Hmmm, they certainly gave the impression of guaranteeing an update within the two year time frame. Back in 2001, when Software Assurance was brand new, the local MS licensing guy for our area put on a seminar about Licensing 6 and what it entailed. XP had just come out, and MS was pushing hard to get people to buy into SA.
We asked specifically about the next version of Windows, and we were guaranteed that it would be out in 2003, in time to benefit us if we bought XP with SA.
That day also happened to be the day of the first notice that the "next version of Windows" would be delayed, and not ship until 2004.
Made the decision to NOT purchase licenses with SA rather easy.
Despite the rhetoric however, there is currently no evidence that broadband operators are going out of their way to block access to any widely used websites or similar online services.
Gee, we can invade a sovereign nation on the basis of "no evidence", kill a lot of civilians and get a bunch of our kids killed and maimed in the process, but we can't preempt discriminatory acts by companies known for raping anything that has a pulse simply because they haven't taken this specific action yet, only stated that they will?
I could configure the 2 routers I have at my desk, set up the firewall and VPN SAs to go along with them, provision the 2 IP phones and Blackberries, drive 4 hours and install them plus remote workstations and get paid for it. Or...
I could download the Vista Beta, install and play with it and get paid for it without ever leaving my chair or touching IOS.
Likely, it's the legal correspondance regarding said DVDs with Warner Bros., FOX, et al and their lawyers that fill up the rest of the available space.
Well, sometimes there are nuggets buried in the chaff. Following a link to an editorial at neowin in a post above, I read a Microsoft case study that gave me a good chuckle.
Thank goodness we already use Windows Server System so that we were not vulnerable to the "Blaster virus"!
Windows doesn't have 20% more uptime, Windows has increased their uptime by 20% while Linux was increased by (insert some random number here)
Well, the article states "Windows 2003 Server, in fact, led the popular Red Hat Enterprise Linux with nearly 20 percent more annual uptime."
That certainly sounds like a claim that Windows has 20 percent more annual uptime than RHEL, expecially since the article doesn't state anywhere that the 20 percent figure was an increase over last year. The only improvement statement made was that "...the major server operating systems all have a 'high degree of reliability,' and have showed marked improvement in the last 3 to 5 years."
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It provides no apparent improvement in spelling abilities, however.
Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!
No, fuck him with a rusty thermos full of hot coffee!
Agreed. It needs a caption too. "Fucking Kill Google" is too long, how about just "FKG"?
Hmmm, they certainly gave the impression of guaranteeing an update within the two year time frame. Back in 2001, when Software Assurance was brand new, the local MS licensing guy for our area put on a seminar about Licensing 6 and what it entailed. XP had just come out, and MS was pushing hard to get people to buy into SA.
We asked specifically about the next version of Windows, and we were guaranteed that it would be out in 2003, in time to benefit us if we bought XP with SA.
That day also happened to be the day of the first notice that the "next version of Windows" would be delayed, and not ship until 2004.
Made the decision to NOT purchase licenses with SA rather easy.
Once again, Cartman shows us the way:
Nut-n-Corn Crunch & Classic Brown.
Sure, if you want to make big downloads or burn CDs in the background while gaming, there might be some benefit.
Why should my pr0n downloads suffer just because I want to frag some bitches?
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fucking adhouse.
We swear we're going to meet customer needs, as long as customers don't demand to see the source code...
Or stable software, sane licensing agreements, logical software release versioning, standards compliance, reduced hardware requirements, functionality over form....Think of the poor guy taking calls from the Oval Office.
No mention of hacking web servers and forcing them to serve "Installation Successful" boilerplate to hardworking municipal appointees?
And it already has a 3.3 rating from Circuit City customers who bought it, too!
Well, they DID show this in America. It is at LEAST as believeable as someone hijacking a plane with nothing but an eyelash curler.
No, no, it's the Liberation Front of Earth.
Splitters!!
Heh, high-end DELL workstations! *brain asplodes*
Despite the rhetoric however, there is currently no evidence that broadband operators are going out of their way to block access to any widely used websites or similar online services.
Gee, we can invade a sovereign nation on the basis of "no evidence", kill a lot of civilians and get a bunch of our kids killed and maimed in the process, but we can't preempt discriminatory acts by companies known for raping anything that has a pulse simply because they haven't taken this specific action yet, only stated that they will?Toilet paper? TOILET PAPER?!? Well, la-dee-da, Mr. Frenchman! Bet you got yerself a fancy-schmancy ga-rage too.
"I code to the finich, 'cuz I eats me spinach, I'm PERLeye the Recursion Man!" *printf-printf*
Lady, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told everybody else: I'm sorry if your dog went blind, but your beef is with Harz Mountain, not with me.
Well, the choices as I see them:
Which should I chose?
Ahem, the proper spelling is "pwned".
Kids these days. What DO they teach in those schools?
Didn't MS drop support for 2000 last year?
Likely, it's the legal correspondance regarding said DVDs with Warner Bros., FOX, et al and their lawyers that fill up the rest of the available space.
Well, sometimes there are nuggets buried in the chaff. Following a link to an editorial at neowin in a post above, I read a Microsoft case study that gave me a good chuckle.
Thank goodness we already use Windows Server System so that we were not vulnerable to the "Blaster virus"!
Windows doesn't have 20% more uptime, Windows has increased their uptime by 20% while Linux was increased by (insert some random number here)
Well, the article states "Windows 2003 Server, in fact, led the popular Red Hat Enterprise Linux with nearly 20 percent more annual uptime."
That certainly sounds like a claim that Windows has 20 percent more annual uptime than RHEL, expecially since the article doesn't state anywhere that the 20 percent figure was an increase over last year. The only improvement statement made was that "...the major server operating systems all have a 'high degree of reliability,' and have showed marked improvement in the last 3 to 5 years."