AFAIK Russian Interstate Aviation Commitee (one of the official aviation bodies) uses telegrams for official announcements â" see for ex. this (in Russian, about Yaroslavl hockey team plane crash): http://zkola.ru/docs/index-640396.html
LibreOffice may not have animations, but its context-sensitive toolbars (like for images or tables) that make your text jump when they appear and disappear are annoying as hell. More than any animations.
What is the typical cap in North America? 20GB at $23 here in St. Petersburg, Russia, from Megafon (http://spb.megafon.ru/tariffs/options/skidki_na_internet/mobile_internet.html). This is 3G though.
I too use a boxed version of Office 2003 which BTW can legally be installed on two PCs. But I also have the latest Softmaker Office (commercial, most MS-compatible software) and LibreOffice installed just in case.
Mod parent insightful. Tax and market conditions do account for some differences, but not that drastic. Often this situation has to do with over-reaching copyright, trademark and other legislation that allows companies to enforce region pricing.
It can be trademarks, too. Due to a relatively recent law provision, in Russia you cannot import trademarked goods that you legally acquired (even used ones!) for sale as a business unless you have a specific license from the trademark owner for that. The result is hugely inflated prices for imported goods. At the moment consumers can buy stuff from abroad online for their own use, but I'm afraid that won't last long too due to greedy bastards in the government, parliament etc.
How EXACTLY are they "restricting it artificially" pray tell? If you want an XP license today you can get software assurance, an MSDN, or just buy a retail copy, that is three different ways to get XP right there.
1) I'm speaking generally, MS is just an example. 2) I'm not only talking about today but also about the future. Even if something is available today, tomorrow it may not be. 3) Re XP: (a) AFAIK, software assurance is not for individuals and I'm not even sure that XP will be available indefinitely via this path. (b) MSDN subscription only provides a restricted license. Quote from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc150618.aspx: "Using the software in any other way, such as for doing email, playing games, or editing a document is another use and is not covered by the MSDN subscription license. When this happens, the underlying operating system must also be licensed normally by purchasing a regular copy of Windows such as the one that came with a new OEM PC." In addition, as in (a), I'm not sure that the products will be available indefinitely via this route. (c) I know no place where individual consumers can still officially buy retail copies of XP other than used ones (that is, in strictly limited quantities). In addition, according to the Civil Code of my country, importing software is an additional right, absent by default, that must be specifically given by the rights holder, so the routes for getting software are even more limited.
Moreover, the physical availability of software for sale and running activation servers (that I did NOT mention at all) was not my point anyway. A company shouldn't be forced to stock all software and run activation servers indefinitely. Whan I mean is that I should be LEGALLY entitled to buy a new product but install an analogous obsolete product instead (even copied from a friend or downloaded from torrents) and install a crack removing activation if activation server aren't running anymore.
The keyword is "downgrade": for example, when I buy a box copy of Windows 8 Pro, in my proposed solution I am legally entitled to install Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 Pro box or less expensive editions of these instead of the 8. Here, Microsoft gets the money from me for its latest product, and I get to legally use its comparable obsolete product that I find better.
You seem to think there is a differentiation between the two.
This. A *product* - something made to sell - cannot be separated from its marketing. A widget may be technically extremely good at many things and yet fail as a product because its good qualities are not relevant enough to the consumers or poorly communicated to them, or the process of buying is inconvenient - or for myriad other reasons related to marketing.
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You made may day sir. This is a very, very useful term.
AFAIK Russian Interstate Aviation Commitee (one of the official aviation bodies) uses telegrams for official announcements â" see for ex. this (in Russian, about Yaroslavl hockey team plane crash): http://zkola.ru/docs/index-640396.html
Can be pretty pages long and multipart.
Come on, you aren't law abiding anyway in the eyes of the government, so you shouldn't be worried about having N.
All this is fine, but can they make a version controllable by cat's thought?
LibreOffice may not have animations, but its context-sensitive toolbars (like for images or tables) that make your text jump when they appear and disappear are annoying as hell. More than any animations.
What is the typical cap in North America? 20GB at $23 here in St. Petersburg, Russia, from Megafon (http://spb.megafon.ru/tariffs/options/skidki_na_internet/mobile_internet.html). This is 3G though.
This is another contender that has not been mentioned yet. Softmaker's file format filters are excellent. No iOS support though as of yet.
I too use a boxed version of Office 2003 which BTW can legally be installed on two PCs. But I also have the latest Softmaker Office (commercial, most MS-compatible software) and LibreOffice installed just in case.
Mod parent insightful. Tax and market conditions do account for some differences, but not that drastic. Often this situation has to do with over-reaching copyright, trademark and other legislation that allows companies to enforce region pricing.
This is correct, but "Ya" and "ndex" together are not a word.
His nickname doesn't look very Russian to me. More like Chinese.
"Rndex" (with the Cyrillic "Ya" going first) is not a word in Russian. "Indeks" is. So "Yandex" is an invented word.
Where did Linus say anything like that about Lennart? Not doubting your words, just genuinely curious.
Yeah, certainly not much, it's just that the provider may well be against sharing out of principle and prohibit that in their TOS.
Will the T1 provider allow redistribution? That can be a problem (I mean the TOS, not the technical possibility.)
What's the battery life on your lady's Fujitsu?
As a Russian, I like it.
Do you have a link to that review? Would love to read it!
"lottle" instead of "little"
a lottle bit
Epic typo!
It can be trademarks, too. Due to a relatively recent law provision, in Russia you cannot import trademarked goods that you legally acquired (even used ones!) for sale as a business unless you have a specific license from the trademark owner for that. The result is hugely inflated prices for imported goods. At the moment consumers can buy stuff from abroad online for their own use, but I'm afraid that won't last long too due to greedy bastards in the government, parliament etc.
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"That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen" by F. Bastiat
Chapter VIII, "Machinery" is what you need.
How EXACTLY are they "restricting it artificially" pray tell? If you want an XP license today you can get software assurance, an MSDN, or just buy a retail copy, that is three different ways to get XP right there.
1) I'm speaking generally, MS is just an example.
2) I'm not only talking about today but also about the future. Even if something is available today, tomorrow it may not be.
3) Re XP:
(a) AFAIK, software assurance is not for individuals and I'm not even sure that XP will be available indefinitely via this path.
(b) MSDN subscription only provides a restricted license. Quote from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/cc150618.aspx: "Using the software in any other way, such as for doing email, playing games, or editing a document is another use and is not covered by the MSDN subscription license. When this happens, the underlying operating system must also be licensed normally by purchasing a regular copy of Windows such as the one that came with a new OEM PC." In addition, as in (a), I'm not sure that the products will be available indefinitely via this route.
(c) I know no place where individual consumers can still officially buy retail copies of XP other than used ones (that is, in strictly limited quantities). In addition, according to the Civil Code of my country, importing software is an additional right, absent by default, that must be specifically given by the rights holder, so the routes for getting software are even more limited.
Moreover, the physical availability of software for sale and running activation servers (that I did NOT mention at all) was not my point anyway. A company shouldn't be forced to stock all software and run activation servers indefinitely. Whan I mean is that I should be LEGALLY entitled to buy a new product but install an analogous obsolete product instead (even copied from a friend or downloaded from torrents) and install a crack removing activation if activation server aren't running anymore.
The keyword is "downgrade": for example, when I buy a box copy of Windows 8 Pro, in my proposed solution I am legally entitled to install Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 Pro box or less expensive editions of these instead of the 8. Here, Microsoft gets the money from me for its latest product, and I get to legally use its comparable obsolete product that I find better.
You seem to think there is a differentiation between the two.
This. A *product* - something made to sell - cannot be separated from its marketing. A widget may be technically extremely good at many things and yet fail as a product because its good qualities are not relevant enough to the consumers or poorly communicated to them, or the process of buying is inconvenient - or for myriad other reasons related to marketing.