Who would ever think Napster was going to resume anyway? Here one second, gone the next, and nothing but an antiquity 10 seconds later. That is the way of the internet. If something isn't updated, it's outdated. There was a time when Napster was, well, Napster. And now even if it returned, everyone has moved on to other resources for file sharing. 99% of the MP3 sharing public already has virtually every MP3 they could want, entire albums are obtained before they're released in stores. The entire internet is a vast ocean of data, an ocean the size of Jupiter, and in this place, there's no sense in trying to raise the Titanic, by the time you get it floating again, there's already a bigger, faster, more luxurious cruise ship, leaving that sunken boat to be no more than a rusty piece of scrap metal floating for the sake of floating. We don't need Napster to return any longer, we don't want it either. The millionaire with the cap should throw in the towel and quit wasting his money with legal battles. No matter what happens, the music industry can't succeed in this war. It's like having 3 fully armored knights trying to take down 100,000 peasants throwing stones. It doesn't matter that the big music companies have money and lawyers, they're outnumbered, in the time they can take down one of the small guys, 100 more crop up in their place.
Napster is dead, necromancy is forbidden, and necrophilia is disgusting. So quit fondling that corpse.
Using a residential service to perform business functions is illogical. ISPs specifically sell business-class services for a reason.
I currently work for a residential broadband isp (who offers business services as well). I'd hazard to say 25% of the callers say "You don't understand, I CAN'T be down for a whole day, I'm running BUSINESS here, a BUSINESS! (Always the emphasis on the word "business"), I'm losing x amount of money!"
Each and every time, our response is "We do offer a business-class service for as low as $200 a month..." to which their response is always "I can't afford $200 a month!!!"
Seriously, a residential service has no reliability, the one I happen to work for doesn't have any garauntees on uptime, reliability, stability, speed, and absolutely no garauntees on when we'll be able to repair service if it goes down. You get it fixed when we're able to fix it.
As opposed to the business class service, that has a 99.9% uptime garauntee, 24/7 on-site technical support (Within 4 hours of reported problem), and 50% rated line speed garauntee (If you sign up for the 512kbps package, garaunteed to get at least 256kbps)
I think the real kicker is, these same people that complain about how their business is affected, is never willing to troubleshoot or pay for additional assistance (example: Pay to have a technician visit, diagnose, and repair a problem). They want garaunteed uptime, T1 speeds, same-day technician calls, 24/7 technical support, reimbursement for lost wages, and they expect to get all that for $50 a month.
If anyone knows about a $50 a month garauntee wage reimbursement system, sign me up. Some type of insurance company "Can't do your job? We'll pay you your full wages for only $50 a month!"
If your business, job, etc. doesn't pay you enough to telecommute using a business-class service, maybe you should just get out of telecommuting.
Every one of these people who calls in about running a business or working from home makes it sound like they're running a multi-million dollar international corporation from their basement. If you can only afford $50 a month for business expenses, maybe you should go over your business plan.
You get precisely what you pay for, if you pay for a residential service, you get it. Along with all the down-time, instability, congestion, ping spikes, and slow technical support response time that comes with it.
If you want to run a business, or work from home, you need a business service. It's like trying to do the indy 500 in a yugo and wanting to sue the company because the engine's just not keeping up with the other cars. "I pay $400 a month for rent! What do you mean I can't run a multi-national corporation out of my apartment? And by the way, I want reimbursement for the loss of business because the elevator was broken last week and my R&D team couldn't deliver the prototype to me."
Pfft!
Jekler
In my opinion, if what some people state might be the case, Infogrames isn't aware of the ongoings within their company, then they're incompetent. If they are aware, then they're malicious bastards. Either way, it sours my opinion of them.
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Who would ever think Napster was going to resume anyway? Here one second, gone the next, and nothing but an antiquity 10 seconds later. That is the way of the internet. If something isn't updated, it's outdated. There was a time when Napster was, well, Napster. And now even if it returned, everyone has moved on to other resources for file sharing. 99% of the MP3 sharing public already has virtually every MP3 they could want, entire albums are obtained before they're released in stores. The entire internet is a vast ocean of data, an ocean the size of Jupiter, and in this place, there's no sense in trying to raise the Titanic, by the time you get it floating again, there's already a bigger, faster, more luxurious cruise ship, leaving that sunken boat to be no more than a rusty piece of scrap metal floating for the sake of floating. We don't need Napster to return any longer, we don't want it either. The millionaire with the cap should throw in the towel and quit wasting his money with legal battles. No matter what happens, the music industry can't succeed in this war. It's like having 3 fully armored knights trying to take down 100,000 peasants throwing stones. It doesn't matter that the big music companies have money and lawyers, they're outnumbered, in the time they can take down one of the small guys, 100 more crop up in their place. Napster is dead, necromancy is forbidden, and necrophilia is disgusting. So quit fondling that corpse.
Using a residential service to perform business functions is illogical. ISPs specifically sell business-class services for a reason. I currently work for a residential broadband isp (who offers business services as well). I'd hazard to say 25% of the callers say "You don't understand, I CAN'T be down for a whole day, I'm running BUSINESS here, a BUSINESS! (Always the emphasis on the word "business"), I'm losing x amount of money!" Each and every time, our response is "We do offer a business-class service for as low as $200 a month..." to which their response is always "I can't afford $200 a month!!!" Seriously, a residential service has no reliability, the one I happen to work for doesn't have any garauntees on uptime, reliability, stability, speed, and absolutely no garauntees on when we'll be able to repair service if it goes down. You get it fixed when we're able to fix it. As opposed to the business class service, that has a 99.9% uptime garauntee, 24/7 on-site technical support (Within 4 hours of reported problem), and 50% rated line speed garauntee (If you sign up for the 512kbps package, garaunteed to get at least 256kbps) I think the real kicker is, these same people that complain about how their business is affected, is never willing to troubleshoot or pay for additional assistance (example: Pay to have a technician visit, diagnose, and repair a problem). They want garaunteed uptime, T1 speeds, same-day technician calls, 24/7 technical support, reimbursement for lost wages, and they expect to get all that for $50 a month. If anyone knows about a $50 a month garauntee wage reimbursement system, sign me up. Some type of insurance company "Can't do your job? We'll pay you your full wages for only $50 a month!" If your business, job, etc. doesn't pay you enough to telecommute using a business-class service, maybe you should just get out of telecommuting. Every one of these people who calls in about running a business or working from home makes it sound like they're running a multi-million dollar international corporation from their basement. If you can only afford $50 a month for business expenses, maybe you should go over your business plan. You get precisely what you pay for, if you pay for a residential service, you get it. Along with all the down-time, instability, congestion, ping spikes, and slow technical support response time that comes with it. If you want to run a business, or work from home, you need a business service. It's like trying to do the indy 500 in a yugo and wanting to sue the company because the engine's just not keeping up with the other cars. "I pay $400 a month for rent! What do you mean I can't run a multi-national corporation out of my apartment? And by the way, I want reimbursement for the loss of business because the elevator was broken last week and my R&D team couldn't deliver the prototype to me." Pfft! Jekler
In my opinion, if what some people state might be the case, Infogrames isn't aware of the ongoings within their company, then they're incompetent. If they are aware, then they're malicious bastards. Either way, it sours my opinion of them.