Does anyone know how well this would work in a software technical support environment geared for end users or have any experience with this in a support environment?
Well this means they have budget for more staff, allocated headcount. It's then up to the manager (or director, etc) to decide how to spend the allocated budget on headcount. This could have been jobs in the US, but instead it is jobs to India.
In a recent visit with Gale Norton (Secretary of the Interior) the following happened:
Simpson, whose verbal gaffes are also legendary, pulled another one Sunday visiting the White House, our sources say. The singer was introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton and gushed: "You've done a nice job decorating the White House."
well for someone asking for something free, 60 dollars can seem pricey, especially if you only need it for one or two dvds.. but it was way cooler then 6 which I had a lot of problems with, including out of sync audio/video which isn't happening for me anymore...
easy cd 6 stuck you to 6 items on a main menu and you couldn't move the items around.
Now you can put as many as you want, move them anyway, resize them. That was a big seller for me.
Also, you can now attach as many music files as you want to slides, add a bajillion different transitions, add special effects (like so the movie looks like it's playing in a camcorder view finder) or other cool things. you can add great text effect to it.. it really is leaps and bounds over verison 6. i also like the export to divx they now support..
I'm pretty happy with this, although it was a bit on the pricey side (59.99 after 20 dollar rebate at best buy). the dvd builder app allowed me to add images or video clips (quicktime, mpeg1/2, etc) to my project, has a selection of 10+ themes I can use, you can choose your own background, button style from pre-defined themes, move the buttons anywhere you want on the main page, resize the buttons, create chapter menus by defining chapter points. When I created a longer movie, the auto detect scene automatically created chapter points at scene changes which was pretty sweet...
I ran a game site with about 3k hits a day, nothing huge but a nice amount of traffic for a personal site, other websites much larger were directly linking to our files without any permission, if they had of asked I may have even said yes since I had more then enough b/w, however all of those links got redirected to either my homepage or a page talking about the thiefs or gay pron... I rotated between them for about 2 weeks until they noticed.
they shouldn't and they wouldn't if they didn't have to, that is forced on them by the RIAA and Labels. You don't think they wouldn't provide unprotected files if they could? imagine how quickly they'd become the number one service?
some people sign up for a basic account which is required to browse the selection of songs, and they may not buy anything. In fact the majority of these customers will not buy anything. This lowers the curve significantly.
According to the press release it is seperate. They've broken up the revenue streams in to categories, sold downloads and subscriptions are seperate.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - February 23, 2004 - Napster(R), a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI), today announced that it has recently become the first PC-only digital music service to sell over five million downloads. The Company also announced that it has served hundreds of millions of page views since its late-October launch and has attracted over 1.5 million basic and premium members. Napster, which generates multiple revenue streams from a unique combination of single and album downloads, prepaid download cards, premium subscriptions and the licensing of its popular brand, is expected to generate at least $20 million in music sales in its first year.
Yeah and they ruined the C&C series. Generals was the first attempt and they totally screwed it up. Very poor testing and it barely ran for some people until a few patches, still crappy net code. For long time C&C fans, they know the story line was an integral part of C&C. Generals had no storyline. the ZH expansion was only slightly better....
>>I do use the service. And as a subscriber you >>can download songs and burn those songs to CD. >>The exceptions are songs marked with the red >>Buy Only tag.
No, you can not burn 'downloaded' tracks. Only tracks you have bought. And yes I am a Napster user, before that a Pressplay user.
A "Download" is a Track that you may save to the hard drive of your personal computer and play back as many times as you want for so long as your subscription is current. You may make an unlimited number of Downloads while your subscription is current. You may copy each Download to up to two additional personal computers that you own (i.e. a total of 3 copies). You may not share Downloads with anyone else. Napster automatically renews your rights to all of your Downloads at the beginning of each Subscription Month (as defined below) so long as your subscription remains current. This means that in order to play any Download after the end of a Subscription Month, you must log on to the Service so that Napster can renew your rights for those Tracks. The Client will count the number of times that you play a Download, including while you are offline, for royalty accounting and analysis purposes.
>>But the chance to sniff your e-mails not may >>come cheap. Telewest says its "scent dome" >>could cost around 250 and would only work with >>a high-speed, broadband connection.
>>Also it does cost $.99 do download the song >>form Napster, so you have to pay for access >>then to download. From Napsters >>(www.napster.com) front page "Choose your own >>tracks for $0.99 each, or get the whole >>enchilada for just $9.95 per album."
You're confusing two different things.
Napster allows the following:
1) Subscribe for $10 a month and have unlimited download access to songs, you can not burn these but can download so as long as you are a subscriber. The vast majority of the library can be accessed by download but there are a select songs that are 'buy only' 2) Purchase a single track for $0.99. No subscription required. 3) Purchase a single album for $9.99. No subscription required. It's a one time purchase and not tied to anything else.
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Does anyone know how well this would work in a software technical support environment geared for end users or have any experience with this in a support environment?
Well this means they have budget for more staff, allocated headcount. It's then up to the manager (or director, etc) to decide how to spend the allocated budget on headcount. This could have been jobs in the US, but instead it is jobs to India.
My own workplace is considering this.
In addition, I just read that IBM is planning to double their Indian staff.
you can get text's and e-mails... that aside, you really should explain what you use the cell phone for now, and ask how they'd like you to handle it.
Simpson, whose verbal gaffes are also legendary, pulled another one Sunday visiting the White House, our sources say. The singer was introduced to Interior Secretary Gale Norton and gushed: "You've done a nice job decorating the White House."
Source: washingtonpost.com
you probably got version 6 with your burner, version 7 is new and doesn't come with burners yet.
well for someone asking for something free, 60 dollars can seem pricey, especially if you only need it for one or two dvds.. but it was way cooler then 6 which I had a lot of problems with, including out of sync audio/video which isn't happening for me anymore...
easy cd 6 stuck you to 6 items on a main menu and you couldn't move the items around.
Now you can put as many as you want, move them anyway, resize them. That was a big seller for me.
Also, you can now attach as many music files as you want to slides, add a bajillion different transitions, add special effects (like so the movie looks like it's playing in a camcorder view finder) or other cool things. you can add great text effect to it.. it really is leaps and bounds over verison 6. i also like the export to divx they now support..
I'm pretty happy with this, although it was a bit on the pricey side (59.99 after 20 dollar rebate at best buy). the dvd builder app allowed me to add images or video clips (quicktime, mpeg1/2, etc) to my project, has a selection of 10+ themes I can use, you can choose your own background, button style from pre-defined themes, move the buttons anywhere you want on the main page, resize the buttons, create chapter menus by defining chapter points. When I created a longer movie, the auto detect scene automatically created chapter points at scene changes which was pretty sweet...
:)
It's just damn cool
I ran a game site with about 3k hits a day, nothing huge but a nice amount of traffic for a personal site, other websites much larger were directly linking to our files without any permission, if they had of asked I may have even said yes since I had more then enough b/w, however all of those links got redirected to either my homepage or a page talking about the thiefs or gay pron... I rotated between them for about 2 weeks until they noticed.
>> Why do people like iTunes and Napster restrict
>> service like that?
Do you think for a moment that either of these companies wouldn't jump in to an otherwise untapped market for their product if they could?
Both companies have publically acknowledged they're fighting to launch in Europe
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>> 354 different spyware programs on the machine
Of which 309 were Microsoft apps.
Dan Quayle can have sex, not knowing how to spell didn't stop him.
they shouldn't and they wouldn't if they didn't have to, that is forced on them by the RIAA and Labels. You don't think they wouldn't provide unprotected files if they could? imagine how quickly they'd become the number one service?
>> if you had spent this money with Apple, you'd
>> have 360 songs
In my case I've subscribed for two months, and have over 2000 songs that I can listen to on demand as long as I'm a subscriber.
Well I think he was referring to the ripping...
But, any Windows DVD playback software like WinDVD, PowerDVD, DVDMax, etc will.
Remember this is the average.
some people sign up for a basic account which is required to browse the selection of songs, and they may not buy anything. In fact the majority of these customers will not buy anything. This lowers the curve significantly.
According to the press release it is seperate. They've broken up the revenue streams in to categories, sold downloads and subscriptions are seperate.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - February 23, 2004 - Napster(R), a division of Roxio (Nasdaq: ROXI), today announced that it has recently become the first PC-only digital music service to sell over five million downloads. The Company also announced that it has served hundreds of millions of page views since its late-October launch and has attracted over 1.5 million basic and premium members. Napster, which generates multiple revenue streams from a unique combination of single and album downloads, prepaid download cards, premium subscriptions and the licensing of its popular brand, is expected to generate at least $20 million in music sales in its first year.
Yeah and they ruined the C&C series. Generals was the first attempt and they totally screwed it up. Very poor testing and it barely ran for some people until a few patches, still crappy net code. For long time C&C fans, they know the story line was an integral part of C&C. Generals had no storyline. the ZH expansion was only slightly better....
:(
Will C&C ever be the same? Doubtful.
Maxis.
>>I do use the service. And as a subscriber you
>>can download songs and burn those songs to CD.
>>The exceptions are songs marked with the red
>>Buy Only tag.
No, you can not burn 'downloaded' tracks. Only tracks you have bought. And yes I am a Napster user, before that a Pressplay user.
Here is what Napster says you can do with a download:
A "Download" is a Track that you may save to the hard drive of your personal computer and play back as many times as you want for so long as your subscription is current. You may make an unlimited number of Downloads while your subscription is current. You may copy each Download to up to two additional personal computers that you own (i.e. a total of 3 copies). You may not share Downloads with anyone else. Napster automatically renews your rights to all of your Downloads at the beginning of each Subscription Month (as defined below) so long as your subscription remains current. This means that in order to play any Download after the end of a Subscription Month, you must log on to the Service so that Napster can renew your rights for those Tracks. The Client will count the number of times that you play a Download, including while you are offline, for royalty accounting and analysis purposes.
>>But the chance to sniff your e-mails not may
>>come cheap. Telewest says its "scent dome"
>>could cost around 250 and would only work with
>>a high-speed, broadband connection.
Thats because dial-up already stinks.
>>Also it does cost $.99 do download the song
>>form Napster, so you have to pay for access
>>then to download. From Napsters
>>(www.napster.com) front page "Choose your own
>>tracks for $0.99 each, or get the whole
>>enchilada for just $9.95 per album."
You're confusing two different things.
Napster allows the following:
1) Subscribe for $10 a month and have unlimited download access to songs, you can not burn these but can download so as long as you are a subscriber. The vast majority of the library can be accessed by download but there are a select songs that are 'buy only'
2) Purchase a single track for $0.99. No subscription required.
3) Purchase a single album for $9.99. No subscription required. It's a one time purchase and not tied to anything else.
It's like those stupid ads in the movie theatres telling you that you should pay to see a movie and not copy it.
DON'T YOU THINK YOU MAY BE TARGETTING THE WRONG AUDIENCE? YOU KNOW? THE PEOPLE WHO PAID FOR THE TICKET?! (no free pass trolls pls kthx)
I cause a ruckus every movie I see and my gf tells me to shutup...
>> Of course, if the RIAA settles
:)
Maybe they'll give the RIAA a chance to settle before it goes to court...