Officially the world's most valuable company.
Amazing a company can get so big and treat its customers like dogshit.
I still haven't found a rep...
Microsoft
Microsoft
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
It is impressive.
The new dickhead in charge has been auditing the fuck out of customers, which I'm sure helped.
Plus, the Surface line has been curb stomping iPads and iMacs.
I still want a fucking rep though.
The new dickhead in charge has been auditing the fuck out of customers, which I'm sure helped.
Plus, the Surface line has been curb stomping iPads and iMacs.
I still want a fucking rep though.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
We passed both with flying colors, but the whole process pissed me off. It was a ton of additional work for me. Just fucking come here with a team. I'll give you full access. Do the audit yourself.
Additionally, when I pass with flying colors, including having extra licenses, don't fucking audit me the following year!
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
I was working in the software development department. MSFT had always been pretty generous about licensing for dev, so we had been pretty loose. Then they got super anal about some stuff, so we paid them, then re-architected to get off of MSFTs software within a few years.
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Microsoft
Yeah, the audits will definitely drive people into the arms of other software providers if they're annoying enough.
I'm now getting audited by Infor.
Yay! What an awesome trend in the IT world...
I'm now getting audited by Infor.
Yay! What an awesome trend in the IT world...
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
So Oracle is charging for JDK/JRE usage in corporate environments. Something like $2.50/month for workstations, $25/month for servers, I think.
Amazon announces Corretto based on OpenJDK for free with extended support as well.
I used it yesterday for the first time in anticipation of being able to avoid Oracle's fees, and it worked perfectly.
Amazon announces Corretto based on OpenJDK for free with extended support as well.
I used it yesterday for the first time in anticipation of being able to avoid Oracle's fees, and it worked perfectly.
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Microsoft
Microsoft dumps simple executable files for installing Office in favor of a more complex system.
It really isn't difficult once you go through all the new hoops, but most businesses are SMBs and won't have the techs to pull this off.
It really isn't difficult once you go through all the new hoops, but most businesses are SMBs and won't have the techs to pull this off.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
Nearing $1T valuation.
Apparently auditing the fuck out of your customers and being impossible to reach is profitable.
Apparently auditing the fuck out of your customers and being impossible to reach is profitable.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
AMZN, AAPL, and MSFT all flirting with $1T right now. Which is a little insane since they were at $635B, $670B, and $728B just 4 months ago.Leisher wrote: Nearing $1T valuation.
Apparently auditing the fuck out of your customers and being impossible to reach is profitable.
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Microsoft
MS finally agrees that password rotation is dumb.
I remember working once place that had 6 week rotations. Because they wanted to be MORE secure than a 3 month recommendation. /facepalm
Me: All that does is mean people will use a simple password and rotate the # at the end, like Password1, Password2, then roll back to Password 1 eventually.
Them: we'll make it so they can't use the last 20 passwords!
Me: Ok, Password01, Password02....
I remember working once place that had 6 week rotations. Because they wanted to be MORE secure than a 3 month recommendation. /facepalm
Me: All that does is mean people will use a simple password and rotate the # at the end, like Password1, Password2, then roll back to Password 1 eventually.
Them: we'll make it so they can't use the last 20 passwords!
Me: Ok, Password01, Password02....
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Microsoft
Password rotation has always been stupid and causes lots of problems.
Also, I've read in multiple places that the ideal password isn't $h1tL1k3Thi$. It's random words and phrases, like tittyfuck lobster wheels.
Also, I've read in multiple places that the ideal password isn't $h1tL1k3Thi$. It's random words and phrases, like tittyfuck lobster wheels.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
I'd argue the latter with a bit of punctuation/numbers though to reduce dictionary/rainbow table attacks. Also, a potential flaw of the latter is the predictability of words chosen by the person.
like gordon picking "ilove cocks in my ass and mouth"
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Microsoft
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
15 years of trying to find a MS employee to visit or call me with zero results.
However, I just received notice that Microsoft wants to audit me for the 3rd time in 4 years.
Big enough to squeeze for more money, but not big enough to acknowledge...
However, I just received notice that Microsoft wants to audit me for the 3rd time in 4 years.
Big enough to squeeze for more money, but not big enough to acknowledge...
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
lol. I was about to post “just have an unlicensed copy of windows 10 on your network’
Just call them and say “Azure,” they’ll never stop calling you
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Microsoft
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Microsoft
Attended a conference yesterday where the speaker had just returned from Microsoft Ignite.
He said their stated future vision and goal is that everyone and every business will log into Azure AD and ALL of their products will be subscription based. Everything will be cloud based. They want to completely eliminate "on premises".
So basically, they want to control everyone and every business' ability to function and their data.
FYI: While the event was sponsored by Microsoft, no Microsoft rep was in attendance. I'm now in year 15 of not being able to speak with an actual MS employee.
What could possibly go wrong with MS' plan to run the world's IT?
He said their stated future vision and goal is that everyone and every business will log into Azure AD and ALL of their products will be subscription based. Everything will be cloud based. They want to completely eliminate "on premises".
So basically, they want to control everyone and every business' ability to function and their data.
FYI: While the event was sponsored by Microsoft, no Microsoft rep was in attendance. I'm now in year 15 of not being able to speak with an actual MS employee.
What could possibly go wrong with MS' plan to run the world's IT?
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell