True in some cases. Also, some MS apps are best experienced on iOS where the Adroid and MS mobile versions aren't as good.
It just depends on the team making the app.
But MS's new(ish) strategy is to "be where our customers are"
I like the fact that with the relative openness of Android, they are able to allow their customers to supplant Google's own native services if they wish to. It's greater choice for the consumer in the end.
Just to play devils advocate here: There is no other way Microsoft could do it in this case. They don't own the platform.
I kind of like the arrangement as it stands currently. Google owns the platform but MS (or anyone else) is able to bring their services to it in such a way as to actually compete with the native Google stuff. There is nothing similar on iOS, you just get what Apple gives you in key areas (lock screen, assistant, web browser, etc)
Just because I can do something doesn't mean I want to spend hours doing it.
Think of it another way: If you keep buying stuff that you know you will have to modify later, you are still voting for that practice to continue. Better to solve 2 problems with one action which is to buy the phone with comparable hardware AND does the software right. For this reason, I bought an OP3 and I really like it.
This has been how I leave jobs. I delete my own access prior to walking out the door.
My own access is just standard user rights like everyone else. The administrator account(s) remain. However, admin accounts are never enabled for remote access.
Seven months since setting out to refresh the Mozilla brand experience, we’ve reached the summit. Thousands of emails, hundreds of meetings, dozens of concepts, and three rounds of research later, we have something to share.
And I thought we had a lot of pointless meetings around here...
My guess is that he had the credentials to legitimately log in to the web hosts and make whatever changes he wanted.
In the tradition of: "you touched it last, it's yours", many professional web dev outfits will also just take the role of web server maintainers (even if they typically suck at that job) or, at the very least, hang on to the web host credentials in case the client comes back to them with problems or changes.
If you are the web dev, you could very easily, for example, e-mail yourself in addition to the legitimate recipient for every submitted web form. Really, anything you can do on a web site, a copy could be sent to the web dev. I would assume this could include everything from names and e-mail addresses to passwords and credit card information. It just depends on what the site does.
What I don't understand is why he needed "back doors".
During the course of work (obviously depending on scope) you may need access to sensitive information: admin passwords, internet utility bills, access to admin e-mail accounts (postmaster, webmaster), employee rosters, internal topology information, router passwords, the list goes on. All of this stuff is usually handed over without a second thought.
I have known these details and more for many local companies in my course of work. I have never abused that trust (I actually go out of my way to try to not remember passwords and other sensitive information), but I can certainly see how it could be abused without ever having to install any malware.
By that time, I am sure camera technology will be such that the VR audience will get views that not even the front row seat holders get. I am thinking body mounted cameras, lots of 360 camera placements and drones.
If done right, you won't even miss the energy of the crowd because you will be as good as there with them.... which then begs the question: Will anyone still want to physically go to these events?
In the "first world" people are not allowed to complain because everything is great. Which is why we needed somebody to finally become president that would make things great again....
I am one of the people who will buy an app even if it is only marginally useful to me.
There are a few apps that I have paid for but no longer use. I just figure it keeps me ad free and helps support developers.
That said, as a rule, I don't buy apps that also have in-app purchases.
I also don't think I have spent more than $100 in total across all app stores (Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft). However, I have surely spent more than $100 on donate buttons for projects I use.
Many small businesses buy VL SKUs in small or even single quantities. AFAIK there is no lower quantity limit to VL SKUs, you just have to buy them through a MS Gold or higher partner, of which there are quite a few.
I used to work for a small 3 person (including me) company. We were a Gold level partner. At least at the time, the bar was set at having 2 MS certified technicians and 1 MS certified sales person along with some revenue requirement. So the bar was not high at all.
We would regularly buy single quantity VL products for our customers. Actually, that is all we would buy. We only sold retail products out of the store front.
That said, the Enterprise version of the OS is about 60% more expensive than the Pro version.
To prove my point, here is a link to CDW for a single upgrade license to Windows 10 Enterprise (so, yes, in this case you would need to first buy a Pro version of Windows 7 or 10 first): https://www.cdw.com/shop/produ...
I think, for me at least, having edit capability within, say 10 minutes of hitting the post button would be an acceptable compromise.
After that 10 minutes is up, you can't edit it any longer. That gives you enough time to fix stupid markdown/markup tag problems, typos and other stuff... or just to delete it within that window. Yes, yes, I know, you need to proof read your post before hitting the submit button... but sometimes you miss stuff even if you are trying to be careful.
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True in some cases. Also, some MS apps are best experienced on iOS where the Adroid and MS mobile versions aren't as good.
It just depends on the team making the app.
But MS's new(ish) strategy is to "be where our customers are"
I like the fact that with the relative openness of Android, they are able to allow their customers to supplant Google's own native services if they wish to. It's greater choice for the consumer in the end.
Just to play devils advocate here: There is no other way Microsoft could do it in this case. They don't own the platform.
I kind of like the arrangement as it stands currently. Google owns the platform but MS (or anyone else) is able to bring their services to it in such a way as to actually compete with the native Google stuff. There is nothing similar on iOS, you just get what Apple gives you in key areas (lock screen, assistant, web browser, etc)
Just because I can do something doesn't mean I want to spend hours doing it.
Think of it another way: If you keep buying stuff that you know you will have to modify later, you are still voting for that practice to continue. Better to solve 2 problems with one action which is to buy the phone with comparable hardware AND does the software right. For this reason, I bought an OP3 and I really like it.
Then he shouldn't have anything to worry about.... right?
$15/month to listen to someone read a fucking book. Really? I wonder how much people will pay to have their ass wiped after a good shit?
That is worth $15/month easily...
This has been how I leave jobs. I delete my own access prior to walking out the door.
My own access is just standard user rights like everyone else. The administrator account(s) remain. However, admin accounts are never enabled for remote access.
This is a load of claptrap. You don't hire to fill quotas unless you're government. You hire the best candidate to do a job.
You pay what the market is willing to bear and what that employee negotiates.
Unless you don't...
Those are not mutually exclusive options...
I know it is true because it is 40 degrees in January here in Minneapolis MN... we call that "shorts weather" around here...
Seven months since setting out to refresh the Mozilla brand experience, we’ve reached the summit. Thousands of emails, hundreds of meetings, dozens of concepts, and three rounds of research later, we have something to share.
And I thought we had a lot of pointless meetings around here...
My guess is that he had the credentials to legitimately log in to the web hosts and make whatever changes he wanted.
In the tradition of: "you touched it last, it's yours", many professional web dev outfits will also just take the role of web server maintainers (even if they typically suck at that job) or, at the very least, hang on to the web host credentials in case the client comes back to them with problems or changes.
If you are the web dev, you could very easily, for example, e-mail yourself in addition to the legitimate recipient for every submitted web form. Really, anything you can do on a web site, a copy could be sent to the web dev. I would assume this could include everything from names and e-mail addresses to passwords and credit card information. It just depends on what the site does.
What I don't understand is why he needed "back doors".
During the course of work (obviously depending on scope) you may need access to sensitive information: admin passwords, internet utility bills, access to admin e-mail accounts (postmaster, webmaster), employee rosters, internal topology information, router passwords, the list goes on. All of this stuff is usually handed over without a second thought.
I have known these details and more for many local companies in my course of work. I have never abused that trust (I actually go out of my way to try to not remember passwords and other sensitive information), but I can certainly see how it could be abused without ever having to install any malware.
By that time, I am sure camera technology will be such that the VR audience will get views that not even the front row seat holders get. I am thinking body mounted cameras, lots of 360 camera placements and drones.
If done right, you won't even miss the energy of the crowd because you will be as good as there with them.... which then begs the question: Will anyone still want to physically go to these events?
In the "first world" people are not allowed to complain because everything is great. Which is why we needed somebody to finally become president that would make things great again....
I will add my anecdotal evidence to your query.
I am one of the people who will buy an app even if it is only marginally useful to me.
There are a few apps that I have paid for but no longer use. I just figure it keeps me ad free and helps support developers.
That said, as a rule, I don't buy apps that also have in-app purchases.
I also don't think I have spent more than $100 in total across all app stores (Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft). However, I have surely spent more than $100 on donate buttons for projects I use.
What is the ceiling for Physical Ed teachers anyway? Professional football coach?
Any configuration file that you have to compile is just inviting profane commentary....
Nut or gland derived milk is not my thing.
I do, however, enjoy an ice cold cup of unsweetened soy drink. Over cereal is great too.
I am the ultimate in lazy. All my coffee is free at work...
One cup in the morning with a bit of non-dairy creamer... my FOMO lifestyle is in force!
All night long....
Many small businesses buy VL SKUs in small or even single quantities. AFAIK there is no lower quantity limit to VL SKUs, you just have to buy them through a MS Gold or higher partner, of which there are quite a few.
I used to work for a small 3 person (including me) company. We were a Gold level partner. At least at the time, the bar was set at having 2 MS certified technicians and 1 MS certified sales person along with some revenue requirement. So the bar was not high at all.
We would regularly buy single quantity VL products for our customers. Actually, that is all we would buy. We only sold retail products out of the store front.
That said, the Enterprise version of the OS is about 60% more expensive than the Pro version.
To prove my point, here is a link to CDW for a single upgrade license to Windows 10 Enterprise (so, yes, in this case you would need to first buy a Pro version of Windows 7 or 10 first): https://www.cdw.com/shop/produ...
You don't have to use the GUI to launch a PuTTY session...
Just type "putty address" (of course, you will need to give the full path to the putty binary if it is not in your $PATH)
People who decided to use \ as path separator?
Oh no, you really stirred the hornet's nest with that one!
It's full on character war now!
Deutsche Bank is apparently the last remaining hold out to the "BYOD" model....
I think, for me at least, having edit capability within, say 10 minutes of hitting the post button would be an acceptable compromise.
After that 10 minutes is up, you can't edit it any longer. That gives you enough time to fix stupid markdown/markup tag problems, typos and other stuff... or just to delete it within that window. Yes, yes, I know, you need to proof read your post before hitting the submit button... but sometimes you miss stuff even if you are trying to be careful.