The FAQ does not say it requires internet access to actually use the products in their original form (only to upgrade, manage account, save to SkyDrive, etc).
When a subscription expires, the subscription enters a brief grace period during which administrators receive notification email messages and see alerts, when they log in to the Office 365 portal, that warn that the subscription will soon be disabled.
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If you do not renew the subscription, the subscription will soon be disabled; user accounts assigned to the expired subscription are disabled, and users are unable to access the expired subscription. However, administrators can still access the service.
I would expect Office 365 simply won't allow you to save new files to your SkyDrive account if it fills up. It doesn't seem it won't allow you to save locally though.
You don't buy something for your Macbook and expect it to run on your iPhone "because it's all Apple, look, it's similar"
You don't buy something for Android and expect it to run on your Linux desktop "because it's all Linux underneath, right?"
You don't buy something for your Windows 8 desktop and expect it to run on your Windows tablet. IMHO, Microsoft has the advantage in that it's going to deliver a tablet with actually Windows 8 x86 capable of running those apps "grandma bought".
Anyone, perhaps I see what Samsung is saying (not much information)... they could always skip Windows RT and concentrate on Windows 8 x86 for tablets anyway since Intel seems to be doing some progress on the power efficiency front.
I thought it was clear enough that Windows RT is to be the Windows version for ARM tablet devices that will compete directly with iPad and Android tablets.
What's not clear about it. Looks like Samsung is strong-arming Microsoft for something else.
Not everyone can afford (or are allowed to have) a cellphone jamming device. That's how you have total control over how your students access the Internet, right?
1) If that makes you sleep better at night, so be it. I looks like your paranoia is very contained to a few areas.
2) Discrediting the other part in an discussion... not really the best way to win any argument.
3) Feel free to propose technical solutions that don't involve what Nokia, Opera, etc are doing. You might even have a startup idea that will make you rich.
In which case, some users might prefer looking at that (and being able to zoom it and such) than sitting in the back of a packed class-room and not being able to make everything out on the screen.
Let's face the truth here, students will be playing Facebook games and that's it.
A big board converges the classroom attention to a single point and people interact as in a group. Each student with his/her own tablet is just an island. They are enough island outside the classroom already (look a group of student, I bet 70% are looking down to their smartphones).
I know many teachers and they all hate when student keep playing with tablets and smartphones in the classroom.
I thought "enterprise social networking" was only for big corporations but after working at a 500-employee company, I noticed Yammer was heavily used there too. I guess it depends on the company's culture. Yammer might not be that bad acquisition at all.
How is Ouya or any other indie console maker going to deliver their products to people in South America and Asia? They look awesome for the biased views of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs but reality is things are more complex than that.
There have been headlines in other news items that C# is the language of the year, but this is based on a new language index that really doesn't have the history to be authoritative.
So unless some index methodology is old, it is no good. I wonder how people get the motivation to create something better nowadays.
The TIOBE index has a lot of problems, but it has been going for some time and it is reasonable to use it to compare gross trends in language popularity.
So the TIOBE index has a LOT of problems but it's old enough AND the author thinks it's reasonable.
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The FAQ does not say it requires internet access to actually use the products in their original form (only to upgrade, manage account, save to SkyDrive, etc).
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/home-premium/#FAQs
1) From the documents you linked:
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When a subscription expires, the subscription enters a brief grace period during which administrators receive notification email messages and see alerts, when they log in to the Office 365 portal, that warn that the subscription will soon be disabled.
If you do not renew the subscription, the subscription will soon be disabled; user accounts assigned to the expired subscription are disabled, and users are unable to access the expired subscription. However, administrators can still access the service.
More FAQs here.
I would expect Office 365 simply won't allow you to save new files to your SkyDrive account if it fills up. It doesn't seem it won't allow you to save locally though.
Aren't you forgetting GNU somewhere there? :)
I'm trying to remember a joke about a small violin or something but I can't..
Right, I can see from my window the droves of users moving from Windows to Linux (or even Mac).
Finally, the year of the Linux desktop is here.
Footnote: Win8 probably has more market share than Linux now by now.
would make it impossible for third parties to identify the source or destination of the file transfer.
Not even Tor can guarantee that unless other dozens of requirements are met. So, no.
would hopefully put an end to the era of movie studios subpoenaing ISPs
Erm.. no.
GNOME3 and Win8... the two themes Slashdotters hold most dear to heart.
after what ultimately happened to the ThinkPad brand under Lenovo's guidance
You mean, they would object if RIM devices kept working as before?
"former physicist and current IT Systems Programmer and blogger"
In the case of usability of a consumer/desktop Linux distribution, I would rather read a review my "Mary, mom and totally newbie".
Usability these days feels more like mental masturbation by everybody in IT than anything else.
You don't buy something for your Macbook and expect it to run on your iPhone "because it's all Apple, look, it's similar"
You don't buy something for Android and expect it to run on your Linux desktop "because it's all Linux underneath, right?"
You don't buy something for your Windows 8 desktop and expect it to run on your Windows tablet. IMHO, Microsoft has the advantage in that it's going to deliver a tablet with actually Windows 8 x86 capable of running those apps "grandma bought".
Anyone, perhaps I see what Samsung is saying (not much information)... they could always skip Windows RT and concentrate on Windows 8 x86 for tablets anyway since Intel seems to be doing some progress on the power efficiency front.
I thought it was clear enough that Windows RT is to be the Windows version for ARM tablet devices that will compete directly with iPad and Android tablets.
What's not clear about it. Looks like Samsung is strong-arming Microsoft for something else.
I don't see how a touchscreen on a laptop will prevent anyone for creating anything (since the keyboard and mouse will be there).
Sorry.
"Nobody is using $product anymore" is the new "First Post!"
Not everyone can afford (or are allowed to have) a cellphone jamming device. That's how you have total control over how your students access the Internet, right?
1) If that makes you sleep better at night, so be it. I looks like your paranoia is very contained to a few areas.
2) Discrediting the other part in an discussion... not really the best way to win any argument.
3) Feel free to propose technical solutions that don't involve what Nokia, Opera, etc are doing. You might even have a startup idea that will make you rich.
As opposed to a subpoena to your first-world ISP which is always ignored or at least fought hard before being accept, right? Yeah, didn't think so...
In which case, some users might prefer looking at that (and being able to zoom it and such) than sitting in the back of a packed class-room and not being able to make everything out on the screen.
Let's face the truth here, students will be playing Facebook games and that's it.
A big board converges the classroom attention to a single point and people interact as in a group. Each student with his/her own tablet is just an island. They are enough island outside the classroom already (look a group of student, I bet 70% are looking down to their smartphones).
I know many teachers and they all hate when student keep playing with tablets and smartphones in the classroom.
I thought "enterprise social networking" was only for big corporations but after working at a 500-employee company, I noticed Yammer was heavily used there too. I guess it depends on the company's culture. Yammer might not be that bad acquisition at all.
The same planet that Google, Apple, etc are from.
Microsoft screwed up
Finally. I couldn't hold my breath any longer.
Software update fails, wow! Poor little food stamps.
How is Ouya or any other indie console maker going to deliver their products to people in South America and Asia? They look awesome for the biased views of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs but reality is things are more complex than that.
There have been headlines in other news items that C# is the language of the year, but this is based on a new language index that really doesn't have the history to be authoritative.
So unless some index methodology is old, it is no good. I wonder how people get the motivation to create something better nowadays.
The TIOBE index has a lot of problems, but it has been going for some time and it is reasonable to use it to compare gross trends in language popularity.
So the TIOBE index has a LOT of problems but it's old enough AND the author thinks it's reasonable.
Well, I'm satisfied.
From what I see, young 20 somethings are the ones spending all their time on Facebook and games. Which worries me, in a different way.