Tech-Wars: Microsft cuts services for chineses universities
| >Break the law and the EULA.
>Lose the license.
>Surprised Pikachu face.
| "De-ah hon-oh-ra-bo Microsoft-san, we buhning time heah, prease send ri-cense, wea sorry for pira-ting youro softuwero."
| >>1073654
>Break the law and the EULA.
Whose law? Also those EULA Terms change more rapidly than people should change their underwear.
>Lose the license
Most licences are limited in time anyways. So additionally to the permanent threat of loosing it due to the arbitrariness of the product owner, you will loose it for sure at some point. And new licenses come with new terms, which will always be worse than before if you're trapped in proprietary dependency lock-in hell.
| >>1073764
listen up, you generically guessing moron. if a school break the EULA too seriously Microsoft will revoke the license amd fefuse to renew it. you'r out, they dont want to do business with you anymore. that makes perfect sense.
no, you will not lose it "for sure at some point". most universities and other organisations never lose their licenses. the chinese fucked up.
god, you're so fucking clueless about everything.
| >>1073777
>no, you will not lose it "for sure at some point".
You will. Licences don't last forever (subscription models) and even more services/products aren't supported forever.
>if a school break the EULA too seriously Microsoft will revoke the license and fefuse to renew it.
If it was that easy to get rid of MS, I already would have broken the licence multiple times.
I also don't think that Universities in China have individual contracts with MS.
| In my experience Microsoft is very tolerant if it comes to EULA violation. Since Microsoft is an U.S. company and China is a competitor to the U.S. this is with no doubt politically motivated.
My hope is, that the Chinese are smart and manage to get rid of MS, since the dominance of their products is a general threat to any sovereign Nation. Especially now as the U.S. is becoming some white supremacist/evangelical Califate any scientific institution should cut the ties.
| >>1073974
damn this reply is fucking retarded... how the hell can you be this bad at following a thread in a conversation? you're a complete spaz! you're not even worth the energy it takes to correct you.
| >>a041de
I sentence you to death!
You and everyone who loves you should be fine with it and feel no negative emotions such as loss or sadness because hurr DuRr everyone lose their life at some point.
| >>1073991
Because somebodys life (a natural right) is exactly the same as a license...
I wonder if slobber and foam came of your mouth while writing this...
| >>1073654
>Break the law and the EULA.
>Lose the license.
From the Article:
"Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. It has not made any public statements explaining the reason for the suspensions."
AND
"BGI Group has been a target of US authorities. Several of its subsidiaries have been added to the US Commerce Department’s trade blacklist in recent years."
I'm sure the US Commerce Department has no Authority in China...
| >>1074003
>"BGI Group has been a target of US authorities. Several of its subsidiaries have been added to the US Commerce Department’s trade blacklist in recent years."
Exactly, the chinese fucked around and found out. The chinese broke the EULA and the law and now they're losing their licenses. What about it is it that you don't understand, you clueless weirdo?
| >>1074022
>The chinese broke the EULA and the law
And "the law" is now enforced by Microsoft? Interesting. Usually, if someone breaks the law, there is a trial in a court and a sentence from a judge...
Neither Microsoft nor the "US Commerce Department" made an official statement.
What exactly did the Chinese do? Which Part of the EULA or which Law did they break exactly?
Imagine being thrown into jail, only with the notice "yeah, you broke law and EULA, see you in 5 years"...
| I'm really interested what kind of "EULA/law violation" happened. Maybe it helps me to find a way to get rid of Microsoft in my institution.
| >the chinese bot is big mad about a private company refusing to do business with china
i prefer tang dynasty poetry myself, but this works just as well, ty based jiaoping
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| https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3305889/microsoft-abruptly-cuts-services-chinese-university-genomics-firm