Well I'm mainly speaking as a US citizen stuck in the gulag. Nturally they are going to do whatever they fell like with foreigners (deplorable) but when they start doing it to their own citizens, that's grounds for civil war since our civil liberties and protections and rights provided to us by our own government are being retracted by our own government without justifiable reason or our consent.
Oooh... good point. In some case the old 'diplomatic immunity' would get you through those checkpoints but other workers would not be so lucky. Yeah this is stupd in so many ways. We are just descending into a Hitler-esque nightmare (aka George Bush wet dream) more and more.
This potentially falls within the borders of our own country however so therefore your argument is nul and void since airports and screening agents are at every US aiport and this will eventually mean that every screening agent has the right to inspect any laptop they want. Confidential information such as medical data, lawyers notes, diaries, etc are all now publicly inspected violating your civil liberties as a US citizen.
Can they ask to see the contents of a company laptop? If that information is proprietary you have every right to deny them access as an employee or face legal liability for showing others that information. Arguably, they have no right to a laptop that isn't yours or viewing information that you do not have the right to show them; they would need to get a release from the company in order to view that data.
Traditionally this was the case in 2001... but things have changed since the tech buble burst. CTO are more cautious. They now know the wisdom of not being monotheistic in their practices. They evaluate their options rather than just accepting what Microsoft shoves down their throat.
I speak from experience as someone who developed applications FOR Microsoft as a third party vendor. The small business SMB doesn't know better and if they have the money (which they often don't), they may purchase it if they feel the need. The larger businesses have resources and knowledge that the smaller business doesn't have and tend to evaluate these products a bit more than they used to. They also are more often than not, mixed shops.
So again when Microsoft does things like this that 'LOOK' shady (whether they are or not), they will always be interpretted in the most negative light due to their past practices and due to their past relationships they have established with their customers. And if people feel they may want something like that but not feel comfortable with the pricing scheme, the will evaluate other products from competitors.
Admired amongst who? The CTO's who make the decisions to not buy Vista? The developers who still complain and bitch on their forums about compatibility? The OEM's that fought to get XP back? The users that don't buy Zune or Vista?
I'd be curious to know who they polled to come up with number 12 and how they even got that far up on the list. Probably only that far on money alone.
Microsoft marketing does these things because they work
They work far less often than they used to and more often have a negative backlash now. For a company that is fighting it's negative image, things like this only serve to enforce that image and make them look like monopolists.
Consumers (especially in SMB) are not that dumb and they are seeing added expense in this day and age as something their wallets cannot endure. The more you tack on an expense, the more the wonder why they shouldn't get this for free and begin to look for an alternative.
Linux picks up the customers that Microsoft shaves off with moves like this and more often than not, they tend not to lose them (as long as we aren't talking about the desktop... thats where they lose them to Apple).
Cost of WindowsOS: $300
Cost of anti-virus:$50
Cost of anti-spyware:$100
Cost of web server:$0 dollars
Cost of still crashing and getting hacked: priceless
Actually 4 of the major publishers that form the RIAA are doing it and Sony is beginning to experiment with it. That's a major chunk of the RIAA and the people who were pushing DRM for music. So it's pretty much happening already.
Publishers are now dumping DRM and publishing on Amazon and iTunes as raw MP3's. So again, why do we need anything else aside from widely supported ubiquitous standards?
My iPod plays MP3's just fine. That's the most widely supported format their is. Why do they have to support WMA as well when they already support the most ubiquitous formats like WAV and MP3??
In robotics, a masturbot is a specialized type of robot that is designed to erotically stimulate itself whenever it is not preoccupied by any other function of sufficiently great relative importance.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Masturbot
You know alot of guys...? AND it's a great place to hang out??? So you are speaking from experience or just bragging at being picked up in the Mac Gaybar? Not interested or curious... just want to get you out of the Slashdot closet.
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ROFL. Incredible. Truly ignorant. You bring new meaning to knuckle dragger. I applaud your species sir.
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LOL. wow. You truly are ignorant. You are willing to debate Merriam Webster now? Amazing. Truly amazing. Well have at it then. Lets see you debate a bunch of Rhodes scholars on the definitions that they establish.
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By the way, persecution would be to mean I care about what you think. Sometimes you have to accept that some children don't wish to learn. Does that mean that I feel persecuted by the fact that you wish to remain ignorant? You seem to misunderstand the term persecution as you misunderstand many things. But I'm sure that to you will come to understand in time as well.
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And nice god complex. Just as self righteous as ever in the face of your own ignorance.
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And feel free to waste your mod points on me too. It doesn't change anything but if it makes you feel that it does or makes you happier then please indulge. The world will continue as it always has until you wish to acknowledge it.
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Call it what you will. If you honestly wanted to know, you'd research it yourself outside of here. Like I said, you made up your mind before even reading this post so nothing that could have been stated or shown would have dissuaded you. You choose to remain blind and so you shall be.
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Well I'm mainly speaking as a US citizen stuck in the gulag. Nturally they are going to do whatever they fell like with foreigners (deplorable) but when they start doing it to their own citizens, that's grounds for civil war since our civil liberties and protections and rights provided to us by our own government are being retracted by our own government without justifiable reason or our consent.
Oooh... good point. In some case the old 'diplomatic immunity' would get you through those checkpoints but other workers would not be so lucky. Yeah this is stupd in so many ways. We are just descending into a Hitler-esque nightmare (aka George Bush wet dream) more and more.
This potentially falls within the borders of our own country however so therefore your argument is nul and void since airports and screening agents are at every US aiport and this will eventually mean that every screening agent has the right to inspect any laptop they want. Confidential information such as medical data, lawyers notes, diaries, etc are all now publicly inspected violating your civil liberties as a US citizen.
Can they ask to see the contents of a company laptop? If that information is proprietary you have every right to deny them access as an employee or face legal liability for showing others that information. Arguably, they have no right to a laptop that isn't yours or viewing information that you do not have the right to show them; they would need to get a release from the company in order to view that data.
Taking all bets on the number of Godwins folks...
I speak from experience as someone who developed applications FOR Microsoft as a third party vendor. The small business SMB doesn't know better and if they have the money (which they often don't), they may purchase it if they feel the need. The larger businesses have resources and knowledge that the smaller business doesn't have and tend to evaluate these products a bit more than they used to. They also are more often than not, mixed shops.
So again when Microsoft does things like this that 'LOOK' shady (whether they are or not), they will always be interpretted in the most negative light due to their past practices and due to their past relationships they have established with their customers. And if people feel they may want something like that but not feel comfortable with the pricing scheme, the will evaluate other products from competitors.
I'd be curious to know who they polled to come up with number 12 and how they even got that far up on the list. Probably only that far on money alone.
Consumers (especially in SMB) are not that dumb and they are seeing added expense in this day and age as something their wallets cannot endure. The more you tack on an expense, the more the wonder why they shouldn't get this for free and begin to look for an alternative.
Linux picks up the customers that Microsoft shaves off with moves like this and more often than not, they tend not to lose them (as long as we aren't talking about the desktop... thats where they lose them to Apple).
And Steve Ballmer is still ugly and bald. Film at 11.
Cost of WindowsOS: $300
Cost of anti-virus:$50
Cost of anti-spyware:$100
Cost of web server:$0 dollars Cost of still crashing and getting hacked: priceless
Actually 4 of the major publishers that form the RIAA are doing it and Sony is beginning to experiment with it. That's a major chunk of the RIAA and the people who were pushing DRM for music. So it's pretty much happening already.
Publishers are now dumping DRM and publishing on Amazon and iTunes as raw MP3's. So again, why do we need anything else aside from widely supported ubiquitous standards?
Mean people R bad
Backstreet Boys good
Hanna Montana great
Parents bad
My iPod plays MP3's just fine. That's the most widely supported format their is. Why do they have to support WMA as well when they already support the most ubiquitous formats like WAV and MP3??
In robotics, a masturbot is a specialized type of robot that is designed to erotically stimulate itself whenever it is not preoccupied by any other function of sufficiently great relative importance. http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Masturbot
Yeah but I whipped out that trademark last year and been beating it for the last month til this post came onto the scene.
I call dibs on the name Masturbot (c) 2007
You know alot of guys...? AND it's a great place to hang out??? So you are speaking from experience or just bragging at being picked up in the Mac Gaybar? Not interested or curious... just want to get you out of the Slashdot closet.
ROFL. Incredible. Truly ignorant. You bring new meaning to knuckle dragger. I applaud your species sir.
LOL. wow. You truly are ignorant. You are willing to debate Merriam Webster now? Amazing. Truly amazing. Well have at it then. Lets see you debate a bunch of Rhodes scholars on the definitions that they establish.
By the way, persecution would be to mean I care about what you think. Sometimes you have to accept that some children don't wish to learn. Does that mean that I feel persecuted by the fact that you wish to remain ignorant? You seem to misunderstand the term persecution as you misunderstand many things. But I'm sure that to you will come to understand in time as well.
And nice god complex. Just as self righteous as ever in the face of your own ignorance.
And feel free to waste your mod points on me too. It doesn't change anything but if it makes you feel that it does or makes you happier then please indulge. The world will continue as it always has until you wish to acknowledge it.
Call it what you will. If you honestly wanted to know, you'd research it yourself outside of here. Like I said, you made up your mind before even reading this post so nothing that could have been stated or shown would have dissuaded you. You choose to remain blind and so you shall be.