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- Narcism, on 04/28/2009, -2/+57Water's up to my chin, and the power's out. Lemme turn on my computer...
- digrboi, on 04/28/2009, -3/+33good to hear that's microsoft is coming up with something useful...there might be other similar services like this one,but they don't have the widespread presence that microsoft has..
Also they're developing for the Mac too,can't see Steve Jobs' minions being that considerate! - ByrcheWroot, on 04/28/2009, -0/+27I've been looking for something like this when the Zombie Apocalypse finally arrives.
- endgame, on 04/28/2009, -4/+29It's for the betterment of society that we lose the Mac crowd...
Prepares for the onslaught of Digg downs.... - Kazbaeden, on 04/28/2009, -1/+21The article says there will be a Mac version coming.
And I guess they figure Linux users are in their parents' basements anyway, so they don't really need this. - bluehouse, on 04/28/2009, -6/+25Hello... 1990 called and it wants its Microsoft bashing comment back
- Narcism, on 04/28/2009, -0/+16Thankfully, mobiles run off desperation.
- GawtMilk, on 04/28/2009, -0/+15They could partner with phone companies. Link it with a phone number, and it will update with your last pinged tower(s) and triangulate a general location. That would literally be a life saver if someone goes missing. I would even pay for that kind of service.
- CoD4, on 04/28/2009, -3/+18Microsoft Vine to Tangle Family, Friends When Crisis Hits
- slantyeyed, on 04/28/2009, -0/+14it'll work great in a crisis so long as powers up, broadband internet is running and phone lines aren't bogged down with calls
- Wypie, on 04/28/2009, -3/+17Sounds pretty useless when there is no electricity...
- Jiggernaut82, on 04/28/2009, -5/+18So when all landlines, wireless phones and internet use is out you can use landlines , wireless phones and internet to communicate with family and friends...... Ok that works.
- Aleman360, on 04/28/2009, -1/+13This is ahead of its time, most of my older relatives either don't have cell phones or computers or don't know how to use them outside of extremely basic tasks. There's no way they'd be able to wrap their heads around something like this.
- malcolmlo, on 04/28/2009, -0/+11Microsoft Live Messenger Pigeon.
- Sylphid15, on 04/28/2009, -1/+12So instead of using Facebook and my favorite news site Microsoft now provides me with the brand new option of providing links to those sites. Awesome.
Also I especially like these two quotes :
"Vine is designed to keep family and friends in touch when other communication methods are either broken or not particularly efficient. Times of crisis usually involve a breakdown in mobile phone or other key communication infrastructures"
"Each person defines how they want to receive alerts - the client, email and/or text message."
So when the internet and phones are down I can receive alerts via internet or phone.
This product makes nothing but sense! - chockster, on 04/28/2009, -1/+12So you didn't read the article, then?
- RetepNamenots, on 04/28/2009, -1/+11Almost as bad as 'FIRST!11!'
- natenovs, on 04/28/2009, -1/+10***** is wrong with you?
- DarkLaughingMan, on 04/28/2009, -0/+7Interesting, so it's just a combination of various sources of information (twitter, facebook, news, etc..) that's easily accessible for people who might be panicky in stressful events.
- Sylphid15, on 04/28/2009, -0/+6No. If anyone else did this I would still think it's retarded.
- inactive, on 04/28/2009, -3/+8As with Microsoft when you really need it they will have already dropped production as its not a money maker.
But seriously I read an eyewitness to the Kentucky icestorms they had no power, no heat,no cell towers to call out on no home phones, ATMs didnt work.. so how will Microsoft connect you with those odds - fofgrel, on 04/28/2009, -1/+6We'll call it the Wine Vine.
- Discola, on 04/28/2009, -1/+6It is planned to be developed for Mac eventually, though just Windows now since it is an early beta. Hopefully Wine can run it on Linux
- gordigor, on 04/28/2009, -0/+4Hmmm. Office for Mac?
- gordigor, on 04/28/2009, -0/+4The article mentions it will be an offline client also so when power is returned it will post the message. Its better than nothing.
- inactive, on 04/28/2009, -0/+4they still wouldn't need to contact them with Vine. Just yell up thestairs.
- inactive, on 04/28/2009, -0/+4Kinda seems pointless, I don't see how it is any hardier than anything else electronic and connected to the Internet during a disaster. However, the interface looks like it would make a nice next version of Messenger. By "marketing" it as a for-disaster use product will just limit its adoption by the masses who typically don't prepare for disasters anyway.
- Sherman901, on 04/28/2009, -0/+4Sooooooo they are going to be using carrier pigeons?
- jakem1, on 04/28/2009, -1/+4How many times are you going to make the same comment?
I can definitely imagine the mobile network overloading during an emergency if landlines have gone down. Just try standing in a crowd some time when everyone is trying to make a call (at a festival or something) and you'll see what I mean. - TVarmy, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3http://i33.tinypic.com/24uyvro.jpg
Twitter has you covered. - mrBitch, on 04/29/2009, -0/+3The best comment goes to John Gruber (of DF) :
"... MS Vine : What a fabulous idea: an emergency notification system based on proprietary software and which only works with one operating system." - DarkShroud, on 04/28/2009, -2/+5Or you could use a mobile device.
- bobdigi, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3My thoughts exactly. *shrug*
- Gizza, on 04/29/2009, -0/+3But FTA "Times of crisis usually involve a breakdown in mobile phone or other key communication infrastructures".
So when the next hurricane hits, and your house is falling in around you, and your mobile phone is broken it's good to know that all you need to survive this situation is a Windows PC with a broadband connection....
I just don't quite understand what this does and how it's any better than a phone. - bobdigi, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3Hey you, you forgot to take your Internet Anger meds. No one even said anything anti-ms you fool.
- TVarmy, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3Cell phones? Think about what this will be like in 2-5 years, when data plans will be cheaper, and even the giveaway phones will be smart.
Even if those are down, in a metropolitan area, there will be a couple people with satellite phones, including emergency workers who will benefit from a quick way to share info. - quikboy, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3Are you using the beta version of Safari 4.0? E-mail didn't work for me either. But it works great on Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.0.
- inactive, on 04/28/2009, -1/+4yes..they have.
Therefore, your entire post is absurd. They do it FAR more often than the others. and really, they haveht least reason to. Spending the extra money to reach such a tiny portion of hte market. - gordigor, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3When they are evacuated to the safe area, someone could post for them.
- gordigor, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3Hopefully, you might have already evacuated the area before a potential problem.
Of course, in an flash emergency they probably would have some sort of electricity in the safe area (community center). I think that's kind of the point about letting people know you're safe and your location. - AndrewMoyer, on 04/28/2009, -1/+4...at an additional cost.
- Narcism, on 04/28/2009, -1/+4Or instead of getting everyone to install this garbage program... you *gasp* save your contacts in your email? *GASP* and send an email from said community center!
- TVarmy, on 04/28/2009, -0/+3What's great is if Microsoft ends up competing with the other services, and both options get better as a result. What I like is how it aggregates status messages from third-party services, so that it's not something people opt in to. I can't see most people setting up an account with a social network just for emergencies, but people would definitely twitter or post to Facebook that they're okay. We've already seen this kind of behavior on Twitter.
- inactive, on 04/28/2009, -1/+4Hate to inform you of this, but you are wrong. There are LOTS of "disasters" that do not take down ANY of those services, let alone all three. (Especially land lines.) Think about 9/11. All three worked, though cell phones were sotty. (Text messaaging would be a lot easier to get through than voice calls...and the cell infrastructure has advanced considerably in 8 years as well.)
- inactive, on 04/28/2009, -2/+4You're one angry dude.
- Twinnie, on 04/28/2009, -0/+2The police can already do that to search for missing persons and you don't need to pay for it. They can track live phones or if it's not showing up on the network they can work out where the last text or phone call or whatever was made from.
- ProjectGSX, on 04/28/2009, -0/+2What, did Microsoft buy Banyan when I wasn't looking?
- dummptyhummpty, on 04/28/2009, -0/+2Last year, we had a small earthquake here in SoCal. Every one calling every one else brought down landline/cell phones for a short time after the earthquake. Imagine if it was big enough (like the one in 1994) to knock out the power (supposed to have a bigger one "soon").
- Tarnum, on 04/28/2009, -0/+2The cell towers are the first to go in a hurricane.
- ProjectGSX, on 04/29/2009, -0/+2Sometimes, making a joke just isn't worth the effort.
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