There's a pretty good article discussing some of the short-comings of GPL in this month's daemonnews from the view of *BSDers.
It seems to me like the main difference between the two licenses is that one gives you enough freedom to screw yourself over, while one tries to protect you from that, even if it seems like it is infringing a bit on the freedom you'd want as a developer. It seems like that's the source of a lot of anti-GPL angst.
In that Ottawa Citizen article or whatever that someone posted above, it's stated that it's impossible to clone Einstein because his brain was inadvertently injected with warm formaldehyde rather than cold, and alters the DNA, or so they say. That's pretty wild.
Was the Microsoft Exchange forum be open only to NT users, or was it open to Unix users also?
It just seems like 3% isn't realistic as far as percentage of businesses using Unix, but that'd make sense if it were an NT only survey. I know Unix isn't nearly that scarce in the US business community.
If it were an NT only survey, though, why do they brag about NT Server's prevalence? They say that it "remains the dominent departmental OS server as one would expect." This is a strange survey.
I remember when the bidding for this domain closed and the guy said that Microsoft had placed a bid in there. It says a lot about the guy who owned the domain that he didn't sell it to them, because they surely had piles more money than anyone else who bid. I've always really liked the integrity in the open source community, and I think that action there embodied quite a bit of it.
Despite all that, I'm still a little afraid of seeing this mega-portal site, though. Portals are always filled with advertisements and classified ads and all kinds of filler that bug the hell out of me, and I just don't want to see the site brought down to the lowest common denomitator like that.
I don't know about Ted Nelson, he seems to be sort of a crackpot in the stuff of his I've read with all his Xanadu crap. But, I give a big "Amen!" to Alan Turing. That guy had mad flava.
This seems to be sort of bizarre and arbitrary. I mean, what if you work at a law firm that's John J. Cuntsmith & Assoc. and you want to snag cuntsmith.com? Not only would you have to put up with a lifetime of ridicule, you wouldn't be able to get the cool domain.
Do they really need to advertise this movie? It's not like people are going to be kicking themselves next year for not seeing the movie just because they heard nothing at all about about it.
I stick firm to my prediction that this movie will earn hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
Historians have found that the lead water pipes the Romans used also contributed quite a bit to the downfall, seeing as how it made everyone freakin' insane.
I realize I should feel bad for jwz since he was the baddest motha over there, but I can't help but laugh at him when I go his site and see that picture of him on the first page. He looks like one of those crappy tv magicians in it.
I think he's quitting to go work a casino in Las Vegas.
I think we all need to chip in to buy some prostitutes for RMS. I realize he is quite the bad ass programmer, but in every interview I read with him, he always talks like the crazy checker at the supermarket that you don't want to be forced to speak to.
He needs to lighten up, and I think some prostitutes would help him out a lot there.
Everyone is assuming that this is an April Fool's thing, but I'm not so sure. It's important to remember that Russia is the country that gave us vodka, so I'm thinking they probably give you a big keg of it when you get there, and I think that'd entice just about anyone to work there.
It's not so ludicrous that Linus could go to work there, he may just be a raging alcoholic.
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There's a pretty good article discussing some of the short-comings of GPL in this month's daemonnews from the view of *BSDers.
It seems to me like the main difference between the two licenses is that one gives you enough freedom to screw yourself over, while one tries to protect you from that, even if it seems like it is infringing a bit on the freedom you'd want as a developer. It seems like that's the source of a lot of anti-GPL angst.
In that Ottawa Citizen article or whatever that someone posted above, it's stated that it's impossible to clone Einstein because his brain was inadvertently injected with warm formaldehyde rather than cold, and alters the DNA, or so they say. That's pretty wild.
Was the Microsoft Exchange forum be open only to NT users, or was it open to Unix users also?
It just seems like 3% isn't realistic as far as percentage of businesses using Unix, but that'd make sense if it were an NT only survey. I know Unix isn't nearly that scarce in the US business community.
If it were an NT only survey, though, why do they brag about NT Server's prevalence? They say that it "remains the dominent departmental OS server as one would expect." This is a strange survey.
When Harry on Ain't It Cool News reviewed the phantom menace, the following is what he said about jar jar.
"Mesa loved him!"
He wasn't being sarcastic; the man is that idiotic.
I remember when the bidding for this domain closed and the guy said that Microsoft had placed a bid in there. It says a lot about the guy who owned the domain that he didn't sell it to them, because they surely had piles more money than anyone else who bid. I've always really liked the integrity in the open source community, and I think that action there embodied quite a bit of it.
Despite all that, I'm still a little afraid of seeing this mega-portal site, though. Portals are always filled with advertisements and classified ads and all kinds of filler that bug the hell out of me, and I just don't want to see the site brought down to the lowest common denomitator like that.
I never thought AOL users could operate a toaster oven, much less a FreeBSD box, but I guess I may have to change my opinion there.
Jean-Louis kicks out the jams! He'll soon be incredibly rich since Be is officially going public, too.
I don't know about Ted Nelson, he seems to be sort of a crackpot in the stuff of his I've read with all his Xanadu crap. But, I give a big "Amen!" to Alan Turing. That guy had mad flava.
Cody
Please tell me you're not serious here.
Cody-- http://www.howstrange.org
I stick firm to my prediction that this movie will earn hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
Cody
http://www.howstrange.org
Historians have found that the lead water pipes the Romans used also contributed quite a bit to the downfall, seeing as how it made everyone freakin' insane.
Cody--http://www.howstrange.org
Cody -- http://www.howstrange.org
I think he's quitting to go work a casino in Las Vegas.
Cody -- http://www.howstrange.org
He needs to lighten up, and I think some prostitutes would help him out a lot there.
Cody--http://www.howstrange.org
It's not so ludicrous that Linus could go to work there, he may just be a raging alcoholic.
Cody -- http://www.howstrange.org
Well said.
Wouldn't it be beautiful if Bill Gates had to refund everyone who'd ever purchased a Windows OS, ran out of money, and had to crash on Linus' couch?
All of this makes me think that by the year 2000, we'll all be living on the moon and folding up our space cars in our briefcases.