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Comment Also important for your employer that you fuck off (Score 1) 948

People who work every day they can and remote into the office on the others are sometimes the people who refuse to let other people see what they are working on. Google "John Rusnak" as an example. My brother works for an offshore subsidiary of a US bank and he and his colleagues often have to take mandatory time off so that other people can be familiar with their files.

Comment Agreed. (Score 1) 630

If this was the .XXX TLD you could understand a degree of ambivalence with respect to how it might look to own it, but to let newtgingrich.com or .net or .org out there? This isn't twitter, it's not like verification or a quasi-requirement to have "parody" can be enforced.

This is a presidential campaign - Newt is paying a lot of people a lot of money to think about how he is presented. Some one of those people should be feeling embarrassed right now - and not just about working for a Republican.

Comment Two requirements: cross platform data, secure data (Score 1) 237

Any tablet approved for public servant use should only use open standards for data and meet a government security standard similar to those done by NIST, with two factor authentication.

No to the iOS walled garden - no to a manufacturer who will issue devices which will tell Exchange it's an encrypted device when it isn't.

Comment If RIM wanted to have a Playbook firesale (Score 1) 341

The smart move would be to ensure their corporate BES clients (i.e. me) get some form of dibs. After all, if it is perceived as a business-first device, why prioritise consumers? We have a small number of self-bought Playbooks in house now - with a large number we might consider getting some apps written (even given the SDK issues)

They should also be smarter than HP and sell cheap bundles, not cheap devices, to get some kudos from their manufacturer and channel partners. Their resellers will want to ensure all their Playbook shelves clear, including cases, chargers and other accessories. Something like a $199 16Gb with case and charger rather than a $99 or $149 bare device and trust the consumer not to cheap out.

Comment Re:Market fragmentation (Score 1) 341

"In my estimation they need to write apps and put that messaging system it on iOS, on Android, and on Windows Phone 7."

Excellent idea. Just one question. How are you going to get that RIM app through the App Store unscathed, and how are you going to guarantee it will never be blacklisted?

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