... so many people being given assurance of "complete privacy", wonder how many will believe it almost blindly, indulge in piracy (or whatever the civilized world calls it), get caught and get into unnecessary trouble.
And what are the bets that the demographics of these 180,000 people is among some of the better placed and prosperous human beings on this planet?
About getting into trouble part, I do hope I am wrong though...
I am an Indian. I live in New Delhi.
Having a a fair amount of exposure to the business world (2 decades), I have experienced more than my share of arrogance and well, I also have experienced the brilliance of the people from US and Europe.
Things are changing, attitudes to Indians are becoming a little more respectful (though we tend to exasperate a lot of people with our casual attitude at times...)
India had made immense investments in education, science, technology, poverty alleviation schemes and infrastructure etc... though not always wisely, efficiently and hardly ever in ways free from corruption and exploitation by the political-business interest groups,
Thankfully, something still got through to the people and they made the best use of it.
That is the story of India: We are making it despite the government, which much to its dismay (any govt in power, I am happy to say, is discovering this), is finding that it has to give back to the people something, else it gets voted out of power.
Democracy rocks. In India, it may be chaotic, but at the end of the day it works.
I dunno why.:)
I am loving it!
How many copies of XP shipped in the same period? Will still go to show dominance of Windows and potential upsell opportunity to Vista as time goes by.
This is a blip in the product life cycle. They still call the shots, don't they?
I used Thunderbird extensively, and then one day, a table that had been pasted onto my message from Excel just "disappeared", i.e., no one who read my mail using outlook could see it at all... just blank space!
Not having the time to figure out what went wrong, here I am, at the mercy of my MS Outlook overlord...
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Where are my mod points?
... so many people being given assurance of "complete privacy", wonder how many will believe it almost blindly, indulge in piracy (or whatever the civilized world calls it), get caught and get into unnecessary trouble. And what are the bets that the demographics of these 180,000 people is among some of the better placed and prosperous human beings on this planet? About getting into trouble part, I do hope I am wrong though...
You have beautifully summarized the overall objective that drives decision making and actions of the RIAA. Thank you.
I am an Indian. I live in New Delhi. Having a a fair amount of exposure to the business world (2 decades), I have experienced more than my share of arrogance and well, I also have experienced the brilliance of the people from US and Europe. Things are changing, attitudes to Indians are becoming a little more respectful (though we tend to exasperate a lot of people with our casual attitude at times ...)
India had made immense investments in education, science, technology, poverty alleviation schemes and infrastructure etc... though not always wisely, efficiently and hardly ever in ways free from corruption and exploitation by the political-business interest groups,
Thankfully, something still got through to the people and they made the best use of it.
That is the story of India: We are making it despite the government, which much to its dismay (any govt in power, I am happy to say, is discovering this), is finding that it has to give back to the people something, else it gets voted out of power.
Democracy rocks. In India, it may be chaotic, but at the end of the day it works.
I dunno why. :)
I am loving it!
... you can be tracked and you can be treated as a criminal!
How many copies of XP shipped in the same period? Will still go to show dominance of Windows and potential upsell opportunity to Vista as time goes by. This is a blip in the product life cycle. They still call the shots, don't they?
... a beowulf cluster full of these scientists?? Imagining the Matrix ...
I know my boss is a sadistic, slave driving control maniac, but this!
Well, I guess you will have to wait till Apple makes a game console then...
I used Thunderbird extensively, and then one day, a table that had been pasted onto my message from Excel just "disappeared", i.e., no one who read my mail using outlook could see it at all... just blank space!
Not having the time to figure out what went wrong, here I am, at the mercy of my MS Outlook overlord...
Help!