What amuses me so much about this case is that it seems the DVD CA doesn't even recognize the fact that the DeCSS effort is good for business!. This is an interesting conflict of interest. The interests of those companies who make DVD movies are to sell as many units as possible. Yet, the goal of the DVD CA is only to sell licenses. Normally, these two goals mesh well but, in this instance, their interests diverge.
I believe this to be the point of the breakup. The "Applications Unit" would only have access to documentation that the "OS unit" published openly; making it available to everyone on an equal basis.
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That URL is now out of date and the article has been archived here.
They also need volunteers to help knit penguin jumpers. If you would like the pattern of the Little Penguin Jumper please write to us at penguins@penguins.org.au with your name and address and in a few weeks when we are back to our desks we will be able to send you out a copy. Don't look at me... I know nothing of knitting.
News has an expiration date, upon which those who haven't heard it lose their chance? Wow. I'd better keep more up to date on my reading. Wouldn't want to miss anything.
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This is what got me aggravated. The effort it took to get management (read: PHBs) to understand was tremendous. And then, even worse, the media and make-a-quick-buck scaremongers turned into a huge self-feedback system, which cranked the volume up to incredible levels. You can even see them running on fumes now. "Expert sez: 'It's not over yet!'"
What accredited colleges or universities offer a full Bachelors in Computer Science through Distance Learning? After reading this, you've piqued my interest. Does anyone have similar info on Distance Learning for a MSCS? I was planning on doing some night school after work, but then had to change jobs which increased my commute time. This made night classes impossible. I do NOT want a buy-a-degree type thing. Ditto.
When Ma Bell broke up, everyone thought it was going to be low prices and better services for everyone. But now look what's happened: A bunch of little companies have sprung up and become successful. And have then been bought out. The break up took the big fish and made many little fish. Now the biggest of those little fish are eating the small ones, getting bigger. And we're coming back to one big fish again. How much of your voice/data traffic travles over lines owned my MCI/Worldcom/Sprint? Yeah.
I find this rather ignorant of the facts . How much do you pay for long distance now? Maybe 7 cents a minute? Compare that to 10 years past.
I worked for Lucent Technologies (the "manufacturing and invention" branch of the AT&T split-up for the younger readers) for over 2 years. To say that the breakup of AT&T was not beneficial to the consumer is wrong. That breakup achieved more technologically and economically in the telecommunications market in 5 years than AT&T had done in the previous 25. It is now clear to me that the breakup of AT&T was the most consumer-beneficial action taken since Ford invented the assembly line and made cars affordable to everyone.
The bottom line is that the market has spoken: We like the stuff MS makes. It's sad but true.
"The market" chooses from what it's offered. This is the fundamental problem. Microsoft has stifled the competition; often before the competitors can get their product matured. This would allow the market to learn of and understand their options. So they keep feeding on what they're given. The more they do this, the more dependant they are in order to maintain decent inter-application compatibility.
I do not believe that Microsoft is fundamentally evil. However, as someone else has pointed out in another thread, big corporations have the ability to diffuse responsibility to a point where no one has to take the blame. The effort involved in getting the attention of a huge corporation is astounding. Thank goodness the judge did his homework.
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What amuses me so much about this case is that it seems the DVD CA doesn't even recognize the fact that the DeCSS effort is good for business!. This is an interesting conflict of interest. The interests of those companies who make DVD movies are to sell as many units as possible. Yet, the goal of the DVD CA is only to sell licenses. Normally, these two goals mesh well but, in this instance, their interests diverge.
I believe this to be the point of the breakup. The "Applications Unit" would only have access to documentation that the "OS unit" published openly; making it available to everyone on an equal basis.
That URL is now out of date and the article has been archived here.
They also need volunteers to help knit penguin jumpers. If you would like the pattern of the Little Penguin Jumper please write to us at penguins@penguins.org.au with your name and address and in a few weeks when we are back to our desks we will be able to send you out a copy. Don't look at me... I know nothing of knitting.
News has an expiration date, upon which those who haven't heard it lose their chance? Wow. I'd better keep more up to date on my reading. Wouldn't want to miss anything.
This is what got me aggravated. The effort it took to get management (read: PHBs) to understand was tremendous. And then, even worse, the media and make-a-quick-buck scaremongers turned into a huge self-feedback system, which cranked the volume up to incredible levels. You can even see them running on fumes now.
"Expert sez: 'It's not over yet!'"
What accredited colleges or universities offer a full Bachelors in Computer Science through Distance Learning? After reading this, you've piqued my interest.
Does anyone have similar info on Distance Learning for a MSCS? I was planning on doing some night school after work, but then had to change jobs which increased my commute time. This made night classes impossible. I do NOT want a buy-a-degree type thing. Ditto.
When Ma Bell broke up, everyone thought it was going to be low prices and better services for everyone. But now look what's happened: A bunch of little companies have sprung up and become successful. And have then been bought out. The break up took the big fish and made many little fish. Now the biggest of those little fish are eating the small ones, getting bigger. And we're coming back to one big fish again. How much of your voice/data traffic travles over lines owned my MCI/Worldcom/Sprint? Yeah.
I find this rather ignorant of the facts . How much do you pay for long distance now? Maybe 7 cents a minute? Compare that to 10 years past.
I worked for Lucent Technologies (the "manufacturing and invention" branch of the AT&T split-up for the younger readers) for over 2 years. To say that the breakup of AT&T was not beneficial to the consumer is wrong. That breakup achieved more technologically and economically in the telecommunications market in 5 years than AT&T had done in the previous 25. It is now clear to me that the breakup of AT&T was the most consumer-beneficial action taken since Ford invented the assembly line and made cars affordable to everyone.
The bottom line is that the market has spoken: We like the stuff MS makes. It's sad but true.
"The market" chooses from what it's offered. This is the fundamental problem. Microsoft has stifled the competition; often before the competitors can get their product matured. This would allow the market to learn of and understand their options. So they keep feeding on what they're given. The more they do this, the more dependant they are in order to maintain decent inter-application compatibility.
I do not believe that Microsoft is fundamentally evil. However, as someone else has pointed out in another thread, big corporations have the ability to diffuse responsibility to a point where no one has to take the blame. The effort involved in getting the attention of a huge corporation is astounding. Thank goodness the judge did his homework.