From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg via help-gnu-emacs Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: the future of the computer world (was: Re: Google Gmail mailing list bounces) Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 07:21:14 +0200 Message-ID: <86v9xvb1dh.fsf@zoho.eu> References: <20190523172148538275561@bob.proulx.com> <86ef4oivmo.fsf@zoho.eu> <20190523175139068895086@bob.proulx.com> <86d0k8h0re.fsf@zoho.eu> <20190524070902.GA11740@tuxteam.de> <86pno8fd60.fsf@zoho.eu> <20190524122837.GB25596@tuxteam.de> <864l5jf8pm.fsf@zoho.eu> <20190525063147.GD31415@tuxteam.de> <86h89jdkqw.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> <20190525115453.GB12528@tuxteam.de> Reply-To: Emanuel Berg Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="9379"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 28 07:21:44 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hVUYS-0002I4-Kj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 07:21:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57377 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVUYR-0005So-LT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 01:21:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51088) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVUYB-0005Sg-3F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 01:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVUY9-0007GZ-7I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 01:21:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=54076 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hVUY9-0007G3-1G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 01:21:25 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hVUY7-0001qw-2H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 07:21:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:FspvbR78sQzp0oWrMTIMlp3y2Rg= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:120659 Archived-At: tomas wrote: > Facebook bought whatsapp for $16 billion > (that is 16 * 10^9 dollars). How do you think > they are going to monetize it? By letting > their users change providers painlessly? > > Likewise they bought instagram for > $1 billion. Wait, don't tell me! That's $ echo $(( 1 * 10**9 )) 1000000000 dollars, right? > They are /betting their farm/ on closed > platforms. What do you think their > shareholders think about e-mail? I don't know, this monetizing and shareholders aspect isn't really my domain. (NB: This is another way of saying I know nothing about it.) But It sounds strange that people would go from e-mail to Facebook and Instagram? Who does that? Also aren't there anti-monopoly rules and regulations, "checks and balances", in the US to prevent this sort'a thing from happening in the first place? BTW where do you read this kind of news? "Linux Pro"? (ISSN 1471-5678) The last time I tried to read it at the local library, I gave up, sine it was more like a business magazine than a computer ditto. (There _were_ a chronicle of the Linux kernel devel scene and an article on Perl, in all honesty.) > There's a huge financial incentive in > poisoning the well (aka "open platforms") to > sell bottled water. This sounds exciting! Let's go to cyber-war! Remember, hacking is more than just a crime. It's a survival trait! [1] [1] https://sfy.ru/?script=hackers -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 https://dataswamp.org/~incal