I can't tell you what province or city but I can tell you that Staples is known for this also. As an insider I know that our tech services mostly come from "in store setups"... An $80.00 charge for 1 hours worth of work that the customer could have done for free.
I am not defending such actions but you have to keep in mind that a lot of customers aren't comfortable with Vista and have no idea how to use it let alone make recovery discs or setup a printer.
I look at Vista from a totally different standpoint then most... I get a student loan every fall for my computer science undergrad. I am in my first year at the moment. I can't see the logic in going out to get vista. My laptop came with Windows XP home edition so I have been using that and Ubuntu. We have 2 university labs that are all Linux (Fedora)... Students have financial trouble to begin with, we are given JUST enough to get us through our terms... I can't afford Vista... I have talked to 3rd and 4th year students and the general feedback was that the upgrade to XP was needed because of functionality, but there really isn't an incentive to move to Vista.
Maybe Microsoft should speak to us the students when they make there sales pitches, in a few years were going to be the newbies on the block developing software. I rarely boot into XP... I need a solid reason of some kind to change platforms.
You know what.... You guys can speculate all you want... I am sure that once Microsoft does what it wants to do we will find that were in the exact same place. If our code infringes on Microsoft's code (which we haven't saw yet) then someone will just re-write it... Linux will live regardless of Microsoft...
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it... If someone took me to court saying I stole there "code"... I would say "Fine" and go home and re-write it.... done.
In my opinion this was a very good move... Someone had to step to the plate and make a correction when it came to the Novel Microsoft thing... I call it a thing because I don't think any of us really know how it's going to affect us all....
I guess it all depends on what kind of applications they want. I really don't think it has anything to do with "open source" and "closed source"... Chances are that the person or department deciding has a specific need that needs be met and they think a windows application can do it easier then a linux one.
Nothing to cry over.
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Can't be much fun having a collapsing nuclear power next door.
I don't know. Would any Canadians like to comment?
Sure... I didn't know that our southern neighbours were having that much trouble. :)
Hang on I'll send an email
Who is Rob Galbraith and why is this slashdot worthy?
I can't tell you what province or city but I can tell you that Staples is known for this also. As an insider I know that our tech services mostly come from "in store setups"... An $80.00 charge for 1 hours worth of work that the customer could have done for free. I am not defending such actions but you have to keep in mind that a lot of customers aren't comfortable with Vista and have no idea how to use it let alone make recovery discs or setup a printer.
Sorry but I have to agree with this... They throw out releases (which is awesome) way to often to be announcing them on slashdot.
Okay someone mod this... It isn't "interesting"
Godwin's Law in effect... Nazis were mentioned.
Canadians
No but English is a must! Nice grammar!!!
How did this get a score of 4 and marked insightful?
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How did we suddenly get a "flipper" tag?
I look at Vista from a totally different standpoint then most... I get a student loan every fall for my computer science undergrad. I am in my first year at the moment. I can't see the logic in going out to get vista. My laptop came with Windows XP home edition so I have been using that and Ubuntu. We have 2 university labs that are all Linux (Fedora)... Students have financial trouble to begin with, we are given JUST enough to get us through our terms... I can't afford Vista... I have talked to 3rd and 4th year students and the general feedback was that the upgrade to XP was needed because of functionality, but there really isn't an incentive to move to Vista. Maybe Microsoft should speak to us the students when they make there sales pitches, in a few years were going to be the newbies on the block developing software. I rarely boot into XP... I need a solid reason of some kind to change platforms.
I guess I have to ask the same question... How did Microsoft expect us to respond? of course were going to be biased...
You know what.... You guys can speculate all you want... I am sure that once Microsoft does what it wants to do we will find that were in the exact same place. If our code infringes on Microsoft's code (which we haven't saw yet) then someone will just re-write it... Linux will live regardless of Microsoft... Personally, I wouldn't worry about it... If someone took me to court saying I stole there "code"... I would say "Fine" and go home and re-write it.... done.
In my opinion this was a very good move... Someone had to step to the plate and make a correction when it came to the Novel Microsoft thing... I call it a thing because I don't think any of us really know how it's going to affect us all....
I guess it all depends on what kind of applications they want. I really don't think it has anything to do with "open source" and "closed source"... Chances are that the person or department deciding has a specific need that needs be met and they think a windows application can do it easier then a linux one. Nothing to cry over.