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psyjax

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« on: 16 May 2003, 08:40 »
http://theregister.com/content/6/30733.html

interesting read, any thoughts?
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« Reply #1 on: 16 May 2003, 08:48 »
It is official; Netcraft confirms: the internet is dying

One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered the internet community when IDC confirmed that the internet market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that the internet has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. the internet is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.

You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict the internet's future. The hand writing is on the wall: the internet faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for the internet because the internet is dying. Things are looking very bad for the internet. As many of us are already aware, the internet continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.

All major surveys show that the internet has steadily declined in market share. the internet is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If the internet is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. the internet continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, the internet is dead.

Fact: the internet is dying

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« Reply #2 on: 16 May 2003, 08:51 »
This is all commercial crap which is shit anyway.  The net will be better if all the companies die and it becomes run by the people.  
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« Reply #3 on: 16 May 2003, 10:46 »
The internet needs to evolve, the suto athoraties are what is holding back the good aspects from excelling and the poor ones rotting off.

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« Reply #4 on: 16 May 2003, 21:56 »
I've always held the belief that the internet is overrated. I don't think it's dying but it has yet to find it's true value. The same goes for the PC. It's this endevour to combine the PC and internet into a media/entertainment appliance that are causing problems. Why spend $2,000+ on a PC when you can get a 34" big screen TV for half that and throw in a Playstation and drop a couple of hundred bucks in Fry's or Wal-Mart for a thin Linux PC ?  You still have access to the same shite more or less. The internet is a con. Monthly subscription of $50.00 for DSL (on top of your $65.00 cable bill), for what ? Pay a couple of bills on line, peek at some porn, chat online with some fuckwit you don't know who lives in another country, down load a few ditties from some obscure band ?  For sharing information (read porn)it's great but for entertainment it's pretty shite.

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« Reply #5 on: 16 May 2003, 23:14 »
Yup, Internet is overrated... yet I still am happier with it than without it!

I hope the internet does semi-collapse. So as long as DSL prices stay stable(or drop), I'm happy. Of course I doubt it will collapse. It will probably reach a stable size and stay there. I think those mass market morons enjoy the net, so they aren't just gonna magically decide to not renew their connection one day.
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« Reply #6 on: 16 May 2003, 23:15 »
$2,000+ for a computer? That is soooo 90's.

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« Reply #7 on: 17 May 2003, 00:23 »
The biggest problem for the internet is the change from IPv4 to IPv6. If this isn't done then the internet will be screwed in the future.

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« Reply #8 on: 17 May 2003, 01:18 »
quote:
Originally posted by fett101:
$2,000+ for a computer? That is soooo 90's.


I'm surprised too but some people still spend that on a PC. The type of monitor they buy can bump up the price a fair bit too. The teaser $499.00 ad is just bait and switch stuff. By the time you add the right memory size, disk size etc, you're up to a grand easy. M$ of course contributes to this perpetual upgrade with their ever increasing "OS" bloatness.
Look at the price of a Mac, lovely machines but what a price.
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« Reply #9 on: 17 May 2003, 03:12 »
The internet is a great idea and I believe it will help lead us to a future free of capitalism, but I guess capitalism figured it out too because it made sure to ruin the internet just like everything else it touches.

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« Reply #10 on: 17 May 2003, 03:17 »
quote:
Originally posted by HibbeeBoy:
I'm surprised too but some people still spend that on a PC. The type of monitor they buy can bump up the price a fair bit too. The teaser $499.00 ad is just bait and switch stuff. By the time you add the right memory size, disk size etc, you're up to a grand easy. M$ of course contributes to this perpetual upgrade with their ever increasing "OS" bloatness.
Look at the price of a Mac, lovely machines but what a price.




Yes, if you want something with a little zing you can easily get back up to $4000 and more, but you can still get a machine to do what you want for cheap. $150 and my sister is as snug as a bug.

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« Reply #11 on: 17 May 2003, 20:36 »
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The biggest problem for the internet is the change from IPv4 to IPv6. If this isn't done then the internet will be screwed in the future.


What exactly is IPv4 and IPv6? And are you saying that...

A)It's a big problem that they are going to move to IPv6.

OR

B)It's a big problem that they might not move to IPv6.
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« Reply #12 on: 17 May 2003, 20:41 »
You know how ipv4 (what we use) is a set lot of numbers?  Basically there are only so many numbers available, and we're running out.  ipv6 has more numbers (geez i have difficulty remembering ips now...) so it will fit more people.  A lot of companies now use vpns to split up lots of computers on illegal sub-blocks because there just arent enough ip addresses available.
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« Reply #13 on: 17 May 2003, 20:46 »
The internet is not dieing

promote-opensource.org will however if you dont go there
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« Reply #14 on: 17 May 2003, 21:02 »
Oh please. IPv4 is just fine for now, as long as you don't get an IP address for everything you own and your dog. I belive Slashdot had this question before, and most IT said they aren't even going to think of switching to IPv6 for at least another ten years because IPv4 suits them just fine for now.

When the .com boom was happening, maybe this was justified. But now that people are actually thinking about what they're doing with their IPs, IPv4 doesn't seem like it'll run out in a month.

Or in five years.

Maybe ten.