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Windows Live Goes to College
Tobias writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has struck a deal with 72 different colleges to use Windows Live for their email services. The problem with this is that Windows Live does not support any browsers besides IE 6, does not support POP or IMAP, and does not support email forwarding." From the article: "The Redmond company believes that catching the students early on will turn them into life-long users of Windows Live. They would likely create a Windows Live Messenger account, start a blog and organize their favorites under this e-mail account -- especially if they plan to continue using it, Microsoft says."
Can they do that?
From the article:
"But although there has been a rapid uptake of the service, the company says it still meets resistance and skepticism. In return, Microsoft has been assuring education institutions that its only motivation is to get students using Windows Live, promising there are no ulterior plans."
Funnypics
drops out freshman year, forms harmless little start-up to develop webOS, and goes on to take over the world.
tidokoro
what turns a man's karma neutral? lust for gold? power? or just a heart born full of neutrality?
>> The Redmond company believes that catching the students early on will turn them into life-long users of Windows Live
.. if you love someone, set them free? :)
Who was it that said
Windows Live Goes to College
About time somebody went to college... I hear the founder was a dropout
I love humanity, it is people I hate
Allow me to rephrase, then.
No school with a CS department worth its salt would end up with a deal like this. If a school ends up with a deal like this, guess what? Their CS department is not very good. It may be full of nice people, it might be full of top end machines, it might be full of the shiniest textbooks in the country - but it is not a very efficient, effective, well-managed, or well-guided CS department - that is to say, it is not a good department.
It is as if I said "any dog with rabies is not a very good dog to be around; certainly not a dog I would wish to be around", and you (/ someone) said, "oh yes - but let me inform you, I know of quite a few top quality dogs, who have been propositioned by RabiesMouthFoamCo for Special Injections". Now I am left with saying "...well, my good sir, then it is still not a dog I would wish to be around", and then going into a private place and hollering "A BLOO A BLOO A BLOO" while running around in erratic circles until the aggravation of hearing Middle Management stories wears off.
Just say no!
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity....Calvin
You're totally right ZOMG I totally forgot that Firefox won't have MICROSOFT AJAX(TM) support until version 3.0
C'mon Mozilla, hurry up, you're behind the fucking curve.
1.) Write a shell script that polls the site, downloads all new mails and sends them to a real email account/puts them into your mbox
2.) Tell cron to execute the script daily
3.) Rejoice as you don't have to deal with the thing anymore, except for the occasional script update when the site layout changes
6.) Add obligatory "PROFIT!!" meme here
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
I can't use any standard email client with it.
I think that was one of the design goals.
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
When you access Windows Live Mail Beta on Firefox you are getting absolutely NO ajax-style features.
No Ajax? What do they think this is, Web 1.0 circa 2005?
Fucking cavemen.
the Abyss stares also into you.
--Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, chapter 4, no. 146
Who's this Nietzsche guy, and why is he ripping off Dylan Hunt quotes?
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Dropped out in yr 11 huh?
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
It's rather obvious that that particular abyss is located in Soviet Russia.
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