Re: Mmmmm
Changing a non-profit company to a for-profit company is a trivial exercise for lawyers.
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"This is the problem, there don’t appear to be many options"
There's lots of options, but very few Enterprise level ones with viable support. Anyone leaving VMWare objecting to the pricing is only going to get screwed over by the others in the space. Those opting for Open Source have few options for support.
Another once brilliant company reduced to an IP asset through a corporate buyout. How the mighty have fallen.
"Microsoft, in its note on the issue, said the root cause of the outage was: "A recent service update, applied to a section of infrastructure responsible for enforcing IP address anti-spam rules, contains a change which is inadvertently causing impact."
Make of that what you will, and the use of the word "inadvertently."
"Inadvertently" - Another anonymous MS Engineer applied another Powershell script he shouldn't have. Why have on-prem where you can run your own systems in a stable manner when you can pay Microsoft to f*** up your core contact with clients monthly?
"43 Republican senators call on the FCC chair to rethink things, saying to reinstate the “heavy-handed public utility regulations” would be a mistake and urging her to “end this charade.”"
43 Republican senators who have taken hefty donations from US cable and Internet companies no doubt. Any politician issuing a statement on an industry should be forced to state how much money they have received from that industry in the first sentence.
"I Senator (Insert Name Here) have received $125,000 from AT&T. I feel this legislation would hurt my relationship with AT&T and if it is passed they will no longer give me as much cash as they have in the past."
Either he is a citizen of the US and subject to their laws, or a citizen of the US and subject to their laws.
Either way, subpoena violation should result in jail time. But, he's a billionaire with government contracts and contacts, so he gets off.
James Clapper repeatedly lied to Congress about NSA bugging of US citizens. How many days did he spend in the pokey? Zero.
At the rate they're going, I give the US until 2035 before Civil War II.
"Youngest child is in the 6th Form and the school insist on Windows files for submissions (and I really can't be ar5ed to argue too hard), but what they don't realise is that she has been on Ubuntu for years!"
LibreOffice can export in MS Format.
Will become as dense as EULA for software.
"You grant the producers unlimited rights to your face, appearance and confirm you sign away all rights in perpetuity." etc.etc.etc.
Can't wait for five years down the road when the AI responsible for animating dead stars is interviewed by the Reg AI. I'll have my AI read it and break it down into point form.
Effing NSA, GCHQ and Five Eyes in general. They want access to everything because it may be a "threat" one day.
Say anything, do anything, just get access. Skim the best ideas that can make us profit, delete the things we don't like and persecute radical threats like journalists, privacy advocates and members of the EFF.
"It seems like you're trying to stop a runaway nuclear meltdown? Would you like to download the latest version of Edge to suggest fixes to your issue?"
CANCEL
"Very well. Would you like to see dosemeters on sale in your area?"
CANCEL
"Very well, would you like me to look up anti-nausea medication?"
CANCEL
"It appears you have absorbed three times the lethal does of gamma radiation. Expedia has invested heavily in funeral homes. May I recommend some in your neighborhood?"
"Hello."
"Hello."
"Hello."
"User non-responsive. Processing next six month subscription of Office 365 for your convenience."
"No thanks. An off switch please."
No such animal in Windows. Asking Microsoft to turn something off they deliberately turned on isn't going to work. Your data is too profitable and they are a corporation that needs more money this year than last year or they get fired.
I've been shifting over to Linux for the last three years and I'm almost there. Once my gaming is sorted, I'm gone and MS can do whatever the f*** they want without me.
We used to be able to set browser defaults in Windows. Mine is set to Brave, but whenever I click a link in a MS program like Outlook or Word, MS Edge opens.
Your freedom of choice is subject to MS approval apparently. You didn't really want to open Brave. You know deep down you wanted to open Edge instead. (Followed by high pitched, maniacal laughter and thunderclaps.)
"A democratic process must be adhered to when evaluating the data and it is our collective responsibility to ensure that public involvement is encouraged and respected."
Like the way UK politicians represented BREXIT?
Like US politicians kowtow to lobbists with fists of cash for their reelection funds?
Democracy, if not dead, is certainly in its death throes.
"Sigh. I figured someone would call that requirement evil without looking at the whole picture."
"Note that Apple actually left the door open for non-original parts"
While forcing manufacturers to not provide parts direct to consumers or repair shops. That tends to be part of the 'whole picture.' It's part of their closed eco-system, screw the little guy repair shop who can fix the broken part, but they can't get the part through customs because Apple has a court order in place to stop "counterfeit parts" at the border.
Watch Louis Rossman's YouTube channel for "the whole picture."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVL65qwBGnw
Or the CBC news report on a Canadian Apple Store who charges the same for repairs as a new laptop actually costs.
https://youtu.be/_XneTBhRPYk?si=6vi4PcF77V2d6ONW
Apple has done this for DECADES. They are a corporation that wants to make more money this year than last year. And you, as the loyal customer, need to finance that. Good luck.