The number of people is a lot smaller than that. I stopped counting at 20 when I started thinking about how many logitech mouses I've owned.
- Paul - Drsolly wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
