go for broke. the cliche is true: its the best time of your life.
in general, don't be afraid to rock the boat and demand what you want, from IT or anybody. You'll probably find that you can game the system in some way, despite policies you'll find problematic.
Also, always lock your door, and make sure your roommates do too...and make sure they don't get drunk and piss all over your desk. (it happens)
One time while using craigslist, I emailed the default e-mail address about some spam problem on one of the personals pages. I got an e-mail back the next day, in a very conversational tone, from Craig himself! So i wrote back to say thanks, and he actually took the time to have a normal e-mail conversation with me, right out of the blue.
He is so uncorporate, the only way he would sell out would be if he was convinced it would help his business.
Yes, true. My point was that if they could do it, they would have already. Obviously, monopoly laws prevent that from occuring.
This settlement allows them to do what would normally be an antitrust violation in a settlement of an antitrust violation!
screwy indeed.....
It's really an advantage to them, when it is supposed to punish them. In exchange for giving away some free CD's that cost them about 1.4 cents each to press, they get a huge foothold in the CA schools, which are a main cash-cow for Apple. Bureaucracy as it is, once you get the momentum going with free crap from MS, you become beholden to it in the long term. In a few years when the vouchers run out but the computers are still around, you better believe they will be shelling out cash for Windows XYZ or whatever pourous OS comes down the pike. Remember, this is a company sitting on a savings account of $100 billion! They could give the stuff away and still make money just by charging for upgrades...
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go for broke. the cliche is true: its the best time of your life. in general, don't be afraid to rock the boat and demand what you want, from IT or anybody. You'll probably find that you can game the system in some way, despite policies you'll find problematic. Also, always lock your door, and make sure your roommates do too...and make sure they don't get drunk and piss all over your desk. (it happens)
One time while using craigslist, I emailed the default e-mail address about some spam problem on one of the personals pages. I got an e-mail back the next day, in a very conversational tone, from Craig himself! So i wrote back to say thanks, and he actually took the time to have a normal e-mail conversation with me, right out of the blue. He is so uncorporate, the only way he would sell out would be if he was convinced it would help his business.
Yes, true. My point was that if they could do it, they would have already. Obviously, monopoly laws prevent that from occuring. This settlement allows them to do what would normally be an antitrust violation in a settlement of an antitrust violation! screwy indeed.....
It's really an advantage to them, when it is supposed to punish them. In exchange for giving away some free CD's that cost them about 1.4 cents each to press, they get a huge foothold in the CA schools, which are a main cash-cow for Apple. Bureaucracy as it is, once you get the momentum going with free crap from MS, you become beholden to it in the long term. In a few years when the vouchers run out but the computers are still around, you better believe they will be shelling out cash for Windows XYZ or whatever pourous OS comes down the pike. Remember, this is a company sitting on a savings account of $100 billion! They could give the stuff away and still make money just by charging for upgrades...