Windows Live Goes to College 330
Tobias writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has struck a deal with 72 different colleges to use Windows Live for their email services. The problem with this is that Windows Live does not support any browsers besides IE 6, does not support POP or IMAP, and does not support email forwarding." From the article: "The Redmond company believes that catching the students early on will turn them into life-long users of Windows Live. They would likely create a Windows Live Messenger account, start a blog and organize their favorites under this e-mail account -- especially if they plan to continue using it, Microsoft says."
Microsoft promises no ulterior plans. (Score:5, Funny)
Can they do that?
From the article:
"But although there has been a rapid uptake of the service, the company says it still meets resistance and skepticism. In return, Microsoft has been assuring education institutions that its only motivation is to get students using Windows Live, promising there are no ulterior plans."
Windows Live Goes to College... (Score:5, Funny)
Ok .. time for a bad analogy (Score:4, Funny)
Who was it that said
About Time (Score:5, Funny)
About time somebody went to college... I hear the founder was a dropout
Re:The thing is... (Score:1, Funny)
No school with a CS department worth its salt would end up with a deal like this. If a school ends up with a deal like this, guess what? Their CS department is not very good. It may be full of nice people, it might be full of top end machines, it might be full of the shiniest textbooks in the country - but it is not a very efficient, effective, well-managed, or well-guided CS department - that is to say, it is not a good department.
It is as if I said "any dog with rabies is not a very good dog to be around; certainly not a dog I would wish to be around", and you (/ someone) said, "oh yes - but let me inform you, I know of quite a few top quality dogs, who have been propositioned by RabiesMouthFoamCo for Special Injections". Now I am left with saying "...well, my good sir, then it is still not a dog I would wish to be around", and then going into a private place and hollering "A BLOO A BLOO A BLOO" while running around in erratic circles until the aggravation of hearing Middle Management stories wears off.
Kids! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It does work on Firefox (Score:4, Funny)
C'mon Mozilla, hurry up, you're behind the fucking curve.
Re:how long... (Score:3, Funny)
2.) Tell cron to execute the script daily
3.) Rejoice as you don't have to deal with the thing anymore, except for the occasional script update when the site layout changes
6.) Add obligatory "PROFIT!!" meme here
Re:Ok (Score:4, Funny)
I think that was one of the design goals.
Re:It does work on Firefox (Score:3, Funny)
When you access Windows Live Mail Beta on Firefox you are getting absolutely NO ajax-style features.
No Ajax? What do they think this is, Web 1.0 circa 2005?
Fucking cavemen.
Re:Just like McDonalds... (Score:3, Funny)
--Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, chapter 4, no. 146
Who's this Nietzsche guy, and why is he ripping off Dylan Hunt quotes?
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Re:Just like McDonalds... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just like McDonalds... (Score:4, Funny)