Well the Office team dipped their toes in the water with OneNote, so there's definitely hope they might see the light. Personally I'd love to see Word and Excel - the iWork apps on the iPad are quite clunky to use IMO.
You mean how he talks about how we can't cross his own timeline, but there's an episode in series one where the entire premise is him doing it three times?
They have OneNote, which is a very good (and also free) competitor to Evernote - and is compatible with desktop OneNote notebooks. Lync is also available for corporate IM usage. PhotoSynth for panoramic photography, My Xbox Live for functionality equivalent to Xbox Companion on WP7, Windows Live Messenger for consumer IM. SkyDrive for "cloud storage". Kinectimals for... er, virtual pets. Tag for something like QR codes. Halo Waypoint for all that Halo expansion stuff. And the Crafting Guide (strategy app for Age of Empires Online).
There's also suspicion that there will be a cut down version of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iPad at some point.
I would suspect the courts would frown on his intentions and likely sweep aside the corporate protections. I've never seen a court back a director who deliberately set up a company in order to break the law or defraud other individuals/companies.
Haven't you ever heard the saying "no one pays list price" in relation to Microsoft licensing? We hear it all the time (as a public health department we actually get two levels of discount on our purchasing!)
The best part is actually that as a service provider, he's required to license products under an SPLA. And Microsoft can just choose not to extend one to him. Plan foiled.
Alternatively, they could refrain from misleading the consumer, and at the point of sale where they try and sell you AppleCare state that you do have statutory rights and how AppleCare differs from them, without lying.
If your PC breaks after 18 months, you take it back and they fix, replace or refund with barely a murmur (because consumers over the years know their rights).
Unless that vendor is JB Hi Fi, who will scream at you that the limited warranty doesn't cover that and are you honestly saying that big companies like Microsoft would get that wrong, just before telling you to get out of the store. I've decided Australian companies are bigger wankers than American ones.
Disputes Tribunal. Filing fee is ~$20, and their judgement has the full force of law, so can't be ignored - offhand I think taking legal representation is also a no-go. Also, our courts can order the loser to pay the winner's reasonable expenses.
For those of you who actually can think for yourself without spouting the "pinko commie" bullshit, for a start this rule is imposed on every merchant, not just "non-local" ones. Second, if it's anything like the one where I am in New Zealand, it also allows for the relevant statutory agency to make a decision on what is considered a reasonable lifespan based on many factors - for example a $1100 iPhone (that's what it costs here) would likely be covered by consumer law for 5+ years on the basis of the price of the product, the manufacturer's claims to quality, and the purpose for what it was designed (yes, our law includes price as a factor for whether you can expect it to last longer). A $40 Nokia crap-phone you're likely covered for about what the manufacturer said, and that's it. You want to charge $1000+ for your product, you best make damn sure it's worth it, especially if you justify it based on perceived quality.
To claim that it's another EU protectionist trade barrier is also bullshit. It's standard consumer protection laws in the entire European and Asia Pacific regions. Just because you North Americans will tolerate companies selling you shit and claiming it's gold doesn't mean the rest of the world will.
Besides the bloody point. It was available, for sale, legally. Someone made an unauthorised copy and sold that, without compensating the original author. If it happens that the product literally wasn't available at all except via the unauthorised copy, I personally feel it would be more ethical to pirate it than pay the infringer.
Worst... strawman... ever. We're talking about someone's specific work being taken and sold with no compensation to the original author, not someone writing a completely different book and selling that.
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Well the Office team dipped their toes in the water with OneNote, so there's definitely hope they might see the light. Personally I'd love to see Word and Excel - the iWork apps on the iPad are quite clunky to use IMO.
You mean how he talks about how we can't cross his own timeline, but there's an episode in series one where the entire premise is him doing it three times?
You're on Slashdot, that's not weird it's normal. I got a few of those too.
And yet humans annihilating 10% of their ancestor humanity required a piece of complex equipment based on a time machine to achieve.
Microsoft hardware (Xbox) is already made by Foxconn.... so I'm at a loss.
They have OneNote, which is a very good (and also free) competitor to Evernote - and is compatible with desktop OneNote notebooks. Lync is also available for corporate IM usage. PhotoSynth for panoramic photography, My Xbox Live for functionality equivalent to Xbox Companion on WP7, Windows Live Messenger for consumer IM. SkyDrive for "cloud storage". Kinectimals for ... er, virtual pets. Tag for something like QR codes. Halo Waypoint for all that Halo expansion stuff. And the Crafting Guide (strategy app for Age of Empires Online).
There's also suspicion that there will be a cut down version of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iPad at some point.
I'd also guess the MBU can still requisition Apple kit, and use it without any fear of persecution.
Um, one would speculate that Apple would use iWork, not shift to Open Office, which in my experience is the shittiest suite imaginable.
It's sad because it's true.
His email address ends with "@mac.com". You're wasting your breath.
That's not a bug, it's a shitty design decision.
Indeed. But once one person's through, you've got something approximating precedent.
And with a business model like that, he's sure as hell not getting any customers either.
Will probably hurt his core business too. I know I've added tuCloud to my "not fucking likely" list of service providers.
I would suspect the courts would frown on his intentions and likely sweep aside the corporate protections. I've never seen a court back a director who deliberately set up a company in order to break the law or defraud other individuals/companies.
Haven't you ever heard the saying "no one pays list price" in relation to Microsoft licensing? We hear it all the time (as a public health department we actually get two levels of discount on our purchasing!)
The best part is actually that as a service provider, he's required to license products under an SPLA. And Microsoft can just choose not to extend one to him. Plan foiled.
Alternatively, they could refrain from misleading the consumer, and at the point of sale where they try and sell you AppleCare state that you do have statutory rights and how AppleCare differs from them, without lying.
If your PC breaks after 18 months, you take it back and they fix, replace or refund with barely a murmur (because consumers over the years know their rights).
Unless that vendor is JB Hi Fi, who will scream at you that the limited warranty doesn't cover that and are you honestly saying that big companies like Microsoft would get that wrong, just before telling you to get out of the store. I've decided Australian companies are bigger wankers than American ones.
Heh, my NZ carrier won't even let you get mobile insurance on the iPhone, and that's a paid extra.
Can't contract out of the law. THAT even applies in the USA.
Disputes Tribunal. Filing fee is ~$20, and their judgement has the full force of law, so can't be ignored - offhand I think taking legal representation is also a no-go. Also, our courts can order the loser to pay the winner's reasonable expenses.
And this is why no-one likes Americans.
For those of you who actually can think for yourself without spouting the "pinko commie" bullshit, for a start this rule is imposed on every merchant, not just "non-local" ones. Second, if it's anything like the one where I am in New Zealand, it also allows for the relevant statutory agency to make a decision on what is considered a reasonable lifespan based on many factors - for example a $1100 iPhone (that's what it costs here) would likely be covered by consumer law for 5+ years on the basis of the price of the product, the manufacturer's claims to quality, and the purpose for what it was designed (yes, our law includes price as a factor for whether you can expect it to last longer). A $40 Nokia crap-phone you're likely covered for about what the manufacturer said, and that's it. You want to charge $1000+ for your product, you best make damn sure it's worth it, especially if you justify it based on perceived quality.
To claim that it's another EU protectionist trade barrier is also bullshit. It's standard consumer protection laws in the entire European and Asia Pacific regions. Just because you North Americans will tolerate companies selling you shit and claiming it's gold doesn't mean the rest of the world will.
What the fuck?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affort
And then you quoted the dictionary entry for "afford" with all the d changed to t.
Is this new age spelling to go with the new age math?
Besides the bloody point. It was available, for sale, legally. Someone made an unauthorised copy and sold that, without compensating the original author. If it happens that the product literally wasn't available at all except via the unauthorised copy, I personally feel it would be more ethical to pirate it than pay the infringer.
Worst... strawman... ever. We're talking about someone's specific work being taken and sold with no compensation to the original author, not someone writing a completely different book and selling that.