I was in the Apple store today to ask about the iPad preorders. While I was there, the sales rep asked me why I ran Ubuntu on my laptop. I gave the answer that any iPhone owner will intuitively get: Ubuntu has an “app store”.
He said: “Really?”, and nodded sagely as I showed him around the Ubuntu Software Center. Frankly, though, while it’s pithy, it’s not 100% of my reason for loving software on Ubuntu. The real reason is that I can choose Software Curators.
When I enjoy the news somebody collects and shares, I subscribe to their Blog or Twitter Feed. I also subscribe to TV shows in pretty much the same fashion.
On Ubuntu, people can create a Personal Packaging Archive, or PPA. When I subscribe to it, the PPA’s version of software replaces the standard for the operating system. I am effectively subscribing to their software service, for my laptop. Let me give a recent example.
I recently discovered The Elementary Project. Put simply, it’s an attempt to bring a mac-like design sensibility to Ubuntu. It includes an icon set for GNOME, also a windowing theme, a GDM theme, and branched versions of applications like Abiword and Docky. They are constantly improving, and all it takes to adapt your Ubuntu box to use their packages instead of the standard is subscribing to their PPA. I also subscribe to Chromium Betas, and Firefox daily builds.
Being able to subscribe to PPA’s brings an important level of control back to the user. App Stores like the Ubuntu Software Center are nice, because they are an easy way to discover popular software by developers that the Ubuntu Project trusts. PPA’s allow me to also confer my trust on developers, to get access to their apps using the same infrastructure.
From what I hear, the next version of the Ubuntu Software Center will make it easier to browse and subscribe to PPA’s. I get the impression that Ubuntu is the only OS that understands and supports the idea of outsourcing to a trusted software Curator. I’m proud to be an Ubuntu user.
If this is true, why not simplify the tax code to get rid of the "exceptions, credits, and deductions", and then lower the rate to 22%. Then we could have a much easier time advertising our competitiveness, and we could eliminate some of the compliance costs and deadweight loss in the tax code.
The OP has commercial software, but for Open Source software (or Cloud-based software built on open source technologies) you should check out my employer.
We are an independent marketing consultancy with 10 members who on average, have over a decade of experience each. We do web marketing, print marketing, community building and management, event planning, strategic consulting and positioning, and anything else you would want out of a marketing team. We can bill hourly or price out a package or campaign.
For startups considering hiring their first marketing employee, we offer a range of specialties and experience for similar cost.
Check us out at http://initmarketing.com/ or email me at Ryan_at_initmarketing.com for more information.
Actually, from an economic perspective, because beige boxes are undifferentiated, hardware manufactures are price-takers, not price-setters.
What this means is that they make a temporary loss (or go out of business) if their costs go up, but their competitors stay the same price. No one is going to price themselves out of the market and stick around.
More likely, they'll realize that producing an expensive commodity is not a good idea, and they'll start trying to differentiate, like Apple with 5-star service and it's own innovative OS, or Dell buying Alienware, one of the best brands in high-end gaming, etc.
I'm a recruiter, I always ask candidates to send me resumes in Word or OpenDocument format. I use OOo, and I strip contact information and completely reformat anyway. I have once gotten a resume done using OOo styles, that made my job very easy.
BTW, if anyone wants a job in Open Source, or needs to hire good engineers, marketing people, or executives, shoot me an email at work: ryan@coitstaffing.com . OpenDocument resumes preferred!
it's funny you mention netware servers, because Novell is so confident in the superiority of linux that they bought SuSE for over $200Million so they could switch Netware to Linux because MS wasn't good enough for them anymore.
Yes, actually, it can. Although it's default XML format is open and of high quality, OOo does support microsofts Office 2003 XML format, so you can import and export "crappy" XML.-Ryan
That's the most idiotic thing I've hear in a long time. Drivers are still citizens, and as such, the state is never allowed to take away certain basic rights, such as privacy. Your claim means that a driver wearing a offensive T-Shirt has no more rights than a pedistrian wearing the same shirt, and that is ridiculas. and one more thing: Driving is not a privilage granted by the states, it is an activity that is considered so dangerous that only liscenced practitioners can participate. If you show the required level of skill, the state is REQUIRED to give you your liscence, just like a licence to practice law, or medicine, or anything else where an unpracticed person could cause some serious harm.-Ryan
I too am posting on a 12 inch powerbook, and it is the best comperter-related purchase I ever made.-Ryan
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Actually, soome places are talking about issueing what would effectivly be digital travelers checks, as he put it, the only difference being that they bear a small amout of interest. Would you use cash if digital cash was interest bearing?-Ryan
Actually, I for one am extremely pleased by yahoo's spam filter. I get significantly less spam than most other people I know, it all goes straight to my frequently dumped spambox.-Ryan
I would suggest looking closer at the Liberty Alliance Project. Most of the comments on this topic so far have expressed disaproval of Passport and projects like it. The Liberty Alliance Project is not like that in any respect. It is a set of rules and XML Schema that basically create a situation, for the purposes of authentication only, no user info is passed between sites, making universal signon easy and safer.-Ryan
Is that he went and got the list from a nearby storage locker, a not-too-subtle hint that he has lots more potentially powerfull stuff where that came from.
I find it absolutly hilarious that you posted anonymous, because that's the point. It's not that I don't have anything to hide, it's that I would feel uncomfortable if the government started taking notes on everything I talk about privately, so that when my political standing (Libertarian), my religion (Reform Judiasm) or even my hair color (dirty blond) becomes something that people discrimmate against, I am a prime canidate for political/religious/haircolor profiling. And that is damn scary.-Ryan
not intirely, it's not GPL, but it still is free as in speech. Think of it as consulting, you pay them to speak, I mean code, until your problem goes away.
Stallman doesn't care if McVoy gives anything away for free, nor does he care if McVoy charges for it. For Stallman Free does not been free download or free beer, Free mean Free Speech or Free Source. He never said that the kernal didn't need source controll, just that it bugs him and should bug others that to develop on linux someone needs to use software that he can't see the source to. He's not insulting your intellegence, you do that to yourself when you berate him as a knee jerk response without knowing his most basic stances, like speech vs. beer. oh aand by the way, the GNU in GNU/Linux is silent.:)
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http://open-ryan.com/2010/03/13/software-curators/
I was in the Apple store today to ask about the iPad preorders. While I was there, the sales rep asked me why I ran Ubuntu on my laptop. I gave the answer that any iPhone owner will intuitively get: Ubuntu has an “app store”.
He said: “Really?”, and nodded sagely as I showed him around the Ubuntu Software Center. Frankly, though, while it’s pithy, it’s not 100% of my reason for loving software on Ubuntu. The real reason is that I can choose Software Curators.
When I enjoy the news somebody collects and shares, I subscribe to their Blog or Twitter Feed. I also subscribe to TV shows in pretty much the same fashion.
On Ubuntu, people can create a Personal Packaging Archive, or PPA. When I subscribe to it, the PPA’s version of software replaces the standard for the operating system. I am effectively subscribing to their software service, for my laptop. Let me give a recent example.
I recently discovered The Elementary Project. Put simply, it’s an attempt to bring a mac-like design sensibility to Ubuntu. It includes an icon set for GNOME, also a windowing theme, a GDM theme, and branched versions of applications like Abiword and Docky. They are constantly improving, and all it takes to adapt your Ubuntu box to use their packages instead of the standard is subscribing to their PPA. I also subscribe to Chromium Betas, and Firefox daily builds.
Being able to subscribe to PPA’s brings an important level of control back to the user. App Stores like the Ubuntu Software Center are nice, because they are an easy way to discover popular software by developers that the Ubuntu Project trusts. PPA’s allow me to also confer my trust on developers, to get access to their apps using the same infrastructure.
From what I hear, the next version of the Ubuntu Software Center will make it easier to browse and subscribe to PPA’s. I get the impression that Ubuntu is the only OS that understands and supports the idea of outsourcing to a trusted software Curator. I’m proud to be an Ubuntu user.
Yale makes this available. Edit to suit your needs.
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/standlicagree.html
If this is true, why not simplify the tax code to get rid of the "exceptions, credits, and deductions", and then lower the rate to 22%. Then we could have a much easier time advertising our competitiveness, and we could eliminate some of the compliance costs and deadweight loss in the tax code.
The OP has commercial software, but for Open Source software (or Cloud-based software built on open source technologies) you should check out my employer.
We are an independent marketing consultancy with 10 members who on average, have over a decade of experience each. We do web marketing, print marketing, community building and management, event planning, strategic consulting and positioning, and anything else you would want out of a marketing team. We can bill hourly or price out a package or campaign.
For startups considering hiring their first marketing employee, we offer a range of specialties and experience for similar cost.
Check us out at http://initmarketing.com/ or email me at Ryan_at_initmarketing.com for more information.
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Actually, from an economic perspective, because beige boxes are undifferentiated, hardware manufactures are price-takers, not price-setters.
What this means is that they make a temporary loss (or go out of business) if their costs go up, but their competitors stay the same price. No one is going to price themselves out of the market and stick around.
More likely, they'll realize that producing an expensive commodity is not a good idea, and they'll start trying to differentiate, like Apple with 5-star service and it's own innovative OS, or Dell buying Alienware, one of the best brands in high-end gaming, etc.
If you think Ebay is going downhill, you can sell their stock without owning it, with the help of your friendly broker.
Check out wikipedia for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_selling/
I'm a recruiter, I always ask candidates to send me resumes in Word or OpenDocument format. I use OOo, and I strip contact information and completely reformat anyway. I have once gotten a resume done using OOo styles, that made my job very easy.
BTW, if anyone wants a job in Open Source, or needs to hire good engineers, marketing people, or executives, shoot me an email at work: ryan@coitstaffing.com . OpenDocument resumes preferred!
If you goto https://gmail.google.com/ it will stay SSL throughout the session.
it's funny you mention netware servers, because Novell is so confident in the superiority of linux that they bought SuSE for over $200Million so they could switch Netware to Linux because MS wasn't good enough for them anymore.
Yes, actually, it can. Although it's default XML format is open and of high quality, OOo does support microsofts Office 2003 XML format, so you can import and export "crappy" XML.-Ryan
Triangleboy made it so easy to bypass the restrictions of an oppresive regime, my public highschool.-Ryan
it's running on my unmodified osx box. just use the unix version.-Ryan
That's the most idiotic thing I've hear in a long time. Drivers are still citizens, and as such, the state is never allowed to take away certain basic rights, such as privacy. Your claim means that a driver wearing a offensive T-Shirt has no more rights than a pedistrian wearing the same shirt, and that is ridiculas. and one more thing: Driving is not a privilage granted by the states, it is an activity that is considered so dangerous that only liscenced practitioners can participate. If you show the required level of skill, the state is REQUIRED to give you your liscence, just like a licence to practice law, or medicine, or anything else where an unpracticed person could cause some serious harm.-Ryan
I too am posting on a 12 inch powerbook, and it is the best comperter-related purchase I ever made.-Ryan
Actually, soome places are talking about issueing what would effectivly be digital travelers checks, as he put it, the only difference being that they bear a small amout of interest. Would you use cash if digital cash was interest bearing?-Ryan
Actually, I for one am extremely pleased by yahoo's spam filter. I get significantly less spam than most other people I know, it all goes straight to my frequently dumped spambox.-Ryan
I would suggest looking closer at the Liberty Alliance Project. Most of the comments on this topic so far have expressed disaproval of Passport and projects like it. The Liberty Alliance Project is not like that in any respect. It is a set of rules and XML Schema that basically create a situation, for the purposes of authentication only, no user info is passed between sites, making universal signon easy and safer.-Ryan
in which OS? I am sitting at a Win2k box and there is no reg.exe.
Is that he went and got the list from a nearby storage locker, a not-too-subtle hint that he has lots more potentially powerfull stuff where that came from.
Damn... I'm impressed, this is good way to handle it...somebody mod this guy up!-Ryan
I find it absolutly hilarious that you posted anonymous, because that's the point. It's not that I don't have anything to hide, it's that I would feel uncomfortable if the government started taking notes on everything I talk about privately, so that when my political standing (Libertarian), my religion (Reform Judiasm) or even my hair color (dirty blond) becomes something that people discrimmate against, I am a prime canidate for political/religious/haircolor profiling. And that is damn scary.-Ryan
yes....Jews (includeing me) type G-D because we are not allowed to write his name on paper. Even in hebrew prayers we use an abbrev.
not intirely, it's not GPL, but it still is free as in speech. Think of it as consulting, you pay them to speak, I mean code, until your problem goes away.
Stallman doesn't care if McVoy gives anything away for free, nor does he care if McVoy charges for it. For Stallman Free does not been free download or free beer, Free mean Free Speech or Free Source. He never said that the kernal didn't need source controll, just that it bugs him and should bug others that to develop on linux someone needs to use software that he can't see the source to. He's not insulting your intellegence, you do that to yourself when you berate him as a knee jerk response without knowing his most basic stances, like speech vs. beer. oh aand by the way, the GNU in GNU/Linux is silent. :)