This is the same tactic that the gubmint takes with those who illegally distill their own spirits. They are charged with not paying taxes on liquor. That's why all the old moonshiners ran from the "Revenewers" and we got NASCAR.
I wonder what new sport we'll get when the Revenewers start chasing them downloaders?
This is one of the silliest things I've seen in a long time.
Figure out a way to give your customer what they want, or they won't be your customer much longer.
They understand that the data is there and that it can be safely accessed (you should be able to figure that how to make that happen-- a few people here have put forth good ideas). If you are the obstacle to what they need, they'll soon figure out a way to go around you.
Feed the customer and the customer feeds you. Honestly, this is the kind of stuff that rightfully gives IT folks a bad name.
We've used Spamsoap for well over a year and have only good things to say about it.
We route our mail feed to their servers and receive only fresh and spam-free email stream on our network. Sitting in the middle of thousands of customers' email feeds, they are in a better place to judge a message's spamminess than a local appliance or end-user application.
Can't say enough about this service. We just signed the contract, wrote a reasonably-sized check, made a DNS change, and we no longer have a spam problem. No set up, no maintenance, no I am not an employee, stock-holder, or friend of their... just someone who likes the rare situation these days when something works exactly right.
It really depends on which schools you're talking about, doesn't it?
A good CS program at a liberal arts college is going to help you apply your technical education in a humanly-aware context... something that id missing in many of the candidates I've interviewed (and usually not hired) over the years.
A good technical school (ie: RPI, WPI, MIT, FIT, GaTech, etc) will also help you by applying technical education in a highly contextual environment.
If the tech school you're thinking about has a vocational focus, you likely won't get this.
I prefer graduates from a program rich in points of view and context, whether they come from a liberal arts or technically-focused school.
It seems to me that Microsoft believes that my system is somehow there property. Yes, I know that their software remains their property and I am merely licensed to use it (as long as I agree to use it in ways they say are OK), but really... come on now... never have Microsoft alternatives looked so good to me.
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This is the same tactic that the gubmint takes with those who illegally distill their own spirits. They are charged with not paying taxes on liquor. That's why all the old moonshiners ran from the "Revenewers" and we got NASCAR. I wonder what new sport we'll get when the Revenewers start chasing them downloaders?
Of course it will! Careful, that's SATA dust. Don't breath it.
This is one of the silliest things I've seen in a long time. Figure out a way to give your customer what they want, or they won't be your customer much longer. They understand that the data is there and that it can be safely accessed (you should be able to figure that how to make that happen-- a few people here have put forth good ideas). If you are the obstacle to what they need, they'll soon figure out a way to go around you. Feed the customer and the customer feeds you. Honestly, this is the kind of stuff that rightfully gives IT folks a bad name.
We've used Spamsoap for well over a year and have only good things to say about it. We route our mail feed to their servers and receive only fresh and spam-free email stream on our network. Sitting in the middle of thousands of customers' email feeds, they are in a better place to judge a message's spamminess than a local appliance or end-user application. Can't say enough about this service. We just signed the contract, wrote a reasonably-sized check, made a DNS change, and we no longer have a spam problem. No set up, no maintenance, no I am not an employee, stock-holder, or friend of their... just someone who likes the rare situation these days when something works exactly right.
If Apple can do it, why not RedHat? Ubuntu is making nice strides in this direction, but a little competition would move things along nicely.
It really depends on which schools you're talking about, doesn't it? A good CS program at a liberal arts college is going to help you apply your technical education in a humanly-aware context... something that id missing in many of the candidates I've interviewed (and usually not hired) over the years. A good technical school (ie: RPI, WPI, MIT, FIT, GaTech, etc) will also help you by applying technical education in a highly contextual environment. If the tech school you're thinking about has a vocational focus, you likely won't get this. I prefer graduates from a program rich in points of view and context, whether they come from a liberal arts or technically-focused school.
It seems to me that Microsoft believes that my system is somehow there property. Yes, I know that their software remains their property and I am merely licensed to use it (as long as I agree to use it in ways they say are OK), but really... come on now... never have Microsoft alternatives looked so good to me.