CodeCon: A Conference for P2P Hackers

Rolig liten hattgubbe writes: "infoAnarchy has the scoop about Codecon, which is an interesting P2P-themed hacker conference in San Francisco (Feb 15-17) at JWZ's DNA Lounge. Some of the next-generation projects discussed are already functional, and a demo of Peek-A-Booty is going to be presented. I wonder if anyone will be arrested?"

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Larry Ellison

[mwalker]

Ellison to me is just a Bill Gates who never got the chance. He doesn't want Microsoft toppled as a monopoly because Microsoft is bad for consumers; he wants Microsoft toppled so he can treat consumers badly and profit from it. He's just a less successful version of Bill Gates in my mind.

FUD like this "unbreakable" business just proves that he's cut from the same mold. What's truly sad is that our society selects people like Ellison and Gates as leaders because ruthlessness is a competitive advantage - and I mean "selects" in the evolutionary sense.

Oracle: the unbreakable national ID card. The whole idea gives me chills.