There are all sorts of rumours spreading about ITV Digital at the moment - rumours they've struck a deal with clubs over lowering the amount of cash they'll pay them - rumours as to whether they'll go bankrupt or find a buyer first - how much cash they have left - the list goes on - but they're all that so far - just rumours!
People like to have something to complain about. A more constructive thing to do would be to e-mail them saying how much you've enjoyed previous versions, how you're sad to see it not supported any more & how you'd be willing to pay for new versions if they reversed their decision.
I'm not sure about all these 1st/2nd/3rd world arguments - but I do know that Microsoft tried to do a similar thing in the U.K. Once the tech journalists got wind of it, the plans were soon changed to allow people who weren't using Microsoft technology to use it. However it still seemed very much like the government had done a deal with Microsoft and not put the contract out to tender from a few different companies first.
The e-Mexico project sounds like our Government Gateway project which was severely criticised a while back for only being accessible by IE. I think Microsoft is striking up deals with governments all over the place now the desktop market is saturated with Windows and other Microsoft products.
"I think legally a court would uphold that a license cannot tell someone what hardware or other software they can or cannot use" - I don't think it would! What law are you basing this on? After all the person has clicked a button saying that they agree to the terms!
"So you can have anti-spyware installed on your computer without breaking this (probably illegal) license." - yes but it'll uninstall Ad-aware without telling you - that's what this whole story was about!
"Harldy a winning strategy. If MS were to drop the price of the XBOX, they'd go DEEPER into the hole on each machine sold." - yes but they know that even if they make a loss in the short term - selling more machines now will result in greater profits in the long term - and Microsoft aren't short of a bob or two - or are they looking to make a quick buck!
"MS cannot legally undercut the price of the XBOX" - ha! They can sell it at whatever price they like - they've already reduced the price in the past few days by £100 in the U.K. - and in Europe, and in Australia!
that some company decided to bring out a program that removed Ad-aware. That's what he's been doing to them - so why the big ho-ha when he gets a bit of his own medicine?
Yes - but short of a massive public campaign against this - it's going to go through. The companies that have a vested interest in this make large donations - the parties/ senators wouldn't like to see that stream of revenue disappear. The best that can be hoped for is that it goes through in a modified form.
Yes - it does throw Microsoft's strategy into a tailspin when the company rejects their offer to be taken over. Then they go to plan B - offer a similar product for free at a vastly reduced price (or free) - force them out of business - then you have a monopoly!
The reason they're so cheap to buy is that they make their money on the software licences. They don't expect people to buy them then run Open Source software on them!
I'd say if you're running your own website - to start with (at least in the first year) even if it gets very popular - unless you're hosting very large files ie mp3s, video you won't need more than 3Gb/month - and even that's a little excessive! Co-lo is too expensive if you're just starting out.
I remember there was a game on the BBC Micro where you got to be Prime Minister - only way I could get elected again after five years was to bankrupt the country though! I can't remember what it was called though. Anyone else remember?
Well it'd be pretty easy to see whether it's a computer or a person (I assume you didn't mean machine). Just knock your king over on your first move. A person woud see it and say "ha you resigned!" - a computer would just say "illegal move - try again"
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There are all sorts of rumours spreading about ITV Digital at the moment - rumours they've struck a deal with clubs over lowering the amount of cash they'll pay them - rumours as to whether they'll go bankrupt or find a buyer first - how much cash they have left - the list goes on - but they're all that so far - just rumours!
People like to have something to complain about. A more constructive thing to do would be to e-mail them saying how much you've enjoyed previous versions, how you're sad to see it not supported any more & how you'd be willing to pay for new versions if they reversed their decision.
And before anybody gets confused - Plan 9 from Outer Space was a film.
Yes but wouldn't supporting more file formats have made the price higher?
The upside is it can do all those things - the downside is its very expensive!
I'm not sure about all these 1st/2nd/3rd world arguments - but I do know that Microsoft tried to do a similar thing in the U.K. Once the tech journalists got wind of it, the plans were soon changed to allow people who weren't using Microsoft technology to use it. However it still seemed very much like the government had done a deal with Microsoft and not put the contract out to tender from a few different companies first.
The e-Mexico project sounds like our Government Gateway project which was severely criticised a while back for only being accessible by IE. I think Microsoft is striking up deals with governments all over the place now the desktop market is saturated with Windows and other Microsoft products.
of foreign countries taking Microsoft to task now that the US DoJ has led the way.
"I think legally a court would uphold that a license cannot tell someone what hardware or other software they can or cannot use" - I don't think it would! What law are you basing this on? After all the person has clicked a button saying that they agree to the terms!
"So you can have anti-spyware installed on your computer without breaking this (probably illegal) license." - yes but it'll uninstall Ad-aware without telling you - that's what this whole story was about!
Yes but most people who use open-source software are smart enough not to install spyware. If it was truly open-source the source would be available.
"Harldy a winning strategy. If MS were to drop the price of the XBOX, they'd go DEEPER into the hole on each machine sold." - yes but they know that even if they make a loss in the short term - selling more machines now will result in greater profits in the long term - and Microsoft aren't short of a bob or two - or are they looking to make a quick buck! "MS cannot legally undercut the price of the XBOX" - ha! They can sell it at whatever price they like - they've already reduced the price in the past few days by £100 in the U.K. - and in Europe, and in Australia!
I'm still curious as to how he's going to change Ad-Aware to prevent it being uninstalled by this other program. Does anybody know?
The bringing out for free refers to software eg bundling IE with Windows. They wouldn't give away hardware because it would be economic suicide!
that some company decided to bring out a program that removed Ad-aware. That's what he's been doing to them - so why the big ho-ha when he gets a bit of his own medicine?
Yes - but short of a massive public campaign against this - it's going to go through. The companies that have a vested interest in this make large donations - the parties/ senators wouldn't like to see that stream of revenue disappear. The best that can be hoped for is that it goes through in a modified form.
Yes - it does throw Microsoft's strategy into a tailspin when the company rejects their offer to be taken over. Then they go to plan B - offer a similar product for free at a vastly reduced price (or free) - force them out of business - then you have a monopoly!
The reason they're so cheap to buy is that they make their money on the software licences. They don't expect people to buy them then run Open Source software on them!
Well - it just goes to show - you never know when you'll need an uninterruptible power supply for your computer.
I'd say if you're running your own website - to start with (at least in the first year) even if it gets very popular - unless you're hosting very large files ie mp3s, video you won't need more than 3Gb/month - and even that's a little excessive! Co-lo is too expensive if you're just starting out.
Except you'd have to have the word Slashdot instead of the symbols.
And the corrected link is here.
I remember there was a game on the BBC Micro where you got to be Prime Minister - only way I could get elected again after five years was to bankrupt the country though! I can't remember what it was called though. Anyone else remember?
You can't class the Turk as a machine when it was a person!
Well it'd be pretty easy to see whether it's a computer or a person (I assume you didn't mean machine). Just knock your king over on your first move. A person woud see it and say "ha you resigned!" - a computer would just say "illegal move - try again"
Sorry if I confused you - by professional chess player I meant someone who plays chess for a living and is a grand master.