Qa) With Windows Vista replacing XP and Office 2007 replacing Office 2003, (and so on), what is ‘upgrade culture’ all about? Is some new media change just consumerism thought up by big business?
As a company as a whole Windows continually has to think up new ideas to make money and to attract people to buy there products and software. In addition, it is also about expanding the limits of software and making it look better, feel better and work better with new programs and more things to do. In my opinion i do not see much difference between XP and Vista, or Office 2003 and 2007, however 'upgrade culture' is all about change and contantly looking for improvments, even if they are of the smallest variety, such as a new type of font has been added, or a new desktop background. Therefore if these small changes are continually made throughout windows history, in twenty years or so there will be a massive contrast compared to now. I believe 'upgrade culture' is a system that improves the way of life for both the consumer and the big companies, we all get something out of it!
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Thursday, 12 February 2009
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Task 1 - Bulletin board systems and Usenet
Bulletin board systems (BBS) were mainly used before the internet was made popular in the 1980's. It was used as a base for communications between geographically dispersed users who accessed the BBS over telephone lines, however it has been developed over the years allowing users to connect to BBS using a terminal program. It is used so people can download or upload software, such as local news, online games and instant messaging.
Bulletin board systems are simple to use as it is a case of setting up an user name and account and then just by logging in, everything is easily accesssible. I enjoy playing on the online games as there is so much available and you can speak to others whilst playing.
User and Network is combined to create Usenet, which is a internet discussion system. Users simply post and read articles in certain categories, called newsgroups. Usenet is basically a cross between email and web forums, using elements of BBS creating threaded discussions with news reader software and posts stored on the server.
Bulletin board systems are simple to use as it is a case of setting up an user name and account and then just by logging in, everything is easily accesssible. I enjoy playing on the online games as there is so much available and you can speak to others whilst playing.
User and Network is combined to create Usenet, which is a internet discussion system. Users simply post and read articles in certain categories, called newsgroups. Usenet is basically a cross between email and web forums, using elements of BBS creating threaded discussions with news reader software and posts stored on the server.
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