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  1. Re:Hard to ask this... on LiMux Project Has Saved Munich €10m So Far · · Score: 1

    and the ribbon interface adds lots more clicks and finding what you need becomes a lot more effort as you have more than one interface to search.

  2. win8 selling so poorly the gave pirates keys on Media Center Key Accidentally Gives Pirates Free Windows 8 Pro License · · Score: 2

    I would not be surprised if this "accident" was not intentional to gain some marketshare.

  3. I bet meg tries to socialize the loses on Meg Whitman Says HP Was Defrauded By Autonomy; HP Stock Plunges · · Score: 1

    keep the money when you gamble, but get taxpayers to bail you out is a scam that needs to end.

  4. Re:Regulation is problematic on Pirate Party MEP Helps Draft New Credit Card Company Controls · · Score: 2, Interesting

    regulation is a necessary evil. The financial meltdown under bush/cheney was mostly a result of conservatives removing banking regulations and banks gambling with money they use to not be able to. Even Alan Greenspan commented he thought banks would show some restraint out of self preservation, but he was wrong.

  5. microsoft looks to have fired to architect of win8 on Windows 8 Sales Below Projections · · Score: 5, Insightful

    that is pretty telling of what they should have done differently.

  6. hollywood accounting is stealing on Verizon To Throttle Pirates' Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    and there is lots more money being stolen by hollywood music and movie companies by pretending hugely successful music and movies did not turn a profit. Where is a war on hollywood accounting?

  7. tsa contracts should be non-profit with ceo paycap on House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On TSA's "Scanner Shuffle" · · Score: 1

    my bet is this "security" would not be pushed so hard if there was no money to be made.

  8. windows 8 is failing in the marketplace on Sinofsky Dismisses Trying To Take Over Windows Phone, Developers · · Score: 0

    is it really that hard to read between the lines?

  9. Re:windows 8 is failing in the marketplace on Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky Leaves Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Having seen how this can go down, I would speculate that sinofsky was getting pressure on how much negative press win8 is getting including high profile defections like Valve building out Steam on Linux. And he either exploded on someone he should not have or threw in the towel.

  10. Re:When will the other Steve get bounced? on Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky Leaves Microsoft · · Score: 1

    less clicks is such a basic goal. Every iteration microsoft makes more and more clicks necessary to do anything. And why are their more clicks? More intuitive? Nope. Just appears to be change to say it is different.

  11. windows 8 is failing in the marketplace on Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky Leaves Microsoft · · Score: 2

    microsoft is mad and fires guy who was in charge of it. Seems plausible.

  12. they are just mainframe problems on Google Outage Shows Risk of Doing Business In China · · Score: 1

    and if the internal operation of your business depends on something as flaky as the internet then prepare for profit loses.

  13. Nooo oooooooooo on Little Miss Sunshine Screenwriter Gets Nod For Star Wars: Episode VII · · Score: 4, Funny
  14. Re:Wait until the end of Obama II on Amid Fiscal Uncertainty, Venture Capital Is Way Down In Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    so you would support an end to corporate welfare. The US cannot afford it, especially giving it to companies having record profits each year.

  15. financial cliff, but US has 11 aircraft carriers on Amid Fiscal Uncertainty, Venture Capital Is Way Down In Silicon Valley · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and is building a 12th. The are also a very long list of unneeded military weapon systems that are still funded and rampant corporate welfare. When conservatives want to talk about real fiscal responsibility and not just making the really rich richer than they might be able to say the words "financial cliff" without me laughing at their pure greed.

  16. ballmer needs to go on Bungled Mobile Bet Will Be Ballmer's Swan Song · · Score: 3, Interesting

    microsoft has never been an innovator, but his running them into the ground is a textbook example of why you don't let marketing run a technology company.

  17. don't put it in "the cloud" on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Convince Someone To Give Up an Old System? · · Score: 1

    you do realize that Google could just change their terms or retire their tools all together and poof all your documents are gone. No one cares about your data as much as you do and that is a lesson many learn the hard way.

  18. you'll never make the real money being an employee on Should a Teenage Entrepreneur Sell Out To Facebook? · · Score: 1

    Why do you think zuckerberg has fought off every attempt to be bought out or even be a minority stock holder?

  19. Re:Walled gardens... on Google Doubts Apple Will Approve Its New Maps Application · · Score: 1

    this is a terrible term. garden implies that it is nice. Walled jail is more descriptive.

  20. software patterns don't change on What's the Shelf Life of a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    same as any other industry, there is value in experience.

  21. Re:Everyone loves a winner. on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 0

    romney wants to return to bush/cheney policy. Look how great that worked out last time.

  22. more lessons already learned with mainframes on US Government: You Don't Own Your Cloud Data So We Can Access It At Any Time · · Score: 1

    no on cares about your stuff as much as you do. And that does not change if you rename mainframes to "the cloud".

  23. Re:It should be obvious whos internet will win. on Kim Dotcom Outs Mega Teaser Site, Finalizes Domain Name · · Score: 1

    they have already been gutted, it will just take a while for them to bleed out. Kind of like microsoft.

  24. israel on the other hand, nutbag crazy on Iran's High Tech Copycat War Against the West: Drones and Cyberwar · · Score: 0

    you have to wonder how we go to this situation.

  25. Re:Not criminal? on Mother Found Guilty After Protesting TSA Pat-down of Daughter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    good thing the US defeated those commies and their "show me your papers" paranoia. That would never be acceptable in the US.