Re: TRUST? HUH?
"And so you shouldn't - someones probably swapped the tin for cheaper aluminium."
Foiled again!
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"Microsoft are very good at iterating. They don't give up after just one go; if they think the concept has legs, they'll keep trying and trying until they get it right."
That's why I'm looking forward to Windows Phone 42.
The irony here is that advertisers use of the data is counter productive to them in my experience. I have turned off targeted advertising from Google, not because its use of my data is intrusive, but because it keeps showing me endless ads for stuff I've aready decided not to buy.
If you asked me how to do something is Wordstar, I probably couldn't tell you, but if you sat me in front of a computer, I could probably do it without thinking.
I recall that in the days before standard GUIs, a good bet was "when all else fails, try Wordstar commands".
Memo to self: Must install joe.
@ Don Jefe
Frightfully sorry, old chap, but I must point out that “English” is, by definition, the language of the people of England. It follows that the way the language is spoken in England is the “correct” version.
We are quite happy to have you foreigner johnnies speak our language, with your strange accents, as it saves us the fag of learning your language, but it is still our language.
The single point of failure remains where it always was, the board of directors.
IT is as fundamental to modern banking as is risk management. There should be a person with in-depth understanding of IT at the same level as the Finance Director. Only then will sensible decisions be made on IT.
"it's really difficult to come up with any way to measure the economic value of product quality:"
It's actually trivial: how much more can you charge for it?
Mine's a pint of real ale, possibly from an inefficient micro/craft brewery. Or maybe a proper cider from a small cider maker (as opposed to a generic brewer).
Upgrade cycles are a myth perpetrated by MS to get people buying the same software over and over again.
In a properly specified computer system, you buy a SYSTEM (hardware, software and maintenance) designed to run for a specific time, with essential updates included in the original cost. At end of life you scrap it, having already planned to the next iteration.
Attempting to run an IT system until it turns to dust is a moron's choice.
"After 3 years on a Degree course they will enter the job market knowing how to use Microsoft Windows 7, Office 2013 (next year Office 365), Internet Explorer, Adobe Photoshop, etc"
1. It doesn't require a university education to learn these apps. A person with a university education should easily be able to adapt to whatever apps are required in the marketplace. If you UNDERSTAND how to do it in the GIMP, you can do it in Photoshop. If you're only TRAINED in the GIMP, Photoshop will be more difficult. University is supposed to be about education, not job training. The two are not the same.
2. With the speed that the market is currently moving, any app used in a three year course will be obsolete by the time the graduate gets a job.
It's about time telcos/ISPs wised up to the fact that the only reason their customers give them money, is to access content from the likes of Netflix, Google etc. They should charge their customers for the bandwidth they use, rather than making absurd claims for bandwidth they cannot deliver.
If they're mad enough to force short term charges on the content providers, the latter will simply build their own networks, undercut the incumbents, destroy their business, and buy their assets for pennies on the pound/dollar.