This is just sour grapes, plain and simple. It's my understanding that the millenium act doesent even go into effect until next year. Thee following from the Standards article is just as dumb:
Filing the suit demonstrates the importance of digital copyrights in the digital age," said Alex Alben, RealNetworks vice president of government affairs. "We will take significant action to ensure that programming and content delivered by RealNetworks products is protected."
Protected?, Although not as easy as MP3, there really was no great "protections" scheme to begin with. If they spent half of their time working toward securing the media as they did with "Cookie Collection", this may not have happened at all.
RealPlayer has been downloaded 92 million times from RealNetwork's Web site. The software allows users to "stream" copyrighted audio and video files to their desktop. But unlike an open-source format like MP3, RealPlayer won't allow end users to make additional copies or distribute the material to others."
Good point, however, using his example, the "broad" defenition, I would say that he is "Filtering and not censoring the content displayed in his establishment. Either for public or private use.
If specific site or specific page blah.blah.com/ blah.htm is disallowed because it is a specific topic or content, then I feel this would be censorship. So it's more based on the detail, rather than the generic action.
In 1986 Sullivan read "Profiting from Technological Innovation," an article written by University of California at Berkeley business school professor David Teece. The Teece article formed the intellectual foundation upon which Sullivan eventually built ICM Group. Teece "identified a series of steps necessary for the extraction of value from innovation," Sullivan says. "Most everything I have done has come off that early work."
Agreed, What Linux continues to need though, is all the latest applications and drivers. The diversity of reasons not to use Linux I hear has shrinked to "I cannot run FavProg97" or "my DVD/webcam/whatever isn't supported".
Maybe not direct written apps, but at least a standard methodology and agreed upon methods for porting mainstreem apps and drivers to the environment.
. Lawsuits are threatening to dampen the dynamism of the internet because, even when they are obviously spurious, they add so much to the cost of doing business that soon amateurs and upstarts might not be able to afford to compete with anyone who can afford a lawyer.
The ones who are pushing this insanity are the lawyers, in the long run, they are the ones who will be making the most money, reguardless of which side they are representing.
It's a damn shame that the great inovational spirit we had in the 20's 30's and even up through the 80's is getting stifled because people are so afraid of getting sued.
If, in the long run, Red Hat and VA Linux never earn a dime, and stockholders start pulling their hair out and analysts begin announcing downgrades, the world in general still stands to benefit immensely. That's because, right now, companies like Red Hat and VA Linux are substantially increasing the amount of software that belongs to the whole world.
Think of the possibilities that this idea could have in environments where weight is a problem. The fact thats it's paper isn't the selling point, it's the fact that it's light weight and small. Forget the mass production ideas like ballots etc., go for the smaller more luractive markets.
I know of several DOD efforts underway now and listed in the Commerce Business Daily that are currently soliciting for "Light Weight" computing devices.
Seems like a IPO only business plan to me. Take a good concept, wrap it in a pretty package and IPO it. "Oh, were sorry, we forgot to tell you about the weak content."
awfully bold to file for an IPO, without underwriters, with a tiny firm that's existed only for six months and that barely has a product. And to have the cheek to ask us to pay $29.95, sight unseen, for a distribution that the firm hasn't the conviction to run as its own Web server, and to expect us to not worry our pretty little heads over source code seems a bit much. Add to that LinuxOne's claims to be a world shaker poised, as the About page says, to "become the world's highest-rated supplier of Linux solutions based on innovation, packaging, support, and global capability."
Does this sound like some earlier M$ campains to anyone else??
The MassLinux team may be able to recoup some of its financial losses in court, but their reputation as a reliable webhosting company is beyond repair.
Ya think! Jeez it is a shame that the open environments get "damaged" like this. Although they did make many critical PR mistakes, the overall concept was/is good, and garage operations will think twice before an undertaking like this again.
"Of course he was the guiding force behind the "Marshall Plan", which turned the great wealth of the United States into a river for the war-ravaged peoples of Europe and Asia.
This is the cornerstone of what give the country it unique and great dynamic. Without the diversity we would be a stale and enclosed society. I think this is what gave the country such a dynamic that breeds equality among all. A cornerstone.
"One advantage attendees liked was flexibility. EL/IX is still open to revisions, which workshop attendees felt gave them the opportunity to tailor the API to meet their needs. "
This should allow all to at least get a foot in the door to have input on the "Standard".
The product no longer made any money. They dont really need to keep it under wraps any longer. IMHO this is just an easy way to get big time media coverage. The sites being/.'d now, tomorrow all the geek trades will have a blurb about it. I like id's stuff as much as the next guy, but this sure looks like a press campain around a product that is being decomissioned.
Did anyone feel this was just an advertisement for L0pht?
They spent a lot of time with them, a couple of days, researching I guess. and most of the content seemed to center around "We are the Sekurity experts".
I read something a while back that L0pht was formally incorporated and purchased by a "parent" company.
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Nicely written.
Filing the suit demonstrates the importance of digital copyrights in the digital age," said Alex Alben, RealNetworks vice president of government affairs. "We will take significant action to ensure that programming and content delivered by RealNetworks products is protected."
Protected?, Although not as easy as MP3, there really was no great "protections" scheme to begin with. If they spent half of their time working toward securing the media as they did with "Cookie Collection", this may not have happened at all.
RealPlayer has been downloaded 92 million times from RealNetwork's Web site. The software allows users to "stream" copyrighted audio and video files to their desktop. But unlike an open-source format like MP3, RealPlayer won't allow end users to make additional copies or distribute the material to others."
Yeah, Right.
If specific site or specific page blah.blah.com/ blah.htm is disallowed because it is a specific topic or content, then I feel this would be censorship. So it's more based on the detail, rather than the generic action.
Here are some other related links:
The Economics and Management of Technological
MIT: Technology Strategy/Scott Stern
Advances in Global High Technology
Technological Innovation and International Competitiveness
IMD Discovery Events
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Maybe not direct written apps, but at least a standard methodology and agreed upon methods for porting mainstreem apps and drivers to the environment.
The ones who are pushing this insanity are the lawyers, in the long run, they are the ones who will be making the most money, reguardless of which side they are representing.
It's a damn shame that the great inovational spirit we had in the 20's 30's and even up through the 80's is getting stifled because people are so afraid of getting sued.
Wraps up the positive aspects rather nicely.
You can get them from > National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), At least it's a starting point.
I know of several DOD efforts underway now and listed in the Commerce Business Daily that are currently soliciting for "Light Weight" computing devices.
Or possibly Today's Commerce Business Daily, the Contractors Reference, These sites have thousands of RFP's each week.
Thoughts??
awfully bold to file for an IPO, without underwriters, with a tiny firm that's existed only for six months and that barely has a product. And to have the cheek to ask us to pay $29.95, sight unseen, for a distribution that the firm hasn't the conviction to run as its own Web server, and to expect us to not worry our pretty little heads over source code seems a bit much. Add to that LinuxOne's claims to be a world shaker poised, as the About page says, to "become the world's highest-rated supplier of Linux solutions based on innovation, packaging, support, and global capability."
Does this sound like some earlier M$ campains to anyone else??
Ya think! Jeez it is a shame that the open environments get "damaged" like this. Although they did make many critical PR mistakes, the overall concept was/is good, and garage operations will think twice before an undertaking like this again.
This is the cornerstone of what give the country it unique and great dynamic. Without the diversity we would be a stale and enclosed society.
I think this is what gave the country such a dynamic that breeds equality among all. A cornerstone.
What a visionary. I whole heartedly agree.
The rumour posted yesterday
I thought everything reported here was 100% FACT!
I feel so used. :(
Wonder if my fingernails would work on my Palm.
Odd Paradox. . Sort of.
Soon we will have open sourced PDA's, Smart House controllers, Lots of cool widgets for the car to link in GPS etc.
I wonder whats next??
This is simply to hard to beleive.
The opinions are valid, aren't they?
The photos are Here
"One advantage attendees liked was flexibility. EL/IX is still open to revisions, which workshop attendees felt gave them the opportunity to tailor the API to meet their needs. "
This should allow all to at least get a foot in the door to have input on the "Standard".
The product no longer made any money. They dont really need to keep it under wraps any longer. IMHO this is just an easy way to get big time media coverage. The sites being /.'d now, tomorrow all the geek trades will have a blurb about it.
I like id's stuff as much as the next guy, but this sure looks like a press campain around a product that is being decomissioned.
But why is this on slashdot??
They spent a lot of time with them, a couple of days, researching I guess. and most of the content seemed to center around "We are the Sekurity experts".
I read something a while back that L0pht was formally incorporated and purchased by a "parent" company.