Why do Microsoft..

keep shooting themselves in the foot. From what I can see business are going to shun windows 8 just for the amount of training it is going to need. After all IT budgest are being cut world wide at the moment, it's not as if there's buckets ofcash lying around.

Now they are alienating all of the smaller software devs out there by forcing them to use the Metro Interface, which IMO is not suitible for a desktop environment. Phones - Yes; Tablets - Yes, but not desktops.

All they need to do now, is p-off the OEM's and consumer's.

As with all these Eco stories...

...I always think the same thing, civilisations come and go, so do species.

When it's our time, it's our time!.

All this wishful thinking about man being able to halt an ice age reminds me of King Canute trying to hold back the tide, pointless and above all arrogant.

Ok I will bite..

I understand that the article is supposed to be read "Tounge in Cheek", but anyone who describes HTML as a programming language needs to start writing in assembler. This will teach you the basics of real programming and give you the building blocks and understanding of what is really happing "under the hood",which can then be applied to any other REAL programming language.

HTML, by my definition cannot be described as a programming language as the basics are missing. I.E Branching, Looping and conditionals. As I see it HTML defines the layout and content of a web page. Which in turn is parsed by the browser calling the appropriate real code functions along the way to produce the desired web page.

This is the very reason...

...why I won't work for large corporates, I did in the past and found that there was far too much office politics involved in EVERYTHING, with people back stabbing the brown nosing their way to the top.

I would much rather work for a small Software house, were everyone is on first name terms and people know what you do, as they are interested in you as a person, rather than a bum on a seat.

OK, my pay may not be as good as if I worked in a large company, but the quality of my working life more than makes up for it. I have enough to live on and a bit more besides, that's all I need financially. Chasing more and more money, does not make the job any better, it might make you feel better in the short term but underneath it all, you are still going to be unhappy, if it's a crap job with little or no recognition

Where does this leave

BBC Parliament? As they would have to break broadcast, mute the sound or delay broadcast, Just in case someone say's something that would break this rather stupid and farcical law.

This will all end in tears

The DEA is ill thought out and in my opinion will only catch the innocent and IT illiterate people. As everyone with enough knowledge will know how to bypass the measures they put in place.

Expansis have change the price

to "Not announced".

Need to open an IPhone

...Nothing a 10lb lump hammer, can't solve.

That's Outrageous

I know what my answer to that would be, and it wouldn't be polite.

I saw this 25+ years ago as grafitti

COBOL is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed off the NCC and now it's killing me.

So...

Basically they are providing a Kludge in the software to mask a hardware problem. H ence no need to recall the devices already shipped/sold and saving a bucket load of cash and possibly a dip a share price.

Won't somebody think of the children!!!

If the Mother is so worried about her childs backside being seen who on earth would she let him outside without at least some pants on?? I've got news for her, It's your JOB as a parent to do so.

Why, is there such a culture in the UK at the present of blaming everyone for your own mistakes.

As Father Jack Hackett would say "Arse"..

Chemicals used

I recon the "Chemicals" used were "Star Dust" and lemonade. Those of us old enough to remember the '70's will know how explosive that combination is.

I upgraded my internet connection to 20Mb

Only to download Linux Distro's.