Channel 9 - Discussions by The_Saint http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by The_Saint http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/The_Saint/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/The_Saint/Discussions en Thu, 23 May 2013 11:17:01 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 11:17:01 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - I wonder where my hotel is, let me look it up on -Bing Maps-. So,

'bing' it is then. I think the ad dept has produced a master stroke here. If we take the 'g' to mean 'you know who', then we are being told, in a subliminal manner, to 'bin-google'. Which is very cute.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message

The 'decision engine' angle is very nice though, and the concept looks very promising...

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/470909-I-wonder-where-my-hotel-is-let-me-look-it-up-on-Bing-Maps-/4ea12433907c429b9cc09deb00dfc026#4ea12433907c429b9cc09deb00dfc026 Fri, 29 May 2009 15:41:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/470909-I-wonder-where-my-hotel-is-let-me-look-it-up-on-Bing-Maps-/4ea12433907c429b9cc09deb00dfc026#4ea12433907c429b9cc09deb00dfc026 The_Saint 48 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/The_Saint/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - And the EU strikes again... I think the important point to draw from this, is that 'choice' is important, and bully-boy underhand tactics will not win the day. If you want people to choose your products, provide a compelling case for them to 'choose' (your product). Be it, better performance, competitive cost, increased value, fantastic quality or superb experience.

Having a large market share I.e. > 80%, is not a problem, as long as you aquired it in a fair and just manner. If that market share is being eroded by competitors, then don't * about it or use underhand tactics. Build better products!

Big corporations should learn from their mistakes; to be fined once is tough luck, to be fined twice or more is careless, and shareholders don't forget these things quickly as the fine always hits the bottom line. Yes, you're always going to have the small fishes gnawing away at your feet and complaining to the regulators, but the solution for them is the same. Build better products!

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http://dreams.honda.com/#/allstories

I don't work for Honda.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/461936-Dream-IT/461936#461936 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:55:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/461936-Dream-IT/461936#461936 The_Saint 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/The_Saint/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Operating Systems in 50 years. Operating systems will just be taken for granted, just like electricity, the telephone, the railways and cars. They will be self-healing to a greater or lesser extent, with simple user interaction and interfaces. They may even be 'baked-in' to the hardware of the day, or 'embedded everything', if you will.

Remember as coders, you create other peoples' realities and experiences, what you decide an OS to be, then it will be so. I don't think the 'rise of the machines' will be anything to worry about. Just look at what they were predicting in the fifties, home cleaning robots, you know the sort of thing I mean.

I disagree with Charles on the 'intelligence' issue. Yes an OS could be classed as an intelligent implementation by the coding team, but it will not be intelligent per se. It will give users a perception of intelligence. It will not be able to make a meaningful relationship between ice cream and strawberries for example, because it will never have the 'experience' of ice cream and strawberries.

Yes, many-core and parallel computing may bring more 'grunt' to the show, but it will never become the compelling experience that is human interaction. But, bit by bit (excuse the pun!), day by day it will be improved.

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