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Book Review: Love, Insha Allah Posted by Marahm in "creative nonfiction", "Muslim reform", Art and Literature, Book Review, Cross-Cultural Relationships, Engagement, Family, Islam, Life Writing, Marriage June 9, 2012 Book Review: Love, Insha Allah The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women Though Islam is growing in America, one bumps up constantly against ubiquitous incompatibilities between Islam and Western culture. Nowhere is this incompatibility more prominent than in an American Muslim woman's search for a mate. The stories in this book reveal the problematic position of American Muslim women who would like to get married. They must either make compromises, or take a hard line with respect to their religion, further limiting their chances for finding a mate in a society that is still composted of mostly non-Muslim residents. Some of these writers have shaved the edges off Islamic teachings , even to the extent of doing haram behavior, knowingly, deliberately. The instinct to find a mate and establish a family often takes precedence over familial and religious dictates regarding how to do so. Islamic customs, which relied heavily on community relationships, now operate in an anemic facsimile of their original effectiveness. American customs for dating, sex and marriage, are not officially available to these women.To make matters worse, Muslim communities in the United States are composed of people from varying cultural and linguistic traditions. American Muslim women sit between a rock and a hard place; even men tiptoe across a loose tightrope when courting them. When the Abrahamic religions were being codified, the human life span was much shorter. Young people did not have to navigate a prolonged period (named adolescence) between childhood and adulthood. Mating occurred at physical maturation. These days, physical maturation plays second fiddle to religious mores that were not written for adolescence or homosexuality. Add to that the economic and educational demands of today that also postpone marriage well beyond the best physical stage for it. At least one of my readers will remind me that Islam is applicable to all peoples for all times, and to that reader I say, "Then it will have to find a way to reconcile human nature with the unnatural frustration arising out of modern adolescence. It will also have to accommodate an increasing incidence of homosexuality." Homosexuality, by the way, does not recede when it manifests in a Muslim, and several of these writers are brave enough to talk about it. One would think that if Allah hated homosexuality enough to forbid it, He would give us better tools for coping with it in a halal manner, but this is not the case. Homosexuality will prove to arise from physiological and genetic predispositions, and therefore will never be responsive to blame or volition on the part of those who find themselves claimed by it. I respect the women who've told their stories, and I admire their courage in trying to find a third way, a way to live as Muslims and as Americans, partaking in the blessings of both identities and navigating the inherent troubles. Some women have tossed Islamic teachings out the window, while others have have cut themselves off from the benefits for which people choose to live in America. None, however, have turned their backs on Islam, itself, and most have become stronger in faith as a result of their trials, regardless of whether they succeeded in finding a mate. Not all the essays are marked by conflict or frustration. Several of the women met their husbands in the traditional Islamic way, through the help of parents and relatives, without having to date and sift through a succession of boyfriends. These women are the lucky minority. Several others met their husbands by means unconventional in either American or Islamic cultures; their stories prove that finding a mate need not conform to a strict prescription. The women represented in this book are pioneers, and through them, especially with respect to how they raise their children, a stable American Islam will develop. Oh, I know. There's no such thing as "American Islam" or "Saudi Islam" or, or… Well, yes there is. How do you suppose Islam, or any other religion, survives over the centuries, migrates to different continents, and serves populations that have never have heard of one another? An Islam that thrives in the West is still evolving. This book forms a link in the process, and will eventually be regarded as an historical document. I hope the children of this book's authors will read their mothers' stories with a sense of relief because they will not have to blast through the moral and social difficulties endured by their parents.
Blogging a Book Posted by Marahm in "creative nonfiction", Blogging, Life Writing, Writing April 14, 2012 Blogs, Books, and Good Writing Blogs and books don't share much in common, at first glance, but they should share the most important, critical aspect of the written word: good writing. Now that blogs have "grown up" as a literary form, blog authors need to pay attention to craft. Nina Amir is a writer, coach and editor of both books and blogs. Her guidance not only improves the writing of blogs, but opens an avenue for bloggers to publish their work in book form. Since many blog readers are blog writers, I offer her website as an invaluable tool for those whose blogs could, or should, be published as books: http://howtoblogabook.com/hire-a-blog-coach/ I've read several blogs that deserve to be immortalized in books, and I've read at least one book that started out as a blog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverbend_(blogger) I've considered using my own blog to construct a book, eventually. Book or no book, a blog should offer good writing. I encourage all who write blogs to learn about the craft of writing, even if their blogs are simply places in which they release a pressing stream-of-consciousness. Readers deserve good writing.


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TylerJune 2000 |
In the last two months, I have had the opportunity to write to two great people. We seemed to have a lot in common, but at the same time, our lives were so different. They found me through Oasis. At first I was only writing to one, then after sometime, the other, his boyfriend, started writing me. I am not going to go into details about their lives, there is no need. I am going to say that one of them did not want me to know his identity, but I figured it out anyway which really scared him. It took sometime for him to realize I was never going to let anyone know who he was.
So, the one got scared and asked his boyfriend not to write me. So, after a few more e-mails, he stopped writing. Then after sometime, the boyfriend started writing me. Well, to make a long story short, they found out and ended up having a big fight over me, and they broke up. I wrote to them both urging them to reconsider and trying to explain if it was anyone's fault, then it was my own. Well, after a cooling off period, they decided to seek counseling, but agreed it was best for them to not continue to write me. So I wrote them one last e-mail. In it I explained how sorry I was that everything worked out the way it did, and that we could not continue to be friends. Then I recently got an e-mail from them letting me know how well the counseling was going, and that they have worked things out.
At first I was upset and a little mad at the way things worked out and at the fact that I was not going to be hearing from them. But now I have come to realize that to love someone and to care for someone, as I did them in some way, is to know when to have to let that person go. I know it is odd and kind of goes against what your feelings are, but sometimes it is just best for everyone involved. I do hope that they at least continue to update me every so often on how there lives and relationship is going, but I do understand there need to stop writing.
I never thought I would feel this way about someone who I only ever talked to online, and who I never even meet. I have talked to many different people online, and have made many great friends, but this seemed different somehow. I sure hope they read this and realize what great friends I thought they were. And I will always wish them the best.
Something else this experience has taught me was how lucky I am. Sure I have had many problems, and I really have no friend who are like me who I can talk to and hang out with, but yet I am very lucky. I am very lucky to have a decent paying job, a caring family, and just life itself. I never know when I leave to go to work in the morning if I will be coming home. You never know when the life of a loved one may be tragically taken away. I just feel lucky for what I have.
I know this has not been much of an article, but its just something I had to get out. I hope maybe after reading this, people will be a little more thankful for what they have. If anyone would like to write me and let me know how lame or great this was, I would love to hear from them. You can e-mail me at: firstname.lastname@example.com I always try my best to write everyone back.
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Inside Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Exchange Support
September 5th, 2009
Daniel Eran Dilger
Windows Enthusiasts like to spin Apple's support for Exchange on the iPhone and in Snow Leopard as endorsement of Microsoft in the server space. From another angle, Apple is reducing its dependance upon Microsoft's client software, weakening Microsoft's ability to hold back and dumb down its Mac offerings at Apple's expense.
Inside Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Exchange Support
(This article was updated to clarify details in how Apple implements support for Microsoft's changing roadmap of Exchange Server client APIs.)
Introducing Snow Leopard's Exchange clients
Integrated support for Exchange beginning with last year's iPhone 2.0 means Apple's mobile platform simply doesn't need an Outlook client. Now Snow Leopard can also get by without Entourage/Outlook, thanks to new and improved baked-in support for Exchange in Mail, Address Book and iCal.
Microsoft has responded with the announcement that it will now be delivering a real (but still scaled back) version of Outlook for the Mac again, after a decade of giving enterprise Mac users a third rate alternative in Entourage, but Microsoft's efforts to win back Mac clients may come too late to prevent the significant erosion of one of the primary reasons companies have to pay for Office on the Mac.
With iWork and the built in Exchange client support in Snow Leopard, many users will have no need to even consider Microsoft's Mac client offerings. It will be very difficult for Microsoft to convince Mac users that they need Office after those users discover suitable alternatives that cost significantly less.
Why the client is so important
With Snow Leopard and the iPhone each now providing their own client layer for accessing Exchange Server, Apple can now offer its users alternative access to other server products as well, from its own MobileMe and Snow Leopard Server offerings to web services from Google and Yahoo. This effectively turns Microsoft from a direct seller into a wholesaler that has to deal with Apple as a middleman retailer.
Ten years ago, Apple was in that position with its hardware sales. It tried hard to get Sears, CompUSA and other retailers to sell Macs for it, but those retailers also sold generic PCs. Because they made more money selling generic PCs, they had little incentive to aggressively market Macs. Apple's retail stores eventually solved this issue by allowing the company to reach users directly.
In the software business, Microsoft has long known the importance of owning the client end. It worked hard to displace Netscape's web browser in the late 90s, not because there was any money to be made in giving away browser clients, but because it knew that whoever controlled the client could set up proprietary demands for a specific web server. That's what Netscape had worked to do as it gave away its web browser in hopes that it could make money selling Netscape web servers; Microsoft first took control of the client with Internet Explorer and then began tying its IE client to its own IIS on the server side with features that gave companies reasons to buy all of their server software from Microsoft.
As Apple takes over the client end of Exchange, it similarly gains market leverage. First and foremost, the move allows Apple to improve the Exchange experience of Mac users so that business users have no reason not to buy Macs. Secondly, it gives Apple a client audience to market its own server solutions, including MobileMe to individual users and Snow Leopard Server to organizations. In concert with providing Exchange Server support, Apple is also delivering integrated support for its own Exchange alternatives in both MobileMe and with Snow Leopard Server's improved Dovecot email services, Address Book Server, iCal Server, the new Mobile Access secure gateway, and its included Push Notification Server.
Two Birds, One Stone
Apple's support for Exchange and its promotion of its own Exchange alternatives are two sides of the same coin, in the sense that they use the same technologies. Apple built its original support for Exchange using WebDAV, the open specification that Microsoft supports on Exchange Server as a way to deliver messages to mobile clients.
However, Microsoft has since moved away from supporting the open WebDAV specification, and now advocates the use of its own proprietary Exchange Web Services protocol using SOAP and XML to accomplish things that aren't possible using WebDAV alone.
In contrast, Apple's strategy for providing messaging services in Mac OS X Server has been to work with the open community in extending WebDAV. This began with CalDAV, a calendaring extension to WebDAV implemented in Leopard Server's iCal Server, and continues with CardDAV, a similarly open contact sharing extension for WebDAV.
In order to keep up with Microsoft's changing client strategy, Apple has pursued multiple efforts to deliver Exchange support for its clients. For the iPhone, Apple licensed the rights to implement a compatible Exchange Active Sync conduit with Exchange; it did not license any Exchange Active Sync software from Microsoft. Apple owns both the iPhone and Snow Leopard software that talks to Exchange.
The client applications Apple has upgraded in Snow Leopard to connect to Exchange, including Mail, Address Book, and iCal, use WebDAV to talk to Apple's own Snow Leopard Server applications. Because Microsoft only supports its new Exchange Web Services API under Exchange 2007, Snow Leopard's new Exchange support requires a modern version of Exchange. The iPhone's EAS works with older versions, including Exchange 2003.
Because Apple makes its money almost exclusively from selling hardware, it has opened up its own Snow Leopard Server applications, Address Book Server and iCal Server, as open source Darwin servers that can be compiled to run on Linux. That means Apple is essentially giving away both the client (to Mac users) and the servers (to the community) in order to encourage the use of open standards in messaging and collaboration. That giveaway is being done to help Apple sell Macs.
This effort to support everything from integrated client software owned by Apple makes Snow Leopard's support for Exchange of use to everyone, even if they don't use Exchange. The client work Apple has invested in making Macs Exchange-friendly also improves the features available via MobileMe, Snow Leopard Server, and even some other third party services such as those from Google and Yahoo.
Apple's App Store software model
If this seems like a familiar strategy, it's because Apple is doing something similar on the iPhone: creating a managed market for third party developers, as long as they support Apple's business as well. Apple's iPhone App Store goal is to support and assist small developers in producing high quality, good looking apps that are sold at low prices in high volume. This "managed market" strategy has worked much better than the "laissez faire" conventional third party Mac platform that developed on its own starting in the 80s, where developers set prices relatively high, piracy abounded, quality was unchecked, and the only force keeping software consistent and looking good was the taste of Mac software buyers.
Microsoft did a better job of supporting developers on its DOS and Windows platforms, but also required less of its developers, resulting in a mixed bag of third party PC software that is usually expensive, often buggy and hobbled with old legacy issues, and almost always inconsistent and inelegant. The Linux community, along with Google's new Android mobile platform, offer even less in terms of minimum standards and quality control, resulting in software that is often free but usually unfinished and typically inaccessible to anyone outside of dedicated tinkerers and hobbyists. While examples of fine open source client software exists, there is no available market driving this kind of development financially.
The success of the iPhone App Store has benefited both developers and users by establishing a competitive market based on meritocracy. Snow Leopard's support for Exchange, because it opens up equal access to alternative competition, similarly creates an iPhone-like market for desktop messaging services ranked by merit, not the vendor's current market position. This will provide Snow Leopard users with not just the ability to talk to corporate Exchange Servers, but also the ability to access Apple's own offerings and other third party services.
The next segment in this series looks at fifth feature of Snow Leopard that has often been misrepresented: its new malware protection and related security features.
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Daniel Eran Dilger is the author of "Snow Leopard Server (Developer Reference)," a new book from Wiley available now for pre-order at a special price from Amazon.
27 comments
- 1 qka { 09.05.09 at 2:08 pm }
Apple may have opened their own stores, but they are still partnered with Best Buy to sell Apple products; Best Buy of course also selling Windows computers (as featured in recent MS ads) and being the owner of the justifiably maligned Geek Squad. No conflict of interest there?
Further, in my area (upstate NY), Best Buy only sells Macs at stores in markets also served by Apple stores. In markets not near an Apple store (>1 hr++ away), Best Buy does not sell Macs.
I have to wonder if the intended arrangement is for Best Buy to make the sales for Apple, but Apple intends to have their own service, via the Genius Bar, available in markets where Macs can be bought retail. If no Apple store is convenient, then no one else is allowed to sell Macs in those markets. (Can anyone else living in the hinterlands add the situation in their market?) Apple loses some of the profit but gains exposure and increased sales; after a bad experience at Geek Squad, Apple figures the Mac owners who made their purchase at Best Buy will eventually wander into the real Apple Store for the enlightened experience.
- 2 hyperpower { 09.05.09 at 2:41 pm }
Unfortunately, qka that is not true. I live in San Angelo, Texas where we have a Best Buy that sell Macs, but the nearest Apple Store is in Austin, Texas which is 300+ miles away. The Best Buy here has horrible customer service and doesn't try to sell Apple products in their store well. I had a hard drive failure in my iMac and took it their for warranty repair. Unfortunately, they do not service any Macs they do not sell in their stores. A stupid policy that required me to drive all the way to Austin to get a hard drive replaced.
- 3 cy_starkman { 09.05.09 at 10:47 pm }
-starts a picket line-
we want the 10.6 server run down by Daniel!
- 4 beanie { 09.05.09 at 11:36 pm }
Daniel wrote:
" after a decade of giving enterprise Mac users a third rate alternative in Entourage, but Microsoft's efforts to win back Mac clients may come too late to prevent the significant erosion of one of the primary reasons companies have to pay for Office on the Mac."You know you are making fun of MacBU (Macintosh Business Unit) of Microsoft which develops Office for Mac software. MacBU is said to be second largest Mac developer outside of Apple. I read it has revenue of around $300 million.
Entourage is Mac exclusive software. There is no Windows equivalent. I hear there is a new version coming out in mid-September with better Exchange support.
- 5 dssstrkl { 09.06.09 at 1:16 am }
I'm just curious how you respond to this: http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2009/09/douchebags_fondly_eviscerated.html
- 6 Shunnabunich { 09.06.09 at 6:11 am }
@beanie: That's an interesting way to spin it, heh. Some might argue that the MacBU deserves to be made fun of for Office for Mac, that they only make that much money because many Mac users in organizations are "required" to use Microsoft Office thanks to its position as a de facto standard, and that Windows users who are even aware of the existence of Entourage are thankful that only Mac users have to suffer using it. That new version you heard of is a Mac version of Outlook, and as Dan mentioned, it doesn't look a whole lot better.
- 7 luisd { 09.06.09 at 1:06 pm }
What I don't understand is why would MS would license exchange then. Surely, if this is really so bad for MS business model, why are they licensing it to Apple? Can somebody explain?
Thanks - 8 Nate { 09.06.09 at 2:39 pm }
Snow Leopard is not using WebDAV to communicate with Exchange, they are using Exchange Web Services, or EWS—a similar but more complicated, proprietary protocol that does not work with older versions of Exchange. That's why it only works with Exchange 2007. (See: http://bit.ly/g4Qcy)
WebDAV is used by Entourage to communicate with Exchange Server, although Microsoft has now come out with an optional update for Entourage that zaps WebDAV and only supports EWS and Exchange 2007.
- 9 Dorotea { 09.06.09 at 8:01 pm }
http://www.bynkii.com -> Pure Vitriol. I feel dirty after reading the site. ……. Off to take a shower.
- 11 JohnWatkins { 09.06.09 at 11:28 pm }
" . . . if this is really so bad for MS business model, why are they licensing it to Apple?"
I have often wondered similar things about some of Microsoft's past actions. Perhaps their actions are best summed up as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?" Money is money.
Or maybe its simply a matter of not seeing how the dots line up. - 12 JohnWatkins { 09.06.09 at 11:33 pm }
I hope you don' think that blog passes as intelligent commentary. I have to agree with Dorotea — rather disturbing. - 13 bartfat { 09.06.09 at 11:37 pm }
MS licensed the use of Exchange ActiveSync to Apple, thinking it would be used for the iPhone. This would help it better compete with RIM, who effectively cuts MS out of the profits to made from adding mobile sync functionality. So MS decided to take a risk and license ActiveSync for Exchange for the iPhone, and since it was the most desirable phone ever, MS thought that it would be great for their business for the iPhones that businesses are relying on to have ActiveSync. And until iPhone OS 3.0, that was the case, since there wasn't a competing sync solution available for the iPhone. So businesses would have to buy more Exchange licenses and therefore more profits for MS. [i]However[/i], I doubt that MS saw that Apple would reuse the same technology and put it on Macs a year later, so that Macs became Exchange compatible out of the box. This still doesn't put a threat to Microsoft yet, since many businesses still rely on Exchange. But now that all Apple products supports both Exchange and other sync technologies (CalDAV, CardDAV, WebDAV, and IMAP), you'll see that there's now much less of a reason to buy a pricey MS Exchange license. It's kind of ironic that MS thought that they could use Apple to get rid of all the competitors to Exchange, but then Apple decided it would pull a fast one and make its Macs compatible as well, and allow other open-source technologies to compete before MS could react. Now MS is trying to cover that loophole of Macs getting Exchange support for free by porting over Outlook… but that train of opportunity may have left the station.
Anyway, great article Daniel.
- 14 qka { 09.07.09 at 12:28 am }
As for MS selling Apple, I am reminded of the quote: A capitalist will sell you the rope to hang him with., attributed variously to Marx or Lenin. I don't necessarily agree with the original politics, but it somehow seems to fit this situation.
- 15 lowededwookie { 09.07.09 at 5:17 am }
I like the fact he thinks no one's ever heard of Outlook.
Everyone's heard of Outlook… except this baboon… Scratch that, baboons are infinitely more intelligent… in fact a baboon's butt is infinitely more intelligent.
- 16 lowededwookie { 09.07.09 at 5:22 am }
Here's another reason Mac OS X Server should be looked at for small businesses rather than just the features.
Mac OS X Server retails for $979 NZ for unlimited client connections. I priced up the barest Windows setup that provides much of the functionality of Mac OS X Server. It only costs $18175.56 NZ and that's only for 25 clients.
Small Business Server is cheaper but it offers no upgradability like Mac OS X Server does so I had to go full blown Windows 2008 Server, Exchange 2007 Server, and SQL Server.
Not looking good for M$ there people.
- 17 dssstrkl { 09.07.09 at 7:08 am }
There really isn't any mystery as to why Microsoft licensed EWS to Apple. Its really as simple as the fact that the Exchange division doesn't give a shit about Windows Mobile or the MacBU. Giving Apple as many licenses as they can is revenue for them, and boosts their numbers. Remember that Microsoft is not some monolithic force led lockstep into battle by Steve Ballmer. Hell, even Google licensed Exchange for its calendar sync.
Also, there's a reason why companies are willing to pay through the nose for Exchange, and its actually similar to why people spend a premium for Macs. Snow Leopard Server and Google Apps are not even close to being in the same league as Exchange for what big companies need. But the idea that MobileMe is a credible Exchange alternative is a joke. And I say this as a subscriber. The fact is that MobileMe is and always has been a consumer solution, and Apple has always billed it as such (Remember "Exchange for the rest of us"?).
And I can also speak from personal experience that Snow Leopard's Exchange support is most definitely not a catch-all replacement for Entourage/Outlook 2010. If the Exchange server you're working against isn't 2007 or higher, then SL's support is useless, because Exchange Server didn't use EWS before then. I can just imagine suggesting to my IT department that they upgrade their Exchange license from 2003 to 2007 or 2010, which would likely also require them to upgrade the client machines (which are standardized on Windows 2000 with Office 2002) all because I want to use Exchange support on my Mac. So if I want the full Exchange experience on my Mac, its still via Entourage.
And no, we can't move to cloud services because a) they're unreliable as sin and b) we're bound by HIPAA, so everything has to stay in-house. Remember, Bush liked to shred the Constitution for fun, but even he didn't fuck with HIPAA. And to the people who get so disturbed by profanity that they can't recognize a cogent point, grow up.
- 18 ChuckO { 09.07.09 at 2:49 pm }
I doubt MS has a choice in who it licenses it's tech to. If they are selling it they sell it to anyone or no one. It's similar to Palm and Google and Nokia using WebKit to build a browser Apple made it open source they don't get to turn down competitors. MS is licensing something they don't get to say yes to you and not to me.
- 19 ChuckO { 09.07.09 at 5:12 pm }
MS needs Apple, bad. Without Apple they are an even scarier monopoly and in for a lot more government interference. That's why they helped prop Apple up back when they announced on going Mac Office support and the investment (along with an agreement for Apple to end legal proceedings over Windows) in Apple. Seems like a whole different world and a million years ago now doesn't? Amazing how quickly things change. I remember thinking they bought Next just to get Jobs back and that they were crazy not to buy Be OS!
- 21 jdb { 09.08.09 at 8:40 pm }
I have to admit that I find bynkii.com amusing. Don't go there if you find bad language offensive.
Daniel, I think you are wrong about your assessment of him as a woman hater. He just uses language that most people find offensive.
Read this for his thoughts on strong woman. It is inspired actually:
http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2003/12/on_women.htmlNot sure why he has decided to take such a tack for what he considers a technical flaw in your writing. I'm not sure making a technical mistake deserves such vitriol but I wouldn't take too much offense, he writes like that about everything.
I am curious as to what you think about his critique absent the contrived rage.
- 22 jdb { 09.08.09 at 8:44 pm }
And oddly, your response to my query was already being posted in response to someone else while I was writing the comment.
- 23 qka { 09.08.09 at 9:36 pm }
Thanks for the feedback on your corner of the world; I could only report on mine. - 24 dssstrkl { 09.09.09 at 12:49 am }
I think your perspective has been contaminated by the vitriolic strawman attacks posted by John C. Welch in his franticly unprofessional frustration outlet known as Bynkii.com.
Just because you think it doesn't make it so.
When you say "the idea that MobileMe is a credible Exchange alternative is a joke," where did you get the impression that I wrote of MobileMe as a drop in replacement for the majority of Exchange shops?
When you wrote this: "With Snow Leopard and the iPhone each now providing their own client layer for accessing Exchange Server, Apple can now offer its users alternative access to other server products as well, from its own MobileMe and Snow Leopard Server offerings to web services from Google and Yahoo. This effectively turns Microsoft from a direct seller into a wholesaler that has to deal with Apple as a middleman retailer."
That very strongly implies that Exchange and MM are in direct competition. While SL Server is a more credible drop-in replacement/alternative to Exchange, MM is most certainly not. MM is just that: all about me. It has no groupware functionality at all, even between members of a family plan. In order to share calendars, I had to build a hack that goes through Google calendar and BusyCal, which requires at least one of our Macs to be on to sync everything. Its an ugly solution for something that should be built-in, especially considering how easy it is to share calendars using Google. If it wasn't for the fact that Google tends to mangle my contacts, I would seriously be considering dropping my MM.
Your next line… Exchange infrastructure.
Then why compare them? As if a $25k solution is in the same ballpark as a $100 one. An apples to apples comparison should be Exchange vs SL Server and/or MM vs Live/MyPhone vs Google. Exchange is not a consumer product and MM isn't for business (or even for groups). They're totally different markets with different needs. If there's any confusion on my part, its the fact that you weren't clear about the distinction between them.
The problem with reading delusional, fact bending, strawman burning, poop flinging rants like those published by Welch is that you end up repeating talking points that have no connection to the discussion at hand. You might as well sit in front of an AM radio spewing lather about death panels, Kenyan birth certificate forgeries, and how public insurance will turn the USA into Nazi Germany.
Frankly, I don't even want to address the knuckle dragging, sexualized fantasies Welch manages to inject in every rage tantrum he writes, even if they might include random jabs as me.
His point, that there is only one market on earth, and only one problem solved by one solution, is so simple minded that it doesn't deserve discussion. Apple is rapidly selling its services to users who don't need Exchange. Nobody is suggesting that Exchange Server installations are directly competing against MM or SL Server, any more than FileMaker Pro is pitted against Oracle or SQL Server. There's still a big market for FM Pro.
OK, exactly which of his "talking points" did I mindlessly repeat. He brought up some very specific technical inaccuracies which you failed to address. I pointed out the obvious (and non-conspiracy theory) reason why MS would license Exchange to Apple (and Google) and mentioned my personal experience with MM and connecting a SL Mac to an old Exchange account. Neither Welch nor I insinuated that there's only one email market, but there two markets that use Exchange: Big organizations and SMB. MM is a poor solution for either one. Its that market that uses Exchange, and since you were comparing it to MM, the logical conclusion is that you were mentioning those markets.
Also, for the AM-radio crack: fuck you. Using flowery language to hurl your shit doesn't make it smell any better.
In the mobile market, MM offers a superior alternative for anyone who wants a personal account that provides desktop/mobile sync and push messaging, and lacks a connection to a huge corporation that has invested millions in building an Exchange infrastructure.
Clearly, but that's like being surprised that the sky is blue. (Although, I've lived in SF long enough to know that it is a pleasant surprise when there's a blue sky, but you get the point.) Again, no one uses Exchange who isn't using it for business, so why bring it up? Consumers use Yahoo, Hotmail/Live and Gmail or their ISP for email. So yeah, if you want the features that MM offers, its a good value, but that's hardly worthy of analysis.
Microsoft has a very strong position in corporate messaging, but it isn't making much headway in mobile messaging, thanks in part to the failure of Windows Mobile. RIM has eaten up Microsoft's business prospects in the mobile push messaging arena. That's why Microsoft is desperate to associate the iPhone with Exchange. It's also happy to have SL apps working with Exchange.
I don't know what you mean here. If you're talking about BES, then we're still on Exchange. If you're talking about EWS, then we're STILL on Exchange, but including WinMo, iPhone, Pre, Symbian and HTC Android builds. Basically every non-BB smartphone and a bunch of dumbphones. MS isn't doing nearly as much work to integrate the iPhone and OS X with Exchange as Apple is. Apple has far more to gain from the proposition than MS does. Again, we're dealing with entirely different divisions of MS here. Exchange cares about Exchange, not WinMo.
Will SL apps help Microsoft sell upgrades to the now two year old, current version of Exchange? It doesn't matter if it does. Mac users who think Apple should have made SL apps support old versions of Exchange dating back to 2003 or 2000 are simply pinning the problem on the wrong vendor. It's Microsoft that has changed its strategy and API enough to leave Apple with less than ideal options.
The new Outlook for Mac will likely also use EWS, as even Microsoft sees MAPI as a pile of old spaghetti code.
SL is not at all likely to get companies to upgrade their Exchange servers, which as you like to point out, is a very expensive undertaking. I also don't think that either Apple or MS is to "blame" for anything. Clearly, MS is going to be using its own new standard for upcoming products. Whether or not Outlook 2010 will be backwards-compatible remains to be seen. Also, MS now isn't allowed to break from the past or update their API's? I thought we all wanted MS to embrace the future (or at least the recent past). That's why people are still bitching about Win7 still having the registry, etc. Apple building its own apps to connect to other people's services is nothing new. Office for the Mac has been shitty for years, but MS screwed Apple over by switching to something new? Something Apple likes to do itself quite a bit, BTW. Color me unconvinced.
Apple is adding Exchange support to SL to increase the visibility of Macs and bypass the third rate clients Microsoft has provided Mac users. The fact that Microsoft keeps moving its own goalposts in terms of the latest Exchange features is no surprise. It's not Apple's goal to beat Microsoft at its own game. Look at how unwinnable that has been for WINE, OpenOffice, or any other attempt to clone Microsoft's proprietary protocols.
Which is why Apple licensed it. The reason why all of those projects suffer from such high levels of suck is because they have a religious devotion to the GPL that Apple doesn't share. Updating their software with new features is hardly "moving the goalposts," especially since this is the first time that Apple has offered this level of integration.
As I pointed out, Apple's goal is to offer workable Exchange support while focusing on delivering products targeted to its own customer base, sharing much of the investments made. Apple isn't trying to make SL apps on par with Outlook, it's making its own MobileMe and SL Server on par with its own support for Exchange, enabling and encouraging Mac users to switch to Apple's own offerings wherever possible.
But you were talking about MM in comparison to Exchange. Users don't use Exchange or SL Server, they use Outlook, Entourage or Mail.app. Mac users aren't going to switch from Exchange to SL Server; that's generally not a decision they get to make. MM exists in parallel to Exchange. It offers value for an individual similar to what one gets from Exchange, but since one generally uses Exchange for work and MM for personal stuff, there is little room for overlap or "switching."
If you doubt that, come back in 5 years and tell me how MobileMe compares to MyPhone or whatever Microsoft is offering for its dwindling Windows Mobile platform. Then tell me how much progress Exchange has made in expanding its market share compared to SL Server. Exchange will certainly still be making Microsoft money, and more money that Apple makes in the enterprise by some factor of ten, but Apple isn't about winning dominance, it's about making a better product. And for many Mac users, MM is a superior alternative to running their own Exchange Server.
You're asking me to predict what an Apple service will look like in 5 years? I can say pretty confidently that MM will still be a consumer product and will not be a viable replacement for Exchange. And since MM is already superior to MyPhone/Live (even though both have features that the other lacks), I don't know what point you're trying to make here. As for the progress part, I think you got turned around. Its Apple that needs to catch up to MS. Apple is adding features to OS X server that make it more enterprise friendly, but here Apple's solutions are immature. I have no doubt that Apple will continue to improve OS X server, but MS's services are robust and mature already. Hell, Apple HAD to use EWS for the iPhone, since OS X server only gained the ability to remotely manage iPhones with SL. Its nice that Apple finally supports its own product that's been on the market for more than two years, isn't it?
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This is why sites like bynkii.com are so diseased. It's not the swearing which makes it reprehensible. It's the evil vitriol implied by that particular article's use of expletives.
That site is frequented by the kind of people who think it's ridiculous to actually correct your mistakes and should just leave things out there as a source of misinformation (yes, that's actually in the comments section).
As an adult swearing doesn't offend me. It's the apparent inappropriate intention to degrade behind it and I sense nothing good coming from anyone willing to publicly write like Mr Welch does.Worst post ever?
- 27 mr_kitty { 09.12.09 at 8:27 pm }
"That new version you heard of is a Mac version of Outlook, and as Dan mentioned, it doesn't look a whole lot better."
Actually, no. The mid-September version of Entourage is slated to be Exchange Web Services enabled, so it will add benefits only to those folks attached to Exchange 2007 servers, and it will NOT address the biggest problem with Entourage — that it corrupts its own monolithic database file.
THAT problem won't be addressed until Outlook for Mac, which is not slated to debut until Office 2010, which is currently expected in Q4 2010. Outlook for Mac will do away with the monolithic database file and instead institute an individual msg file/folder structure similar to the one that Mail.app implemented in OS 10.4 (10.3.x Mail.app faced corruption problems when its own mbox files got too big).
It's unknown whether Outlook for Mac will be Exchange Web Services only (thus requiring Exchange 2007+), but it's highly likely.
As far as why M$ would license Exchange or ActiveSync to Apple… money of course! Apple pays for those licenses. Besides — much like when Microsoft proudly announced that RealNetworks had licensed the rights to broadcast Windows Media for it's RealServer software as an endorsement of M$'s "superior format" — in M$'s world, this is equivalent to Apple endorsing Exchange. It's a typical "emperor wears no clothes" viewpoint for M$.
In the end tho, it's not Snow Leopard Server that servers to threaten exchange. It's Google Apps. GA is a much easier to deploy and maintain solution than either Exchange or Snow Leopard, and so much much much cheaper….
With Apple supporting both the EWS standards AND the open standards that it and Google are developing/deploying, Apple is hedged for both outcomes.
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Addressing a rally in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, Rahul said, "They (BJP) said the same things in their manifesto which we have promised in our manifesto. We promised the right to health. We began construction of manufacturing corridor and decided to implement 'one rank one pension policy' for armed forces. They (BJP) just put up a lotus on the document and published it".
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In the hills about 90 kilometres south of Indonesia's stifling capital, Jakarta, lies the relatively peaceful city of Bogor, famed for its grand botanical gardens which form the centrepiece of the town.
The Bogor area has connections to prehistoric times but was only transformed into a thriving city during the Dutch colonial period when it was the centre for a variety of plantations and used as a hill station by the colonial government. During the mid-19th century a residence was built for the governor-general in what is now the northern end of the botanical gardens.
Kebun Raya Bogor, the Bogor Botanical Gardens, was established in 1817 as a centre for research into botanical specimens from across the Indonesian archipelago. To this day, research continues within the impressive grounds of the 80-hectare gardens and a number of buildings dedicated to this research are visible when strolling through. This is the primary reason many tourists visit Bogor.
Bogor is a great place to escape to after the hectic pace of Jakarta and is much more walkable than its big brother. The air is cooler, with average day time temperatures reaching around 27 degrees Celsius and night-time temperatures dropping below 20 degrees Celsius.
Visible from many parts of Bogor is the imposing Gunung Salak, an active volcano which towers 2221 metres above sea level. Its last eruption occurred in 1938, with previous eruptions having occurred only a handful of times throughout recorded history, making this a relatively safe volcano to be around.
The layout of Bogor is quite simple, with the centre of the city being the square shaped massive botanical gardens. Around the gardens is a road which allows traffic to travel in an anti-clockwise direction. The train station is located to the west of the gardens and the bus station to the south, with a great selection of cafes and restaurants on Jalan Salak to the northeast. Most restaurants, accommodation and activities within Bogor are within walking distance of each other, with even the longest walk being about three kilometres.
Given Bogor's city status, all the usual facilities are readily available such as ATMs and internet access. The tourist information centre is located near the train station on Jalan Dewi Sartika but is more interested in selling tours than providing good information for independent travellers.
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by Katie Cavuto-Boyle in Uncategorized, May 15, 2011Spring brings to mind that bright, vibrant green shade that you see everywhere this time of year, but it's also a great time to be more eco-friendly. Here are 8 ways to get started this season.
Buy Local: Spring is the beginning of the growing season in many areas of the country, so locally-sourced, seasonal ingredients will be more readily available. Take a trip to the farmers market, join a CSA, or visit a local farm. With the weather getting warmer, getting outside and supporting local businesses is a great way to celebrate the season.
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Don't Toss Veggie Scraps: Use them to make homemade stocks or start composting, which in turn will add nutrients to your garden.
Plant a Garden: This is the time of year to start planting. Not only is gardening a great hobby, sourcing ingredients from your backyard or window sill is as local as it gets, and you are sure to save some green (as in $$) on your produce purchases throughout the year. Seeds and starter plants cost significantly less than even one bunch of produce purchased at the store.
Make Your Life Less Disposable: Take time to think about the amount of trash and plastic you throw away each day and make an effort to cut back. A few easy solutions: Reusable water bottles, laundry detergent refill stations, use real plates and cups instead of disposables and save food jars like those that hold jams, pickles, etc as they can be reused for dressings, sauces and left overs.
Ditch Your Car: With gas prices sky-rocketing, a simple walk or bike ride can save you some major green, lessen your carbon footprint and get you moving. Seems like a no-brainer.
Be Green in the Kitchen: A few small changes can save you money and save the planet. Spring and summer foods lend themselves to more energy efficient quick cooking methods. You can also try to make more one pot meals, reuse cooking water, and be mindful of running water when washing produce or dishes. Get more energy-saving kitchen tips here >>
Don't Cook at All: Spring veggies are young and tender and lend themselves to delicious, raw preparations. Make a green salad, like Tyler's pictured above, paired with dressed-up chickpeas.
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PUBLISHED: 29 Jun 2012 00:05:38 | UPDATED: 29 Jun 2012 02:46:14PUBLISHED: 29 Jun 2012 PRINT EDITION: 29 Jun 2012Sophie Morris
The looming contest for New England could only be more compelling if Tony Windsor and Richard Torbay agreed to a dance-off at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
And if they tied at boot-scooting, perhaps the two MPs could strum on duelling banjos to sort out who should represent the federal seat.
The showdown between Windsor and Torbay is fascinating on a number of levels, not least of which is that it involves two men who have both had a huge personal following as independents.
Aspiring politicians of all persuasions could learn a lot about effective representation of an electorate by examining the record of the straight-shooting Windsor and the charming Torbay.
Both men have attracted an enviable primary vote above 60 per cent – Windsor at the federal level and Torbay in the state seat of the Northern Tablelands, which includes much of the same territory as New England.
It's no coincidence that it is often MPs who sit on the cross-benches who inspire the deepest voter loyalty.
With no party machine behind them, what matters most is their direct connection with voters and their reputation for delivering what the electorate needs.
Think big-hatted Bob Katter, whose status as a legend in his north Queensland seat may be difficult for southerners to comprehend.
Another example, albeit in the Senate, is the cult of Bob Brown.
He has just retired from politics but for a long time the gentle GP was the Greens, and the party has him to thank for much of its success.
In the NSW coastal seat of Lyne, the Nationals are not trying to hide the highly personal nature of their attack on independent Rob Oakeshott – it's so personal that they have set up a getridofRob website to attract donations from around Australia.
As Torbay joins the Nationals to take on Windsor, he has negotiated a degree of independence within the party to allow him the security of party branding without forfeiting his personal following. The Nationals have in recent elections described their candidates as "local champions", but they had to look beyond their ranks for someone with the star power to match Windsor's.
Presuming Torbay secures preselection for the Nationals, the party hopes he will hold onto voters who backed him as an independent but also attract those who are angry that Windsor supported Labor to form government.
The Nationals will argue that Windsor has trashed his connection with the conservatively inclined electorate by backing Labor – and are encouraged by some early polls showing strong support for Torbay.
But Windsor will be able to reply that his decision to work with Labor has delivered results for the seat and for other regional areas.
Previously, the Nationals had tried in vain to unseat Windsor, and he just seemed to go from strength to strength, securing almost 62 per cent of the primary vote in 2010.
Torbay has a high profile from his time as Speaker in the Legislative Assembly and won 63.5 per cent of first preferences in the state seat in 2011, though he blames a 10 per cent dip in his primary vote on a tarnishing of the independent brand in this federal Parliament.
Both men have been true local champions but only one can win the federal seat.
It says a lot about politics in the major parties that the phrase "a good local member" is often used as a euphemism, to explain why an MP who is not frontbench material still has redeeming traits.
It's akin to describing a dud date as having "a nice personality".
Yet there are some MPs who truly deserve the epithet, who work hard for their electorate and are rewarded with voters' loyalty.
People stop them in the street to discuss local and national issues and feel they know them as more than just a face on an election poster.
Windsor and Torbay have both enjoyed that sort of following.
But many of those who voted for Windsor at a federal level supported Torbay in state politics.
At the next federal election, they will have to choose between the independent who backed Labor and the independent who joined the Nationals. And between two men who, through years of representing the region, have each built up a personal following that does not rely on a party brand.
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SLIPKNOT Divided Over Future of Band After Bassist's Death
Members of the Des Moines, IA, alt-metal group have differing opinions about the band's return... or lack-thereof. [MTV]
Tour Gallery: UNDERWORLD in Italy
EXCLUSIVE: Frontman Karl Hyde documents his band's recent trip to Italy with photos, poetry, and more! [SPIN]
TOUR EXCLUSIVE: TEGAN & SARA & HAYLEY Backstage
The Canadian duo hang out with the Paramore singer on their hit summer tour. SPIN.com captures their conversation! [SPIN]
FRANZ FERDINAND Writing and Recording Songs for Fourth Album
Scot rockers are hard at work on their follow-up to 2009's Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, which could drop in early 2011. [BBC]
THE NATIONAL Deliver Big at SPIN25 Live Concert!
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LIAM GALLAGHER Says New Album Will 'Best of the Next 50 Years'
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MORRISSEY to Sing at KATY PERRY's Wedding?
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Ellen walked from the show because it"didn't feel like the right fit for me," she said. [DEADLINE]
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS Announce Fall Tour
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Damon Albarn and guests (Bobby Womack, De La Soul, the Pharcyde) play the 1,000-year-old Damascus Citadel.[NPR]
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J.R. Martinez is the Champion of DWTS!!
J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff lifted the Mirror Ball trophy high in the air last night, when they were named the champions of Dancing With The Stars. The entire cast of Dancing with the Stars rushed to congratulate the winners, lifting them up on their shoulders to celebrate. Ricki Lake was eliminated at the final three leaving one last dance off between Rob Kardashian and J.R. Martinez who both got perfect scores. J.R.'s fan base handed him the trophy, a first win for Pro dancer, Karina Smirnoff.
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you know in mine country is a saying and its true if something is good for everything [jayce ] then its bad in every way it has to be good jayce can poke, has many skills but low dmg for his mana costs and cd's his has to be a champ relying on switching stances [ult] but his ranged stance makes him squishy while the mneele stance makes him easy target [he has weak base resists so passiwe makes him just hit the norm instead of being more durable ] not counting that the number of skills makes his cd's longer he relies on q+e combo so bye bye mana becasuse he is too squishy [and a bad dueler ] to get mana with meele stance all advantages jayce has are bound to even bigger disadvantages
U pick jayce when u want to play in poke comp's (nida + ez + jayce and tank infront who have some aoe slow skill for disengage is cool+ u have jayce's gate for disengage), he shine's at midgame his only weak phase is late game, he's fine champ. Team comp make u win not single champ. U must have 3 point's in mana regen and a tear if u wan't tp spam your spell's on jayce, else u must manage your mana. I use this guide http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=...ce-build-guide for him.
Mastering Jayce in three easy steps. 1 - Learn to farm with auto attacks and rush Bloodthirster as fast as you can. So you can save your mana to harass your opponents. 2 - Learn to land your Q+E combo. Master it by learning to Q first and put E in front of it as it's flying. 3 - Pwn noobz. Buy smart and carry hard.
ok guys thanks for al the efforts you put into teaching me the ways of jayce all your posts are preciated thank you
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I play Jayce so much lately , start with 4 potions 1 hp boost potion (i forgot it's name) and one ward. Because you are gonna be pushing your lane and zoning the enemy , you are going to need that ward early , just autoattack enemy whenever you can with your ranged attacks poke him but dont miss cs ,and whenever he gets open for E+Q shot , do it , but also be careful with your mana , try to gain it back with your W passive when you zone the enemy. Most people wont even notice you started with hp boost potion , and after you poked them to half healt , they might and will probably try to trade with you and when they try to trade, you go all in , use that potion to increase your stats and get the first blood . And after that it really becomes easy.
BeastBoy GG
Farm and harass with ur cannon. Use q-e for the harass. Switching to hammer form and q-e them is also good harrasing. I start with boots ans pots, then tear, then the armor or tenacity boots (depending on the enemy team ofc) then i go with bruitilizer, phage, sheen, black cleaver, finish the trinity force. The rest is dependant on the team comps, and if ur team lack tankiness or cc i build frozen mallet or iceborn gauntlet instead of trinity.
Just go ahead and watch Dyrus few times. Jayce is one of the few champions that you build almost anything on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzCk-vu-fU Dyrus is very solid Jayce player.
I bought jayce few days ago, i think he's same like darius. He's not killing machine he's just like Darius - Last hitter. Or i don't know how to play him like polishdude...


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My friend, no, we are more than standard "friends" we are...Broskis!!! My Broski (thats better) started playing SWTOR. He likes the game, is excited for the space stuff, and loves the story of his bounty hunter. My Broski also likes the Michael Bay Transformer movies because my Broski is like normal world me (me being the bizarro world version of him obviously) and he loves most things that give him a bit O' entertainment and to be honest I've always been a bit jealous of that "contentness". I mean, he can watch ANY movie and be like, "that was cool /shrug". Meanwhile I generally don't want to invest the time into a movie unless I feel watching it can provide me with some form of previously unthought about perspective, philosophical concept, or incredibly creative story...
"Hey T-Broski how is that burger?" "Good." "Hey Tierless how is that burger?" "Well, it didn't alter my worldview, inform my political stance, or change my religious beliefs so I don't feel like it was worth eating and I regret taking the time to do so, I should have went with tacos instead, I find them so much more...profound..." Yeash. Side note, I have decided there are two kinds of people in the world, those that love tacos and those that hate everything. Back on topic I wonder what would happen if we merged into one being, Super Saiyan style (OMFG auto correct spelled Saiyan right for me meaning it knew what it was, that is cool). Rather than forming one leet SS I assume it would be kinda like that time Evil Buu ate Good Buu, but with exactly the opposite amount of muscles.
My point is we of teh interwebs often tend to get sliiiiiiiightly wrapped up in our e-personas we forget to keep things in perspective. It's those times that a good Broski like the one mentioned above can really help ground things and take them back to cheeeeeel man, just cheeeeel. You can learn a lot from someone that enjoys things you are supposed to enjoy. Being a bizarro version of that can be frustrating at times. Things that are funny to most people (like Duck Dynasty) make you wanna put your head through a wall meanwhile things that aren't supposed to be funny, like someone getting their head put through a wall, are hilarious to you...
Due to his inspiration I have decided to turn over a new leaf. To change my spots. To re-roll a new toon and give many of the games I've taken issue with in the past a second chance. I'll try to look at them through new, less jaded eyes. After so SO many years of watching the form of entertainment I love more than any other circle around that big ivory bowl it's hard not to judge the book by it's concept art cover, but from here on out I promise to be a kinder, gentler, Tierless. Tierless 2.0. I'll even give old SWTOR a second look, yes, I'm serious. I mean, it's Star Wars, if any one thing can get me to look blindly past flaws, it's that!
(the following took place a few hours after writing the above blog)
After rolling through some SWTOR forums in research for a potential re-trial I saw something that even Tierless 2.0 simply can not forgive. THEY ARE CHARGING FOR FREAKEN HOT BARS! You actually have to PAY for a SECOND BUTTON BAR! WOW, just WOW. I always joke about paying to download, paying again to log in, paying again to walk but I didn't think any games would take that model seriously! Grats SWTOR you are in fact the greediest MMO I have ever encountered. Worst of all that game has basically been reduced to the same model SWG was using. Milking hardcore Star Wars fans like myself with cosmetics because we HAVE to pay because; Star Wars, yet it STILL lacks most of the features that made SWG great 10 years ago!
Ok, rough start, mushin no shin, hummmm, hummmmmm, ok. I am calm. I am at peace. I am Tierless 2.0...as, of, righttttt...now (big exhale). We will forget about that little side track with SWTOR...they can't all be like that...right?


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Profit stacks up in new markets
PUBLISHED: 02 Aug 2011 00:02:00 | UPDATED: 02 Aug 2011 10:22:48PUBLISHED: 02 Aug 2011 PRINT EDITION: 02 Aug 2011Jenny Wiggins
Brambles will update investors on its emerging markets growth strategy at its full-year results later this month amid expectations new markets provide the best growth opportunities for its CHEP pallets business.
Emerging markets only account for a small proportion of Brambles' total revenues, contributing 10 per cent of group revenues in 2010.
But at 20 per cent a year they are the fastest-growing part of the company's operations. This compares with sales revenue growth of 7 per cent in western Europe in the first half and growth of just 1 per cent in the US.
Brambles is well established in some emerging markets, having been in South Africa since the late 1970s and Mexico since the early 1990s, but has only recently made development of emerging markets a core strategic priority.
The group moved into eastern Europe around 2000 and has only started to tackle Asia's biggest markets in the past few years, entering China in 2006 and India in 2008.
Analysts note Brambles is taking a cautious approach to new markets, preferring to wait for its customers, such as the US's Wal-Mart and Switzerland's Nestlé, to become established rather than rushing in.
"The growth in emerging markets is going to be driven by customers," said JPMorgan analyst Scott Carroll.
With Brambles' competitors – the US's iGPS and PECO Pallets as well as Europe's LPR – focused on building scale in existing markets, Mr Carroll believes Brambles is well-placed to provide pallets to consumer goods groups and retailers as they develop supply chains in emerging markets.
The takeover battle under way between French retailers Carrefour and Casino for Pao de Acucar, Brazil's biggest retailer, underscores the eagerness of western companies to establish themselves in emerging markets.
Soft drinks giant PepsiCo last year paid $3.8 billion to buy two thirds of Russian dairy and juice group Wim-Bill-Dann, while Wal-Mart has recently won regulatory approval for a $2.4 billion takeover of South African retailer Massmart.
Brambles is also likely to benefit from the expansion of brands such as Pringles, owned by US consumer goods group Procter & Gamble, into China, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and Turkey, with JPMorgan noting that snack foods are "ideally suited" to pallet transport.
In some countries, CHEP plans to target incumbent food producers and retailers after entering on the heels of multinationals.
In Turkey, where it initially secured contracts with Unilever and Procter & Gamble, CHEP is now taking contracts with local customers.
The increased emphasis on emerging markets comes as retailers and consumer goods manufacturers continue to struggle with weak markets in mature economies.
Recent quarterly results for US companies, which show declining sales or low growth for Brambles' core customers, indicate a difficult outlook in mature markets over the next 12 months, according to some analysts.
"The current operating environment remains fragile in Brambles' key markets, which we think will subdue top-line growth and margin improvement in the near term," said RBS analyst Mark Williams.
Meanwhile, analysts remain unsure whether it makes sense for Brambles to press ahead with mooted plans to sell its Recall documents services business in the near term, estimated to be worth between $1.5 and $1.6 billion. Although most think it makes strategic sense for Brambles to focus solely on its core CHEP business in the long run, some have suggested it should hold onto Recall until its profit margins have improved.
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It would leave Matsatsantsa needing just a single point from their final Absa Premiership clash against struggling Bidvest Wits on Wednesday to win a third successive League title.


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