Maybe some of us didn't buy in because the Nexus One didn't have the feature set we wanted, not because we didn't like to buy things online or preferred to go with a contract (duh).
On my recent trip to Beijing, I was able to access any site I normally would have in my regular browsing, had no troubles getting and sending mail via TLS on IMAP and SMTP and I was able to ssh into servers halfway around the world easily (if with a little latency). I even tested my VPN connection back to a server in Canada and had no problems whatsoever.
While there still may be some restrictions, I didn't see any.
I haven't had a chance to look at TFA, but at first glance I'd have to say this is a good thing for all concerned.
I've often said that if MS would make a linux version of Office, I and may other linux users I know would buy it. This seems to me to be the next best thing.
Now if only they would get a clue about their other formats (MAPI and NTFS come to mind).
You could achieve almost the same results by keeping the MS OS, but adding linux as dual boot and defaulting to linux with the loader on a 30 second or so timeout.
I'm willing to bet that most people would be far to lazy to reboot just to check their hotmail or AIM or type a report or whatever. At the same time you could still have all the "compatibility" that you need for those oddball apps that just don't have equivalents under linux.
As an added bonus, the CS and other geeks get to use a proper OS that they can work with;-)
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Throwing in the towel after only one model?
Maybe some of us didn't buy in because the Nexus One didn't have the feature set we wanted, not because we didn't like to buy things online or preferred to go with a contract (duh).
On my recent trip to Beijing, I was able to access any site I normally would have in my regular browsing, had no troubles getting and sending mail via TLS on IMAP and SMTP and I was able to ssh into servers halfway around the world easily (if with a little latency). I even tested my VPN connection back to a server in Canada and had no problems whatsoever.
While there still may be some restrictions, I didn't see any.
My 0.02
I'm out of mod points, so I'd like to reiterate that I looked into this, and I'm not going to touch it with a 10-foor pole.
Would it make a difference if you had a 10-foot pole?
Copying for "private use" is legal in Canada - see Canada Copyright Act Part VII p.80 http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/39673.html#rid-3 9786/.
Private use means not for selling, renting, distributing or performing. - looks like "listening" is OK.
I haven't had a chance to look at TFA, but at first glance I'd have to say this is a good thing for all concerned.
I've often said that if MS would make a linux version of Office, I and may other linux users I know would buy it. This seems to me to be the next best thing.
Now if only they would get a clue about their other formats (MAPI and NTFS come to mind).
You could achieve almost the same results by keeping the MS OS, but adding linux as dual boot and defaulting to linux with the loader on a 30 second or so timeout.
;-)
I'm willing to bet that most people would be far to lazy to reboot just to check their hotmail or AIM or type a report or whatever. At the same time you could still have all the "compatibility" that you need for those oddball apps that just don't have equivalents under linux.
As an added bonus, the CS and other geeks get to use a proper OS that they can work with
--that's Mr. Red to you