is not the patent deal. What I worry about is the part where Microsoft helps other companies be "compatible" because I'm afraid it may mean that they try to inject thier IP into Open Source projects so that they can sue later.
And almost every new computer comes with Vista. I bought a new laptop and it came with Vista and only 512Mb of RAM. Man was it slow.
I suppose I could have gone out and put a couple of Gig into it but I just wiped it and install Ubuntu. It's real peppy now!
I think at some point we have got to compromise. There must be a balance where our fair use rights are preserved and the copyright owners are protected from infringement.
I don't like the idea of my personal information being embedded in a file but unless someone breaks into my computer and rips a copy it won't really impact me. Well except I'll not be able to buy online music for anyone else but I've never done that anyway.
This or something similar may be the compromise we need to allow us to backup and play our music where we want while allowing corporate bean counters to sleep a bit easier.
" No, you'd have to manufacture that interpretation, given the context, out of sense of over-defensiveness."
LOL. Amazing! Not only have you claimed that I "manufactured that interpretation" but you claim to understand my motivation for the alleged conduct!
No, I am not defensive at all. My conclusion that your comment was unnecessarily insulting comes from the fact that you engaged in name calling and cutting remarks.
Or perhaps you can explain how labeling Open Source advocates as "hippy-types" and saying that they are "growing up" and suggesting that they don't have real jobs is not being insulting?
Although your intent may have been to make the points you made in your last post to me the delivery of the original post was insulting. Maybe you didn't realize?
"Um... that, or a lot of Linux fanboys are growing up, and some of the more aggressive "information wants to be free" hippy-types are realizing that sometimes a viable business model and a paycheck is actually HELPFUL as you get older."
That remark seems unnecessarily insulting to Open Source developers and advocates and appears to be an attempt to foster an untrue stereotype for people who do make their living from open source.
"How many times have you read, right here, that even if a major direct-to-consumer dealer/manufacturer WERE to ship boxes with Linux onboard, that Teh Evil Micro$oft would still be making sure that machine sold for MORE than an OEM-Windows-equipped box would. This is interesting because it lets some of the hot air out of that particular troll."
I don't believe that when people said that Microsoft would force PCs that are not being sold with their OS to be at least as expensive as the ones sold with their OS that they were trolling. It has been true in the past but things are changing for the better.
The parent post seems to be saying that the whole thing is a non-issue and we should be talking about it. I couldn't disagree more. I've noticed more and more on slash-dot a growing attitude (or maybe strategy) that the obvious advancement of Open Source shouldn't be talked about. It makes me feel like there is a "STFU" campaign. Like proprietary software vendors are loosing ground and they don't want anyone to look at that fact.
"I'm also glad I can trust the government to keep the letter of the law such that it only makes bad stuff illegal."
No way. I had some really good stuff and it was illegal too.
I guess in a perfect society you wouldn't need any type of surveillance as there would be no crime. I can't argue that there should not be any of any kind. More and more I am seeing crimes being caught on camera. But at some point it all starts to give me a creepy feeling.
I know that as human beings we all have faults and the police are no different. I guess if you trust your government, intense surveillance is no big deal. It gives me the creeps.
But isn't that where caching eight web pages will give you the best performance? My laptop has two Gig of ram and I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 instead of a more memory intensive OS so eight pages doesn't seem to slow me down any.
Especially on a subject that could well be the most important in our life time. The problem is that if global warming is indeed being contributed to by our activities (and there appears to be growing evidence that it is.) we could well be destroying the planet while we are waiting for new science.
Although you and I may have nothing new to glean from a rehash there are undoubtedly many who could learn more.
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is not the patent deal. What I worry about is the part where Microsoft helps other companies be "compatible" because I'm afraid it may mean that they try to inject thier IP into Open Source projects so that they can sue later.
And almost every new computer comes with Vista. I bought a new laptop and it came with Vista and only 512Mb of RAM. Man was it slow. I suppose I could have gone out and put a couple of Gig into it but I just wiped it and install Ubuntu. It's real peppy now!
I think at some point we have got to compromise. There must be a balance where our fair use rights are preserved and the copyright owners are protected from infringement.
I don't like the idea of my personal information being embedded in a file but unless someone breaks into my computer and rips a copy it won't really impact me. Well except I'll not be able to buy online music for anyone else but I've never done that anyway.
This or something similar may be the compromise we need to allow us to backup and play our music where we want while allowing corporate bean counters to sleep a bit easier.
" No, you'd have to manufacture that interpretation, given the context, out of sense of over-defensiveness."
LOL. Amazing! Not only have you claimed that I "manufactured that interpretation" but you claim to understand my motivation for the alleged conduct!
No, I am not defensive at all. My conclusion that your comment was unnecessarily insulting comes from the fact that you engaged in name calling and cutting remarks.
Or perhaps you can explain how labeling Open Source advocates as "hippy-types" and saying that they are "growing up" and suggesting that they don't have real jobs is not being insulting?
Although your intent may have been to make the points you made in your last post to me the delivery of the original post was insulting. Maybe you didn't realize?
"Um... that, or a lot of Linux fanboys are growing up, and some of the more aggressive "information wants to be free" hippy-types are realizing that sometimes a viable business model and a paycheck is actually HELPFUL as you get older." That remark seems unnecessarily insulting to Open Source developers and advocates and appears to be an attempt to foster an untrue stereotype for people who do make their living from open source.
"How many times have you read, right here, that even if a major direct-to-consumer dealer/manufacturer WERE to ship boxes with Linux onboard, that Teh Evil Micro$oft would still be making sure that machine sold for MORE than an OEM-Windows-equipped box would. This is interesting because it lets some of the hot air out of that particular troll." I don't believe that when people said that Microsoft would force PCs that are not being sold with their OS to be at least as expensive as the ones sold with their OS that they were trolling. It has been true in the past but things are changing for the better. The parent post seems to be saying that the whole thing is a non-issue and we should be talking about it. I couldn't disagree more. I've noticed more and more on slash-dot a growing attitude (or maybe strategy) that the obvious advancement of Open Source shouldn't be talked about. It makes me feel like there is a "STFU" campaign. Like proprietary software vendors are loosing ground and they don't want anyone to look at that fact.
"I'm also glad I can trust the government to keep the letter of the law such that it only makes bad stuff illegal." No way. I had some really good stuff and it was illegal too.
I guess in a perfect society you wouldn't need any type of surveillance as there would be no crime. I can't argue that there should not be any of any kind. More and more I am seeing crimes being caught on camera. But at some point it all starts to give me a creepy feeling. I know that as human beings we all have faults and the police are no different. I guess if you trust your government, intense surveillance is no big deal. It gives me the creeps.
But isn't that where caching eight web pages will give you the best performance? My laptop has two Gig of ram and I'm running Ubuntu 7.04 instead of a more memory intensive OS so eight pages doesn't seem to slow me down any.
I though Linux was known for its stability?
Especially on a subject that could well be the most important in our life time. The problem is that if global warming is indeed being contributed to by our activities (and there appears to be growing evidence that it is.) we could well be destroying the planet while we are waiting for new science. Although you and I may have nothing new to glean from a rehash there are undoubtedly many who could learn more.