Interesting. If your job includes the extra work due to Microsoft's products, how long do you think you'd be employed if Microsoft suddenly released bugfree, fully secure, easy to use yet still powerful, low cost software overnight?
It might be annoying on a daily basis, but ultimately, every service pack, every hotfix, every update or upgrade that breaks something is just a little bit more job security for those of us in the trenches maintaining the involved workstations.
While I don't mean to sound too cold here, if India got the benefit without paying, why would anybody bother paying going forward?
And if *nobody* pays then next time *nobody* gets notified.
Re:Your example isn't close to the same thing.
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Every order I've ever had that has been late has included free shipping (plus they still shipped it overnight once the item became available, for the one time I requested overnight shipping)
They also split that order into multiple packages at no charge, which was decent of them.
This season I has Simpsons 5th season DVD in my mailbox 2 days before Amazon's original estimated ship date. Hard to argue with that.
Quite frankly if all the non-code memory regions in my computer were non-execute down to the very last GDI region and printer buffer, the classic virus would be dead.
How do you figure? The classic virus modified EXEs on disk, but didn't need to modify executable code in memory.
I don't know about you, but Comcast is one case where the company literally couldn't pay me to use their service.
Well, I guess I do know about you after all.
That being said, if the service is free free (as in, costs no money, is thrown in as an employee benefit, does not result in any extra money in the employee's pocket if they refuse the service), then sign up, but keep real internet service for actual day to day use, just use the Comcast one as a backup.
(Which is stupid, since logs can be easily faked, but they seem to really impress people.)
Your logs probably don't mean anything on their own, but if they match your upstream's logs and the browser history on your customer's computer, they're worth something. So why bother with your logs if they already have the information? -- Well, each log will potentially log different information. In addition, if an inconsistency is found anywhere, it puts the whole set of logs under suspicion -- If not, then it's substantially less likely that any one link in the chain tampered.
Another consideration is the time it takes to forge valid looking logs. You can't make a single typo or single error anywhere (unless a computer could have made the same error somehow). This takes time. If the FBI shows up on your doorstep with a subpoena for logs and you provide those logs immediately, then unless you had notice that they were coming, you didn't have a chance to tweak the logs.
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Why use Mozilla? If the same people make Mozilla and FireFox, why did they start making FireFox? Because it's better then Mozilla.
(For the humour impaired, neither is "better", they fill different market segments, that's all)
No -- You couldn't sue, Microsoft could sue any competitor as soon as the competition released a product with anything resembling a bug.
Microsoft, however, would be free to continue releasing buggy software to their hearts' content.
It's too bad no IDEs support search and replace.
Just wait until you get the lawsuit because the button for the door release wasn't properly labeled.
It does the minute you try to hotswap the component.
I can see faking parts, but labels? Bastards!
Sure, but you don't install Linux, you install a distro.
See, now that is a _good_ reason to drop the case.
The issue is that FireFox isn't stupid enough to allow a webpage to reconfigure operating system configuration settings.
Interesting. If your job includes the extra work due to Microsoft's products, how long do you think you'd be employed if Microsoft suddenly released bugfree, fully secure, easy to use yet still powerful, low cost software overnight?
It might be annoying on a daily basis, but ultimately, every service pack, every hotfix, every update or upgrade that breaks something is just a little bit more job security for those of us in the trenches maintaining the involved workstations.
IIRC, someone did file RICO charges against the RIAA, didn't they?
Ahh yes, here we go. Found a number of news articles, more on Google but no resolution.
While I don't mean to sound too cold here, if India got the benefit without paying, why would anybody bother paying going forward?
And if *nobody* pays then next time *nobody* gets notified.
Every order I've ever had that has been late has included free shipping (plus they still shipped it overnight once the item became available, for the one time I requested overnight shipping)
They also split that order into multiple packages at no charge, which was decent of them.
This season I has Simpsons 5th season DVD in my mailbox 2 days before Amazon's original estimated ship date. Hard to argue with that.
What does one have to do with the other?
Because cassettes weren't invented until 15 years after CDs, right?
Since when has prior art stopped the patent office?
Not only that, but the "in cars" or "for the purpose of safety rather then functionality" clause would probably be enough anyway.
The company invests potential millions in R&D to develop the product in question.
Quite frankly if all the non-code memory regions in my computer were non-execute down to the very last GDI region and printer buffer, the classic virus would be dead.
How do you figure? The classic virus modified EXEs on disk, but didn't need to modify executable code in memory.
Added support to the x86 platform.
Are there ISPs left that don't do egress filtering?
I don't know about you, but Comcast is one case where the company literally couldn't pay me to use their service.
Well, I guess I do know about you after all.
That being said, if the service is free free (as in, costs no money, is thrown in as an employee benefit, does not result in any extra money in the employee's pocket if they refuse the service), then sign up, but keep real internet service for actual day to day use, just use the Comcast one as a backup.
I would argue that if they are broadcasting a SSID and have no security at all, they are inviting you to use their system.
If they take any precautions at all you should assume that you are not welcome.
(Which is stupid, since logs can be easily faked, but they seem to really impress people.)
Your logs probably don't mean anything on their own, but if they match your upstream's logs and the browser history on your customer's computer, they're worth something. So why bother with your logs if they already have the information? -- Well, each log will potentially log different information. In addition, if an inconsistency is found anywhere, it puts the whole set of logs under suspicion -- If not, then it's substantially less likely that any one link in the chain tampered.
Another consideration is the time it takes to forge valid looking logs. You can't make a single typo or single error anywhere (unless a computer could have made the same error somehow). This takes time. If the FBI shows up on your doorstep with a subpoena for logs and you provide those logs immediately, then unless you had notice that they were coming, you didn't have a chance to tweak the logs.
What does where you work have to do with who provides your internet connectivity?
What guarantee do you have that the currently posted EULA on some website is the same as the EULA contained within the box you're about to buy?