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Red Hat CTO Testifies at MS trial
An anonymous reader writes "Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann testified on behalf of the 9 states in MS's trial. From the article on SF Gate: "Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Michael Tiemann said Microsoft adds 'extensions' to critical communications methods that computers use to transmit security information, print, and perform other tasks. Those extensions are proprietary to Microsoft, he said, and despite recent actions Microsoft has not been forthcoming in releasing details of those changes.""
At this point, is anyone really suprised? Hell, I'd almost say that it doesn't even qualify as 'news' anymore. Let's hear it for capitalism!
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That's not a mirror, it's a frame. Here's a *faster* mirror.
I could be wrong, but I don't think he was really appearing as somebody from RedHat, but more like an industry expert who just happens to be from RedHat.
I've got a mind like a steel trap - it's got an animal's foot stuck in it.
Tired of those tired old fire eaters? No excitement watching trapeze artists? See the amazing Samba development team fly through but rings of proprietary code! This and lots more at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus!
There are those programmers who exist that are simply to stupid to produce an easy to learn, fully functional operating system.
My friends, co-workers, and I refer to these individuals those who suffer from A*PWCFTD, or Another *nix Programmer Who Can't Finish The Details. Signs include programs that never quite make it out of beta because everything sort of works, but nothing is standard and some features are never added because the programmer got bored after solving the hard problems and didn't want to put the finishing touches on the app. Or the programmer said, well, I finished it enough to pretty much scratch my original itch, I don't care if no one else can use it.
Do YOU know anyone suffering from this?
Yeah, I know. I let a Troll bait me. That's why I'm doing the AC thing. But I will tell you this. The consistency and polish of amatuer windows programs usually, but not always, exceeds that of *nix programs. If kylix takes off, this will change drastically.
This is what you get when you get a group of completely technologically clueless people running an anti-trust case against a software company. There are so many things wrong with that one paragraph that I don't know where to begin, and whether to laugh or to cry.
creatively, such as what we're seeing now.
If what we're seeing now is "creative", then I'd sure hate to see what you call "agonizingly tedious and clueless".
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