bbarrera
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join:2000-10-23
Sacramento, CA
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Re: Apple to charge to unlock 802.11n
said by sporkme  :I call BS on the SO excuse. SOX is causing ripples all over the universe, the excuse isn't that far fetched. Unfortunately I deal with SOX at work and it is a PITA.
Let's parse the 'excuse' for a solution...
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According to the editor, the fee stems from a law called the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which supposedly prohibits Apple from giving away an unadvertised new feature of an already sold product without enduring some onerous accounting measures.
The solution is for Apple to advertise new yet currently unavailable features. Then no problem with later enabling those features via software update. |
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MacWin
join:2003-06-26
Imperial, MO | "Unfortunately I deal with SOX at work and it is a PITA."
Makes me glad I'm with a private company. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to bbarrera
Advertising unavailable features is ALSO a violation. |
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MacWin
join:2003-06-26
Imperial, MO
1 edit | "Advertising unavailable features is ALSO a violation."
Shhh the people on the front page thread might hear you and then what would they be able to bash Apple about. |
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Michieru2
zzz zzz zzz
Premium
join:2005-01-28
Miami, FL | What's that???
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Maggs
Premium
join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY | Easy enough
tell Application Airport
{give me my draft N}
end tell
Someone will find a way.
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It's a SYN, not to ACK your packets. |
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RIRWIN1983
join:2005-08-30
Columbus, OH | reply to russotto
then how did directv get away with sellng its hr-20 hddvr that had the connections for ota,network,ect... but did not work because they needed to be enabled via software updates once they got the outher bugs fixed. |
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nolancj
join:2002-06-30
Long Beach, CA
| said by RIRWIN1983 :then how did directv get away with sellng its hr-20 hddvr that had the connections for ota,network,ect... but did not work because they needed to be enabled via software updates once they got the outher bugs fixed. This isn't really a debate of one company vs. another. It's how Apple has decided to manage the situation given their accounting policies. Maybe DTV has different policies. SOX does leave a lot up to interpretation by a given entity.
Also, DTV could also maintain that the monthly fee you pay for services is a subscription type service and hence entitles you to maintaining current product sets relative to hardware. |
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