I guess that's one way to combat piracty: forego profit.
MS is still getting money under a Campus Enterprise Agreement (CEA). The details .
Not sure how much MS is getting from UT, but I believe (from CEAs from other schools) that it's probably in the millions. Is MS foregoing profits? Probably not. This is a good deal for MS b/c people actually pay to use their software and they get a foothold on the campus as the software to use.
BTW, you're probably paying a bit more that $15.00 bucks for XP if you count how much of your student fees are going towards the CEA.
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Why is there such a trend... to force people to accomodate the blind? A lot of people have some kind of disabling illness but don't get the same benefits as blind or deaf folk. In my experiences, nobody ever seems to question why.
I agree. Also, how dare they reserve the best parking spots for them crippled folk! And what the hell were they thinking leting them drive in the first place? Independence my ass! They should stay home and pray for sweet death instead of getting on the road and clogging up traffic when I'm on my way to do my normal person business. Those fuckers!
Nailer, you're really speaking to my heart, brother; I'm gettin' all worked up, so stay with me as I join you in exposing the freaks who live among us and suck up all of our resouces. What really gets me is them special education programs in schools on my normal taxpayer money! Bilingual programs? Bah! Headstart? Communism!
Serious Mode back on. Dude, calm down. If it takes a little more work to make something accessible, do it. The trend that so disturbs you is progress to the rest of us.
P.S. I'd have provided supporting arguments had you done the same, for example listing some stats as to how the blind and deaf get more preferential treatment than people with other disabilities.
The only reason to maintain two versions is to deal with shitty browsers [netscape.com]
I'm so glad someone said this. I'd been feeling like an outcast in the nerd community for a while, ashamed of admitting that I prefer the way IE handles html to NS. I swear I started out with good intentions like any other *nix-loving, M$-hating nerd. Then something happened. IE became betetr and I actually had to do some real web design and ran into NS' retarded concept of DOM, its parsing of tables, etc.
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MS is still getting money under a Campus Enterprise Agreement (CEA). The details .
Not sure how much MS is getting from UT, but I believe (from CEAs from other schools) that it's probably in the millions. Is MS foregoing profits? Probably not. This is a good deal for MS b/c people actually pay to use their software and they get a foothold on the campus as the software to use.
BTW, you're probably paying a bit more that $15.00 bucks for XP if you count how much of your student fees are going towards the CEA.
Why is there such a trend
I agree. Also, how dare they reserve the best parking spots for them crippled folk! And what the hell were they thinking leting them drive in the first place? Independence my ass! They should stay home and pray for sweet death instead of getting on the road and clogging up traffic when I'm on my way to do my normal person business. Those fuckers!
Nailer, you're really speaking to my heart, brother; I'm gettin' all worked up, so stay with me as I join you in exposing the freaks who live among us and suck up all of our resouces. What really gets me is them special education programs in schools on my normal taxpayer money! Bilingual programs? Bah! Headstart? Communism!
Serious Mode back on. Dude, calm down. If it takes a little more work to make something accessible, do it. The trend that so disturbs you is progress to the rest of us.
P.S. I'd have provided supporting arguments had you done the same, for example listing some stats as to how the blind and deaf get more preferential treatment than people with other disabilities.
Religious fundamentalism (whether of the Taliban or the Bush variety) is spreading all over the world. Get ready for the new dark ages.
The only reason to maintain two versions is to deal with shitty browsers [netscape.com] I'm so glad someone said this. I'd been feeling like an outcast in the nerd community for a while, ashamed of admitting that I prefer the way IE handles html to NS. I swear I started out with good intentions like any other *nix-loving, M$-hating nerd. Then something happened. IE became betetr and I actually had to do some real web design and ran into NS' retarded concept of DOM, its parsing of tables, etc.