As I read the story, AT&T has a perpetual license and the ability to pay for extended support for the current software they are running, but VMware/Broadcom doesn't want to honor the agreement as written/agreed to.

OK, here's a thought - run the software without VMware support, and use the funds you would have spent on support to transition to a new virtualization platform?

It sounds like AT&T is using older, more mature software, shouldn't the vast, vast majority of vulnerabilities have been addressed by now?

I would advise AT&T cut the check for the contracted services and send it to VMware/Broadcom, then let VMware/Broadcom decide if they want to cash the check or lose the customer.

Unless you plan on crushing/scrapping/recycling the ICE car, it will get driven for the remainder of its useful life, just by someone else.

That REALLY sounds like an HOA bill, not a bill from the city.

One of my favorite political stories was told on TV decades ago by Ed Rendell, Mayor of Philadelphia. He was talking about sidewalk cut-outs for wheelchairs. The Federal gov't mandated that every sidewalk have a handicap cutout on the corner. Great. They made the cities responsible for implementing the new regulation. Great. The Federal gov't allocated exactly ZERO dollars to accomplish this. Not So Great.

I remember that was the first time I heard a politician make sense...

What urban area doesn't have sidewalks? They really build stores and offices right up to the roadside with no path for walking off the roadway?

It's a local ordinance, not a federal issue - the vast majority of sidewalks in America are publicly-maintained.

I wonder if his friend with the cracked sidewalks in his neighborhood lives in an HOA, where the HOA is responsible for the roads and sidewalks? I kinda suspect that's the situation...

That should read "ICE vehicle holdouts"

We just need for the government to finally get serious about EVs and start subsidizing:

- EV Automakers
- Battery Manufacturers
- Consumers that purchase the EVs New
- Consumers that purchase the EVs Used
- Public Chargers

And ensure that EV ownership is affordable by exempting EVs from paying for the roads and highways they rely on, forcing ICE vehicle could-out to shoulder the cost of our infrastructure.

That should fix it, right?

As a reminder, every acre of land covered with solar panels is effectively an acre of deforestation when done in non-desert settings.

An acre of shade deployed in a desert setting, let alone tens or hundreds of acres deployed in a desert setting would be interesting to watch, observe the impact to the environment ;how will all that shade effect the area?).

Solar panels aren't the only way to harvest solar energy... I've heard about solar farms where they deploy acres of mirrors to focus light on a collector mounted up high on a tower, for example.

It's even simpler - offer someone a cheap service for free, keep them as a customer. Telcos in the US like to offer HBO Max or Amazon Prime to retain and attract subscribers, it's cheaper than other offers previously used.

They may or may not scan your data, but that's not the only business case that can be made...

Yes, 10 TB (100x 10 GB) drives are a thing, but:

They cost about $250, this is a free service.
They require a processor, NIC, and internet connectivity to compare with this free service.
This is only available to his paying customers in India for his telecom service, that is a small subset of "everyone" and likely isn't an option for you.

But yeah, hard drives are a thing, so what?

This is your argument: "I can buy a 5,000 sq ft pre-fabricated building for a fraction of the price of a 5,000 sq ft McMansion, this McMansion doesn't excite me"...

You're not one of his telecom's paying customers, and you aren't likely to be, so they were never trying to 'excite' you with this offer...

Everyone? No.

Everyone that subscribes to his telco service? Yes.

There's a difference.

Are you serious? First we invest in public transportation in a community, then, as a reward, we invest MORE money into the same community to encourage/support private EV ownership? So we'll deploy EV charging stations in inner-city neighborhoods where we have buses and subway lines, and stiff the high tax-paying suburbs? Have you really thought this through?

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