Re: Computing smarts in the cloud
Truth. The corporations want to turn our PCs into nothing but fancy terminals.
We're halfway there now.
Posts by ecofeco
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I love the Linux desktop, but that doesn't mean I don't see its problems all too well
Next major update of Windows 11 prepares for launch
Google has more reasons why it doesn't like antitrust law that affects Google
IT downtime not itself going down, power failures most common cause
Makers of ad blockers and browser privacy extensions fear the end is near
Higher spec machines lift US PC revenues 40% even as shipments drop
Tuesday 7th June 2022 21:30 GMT 
They could make a lot more money if...
...their websites were not inexorable shite.
Been making some corporate purchases recently and my experience with all the major name brands is an utter nightmare. All of the their websites seem to be designed by some marketing wankers fresh from college community using the hundred moneys on typewriters method and customer support, both chat and phone, designed to obstruct and hinder and nobody, but nobody goes off script.
Yeah, that will help sales every time. Not.
Musk repeats threat to end $46.5bn Twitter deal – with lawyers, not just tweets
Feeling highly stressed about your job? You must be a CISO
Toshiba considering 11 possible futures
Amazon not happy with antitrust law targeting Amazon
Microsoft: You own the best software keyboard there is. Please let us buy it
Monday 6th June 2022 18:08 GMT
Proving yet again
... that people who say corporations are sending us their best products are naive... at best.
Who say that corporations would never deliberately buy and retire superior technologies, are also naive... at best.
Who also say, markets are purely demand driven so corporations MUST sell better products to stay competitive, are naive at best.
See a trend here? And this is just example... 546,234 of our fine and lovely capitalist consumer world.
Tech hiring freeze doesn't mean people won't leave
The next time your program is 'not responding,' (do not) try these steps
That time a techie accidentally improved an airline's productivity
Amazon accused of obstructing probe into deadly warehouse collapse
IBM ordered to pay $1.6b to BMC
VMware customers have watched Broadcom's acquisitions and don't like what they see
Wednesday 1st June 2022 20:32 GMT
Re: Ahh Broadcome the harbinger of doom
Stop and think a minute about what happens to every company that gets bought.
Specially, what happens to the employees?
Yeah, that.
Now think about what happens to customer service. Yeah, that too.
I have yet to encounter a company that was ever improved by being bought out.
Wednesday 1st June 2022 20:25 GMT
Re: Broadcom does do software
HA! 10 days would be generous.
If anything, the OP is understating the problem. Vastly understating.
And your 90% is upside down. Just spend some more time reading the comments on the daily.
Or did I fail to detect far too subtle sarcasm? So hard to tell these days.
Zero-day vuln in Microsoft Office: 'Follina' will work even when macros are disabled
US Supreme Court puts Texas social media law on hold
California Right-to-Repair bill quietly killed in committee
Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? Consult our cynic's guide to desktop Linux
Wednesday 1st June 2022 01:44 GMT
Re: Not be happy ... to reinstall my OS from scratch every year or two
Yes you are.
That's a bit of overkill. But whatever floats your boat. Far too many people do not have the time to reload and re-customize their PCs, even from a full back-up and it's really quite unnecessary these days.
I do a full back up once a week but I would rather not ever have to use it.
Experts: AI inventors' designs should be protected in law
IBM ends funding for employee retirement clubs
Workday nearly doubles losses as waves of deals pushed back
Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Cloud security unicorn cuts 20% of staff after raising $1.3b
When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer
Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay
Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal
Foxconn factory fiasco could leave Wisconsinites on the hook for $300m
Florida's content-moderation law kept on ice, likely unconstitutional, court says
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
