Seriously. Close to a billion dollars in tech support so they can run an enterprise with a proposed budget of 580 billion dollars. Anyone know how that scales in comparison to what private companies spend on IT support?
"Money for nothin' and your chicks for free". Free shit is rarely (never?) free. Mobile platforms are the credit/debit cards of the current generation.
Seems like this is a difficult problem to solve. Ideally the individual has sense enough to make the obvious choice to not interact with their device while driving. Sadly, that has not proven to be the case.
Seems like a proactive approach by Apple would be to provide a web based tool where customers could enter their serial number and determine if the problem is looming.
Most, if not all, of the toys I played with growing up are already in the hall including erector set, tinker toys, lincoln logs, lego and plenty of other examples. A positive story in a week of tension is appreciated even if not purely tech related.
Or they see Open Source offerings such as LibreOffice and the various, mature Linux distros as a threat. Maybe not for gaming and Outlook, which is why I cited those two niches. Their relevance is not a given; we've seen how Android has been adopted to users who just want to use a device to access the web or create some documents.
From my armchair at the old folks home it seems Microsoft has given up whatever advantage they have with desktop computing. All they needed to (continue) doing was provide a stable platform for their office suite and PC games. The growing pains of NT and ME should have been adequate lessons learned for them. It's as if they have no idea where they are headed or who their customers are. Business and consumers are fed up.
Slashdot Mirror
affectionately termed AppleCore
Mine hasn't exploded yet so I have that going for me I guess.
Seriously. Close to a billion dollars in tech support so they can run an enterprise with a proposed budget of 580 billion dollars. Anyone know how that scales in comparison to what private companies spend on IT support?
actually accepted the lynda offer? Wow!
Maybe this will be the year of Linux on the desktop
Rematch of Buzz vs Bart Sibrel?
"Money for nothin' and your chicks for free". Free shit is rarely (never?) free. Mobile platforms are the credit/debit cards of the current generation.
Seems like this is a difficult problem to solve. Ideally the individual has sense enough to make the obvious choice to not interact with their device while driving. Sadly, that has not proven to be the case.
Seems like a proactive approach by Apple would be to provide a web based tool where customers could enter their serial number and determine if the problem is looming.
but over time the MSFT security track record is not so good. Thanks but I will pass.
He mentioned his wife was ready for him be done with work and at age 75 it's time. Truly nothing to see here.
except when it's not? Too much about too little.
Most, if not all, of the toys I played with growing up are already in the hall including erector set, tinker toys, lincoln logs, lego and plenty of other examples. A positive story in a week of tension is appreciated even if not purely tech related.
This is what happens when close to 50% of eligible voters don't bother to go to the polls.
How do bad actors accomplish that on a large scale?
We've seen plenty of other bigwigs who would have been wise to avoid email.
There must be more than one pathway to the internet from Ecuador.
Like emergencies. Can the phones be retrieved quickly enough in the "fog of war". Can a police situation be recorded?
what an operator...
Keep the politicians, treasurers, citizens and media happy at a fraction of the cost.
email is easy to ignore or filter. phone call follow-ups would be over the top imo.
I have this premonition my Verizon wireless bill is about to go up (again). Yahoo!
Seriously, who is surprised by this including the employees.
Or they see Open Source offerings such as LibreOffice and the various, mature Linux distros as a threat. Maybe not for gaming and Outlook, which is why I cited those two niches. Their relevance is not a given; we've seen how Android has been adopted to users who just want to use a device to access the web or create some documents.
From my armchair at the old folks home it seems Microsoft has given up whatever advantage they have with desktop computing. All they needed to (continue) doing was provide a stable platform for their office suite and PC games. The growing pains of NT and ME should have been adequate lessons learned for them. It's as if they have no idea where they are headed or who their customers are. Business and consumers are fed up.