The same can be said for Microsoft. I dare you to come up with software better than theirs which cost less. And don't name me some Open Source software, 'cos that'll be comparing apples to oranges.
You know how much money went into their UI design, testing AND MARKETING?
Stop bashing Microsoft for once! I really can't stand it anymore! No matter what Microsoft does, either good or bad, it's always evil in the eye of some people here in Slashdot!
If you read the article carefully, it says:
Microsoft will provide re-installation of Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 Professional in over 18 languages.
What Microsoft is doing is that they are giving away software. It really is charity, not a scam like some people say!
Think about it, if a company from the US donates a computer with a Windows 2000 license to some foreign country, most likely the license will be for the English version of Windows 2000.
As anyone who has ever worked for a company using different language of Windows knows, a license for the English version of Windows does not equal a license for Windows in another language!!! This is not only true for Microsoft software, but also true for many companies that sell software in different languages!
That said, Microsoft is really giving away a new license, and not asking to be paid twice for the same license that came with the original purchase of the computer!
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FYI, I was wondering about that too so I called their sales rep the other day and I was told that you can't just buy one copy of RHEL and install it on as many servers as you want even if you don't need support for those. But, the source code is still free for download and you can compile from source on other machines if you want, but you can't just install their binaries on other machines...
They did not steal your idea! Get a clue!
Their site is already up and running as opposed yours which is only at the planning stage.
That said, they probably started planning for this thing a while ago even before you thought about it...
The tax is from Shipping and Handling. When you go to the Post Office to buy a stamp, they tax you for the stamp too. I know because I just bought stamps today:-)
"This claim appears to revolve around how PC makers are restricted from including competing media players."
This is such lie....fact is, I bought a PC that comes with MusicMatch pre-installed.....I'm sure I'm not the only one who's PC came with other media players....
Stop bashing China people...
How many times have some American company came out with their own standard that's different from IEEE's? TOO MANY TIMES!
A new standard from China is just another drop of water in an ocean full of non compatible standards......
SiteFinder is to the Internet what Disk Defragmenter is to Windows users......
Both are services that are claimed to be "helpful" to its users but are not supposed to be there in the first place...:-)
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The same can be said for Microsoft. I dare you to come up with software better than theirs which cost less. And don't name me some Open Source software, 'cos that'll be comparing apples to oranges. You know how much money went into their UI design, testing AND MARKETING?
Come on! We don't need racism here in Slashdot... Keep this kind of comments to yourself....
If you read the article carefully, it says:
Microsoft will provide re-installation of Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 Professional in over 18 languages.
What Microsoft is doing is that they are giving away software. It really is charity, not a scam like some people say!
Think about it, if a company from the US donates a computer with a Windows 2000 license to some foreign country, most likely the license will be for the English version of Windows 2000.
As anyone who has ever worked for a company using different language of Windows knows, a license for the English version of Windows does not equal a license for Windows in another language!!! This is not only true for Microsoft software, but also true for many companies that sell software in different languages!
That said, Microsoft is really giving away a new license, and not asking to be paid twice for the same license that came with the original purchase of the computer!
I'm surprised no one mentionned Iris from eEye...
FYI, I was wondering about that too so I called their sales rep the other day and I was told that you can't just buy one copy of RHEL and install it on as many servers as you want even if you don't need support for those. But, the source code is still free for download and you can compile from source on other machines if you want, but you can't just install their binaries on other machines...
They did not steal your idea! Get a clue! Their site is already up and running as opposed yours which is only at the planning stage. That said, they probably started planning for this thing a while ago even before you thought about it...
The tax is from Shipping and Handling. When you go to the Post Office to buy a stamp, they tax you for the stamp too. I know because I just bought stamps today :-)
"This claim appears to revolve around how PC makers are restricted from including competing media players." This is such lie....fact is, I bought a PC that comes with MusicMatch pre-installed.....I'm sure I'm not the only one who's PC came with other media players....
Stop bashing China people... How many times have some American company came out with their own standard that's different from IEEE's? TOO MANY TIMES! A new standard from China is just another drop of water in an ocean full of non compatible standards......
SiteFinder is to the Internet what Disk Defragmenter is to Windows users...... Both are services that are claimed to be "helpful" to its users but are not supposed to be there in the first place...:-)
Funny, they said the same thing for the floppy drive........ Bluetooth will be dead when I stop using my floopy drive I say....