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definition of "Killer Application" In a recent thread a poster used the term "Killer Application" to indicate a really great application. I have seen this usage elsewhere.
name withheld out of cowardice
I would say that most technology now-a-days is old news and old hat. So yea the term is used to describe an application that sells really well. (Is .NET really cutting edge technology? Naw, it's just a bunch of hype about a virtual machine. Money talks.)
Wardrobe Malfunction... ROFL
I think it's both. Killer applications "kill" their competition. Depending on the application, that competition may be a competing standard, technology, or architecture.
Caliban Tiresias Darklock
Spreadsheet.
AJS
To me a "killer app" is an application so good that you want (or need) to buy the system just for that piece of software.
John Rose
To me it means innovative and popular, with emphasis on innovative.
anon
The definition I'm familiar with is the same as John's. Comes mostly from being a part of the BeOS community. There was always talk of the need for a killer app to bring users to the OS. (Not saying I agree with that, but that's how many people felt.) You may even be able to search for a JLG article on the subject.
Matt
"Killer application" to me means a use case that will get customers to call me and open their wallet on my desk.
Just me (Sir to you)
The comments along the lines of "all killer apps have already been developed" sounds remarkably familiar to the claim that everything interesting has already been patented (around 1900)
pdq
http://www.google.com/search?q=killer+app+definition
www.MarkTAW.com
> everything interesting has already been patented
www.MarkTAW.com
You mean the man who spent 50 years of his life looking the TOE?
Halo
Master Chief
I don't know, I think of "Killer Application" as being the application which drives adoption.
Almost Anonymous
If you capitalize it, its one that drives adoption. Otherwise it is just a kewl application and the word 'killer' is emphasized with the 2nd syllable drawn out.
Dennis Atkins
Yeah, that's my understanding too: the app that drives adoption and moves you from early adopters to everyone thinking they've gotta have it.
Steve Jones (UK)
The everything that can be invented has been was stated by the head of the US patent office in the late 1800s. He was recommending that the patent office be shut down. The Economist magazine used to use the exact quote on those little cards they use to sell first subscriptions.
name withheld out of cowardice
I thought the idea that we only use 10% of our brain comes from a scientific experiment where they had rats run a maze and cut out pieces of their brain until they couldn't anymore. They cut out 90% of the brain.
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I thought that when they cut out 90% they became VB programmers.
> the idea that we only use 10% of our brain
Mickey Mouse from the maze
This is an easy myth to bust, heck I could come up with 10 reasons it's fake with only 1% of my brain.
www.MarkTAW.com
By the way, whatever I read that said that it came from a labrat did say that drawing that kind of conclusion from that study was utterly rediculous, and went on to list a half dozen reasons why.
www.MarkTAW.com
That's why I stopped being a lab rat. Those dumb-ass scientists were as thick as VB "programmers" but they just couldn't see it.
name withheld out of cowardice
If you follow Mickey's links it becomes apparent that the patent office quote is also crap...odd the Economist should fall for it.
name withheld out of cowardice
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