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HP is inconsistent in this question too
Bah. once I tried to find out why the heck HP does not commercially support debian for example on one of their most-sold servers,
the proliant dl380.: proliant drivers
However, the following article says, that the internal development at HP _is_ running on Debian:
Or here's the other URL claiming HP to be Debian-supporting: HP OSS site
still, they only provide their Insight Agent drivers for monitoring this nice hw for RHEL and SuSe. bah. -
SUSE/Novell and IBM Partnering in POS
A big part of why you're seeing articles about Novell/IBM now relates to the new Linux for POS offering from IBM/Suse (article here and IBM website here).
IBM and Suse, as it's been noted repeatedly, have been partners for some time. SUSE has a much deeper market penetration in Europe than Red Hat, something we don't notice here in the states as easily.
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SCOsores hall-of-shame inductees
No. 1 is EV1Servers.net who announced SCO lied about how much they were paid (Microsoft is a fan of EV1)
(little did the CEO know when he made the deal that SCO planned to 'worth' him out of seven figures)
No. 2 is CompterAssociates who announced SCO lied about "linux licenses" which are really from an unrelated settlement
No. 3 is Leggett and Platt say SCO lies and they don't have a license and "would not have an interest in doing so"
No. 4 is Questar Gas said they just wanted to get things over with and also runs Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) on Windows 2000
Make sure *you* are Legally Unencumbered(tm) by getting a SCOsores license
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Three new "real" SCOsores hall-of-shame inductees
No. 1 is EV1Servers.net who announced SCO lied about how much they were paid (Microsoft is a fan of EV1)
(little did the CEO know when he made the deal that SCO planned to 'worth' him out of seven figures)
No. 2 is CompterAssociates who announced SCO lied about "linux licenses" which are really from an unrelated settlement
No. 3 is Leggett and Platt who shockingly is running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 on Windows 2000
No. 4 is Questar Gas who just wanted to get things over with and also runs Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) on Windows 2000
Make sure *you* are Legally Unencumbered(tm) by getting a SCOsores license
and don't forget to head over and sign your Clean Slate contract with the RIAA -
Re:It'll start working eventually
International -
Unless we signed a FTA with USA.
"The USSFTA has a landmark IP chapter that is expected to set higher standards in terms of protection for intellectual property rights. This move will add momentum to Singapore's shift to a knowledge economy, and sets the stage for Singapore to be a global leader in IP,"
we have begun being fined. -
Re:Slashdotters should RTFA (WAS Re:Submitter shou
Because some people here apparently cannot read English, I will quote, verbatim, the relevant section of the IDG article, which is the FIRST PARAGRAPH of the story:
SAN FRANCISCO - Having called Linux and open-source software a cancer, un-American and bankrupt , Microsoft Corp. now plans to focus on facts instead of emotions, the company's competitive strategist said last week.
As you can quite plainly see, the section quoted does NOT include any reference to Eric Raymond's comments - his remarks are buried at the bottom of the article - but is from the text of the first paragraph of the IDG story.
One should also note that the use of quotation marks usually denotes that the words contained therein do not belong to the author of the text currently being read. For a site where copyright and intellectual property issues are often discussed, it seems only proper that I should appropriately acknowledge the words of other authors in the customary manner.
I would hope that it is quite clear to English readers everywhere that I have not misquoted or misattributed comments to anyone, unlike the commentator above. As I have previously written, I can see how one would misread or misunderstand the post but, if one bothers to read the articles, one would plainly see that those articles are the sources of all quoted passages.
A number of people have written that they clearly understand the comments were not attributed to Taylor, so it is puzzling why some have such difficulty with the type of basic reading comprehension that is taught in elementary schools. This confusion would surely be resolved if the confused parties would simply read the articles.
I would hope that this was an honest mistake, that the commentator is not intentionally being utterly obtuse.
I would suggest that, since he seems to care so much about the quality of Slashdot, he should spend more time submitting posts and interesting articles instead of criticizing others for his own misreading of conspicuously evident statements and quotations.
THAT should be how he spends his time - a far more effective and productive use of time - assuming the commentator wants to be regarded as something other than Slashdot's self-appointed, self-aggrandizing, pseudo-intellectual grammar police.
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Slashdotters should RTFA [WAS Re:Submitter should
I can see how you (kylef, thebatlab et al.) would misread and misunderstand the post, but if you bothered to read the articles - the IDG article in particular - you would plainly see they are the sources of the quoted sections.It seems that you're the only one here putting words in someone's mouth.
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Re:Not necessarily true
A country or other jurisdiction (e.g., state, province, etc.) may either: (a) not have either statutory or case law that makes reverse engineering illegal, in which case it would be legal (i.e., that which is not legally forbidden is permitted); or (b) have either statutory or case law that affirmatively states reverse engineering is permitted.
You entirely miss the point. Most countries in the world have laws that explicitly make reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability legal and make any license provisions or contract clauses stating otherwise null and void.
I did not miss the point. The original poster failed to recognize that it *might* be possible for one to both have the right to do reverse engineer software *and* the power and ability to contractually waive or sell that right. I was simply recognizing a distinction he failed to note.
I'm not sure if it is in fact true that, "most countries have laws that explicitly make reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability legal and make any license provisions or contract clauses stating otherwise null and void." You haven't presented any evidence on that point. However, even it that is true for "most" countries, it very well might not be true in the United States. See
BOWERS v. BAYSTATE TECHNOLOGIES
Cyberspaces.org Article re: Bowers
IDG Article re: Bowers
Info World Article re: Bowers
As indicated above, in Bowers the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit held that the defendant violated a shrink-wrap license agreement when it reverse-engineered a competitor's piece of software, and that said agreement was enforceable. The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
I'm not saying whether this is good or bad. I'm not saying whether this "ought" to be the law. What I am saying is that it would dangerous to assume that the Bitkeeper license agreement provision re: reverse engineering is unenforceable. I'm not saying it *is* enforceable. I'm simply saying it is not safe to assume that it isn't enforceable. The recent decision in Bowers supports being careful.
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Re:This is ridiculousNot much we can do about it. The rapporteur of the committee choosing amendments - Arlene McCarthy - has said that any proposals or arguments based in the notion of software being non-patentable will not be heard:
I won't accept amendments that exclude patentability per se
But sure, there are bright sides aswell:
However, she agrees with opponents of the draft law that it would be wrong to have the level of protection granted to developers in the U.S., where mundane software devices can be registered for patent protection.
"I want to make it harder to get patents in Europe than at present," McCarthy said
(source)
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Also in the news...
As a famous cybersecurity researcher, I have access to news articles that are impeccably fresh.
Understanding the Micro$haft-SCO connection
SCO Group drops old Caldera name -
German Linux association may drop SCO as member
Thousands say 'SCO Sue Me'
As a famous cybersecurity researcher, you should believe what I tell you. -
Re:Funny old World
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IN SOVIET RUSSIA
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Power News from IBM
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Re:Funny it should synchronise with this ...
Sorry Wrong link... Correct link here
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a picture is worth ...
check out the picture . Looks very cool.
If their target market is someone with a "home network", they better tend to needs of uber geeks and release a linux version of their software. -
Re:ARGH! Hardware people, HARDWARE
I actually do like the folding design; but I would prefer it fold 180 degrees so you can use it like a PDA and ignore the keyboard (except for the rare times you really need it). In the picture here, it looks like the hinge is too obtrusive for that.
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"Tablet"-like, too...
From the picture on this write-up I'd guess that the screen swivels around, allowing the screen to be visible when the clamshell is closed... So it's a Linux version of BillG's tablet PC?
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Re:ARGH! Hardware people, HARDWARE
640x480 screen great.
Agreed. It's hard to tell, but from the picture on IDG Singapore's site, it looks like the screen may be designed to flip around and face outward, like the high-end Sonys.
No mention of processor (My guess is Xscale)
Probably, since the other recent Sharp Linux PDA, the SL-A300, runs on an Xscale, albeit only a 200mhz one. Hopefully this new model will be running at 400mhz. Weren't there reports, though, that some of the PocketPC devices weren't seeing much of a performance jump with the Xscale?
PCMCIA, CF, SD, internal microdrive?
In the picture, there's a black bar on the right side of the case that looks like it's a CF slot. Hopefully they've kept the SD slot too so that you can work with both extra memory and a wireless card at the same time, like in the SL-5x00.
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Picture of the New Zaurus
You can see a picture of the New Zaurus at the following link.
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photo of new zaurus
IDG Singapore has the same article as PC World but with a photo of the new Zaurus. Very slick. Keys on the keyboard are much larger than the current Z, but probably still too small for anything but thumb-typing.