Comment Re:Security can be a concern on tablets (Score 1) 154
Yes, pretty likely OCD and schizophrenia.
Yes, pretty likely OCD and schizophrenia.
You are right, but:
IF the OS and patches on these is open source, AND the users are in control of installing these items and updates, AND the source is kept on a public repository, then there is a chance it could be legit.
Agreed. So now M$ will simply install their own version of this, and make it much more easy / convenient to use.
Oh, is pricing an issue? No problem, just undercut and use the Windows/Office revenue to fund that "gift".
This has been the typical "disaster" that has been suffered by EVERY company who have built a successful business model based on Windows:
If it is profitable, then sooner, rather than later M$ WILL steal your business.
Ask Lotus, Borland, Word Perfect, Netscape, Corel, and so on how it felt.
Unfortunately I see little different with the case in Win8 than in any of the predecessors.
Steam are screwed.
Facebook - not saying this is a good solution, but it is common
Google - Pretty good solution, especially if you turn on their two factor authentication.
I wonder how much Apple had to pay them for this?
Seriously, if you think they are surrendering one of the crown jewels for free, you would be hopelessly naive.
Well, there is firephorm:
http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/14/firephorm-the-anti-phorm-firefox-extension/
Like a fish needs a bicycle
It matters very little what you choose.
If it is not an apple product, the teachers will complain.
Their little souls have been bought and paid for by Apple a long time ago.
Seriously though, why not look at tablets?
Especially ones with keyboards, such as the ASUS Transformers?
If nothing else it will be a lot harder for the little hackers to modify and mess up for you.
Offer them a service contract.
Ask the actuaries for the car insurance companies.
It IS their job to "do the math".
And, they tell us that people under 25 get into far more accidents, and are far more careless.
People over 45 are far more careful and get into fewer accidents.
This is not opinion or conjecture.
It is statistics.
5 hour battery life? Yikes!
Agreed, and that is due to the fact that most international businesses and capital consider SA too risky.
Look across the border due north to Rhodesia, ahem, I mean Zimbabwe.
Look how well that worked out..
Ask anyone who is a resident or ex resident of S.Africa..
It is simply a matter of time until the place descends into chaos.
And yes, i have lived there.
"One lawyer can steal more than a hundred men with guns." -- The Godfather
