In 1997 I rode my motorcyle from Daytona Beach to Las Vegas and back. I had a laptop with a cellphone at the time. I found it difficult to find places where the phone worked, especially once you get west of the mississippi. My connection speeds were TERRIBLE at best. Needless to say, I was able to find a spot where I got enough signal each day to post a story and send a picture.
The road trip was for the annual DBFest (alt.drunken.bastards annual bout of drunken debauchery). It was great, I met folks I had met online all along the way out there and back. The nights I spent with net friends were easy, cause they obviously had net access but those nights in the tent out in the desert were rough... 2400 baud was common and PPP over a 2400 baud connection just sucked.
I imagine things are better these days with CDMA technology but I think you'll find that cellphones are not the way to go. Most hotels have phones which will let you access the internet from your laptop and ISPs like Earthlink, Mindspring and (ack) AOL all have local access numbers about everywhere in the country. Plan your days well and you can be in a city which has net access each day you stop to sleep.
If you decide to suffer through the cell phone thing... Sprint has been bragging about their network and long distance calls are free with many of their plans. I cannot personally vouch for the quality of their service though.
I will say I'm jealous of the trip. I would love to take my bike cross country again for the Drunken Bastards.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
IMHO Andover has done crap with the money earned from their IPO while companies like RedHat and VA Linux have taken their money and put it to good use.
This makes me happy, andover hasn't made a penny while VA was in the black when they went public. Obviously Andover is getting the sweet end of the stick on this deal.
As for creative control.. I think the Tacos of this {/. world} might be in for a shock when they suddenly are required to take some stock in the words they publish. I somehow do not feel VA-Linux-in-charge would stand so quietly over something like the/. "interview" and the severe disrespect towards the/. community's very basic and simple questions.
Great news to hear... It can only mean more for/. with VA Linux in the picture.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
My construct might not be worth much, but lets say linus's construct. What do you think the market value of Linus's construct would be?
It would be silly to think that constructs would not be sold on the black market (uploaded to the clone, then resold to the highest bidder).
New field on your job application... "Construct base code" as certainly people would rather purchase a construct than spend 4 or 8 years in school.
I find this frightening... not interesting. I hope the powers that be see that this being available is not a good thing.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
It's about time - No thats not what I mean.
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I want to flame taco still cause I'm still offended by the attitude that came out of the "interview" a couple of weeks back but it would be wrong to do so.
Congrats, You've come through and in a way which is a very good representation of how "most" OpenSource projects make their information available.
I'm very happy to see that this has been done. And I'm sure CmdrTaco and company will really appreciate the reduction of heat over the issue.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
no no no. If you are broadcasting music your don't own then the authorities could triangulate your signal and come knocking on your door.
DMB == Dave Matthews Band and I have quite an impressive collection of LIVE music in MP3 fromat (from DAT tape) which is legal..
God forbid anyone suggest anyone doing anything illegal here:)
DMB is one of a few bands which encourage live recording and sharing that information among others (no fees of course) Phish is another one of my favorites and I also have a great phish collection but DMB is my current fav now that Gerry's dead...
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I feel that the hostility which you find in many discussion groups is a direct result of a lack of fear from physical harm.
As human animals deep down inside we still have the tooth and claw instincts which keep us from telling that cop that he's an idiot, from telling our bosses where they can shove their latest software requirement, from letting CmdrTaco know how much of an "ass" he was to make his public statements recently (very hostile I might add) regarding the/. source.
I'm as guilty as the next (probably more so) of being hostile in online discussion groups but I feel that it's a good thing. Without the threat of tooth and claw reprisals we can get this hostility out of our systems fairly effectivley.
I for one am amle to see through hostility for the most part to see that the person is really just very excited about the point they are trying to make and being animals as we are see it as a natural form of expression given the environment.
As for the women, you cannot compare men's convos with women's convos... Yes some are geeks but as human animals they still have the "leather and makeup" syndrom which is bred in their genes. and we still have the "club them and drag them by the hair back to the cave" syndrom which is in bred in our genes.
We cannot stop being human animals overnight. The human race has come a long way and slowly the animal in us is dissapearing but it's still there... cowering in the dark, sharpening it's claws and grinding it's teeth to deadly sharpness.
And all the while in my mind I see the frenchman atop the tower shouting "I fart in your general direction"
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
...to explain yourself. That is really something I like about open source in general. Most of the time people are open and honest and do not try to hide anything.
Not including the/. source code of course.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I feel that the choices in the different categories are too limited.
What we have here is a popularity contest with well known names and is a very poor representation of the thousands of applications/authors/and groups which are out there.
I don't deny that any of the listed people are worthy of the individiual awards, I just feel that the number of choices is too limited. There were lots of good nominations which did not make it to the vote cycle.
This is not meant to be a flame, or perhaps it is... It just seems more and more that this place is becoming a clique culture and very unwelcoming to newcommers.
For this reason, You'll find my vote for abstain in all categories as the nominees are not a fair representation of the many more canidates nominated. It seems more that/. is purchasing support from well knowns with this contest than awarding excellence (not that excellence is not rampant in the nominations..... Just my opinion and we all know how that goes..)
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
If you want something to be open source, get off your ass and write something that's open source.
Perhaps the people who are being loud about this issue are OpenSource authors? (I am)
I for one am not interested in writing a new/. I am interested in the community involvement in IMPROVING this one which is impossible without an ongoing availability of the/. source.
I cannot speak for everyone but I don't think anyone is interested in the code to "steal the slashdot crowd and relocate them to a new forum". nor do I think this is even possible. The net has shown that he who comes first, leads (amazon.com's auction site is a good example as it lags behind eBay even with the troubles eBay has). Users become loyal to the first commers and I include myself as a loyal slashdotter (for now)
What I am shouting about is the hipocrisy which runs rampant from a site which is making money off of our OpenSource model while refusing to participate in it. I'm glad they're making money don't get me wrong... It's a good thing to have money. It's a bad thing to have made that money off of someone else's idea and then to deficate on the idea with comments like "ask me again and I'll delay it again". At the very least, Andover should make a public announcement as to IF,WHEN,and HOW the source will be released and stick to that schedule. They have nothing to loose, and everythgin to gain. There are other discussion forums out there. Some may even argue that they are better, more user friendly, etc... But we WANT to be loyal to/./. is making it hard on a lot of us to remain loyal.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
/. does not suck. It is a wonderful means of communication. It is extremely effective And has >GREAT power to enhance OpenSource and other general geek values.
You may not like my application, or my web site. You may think the smattering of avatars people have taken the time to put on the site suck too. but you are still missing the point.
The point is... Slashdot is riding the OpenSource / Linux wave while not participating by releasing their code in manner which allows people to participate in the development of this environment And making money off of our ideals in the process.
I love/. as a community to discuss geek stuff. I hate the fact that they are ripping us off in the process.
As for advertising my site in my sig, It's called pride in what you do.. Perhaps if you had something to be proud of you would not be posting as an anonymous coward and would have a link to your own site... even if it did suck somewhat. But for what it's worth.. Enough people think that OpenVerse Visual Chat does not suck that we have a fairly large userbase which includes some major OS heros who I will spare mentioning here. Have a look at the comments page if you're insterested to see who thinks OV doesn't suck.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
You are a threat to free speech and must be SILENCED!
It is a quote made by a female free speech advocate. I really wish I could find the reference to give the credit to her for that statement. But I assure you, it definatly is meant to be irony since the most controversial subjects on slashdot are often moderated "out of view". The admins encourage people to set thresholds to 2 which supports the above statement.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Taco, How can you find this information interesting while refusing to release the slashdot source via CVS and following the OpenSource model which so many other applications use.
Your comment says "interesting" while you still remain uninterested in your user's demands to Open the/. source.
Slow/. bugfixes is more interesting perhaps?
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Does the GPL prevent companies from enslaving us?
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My question is this..
We, as programmers, have put a lot of work into providing applications, drivers, kernels, extensiosn to existing apps, etc all for the good of all to share. I do as well. OpenVerse Visual Chat
But what happens when a company who distributes these applications we worked so hard on begins to dominate the market. What happens when their distro is no longer freely available to the masses via FTP, ISO images and restrictions on giving copies via cheapbytes.
The masses still get our products, the fruit of our hard earned labour but now, they cannot share it as easily as before (no ISO to download, a new RPM format is introduced that only extracts on new RPM $120 distro cds) etc. What if the required inclusion of the license information and gpl.tx were obscurely placed away somewhere on the system?
If this were to happen, would the GPL protect us? Would we be, as a group, be able to say HAY YOU BIG CORPORATION! we know you're not breaking any rules but you've made it nearly impossible for people to share our information which is included on your product (at little or no cost to you) which was not our intent.
I'm not looking to be paid for my efforts. I'm only looking for others to be able to enjoy my efforts, modify it to their needs and share it with everyone who wants it. These big corps have a responsibility to advance this concept using the money they ear off of our work. If the GPL does not encompass this, perhaps it's time to rework the GPL... IANAL - I really don't understand all the implications of the GPL.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Maggots perform a very useful function in ecological terms. They're food for birds and other critters that eat slimey smelly rot eating substances.
With that in mind, you could hardly call AOL or Time Warner a maggot. Perhaps a better comparison to a bug-like creature would be a dung beetle which AFAIK, nothing eats except other dung beetles.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I don't like microsoft any more than the next guy but why would anyone encourage another person to rip them off. It's just wrong. Not to mention you've taken a deal which can help the financially challenged get a computer and come into the information age, even if not a day late (and a dollar [400 shorter now] short).
Must be that fine christian upbringing CmdrTaco has.
Somehow, I don't think God would approve.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
this is NOT a Linux advocacy site. It is NOT an open-source rally site. It is a "News for Nerds" site.
Perhaps Andover lied on their SEC filing then?
From the filing Our Business: Andover.Net is the leading Linux/Open Source destination on the Internet.
More from the filing Our network includes: LINUX/OPEN SOURCE - Slashdot
This is probably more about Andover now than CmdrTaco. Despite what Andover's EMPLOYEES might be saying or have said in the past.. Their stock holders have a right to expect Andover to adhere to what they claim to believe in.
And on a side note... Andover's stock is down nearly six and a half percent today... Part of a steady decline. If I were Andover, I would be seriously worried about my employees making statements which reflect as badly on the company as Taco's statements today do. Calling their users (hello stockholders) "asses" when they request that the company live up to their SEC filing.
Taco is obviously now just a paid code monkey in the grand scheme of things. Complaining to him does about as much good as complaining to the tech support guy at RoadRunner.
In closing and in relation to my above statement I must apologize for my original post. I see now that I'm complaining to the wrong person. I must complain to his boss(es), the stockholders, if I expect any progress on the situation. Which I suggest anyone with an interest in this company do.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
"We all give lip service to how much we like penguins and such"
Which is about all you give.
Release he source Taco/Slashdot/Andover.
Your answers to the questions provided to you for the interview show that you do not practice what you preach. Put up or shut up. Release the source or stop with the lip service.
Posted by a REAL OpenSource author/advocate.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
re: the Slashdot source: Finally, it's coming soon. It'll be out when its finished. And if you ask me again I'll postpone it again.
Translates to Fuck you and your open source ideals
Taco, I for one think you are giving us the big fuck you with this one. I/we do not care about comments.. I/we do not care about slop. I/we only care about learning from your successes (and failures) and further improving the global programmer community as a whole.
We are a technical group. Do you honestly think that the lack of comments and the addition of platform specific code is going to hamper our ability to understand it as a whole and use it to benefit both the programmer community and slashdot? I'm offended.
From the comments/questions posted it is quite obvious that people are demanding you release the source. People are seeing that Slashdot is NOT about OpenSource!
Being too busy, lazy, whatever is a piss poor excuse. Your sucess is a direct result of you getting hte Slashdotters hyped up over a site which preaches OpenSource, Linux and "news for nerds" but you choose to shit on our ideals.
It's good enough for us to want to come here. Not good enough for you now that you have us here? I for one say "FUCK YOU TOO!"
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Slashdot Mirror
It would take someone like Jon Katz to include spoilers like the author's conclusions in a book review.
Jon, Take a break (and a shower, whew!)
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
In 1997 I rode my motorcyle from Daytona Beach to Las Vegas and back. I had a laptop with a cellphone at the time. I found it difficult to find places where the phone worked, especially once you get west of the mississippi. My connection speeds were TERRIBLE at best. Needless to say, I was able to find a spot where I got enough signal each day to post a story and send a picture.
The road trip was for the annual DBFest (alt.drunken.bastards annual bout of drunken debauchery). It was great, I met folks I had met online all along the way out there and back. The nights I spent with net friends were easy, cause they obviously had net access but those nights in the tent out in the desert were rough... 2400 baud was common and PPP over a 2400 baud connection just sucked.
I imagine things are better these days with CDMA technology but I think you'll find that cellphones are not the way to go. Most hotels have phones which will let you access the internet from your laptop and ISPs like Earthlink, Mindspring and (ack) AOL all have local access numbers about everywhere in the country. Plan your days well and you can be in a city which has net access each day you stop to sleep.
If you decide to suffer through the cell phone thing... Sprint has been bragging about their network and long distance calls are free with many of their plans. I cannot personally vouch for the quality of their service though.
I will say I'm jealous of the trip. I would love to take my bike cross country again for the Drunken Bastards.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I think that once this gets to the types of folks who have everything to hide (IE, the people who would sign this into law) it would be killed.
Not that you shouldnt go right now and complain to someone about this. You should!
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
The correct link for the store is below.
http://linuxguiden.linpro.no/experience. php
Enjoy.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
This can only be good news.
/. "interview" and the severe disrespect towards the /. community's very basic and simple questions.
/. with VA Linux in the picture.
IMHO Andover has done crap with the money earned from their IPO while companies like RedHat and VA Linux have taken their money and put it to good use.
This makes me happy, andover hasn't made a penny while VA was in the black when they went public. Obviously Andover is getting the sweet end of the stick on this deal.
As for creative control.. I think the Tacos of this {/. world} might be in for a shock when they suddenly are required to take some stock in the words they publish. I somehow do not feel VA-Linux-in-charge would stand so quietly over something like the
Great news to hear... It can only mean more for
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
WOW, this brings up so many complex issues!
My construct might not be worth much, but lets say linus's construct. What do you think the market value of Linus's construct would be?
It would be silly to think that constructs would not be sold on the black market (uploaded to the clone, then resold to the highest bidder).
New field on your job application... "Construct base code" as certainly people would rather purchase a construct than spend 4 or 8 years in school.
I find this frightening... not interesting. I hope the powers that be see that this being available is not a good thing.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I want to flame taco still cause I'm still offended by the attitude that came out of the "interview" a couple of weeks back but it would be wrong to do so.
Congrats, You've come through and in a way which is a very good representation of how "most" OpenSource projects make their information available.
I'm very happy to see that this has been done. And I'm sure CmdrTaco and company will really appreciate the reduction of heat over the issue.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
no no no. If you are broadcasting music your don't own then the authorities could triangulate your signal and come knocking on your door.
:)
DMB == Dave Matthews Band and I have quite an impressive collection of LIVE music in MP3 fromat (from DAT tape) which is legal..
God forbid anyone suggest anyone doing anything illegal here
DMB is one of a few bands which encourage live recording and sharing that information among others (no fees of course) Phish is another one of my favorites and I also have a great phish collection but DMB is my current fav now that Gerry's dead...
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
It's time to install that transmitter i've had hidden away in the attic back into the trunk of my car again ;)
:)
My car's MP3 Collection and the drive to and from work should be a bit more interesting for some folks now
DMB RULES!
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Now thats not very honest or open is it?
/. than to do that.
Not to say that it couldnt be done... but I feel that the folks here have a bit more respect for
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I feel that the hostility which you find in many discussion groups is a direct result of a lack of fear from physical harm.
/. source.
As human animals deep down inside we still have the tooth and claw instincts which keep us from telling that cop that he's an idiot, from telling our bosses where they can shove their latest software requirement, from letting CmdrTaco know how much of an "ass" he was to make his public statements recently (very hostile I might add) regarding the
I'm as guilty as the next (probably more so) of being hostile in online discussion groups but I feel that it's a good thing. Without the threat of tooth and claw reprisals we can get this hostility out of our systems fairly effectivley.
I for one am amle to see through hostility for the most part to see that the person is really just very excited about the point they are trying to make and being animals as we are see it as a natural form of expression given the environment.
As for the women, you cannot compare men's convos with women's convos... Yes some are geeks but as human animals they still have the "leather and makeup" syndrom which is bred in their genes. and we still have the "club them and drag them by the hair back to the cave" syndrom which is in bred in our genes.
We cannot stop being human animals overnight. The human race has come a long way and slowly the animal in us is dissapearing but it's still there... cowering in the dark, sharpening it's claws and grinding it's teeth to deadly sharpness.
And all the while in my mind I see the frenchman atop the tower shouting "I fart in your general direction"
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
...to explain yourself. That is really something I like about open source in general. Most of the time people are open and honest and do not try to hide anything.
/. source code of course.
Not including the
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I feel that the choices in the different categories are too limited.
/. is purchasing support from well knowns with this contest than awarding excellence (not that excellence is not rampant in the nominations..... Just my opinion and we all know how that goes..)
What we have here is a popularity contest with well known names and is a very poor representation of the thousands of applications/authors/and groups which are out there.
I don't deny that any of the listed people are worthy of the individiual awards, I just feel that the number of choices is too limited. There were lots of good nominations which did not make it to the vote cycle.
This is not meant to be a flame, or perhaps it is... It just seems more and more that this place is becoming a clique culture and very unwelcoming to newcommers.
For this reason, You'll find my vote for abstain in all categories as the nominees are not a fair representation of the many more canidates nominated. It seems more that
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Ah!! I found the reference to the sig.. so it's changed now... (Credit where credit is due and all......)
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
If you want something to be open source, get off your ass and write something that's open source.
/. I am interested in the community involvement in IMPROVING this one which is impossible without an ongoing availability of the /. source.
/. /. is making it hard on a lot of us to remain loyal.
Perhaps the people who are being loud about this issue are OpenSource authors? (I am)
I for one am not interested in writing a new
I cannot speak for everyone but I don't think anyone is interested in the code to "steal the slashdot crowd and relocate them to a new forum". nor do I think this is even possible. The net has shown that he who comes first, leads (amazon.com's auction site is a good example as it lags behind eBay even with the troubles eBay has). Users become loyal to the first commers and I include myself as a loyal slashdotter (for now)
What I am shouting about is the hipocrisy which runs rampant from a site which is making money off of our OpenSource model while refusing to participate in it. I'm glad they're making money don't get me wrong... It's a good thing to have money. It's a bad thing to have made that money off of someone else's idea and then to deficate on the idea with comments like "ask me again and I'll delay it again". At the very least, Andover should make a public announcement as to IF,WHEN,and HOW the source will be released and stick to that schedule. They have nothing to loose, and everythgin to gain. There are other discussion forums out there. Some may even argue that they are better, more user friendly, etc... But we WANT to be loyal to
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
this guy's website sux
/. does not suck. It is a wonderful means of communication. It is extremely effective And has >GREAT power to enhance OpenSource and other general geek values.
/. as a community to discuss geek stuff. I hate the fact that they are ripping us off in the process.
You're missing the point.
You may not like my application, or my web site. You may think the smattering of avatars people have taken the time to put on the site suck too. but you are still missing the point.
The point is... Slashdot is riding the OpenSource / Linux wave while not participating by releasing their code in manner which allows people to participate in the development of this environment And making money off of our ideals in the process.
I love
As for advertising my site in my sig, It's called pride in what you do.. Perhaps if you had something to be proud of you would not be posting as an anonymous coward and would have a link to your own site... even if it did suck somewhat. But for what it's worth.. Enough people think that OpenVerse Visual Chat does not suck that we have a fairly large userbase which includes some major OS heros who I will spare mentioning here. Have a look at the comments page if you're insterested to see who thinks OV doesn't suck.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
You are a threat to free speech and must be SILENCED!
It is a quote made by a female free speech advocate. I really wish I could find the reference to give the credit to her for that statement. But I assure you, it definatly is meant to be irony since the most controversial subjects on slashdot are often moderated "out of view". The admins encourage people to set thresholds to 2 which supports the above statement.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Taco, How can you find this information interesting while refusing to release the slashdot source via CVS and following the OpenSource model which so many other applications use.
/. source.
/. bugfixes is more interesting perhaps?
Your comment says "interesting" while you still remain uninterested in your user's demands to Open the
Slow
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
My question is this..
We, as programmers, have put a lot of work into providing applications, drivers, kernels, extensiosn to existing apps, etc all for the good of all to share. I do as well. OpenVerse Visual Chat
But what happens when a company who distributes these applications we worked so hard on begins to dominate the market. What happens when their distro is no longer freely available to the masses via FTP, ISO images and restrictions on giving copies via cheapbytes.
The masses still get our products, the fruit of our hard earned labour but now, they cannot share it as easily as before (no ISO to download, a new RPM format is introduced that only extracts on new RPM $120 distro cds) etc. What if the required inclusion of the license information and gpl.tx were obscurely placed away somewhere on the system?
If this were to happen, would the GPL protect us? Would we be, as a group, be able to say HAY YOU BIG CORPORATION! we know you're not breaking any rules but you've made it nearly impossible for people to share our information which is included on your product (at little or no cost to you) which was not our intent.
I'm not looking to be paid for my efforts. I'm only looking for others to be able to enjoy my efforts, modify it to their needs and share it with everyone who wants it. These big corps have a responsibility to advance this concept using the money they ear off of our work. If the GPL does not encompass this, perhaps it's time to rework the GPL... IANAL - I really don't understand all the implications of the GPL.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
Maggots perform a very useful function in ecological terms. They're food for birds and other critters that eat slimey smelly rot eating substances.
With that in mind, you could hardly call AOL or Time Warner a maggot. Perhaps a better comparison to a bug-like creature would be a dung beetle which AFAIK, nothing eats except other dung beetles.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
CmdrTaco: I WANT A LINUX THINKPAD WHERE THE MODEM WORKS!
IBM: You'll get it when we're finished and if you ask us again, we'll delay it another week.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
I don't like microsoft any more than the next guy but why would anyone encourage another person to rip them off. It's just wrong. Not to mention you've taken a deal which can help the financially challenged get a computer and come into the information age, even if not a day late (and a dollar [400 shorter now] short).
Must be that fine christian upbringing CmdrTaco has.
Somehow, I don't think God would approve.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
this is NOT a Linux advocacy site. It is NOT an open-source rally site. It is a "News for Nerds" site.
Perhaps Andover lied on their SEC filing then?
From the filing
Our Business: Andover.Net is the leading Linux/Open Source destination on the Internet.
More from the filing Our network includes:
LINUX/OPEN SOURCE
- Slashdot
This is probably more about Andover now than CmdrTaco. Despite what Andover's EMPLOYEES might be saying or have said in the past.. Their stock holders have a right to expect Andover to adhere to what they claim to believe in.
And on a side note... Andover's stock is down nearly six and a half percent today... Part of a steady decline. If I were Andover, I would be seriously worried about my employees making statements which reflect as badly on the company as Taco's statements today do. Calling their users (hello stockholders) "asses" when they request that the company live up to their SEC filing.
Taco is obviously now just a paid code monkey in the grand scheme of things. Complaining to him does about as much good as complaining to the tech support guy at RoadRunner.
In closing and in relation to my above statement I must apologize for my original post. I see now that I'm complaining to the wrong person. I must complain to his boss(es), the stockholders, if I expect any progress on the situation. Which I suggest anyone with an interest in this company do.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
"We all give lip service to how much we like penguins and such"
Which is about all you give.
Release he source Taco/Slashdot/Andover.
Your answers to the questions provided to you for the interview show that you do not practice what you preach. Put up or shut up. Release the source or stop with the lip service.
Posted by a REAL OpenSource author/advocate.
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen
re: the Slashdot source: Finally, it's coming soon. It'll be out when its finished. And if you ask me again I'll postpone it again.
Translates to Fuck you and your open source ideals
Taco, I for one think you are giving us the big fuck you with this one. I/we do not care about comments.. I/we do not care about slop. I/we only care about learning from your successes (and failures) and further improving the global programmer community as a whole.
We are a technical group. Do you honestly think that the lack of comments and the addition of platform specific code is going to hamper our ability to understand it as a whole and use it to benefit both the programmer community and slashdot? I'm offended.
From the comments/questions posted it is quite obvious that people are demanding you release the source. People are seeing that Slashdot is NOT about OpenSource!
Being too busy, lazy, whatever is a piss poor excuse. Your sucess is a direct result of you getting hte Slashdotters hyped up over a site which preaches OpenSource, Linux and "news for nerds" but you choose to shit on our ideals.
It's good enough for us to want to come here. Not good enough for you now that you have us here? I for one say "FUCK YOU TOO!"
They are a threat to free speech and must be silenced! - Andrea Chen