i only cared because 10 gb but i was a nerd (lol xp). it's true that past a certain point people don't actually care about unlimited storage, they just want to not have to do the deleting themselves and want it to look pretty (hence Facebook)
― In The Magical Breasts of Britney Spears, Van Cleave makes unforgettabl (Matt P), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
and free space was def a big deal when it launched
― lag∞n, Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
fb's early exclusiveness was also huge, people at low ranked colleges were so jealous they couldn't join the club
― iatee, Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
The worst, worst Java implementation I've ever used was SAP's. Sun really should have had most credit for making it a useless desktop platform. 99% of the use of it is on the server side these days, which is a lot more the fault of Oracle, IBM, and SAP than anything. Fine platform for server development, especially with ilx's tomcat approach (open software stack, for the most part) except for the fact the companies holding the software are so wrong-headed and slow-moving and unable to work with any organization under a thousand people
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
like, we complain about facebook and google, but in the backend, there are systems with mediocre security that manage your paycheck, insurance, bank transactions, and those of large companies and they're relying on these big companies that do not make consumer software
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Amazon - helps destroy local retail, treats workers like shit, fucks suppliers over
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
wal-mart 2k13
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
capitalism 1700-
― In The Magical Breasts of Britney Spears, Van Cleave makes unforgettabl (Matt P), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Apple, because they have fooled everyone
― Let's talk more my bunny! (doo dah), Sunday, 17 March 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor
― mookieproof, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
the good news is Amazon just bought a robot company last year so they can hire fewer people to move things around warehouses
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
i actually voted amazon fwiw
― Woody Ellen (Matt P), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
silby is actually a robot iirc
― iatee, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
it's true I have a cold metal heart
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
By market cap, for the curious:
AAPL: 416.62BGOOG: 268.44BMSFT: 234.83BORCL: 172.04BAMZN: 119.01BFB: 63.47B
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
Facebook clearly the worst at being an enormous tech company
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
SAP: 100.85B
ahem
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, and IBM is 239.53B and they don't really make computers anymore, they are basically in the same line of business as Oracle and SAP. So much money to be made off of making miserable accounting and ERP software.
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
sap and oracle are horrible but they don't really work well w/ the rest of this group as a set, like they're not about to release a social network or a delivery service or w/e
― iatee, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
oracle and sap and ibm can have their own poll
can't believe all these companies are making so much money of clouds, tbh, you can get free clouds just condense some water droplets in the atmosphere
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
we could poll telecom equipment companies: cisco, lucent, juniper, nortel, fujitsu, HP, etc
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
you should save that one for the future court cases xp
― iatee, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
plz yes we need more boring polls
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
veg otm
― Mordy, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
facebook is just crm software with data entry done for you
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
let's poll internet backbone providers like Level3
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
also can we plz poll utility companies
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
I don't even know who the main ones are anymore! Back when I knew their names mci and sprint were still entities
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
ooh and dental insurance
idk, ILM polls musicians who are virtually identical, down to country, style of music, age, and gender. at least these companies provide diff services
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
I'm pretty sure my dental insurance comes from someplace like "Dental Insurance, Inc."
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
like beatles or rolling stones, they're both full of white british dudes, who gives a shit
amazon are a monopoly, dodge taxes, aren't even that cheap any more because they rely more on creaming off the wild west that is their marketplace (which is rife w/ incredibly suspicious sellers operating on an industrial scale) & bully even the biggest publishers for more margin incredibly blatantly. everything milo said too.
― ogmor, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
sorry mh guess I touched a nerve
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
idk, I think the "clever" people who have been stating that "if you think amazon is a company that sells books or even material objects, they are winning" might be on to something
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
not really I just find most ilm talk interminably repetitive
:)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
amazon are prob the most objectively evil, which is funny cause everyone loves them
― iatee, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
I did find a large poster in a Microsoft product box I was throwing out this week, though. Not going to wallpaper my cubicle with it anytime soon, though.
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
xpost
but iatee
they send me stuff
in the mail
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:46 PM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
amazon mostly sells books and material objects!
― lag∞n, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
what are your opinions on the unibomber xp
― iatee, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
imagining him on a unicycle and lol'ing sorry
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
lol vg
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
well unAbomber sent bombs in the mail which wasn't very nice
amazon send me books and cds and things that I want so
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
Amazon have been a company more about making the supply chain and delivery of products more efficient, sometimes at the expense of local stores. In that way, they're like a new Wal-Mart, but in their overall portfolio delivery of physical products is just one type of supply chain they've collapsed. Currently they're killing VMWare and other virtual server providers.
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
yeah but what % of their business do you think that represents
― lag∞n, Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.zdnet.com/amazons-aws-3-8-billion-revenue-in-2013-says-analyst-7000009461/
idk, 3,8 billion seems like not much to sneeze at
― ☠ ☃ ☠ (mh), Sunday, 17 March 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
sorry for comma, I am not euro