so what the heck did microsoft do wrong here??? you've been bashing microsoft for "forcing" the colleges to keep it confidential if they signed, but they were NOT forced! if they HAD to publish what they were buying, then they can buy different licenses.
obviously microsoft DOES know these laws moron, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten away with it cus it would have been illegal.
can you please just agree that microsoft did nothing wrong here? PLEASE. the motive behind microsoft's decision here was to give different deals to different colleges who are willing to pay different amounts. there's nothing wrong with that - it's called making as much money as possible! - and you say "yeah, that's micro$oft", well, you're a freeking moron! don't you want to make as much money as possible? well you say "they're ripping people off", i say "live with it! that's capitalism for you! and if the colleges can't afford it, then what are they doing buying it? obviously they're NOT ripping anybody off."
the GOVERNMENT is doing business with MICROSOFT. if THEY DON'T like THEIR POLICIES, then THEY can BUY from MACINTOSH.
don't use so many caps, don't use so many caps, don't use so many caps, don't use so many caps. I'm trying to yell!
and wait, MICROSOFT is a government agency??? you're a freeking moron. Microsoft is a private company, they can do whatever the heck they want, even if they are dealing with the government. as far as they, or anyone else is concerned, it's just another customer. You're trying to take this out on microsoft by getting mad at the government, please, use your head.
without looking it up, tell me exactly how much money these schools purchased on toilet paper. you don't know. and you DON'T CARE. NO ONE CARES. THEY'RE NOT GONNA SPEND $50,000,000 on these licenses so it doesn't effect anything.
Small internet hosting service/company. Gives away custom deals based on the user's needs. You go on AIM, get to know the owner, he gets to know you, finds out you're a highschool student. Then you ask him for the price of 20 GB bandwidth, 1 GB storage. He, knowing you're a student, gives you a good deal. He then tells you "keep the price i gave you confidential, i don't want people who can afford more to ask for that price".
back in the day when winamp was wannabe shareware (yes, wannabe shareware, you didn't HAVE to pay, but they wanted you to), a personal registration was $10, and a business one was $15 (or something), because businesses can afford to pay more.
the same thing goes for universities. Some universities put more money in to computer software/licenses or whatever they're buying, hence, some can afford to pay more, but microsoft doesn't want to go out of business, so they need to make as reasonable a profit as they can.
reread the article, and replace the word "secret" with "confidential" and then tell me that they're evil.
some schools pay $10,000 for a bathroom accessories, others do not. some schools pay $100,000 for computer stuff, others do not. I'm sure, in the "how money was spent" publications that these colleges publish, it will say "$however much was spent on computer software", so you don't have to worry. What's wrong with buying licenses? i don't know anyone who would care, even if they knew how much they were spending.
i am sorry, but you're an idiot. It most certainly was random. It had nothing to do with the rest of the article, hence "without aim" - they weren't aiming towards the article, so there was no aim.
i still don't see where your tax dollars come in. These are Universities. They get their money from the students.
And this doesn't effect your tax dollars at all. Schools get a certain amount of money, what they spend it on is their own decision.
there's nothing wrong with the first one. All colleges have different needs, wants, and necessities. One will be willing to spend $100 for a toilet, another won't. So in order for MS to get a reasonable profit (NOTHING wrong with wanting a profit, don't say M$ or anything), they need to keep the cheapter licenses a secret so that other colleges don't ask for the same price.
sorry, that's the american version of pissed. (i don't drink). not so much anymore cus i got a funny mod... then a troll, but i agree with the troll, it was intended to be a troll.
nope - that's just me right now because i'm depressed, pissed, and tired. first i'd like to apologize for my few previous posts, and then ask why the posts under mine were not also modded offtopic? they are no more offtopic than my original post... huh? yeah, that's what i thought.
1)offtopic means nothing to do with anything, something they pulled out of their butt. i responded to something.
2)i'll give you that one, you're right
3)i happen to know that they are liberal, because i have posted conservatively viewed posts that, if posted in another view, would have been modded up interesting, insightful, and some even funny. liberals also tend not to look at all sides of an issue, only their first impressions.
why was that offtopic? the guy asked a question, i answered him to the best of my ability, while trying to eliminate first post boasts. while others post completely offtopic stuff and get +5, funny mods. freeking liberal moderators can suck my balls.
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lol.... you failed to read it buddy.
However, the law specifically excludes computer software from the definition of public record.
...it seems that you are an idiot.
so what the heck did microsoft do wrong here??? you've been bashing microsoft for "forcing" the colleges to keep it confidential if they signed, but they were NOT forced! if they HAD to publish what they were buying, then they can buy different licenses.
obviously microsoft DOES know these laws moron, otherwise they wouldn't have gotten away with it cus it would have been illegal.
can you please just agree that microsoft did nothing wrong here? PLEASE. the motive behind microsoft's decision here was to give different deals to different colleges who are willing to pay different amounts. there's nothing wrong with that - it's called making as much money as possible! - and you say "yeah, that's micro$oft", well, you're a freeking moron! don't you want to make as much money as possible? well you say "they're ripping people off", i say "live with it! that's capitalism for you! and if the colleges can't afford it, then what are they doing buying it? obviously they're NOT ripping anybody off."
the GOVERNMENT is doing business with MICROSOFT. if THEY DON'T like THEIR POLICIES, then THEY can BUY from MACINTOSH. don't use so many caps, don't use so many caps, don't use so many caps, don't use so many caps. I'm trying to yell!
the company doing the contracts is MICROSOFT. the government doesn't have any special say in making private companies changing their privacy issues.
and wait, MICROSOFT is a government agency??? you're a freeking moron. Microsoft is a private company, they can do whatever the heck they want, even if they are dealing with the government. as far as they, or anyone else is concerned, it's just another customer. You're trying to take this out on microsoft by getting mad at the government, please, use your head.
without looking it up, tell me exactly how much money these schools purchased on toilet paper. you don't know. and you DON'T CARE. NO ONE CARES. THEY'RE NOT GONNA SPEND $50,000,000 on these licenses so it doesn't effect anything.
consider this scenario:
Small internet hosting service/company. Gives away custom deals based on the user's needs. You go on AIM, get to know the owner, he gets to know you, finds out you're a highschool student. Then you ask him for the price of 20 GB bandwidth, 1 GB storage. He, knowing you're a student, gives you a good deal. He then tells you "keep the price i gave you confidential, i don't want people who can afford more to ask for that price".
back in the day when winamp was wannabe shareware (yes, wannabe shareware, you didn't HAVE to pay, but they wanted you to), a personal registration was $10, and a business one was $15 (or something), because businesses can afford to pay more.
the same thing goes for universities. Some universities put more money in to computer software/licenses or whatever they're buying, hence, some can afford to pay more, but microsoft doesn't want to go out of business, so they need to make as reasonable a profit as they can.
reread the article, and replace the word "secret" with "confidential" and then tell me that they're evil.
some schools pay $10,000 for a bathroom accessories, others do not. some schools pay $100,000 for computer stuff, others do not. I'm sure, in the "how money was spent" publications that these colleges publish, it will say "$however much was spent on computer software", so you don't have to worry. What's wrong with buying licenses? i don't know anyone who would care, even if they knew how much they were spending.
neither can you - he was being sarcastic. ever watch the simpsons?
they keep it a secret so that other schools don't ask for the same low price. nothing wrong with that.
i am sorry, but you're an idiot. It most certainly was random. It had nothing to do with the rest of the article, hence "without aim" - they weren't aiming towards the article, so there was no aim.
i still don't see where your tax dollars come in. These are Universities. They get their money from the students. And this doesn't effect your tax dollars at all. Schools get a certain amount of money, what they spend it on is their own decision.
there's nothing wrong with the first one. All colleges have different needs, wants, and necessities. One will be willing to spend $100 for a toilet, another won't. So in order for MS to get a reasonable profit (NOTHING wrong with wanting a profit, don't say M$ or anything), they need to keep the cheapter licenses a secret so that other colleges don't ask for the same price.
how is this news? there's nothing wrong with telling them to keep licenses a secret. keep your propaganda to yourself.
BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee
now that was random...
woops, wrong article. now that really was random.
BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee
how random was that?
troll??? is it an inside troll or am i retarded? btw, kazaa rules. and it will never get shut down! (does it have central servers to shut down?)
me, the way i read 500 comments is by searching for ", funny", or ", intersting" depending on what mood i'm in.
sorry, that's the american version of pissed. (i don't drink). not so much anymore cus i got a funny mod... then a troll, but i agree with the troll, it was intended to be a troll.
nope - that's just me right now because i'm depressed, pissed, and tired. first i'd like to apologize for my few previous posts, and then ask why the posts under mine were not also modded offtopic? they are no more offtopic than my original post... huh? yeah, that's what i thought.
1)offtopic means nothing to do with anything, something they pulled out of their butt. i responded to something.
2)i'll give you that one, you're right
3)i happen to know that they are liberal, because i have posted conservatively viewed posts that, if posted in another view, would have been modded up interesting, insightful, and some even funny. liberals also tend not to look at all sides of an issue, only their first impressions.
why was that offtopic? the guy asked a question, i answered him to the best of my ability, while trying to eliminate first post boasts. while others post completely offtopic stuff and get +5, funny mods. freeking liberal moderators can suck my balls.
not you apparently.
apple definitely knows how to make things look bad.