I frankly do not believe the "£12,000 for 2000+" statement. I run computing at one medium-sized department at major UK university. We are assessed nearly £3000 per annum for MS licensing (and we are the only Mac-based department in the University). MS demands that every computer be counted as a Windows computer (Mac, Linux and PC--it does not matter). This not a manageable cost it is extortion.
A happy Windows user and developer, And PROUD of it!
Clearly a delusional statement. The population of Sweden is subject to seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.). Large doses of melatonin and light therapy could cure this person.
I think this is a matter of opinion. I frequently copy and paste information from web pages into other documents. A full-screen browser would drive me crazy.
Which Microsoft is doing the withstanding? Not the one, who agreed to give away $1.00 for every Zune sold!...though this was not much of a financial burden.
Prizes aren't a panacea. They won't replace corporate R&D labs or universities.
The targeting aspect of prizes is geared to the short term not the long term. The danger to the long term research is that prizes may achieve headline-making successes, and, as a result, clueless politicians and CEOs/CFOs may be inclined believe this is the best R&D funding model, because it allows them to parade short-term results in front of voters or share holders. This could lead to dumping or reducing funding to corporate R&D labs or universities, where what is currently 'blue sky' research may well lead to major breakthroughs 20 years down the road. Prizes are a good supplement to existing research funding and may produce quicker solutions to some vexing problems, but it would be disastrous in the long term if most funding were delivered this way.
So where are the screams about evil DRM and user lock in? Apple is being (frivolously) sued because of the iPod-iTunes-iTunes Store connection, despite the fact that CDs and MP3 files can be imported into iTunes and onto the iPod. The Fairplay DRM is legally stripped from iTunes Store purchases by burning them to CDs. Finally, Apple provides software for Windows users.
So along comes Netflix with a MS DRM distribution scheme and no Mac user option, but no outraged reaction to noxious MS DRM and no rants about user lock in. I guess it is OK to be locked in by MS technology.
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Never attribute to conspiracy, what is more easily explained by incompetence.
I frankly do not believe the "£12,000 for 2000+" statement. I run computing at one medium-sized department at major UK university. We are assessed nearly £3000 per annum for MS licensing (and we are the only Mac-based department in the University). MS demands that every computer be counted as a Windows computer (Mac, Linux and PC--it does not matter). This not a manageable cost it is extortion.
A happy Windows user and developer, And PROUD of it!
Clearly a delusional statement. The population of Sweden is subject to seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.). Large doses of melatonin and light therapy could cure this person.
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...how can a company (UMG) that gets money for nothing be in such dire straits?
I think this is a matter of opinion. I frequently copy and paste information from web pages into other documents. A full-screen browser would drive me crazy.
Which Microsoft is doing the withstanding? Not the one, who agreed to give away $1.00 for every Zune sold! ...though this was not much of a financial burden.
The targeting aspect of prizes is geared to the short term not the long term. The danger to the long term research is that prizes may achieve headline-making successes, and, as a result, clueless politicians and CEOs/CFOs may be inclined believe this is the best R&D funding model, because it allows them to parade short-term results in front of voters or share holders. This could lead to dumping or reducing funding to corporate R&D labs or universities, where what is currently 'blue sky' research may well lead to major breakthroughs 20 years down the road. Prizes are a good supplement to existing research funding and may produce quicker solutions to some vexing problems, but it would be disastrous in the long term if most funding were delivered this way.
So where are the screams about evil DRM and user lock in? Apple is being (frivolously) sued because of the iPod-iTunes-iTunes Store connection, despite the fact that CDs and MP3 files can be imported into iTunes and onto the iPod. The Fairplay DRM is legally stripped from iTunes Store purchases by burning them to CDs. Finally, Apple provides software for Windows users. So along comes Netflix with a MS DRM distribution scheme and no Mac user option, but no outraged reaction to noxious MS DRM and no rants about user lock in. I guess it is OK to be locked in by MS technology.
Was this threat directed at the EU Commissioners?