I find it hard to believe that one in six people on this planet has a Logitech moune.
The mouse's days are not numbered. I still use an IBM keyboard! On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Alex Eckelberry wrote: > Yes, yet another bozo idiotic prediction from a firm that is only > capable of accurately predicting its own cashflow -- from the vendors > that pay to get on its magic quadrants. Gartner is quite simply the > most patently awful analyst firm I have ever dealt with as a vendor -- > rude doesn't even approach a description of this awful firm. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tomas L. Byrnes > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:13 PM > To: Gregory Hicks; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [funsec] One billionth mouse... > > Hmm, mice on topic ;-)? > > Gartner, that analyst firm that predicted, in 2003, that IDS would be > dead by 2005? > > http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/2228631/IDS-is-Dead---- > Long-Live-IDS.htm > > Dunno about the rest of you, but my little piggies are humming along > nicely. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Behalf Of Gregory Hicks > >Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:26 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [funsec] One billionth mouse... > > > > From the BBC: > > > > * Firm makes one billionth mouse * > > > >A Silicon Valley company has hailed as a major landmark the production > >of their one billionth computer mouse. > > > >Logitech's description comes at a time when analysts claim the days of > >the mouse are numbered. > > > >"It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been > >shipped by one company," said Logitech's general manager Rory Dooley. > > > >"Look at any other industry and it has never happened. This is a > >significant milestone," he told the BBC. > > > >But sounding the death knell for the device is Gartner analyst Steve > >Prentice who said "the mouse will no longer be mainstream in three to > >five years." > > > >[...snip...] > > > >Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/7751627.stm > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer > > | Direct: 408.569.7928 > > > >People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men > >stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell > > > >The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson > > > >"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they > >be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > >https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > >Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
