Curious, does Google pay the mobile carriers to keep the Android default search option as Google? Would be counter-intuitive, to me at least, as the phone integrates so perfectly with Google services.

As in my post above, I work at a Fortune 200 company with over 30,000 employees and... perhaps our internal IT policies (at least, the ones I know of - there are IT policies that the IT-Security group that wrote them doesn't even know exists) would not only prevent this but once our IT teams learned of something like that the entire operation would be shut down. We had a development team that built an amazing internal application to measure service performance management that interfaced on the back end to all of our internal systems - but, the team that built it did not go through the approval necessaries and without realizing it they opened up a number of internal security risks and the entire project was shut down once IT-Security learned of it and has not been used since. Rather unfortunate, as I am not a fan of Merced which we use in it's place.

My company made the same move last year. As my primary office is in one of our many call center environments and our internal knowledge tools and integrated application portals were built for IE6, the opportunity cost doesn't add up to have vendors or our internal dev teams to recode these for Chrome. Add in the stringent requirements for handling customer data and IT-Security wants to be able to control how locked down the browser is to hedge against browser-based intrusions on the company network.

That's another thing - while there may be many small-medium size business (leaving out large enterprises) may want to switch to FireFox or Chrome... but the enterprise management tools are not at the same level as what Microsoft etc provides for IE (I will note that Google's MSI for ADM/ADMX policies isn't horrible, it isn't on the same level as IE and Chrome still auto-updates). We tried to put similar restrictions on FF 3.6 as we had for IE and it just didn't work in a way that was beneficial to the user and the company. And with Mozilla retiring their extended life version (and Chrome not having one) how are local IT teams/Windows management/IT Security supposed to ensure that the product will comply with internal IT/Business/Legal needs and requirements?

Personally, I would relate the lack of alternative browser adoption in the Enterprise to IT not allowing personal devices to be connected to the network. At least with my company the big fear is protecting customer information (ie preventing both civil and legal liabilty/GLB and S/O).

On the other hand, we currently do have limited deployment (probably around 200 machines on a network with over 30,000 Windows environments) of FireFox 3.6 and 10 and as I understand we're considering switching to Chrome for those deployments to be able to better manage deployment. Chrome would be the closest to offering the support necessary, especially with Chrome Frame for web applications that require IE...

Totally failed on markup.

RackSpace in general is a great provider - I personally have never had any problems with their service. I'm not speaking to all their products (I setup and manage a managed cloud account for the company I work for), but this was in our ToS: 17. LIMITATION ON DAMAGES. Our obligations to you are defined by this Agreement. We are not liable to you for failing to provide the Services unless the failure results from a breach of this Agreement, or results from our gross negligence or willful misconduct. The dollar credits stated in the Service Level Agreement are your sole and exclusive remedy for unavailability of the Services. Neither of us (nor any of our employees, agents, affiliates or suppliers) is liable to the other for any lost profits or any other indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss or damages of any kind, or for any loss that could have been avoided by the damaged party's use of reasonable diligence, even if the party responsible for the damages has been advised or should be aware of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall either of us be liable to the other for any punitive damages. Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, except for liability based on willful misconduct or fraudulent misrepresentation, and liability for death or personal injury resulting from Rackspace's negligence, the maximum aggregate monetary liability of Rackspace and any of its employees, agents, suppliers, or affiliates in connection with the Services, the Agreement, and any act or omission related to the Services or Agreement, under any theory of law (including breach of contract, tort, strict liability, violation of law, and infringement) shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount of fees you paid for the Services for the six months prior to the occurrence of the event giving rise to the claim, or (ii) Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

Keyword there... common stockholders. Most angel investors (at least the smart ones) receive convertible preferred stock and typically recoup their investment if the business fails.

This ^^. Even if a mod abuses his points, it will typically correct itself in the end.

While I already commented to avoid abusing my mod points, I wish I could mod you up.

While yes, Clementi killed himself. I don't agree with the bias intimidation or hate crime legislation at all, but he deserved to be punished - what he did was a crime. And, according to most major news sources I've read, the Jury felt he was lying when he said he "turned it off" before the second broadcast. In fact, almost everything I've read suggest Tyler himself turned it off after reading Ravi's twitter..

Alright, I had to post so I wouldn't waste / abuse my mod points because some of the commentry that I am reading just really pisses me off. I understand that I am the minority here (a gay geek), but those of you who do not understand what it is like to be afraid of society finding out your "deviance from the norm" seriously need to have some empathy and try and see how hard it really is. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/one-towns-war-on-gay-teens-20120202

You guys are over near Japan, right?

Ummm... sorry, but the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 state otherwise. The Cruiser Rules that governed the seizure and destruction of of vessels at sea during wartime did not prohibit limited armament (a few guns). Neither does the convention show that carrying a cargo full of munitions or material affected the ships immunity.

The future of customer service involves having a more personal relationship with your customers - part of that is being actively involved where your customers are. But what do I know, I just work social media for a Fortune 200 company.

HIV is a pandemic affecting many countries throughout the world. AIDS related deaths comes to over 1.8 million people a year - mostly in Africa, where they don't have the tools nor the knowledge to know when someone is infected. Where war is prevalent and rape is common. Where the drugs that make continued life possible are almost non-existent due to high prices and conflict. The deaths in India alone due to AIDS related illnesses accounts for more worldwide deaths than Malaria. That doesn't bring in Nigeria, who suffered over 200,000 deaths related to AIDS - or South Africa, with over 300,000. And you blame it on stupidity, saying that people shouldn't have sex with those that have seroconverted - when those that have contracted HIV most likely don't even know? Right.

Exactly, Duradin. ALC isn't going to be inexpensive until the government gets involved - and our government has proven it isn't interested in getting involved. And can you imagine the backlash that would happen if any pay-TV provider took a stand? You'd see channel takedowns, and then a long time of no carriage of that channel. Imagine 14 million DISH Network customers angry about losing ESPN because DISH wants that a la carte? And knowing that ESPN comes with the rest of the Disney family of channels, you'd infuriate your sports fans, your family-friendly customers and many more.