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Microsoft Redefines "Open Standards"
Glyn Moody writes "Microsoft is at it again: trying to redefine what 'open' means. This time it wants open standards to be 'balanced' — for them to include patent-encumbered technologies under RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) terms. Which just happens to be incompatible with free software licensed under the GNU GPL."
Nope, OSI defines open source software as software that:
Did you mean Open Systems Interconnection? Or International Organization for Standardization? Nope, you meant the Open Source Initiative? Surely they don't have an agenda!
No comprende? Let me type that a little slower for you...
Imagine if the GPL zealots behind Firefox's development were less hostile to 'patent-encumbered' technology. H.264 would have been standardized as the HTML 5 codec years ago; instead, they're attempting to push some inferior (but 'open') codec through, despite the lack of hardware support, or a thorough patent review, or basically anything else that the real corporations that would implement HTML 5 support would need.
Wait wait wait ... come close to destroying slashdot?
Wtf, a few zealots can destroy slashdot? If that were the case it would have died in the mid 90s from the other zealots.
MS trolls won't destroy what the Linux trolls have created, you guys have more spare Friday nights.
Persistent Volume manager for Kubernetes - https://github.com/dwimsey/openshift-pvmanager
Oh please. Fanboys think their shit don't stink. News at 11. MSFT doesn't need to pay fanboys any more than Apple needs to pay their fanboys to drink the koolaid. The simple fact is NONE of the fanboys care to face reality and therefor sound like shills. Want proof (and watch how quick THIS get modded down by Linux fanboys)?-
Linux fanboys say Linux is ready for home users. Sure Linux is ready for home users IF they research their living asses off for every. single. piece. of hardware that they buy. Period full stop. Oh and don't forget that the "home user" has to be able to use CLI at the slightest hint of a problem. The simple fact is a good 99.995% of the money being spent on Linux development is being spent on server and NOT on desktop. And a quick trip to Staples, Best Buy, or Walmart with a pen and piece of paper will show even the most rabid fan you are looking at a good 80% of the stuff being sold there with either NO support, or piss poor, jump through CLI until you are blue in the face support (thanks Broadcom and Lexmark!). Home users have trouble finding their way around control panel. CLI? BWA HA HA HA HA HA! They would have an easier time solving cold fusion than making anything in CLI other than a total mess.
Does MSFT suck the big wet titty? Yep, sure do. Ever since Vista they have been cranking the bling while making the interface even shittier, where you have to take 6 steps where you used to need three. Apple? Too damned expensive and their fans will trip over themselves trying to convince you that a $2400 Mac is somehow "better" than a $1300 HP even though they are all Intel boxes now. Oh, and of course Apple is even worse than MSFT for trying to sweep their mistakes under the rug (like the exploding iPod problem) and let loose their army of flying monkey lawyers at the drop of a hat.
The answer is simple: Don't like MSFT? or Linux? or Apple? If you don't like the company DON'T USE THEIR PRODUCTS!!!! See how easy that was? If you buy OEM and refuse the license you can even get the "MSFT tax" returned to you! And is anyone surprised that another big corp doesn't want to use GPL? After RMS put the TiVo "gotcha" (its horrible! TiVo won't let me hack it so I can get free TiVo!) into GPL V3 even Linus won't use it on the kernel because he thinks RMS has gone too far. It isn't like the GPL guys are actually gonna use MSFT anything, or that RMS will ever compromise on dick, so what's the problem?
And finally, since I have karma to burn, here is a little dose of truth. Linux will stay a niche, because RMS won't allow a stable ABI. He won't allow it because that would allow "write once, use forever" drivers like you get with Windows, and for GPL zealots it is source code or nothing, so they will get nothing. Apple will gain some share, maybe even hit 20%, but won't go any higher because Apple is fricking expensive and Steve has no desire to compete with Dell, and Windows 7 will be a hit because MSFT listened to all the "Vista sux!" rants and actually fixed the mess. Of course Vista owners will get burned just like we unfortunate bastards that got burnt by WinME (You owe me an apology and a copy of Win2K Bill Gates! WinME sucked!!!) when they pretend that Vista doesn't exist and gets abandoned right after the 7 launch. Meanwhile fanboys will be fanboys, while everyone else uses the right tool for the job. Which for most is Windows on the desktop, Linux on the server, and Apple if you want the fancy or are a graphic designer.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.