What has a patent dispute between Apple and Motorola to do with politics? (Note: since both companies are American, this isn't even protectionism for the native industry.)
That means a 2TB device will in fact pile on €51.2 in taxes alone (2.5 cents times 2048GB).
Since when do manufacturers of hard drives use Base 2 to describe the size of their hard drives? They don't, so it should be 50 € (2.5 cent times 2000 GB).
It's much more than that. it's a matter of timing also. It doesn't matter that they set the EOL a fucking decade ago, they set it, they can change it. Currently, it's perfectly timed to coincide with the collapse of the monetary system and government.
Clearly you were not listening at all when the article said upgrading is NOT AN OPTION.
So it's Microsofts mistake that the companies that develop SCADA systems and the companies that bought SCADA systems didn't care to think about upgrade paths, even though they knew well in advance that support for Windows XP will end and even WHEN it will end?
People should really stop blaming everybody else for their own stupidity.
2) I can still get older versions on Linux, and more older hardware is still supported by Linux than windows ever supported
And these older versions of Linux get about as much support as Win XP will get in two years time. There really isn't a difference between using an old linux that doesn't get any security fixes anymore or using Win XP after it doesn't get any security fixes. Both will still work, but be insecure.
And about hardware support: I know a bunch of printers, scanner, webcams etc. that are not supported by Linux. Trust me, I tried. The truth isn't as simple as you try to picture it.
Not to get dragged into the magic troll circle here, but.... seriously? Overpriced (alienware), insecure(Windows), not upgradeable(netbooks), sleazy CEOs(pick a firm, any firm) and cheap illicit labor(again...you have your pick) are your qualifications for hating Apple? Just Apple?
Are you aware that there is a difference between being one (or two) of the above and fitting ALL of the criteria at once?
Do you know the difference between communication channels for customers and those for partners and specialists?
I work in an IT support position, and sure, if I need to contact a special group (say the Exchange administrators) I could use the phone numbers used by the customers... and would waste valuable time by making the call center agent on the other end understand that I need to speak with the admins directly. To avoid this, we have phone numbers and email addresses of those other divisions. You know: A direct line.
The security companies have direct lines to the security teams from Microsoft, and certainly Oracle, Red Had etc. This is to everybody's advantage, as it reduces friction and increases response times. Only Apple doesn't understand that they are part of an ecosystem where everybody relies to some extend on everybody else...
So the over arching story in the ME universe is, of course, "Stop the Reapers, save the galaxy.
[...]
Then, in the last 10 minutes of the game, in 14 lines of dialogue, all that is changed. Now we are supposed to accept, from a character we've never met, that the Reapers aren't evil, and that we can't stop them or save the galaxy really, we just have to make a completely out of context choice.
Except: That's not true.
We have the choice to stop the Reapers, even destroy them. And yes, that comes at a terrible price (destruction of the mass relays), but did you really think it would come cheap?
If they keep taking down files due to copyright violations, and those files are referred from particular websites, then they need to examine other files linked to from those websites.
That might run against the privacy laws in Germany. A hoster must not 'inspect' the data of its users.
And even then: Rapidshare can not decide what is a legitimate use and what not. You know, Rapidshare does not employ judges, to my knowledge.
It specifically says which LTE networks are supported. Is the new standard for ads now to be that only the largest print claims count?
If they sell their iPad in $country saying it 'supports LTE' than yes, as a customer I expect to be able to use LTE in THAT COUNTRY. Putting in the fine print 'only if your in the US or Canada' is misleading advertisement.
That may not be a problem in the US, but in other parts of the world, especially in Europe, ads are expected to be truthful and not misleading. Trying to wiggle out by using the fine print to basically negate the statments you make in big letters may run afoul to consumer protection.
And I still wonder: Why did Apple use a chipset that only supports the LTE frequencies used in the US and Canada? There are chipsets that support the other frequencies. Would it have been to expensive to build two or three different models for different markets? Would it have been to expensive to use a chipset that supports all frequencies (assuming such a beast exists)? Or is it just once again the America-centric world view that Apple (and other companies) have shown more than once in the past?
You're right, because it is unheard of that people grow and change over time. And the almost 20 years since ST:TNG are of course not enough time anyways...
Market dictates that if Apple products sold in EU countries come with 2 year Apple care
That is NOT the case.
The mandatory warranty does not cover everything Applecare covers, so Apple can still sell Applecare as an ADDITIONAL warranty to consumers. But Apple has to inform the customers of this choice, rather than implying that a product without Applecare is not protected.
Besides, most products are already more expensive in the EU, in part to cover this mandatory warranty and the fact that prices for consumers have to include VAT.
Agreed. And if you happen to recollect that you have to stop by the grocery store on your way from work while driving your company's car, park it at home, get into your own vehicle and only then go shopping, because that's clearly the most reasonable thing to do.
Apples and oranges. Driving around with two cars at once isn't possible. Carrying two laptops (or a laptop and a tablet) is.
Plus, the equivalent to do grocery shopping would be browsing some news sites or reading private email. That would probably not be a problem with the work laptop.
But making an image of the hard drive and installing a different system is more like changing the engine of your company car because you want something with more power and storing the original one in your garage. I'm pretty sure that even you would agree that that wouldn't ok.
That's bullshit. The price for the Windows license is factored into the price of the computer. Just because there was no specific price tag on the Windows license doesn't mean there is nothing to refund.
That's your experience. My experience is that Windows crashes about as rarely as Linux.
But then again, I'm not a user but earn my money doing IT support, more specific Windows support, so I kinda know how to set up a Windows box properly and how to handle it.
It's normal that you only have statistical data of a small sample of the group that you are trying to make a general statement about. That doesn't invalidate the results of the report but just means that you have to take them with a grain of salt.
Unless, of course, the result is absolutely not what you expected, then it's easier to just say that the report is useless.
Well, around here (Germany) we actually get the ear-shattering ads (the loudness of the ads is higher than the loudness of the other content). But at least we don't get ads that often and no recaps.
And some TV stations across Europe are currently working on something like a pledge system to make the loudness of all their program uniform.
Speaking as a print publisher who's sick of your kind of parasitism, bugger off.
How is it parasitism if he uses online sources that are made available for everyone?
Print publishers need to accept the online world as a reality and stop seeing it as unfair competition. Basically the same lesson that the music and film industries had/have to learn.
Take for example setting up the wireless networking. On my iOS I can use DHCP and everything works. For some odd and strange reason with Android the network connections drop, come back, drop, come back, and drop and come back. They do this for about 5 minutes until they just stay connected. If I put in a network address all is good. Of course you could argue, "wait your network does something funny." Well my answer is that my laptops (windows, linux, and OSX) work just fine, as does my iPhone, and iPad. Thus while maybe it is network issue, I consider it an Android issue since the other devices are ok.
All my three Android devices never have problems connecting to any wifi, so yes, it seems to be a problem with your network or your individual Android device.
BTW, more than once I made the experience that networks that work just fine most of the time start to make problems once a Mac connects. Something in the way the network stack is implemented in Macs seems to trow some APs into a fit.
Samsung alone has sold more smartphones last quarter than Apple. But I'm sure you'll find a new way to interpret the numbers in a way that let's Apple come out on top.
Eventually, you will probably come back to the story that Apple was selling their customers for most of the 90's and the early 2000's: 'We may have only a small market share, but we produce the devices for the cool kids/creative community/pretentious hipsters!'
HTC, Samsung, Motorola have all used denied Apple licensing for their GSM and related standards based patents they are obligated to under FRAND terms.
I call BS.
Motorola IS willing to grant Apple FRAND licences. But Apple wants to get jack free for past use of these patents, and Motorola says (rightfully so!) 'no'.
So Apple is the bad guy for saying that Andriod needs to recognize the existing laws and patents granted.
No, Apple is the bad guy for expecting everybody to respect Apples patents, but being not willing to do the same for others. The case Motorola agains Apple in Germany is about Apple not being willing to pay for infringing on Motorolas patents for several years! It is NOT about Motorolo not being willing to grant Apple a FRAND licence (they are more than willing), bot about Apple not being willing to pay for past infringment of these patents.
What do you call somebody who is not willing tho stick to the rules he expects others to follow? The word 'hypocrit' comes to mind.
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What has a patent dispute between Apple and Motorola to do with politics?
(Note: since both companies are American, this isn't even protectionism for the native industry.)
That means a 2TB device will in fact pile on €51.2 in taxes alone (2.5 cents times 2048GB).
Since when do manufacturers of hard drives use Base 2 to describe the size of their hard drives?
They don't, so it should be 50 € (2.5 cent times 2000 GB).
It's much more than that. it's a matter of timing also. It doesn't matter that they set the EOL a fucking decade ago, they set it, they can change it.
Currently, it's perfectly timed to coincide with the collapse of the monetary system and government.
Clearly you were not listening at all when the article said upgrading is NOT AN OPTION.
So it's Microsofts mistake that the companies that develop SCADA systems and the companies that bought SCADA systems didn't care to think about upgrade paths, even though they knew well in advance that support for Windows XP will end and even WHEN it will end?
People should really stop blaming everybody else for their own stupidity.
2) I can still get older versions on Linux, and more older hardware is still supported by Linux than windows ever supported
And these older versions of Linux get about as much support as Win XP will get in two years time.
There really isn't a difference between using an old linux that doesn't get any security fixes anymore or using Win XP after it doesn't get any security fixes.
Both will still work, but be insecure.
And about hardware support: I know a bunch of printers, scanner, webcams etc. that are not supported by Linux. Trust me, I tried.
The truth isn't as simple as you try to picture it.
Yes, the Flashback trojan used a flaw in Java. A flaw that was fixed by Oracle on February 12th.
The problem here is that Apple didn't care to fix a known vulnerability until it was too late.
Not to get dragged into the magic troll circle here, but.... seriously? Overpriced (alienware), insecure(Windows), not upgradeable(netbooks), sleazy CEOs(pick a firm, any firm) and cheap illicit labor(again...you have your pick) are your qualifications for hating Apple? Just Apple?
Are you aware that there is a difference between being one (or two) of the above and fitting ALL of the criteria at once?
Do you know the difference between communication channels for customers and those for partners and specialists?
I work in an IT support position, and sure, if I need to contact a special group (say the Exchange administrators) I could use the phone numbers used by the customers... and would waste valuable time by making the call center agent on the other end understand that I need to speak with the admins directly.
To avoid this, we have phone numbers and email addresses of those other divisions. You know: A direct line.
The security companies have direct lines to the security teams from Microsoft, and certainly Oracle, Red Had etc.
This is to everybody's advantage, as it reduces friction and increases response times.
Only Apple doesn't understand that they are part of an ecosystem where everybody relies to some extend on everybody else...
So the over arching story in the ME universe is, of course, "Stop the Reapers, save the galaxy.
[...]
Then, in the last 10 minutes of the game, in 14 lines of dialogue, all that is changed. Now we are supposed to accept, from a character we've never met, that the Reapers aren't evil, and that we can't stop them or save the galaxy really, we just have to make a completely out of context choice.
Except: That's not true.
We have the choice to stop the Reapers, even destroy them.
And yes, that comes at a terrible price (destruction of the mass relays), but did you really think it would come cheap?
If they keep taking down files due to copyright violations, and those files are referred from particular websites, then they need to examine other files linked to from those websites.
That might run against the privacy laws in Germany.
A hoster must not 'inspect' the data of its users.
And even then: Rapidshare can not decide what is a legitimate use and what not. You know, Rapidshare does not employ judges, to my knowledge.
It specifically says which LTE networks are supported. Is the new standard for ads now to be that only the largest print claims count?
If they sell their iPad in $country saying it 'supports LTE' than yes, as a customer I expect to be able to use LTE in THAT COUNTRY. Putting in the fine print 'only if your in the US or Canada' is misleading advertisement.
That may not be a problem in the US, but in other parts of the world, especially in Europe, ads are expected to be truthful and not misleading. Trying to wiggle out by using the fine print to basically negate the statments you make in big letters may run afoul to consumer protection.
And I still wonder: Why did Apple use a chipset that only supports the LTE frequencies used in the US and Canada? There are chipsets that support the other frequencies.
Would it have been to expensive to build two or three different models for different markets? Would it have been to expensive to use a chipset that supports all frequencies (assuming such a beast exists)?
Or is it just once again the America-centric world view that Apple (and other companies) have shown more than once in the past?
It still would, because most customers or partners would only see the Apple logo and not what OS was running.
You're right, because it is unheard of that people grow and change over time. And the almost 20 years since ST:TNG are of course not enough time anyways...
Market dictates that if Apple products sold in EU countries come with 2 year Apple care
That is NOT the case.
The mandatory warranty does not cover everything Applecare covers, so Apple can still sell Applecare as an ADDITIONAL warranty to consumers.
But Apple has to inform the customers of this choice, rather than implying that a product without Applecare is not protected.
Besides, most products are already more expensive in the EU, in part to cover this mandatory warranty and the fact that prices for consumers have to include VAT.
Agreed. And if you happen to recollect that you have to stop by the grocery store on your way from work while driving your company's car, park it at home, get into your own vehicle and only then go shopping, because that's clearly the most reasonable thing to do.
Apples and oranges.
Driving around with two cars at once isn't possible.
Carrying two laptops (or a laptop and a tablet) is.
Plus, the equivalent to do grocery shopping would be browsing some news sites or reading private email. That would probably not be a problem with the work laptop.
But making an image of the hard drive and installing a different system is more like changing the engine of your company car because you want something with more power and storing the original one in your garage.
I'm pretty sure that even you would agree that that wouldn't ok.
That's bullshit.
The price for the Windows license is factored into the price of the computer. Just because there was no specific price tag on the Windows license doesn't mean there is nothing to refund.
That's your experience.
My experience is that Windows crashes about as rarely as Linux.
But then again, I'm not a user but earn my money doing IT support, more specific Windows support, so I kinda know how to set up a Windows box properly and how to handle it.
This report is about as useful as polls.
It's normal that you only have statistical data of a small sample of the group that you are trying to make a general statement about.
That doesn't invalidate the results of the report but just means that you have to take them with a grain of salt.
Unless, of course, the result is absolutely not what you expected, then it's easier to just say that the report is useless.
Well, around here (Germany) we actually get the ear-shattering ads (the loudness of the ads is higher than the loudness of the other content).
But at least we don't get ads that often and no recaps.
And some TV stations across Europe are currently working on something like a pledge system to make the loudness of all their program uniform.
Speaking as a print publisher who's sick of your kind of parasitism, bugger off.
How is it parasitism if he uses online sources that are made available for everyone?
Print publishers need to accept the online world as a reality and stop seeing it as unfair competition.
Basically the same lesson that the music and film industries had/have to learn.
The Swiss will be surprised to hear that they are part of Germany now.
Take for example setting up the wireless networking. On my iOS I can use DHCP and everything works. For some odd and strange reason with Android the network connections drop, come back, drop, come back, and drop and come back. They do this for about 5 minutes until they just stay connected. If I put in a network address all is good. Of course you could argue, "wait your network does something funny." Well my answer is that my laptops (windows, linux, and OSX) work just fine, as does my iPhone, and iPad. Thus while maybe it is network issue, I consider it an Android issue since the other devices are ok.
All my three Android devices never have problems connecting to any wifi, so yes, it seems to be a problem with your network or your individual Android device.
BTW, more than once I made the experience that networks that work just fine most of the time start to make problems once a Mac connects. Something in the way the network stack is implemented in Macs seems to trow some APs into a fit.
Samsung alone has sold more smartphones last quarter than Apple.
But I'm sure you'll find a new way to interpret the numbers in a way that let's Apple come out on top.
Eventually, you will probably come back to the story that Apple was selling their customers for most of the 90's and the early 2000's: 'We may have only a small market share, but we produce the devices for the cool kids/creative community/pretentious hipsters!'
In particular, what files did he think people might legally share with the software that couldn't have been obtained elsewhere?
What does it matter?
Are you seriously arguing that just because there is another legal way to obtain something, one can not create an alternative?
So because I can buy something at Wall-Mart we don't need any other shops/malls?
HTC, Samsung, Motorola have all used denied Apple licensing for their GSM and related standards based patents they are obligated to under FRAND terms.
I call BS.
Motorola IS willing to grant Apple FRAND licences.
But Apple wants to get jack free for past use of these patents, and Motorola says (rightfully so!) 'no'.
So Apple is the bad guy for saying that Andriod needs to recognize the existing laws and patents granted.
No, Apple is the bad guy for expecting everybody to respect Apples patents, but being not willing to do the same for others.
The case Motorola agains Apple in Germany is about Apple not being willing to pay for infringing on Motorolas patents for several years!
It is NOT about Motorolo not being willing to grant Apple a FRAND licence (they are more than willing), bot about Apple not being willing to pay for past infringment of these patents.
What do you call somebody who is not willing tho stick to the rules he expects others to follow?
The word 'hypocrit' comes to mind.