You need a word processor, a spreadsheet, and support for moving documents around. You have legacy documents in Microsoft Word format and Microsoft Excel format. If you are honest, you only use 10% of the features of either program (Don't feel bad. 95% of the user base is in the same boat.)

I was amazed at work when we replaced our Microsoft Document system with Media Wiki. We had all the services we needed, and people spend more time smearing in information rather than making it look good. As a bonus, we can "Send" documents by using URLs, or exporting them as pdf. It works for us.

I probably could move across to Xbox 360 to do the above.

Since my arm of the business does not do too much in the way of spreadsheets, I will forgo comment.

How about you set some standards?

I $user in connecting my device you your $companies network, do swear and aver that
* My antivirus software is paid for and up to date.
* My device (to the best of my knowledge) is patched and up to date.
* Assume all risks to the IT system that are traced to me to a value of $20 M
* Will follow IT policies and procedures (and not look at porn at work) while device is connected.
* (insert whatever you want here)

Risk of infected laptop has now been transferred to the device owner.

Usability is the antithesis of security. With that in mind. BYOD can work for Some apps. Anything that stores sensitive data locally, no. Anything that requires much more stuffing around that opening up a web port, then no.

If PHB needs more than that to get $HisFaveApp working on his Pear uPad then he may find out there are some days when he must use the tools provided by the workplace. Diddums.

Having said this, the 80 20 rule will apply.

My phone runs Linux. My tablet runs Linux. My netbook runs linux. My Set top box runs linux. My Entertainment Computer runs linux. All by default out of the box. My Email server/Social network/offsite backup solution runs linux. I do keep a Win7 box handy, but even that has a Linux partition.

No CompileKernel WorkOutDependancies nonsense. The only reason I know this (besides being a geek) is by digging in the "About This Device" thingy and reading the kernel version.

When do you think Linux will become mainstream?

Aint that the truth.

I remember incidents where I have said "4 weeks if NOTHING goes wrong and I am not disturbed for any reason." Translated into "4 weeks and I'll put my developers left gonad on it"

Since then, all my quotes for time have been in writing. Nothing like Email for controlling the dialog.

Microsoft thanks you for your astroturfing.

If you train people to click on "Start" to get to something, then it BETTER DO SOMETHING in your new interface. Maybe bring up a tutorial explaining that Metro works different and explain how you get stuff done.

Richards, in public, on company time, wearing a profile clearly identifying what company she works for, making inappropriate and factually inaccurate tweets should not be fired?

Double standard much?

So...
"I've got a dongle so big my desktop falls over when it authenticates" good
"I'd like to stick my dongle into $objectOfAttraction" bad.
"Dongle. Heh heh. He said Dongle" Just plain stupid, and not really funny.

Ok I think I'm with you now.

Erm.. No. Deliverable milestones transfer the risk to the contractor. If I pay $BIGNUM and get Exactly what I ask for, and don't have to worry about it, it beats 3 * $SMALLNUM for "Time and materials" where I accept the risk for it not coming in on time.

I was once offered a development rig with 3 x 24" monitors, and can testify that there IS a limit to the number of screens I am comfortably have. That number is 2 x 24" and 1 x 15" Any more and get disoriented as to where I left that window.

YMMV

As a tech, you are quite welcome with the results you get from your Indian techs.
Redde arachis hypogaea, posside simiae.

Never knock cloud computing. Whilst I am thinking through strategies to crack problems I will often stare at the clouds out my window. This is neither meaningless nor sensationalist.

The nice thing about cloud computing is you can do it anywhere where you have a clear view of the sky. It can sometimes work with just photographs of the sky.

Free publicity :$BIGNUM
$BIGNUM - $LawyerlyChat = Nice dividend.

-$1000 in lawyer costs.
+$100,000 in free publicity across the tech media.
Balance sheet still looking good...

No. In Australia, they tried suing a big ISP (Third Largest) that has an antipiracy policy (If you report piracy to us, we will hand the information on to the police) and found themselves in the highest court in the land being told that to get the information they were demanding, it would cost them $200 per user. Also, that this information must be sought in a timely manner or they would have to pony up for the ISP to cache the logs and traffic streams.

ISP smiled sweetly with it's hand out and racketeers grumbled and slank away.

No surprise that they are now trying smaller targets, that won't be able to resource a protracted fight.