[Ron Lindeboom]

Well, we know it can be done, but if the ELU (EULA?) says that it is illegal and they do not want it done, then we aren’t going to step on their toes because we wouldn’t want our own rights treated that way.

So, final score: congratulations, sounds cool. But if a hand-rolled Mac is anywhere near as buggy as one wherein all the parts were designed and intended to function together, I think you’ll be hearing that reboot ping from time to time.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom
CEO, CreativeCOW.net

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
– Gandhi

[Ron Lindeboom]

[Eric Nelson] “So please do tell your advertisers you love them and want them to stay, but their ads are nasty, their agencies are hurting their business and they should instead hire some of the talented professionals on this site to create visually pleasing ads instead of what they now have.”

I can tell that you have never worked with advertising agencies, have you?

;o)

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

[Ryan Orr] “BTW, I love RED’s website, especially this page. That just breathes bad-ass’ed-ness. Go to the bottom of the page and read the disclaimer. I would like to refuse customers with bad attitudes as well :)”

We’ve been doing it for about 15 years now and have whole anti-fan-clubs dedicated to hating us for it.

But like RED, do we care? No. There’s no porn here, no on-going flame wars, no racism (that lasts any time at all thanks to The Zapper), and people from every corner of the globe and every race and religion all interact and support each other here.

Those with nasty dispositions and a propensity towards trying to stir the pot, find their accounts turned off with little debate and even less warning.

That RED freely admits it as well, is nice to see.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
– Gandhi

[Ron Lindeboom]

Sure, Eric, we will just start telling the advertisers that their ads are ugly, their agencies do crappy work, and that we don’t want them anymore.

Then, I will drive up to San Francisco and just unplug the near-half-million-dollars worth of web servers, load balancers, routers, file servers, ultra high speed drives and solid state systems, etc., that the advertisers have helped us pay for — which drives this whole thing and makes all this content available for free. (Not to mention the pipe that serves up between 17 to 30 terabytes a day of information, videos, tutorials, podcasts, demo reels, music videos, etc., etc. We’ll remove the ads if you want to pay for it all.)

Most people we have talked to and surveyed, don’t mind the ads. Many tell us that as long as they are pertinent and relevant to what they do, they are okay with them. Some have even told us that they learn things from the ads, as they discover new tools and ideas they were unaware of.

Some hate them.

But without them there would be no site.

We are glad to have them, as this long ago passed the point where anyone in their right mind would underwrite it out of their own pocket. We did for a while, opening the site in 2001 and by 2003 we had ended up over $40,000 in debt. We learned to build an ugly site that worked and gave the information it needed.

To be honest, we see the COW as an information utility/appliance, not as a thing of beauty.

This stopped being a hobby many years ago.

Best regards,

Ron Lindeboom

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
– Gandhi

[Ron Lindeboom]

It is really outside the purview of this site, Norman. There are already many sites that specialize in MS Office.

Best,

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

You can email Abraham, Mike. He knows all the details.

Best,

Ron

[Ron Lindeboom]

We are looking into that, Rafael, and would love to do it.

Unfortunately, so far, we have had a rough time with the HOUSE OF BLUES, as they have a policy against any kind of filming in their establishments.

We are still trying, but so far, it’s been a pretty tough negotiation.

Best,

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

[david bogie] “This presumes much…”

Such as, like you would get one of the invitations, Bogie.

Dread Zeppelin is the fun part of the show but the front half is a Who’s Who that we are putting together that will have some of the top people in the industry on a panel that we are calling “taking Creative COW Magazine and making it a live event.”

There is a LOT more to this one than the band.

But it will be a great party with free food and free drinks and an awesome educational event and a closing set by Dread Zeppelin.

Way more fun than some of the others that I have read about.

Oh, and it will be free.

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

[James Dow] “IMHO Dread Zepp was much better with Tort Elvis, their original lead singer.”

Tortelvis is going to be at the show. In fact, he is the one that I have been talking with quite a bit — so yes, the original singer will be there.

Ron Lindeboom

[Ron Lindeboom]

They are gone now, Daniel. And I nuked the account and set the destination site as an unsupported and blocked link in the COW.

Thanks, Daniel.

Ron