Wherever they terminate, the telco can be located and "advised" that they will be unplugged if they don't stop. BT IS the UK, and cutting off anyone will cause enough pain for them to pass the message back up the chain.
I used to work for a company that terminated VoIP calls in several countries. If anyone used us for cold calling, they could have been unplugged in minutes. It would not have taken hours. It can definitely be done if the company wants to do it.
If BT threaten to blacklist the whole of (say) India, then there would be no more (problem) calls from India pretty darn quick. You can bet the call centre operators have some leverage over the government there.
People terminating VoIP in the UK can be cut off in seconds, and it takes weeks to get a new line.
Have you ever been to Europe? We fit two lanes in the space you have for one, and have at least 3 bends per kilometer, all different. Our roads were mostly designed 2,000 years before cars were invented.
You are obviously not the kind of namby-pamby nincompoop conventionally employed to make this kind of judgement, or a bone-fed journalisto. So your opinion is not valid.
If a company chooses Unix, then they're "locked in" to Unix, as well. The idea that there's some kind of MS-specific "lock in" is hogwash.
Except that, for the most part, Command line and APIs, even for X in Unix have changed little since 1978, so the "lock-in" is more the equivalent of having the odd pillow between you and where you want to go than the Windows/Apple 10 foot high concrete wall.
In the main, Unix API changes are for very good reasons (Unity and systemd being very visible, but highly atypical examples), whereas Windows API changes are intentional, put there to force upgrades on the user base for commercial reasons.
Once a company chooses Unix, it is hard to imagine they would go back, except at the point of a gun.
So that is why dealing with them leaves such a bad taste in the mouth! And all along, there was little me thinking it was just the wresting with the UX.
add a half an inch of space around everything to make a layout suitable for... well, I don't know what
Because if you don't do it, Google says they will de-list your website for being Un-mobile friendly.
Eventually, Webmasters cannot say that being customer-friendly is more important than Google friendly, because "no google=no customers".
You might think there would be laws about "demanding money with menaces" and "abuse of monopoly", but where there is money there no law that cannot be "accidentally misplaced".
You REALLY expect people who still use XP to even KNOW that there are other browsers?
People who are still using XP are probably using it for good reasons, and have the skill to avoid unwanted MS updates - many people need to run it to maintain compatibility with extremely valuable hardware. Most machines in this category are probably not connected to the net, but there are huge numbers of them.
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I used to work for a company that terminated VoIP calls in several countries. If anyone used us for cold calling, they could have been unplugged in minutes. It would not have taken hours. It can definitely be done if the company wants to do it.
If BT threaten to blacklist the whole of (say) India, then there would be no more (problem) calls from India pretty darn quick. You can bet the call centre operators have some leverage over the government there.
People terminating VoIP in the UK can be cut off in seconds, and it takes weeks to get a new line.
This is the UK. BT probably has to pay GCHQ for access to your phone line in the first place.
You are foolishly omitting the important bit: a Youtube release of the fat lady dancing on his grave.
Can I start the flame war now please?
Will it be systemE
or does everyone prefer systemd++
Disclaimer: I use OpenBSD
Have you ever been to Europe? We fit two lanes in the space you have for one, and have at least 3 bends per kilometer, all different. Our roads were mostly designed 2,000 years before cars were invented.
Shut up and go home.
Because Microsoft!
By PC do you mean Windows? or can we expect something more useful?
Windows for Warships?
Except that, for the most part, Command line and APIs, even for X in Unix have changed little since 1978, so the "lock-in" is more the equivalent of having the odd pillow between you and where you want to go than the Windows/Apple 10 foot high concrete wall.
In the main, Unix API changes are for very good reasons (Unity and systemd being very visible, but highly atypical examples), whereas Windows API changes are intentional, put there to force upgrades on the user base for commercial reasons.
Once a company chooses Unix, it is hard to imagine they would go back, except at the point of a gun.
You type in something, it displays something completely unrelated (but more profitable for Amazon).
It is working as designed. I am not working as Amazon designed. I have gone elsewhere.
So that is why dealing with them leaves such a bad taste in the mouth! And all along, there was little me thinking it was just the wresting with the UX.
Because if you don't do it, Google says they will de-list your website for being Un-mobile friendly.
Eventually, Webmasters cannot say that being customer-friendly is more important than Google friendly, because "no google=no customers".
You might think there would be laws about "demanding money with menaces" and "abuse of monopoly", but where there is money there no law that cannot be "accidentally misplaced".
If you think that is true, you have not got your head deep enough into the sand!
No. They are renaming the "Evil" bit.
Surely there is a huge market for Linux running fvwm95?
With Gnome Classic?
Sure as hell does not exist for me (Firefox on Ubuntu-Gnome classic).
I posted for a higher cap, but this is what I actually want.
There are loads of political forums. Take your politics elsewhere.
and how about +1: SIlly!
I support the idea that the points and reason should be separated, and the scale of points expanded to give finer resolution.
I propose we eliminate the economists.
People who are still using XP are probably using it for good reasons, and have the skill to avoid unwanted MS updates - many people need to run it to maintain compatibility with extremely valuable hardware. Most machines in this category are probably not connected to the net, but there are huge numbers of them.
Enquiring minds need to know!
That is how pretty much everyone except Americans see it.