Thursday, July 13, 2006

Mark Cuban is a Toolbox

It's amazing that a guy who still hasn't figured out the proper intricacies of a topic as mundane as the contracted form of "it is" can still manage to have such a high opinion of himself.

But enough about me. We're talking about Mark Cuban.

http://www.blogmaverick.com/

Most of Cuban's ranting falls into the category of "Everyone complains about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it." Nothing "unique" has happened on the net in "forever?" You're right, Cuban. This whole Internet thang is sad and tired. I give it six months before you can buy AOL for the change you find in your couch.

Further, Mark stretches the truth just a bit in talking about how net speeds haven't increased in TEN YEARS (emphasis his). I remember trying to get DSL just seven years ago (that's 1999, Cuban. I wouldn't want your head to explode from an attempt at complex subtraction). Even living in Microsoft's backyard, I couldn't get DSL until '99 and even then it wasn't at the speed it's available at today. Ten years ago puts us squarely back in the days of 56Flex, with that blistering ISDN you dismissed as ancient just becoming available for the priveleged few.

Markie further "complains" about not being able to buy a PC that has problems running "any" application. Leaving aside the obvious interpretation that Mark must not be a PC gamer (can't fault him there), it's obvious he hasn't been paying attention to the OS overhead that Windows Vista is going to be bringing us as part of those "innovations" that Mark says he wants.

Cube then even answers his own earlier question but doesn't bother to notice. If it's now becoming as cheap and easy for you and me and a dog named Boo to create and publish captivating, professional sites (in theory anyway, I'm still holding on to my hack cred), then what would be the incentive for ISPs to provide greater speeds if their own share of the audience is being constantly eroded by this plethora of new sites anyway? And how do all these sites manage to stick around and pay their hosting charges if the net is becoming so "boring?"

I don't think the net is "boring." I just think it's beyond Cuban to keep up with it.

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