Only in a very roundabout way, shooting-the-messenger style. Yeah, sure, their OS runs most of the computers in the world, most of which use Google, but that's a faulty line of reasoning; Apple or NeXT could plausibly have taken over the market in the same way.
Perhaps, by making the PC affordable and almost omnipresent, they helped enable Google's success. But they sure as hell didn't contribute to it, nor did they form any kind of bedrock for it.
1) Bastard bastard fuck you Apple, for releasing shinies in the same week that I get approved for a credit card and swear to myself that I will only use it for small purchases in emergencies. You fucking, fucking fuckering fuckers.
2) Apple's servers are melting like butter in a nuclear war.
3) Because of point 2), does anyone know if the new iPod Classic will fit in my Universal Dock, because Apple's now molten servers don't want to say.
I only expect honesty from people... if honesty demands American car manufacturers to say their cars suck, or MS to say Linux is better, then that's what they must do.
Welcome to Super Happy Fantasy Land, population: you!
Frankly, yeah, honesty is great and all, but the moment you start expecting companies to say "Our product sucks shit" is the exact moment you've gone completely insane.
I'm sure a lot less people would pirate windows if it was available for $19 a copy.
Well, of course, that's simple supply and demand. Then again, Windows most likely could be made a lot cheaper, perhaps as a loss leader for Office, Works etc. Who knows?
Critics were not impressed. 'A system thats not totally reliable really should not be so punitive, said Gartner Inc. analyst Michael Silver. Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash.,
WGA is a natural, if not perfect (or even good) business response to the problem of piracy (leaving out all the debate over whether it's a good or bad thing for Microsoft as a whole). But the technical implementation leaves a lot to be desired; if anything, the response to a WGA server failure should be automatic pass (fail safe) instead of an automatic fail (fail deadly).
Sure, for a 24 hour window pirates would have a free-for-all in getting perfectly valid WGA results, but at the same time legitimate customers would not be inconvenienced. As far as I can see, that's the only way to keep WGA while minimising the backlash against it.
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Dell seems to think there's money in it. Businesses don't do things unless there's a market for them, or at least a reasonable return on investment.
Only in a very roundabout way, shooting-the-messenger style. Yeah, sure, their OS runs most of the computers in the world, most of which use Google, but that's a faulty line of reasoning; Apple or NeXT could plausibly have taken over the market in the same way.
Perhaps, by making the PC affordable and almost omnipresent, they helped enable Google's success. But they sure as hell didn't contribute to it, nor did they form any kind of bedrock for it.
So Microsoft provides the advertising for a site whose users created a group called Fuck Islam. And they're at fault? Typical Slashdot spin...
This isn't just shooting the messenger. This is shooting the guy that made the uniform that the messenger wears.
That would work very well if the devices were in America and not Australia.
*golf clap*
They're descended from Brits, so technically European.
Not red blooded though, whatever the case. Sorry.
Actually, I've heard he kinda sucks at it.
Pro tip: get Cheney to invite Thompson on a game of Duck Hunt. Figures someone still gets hurt, even in the absence of live ammo.
1) Bastard bastard fuck you Apple, for releasing shinies in the same week that I get approved for a credit card and swear to myself that I will only use it for small purchases in emergencies. You fucking, fucking fuckering fuckers.
2) Apple's servers are melting like butter in a nuclear war.
3) Because of point 2), does anyone know if the new iPod Classic will fit in my Universal Dock, because Apple's now molten servers don't want to say.
I only expect honesty from people... if honesty demands American car manufacturers to say their cars suck, or MS to say Linux is better, then that's what they must do.
Welcome to Super Happy Fantasy Land, population: you!
Frankly, yeah, honesty is great and all, but the moment you start expecting companies to say "Our product sucks shit" is the exact moment you've gone completely insane.
Someone metamod this unfair, this is not flamebait by any stretch.
I'm sure a lot less people would pirate windows if it was available for $19 a copy.
Well, of course, that's simple supply and demand. Then again, Windows most likely could be made a lot cheaper, perhaps as a loss leader for Office, Works etc. Who knows?
Critics were not impressed. 'A system thats not totally reliable really should not be so punitive, said Gartner Inc. analyst Michael Silver. Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash.,
WGA is a natural, if not perfect (or even good) business response to the problem of piracy (leaving out all the debate over whether it's a good or bad thing for Microsoft as a whole). But the technical implementation leaves a lot to be desired; if anything, the response to a WGA server failure should be automatic pass (fail safe) instead of an automatic fail (fail deadly).
Sure, for a 24 hour window pirates would have a free-for-all in getting perfectly valid WGA results, but at the same time legitimate customers would not be inconvenienced. As far as I can see, that's the only way to keep WGA while minimising the backlash against it.