Isn't anyone collecting royalties from PC manufacturers bundling Microsoft products?

Very well said.

I'm talking about the mindset customers have developed.

And there's no agreed standard for the definition of cloud. Rackspace claims their services is cloud based. I don't agree to it. But there are people who believe Rackspace services are cloud based. So, just about anyone can claim their hosting service is cloud based. There's no way you can prove whether a service is cloud based or not. Cloud is a buzzword effectively used by marketing folks.

If you are in the web hosting business, you have to have the word cloud on your website. Otherwise customers think you are living in the stone age. Whether you actually offer cloud services doesn't matter. But using the buzzwords matter a lot nowadays.

Lot of companies offer domain transfer service. You transfer the domain to another registrar, pay for another year of renewal.

No. My favourite distro is the best distro.

Agreed. I once saw a job application form asking for project details, customer names and other information you would usually consider confidential. Would you want your employee, when they are applying for another job, to disclose these details to another company?

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Also they get huge business from India. BRIC, FWIW.

Many countries have same symbol for their currencies - $. It is more confusing to me.

I recall the pain in my hands when I was reading War And Peace dead tree version.

I read faster on my PC.

Thanks. I was going to download it later. It's easy to follow the link.

I can understand the customer's sentiment.

People are paying more to DTH providers for the same service the cable operators provide. DTH providers are riding on the consumer's hatred for the cable operators.

I thought PHP is a programming language and Oracle a database.