There are plenty of other FOSS licenses that aren't the GPL...a lot of them are, in fact, less restrictive than the GPL when it comes to the use of other licenses in the same suite. Not that I really have a lot of personal experience with it, but I do know there are a lot of businesses (and government) out there that won't even touch GPL (proper, not LGPL) software for the licensing ramifications if they were to extend it, etc.
Not enough young people are embracing computing, often because they are leery of being branded nerds.
I think a lot of young people just don't find it interesting. I think a lot of older people feel the same way. People tend to do what they're passionate about, and passionate people tend to think less of the opinions of others and more about what they want to do. Do we really need to press this field on more people?
I love FOSS, but I sure don't get the mentality that people need to be using it for "the right reasons" instead of just simply using it. It's almost like "free software" is a misnomer for some.
I should probably also note by the 'more advanced' line I meant that it was significant because a foreign phone has actually made headway into such an advanced user market in Japan. That definitely says something about its design, namely in Apple's case, the user interface vs. other phones.
The number may correspond to sales, not necessarily owned phones by the populace. Japan is no miniscule pond, especially when it comes to phones. I've seen endless stories about the highly advanced phone market in Japan. Phones there are more advanced, because the phone users have evolved (like a Pikachu) to become more advanced and demand more features (like a thunderstone). If you're talking about visibility from your perspective, I'd have to say that one perspective isn't relevant on such a large scale. SEE: Hasty Generalization.
So then, how can the EU legislate:
A. An American site doing this with euro user data?
B. A site keeping it's logs on its own and then, at a later date, transmitting them to Google?
Who owns the logs?
I don't you are correct in thinking that this is something that's meant to supplant a full out fat-client OS like Windows or OS X for the typical end user. Rather it's really just meant as an OS for netbooks. Also, the application of (angry) personal experience as a way of predicting market trends is just shenaniganery. Not to mention you're comparing finished products to a product that is nowhere near market ready-ness.
If I had a dollar for every time somebody said "It's just A with B as the C!! I don't see it standing a chance." on Slashdot, I'd be pretty well off right about now.
The only thing I don't see here is a "they only work 8 months a year but get paid for the whole year, screw them" argument.
A lot of teachers I know get paid for 9 months, but have it prorated through the whole year. It's partially why teachers make such bad money, methinks.
They are charging the students...through local, state, and federal taxation. Even if the world had more Open Source curricula, that doesn't guarantee students wouldn't avoid being charged....free as in speech != free as in beer...a qualified individual is still required to administer your "open source" curricula, just as it is in software..and qualified individuals tend to charge a premium.
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... lobbies haven't chipped away at the naïveté of youth.
There, fixed that for you. Now go get vaccinated and get off my lawn.
Defensive medicine plays into the over-prescription of antibiotics in the US?
Libel is libel, buddy. Get off your high horse.
I don't know why everybody hates them.
There are plenty of other FOSS licenses that aren't the GPL...a lot of them are, in fact, less restrictive than the GPL when it comes to the use of other licenses in the same suite. Not that I really have a lot of personal experience with it, but I do know there are a lot of businesses (and government) out there that won't even touch GPL (proper, not LGPL) software for the licensing ramifications if they were to extend it, etc.
And people who do neither can continue to complain on Slashdot.
Not enough young people are embracing computing, often because they are leery of being branded nerds.
I think a lot of young people just don't find it interesting. I think a lot of older people feel the same way. People tend to do what they're passionate about, and passionate people tend to think less of the opinions of others and more about what they want to do. Do we really need to press this field on more people?
No one is using Android because....
Easy on the superlatives, tiger.
I love FOSS, but I sure don't get the mentality that people need to be using it for "the right reasons" instead of just simply using it. It's almost like "free software" is a misnomer for some.
Because Dr. Pepper is realllly good.
I wish I had mod points right now.
I picked one up at an Apple store for 10.5. Hah. Your argument is Rooeened, I say!
I should probably also note by the 'more advanced' line I meant that it was significant because a foreign phone has actually made headway into such an advanced user market in Japan. That definitely says something about its design, namely in Apple's case, the user interface vs. other phones.
The number may correspond to sales, not necessarily owned phones by the populace. Japan is no miniscule pond, especially when it comes to phones. I've seen endless stories about the highly advanced phone market in Japan. Phones there are more advanced, because the phone users have evolved (like a Pikachu) to become more advanced and demand more features (like a thunderstone). If you're talking about visibility from your perspective, I'd have to say that one perspective isn't relevant on such a large scale. SEE: Hasty Generalization.
Veiled raging at Microsoft.
Maybe people don't care as much about the extra features as much as (you|they) thought they did.
So then, how can the EU legislate:
A. An American site doing this with euro user data?
B. A site keeping it's logs on its own and then, at a later date, transmitting them to Google?
Who owns the logs?
You're not as far off the deutchmark as you think.
There, fixed that for you.
Fortunately, they don't sneak around a HOSTS file very easily.
Buy a new domain and IP address and obfuscate yourself. Boom, pwned the HOSTS file.
But if we get rights from laws, who gives laws rights so the laws can give us rights?
I don't you are correct in thinking that this is something that's meant to supplant a full out fat-client OS like Windows or OS X for the typical end user. Rather it's really just meant as an OS for netbooks. Also, the application of (angry) personal experience as a way of predicting market trends is just shenaniganery. Not to mention you're comparing finished products to a product that is nowhere near market ready-ness.
If I had a dollar for every time somebody said "It's just A with B as the C!! I don't see it standing a chance." on Slashdot, I'd be pretty well off right about now.
..Or maybe just reading a lot. School is expensive, and I know tons of idiots with a B.S., M.S., PhD, MD, JD.....the list goes on.
The only thing I don't see here is a "they only work 8 months a year but get paid for the whole year, screw them" argument.
A lot of teachers I know get paid for 9 months, but have it prorated through the whole year. It's partially why teachers make such bad money, methinks.
They are charging the students...through local, state, and federal taxation. Even if the world had more Open Source curricula, that doesn't guarantee students wouldn't avoid being charged....free as in speech != free as in beer...a qualified individual is still required to administer your "open source" curricula, just as it is in software..and qualified individuals tend to charge a premium.
Yeah, but why would Fleemus O'Flannigan care about any of this?
"Do what we demand, or suffer."
On the contrary, I think delaying the release for the next Ryan Reynods + Sandra Bullock movie is good for everybody.