This is true. I have seen this firsthand on one of their multi-function machines (laser printer, not inkjet). There are active discussions online and an open source tool to roll back firmware "updates" that are leading to incompatibility with 3rd party consumables.

Good management and government are usually incompatible. We all know what ultimately happens....a bloated bureaucracy that is neither fast nor cheap.

Musk will get to the moon long before NASA.

Like a lot of tech that we take for granted today, space flight was a product of government effort/funding, but it's time to let private enterprise take over. Sadly, shareholders are a lot less tolerant of delays and waste than voters.

Brother has been doing the same thing...they are just not as aggressive. I have a 2 year old Brother printer that has stopped printing with 3rd party toner. I had to literally swap the chips between the old and new cartridges to make it work.

So now I'm caught in this dilemma.....do I allow future firmware updates that might totally fuck me on cartridge compatability or do I hold the line on older firmware and hope that I didn't miss out on a change that patched some genuine vulnerability.

My 6 pro has started to gobble the battery as well. That combined with it's issues with very poor reception in weaker cell areas might be the straw that breaks the camel's back and I sell it and buy something else.

Trying to befriend China through economic partnership has proven to be a failure. They are an economic and military adversary. To pretend otherwise is just stupid.

There are lots of reasons not to use Cisco or Microsoft products. Add this to the list.

It doesn't HAVE to be American produced gear. Equipment from other large non-Chinese manufacturers can also be used (Ericsson, for example).

Actually, it's the taxpayers since allegedly the government is reimbursing the companies for the replacement expense.

The "rub" is that not enough $$$ was initially earmarked for the program and it is now way over budget. Shocker....I know.

That's an odd choice for someone who is saying he wants to challenge the woke mob. NBC Universal and the woke mob are like peas in a pod.

Until someone can prove that the crypto ecosystem isn't almost entirely a method and apparatus to perpetuate fraud and other criminal activity, I have zero problem with the industry having to jump over a VERY high bar.

It is worthless for job searches anyway. I hardly ever login any longer as it has shifted from mostly professional discourse to politics, cat videos, people rehashing the same memes about they their leadership is great/shitty/whatever. Blah blah blah

I haven't used it for anything of consequence in a few years.

Interesting to see dinosaur workforce strategy being touted by a startup CEO. Perhaps ChatGPT is advising him to invest in commercial real estate....

That a survey for "digital media trends" would bias towards saying digital experiences are taking over. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing.

I find this "re-branding" akin to companies that just do random staff re-orgs occasionally to obfuscate the fact that they have no consistent strategy. Surely, this latest new/shiny strategy will improve things...we just need time for it to be implemented." Rinse. Repeat.

I expected more from Pat.

Have to agree. Their support has always kinda sucked for a larger enterprise. Try getting support for the included "service mesh" for OpenShit. A complete fiasco.