This will be fantastic for aiding those that have vision impairments. The 503 compliance will end up including this if it is ever standardized. (w3c not known for speed)
Microsoft's patent pledge is a bit shallow. Bradley Kuhn wrote:
A careful examination of Microsoft's Patent Pledge for Non-Compensated Developers reveals that it has little value. The patent covenant only applies to software that you develop at home and keep for yourself; the promises don't extend to others when you distribute. You cannot pass the rights to your downstream recipients, even to the maintainers of larger projects on which your contribution is built..Further, to qualify for the pledge, a developer must remain unpaid for her work. Experience has shown that many FOSS developers eventually expand their work into for-profit consulting. Others are hired by companies that allow or encourage Free Software development on company time. In either situation, Microsoft's patent pledge is voided for that developer..Even if the patent pledge were to have some use aside from these problems, our community simply could not rely on it, since Microsoft has explicitly reserved the right to change its terms at any time in the future. A developer relying on the pledge could wake up any day to find it revoked. She'd have to cease development on her non-commercial and (mostly) non-distributable modifications that were previously subject to the covenant.
I'm sure that as long as companies follow in Novell's footsteps they'll be fine.
Wordpress and/or plugin security issues?
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Considering some (all?) were using Wordpress the hacking may have been trivial depending on what plugins were in use. (or perhaps there is an unknown issue with Wordpress it's self)
There may not have been that much expertise needed in this "hacking".
From: Bill Gates
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 8:41 AM
To: Jeff Westorinon; Ben Fathi
Cc: Carl Stork; Nathan Myhrvold; Eric Rudder
Subject: ACPI extensions
One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn't try and make the "ACPI" extensions somehow Windows specific.
It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work.
Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me.
Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open.
Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
Your expectations for users is to high. Better logging along with an option for the user to click and report the error they just encountered is about the best you could do. The single click should provide you all the information you need rather than expecting the users to fill in a form to complete the information. Of course this is provided that the errors fail gracefully. If this is web related it's best to not be displaying errors to users at all. Better logging is the way to go.
Actually I'm expecting a lot of surprised people. I seen a lot of used computers being sold on Ebay with Windows 7 rather early on that I figured these had to have had the preview release installed by the seller.
I wish the parent could be modded higher - Widenius is a hypocrite and does not give a rat's ass about MySQL. He simply wants it under a closed source friendly license so he can build another business around everyone else's hard work that is in MySQL. Widenius has complained that the GPL prevents other companies from competing. This simply isn't true. PJ at Groklaw sheds the light on this rather well.
Although it's not the best approach that could have been taken it is a good sign. If Microsoft can no longer ignore Firefox then all those sites that still require IE to function will begin to follow.
One would think that this builds up Google's defense against Viacom. I hope Google doesn't back down or cut a deal with Viacom. This case is proof they are in the right.
The real reason they are doing this is to make the option of running Apache on Windows more appealing. This way Windows has an easier time gaining ground on Linux in the server market.
Like others have said, embrace and extend typically leads to something getting extinguished. They are not to be trusted. Sorry.
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I always figured they hacked the prize they valued most and that's why Windows was on the bottom of the list.
This will be fantastic for aiding those that have vision impairments. The 503 compliance will end up including this if it is ever standardized. (w3c not known for speed)
I'm sure that as long as companies follow in Novell's footsteps they'll be fine.
So it should be safe to use on your food. http://www.madeinnewmexico.com/647293003150.html
I can't wait to taste this in a batch of chili.
Saying goodbye to my little friends!
Considering some (all?) were using Wordpress the hacking may have been trivial depending on what plugins were in use. (or perhaps there is an unknown issue with Wordpress it's self)
There may not have been that much expertise needed in this "hacking".
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:0KLjk6HUgUQJ:www.en-hrana.com/+EN-HRANA.COM&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Linux ACPI support would probably be even better than it is now were it not for Microsoft.
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2010011422570951
I guess sys-CON means what I think it means.
I'm not a lawyer so I don't know but I would hope she could.
Don't worry - once ACTA is finalized they'll come again.
Your expectations for users is to high. Better logging along with an option for the user to click and report the error they just encountered is about the best you could do. The single click should provide you all the information you need rather than expecting the users to fill in a form to complete the information. Of course this is provided that the errors fail gracefully. If this is web related it's best to not be displaying errors to users at all. Better logging is the way to go.
The cost was largely offset by the StudentSpyCam.tv website subscriptions.
Actually I'm expecting a lot of surprised people. I seen a lot of used computers being sold on Ebay with Windows 7 rather early on that I figured these had to have had the preview release installed by the seller.
You really are new here. Of course it was all Microsoft's fault. ;)
What if Watson was right? :D
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers (quote may or may not be his)
I wish the parent could be modded higher - Widenius is a hypocrite and does not give a rat's ass about MySQL. He simply wants it under a closed source friendly license so he can build another business around everyone else's hard work that is in MySQL. Widenius has complained that the GPL prevents other companies from competing. This simply isn't true. PJ at Groklaw sheds the light on this rather well.
I don't know about you but I'm considering making a purchase.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=smartq+v7&_sacat=See-All-Categories
Pay with PayPal and your purchase is protected! ;)
Gnome will end up being Microsoft's bitch in the end. Anyone that can not see that coming is already in an alternate reality.
welcome our open fisted overlords.
please forgive me. :D
Or so they tell The Enquirer. Symantec update triggers firewall, many wounded Go fugure. :D
Yes - this is exactly what I do as well.
Edit the shortcut to launching Firefox and include -P --no-remote to bring up the profile manager.
Cheers,
~Dave
Although it's not the best approach that could have been taken it is a good sign. If Microsoft can no longer ignore Firefox then all those sites that still require IE to function will begin to follow.
Ray I'd be more than willing to send some cash your way to help you fight this. I'm sure others would as well.
What is that saying - An attorney who represents himself has a fool for a client? Given that, I don't doubt this will cost you to defend.
Cheers,
~Dave
One would think that this builds up Google's defense against Viacom. I hope Google doesn't back down or cut a deal with Viacom. This case is proof they are in the right.
The real reason they are doing this is to make the option of running Apache on Windows more appealing. This way Windows has an easier time gaining ground on Linux in the server market.
Like others have said, embrace and extend typically leads to something getting extinguished. They are not to be trusted. Sorry.