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23 hours ago, Bas wrote

@ScottWelker:I urge you to read the next sentence of that post as well.

Yeah.. I did but I must sheepishly admit I didn't get it :-/ Perhaps I should have held my tongue, or Goog... err Bing'd it

I didn't see where anyone else posted this pearl so: Rand Paul unloads on 'bullying, berating and badgering' of Apple: "If anyone should be on trial here, it should be Congress... for creating a Byzantine and bizarre tax code."

We American voters need to demand better from our representatives - Vote with your... well... vote!

( And I must note I am no fan of Apple. I refuse to purchase their products because of the very business model it seems MS is racing to emulate. Still, I whole heartedly  agree with Rand Paul's statement. ) 

21 hours ago, wkempf wrote

- "I would hope this turns out to be a great teaching lesson on how dysfunctional the architecture of our tax system is," he ( Gary Hufbauer) continued. "But it's more likely that we'll learn an easier lesson: That Apple is being a bad boy." (http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/of-course-apple-avoids-billions-in-taxes-and-it-should/276078/)

I'm not saying I'm happy about the situation, but I can't really formulate any anger over a company (or an individual) that avoids taxes legally. If the system is broke, fix the system, don't complain that someone has exploited it to their advantage. That's human nature, and not necessarily a bad thing. Now, if they find that Apple has illegally avoided taxes, that will be a different game all together, and I'll join you in you're ire and indignation.

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( You covered it. Nothing more to add. )

6 hours ago, Bas wrote: Consumers are not okay with this, and will vote with their wallets. 

I could not agree more. Vote with your wallet and it will change. Nothing more is needed, especially not more Govt. meddling.

Have you bought DRM'd music lately?

 1 hour ago, contextfree` wrote This is really awful reporting. ... off into flights of fancy about "the biggest product U-turn since ..." 

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@Vaccano ++
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( With acknowledgement that Bas may be factually correct. However, perceptions sometime trump reality. )

This consumer focus (Apple Envy) and corresponding direction worries me. While I still make my living in the MS ecosystem (Business Apps), I am hedging my bets and doing some recon (non-MS, non-Windows). Specifically, I just wiped Windows 8 (no real choice) from a new system and put CentOS on it, leveraging hardware/KVM virtualization - NICE! I am ramping up a dev stack too.

So far though I must say MS really does still provide the superior experience. Were it not for prior Unix experience, I might not have persevered and resolved some of the issues encountered. User friendly it is not. Not nearly as smooth and polished as Windows either.

Ian2++

Much thanks bondsbw!

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Figuerres

Sven Groot

Vaccano

davewill

... et al.

Thanks for speaking up - well said.

1 day ago, DeathBy​VisualStudio wrote

*snip*

That's a fantastic idea! Marry that with Office Web and you have yourself a winner.

Oh yeah!!

8 minutes ago, kettch wrote

Get off my lawn!

LOL