTM, I have already told M/S that I would love to be one of the testers of the Windows 7. All it took was to order a machine that met the suggestions for Vista and I haven’t had the first problem. Of course it will be nice when I can watch Netflix on line movies again, but with a 4 at a time subscription and a Blu-Ray drive I usually have enough to keep me busy. That is the only drawback I’ve found so far with IE8; everything else is just as it should be.

  16. for all you happy billgaters outhere (don’t worry be happy) windows is trash and very poor.

    as for chrome if and when it can be ran on linux. i may give it a try. yes may???

  17. Yep, I remember my TRS-80 model III, bought at Radio Shack, machine language, basic, programs on a cassette. I believe it was really the first company that made home computing available. Of course, we had Commodore, Atari, and other unknown,but our Computer Club included mostly TRS-80 guys. Then IBM, with all their moolah introduced their own little PC, not as good as the others, but because it was IBM, and because they had all kind of pubs., the general public jumped on the bandwagon and swore by IBM. Then Bill came along, and with his know-how, good marketing, really made home computing simpler and also cheaper. Except for his overpriced programs. Of course, if you look at all the programs available now, they are overly expensive but then they are priced according to the price we accept to pay…Enough ranting…I’ve tried Google Chrome and like Leigh mentions, cannot remove a single visited site…Heck! I cant even close it with the X. I have to go to QUIT for it to close…I’ll keep using Firefox and maybe try Chrome in a few weeks. As for Google for a Search engine, it does not always give you what you want. It seems that it gives you more info on terms dealing with businesses: I’ll make a search for canadian contents but still end up with businesses in Jacksonville. I’ll make searches in French, I’ll end up with businesses in France and the US even if I select Canada…But I’ll live with it although it is quite time consuming. One more comment: Thanks to Bill Gates and people should quit MS bashing as most companies doing the bashing just want their part of the market. You want a bigger part of the market…Give us a good product at a reasonable price and customers will beat a path to your Gates.

  18. What supprises me is there are only a few brousers available to users, surely with the proliferation of the web there should be many new cutting edge companies wanting to get in on the act and producing more novel aproaches to the interfacing with the web.

  19. Another thanks to KeithJ for saving me about 4 hrs of dancing the Nazi polka with another piece of intellectual property that was supposed to rock my world. My burden – no wait, that’s not strong enough – my curse is that I’m a gadget freak without a single tech gene in my entire DNA matrix (see, I can talk the talk… ). It’s been the same with cars, with home entertainment systems, sex toys, juice blenders, you name it. But I’m honest with myself. I take the pills and humm the mantra and have not tried multi-tasking since the chainsaw incident. Knowing my limitations, I rely on the kindness of strangers, especially in the world of all things cyber. And I gotta tell ya, with very few exceptions: pcpitstop, softcore porn and that Canandian pharmacy, when it comes to computers I’m the GREENMILE mouse – old and weary and still, no end in sight. I’m a writer who switched to a computer for 2 reasons: full-screen editing and push-button printing. I don’t play games, I don’t “surf the net” and I don’t date (not since that guy showed up on my doorstep convinced I was a twelve yr old foreign exchange student from Bangkok). I’ve been scammed, spammed, googled and phished. I am convinced, if I’d kept working on a typewriter I have six bks on the mkt by now. But there’s no goin’ back. A year after making the switch I got $25 bucks for my $900 IBM Selectric at a yd sale in south Dallas. I’d still be living in DOS, but the printers won’t support it. The last system that made any sense was my P-3 with Win98/Office 97. Loved the little MS Word assistant that is no longer available because Gates wouldn’t give up a couple of bucks to the old guy who’s got the brain in the bottle and owns all things Einstein. But I digress. I have two desktop computers (only one “online”) and three laptops — two 486 Thinkpads which I use constantly and a $2300 gunboat I haven’t switched on since a month after I bought it… battery life: 8 minutes. Had to hose it down to keep from melting the formica on my kitchen table. And what’s up with the flat keyboard? How does anyone write like that? As for MS, IE, XP and BG? No one makes $40B before they’re 50 w/o some serious larceny. I mean, the NIKE guy hasn’t made that kind of money selling $130 sneakers he bought in Bangledesh for $6 bucks. When I buy $400 software to find I can only install it twice; chased across the internet like a car-jacked SUV, hounded for constant re-registrations. Saddled with a popup blocker that blocks everyone else’s popups but not their own constant stream. What’s not to like?
    Which is why my wife won’t let me travel to Seattle. My solution? Break out the Bic pens and legal pad and cough up the dough for a T1 connection. Now, I’ll just clk “submit comment” and yep, there it is: blue screen.

  20. I tried Chrome with the expectation that it would be a good product. Wrong, I am used to seeing the File, Edit, View, etc, buttons at the top and being able to choose options from them. The Most VIewed page reminds me of Opera which I find to be alot better than Chrome. For my use as a developer Chrome just doesn’t hold up to the task. Definate loser!

  21. Everyone is Bashing Windows and Bill, werent you all that same folks who waited in line for hours to get the newest version of Windows when they were introduced? We can all go buy Apple computers but…. There is still a boat load of PC’s being bought up over the Macs..

  22. Chrome is great. My default browser in IE8, however, if I cannot get a web-page up quickly I use Chrome: for some reaon it is icredibly much faster. However, they need to out in something to lose the history though.

  23. These blogs obliterate the PC PitStop article message. Apparently Chrome isn’t all that fast, if even; leaves crud on your PC when uninstalled; and uses cloud computing technology, which should be known as “dial-it-up-by-the-drink” (because it will turn your PC into a pay phone booth.) May be more secure than Firefox or IE-8. Avant and Opera have fans who like them more. GREAT JOB GUYS.

  24. # Bruce Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 4:01 am

    “In the beginning Bill created the operating system with browser, and he saw that it was good.”

    Ummm nope he didn’t.

    He saw Netscape and saw the future, then proceeded to do everything in the book, including breaking the law to displace Netscape, with a very bad and buggy browser that was not good 😆

    I concure with you except that it was not netscape that he saw it was the good old “Mosaic”, that was the platform everyone has since then tried to emulate

  25. Bill Gates’s primary skill proved to be business – he took over smaller companies who had developed good things in an isolated way and made them part of the corporate Microsoft. Remember when he started out IBM thought they ruled the world and would keep computing for the business elite and power users. Bill turned that concept on its head. He didnt invent DOS or the GUI but he did mainstream them.
    With success comes power and normal laws dictate that power corrupts – this is what is happening at microsoft now – the corporate directors see a monopoly (just as IBM did all those years ago) which is why new kids like Google make headway – they are bringing free online software to the masses via a browser. However google collect information too – they have reached the success stage and are gaining power its only a matter of time before the corruption creeps in – if it hasnt started already. Google would have you believe they invented internet searching – of course they didnt just as Bill didnt invent an OS — they are simply mainstreaming in the same way.

  26. I had to completely re-install windows, it took my OS to peices, its no where near ready. Not even close. LAst time I install any kind of Beta, it took two days out of my life sorting the mess.

  27. There is much in what you all have said, or pointed out. But do remember, what each of us says is our own personal experience, or opinion. It does not mean that the other guy is wrong. The facts that speak for themselves is, (without out, kicking Gates eternally) ……………… MS had it their own way for too damn long ……………….. for whatever reason ! It is good to see that there is competition. We all seem to have forgotten the continuing MS “Service Packs” for nearly every OS that they ever developed ……….. for well nigh decades ! All their “security patches” covering security bolt-holes (Sometimes you could drive a truck through!) created by either hasty or “shoddy” or programming, (or maybe a bit of both ?). Ever tried using MS Help Desk, “Help” or FAQ’s ?? No, I am sorry to shatter perceptions here, for some of you, but what ever Bill’s current charitable inclinations are, his firm MS has never been easy to deal with, by ordinary consumers, nor have they been “all that “user-friendly” …………. if and when you have a spot of bother or difficulty with an OS or a Programme Package (which, in the UK used to cost many hundreds of Â£’s). You simply got referred to a “Forum” ………………. and we had to pick out way & sort out the issue ourselves ? I have downloaded Chrome on a new PC running Vista HP and an older guy running XP SP2. For me there is no doubt by actually trying it our, that it is a faster, cleaner & sharper browsing experience. Do remember that it is still in BETA. The uncluttered upper address bar area is a pleasure ………… sans minus crap that most of us do not always need or use. If you click to the “spanner” logo you will find much, (but not all) that you may need for non-commercial browsing. I find that fact that Spell Checking is not an easy option a bit of a downer ! If you use Google Mail, you can store your Gmail Inbox logon on the upper visual Bookmark Bar and simply access your Mail from the one page ………….. your Chrome Browser or Internet Home page ………….. just a click to check/ or send Emails. Enough…………. so long guys.

  28. Downloaded Chrome on recommendations here. Never did get it to display Flash headers on web sites or flash files on any web sites. Running a new Dell Vostro that works great using IE-7.

  29. I haven’t tried Chrome and won’t do for a while.
    Let it get tweeked first and get rid of the early bugs.
    But you geeks must realize there is an other PC world out there beside yours. I venture to say that over 40% of PC’s out there by the general public is over 4 years old. They are not touching Firefox, the learning curve is much to steep for a general user and all these add ons are confusing to them. I just repaired a PC vintage 2000 running Windows 98 with 128 RAM memory and dial up. The CD Rom needed to be replaced. They guy is satisfied with what he has. That world of plain utility PC’s is still very very large. They are thankful to Bill, it helps them do there bank accounts on line, stay in touch with their children via e-mail and can surf the web in their own slow way. They do not care about the browser war, the want easy, simple programs they can follow and operate.

  30. Yes…Uninstall chrome and it does leave behind bits and pieces trying to contact base. Google does drops some tracking cookies in your system which get caughtup in spyware scanners. So….Bill is an honourable man and MS and Google…honourable companies.

  31. How anyone could say “all mostly MS is and always has been is crap” is too young to remember what we had to work with when the PC first came out. Before Windows 1, or for the majority version 3 in 1990, basic, fortran and a few other specialized languages were the way computers wer taught to interface with people and interefaces were typically in the form of specific answers to questions. Yes. No. Up. Down. etc

    Sorry for venting and getting so far off subject, as for chrome, I tried it as I am a fan of Google products, found that there are just too many good browsers out there for me to be a “beta” tester, and uninstalled it.
    Slow, still finding parts all over registry, did not find it offered anything my favorite browser offered but actually less. Will wait until I read better reviews as knowing Google they will get it right.

  32. How great to hear others giving credit where credit is due. For the past few years, it seems that is has been “oh so cool” to Bill-bash and MS mock.

    Nobody ever said Microsoft or Bill Gates were perfect, but wow, have they changed our lives. I remember typing programs from a magazine to give my Commodore 64 a wordprocessor. I thought I was at the height of home technology. I was on top of the world! LOL

    Tonight I did all my foodshopping online. All my bills are paid online. I follow my favorite tv shows and theorize with other Lost and BSG addicts across the world. I even play games with them.

    I watch TV on my computer – the picture is so much better than the one on my TV. Ditto for the sound of music I play on my computer.

    My computer reads my email to me; books to me as I go about my tasks, and it reminds me of appointments I might otherwise forget. It keeps me in touch (with no charge) to my family scattered between the east and west coasts.

    If I want to know anything about anything it is only a wikipedia or google away. Whether it is directions to a new friend’s house, how to fix a leaky faucet or a slow hard drive, what foods have which nutrients and how can I combine them to make a quick and easy dinner; what a philosopher thought about free will, explanations about the nature of the universe, what to do to sleep better, or find out what other books an author has written, it is all mine to know – here, today, in my own home. I don’t even have to put on shoes. lol.

    Bill Gates and Microsoft have changed our lives. (Steve Jobs and Apple too, but face it, the pc is more available to the masses. Perhaps that is why people don’t mock Jobs and Apple with the same obsessive vengence that people put down Bill Gates and Microsoft.)

    Despite the flaws along the way, the world has moved on to a better place and our lives are forever enriched by what Bill Gates brought to the world. Yes their are others who are significant and important in this technological growth, but it was Bill Gates who led the march.

    I am so sick of hearing people bashing Bill Gates and Microsoft, as if he were the devil incarnate or a total fool – take your pick. Actually, please don’t. It is not cool. It is really rather boring and stale. There are too many important things that need to be changed in this world than to keep harping on some mistakes Gates made while improving each one of our lives.

    Bill Gates and Microsoft have changed the way we all live. I, for one, say Thank You, Bill Gates.

    (stepping off the soapbox and putting it away now. ;} Thanks of letting me get this off my chest. I’m off to get my zzzzs now.)

    Peace, y’all

  33. Looked it over when I saw the first article on PC Pitstop, thought about it, and then decided that I still like Avant Browser better. It really “cooks” and loads so quickly, and is very secure. No ever talks much about it, but I am delighted to have it. Makes Firefox look like a Senior Citizen, and as I am one, I know what that looks like. Yes, I remember the “old days” and I mourn the loss of lots of stuff. But I don’t think Chrome has got it “down pat” quite yet. And no one every mentions where Bill got some of his ideas that he “borrowed” from Apple. As much as I love my PC, I’m still a Mac fan for lots of reasons. But I hate Firefox 3 and IE 8. It’s Avant for me!!

  34. Ron (and others), thanks for trying to set the record straight. Microsoft’s impact on computing has been HUGE and mostly positive. It’s too easy to bash Microsoft. We used to bash IBM when mini-computers were becoming popular (1970’s). Soon we’ll be doing the same to Google – as they say in Holland: “The tallest trees catch the most wind”.

    I’m happy to see another browser entering the market place. But I’ll wait a year or so before trying it. I had tried Firefox a couple of years ago and it had too many problems. I recently installed it and was amazed how much better it is than IE7.

    Let’s hope Chrome will improve on Firefox.

  35. Installed Chrome a few weeks ago and find it the browser of choice for me, because I live in a place where the ISPs are lousy and there is no choice. It is much quicker to load a page than Firefox 3 and does not time out. Main drawback is I am involved with a Wetpaint site and I am short of edit options in Chrome. Wetpaint says it is based on Safari. True?

  36. Everybody’s just upset that they weren’t the ones who could come out on top like Bill did. The man is a genius……chrome or no chrome, he knew how to market what he had.

  37. However it needs a Google Toolbar or the Google Toolbar functions before most people will want to use it as their main browser..

  38. Why can’t you people just get to the point here. Chrome Is No Ordinary Browser. Just what in the [edited by admin] do you mean? And if it a web browser then shere it with every one else………………….

  39. Theres really only one thing to say about this. Google has been doing things right up till now. So why should chrome be any different and why would we expect anything less than that from the google community.

  40. “That’s my ten cents worth!”

    Boy – that’s invlation – all my life I had heard it as, “my two cents worth” 🙂

    Yup, everyone likes to pick on the top dog but the above is correct – Bill may not have invented or written it all but he sure was able to get it together and get it to the masses at a price they could afford.

    Can you even think what a computer would cost today if IBM had gotten Bill’s operating system way back when and where the whole internet world would be? Can you say, “non-exsisting as we know it?

    Virutally every single one of us can turn out a better hamburger than Mickie D’s – so why are they number one all over the world? – jb

  41. Hey Bigfred

    I’ve tried it on a couple of what I consider older systems. They both have XP installed and are more than 2 years old. What sort of system are you using that it won’t install on?

  42. Ron Says
    Consider the computing power we have on our desktops today and the fact we are globally connected in multiple ways; we have Microsoft to thank for that

    I beg to differ with you Ron.

    Microsoft used their muscle to get their hands on NCSA Mosaic developed at the University of Illinois and turned it into IE. The nine people involved in the development of Mosaic are the ones who truley changed the world as we know it.

  43. It’s amazing how soon so many of us forget what we were doing with our computers 20 years or so ago. In January 1987, I thought I was a “power user” with my Tandy 1000 SX with 640K of RAM, no hard drive and two 5 1/4″ floppy disk drives (back when they were really floppy!). Consider the computing power we have on our desktops today and the fact we are globally connected in multiple ways; we have Microsoft to thank for that. Others may have innovated but it’s not innovation that made computing ubiquitous. Think of where the automobile would be were it not for Henry Ford. He didn’t invent the automobile but he made it accessible to the masses. We geeks may sit here and pick Microsoft apart but we’d still be a little known, little understand sub-class in society if Microsoft hadn’t made computing easier and more accessible to billions around the world. Did they throw their weight around? Certainly! I’m not naive about the nature of business; it’s about making money and beating the competition. Remember when Google was everyone’s darling? Now I’m reading a lot of the same stuff about them that people usually say about Microsoft. It’s business, folks. I, for one, am grateful for the amount of power and capability I can buy for my desktop. It makes me, a little guy, competitive with the big guys in the consulting arena. Other home-based and small businesses can say the same thing. I’ve had my moments with Microsoft but I realize that telecommuting, free Internet video calls to anywhere in the world, instantaneous communication, and so many other things that have made my life easier wouldn’t be here if Microsoft didn’t create the market for them. That’s my ten cents worth!

  44. Unbelievable. I’m sorry, PCPitstop, but you need to get some people that actually know what they’re talking about. This guy can’t even get the history of Bill Gates, or Sandboxing, or ANYTHING right!

    About Chrome: it certainly has potential, but until it receives some updates, extensions, and whatnot, I’m sticking with the best browser there is, and that’s Firefox 3.0.1, thank you very much. 😀

  45. You said “Sandboxing is a relatively new approach to security for programs and specifically browsers”.

    It’s relatively new for programs only if you ignore 30 years or so of computing history. Isolation of programs so that they can’t screw up each other dates back to at least the 1960’s. It is one of Bill’s “innovations” that let they CAN screw each other up.

  46. Amid the euphoria about Chrome … have you checked what it’s doing inside your PC?

    I had a problem using it to type into Forums – the edit box is terrible. It’s not just that line ends lose themselves and get flickery (easier to see than describe) but words in the middle can render wrong when you backspace. That makes it unusable for me.

    So I uninstalled it, waiting for the fixes to appear. A couple of hours later, up popped a ZoneAlarm warning that GoogleUpdater is trying to access the Internet. It seems that removing the program left several bits behind. More significantly, they can’t be seen in file explorer (even with “show hidden files”) – but are there: “Search” finds them. The main one was running, and I killed it. I had to go into “virus removal mode” (using Knoppix) to get rid of it.

    Anything that doesn’t uninstall completely when told to, and leaves hidden bits that try to contact “home base” when you aren’t looking is [i]verboten[/i] in my world.

  47. “Without all the bloat Chrome is able to function more efficiently, resulting in faster computing for the memory challenged or older systems.”

    Obviously written by someone who never attempted to run Chrome on an older system. It won’t even install.

  48. Mostly MS is and always has been crap. In no other area of life could the consumer be persuaded to buy goods which are poor quality, use too much resource, is remarkably slow and inefficient in use and with one or two exceptions the several far more efficient competitors have been driven to the wall. I still remember how much better than MS the Acorn OS was compared to MS in those far off days – now sadly gone forever.

  49. My excitement at the news of a Google created browser wained not long after installing Chrome but at least I recognised the potential to come, and I’m sure it will.
    However, Chrome has a long way to go to match the speed, flexability and options of Opera browser.
    There is a dearth of Menu options. The ‘Most Visited’ page is frustrating and tries to emulate Opera’s similar page, ‘Speed Dial’ to which one can add (from a drop down list of visted sites) or remove web web address easily.
    Chrom’s ‘Most Visited’ page adds pages willey-nilly and one can’t remove a link from those added. Well, not without removing the all, the desired ones as well as the others.
    But still, it’s in BETA mode still, and a Google product so no doubt it will will improve hugely in time.
    The ability to run individual Tabs in their own ‘space’ – as it were – is a brialliant notion.
    I look forward to future releases and updates.

  50. I concur. Bill hasn’t came up with too many brilliant ideas, he was just in position to introduce them to the public and capitalize on their popularity. (DOS, Windows, IE, Office)all these products existed before Bill got his hands on them.

  51. “In the beginning Bill created the operating system with browser, and he saw that it was good.”

    Ummm nope he didn’t.

    He saw Netscape and saw the future, then proceeded to do everything in the book, including breaking the law to displace Netscape, with a very bad and buggy browser that was not good 😆

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B&N Reports Store Sales Down, Digital Sales Up Last Quarter eBookstore Barnes & Noble posted their quarterly earning report this morning, and there's both good news and bad news. Total sales dropped slightly, from $1.9 billion to $1.89 billion, compared to last year. B&N posted a net loss of $6.6 million for the quarter, a slight improvement over the loss of $12.6 million last year. Unfortunately, this is below Wall Street expectations.

Sales in B&N's bricks-and-mortar stores fell 1% last quarter, to $918 million, and sales at established stores dropped just over half a percent. The company noted that "physical book sales declined, offset by increases in Nook products and were positively affected by the liquidation of the remaining Borders stores."

Barnes & Noble's digital division, B&N.com, saw sales jump 17%, to $206 million. This is largely attributed to an increase in sales of Nook ereaders and ebooks. Sales also decreased by 4% at B&N College, to $768 million, mainly because of the stores have shifted from selling new and used textbooks to textbook rentals. The latter have a lower price but a higher profit margin.

So it looks like B&N is doing better than last year, but they're still losing money. Lucky for them they have that $204 million capital investment from Liberty Media. That should be enough to cover them for the next couple years, or until they turn profitable again.

I'm looking forward to the report for this quarter. B&n launched the Nook Tablet and dropped the price of the Nook Touch and Nook Color. That should provide another boost in sales.

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  1. Doug1 December, 2011

    I don’t know how large of sales BN.com can handle. BN.com sales up 17%, EBITDA losses up 17%. This has been a long-standing pattern at BN.com: the more they sell, the more money they lose. B&N overall came darned close to breaking even for the quarter (less than $6 in losses), and would have had a nice profit except for BN.com’s losses.

    Last quarter B&N CEO William Lynch said that “in fiscal 2012, … our digital sales growth is projected to exceed the growth of investment spend.?” This
    quarter, perhaps fueled by the Liberty Media investment, B&N is singing a different tune, saying that it “plans to invest more heavily in customer acquisition activities to fuel NOOK digital growth. These investments primarily include promotional activity and advertising for NOOK products, as well as technology costs related to developing other opportunities.”

    1. Doug1 December, 2011

      Obviously, the “less than $6 in losses” is incorrect. It’s “less than $7 million in losses.” I’m blaming that mistake on old age.

    2. Quincy1 December, 2011

      They are spending money to move internationally (my guess is UK and partnering with Waterstone) and to develop a better platform to sell to college students. As well the Nook Tablet has been selling so well they decided to extend and increase the advertising spend to keep the momentum up as they are gaining share this hioliday season.

      1. Quincy1 December, 2011

        this is why the spend won’t be leveraged

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Spinning Round and Round

A Danish traveler seeks to visit every country — because he can.

By Kendra Pierre-Louis Twitter icon

People who meet Torbjørn C. Pedersen soon start to ask him “why?” — and repeatedly. Why at the age of 35 has he quit his job? Why has he said goodbye to his friends, his girlfriend, and his family? Why has he committed to staying away from his home country of Denmark until he’s visited every country in the world — 203, by his count — in a single, continuous journey? Why is he doing this without setting foot on an airplane? Just why?

Tor — pronounced Thor, like the Norse god or the Marvel action hero — was stuck in Greenland’s capital of Nuuk from mid-January until Tuesday. “I get this question a lot,” he says. Why, also, couldn’t he leave Greenland? Because of the rules he’s imposed on himself for this trip.

His Facebook page, called “Once Upon a Saga,” plays both on the fairytale opening and his own Scandinavian lineage. It features photographs of Tor speaking at the library in Nuuk, attending the Greenlandic handball championships, dining with locals, and having tea with the chief of police — and of breathtaking sunsets.

Tor takes a picture of a sunset in every country he visits, and if there is no sunset, he takes a picture of the rain — 14 straight days of it early in the trip taught him that. He plans to make a collage of the images at the trip’s end.

“The funny thing is, I only ever get the ‘why’ question from adults,” Tor says. “No one under the age of 21 ever asks me why. If you’re young, it’s a given that if you get to travel to every country in the world, you do it and don’t ask why. It’s when we get into adulthood that we start worrying about debts, and if I’ll have kids, and where we’ll put the piano.”

“The piano?” I ask.

“Yes,” he says with a laugh. “The piano.”

Stay grounded

On his Web site, Tor explains his motivations with a quotation by the Danish scientist, designer, and poet Piet Hein: “One must travel in order to understand that the World is round.” Although as a child Tor had dreamed of reaching every country, he dismissed it as impractical until he learned that someone else had managed to pull off the feat within four years on a small budget. “It kickstarted from there,” he says.

Tor has set three rules for the trip: He cannot fly at any point, which explains the “why” of being in Greenland since January — boats to another country are scarce. It wasn’t until April 22 that he managed to get a berth out. He must stay a minimum of 24 hours in each country. And he can’t go back to Denmark until he’s visited every country in the world.

His ride arrives.

“Flying would be too easy,” he explains. “It’s not the destinations that make the trip; it’s the people that I meet that make the trip. I can barely remember anything in Belgium because I didn’t meet anyone in Belgium. If I was flying I’d spend a lot of time in airport, airport security — I wouldn’t get to see the country. There’s some ego here. I’m trying to do something that no one has done before; I want it to be hard to copy.”

Tor is tall and rangy, with a build that suggests a lifetime of physical activity. Before this trip, he spent three years in the Danish military, and 15 years working in shipping and logistics, peppered with the occasional kayaking trip around Australia or motorcycle trip across Turkey. His logistics background is evident in this trip’s detailed itinerary.

From Greenland, Tor will catch a boat back to Iceland (country #39; Greenland is #40) and then head west to Canada (41), down to the United States (42), through Mexico (43) and Central America (44–50), and to South America (51–62) before looping back toward the Caribbean (63–75). From the Bahamas (75), Tor heads east to Africa (76–129), north to the Mediterranean (130–140), over to the Middle East (141–154), and then to Central Asia (155–164), Asia (165–184), and Oceania (186–199).

He closes his trip with a return to Asia (200–201) before ending in the Indian Ocean with the Maldives (202) and the Seychelles (203). The total is eight more countries than the United Nations recognize; national sovereignty can be murky.

Tor’s modest budget of roughly $20 a day comes from a sponsorship agreement with Ross Offshore. He also has a cooperative agreement with the Danish Red Cross and an honorific title of Red Cross Ambassador, which provides Tor a reason to connect to people, a structure to his travels, and a deeper sense of place than one could ordinarily get in a short time span. In exchange, Tor relays stories back to the Red Cross in Denmark.

In an earlier, busier phase of the trip

“I’ve been to 40 countries now, and I was scared of doing 189 near-identical stories, but that hasn’t been the case. You go to a country like Monaco [#15] and they have so much money that they don’t really understand the problems of the poor. But they do understand the concept of donating clothes, so they donate their Louis Vuitton, their Gucci, and their Hugo Boss. The Red Cross can’t give that to a man in the mountains of Afghanistan, but they sell the clothes and use it to fund things they need.”

That story wouldn’t come up in Spain, his twelfth country, he explains, because people there rely on the Red Cross. “The country would be upside down if it pulled out of Spain. There was a quiz show in Spain where a woman didn’t know the answer and she goes, ‘Damn it, damn it, I wish the Red Cross was here.’ The Red Cross runs ambulances and supports 1.3 million people on a daily basis with food, medicine, psychological treatment.”

In Greenland, one might expect that the conversation starter would be about global climate change, given that people around the world — from the island nation of the Maldives to New York City — are concerned about Greenland’s glaciers melting and crashing into the ocean.

And yet, Tor says, “The entire time I’ve been in Greenland I haven’t heard anyone talking about the glaciers melting. Sure, the politicians debate it, but there are so many other issues that are much hotter than if the ice sheets are melting. The mentality of the people here is that if it melts it’s not a problem. They’re adaptable. If the sun is shining it’s great, if it’s snowing it’s great, if it’s raining it’s great.”

Free Wi-Fi is scarce, while friendliness abounds. “I could spend my daily budget in about an hour if it wasn’t for these fantastic ladies who opened their office for me,” Tor writes.

Quixotic, or at least equinoxic

Put to paper, Tor’s trip seems both impossible and exhausting. He spent the early part of it racing through already familiar countries, covering 16 countries in 28 days, and the toll of interviewing the local Red Cross office, securing a place to sleep, and taking the requisite pictures rapidly began to feel like work. Now that the pace has slowed, he seems to be having fun, and his reason for doing this trip — we’re all given a small slice of life to live as we see fit — answers the “whys” well enough.

That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have fears or recognize that four years is a long time. “I worry that I’ll feel alone, that I won’t meet friendly people, that the psychological pressure of being away for so long, living off a small budget, will make me crack and that I’ll give up. There’s also a small fear that something terrible will happen back home, and I’d have to seriously consider going home.”

A few months in, none of those scenarios have cropped up, including the loneliness. Friends and family may pop up at points along his journey — they’re not bound by his inability to fly. His girlfriend, Le, recently visited him in Greenland. But it’s the people he continuously meets, even in the sparsely populated country he’s been in for months, that bring a sparkle to his eye.

“Would I help anyone, and I really mean anyone, in the way that I’ve been helped?” he says. “I meet people and before they know anything, they go out of their way to help me, invite me inside of their homes. And when you think about it afterwards, it almost brings tears to my eyes; people are really, really friendly throughout the world.”

On short notice, he left on Tuesday for Iceland, and, from there, proceeds undeterred to the next 163 lands on his roadmap and the stories — and people — he will find.

Photos courtesy of Torbjørn C. Pedersen.

Kendra Pierre-Louis is a writer, researcher, and environmental strategist based in Queens, New York. She is the author of Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet (Ig Publishing). Kendra has worked for the United Nation's Environment Programme, written for Newsweek, and appeared on CSPAN.

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