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  1. Re:Interesting concept by Daengbo · · Score: 1 · on Canonical Bringing an Instant-On Ubuntu

    Very similar to this screenshot of Hyperspace, too. It's like convergent evolution: the requirements of a small-but-wide touchscreen almost dictate something like this.

  2. inject blog fud .. by rs232 · · Score: 2 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    Check out their forums for all of the complaints. It's pretty brutal:

    It's curious that the user with the 'no track pad support' problems never got back to the forum with the model name. From the screenshots it does seem to do what it says on the tin :) And according to the article HyperSpace taxes the processor and memory far less than does Windows, so why would that particular Acer be running hot ??

  3. Re:Dont forget the cost! by spiralofhope · · Score: 1 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    Yeah, I saw the subscription nonsense. There's no way I'll go near this.. I don't care how awesome it is, I'm not getting locked into renting my own computer. http://www.hyperspace.com/Product-Editions.aspx

  4. Re:Where is the source code? by SilentSandman · · Score: 1 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    http://www.hyperspace.com/HyperSpace/OpenSourceRequest.aspx

  5. Re:Did they publish the source? by SilentSandman · · Score: 1 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    Source is available as per the GPL requirements: http://www.hyperspace.com/HyperSpace/OpenSourceRequest.aspx

  6. Umm....did anyone check out cost before posting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    I am not saying Phoenix should not make money. I am not saying that a product like this wouldn't be nice. Buyer Beware! there is something rotten about how they are planning to offer this.
    An operating system that requires a yearly subscription and requires you to have it always connected to the internet? I think I like Microsoft's business model for providing OSes over this.....

    and if this is linux based.... where's the source? If it is truely linux based, doesn't that make it fall under GNU General Public License (GPL) ?

    http://www.hyperspace.com/Product-Editions.aspx:
    HyperSpace Dual: annual subscription: $39.95 3-year: $99.95
    HyperSpace Hybrid: annual subscription: $59.95 3-year: $149.95

    http://www.hyperspace.com/kb/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=30:
    Your e-mail address is required to register your HyperSpace product with Phoenix Technologies. If you purchase HyperSpace, your e-mail address will be used to send receipt of purchase and other product subscription information.

    http://www.hyperspace.com/docs/eula/HyperSpace%20EULA%20v.1.doc:
    If at the end of the Trial Period you elect not to subscribe for the Software, the Software will be rendered inoperable on your computer and shall remain inoperable until you purchase a subscription.
    SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RENEWALS. At the end of the Term, you will be required to renew your subscription for the Software in order to continue using the Software. You acknowledge and agree that failure to renew your subscription will result in the Software no longer being accessible or usable on your computer.
    USER OBLIGATIONS. In using the Software, you agree to:
    (a) Back up the important Files that reside on your computer on a regular basis;
    (b) Keep your password and any pertinent account information private and not, for example, within the same physical location as your computer;
    (c) Install the Updates provided by Phoenix to ensure up-to-date Software;
    (d) Permit regular and uninterrupted communication with the Internet to enable Updates and certain features and functions of the Software;
    (e) Un-install the Software from your computer in the event that you transfer ownership of your computer to another person or entity;
    (f) Comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties, regulations, ordinances and directives;
    (g) Take all reasonable steps to protect the Software from unauthorized reproduction, publication, disclosure, or distribution;
    (h) If applicable, ensure your employees and all persons who have the authorized right to use the Software have had the terms of this Agreement made known to them; and
    (i) Install and use the Software on only a computer that you own and only for non-commercial purposes

    http://www.phoenix.com/en/Privacy+Policy/HyperSpace/default.htm
    Opt-Out. If you have a HyperSpace subscription and you do not want Phoenix to collect your User Statistics, the HyperSpace software will provide you with the option to opt out of such data collection.

  7. Umm....did anyone check out cost before posting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    I am not saying Phoenix should not make money. I am not saying that a product like this wouldn't be nice. Buyer Beware! there is something rotten about how they are planning to offer this.
    An operating system that requires a yearly subscription and requires you to have it always connected to the internet? I think I like Microsoft's business model for providing OSes over this.....

    and if this is linux based.... where's the source? If it is truely linux based, doesn't that make it fall under GNU General Public License (GPL) ?

    http://www.hyperspace.com/Product-Editions.aspx:
    HyperSpace Dual: annual subscription: $39.95 3-year: $99.95
    HyperSpace Hybrid: annual subscription: $59.95 3-year: $149.95

    http://www.hyperspace.com/kb/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=30:
    Your e-mail address is required to register your HyperSpace product with Phoenix Technologies. If you purchase HyperSpace, your e-mail address will be used to send receipt of purchase and other product subscription information.

    http://www.hyperspace.com/docs/eula/HyperSpace%20EULA%20v.1.doc:
    If at the end of the Trial Period you elect not to subscribe for the Software, the Software will be rendered inoperable on your computer and shall remain inoperable until you purchase a subscription.
    SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RENEWALS. At the end of the Term, you will be required to renew your subscription for the Software in order to continue using the Software. You acknowledge and agree that failure to renew your subscription will result in the Software no longer being accessible or usable on your computer.
    USER OBLIGATIONS. In using the Software, you agree to:
    (a) Back up the important Files that reside on your computer on a regular basis;
    (b) Keep your password and any pertinent account information private and not, for example, within the same physical location as your computer;
    (c) Install the Updates provided by Phoenix to ensure up-to-date Software;
    (d) Permit regular and uninterrupted communication with the Internet to enable Updates and certain features and functions of the Software;
    (e) Un-install the Software from your computer in the event that you transfer ownership of your computer to another person or entity;
    (f) Comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties, regulations, ordinances and directives;
    (g) Take all reasonable steps to protect the Software from unauthorized reproduction, publication, disclosure, or distribution;
    (h) If applicable, ensure your employees and all persons who have the authorized right to use the Software have had the terms of this Agreement made known to them; and
    (i) Install and use the Software on only a computer that you own and only for non-commercial purposes

    http://www.phoenix.com/en/Privacy+Policy/HyperSpace/default.htm
    Opt-Out. If you have a HyperSpace subscription and you do not want Phoenix to collect your User Statistics, the HyperSpace software will provide you with the option to opt out of such data collection.

  8. Umm....did anyone check out cost before posting? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    I am not saying Phoenix should not make money. I am not saying that a product like this wouldn't be nice. Buyer Beware! there is something rotten about how they are planning to offer this.
    An operating system that requires a yearly subscription and requires you to have it always connected to the internet? I think I like Microsoft's business model for providing OSes over this.....

    and if this is linux based.... where's the source? If it is truely linux based, doesn't that make it fall under GNU General Public License (GPL) ?

    http://www.hyperspace.com/Product-Editions.aspx:
    HyperSpace Dual: annual subscription: $39.95 3-year: $99.95
    HyperSpace Hybrid: annual subscription: $59.95 3-year: $149.95

    http://www.hyperspace.com/kb/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=30:
    Your e-mail address is required to register your HyperSpace product with Phoenix Technologies. If you purchase HyperSpace, your e-mail address will be used to send receipt of purchase and other product subscription information.

    http://www.hyperspace.com/docs/eula/HyperSpace%20EULA%20v.1.doc:
    If at the end of the Trial Period you elect not to subscribe for the Software, the Software will be rendered inoperable on your computer and shall remain inoperable until you purchase a subscription.
    SUBSCRIPTIONS AND RENEWALS. At the end of the Term, you will be required to renew your subscription for the Software in order to continue using the Software. You acknowledge and agree that failure to renew your subscription will result in the Software no longer being accessible or usable on your computer.
    USER OBLIGATIONS. In using the Software, you agree to:
    (a) Back up the important Files that reside on your computer on a regular basis;
    (b) Keep your password and any pertinent account information private and not, for example, within the same physical location as your computer;
    (c) Install the Updates provided by Phoenix to ensure up-to-date Software;
    (d) Permit regular and uninterrupted communication with the Internet to enable Updates and certain features and functions of the Software;
    (e) Un-install the Software from your computer in the event that you transfer ownership of your computer to another person or entity;
    (f) Comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation, all applicable local, state, national and foreign laws, treaties, regulations, ordinances and directives;
    (g) Take all reasonable steps to protect the Software from unauthorized reproduction, publication, disclosure, or distribution;
    (h) If applicable, ensure your employees and all persons who have the authorized right to use the Software have had the terms of this Agreement made known to them; and
    (i) Install and use the Software on only a computer that you own and only for non-commercial purposes

    http://www.phoenix.com/en/Privacy+Policy/HyperSpace/default.htm
    Opt-Out. If you have a HyperSpace subscription and you do not want Phoenix to collect your User Statistics, the HyperSpace software will provide you with the option to opt out of such data collection.

  9. Old news: announced more than a year ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    Phoenix announced HyperSpace more than a year ago. Here is the press release from November 2007: http://investor.phoenix.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=273099 By most accounts it doesn't work. Check out their forums for all of the complaints. It's pretty brutal: http://www.hyperspace.com/support/forums/t/259.aspx Further, Phoenix as a company is close to going out of business. They have less than $23M in cash left and lost $64M in the six months ended March 31: http://investor.phoenix.com/financials.cfm I wouldn't be surprised if part of the problem is they have been doing PR about things like HyperSpace that are great ideas but don't work.

  10. Re:GPL'd code available only by request? by 1729 · · Score: 1 · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    Link?

    No direct link for the tarball. Filling out their form will get you an email with a URL containing a dynamically generated key:

    http://www.hyperspace.com/Knowledgebase/OpenSource/OpenSourceDownload.aspx?id=acf8c253-9afc-4c2a-9088-7cde68ed7315

  11. GPL'd code available only by request? by 1729 · · Score: 2, Informative · on Phoenix BIOSOS?

    So, after searching around for the GPL'd components, I finally found a link in the FAQ to this page:

    http://www.hyperspace.com/HyperSpace/OpenSourceRequest.aspx