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OSI And Microsoft Negotiating Over Sender ID
ValourX writes "Microsoft's Sender ID has already been rejected by both the Debian Project and the Apache Software Foundation, but Joe Barr of NewsForge today interviewed Larry Rosen of the Open Source Initiative and discovered that there are negotiations between the two entities with regard to Sender ID's licensing. Could Microsoft be considering an Open Source license for Sender ID? Slashdot has covered other aspects of this story in the past. NewsForge is part of OSTG, like Slashdot."
Could Microsoft be considering an Open Source license for Sender ID?
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No trees were harmed in the composition of this; however, numerous electrons were inconvenienced.
If Apache refuses to accept this technology, then it is dead in the water. There aren't enough IIS servers to make a signficant dent in spam even with this technology.
Personally, I'd love it if technology were judged on the content of its character rather than the character of its creator, but this is not a perfect world and fanatics on both sides of the aisle pass up good ideas that come from the "wrong" side all the time.
Someone is always ready and eager to play the part of Charlie Brown.
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"But maybe they are serious this time!"
"MS isn't ALWAYS evil"
Open Source Initiative - not to be confused with the 7 layer Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model.
At least thats the first thing that came to mind here.
No matter how hard I try, I cant get to Kevin Bacon within 6 links from any random Wikipedia article.
Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the
Could Microsoft be considering an Open Source license for Sender ID?
I don't know about that but maybe they will release Clippy under an Open Source licence, just to show they care about the movement.Note that they're "negotiating". This is MS we're talking about here...
"We'll give you a financial boost if you'll fast-track our application to be an OSI-Approved License. Just ignore the incompatibilities, and here's $100k for your trouble."
HOMER
Oh, they have the Internet on computers now!
MARGE
Homer, Bill Gates is here.
HOMER
Bill Gates?! Millionaire computer nerd Bill Gates! Oh my god. Oh my god. Get out of sight, Marge. I don't want this to look like a two-bit operation.
Marge groans and rolls her eyes. Bill Gates and two "associates" enter.
GATES
Mr. Simpson?
HOMER
You don't look so rich.
GATES
Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
HOMER
(quietly to Marge) Get a load of the bowl-job, Marge!
GATES
Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
Homer and Marge step aside to talk privately.
HOMER
This is it Marge. I've poured my heart and soul into this business and now it's finally paying off. (covering his mouth) We're rich! Richer than astronauts.
MARGE
Homer quiet. Acquire the deal.
HOMER
(to Gates) I reluctantly accept your proposal!
GATES
Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
Bill Gates companions begin to trash the "office".
HOMER
Hey, what the hell's going on!
GATES
Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks!
Bill Gates lets out a maniacal laugh. Homer and Marge cower in the corner as the room continues to be trashed.
-from www.simpsoncrazy.com
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in a wrestling ring with no referee and metal folding chairs conveniantly nearby.
Eric was on the show and it turn[sic] out that the Patent that MS is claiming has prior art by Eric himself.
*sigh*
Just when we thought ESR's ego couldn't get any bigger...
Soko
"Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
It's just as well, as any OS which pays attention to those bits would be much easier to DOS ...
I really do not understand why people use the term "TCP/IP".
TCP is just one of the protocols running under IP on a normal computer. The others are UDP and ICMP. So if you want to include that protocal layer in the name, "TCP+UDP+ICMP/IP" would be better. Or you could just say "IP".
To me, this is like calling all four wheels on a car "front wheels".
Didn't they invented NETBIOS to replace it? :)
I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow...
They should act responsiby with that power
Sorry, this isn't Spider-man. This is a business. With great power does not necessarily come with great responsibility.
Little Bricklets
Sorry, this isn't Spider-man. This is a business. With great power does not necessarily come with great responsibility.
But regardless of their comic book status, with great power comes great vulnerability.
If you go around acting like the proverbial 800lb gorilla (you know the one that can sit anywhere it likes, without caring whom it might squash in the process), sooner or later you are going to get bit in the ass. Or, to really mix metaphors, you'll wake up one day like Guilliver -- tied down by 1,000 lillputians who are now standing on your face with with their toothpick-sized swords ready to stick your eyeballs.
This is also something that Bush and his neocronies haven't seemed to figure out either, despite receiving a few bites in the ass already.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.