No, I meant 25,000 actual employees, which is about 1/3 of our total internal user base. We've been running on a BYOD basis for about four years already.

BYOD is, much like LANs were, largely user-driven with IT reacting to demand.

We have about 25,000 BYOD users and ferociously protect our IP. I wish you luck in your crusade against the customers you serve. It seems to be working out for the RIAA/MPAA.

They didn't cancel him. They just told him that in order to provide the services he was providing, he needs business service instead of residential. I probably consume more than average bandwidth on my FiOS service too, but I do not run servers and thus am operating within the constraints of the ToS.

IIRC they sent the phone sanitizers on the "B" ship and all the elites on the "A" ship died from infections they got from using the phones.

Emotionally stable is the exact opposite of what is needed for a successful reality TV show. People want to watch others on TV who are batshit crazy. It helps them feel like their own only slightly less batshit decisions are more rational than they really are.

1) It isn't a company phone. It's my phone. The company doesn't require me to have it. Sure, it makes my job easier, but I could do without if I wanted to. Which I don't. There are cases where I have chosen not to purchase a device. For example, an iPad would help me do demos of our products, but I don't want to buy one, and the company does not want to buy one for me. So I don't use one. Everyone's fine with that.

2) Are you asking why would anyone want to have the flexibility to buy an iPhone, or a Nexus 4, or whatever other kind of device they prefer and then use that single device as their mobile platform? Have fun carrying two phones forever, I guess.

They don't require me to use a smartphone, and it's not used for work unless I choose to do so. Which I do, because it makes my life easier. That has value to me. But go ahead and call me stupid if that makes you feel like a man.

This is how it works where I am (Fortune 500 technology company). The company pays all the service, including my personal calls and data use, and I pay for the phone. They negotiate shorter contract terms and lower up-front device costs. I get my choice of carriers and devices. They also negotiate discounted service pricing for my family.

The company does not wipe my entire device when I disconnect it from their system and remove their MDM, they just delete their content and leave everything else alone. They do enforce screen lock timeouts and require a PIN or password. They will wipe my device in its entirety if it's stolen.

This is a sane BYOD policy that balances the desire of the employees to have a choice in their electronic tether with their needs to secure their IP.

Yes, they do. It's very easy to understand what their plan entails by simply reading what's on their site. I know, so many werdz, it makes my head hurt! But seriously, it's not at all a hidden or masqueraded charge.

So... why not just run Linux on the MacBook Air, if that's what you prefer?

I think of it like golf. While it's very easy to swing a club and hit a golf ball, it's incredibly difficult to get the ball to wind up exactly where you want it to go.

Target shooting is the same, for me at least. It's very easy to fire a gun, but it's incredibly difficult to hit exactly where you are aiming. It takes patience, time, and a lot of practice to achieve even small incremental improvements. Many people enjoy this sort of challenge.

Your supposition that all gun owners own and shoot them for the express purpose of practicing to kill a human being is wrong. It certainly does not apply to me. I've no intention of ever being in a position where I'd want to kill someone, and if I did it's unlikely that I'd have the means to do so at my immediate disposal.

Now, you can sit there and think "well that's just fine but I know in my heart of hearts that deep, deep down this random Internet asshole just wants to blow someone away" and I can't possibly argue with that. But it's not a reasonable position.

I don't work for Microsoft (I'm with the networking evil empire) but I still know a bullshit story about a common practice when I see one.

Or irrelevant. But true enough.

Isn't that kind of like saying articles about the sun should mention it's a star?

Who cares about cell phones during takeoff? I'd just like to continue reading my book during the 20 minutes of taxi/takeoff and the 20 minutes of approach/landing on my airplane-mode tablet.

And what I meant by the public accepting restrictions is that they would provided evidence the restrictions actually accomplish something. I think this was fairly obvious but I'm happy to have provided the clarification.