That has to have been the lamest response I've seen in a long time... Did you answer a single one of my questions? I don't WANT to buy the CD.. especially for "1 hit wonders".
Ok, I'm sure this is all covered somewhere at the two sites but...
1. Can we copy the file we bought to different devices (i.e. PC/ipod/mp3 player)? 2. Will it allow us to modify the format to/from mp3/wma/ogg/etc? 3. What is the quality compared with "normal" downloads (from gnutella/limewire/etc)? 4. Can we "re-download" a song if our copy get destroyed/lost/mangled? 5. What other advantages/dis-advantages are there?
First of all, patents don't mean innovation (sometimes they can mean theft of someone else ideas, sometimes they protect innovation and sometimes they are for foolish ideas). Microsoft is trying to patent all kinds of things, many of which are bogus patents.. I wish them luck in enforcing such silly patents...
Brilliant! (Truly). The marketing from MS is truly brilliant. When it comes to innovations, ideas and technology.. well, they are all lacking in Redmond.. but marketing, it's the best!
Sorry, but the Linux followers use Linux because they have experienced it's benefits.. most have used Windows and Linux and chosen Linux. The only people left for Microsoft to convince otherwise are those that have only experienced/use Microsoft's "solutions". The more people learn and are exposed to Linux, the less attractive Microsoft will become. Don't worry.. no matter how much FUD get's bussed around, actual experience beats FUD hands down.
It seems that it would be pretty simple for them to write a Linux client for their MMORPG since the server is already on Linux and they support windows and Mac OS/X already. They could make some more money (at least from me) if they did...
And I quote.."I think that's one of the best-written articles I've ever read about the reality of most open-source geek-driven projects vs their equivelant professional/proprietary ones."... Not biased.. REALLY.
It's always humorous to me when trollers go after an opensource project that offers an excellent (albeit different) solution than a commercial closed source project. Do they ever compare apples for apples? How many free plugins/styles/scripting languages do you get with photoshop? what is the price tag again? I've used both, photoshop is better.. but Gimp is excellent and more than "good enough" for most projects (without being closed source or having a high price).
Office? No.. stolen from Word Perfect Windows? No.. stolen from Mac Internet? No.. Not ONE of the root servers runs MS anything! Web Browser? No.. stolen from Netscape Streaming Audio? No.. Stolen from Real Networks Innovation? No.. Just imitation
64 Bit Hardware? Yes.. Oops.. I mean NO Bloated Code? Yes Nimbda? Yes NetBUI/Bios? Yes CodeRed? Yes Closed source insecure/virus prone OS? Yes Monopoly? Why yes!
Sorry Bill, but I can't think of a single MS innovation. Perhaps the world without Microsoft would be one where the servers are all stable and secure UNIX (or variants like Linux/BSD) and the workstations would all be stable and easy to use (like MAC). As far as cutting edge hardware, plenty of companies would create new hardware for those platforms. If anything, Microsoft has slowed technology. Did MS come up with DirectX before OpenGL? Nope.. The BEST games are OpenGL (Unreal/Wolf3d/Doom). Did MS develop a single internet protocol? I can't think of any. (they did corrupt a couple.. Kerberos for example).
The world would have moved forward without Microsoft. Probably much further forward.
It appears to me that Windows/Office/etc. are finally becoming "good enough" and people/companies are not seeing the need to upgrade anymore. (I know.. both windows and office are still buggy and closed source, but for most desktop users they are good enough... finally). What does this do to Microsoft's business model of "force your customers to upgrade every x number of years"? I imagine that is why Bill G. wants the world to go to subscription based software (i.e. rent Office per month).
Yeah, it seems that CA has fallen to the modern day version of the pharisees (Lawyers).
I would understand it (at least partially) if they were a small company that couldn't afford to "do the right thing" and stand up against the SCO bologna. However, CA is huge and should have stuck to it's guns (like IBM, Dell, etc. have). Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy that CA is as big an advocet for Linux as they are and look forward to their continued contributions to the community.. it's just sad to see them betray their friends for fear of legal action (legal action that is completely wrong, and CA affirms that fact).
I work for a fortune 500 company that has done many many large Windows rollouts. We also have done many Solaris and Linux installations. Guess what... Windows is often more difficult, more expensive and less stable than Solaris or Linux. Real "objective" reporting. Sounds like the media is appealing to it's sponsors (Microsoft).
Next time Slashdot would do well to trashcan this type of article instead of posting it. I'm all for "balanced" reporting from "both sides".. but statistics from a company that ONLY develops software for MS IIS? LOL, seems like they scammed some free advertising on Slashdot.` Perhaps they needed the advertising since the platform they develop for is less than 1/3 of all web servers.
In the simpsons intro when the little girl is scanned on the cash register, the total due window even says "NRA Rules". Matt is a Conservative... The fact that he pokes fun at his own party is nice to see. Too bad the Libs. can't follow the humor...
If we would simply produce a P2P app. that was easy to use and popular, then this would be a non-issue. This would ensure our privacy and rights. Additionally, how could P2P be regulated if no-one knew the content of transfers? Without entrapment or illegal snooping it couldn't. It's time for a good encrypted P2P client so we can maintain our privacy.
Yes, the US IS a capitalist country.. that is why we need to permit companies to sell products AND REQUIRE them to disclose how their products work (unless of course it would HURT national security. In this case, it would do the opposite). To quote the RedHat CEO "would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?". Yeah, it's an old and overused adage. Unfortunately, today we have no other choice with most commercial software than to blindly buy what they offer.
The "make more money" from closed source argument is BS. Anyone can download/copy a protected program (pirate it) if they want to. If made opensource, the companies code itself is still protected, since it is the property of the company that developed it (much like the content of a published book). Closing the source simply prevents the USERS from being able to evaluate the quality of what they are buying, discourages the sharing of new ideas (good thing the biotech world doesn't work like that!) and enables large corporations to make their systems incompatible with a competitors (killing both innovation and competition in the process). Competition and innovation are what have made the US and capitalism so strong... we can't let them be shutdown by companys that don't support these basic ideas of democracy. Oh, and did I mention the fact that the best product should win in capitalism (not the best marketed)?
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That has to have been the lamest response I've seen in a long time... Did you answer a single one of my questions? I don't WANT to buy the CD.. especially for "1 hit wonders".
Ok, I'm sure this is all covered somewhere at the two sites but...
1. Can we copy the file we bought to different devices (i.e. PC/ipod/mp3 player)?
2. Will it allow us to modify the format to/from mp3/wma/ogg/etc?
3. What is the quality compared with "normal" downloads (from gnutella/limewire/etc)?
4. Can we "re-download" a song if our copy get destroyed/lost/mangled?
5. What other advantages/dis-advantages are there?
MYSQL is my preffered lightweight database, but if they stop being open source, POSTGRESQL will immediately take it's place.
I agree! Great idea.. especially the accountability and fines for blocked progress to society!
First of all, patents don't mean innovation (sometimes they can mean theft of someone else ideas, sometimes they protect innovation and sometimes they are for foolish ideas). Microsoft is trying to patent all kinds of things, many of which are bogus patents.. I wish them luck in enforcing such silly patents...
Come now, I thought it was impossible to patent an existing idea (one that is already being used in someone elses technology)?
Brilliant! (Truly). The marketing from MS is truly brilliant. When it comes to innovations, ideas and technology.. well, they are all lacking in Redmond.. but marketing, it's the best!
Sorry, but the Linux followers use Linux because they have experienced it's benefits.. most have used Windows and Linux and chosen Linux. The only people left for Microsoft to convince otherwise are those that have only experienced/use Microsoft's "solutions". The more people learn and are exposed to Linux, the less attractive Microsoft will become. Don't worry.. no matter how much FUD get's bussed around, actual experience beats FUD hands down.
It seems that it would be pretty simple for them to write a Linux client for their MMORPG since the server is already on Linux and they support windows and Mac OS/X already. They could make some more money (at least from me) if they did...
I'll bet it only plays Windows Media...
And I quote.."I think that's one of the best-written articles I've ever read about the reality of most open-source geek-driven projects vs their equivelant professional/proprietary ones." ... Not biased.. REALLY.
It's always humorous to me when trollers go after an opensource project that offers an excellent (albeit different) solution than a commercial closed source project. Do they ever compare apples for apples? How many free plugins/styles/scripting languages do you get with photoshop? what is the price tag again? I've used both, photoshop is better.. but Gimp is excellent and more than "good enough" for most projects (without being closed source or having a high price).
Let's see.. what has MS given us?
Office? No.. stolen from Word Perfect
Windows? No.. stolen from Mac
Internet? No.. Not ONE of the root servers runs MS anything!
Web Browser? No.. stolen from Netscape
Streaming Audio? No.. Stolen from Real Networks
Innovation? No.. Just imitation
64 Bit Hardware? Yes.. Oops.. I mean NO
Bloated Code? Yes
Nimbda? Yes
NetBUI/Bios? Yes
CodeRed? Yes
Closed source insecure/virus prone OS? Yes
Monopoly? Why yes!
Sorry Bill, but I can't think of a single MS innovation. Perhaps the world without Microsoft would be one where the servers are all stable and secure UNIX (or variants like Linux/BSD) and the workstations would all be stable and easy to use (like MAC). As far as cutting edge hardware, plenty of companies would create new hardware for those platforms. If anything, Microsoft has slowed technology. Did MS come up with DirectX before OpenGL? Nope.. The BEST games are OpenGL (Unreal/Wolf3d/Doom). Did MS develop a single internet protocol? I can't think of any. (they did corrupt a couple.. Kerberos for example).
The world would have moved forward without Microsoft. Probably much further forward.
Is there an OpenSource Equiv.? I know OpenOffice handles pdf and can save them.. if we have something similiar for FrameMaker, let's dump ADOBE!
It appears to me that Windows/Office/etc. are finally becoming "good enough" and people/companies are not seeing the need to upgrade anymore. (I know.. both windows and office are still buggy and closed source, but for most desktop users they are good enough... finally). What does this do to Microsoft's business model of "force your customers to upgrade every x number of years"? I imagine that is why Bill G. wants the world to go to subscription based software (i.e. rent Office per month).
I would understand it (at least partially) if they were a small company that couldn't afford to "do the right thing" and stand up against the SCO bologna. However, CA is huge and should have stuck to it's guns (like IBM, Dell, etc. have). Don't get me wrong, I'm still happy that CA is as big an advocet for Linux as they are and look forward to their continued contributions to the community.. it's just sad to see them betray their friends for fear of legal action (legal action that is completely wrong, and CA affirms that fact).
Balmer and Microsoft have always been two sources that I look to for truth! *laugh*. Nice Troll.. sorry noone but I took the bait.
I work for a fortune 500 company that has done many many large Windows rollouts. We also have done many Solaris and Linux installations. Guess what... Windows is often more difficult, more expensive and less stable than Solaris or Linux. Real "objective" reporting. Sounds like the media is appealing to it's sponsors (Microsoft).
Duh..
Yes. It is. NY Sucks... Boston is the "Chosen Land". With the exception of the great spirit of the NY people, NY is a wasteland.
Next time Slashdot would do well to trashcan this type of article instead of posting it. I'm all for "balanced" reporting from "both sides".. but statistics from a company that ONLY develops software for MS IIS? LOL, seems like they scammed some free advertising on Slashdot.` Perhaps they needed the advertising since the platform they develop for is less than 1/3 of all web servers.
In the simpsons intro when the little girl is scanned on the cash register, the total due window even says "NRA Rules". Matt is a Conservative... The fact that he pokes fun at his own party is nice to see. Too bad the Libs. can't follow the humor...
If we would simply produce a P2P app. that was easy to use and popular, then this would be a non-issue. This would ensure our privacy and rights. Additionally, how could P2P be regulated if no-one knew the content of transfers? Without entrapment or illegal snooping it couldn't. It's time for a good encrypted P2P client so we can maintain our privacy.
The "make more money" from closed source argument is BS. Anyone can download/copy a protected program (pirate it) if they want to. If made opensource, the companies code itself is still protected, since it is the property of the company that developed it (much like the content of a published book). Closing the source simply prevents the USERS from being able to evaluate the quality of what they are buying, discourages the sharing of new ideas (good thing the biotech world doesn't work like that!) and enables large corporations to make their systems incompatible with a competitors (killing both innovation and competition in the process). Competition and innovation are what have made the US and capitalism so strong... we can't let them be shutdown by companys that don't support these basic ideas of democracy. Oh, and did I mention the fact that the best product should win in capitalism (not the best marketed)?
Well, he will have an easy time "showing benefits" - there are none when it comes to security, TCO and stability.
cool. but what HAS microsoft created? anything? they have stolen every idea they had.