Terms of Use prevent using at work
gamma3000 says:
As a student, I was relying pretty heavily on RTM to manage my life. Now I've graduated and started work, I wanted to use it for managing my tasks in my company, too.
The problem, however, is the Terms of Use. To quote: "The Service is made available to you for your personal use only." And according to the guys who manage such things in my company, this means there's no way they can let me use RTM for my work task management.
I don't particularly want to use Outlook 2003, my company's preferred choice, to manage my tasks. I don't want to use text files or a notepad either. I'm still going to use RTM for personal task management, but I am really quite disappointed that I can't use RTM in a corporate environment.
The problem, however, is the Terms of Use. To quote: "The Service is made available to you for your personal use only." And according to the guys who manage such things in my company, this means there's no way they can let me use RTM for my work task management.
I don't particularly want to use Outlook 2003, my company's preferred choice, to manage my tasks. I don't want to use text files or a notepad either. I'm still going to use RTM for personal task management, but I am really quite disappointed that I can't use RTM in a corporate environment.
benb says:
Only thing you can do is try and persuade them that it will make you more productive, and therefore benefit the company. Talk to your manager about it.
rcamner says:
I suspect (and perhaps Bob the Monkey can confirm) that the RTM folks don't object if people use RTM to manage work-related tasks. If that were somehow prohibited and made illegal, I'll bet 75% of the RTM userbase would be in jail! (Hmmm....if Emily, et al use RTM to keep track of their RTM-related tasks, would they be violating their own terms of service?)