Also, FCC regulations may mean that the vendors aren't allowed to give you information that could be used to, say, make the card operate on unauthorised frequencies...
This is shit. It's like saying (exaggerating) that producers of guns should not give the customer the capability to shoot, since, you know, you could operate illegitimately.
Just shit. Am I paranoid or does it seem another way to try and avoid the competition threat of OSS in such a fundamental area as the wireless?
Threats to other operating systems, but also threats to other possible hardware makers.
Anyway, you say there are no OSS firmware replacements for these sort of cards. What about OpenWrt? What's the difference between wi-fi access points and wi-fi pc cards?
This is not capitalism. This is communism.
Only, instead of a state, we have a corporation, Microsoft.
They buy their power with their money. And a big part of their money comes from our wallets via taxes.
I mean, a really big part.
I mean a part much bigger than what you'd think.
I mean, much bigger than what I'd think, too.
I mean, *huge*.
Then, with this power, they take away what really is common goods. Or aren't "standards"?
It's not easy for me to do a duplicate, I should have to buy a tape,
a player/recorder, it takes time,...
So, I prefer to pay for it, consume it, and then return it.
Pure information rental is not at all a service to me.
You are an author? Then, sell to me your goods and let me do what I want
with it, or else shut up. I can surely live without it.
The "creator" (I prefer author) is rewarded for what he does, not for how many
times I listen to his work. DRM is not here to protect author's rights, only
to protect ditributors' money.
The author, instead, should be glad that I listen to his works many times.
It is good pubblicity for him.
Microsoft has been working to get Windows to run on XOs. But it still doesn't appear that will be ready soon, according to Will Poole, who heads Microsoft's emerging-markets group. The main reason is that it is hard to tweak Windows so it can interact with the nonstandard things... ... for them too!!!
Learn the lesson. Use free software, dude!
The problem here is that that Microsoft's cash is not free. Indeed it is not even Microsoft's money. It is *our* money. Think about it.
MS leverages its monopolistic position to get paid by many big entities that, in turn, are paid by us.
Not just OEMs funded by us when we buy computers. Think about any industry that spans its costs into the price of the products that we buy. Plus, there are so many government-Microsoft agreement out there that are only for MS advantage and funded by contribuents. All those entities *have* to use Microsoft products, because their workers know that to use a computer there must be Windows and Office.
Thinking that the price for Novell/Xandros/Linspire/... agreements was Microsoft's money, is like thinking that by pirating a copy of Winshit and using it you don't pay a cent to MS. IT IS A LIE !
>And no the open source "versions" of SPSS (namely PSPP) are crap at best, > as with most of Open source projects, they *start* fine but they are halted > after the planning and a bit of developing have been done and the developer > gets bored.
If you really want to see an open source project go beyond the initial stage, when the developer gets bored, you and other interested users could: 1 get in touch, 2 raise some money, 3 fund further development from who you want.
Slashdot Mirror
... just kidding!
This is shit. It's like saying (exaggerating) that producers of guns should not give the customer the capability to shoot, since, you know, you could operate illegitimately.
Just shit. Am I paranoid or does it seem another way to try and avoid the competition threat of OSS in such a fundamental area as the wireless?
Threats to other operating systems, but also threats to other possible hardware makers.
Anyway, you say there are no OSS firmware replacements for these sort of cards. What about OpenWrt? What's the difference between wi-fi access points and wi-fi pc cards?
Only, instead of a state, we have a corporation, Microsoft.
They buy their power with their money. And a big part of their money comes from our wallets via taxes.
I mean, a really big part.
I mean a part much bigger than what you'd think.
I mean, much bigger than what I'd think, too.
I mean, *huge*.
Then, with this power, they take away what really is common goods. Or aren't "standards"?
Communism.
It's not easy for me to do a duplicate, I should have to buy a tape, a player/recorder, it takes time, ...
So, I prefer to pay for it, consume it, and then return it.
Pure information rental is not at all a service to me.
You are an author? Then, sell to me your goods and let me do what I want with it, or else shut up. I can surely live without it.
The "creator" (I prefer author) is rewarded for what he does, not for how many times I listen to his work. DRM is not here to protect author's rights, only to protect ditributors' money.
The author, instead, should be glad that I listen to his works many times. It is good pubblicity for him.
Wake up!
It should be avoided. It should be illegal.
And no, it's not exactly the same than a VCR rental, which is not SO easy to copy.
Perhaps beacuse it deals with threats against the free software better than V2 did?
W3counter stats are based on some 5031 websites.
Impressive indeed!
There is a idea in Ideastorm, and I wonder HOW is it that it has so few promotions.
http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/67635/MultiM edia_availability_on_Dell_linux_systems
Go and promote it!
Learn the lesson. Use free software, dude!
The problem here is that that Microsoft's cash is not free.
Indeed it is not even Microsoft's money. It is *our* money.
Think about it.
MS leverages its monopolistic position to get paid by many
big entities that, in turn, are paid by us.
Not just OEMs funded by us when we buy computers. Think about
any industry that spans its costs into the price of the
products that we buy.
Plus, there are so many government-Microsoft agreement out there
that are only for MS advantage and funded by contribuents.
All those entities *have* to use Microsoft products, because their
workers know that to use a computer there must be Windows and Office.
Thinking that the price for Novell/Xandros/Linspire/... agreements
was Microsoft's money, is like thinking that by pirating a copy
of Winshit and using it you don't pay a cent to MS. IT IS A LIE !
Pirated software is still proprietary software. Free software (its adoption at least) is in danger here. Document yourself at fsf.org
Perhaps we could suggest it in Ideastorm.
>And no the open source "versions" of SPSS (namely PSPP) are crap at best,
0 06-03-09.en.html#directly-funding-free-software-de velopment
> as with most of Open source projects, they *start* fine but they are halted
> after the planning and a bit of developing have been done and the developer
> gets bored.
If you really want to see an open source project go beyond the initial stage,
when the developer gets bored, you and other interested users could:
1 get in touch,
2 raise some money,
3 fund further development from who you want.
I'm serious.
http://www.italy.fsfeurope.org/documents/rms-fs-2
--Luca
How is a Joe user supposed to reach the poll page? I mean starting from www.dell.com