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Comment Re:Everything you need to know from TFA... (Score 1) 329

by biggles2k on Tuesday December 12, 2006 @05:17PM (#17213860) Attached to: A Press Junket To Redmond

"None of the Microsoft people I met had anything to say about their deal with Novell, working with the Open Document Format (ODF), acceptance of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as a legitimate software license, how DRM built into Vista may anger users, or other topics I thought might interest you."

More to the point: If you expect anything informative or meaningful from this article, don't. Here's the summary of gaming on Vista (I only wish the other observations had been so contrite--would have saved me from wasting my time):

Games on Vista

I tuned out the game-related stuff. I'm not a computer gamer. I figure I already spend more time staring at a monitor for work purposes than is healthy for me. I don't need to become a game addict and spend even more hours in front of a computer or game console. But for those interested in computer games, I'm sure Vista is wonderful. I'm sure XBox is great, too. A Microsoft person said so.

BSA Claims 35% of Software is Pirated 617

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 27, 2006 @06:21PM from the that's-a-lot-of-eyepatches dept.

hdtv writes "Business Software Alliance says 35% of packaged software installed on PCs globally is pirated, and estimates the losses at $34 bln. From the article: 'The countries with the highest piracy rates were Vietnam (90%), Zimbabwe (90%), Indonesia (87%), China (86%), and Pakistan (86%). The countries with the lowest piracy rates were the United States (21%), New Zealand (23%), Austria (26%), and Finland (26%).' TechDirt analysis debunks some of the myths: 'The BSA claims that all of these "lost sales" represent real harm to the economy. It's the same bogus argument they've trotted out before, which is easily debunked. Much of that unauthorized software is being used to make firms much more productive than they would be otherwise -- probably benefiting the overall economy quite a bit.'"

Student Faces Expulsion for Blog Post 1045

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 25, 2006 @02:58AM from the complaining-only-makes-things-worse dept.

ThPhox writes "A student in the Plainfield School District in New Jersey is facing expulsion from the school district for a post made on his personal blog during non school hours. From the article: "A 17-year-old student who posted on his blog site that he was being bullied and threatened by the Plainfield School District will face an expulsion hearing this week, a local attorney said.""

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