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join:2004-01-26
Huntington, WV | A political move... I'll bet that this is more of a political move by Steve Jobs than anything else. He wants to bring the public's attention to the moronic Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Just my guess... | |
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NEP1611
join:2002-03-27
Northford, CT
| Shenanigans This is the biggest bullshit I've ever heard. Well, maybe not the biggest but it's in the discussion.
Essentially, Sarbanes-Oxley is about transparency in reporting. There is NOTHING in SOX that would compel a company to charge a fee instead of giving a product away. To use SOX as an excuse to charge people for a software patch is an outrage and an embarrassment.
Frankly, I would be less outraged if they just came out and said, "We will charge $5 for this patch", and leave it as that. You wouldn't like it, but at least they would be honest instead of coming up with some cockamamie, insulting bullshit.
Anyway, let's continue to make this a big deal. Hopefully they will back down the same way Verizon, Bell South, etc. backed down when they tried to charge that USF fee. Hey, stranger things have happened. | |
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 | russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Re: Shenanigans It's not in the legislation, it's in the implementing regulations. | |
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NEP1611
join:2002-03-27
Northford, CT | Re: Shenanigans Whatever. It's still garbage. | |
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Surfinusa
Premium
join:2001-02-08 | How About Posting nEW NEWS? thIS IS OLD.....
puT UP SOME neW nEWS pLEAsE | |
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
Premium
join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
1 edit | It's happened before The same thing happened with some 33.6k modems that were upgradable to 56k. You had to pay a fee for the new firmware. I think I still have an un-upgraded modem around here somewhere. | |
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DreamWraith
Premium
join:2004-04-07
Mount Vernon, WA | Re: It's happened before USR Never Charged me for firmware upgrades back in the day... | |
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hirschbuhl
join:1999-11-07
Jacksonville, FL | Why not pre-date the software... ...just like your Stock Options.
That seems to work well with those onerous accounting rules. | |
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