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Comment: Amazon isn't really the seller. (Score 1) 383

by pavon (#38983141) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With Refurbed Drives With Customer Data?

The thing with Amazon is that they have transitioned over the years from being a large online retailer to being an even bigger venue for others to sell their goods. The value they add is mandatory good customer service. If something goes wrong with the order I know that I will get a refund or exchange and won't have to go through hell to do so. I have had enough problems with NewEgg and most every other online retailers that I am more than happy to let Amazon be the middle man for my transactions.

Comment: Re:And that's how it is supposed to work. (Score 1) 120

by pavon (#38935885) Attached to: Apple Overturns Motorola's German iPad and iPhone Sales Bans

The details of the negotiations between Apple and Motorolla have not been disclosed, however, we do know that Motorolla approached Apple as soon as the iPhone was launched, and offered them terms that they considered to be FRAND. Apple rejected those terms (whatever they were), and offered their own, which Motorolla rejected. Judges in Germany and the ITC apparently both agree that Motorolla's offer was FRAND, otherwise they wouldn't have ruled the way they did. Furthermore, we know these courts are not pushovers on this matter considering how quickly they slapped down Samsung for it's actual abuse of FRAND patents.

When and if more details come out, they may tell a different story, but all the signs so far point to Apple being in the wrong here.

Comment: Re:If it's three atoms thick... (Score 3, Insightful) 160

by pavon (#38914871) Attached to: Researchers Create Glass Just 3 Atoms Thick

If I draw a picture on a piece of paper, we call that drawing two-dimensional despite the fact that the graphite and pulp that is formed with have thickness. Likewise, if a crystal only grows along a plane (rather than in three dimensions), then that crystalline structure is two-dimensional, even though the crystal itself is a three dimensional object. This is the same thing, the sheet of glass is three-dimensional, but the structure of the amorphous solid is two-dimensional.

Comment: But it is Microsoft's code. (Score 5, Informative) 73

by pavon (#38903377) Attached to: OpenStack Ditches Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft has been trying to push Hyper-V support into Linux, but their original driver code was complete shit, and it's just barely starting to get better. It's almost stable now, but not fully functional. So, yes it is fair to say that Hyper-V support is being removed from OpenStack because Microsoft's support for Hyper-V on Linux has been very poor.

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