There are just over 120 cinema's in Ireland - and most of them have only 1 or 2 screens. 500 is a pretty accurate number to convert EVERY screen (even the mobile cinema's!) in the country.
I doubt the projector's are gift's though. I'd imagine the Irish Film Board made a deal with all the studio's in Ireland and them negiotated such a large contract at a good discount. The projectors may be subsidised, but not by very much. It's not legal for a government institution to put money into the private sector like that - just think back to the airline crisis and EU rulings then.
Can't answer that...but did you know that because of the structure of the UK patent office, you can effectively have a software patent in 25 EU countries for about £250?
Yeah I just renewed mine a month, primarily because all my contacts use that as my email address and there wasn't enough time to start redirecting everyone.
Also,.MAC does have good integration with OS X, although I rarely use iDisk, I do like the Bookmarks and Address Book sync.
But if they don't improve the email service (15mb for 99 - come on, no one should pay for that) substantially they'll lose my business, and I imagine quite a lot of other as well.
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There are just over 120 cinema's in Ireland - and most of them have only 1 or 2 screens. 500 is a pretty accurate number to convert EVERY screen (even the mobile cinema's!) in the country. I doubt the projector's are gift's though. I'd imagine the Irish Film Board made a deal with all the studio's in Ireland and them negiotated such a large contract at a good discount. The projectors may be subsidised, but not by very much. It's not legal for a government institution to put money into the private sector like that - just think back to the airline crisis and EU rulings then.
Can't answer that...but did you know that because of the structure of the UK patent office, you can effectively have a software patent in 25 EU countries for about £250?
Yeah I just renewed mine a month, primarily because all my contacts use that as my email address and there wasn't enough time to start redirecting everyone. Also, .MAC does have good integration with OS X, although I rarely use iDisk, I do like the Bookmarks and Address Book sync.
But if they don't improve the email service (15mb for 99 - come on, no one should pay for that) substantially they'll lose my business, and I imagine quite a lot of other as well.
Now when are Apple going to follow suit and up the paltry 15mb e-mail storage I get for $99 a year!!!