Duplicate comments are not made intentionally. Its very good to know that now you are keeping check on this problem because sometimes a commenter...
"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
Talkback
"We are doubling the reward to make software licensing a priority for managers. It might seem harsh, but at the end of the day, there are 27 per cent of businesses who think they can get away with it."
Thanks for this BSA. You couldn't find a better advertisement for open source software.
"£20,000 reward to anyone who informs on their employer using illegal or unlicensed software" - I would be happy to use "illegal or unlicensed software" to inform on my masters.. But there's no doubt a missing "for" in the above quotation.
Disgraceful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For some reason or another decision makers believe everthing Microsoft says except when it comes down to the details of Microsoft's licensing agreements. Thus they deploy the whole bundle of joy without good record keeping in various license agreement violating ways.
As such plenty of organizations are not in full compliance. Which more often then not means exposing the business to huge legal (financial) liabilities. Just read and actually understand the very fine (technical and legal) print that can be digged up from Microsoft's websites. Add to that that license requirements are constantly changing and you already agreed to that.
Don't think that your reseller, advisor, etc understands this matter completely. Otherwise they would have signed a contract with you stating that they'll pay whatever costs if you're not fully compliant.
Once the true costs and risks are fully enforced upon decision makers maybe then they'll start reconsidering their options. Perhaps listening only to those that said nothing then that what they wanted to hear was not the smartest career move afterall.