but blocking that advertising is nothing but stealing
Oh come on. The purpose of advertising is not to make things free, it's to make people buy stuff. If an ad is so obnoxious that it makes people want to block it, then it obviously isn't working for its intended purpose. It's the advertisers' responsiblilty to sway me with their ads, and if those ads are so bad that we block them, then they deserve to be blocked.
Just wondering, does this make sharing of copywrited mp3s legal in Bertelsmann's eyes. If the Napster concept was illegal in the first place, which is the basis for the RIAA lawsuit, how does Bertelsmann charging a fee make it less legal?
I just can't see Napster's current distribution model as being any more valid when it's offered as a pay servicce
I don't think it's that they want the money from the small linux desktop share. They might just want to get their foot in the door now. That way, if linux ever does become popular on the desktop, microsoft will have their office product ready to sell to people. And by then, they will have had time to work out the bugs (at least the huge, glaring ones).
I would really like to see microsoft go through with this. I love the unix environment, but I'd like to do more with my os than web browsing and coding. Face it, if you want to see linux get popular on the desktop, microsoft is going to have to support it (at least somewhat).
Now if only linux games were more common...
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From what I read, the jacket just replaces your cell phone and mp3 player. Who has ever said, "Boy, if only I could combine my cell phone and mp3 player. Maybe it could be part of my jacket!"
If the jacket had more of a purpose, I would be more interested. But as it is, I think the only people who will wear this will be those who just want to say, "Look, I'm wearing a computer!"
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but blocking that advertising is nothing but stealing
Oh come on. The purpose of advertising is not to make things free, it's to make people buy stuff. If an ad is so obnoxious that it makes people want to block it, then it obviously isn't working for its intended purpose. It's the advertisers' responsiblilty to sway me with their ads, and if those ads are so bad that we block them, then they deserve to be blocked.
Just wondering, does this make sharing of copywrited mp3s legal in Bertelsmann's eyes. If the Napster concept was illegal in the first place, which is the basis for the RIAA lawsuit, how does Bertelsmann charging a fee make it less legal?
I just can't see Napster's current distribution model as being any more valid when it's offered as a pay servicce
I'll even settle for a nice, clean decapitation.
I don't think it's that they want the money from the small linux desktop share. They might just want to get their foot in the door now. That way, if linux ever does become popular on the desktop, microsoft will have their office product ready to sell to people. And by then, they will have had time to work out the bugs (at least the huge, glaring ones). I would really like to see microsoft go through with this. I love the unix environment, but I'd like to do more with my os than web browsing and coding. Face it, if you want to see linux get popular on the desktop, microsoft is going to have to support it (at least somewhat). Now if only linux games were more common...
From what I read, the jacket just replaces your cell phone and mp3 player. Who has ever said, "Boy, if only I could combine my cell phone and mp3 player. Maybe it could be part of my jacket!" If the jacket had more of a purpose, I would be more interested. But as it is, I think the only people who will wear this will be those who just want to say, "Look, I'm wearing a computer!"