£650,000 a year pension after presiding over the ruination of a 200 year old bank and the biggest corporate loss in British history. He should spend the rest of his life in prison or at least in poverty, not in a mansion living the high life.
So in order to become president you have to be an expert in everything do you? Or do you think he might hire a few experts in their respective fields to advise him. Plus speaking as a middle-aged man myself I understands the issues perfectly well thanks. Now get off my lawn!
Speaking as a former typist trainer for the UK government I can tell you that the retraining costs of moving to Office 2007 will dwarf those of any move to OOo. Writer may not be exactly like Word 97-2003 but it's a whole lot less unfamiliar than the ribbon will be.
Headphones don't bother me - it's the relatively new mobile phone feature of having a speaker on the back which is a lot louder and more annoying you Yankee tosser;-)
I don't just blame cannabis - I'd just like to travel on the bus without the stink of cigarettes and weed and the tinny noise of crappy music bugging me. Not exactly a huge ask is it? But the chip on your shoulder about cannabis must give you real back problems.
P.S. Don't even think about comparing me to Daily Mail readers unless you want to say it to my face and get a smack. Hating selfish wankers is not an exclusive perogative of those arseholes ta very much.
Except that we have really strong cannabis here. Someone high on that can be very dangerous. I tell you what, you come over here and ask the gang of youths at the back of the bus to turn their mobile phone MP3 players off and stop stinking up the bus with their joints and see how quickly the situation turns ugly.
But in Libertarianworld all the competitors would have to do would be to make a better product and suddenly everyone would abandon the multi-billion dollar investment they have in Windows and Office and live happily ever after.
The Catholic Church also accepts evolution as "how God did it" so good luck trying to get through to the Creationists who obviously don't want anything to do with St Peter's successor.
Sure. Right. Get a bunch of yahoos up in space where they can't go to the nearest Starbux for an arguably decent cup of coffee. Not.
People want to go home for the weekends. They want to have sex with their partners. They want to go to the park and have a beer. None of that will be in space, or on the moon.
None of that is available on an oil platform either and yet there are plenty of people prepared to put up with that for a large wedge of cash.
Microsoft have lost several court cases due to their illegal behaviour. They have a lot of mistrust to overcome, much like human habitual offenders. The whole OOXML fiasco hardly helps their case for rehabilitation.
Most people avoid Linux because it doesn't run their software, doesn't have drivers for all their devices and is more difficult to use than Windows or OS X. Any rabid frothing at the mouth behaviour is a small factor in comparison.
Yeh like that limited liability bullshit - get rid of that unwarranted interference in the rights of corporate officers to fail along with their businesses.
Don't be silly taxes and regulations are evil - that's why the countries with the least taxes and regulations have the richest citizens and the most profitable companies.
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How about the former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7911722.stm
£650,000 a year pension after presiding over the ruination of a 200 year old bank and the biggest corporate loss in British history. He should spend the rest of his life in prison or at least in poverty, not in a mansion living the high life.
So in order to become president you have to be an expert in everything do you? Or do you think he might hire a few experts in their respective fields to advise him. Plus speaking as a middle-aged man myself I understands the issues perfectly well thanks. Now get off my lawn!
Because that company has repeatedly violated the law in order to achieve and maintain their market dominance. Crime always has that kind of downside.
No they should buy a PC with all the other operating systems that will run their Windows-only software and hardware.
Why? Does she only think there's one TV channel, airline or car manufacturer too?
Speaking as a former typist trainer for the UK government I can tell you that the retraining costs of moving to Office 2007 will dwarf those of any move to OOo. Writer may not be exactly like Word 97-2003 but it's a whole lot less unfamiliar than the ribbon will be.
Good God no! The last thing we want is our government's idea of what constitutes a good IT company making even more of a hash of OOo.
Headphones don't bother me - it's the relatively new mobile phone feature of having a speaker on the back which is a lot louder and more annoying you Yankee tosser ;-)
I don't just blame cannabis - I'd just like to travel on the bus without the stink of cigarettes and weed and the tinny noise of crappy music bugging me. Not exactly a huge ask is it? But the chip on your shoulder about cannabis must give you real back problems.
P.S. Don't even think about comparing me to Daily Mail readers unless you want to say it to my face and get a smack. Hating selfish wankers is not an exclusive perogative of those arseholes ta very much.
Except that we have really strong cannabis here. Someone high on that can be very dangerous. I tell you what, you come over here and ask the gang of youths at the back of the bus to turn their mobile phone MP3 players off and stop stinking up the bus with their joints and see how quickly the situation turns ugly.
But in Libertarianworld all the competitors would have to do would be to make a better product and suddenly everyone would abandon the multi-billion dollar investment they have in Windows and Office and live happily ever after.
I have, but I'm not allowed to use it, not being a US resident.
So what you're basically saying is that consumers should continue to be ripped off because it's the right of the manufacturer to do so?
How do you connect the viola?
You still need copyright holders' approval to sell the music, something that Apple can potentially interfere with.
SRM - Dumb Restrictions of Media
Ironic typos are the best!
The Catholic Church also accepts evolution as "how God did it" so good luck trying to get through to the Creationists who obviously don't want anything to do with St Peter's successor.
Sure. Right. Get a bunch of yahoos up in space where they can't go to the nearest Starbux for an arguably decent cup of coffee. Not.
People want to go home for the weekends. They want to have sex with their partners. They want to go to the park and have a beer. None of that will be in space, or on the moon.
None of that is available on an oil platform either and yet there are plenty of people prepared to put up with that for a large wedge of cash.
Microsoft have lost several court cases due to their illegal behaviour. They have a lot of mistrust to overcome, much like human habitual offenders. The whole OOXML fiasco hardly helps their case for rehabilitation.
As long as it takes most habitual offenders.
Most people avoid Linux because it doesn't run their software, doesn't have drivers for all their devices and is more difficult to use than Windows or OS X. Any rabid frothing at the mouth behaviour is a small factor in comparison.
And none of the corporate officers of Microsoft own any shares in the company? Thanks for playing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability
Get rid of this totally unwarranted governemnt interference in the market now!
Yeh like that limited liability bullshit - get rid of that unwarranted interference in the rights of corporate officers to fail along with their businesses.
Don't be silly taxes and regulations are evil - that's why the countries with the least taxes and regulations have the richest citizens and the most profitable companies.