As much as I'm for protests and such, these kids were just out to cause harm because they could. They need to get a legitimate cause, and stop pissing on ( innocent ) people randomly, or be gone.
But there is a difference between calling a brand new product a potential failure, and an update on established software getting slammed by people that use the previous versions and loved it.
Sounds like a lot of issues are related to licenses, go figure. licensing is the bane of our world.
Seriously, these two gentlemen are the laughing stock of the technology industry
I don't think that really is a concern of them, all they are worried about is taking as much money as they can from mark's work as they can. ( even if it was their idea, he did the work and took the risks.. not them )
But i do agree, regardless if they are right or wrong they look petty and stupid and should take what was offered and go home. If they are all that great, they will take that 65mil and turn it around and put mark out of business with a better idea.
Seriously, after this long of being a thorn its time to put them out of the picture. Especially since they were offered more money to go away than they could ever figure out what to do with.
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Name one big one that isnt ?
A company commits a crime, they should be gone, and anyone directly responsible have their professional reputation smeared for life.
No different than if a person commits a crime, the go to jail.
...sue you way to profit ( and/or get laws passed that guarantee you income ). Sad really that we have come to this point in our society.
In 10 years i would expect it to have a range of zero, unless you changed the batteries on schedule.
And treating it as anything else gets you a fast track one-way trip to bankruptcy.
Just doeskin have all the killing and maiming you get in a "traditional" war ( normally.. )
So, i buy a new mac with lion preinstalled. My drive goes belly up. Now what do i do?
When our ISPs charge per byte transferred at a totally oppressive rate. Who is going to give up their bandwidth 'just to help out'?
They are a private company and not the government, so of course they can decide who they do business with, and who they dont.
Problem solved.
Because people are predictable, and programmable.
Sure, you wont catch everyone, but if you get on the top 40 and make 100 million, do you care?
That is one of the main reasons for 'consortiums' like this. Make it impossible to play ball with the big boys.
MySpace is still around? I'm surprised. It hasn't been relevant ( or palatable ) for most of its dreadful life.
Until they ban pet ownership.
It was removed from the MARKET, not your device.
What if the student enrolled for the sole purpose of selling his access to the highest bidder?
I have yet to see fully functional wifi routers in the trash around here.
Sounds like they've pissed enough people off that they're starting to get ID'ed and arrested
Or their asses kicked.
News yes, front page news, no.
As much as I'm for protests and such, these kids were just out to cause harm because they could. They need to get a legitimate cause, and stop pissing on ( innocent ) people randomly, or be gone.
They give the rest of us a bad name.
Makes it to the front page? So someone stole something.. big whoop.. happens every day, all day long.
its not like other manufactures don't do the same thing to get people to upgrade.
But there is a difference between calling a brand new product a potential failure, and an update on established software getting slammed by people that use the previous versions and loved it.
Sounds like a lot of issues are related to licenses, go figure. licensing is the bane of our world.
No, its about protecting the entity with the most money.
Seriously, these two gentlemen are the laughing stock of the technology industry
I don't think that really is a concern of them, all they are worried about is taking as much money as they can from mark's work as they can. ( even if it was their idea, he did the work and took the risks.. not them )
But i do agree, regardless if they are right or wrong they look petty and stupid and should take what was offered and go home. If they are all that great, they will take that 65mil and turn it around and put mark out of business with a better idea.
Seriously, after this long of being a thorn its time to put them out of the picture. Especially since they were offered more money to go away than they could ever figure out what to do with.