Doesn't Open Source *mean* that the developer is the consultant? I have no problems with Open Source. If someone wants a software solution, they buy a package, do it themselves, or pay someone else to do it. Paying someone else to do it is, by virtue, good for that someone else.
If you are going to pop the money for all those Windows licenses, licenses for SMS, or Zenworks or something isn't going to kill you. Or shouldn't if you budget properly. It's all part of the TCO. If the TCO of Windows is too high, perhaps it's time to look at something with a lower TCO.
I can't help worrying about all anonymous means of communication shutting down.
I can't wait until *all* anonymous means of communication is shut down. What is the usefulness of anonymous communication? I can't see any. Only a way for troublemakers to cause trouble.
The issue is that you must enter into a non-disclosure agreement to get the privilege of paying for support.
But the deal is that if you get support, $50 doesn't pay for what you got if you use that knowledge to support others. You will be able to undercut their support model. So, you agree that in response to receiving benifit from them, you will not harm them. That seems fair to me.
In fact, that's the biggest problem with Open Source. This concept that people are owed something.
"I downloaded this code and therefore you are obligated to donate your time to me."
Sorry. This is my billable time, and if I support your family, then I don't support mine. And that's a problem.
You can have the source as freely as I can, but you can't have my time. Sorry. Back to our example, why should they work through the issue with you for free so that you can "sell" it to others? If you want to provide support for WebGUI, then you should start from scratch, just like they did.
Even with all that cruft, the one itel holding Linux back is the file system requirements. Every mainstream consumer desktop sold these days has a hard drive installed with a 100% NTFS partition. People don't want to screw with boot managers and people don't want to screw with repartitioning.
So you are saying that the biggest thing holding back Linux on the desktop is that Microsoft uses their legal monopoly position to prevent OEMs from dual booting?
I'm waiting for Apple to port over to x86. I predict 2004.
You won't pay $1500 for a Mac with a PowerPC chip in it, but you would for a Mac with an x86 chip in it? Why? Don't tell me it's just because the clock speed is faster.
I'm not sure what you're getting at, but if you read my initial post above you'd see that I fully SUPPORT enforcement of contract law.
Ah, I'm sorry. I misunderstood your comment. I though you were contrasting Dell's contract with Microsoft to Microsoft's contract with Sun. But you were really comparing them. I'm glad you corrected me that you support this injunction.
A lot of these comments are really bogus and it's getting late....
Unfortunately for them, they signed exclusivity contracts with MS so they could get "discounted" pricing schemes. [...] As a former Dell technician, it was drilled into us that it's not MS Windows, it's DELL Windows
So what you are saying is that Dell is somehow bound to honour a contract because they signed it as a contractee of Microsoft? But, as a contractee, it's not a problem that Microsoft not honour contracts they sign?
Or are you saying that Dell really legally didn't need to honour their exclusivity contract? Actually, I'm sure that if Dell broke their contract with MS, they have an injunction filed against them, just like Microsoft has.
doesn't imposing the will of SUN onto microsoft violate something?
This isn't the will of Sun. It's a contract that the Judge decided should be honoured. If I sign a contract with you, and then don't fulfill my part, and you sue me, would you be imposing your will upon me?
What next? DVD manufacturers have to bundle competing (free) DVD player software with their drives?
Of course you forget the basic construct of the contract, that being that the OEMs were negotiating to buy Windows from Microsoft.
And that's different than Microsoft negotiating to "buy" Java from Sun, right? Yeah, because we all know that Microsoft shouldn't really have to take contracts they sign seriously.
So you really can't call it a mandate, since they[*] negotiated the terms and the price.
[*] Microsoft, in this context
So, who negotiated the terms and price in the Sun-Microsoft contract? Does it make a diffence as to whether a contract should be honoured? Is there any applications to my personal business here that I didn't know about before?
Remember back in the day when Sony fought like hell to make VCRs legal, saying consumers had a right to copy?
I don't think that Sony was arguing for the right to copy and share, just the right to copy for yourself. There is a big difference between recording a TV program back then, and giving away your whole music collection now.
People are surprised that protection laws applied to speech, actually applies to speech? Where is the surprise here? Did people really think that laws applying to speech might only sometimes apply to speech?
Do other laws work this way? Do laws apply to fraud only sometimes apply to fraud? How about shoplifting. Hey, maybe Winona's only crime was that she didn't check to see when the law applied. Maybe she was only a few hours or even feet from having shoplifted legally!
The jury is not likely to be packed with fingerprint experts; they won't know what was significant in the original and what was just noise.
Defense lawyers generally don't roll over when confronted with things like that. I'd expect that before the trial was over, the jury would hear all about the possible problems.
There's no such guarentee with Photoshop -- you could load it into Photoshop, erase it, and draw a new fingerprint.
You must think that the justice system is full of idiots. I'm sure that this "new" fingerprint is going to hold up against the old fingerprint really well.
Doesn't anyone read the US Constitution anymore? It is intended to LIMIT the govenment's power and ENHANCE the people's power.
I read the constition. But the problem is that everytime I've heard someone use your statement people they have always been talking about limiting the goverment's power and enhancing the criminal's power. Their goal seems to be making is easy from the criminal to deprive me of my life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I have no problem limiting the government in area's that give me more freedom, but the Consitution's main purpose was to ensure me a good life here, sheltered from not only foreign criminals, but also criminals in this country.
The overwhelming thing that jumps out at you is that minorities are on death row disporportionate to their population percentages. There are also more poor people on death row than rich people.
Maybe the reason for that is simply that there is more crime committed by minorities and the poor. That would make sense. I'd advise anyone having a problem being on death row to try this simple strategy. Don't use your race or financial status as an excuse to commit crimes.
For some reason, White techies tend to be conservative, they are always dogging the liberals and espousing Republican and/or Libertarian viewpoints. Why is that?
Maybe it's because White techies have worked to get where they are. All I hear from the "liberals" is whining about all this terribler repression people are suffering. Well, I'll inform everyone now, there is no repression of any people group. Everyone in the US has that same capability to be successful as everyone else. But for every 1 person that chooses to go earn their success there are probably 50 people who choose to whine because they don't want to put forth the effort.
Look around you, it is the Republicans that are taking rights away from you.
Ok, this I've got to hear. What rights have the Republicans taken away from me? What about the rights that Democrats have taken away from me? You didn't mention those. I find it pretty amazing. I don't know of one right that the Republicans have taken away, but yet I can list several off-hand that the Democrats have taken or want to take from us as US citizens. Right to bear arms, the right to not be killed cruelly, the right to live without heavy taxation.
I'm glad they got it. I am terribly excited about this patent. I have never even heard of a company implemented multiple shopping carts before.
Amazon has shown once again why they are the leader in the eCommerce field. If Amazon hadn't shown up and innovated like they have the ecommerce field would still be in the dark ages. I'm deeply impressed with the real innovation that Amazon has been able to accomplish.
Law enforcement agencies need secure cameras because criminals are slimy and judges often side with criminals. If a criminal can claim that evidence should be thrown out because it wasn't secure, you bet the judge will side with him.
We also need the right to "photoshop." Enhancing a photograph is no different then using a microscope to make the image more clear.
Although I could compromise on the first one if the law would be strong enough to prevent evidence from being thrown out, we need a strong law to be passed allowing digital enhancing.
How's the spam filter to know? I had to turn off my spam filter because it would classify everything that came from retailers as spam. All the retailers that I asked to put on their email list was all "spam". I don't filter spam at all anymore. It's no big deal. I delete the ones that I get and all is fine.
I suppose one answer to gift certificate is to have them emailed to you and then forward them to the recepiant personally. That's what I typically do.
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Doesn't Open Source *mean* that the developer is the consultant? I have no problems with Open Source. If someone wants a software solution, they buy a package, do it themselves, or pay someone else to do it. Paying someone else to do it is, by virtue, good for that someone else.
-BrentIf you are going to pop the money for all those Windows licenses, licenses for SMS, or Zenworks or something isn't going to kill you. Or shouldn't if you budget properly. It's all part of the TCO. If the TCO of Windows is too high, perhaps it's time to look at something with a lower TCO.
-Brent
I can't wait until *all* anonymous means of communication is shut down. What is the usefulness of anonymous communication? I can't see any. Only a way for troublemakers to cause trouble.
-BrentOk, where's that? Where should I move to? I'd be willing to move to this utopia, but you forgot to tell me where it is.
-BrentProbably. ... not
-BrentBut the deal is that if you get support, $50 doesn't pay for what you got if you use that knowledge to support others. You will be able to undercut their support model. So, you agree that in response to receiving benifit from them, you will not harm them. That seems fair to me.
-BrentIn fact, that's the biggest problem with Open Source. This concept that people are owed something.
Sorry. This is my billable time, and if I support your family, then I don't support mine. And that's a problem.You can have the source as freely as I can, but you can't have my time. Sorry. Back to our example, why should they work through the issue with you for free so that you can "sell" it to others? If you want to provide support for WebGUI, then you should start from scratch, just like they did.
-BrentThe technical page said that it was a mips.
-BrentNo, but those that do, have SGI.
-BrentSo you *wouldn't* buy a Mac if it was an x86 model?
-BrentSo you are saying that the biggest thing holding back Linux on the desktop is that Microsoft uses their legal monopoly position to prevent OEMs from dual booting?
I'm waiting for Apple to port over to x86. I predict 2004.You won't pay $1500 for a Mac with a PowerPC chip in it, but you would for a Mac with an x86 chip in it? Why? Don't tell me it's just because the clock speed is faster.
-BrentSo you support the injunction?
-BrentAh, I'm sorry. I misunderstood your comment. I though you were contrasting Dell's contract with Microsoft to Microsoft's contract with Sun. But you were really comparing them. I'm glad you corrected me that you support this injunction.
A lot of these comments are really bogus and it's getting late....
-BrentSo what you are saying is that Dell is somehow bound to honour a contract because they signed it as a contractee of Microsoft? But, as a contractee, it's not a problem that Microsoft not honour contracts they sign?
Or are you saying that Dell really legally didn't need to honour their exclusivity contract? Actually, I'm sure that if Dell broke their contract with MS, they have an injunction filed against them, just like Microsoft has.
-BrentThis isn't the will of Sun. It's a contract that the Judge decided should be honoured. If I sign a contract with you, and then don't fulfill my part, and you sue me, would you be imposing your will upon me?
What next? DVD manufacturers have to bundle competing (free) DVD player software with their drives?If they sign a contract, yes.
-BrentAnd that's different than Microsoft negotiating to "buy" Java from Sun, right? Yeah, because we all know that Microsoft shouldn't really have to take contracts they sign seriously.
So you really can't call it a mandate, since they[*] negotiated the terms and the price.[*] Microsoft, in this context
So, who negotiated the terms and price in the Sun-Microsoft contract? Does it make a diffence as to whether a contract should be honoured? Is there any applications to my personal business here that I didn't know about before?
-BrentI don't think that Sony was arguing for the right to copy and share, just the right to copy for yourself. There is a big difference between recording a TV program back then, and giving away your whole music collection now.
-BrentPeople are surprised that protection laws applied to speech, actually applies to speech? Where is the surprise here? Did people really think that laws applying to speech might only sometimes apply to speech?
Do other laws work this way? Do laws apply to fraud only sometimes apply to fraud? How about shoplifting. Hey, maybe Winona's only crime was that she didn't check to see when the law applied. Maybe she was only a few hours or even feet from having shoplifted legally!
-Brent
Defense lawyers generally don't roll over when confronted with things like that. I'd expect that before the trial was over, the jury would hear all about the possible problems.
-BrentIt's fair use to skip a commercial? That's a new one. Usually fair use deals with using something, not not using it.
-BrentYou must think that the justice system is full of idiots. I'm sure that this "new" fingerprint is going to hold up against the old fingerprint really well.
-BrentI read the constition. But the problem is that everytime I've heard someone use your statement people they have always been talking about limiting the goverment's power and enhancing the criminal's power. Their goal seems to be making is easy from the criminal to deprive me of my life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I have no problem limiting the government in area's that give me more freedom, but the Consitution's main purpose was to ensure me a good life here, sheltered from not only foreign criminals, but also criminals in this country.
The overwhelming thing that jumps out at you is that minorities are on death row disporportionate to their population percentages. There are also more poor people on death row than rich people.Maybe the reason for that is simply that there is more crime committed by minorities and the poor. That would make sense. I'd advise anyone having a problem being on death row to try this simple strategy. Don't use your race or financial status as an excuse to commit crimes.
For some reason, White techies tend to be conservative, they are always dogging the liberals and espousing Republican and/or Libertarian viewpoints. Why is that?
Maybe it's because White techies have worked to get where they are. All I hear from the "liberals" is whining about all this terribler repression people are suffering. Well, I'll inform everyone now, there is no repression of any people group. Everyone in the US has that same capability to be successful as everyone else. But for every 1 person that chooses to go earn their success there are probably 50 people who choose to whine because they don't want to put forth the effort.
Look around you, it is the Republicans that are taking rights away from you.Ok, this I've got to hear. What rights have the Republicans taken away from me? What about the rights that Democrats have taken away from me? You didn't mention those. I find it pretty amazing. I don't know of one right that the Republicans have taken away, but yet I can list several off-hand that the Democrats have taken or want to take from us as US citizens. Right to bear arms, the right to not be killed cruelly, the right to live without heavy taxation.
-BrentI'm glad they got it. I am terribly excited about this patent. I have never even heard of a company implemented multiple shopping carts before.
Amazon has shown once again why they are the leader in the eCommerce field. If Amazon hadn't shown up and innovated like they have the ecommerce field would still be in the dark ages. I'm deeply impressed with the real innovation that Amazon has been able to accomplish.
-Brent
Law enforcement agencies need secure cameras because criminals are slimy and judges often side with criminals. If a criminal can claim that evidence should be thrown out because it wasn't secure, you bet the judge will side with him.
We also need the right to "photoshop." Enhancing a photograph is no different then using a microscope to make the image more clear.
Although I could compromise on the first one if the law would be strong enough to prevent evidence from being thrown out, we need a strong law to be passed allowing digital enhancing.
-Brent
How's the spam filter to know? I had to turn off my spam filter because it would classify everything that came from retailers as spam. All the retailers that I asked to put on their email list was all "spam". I don't filter spam at all anymore. It's no big deal. I delete the ones that I get and all is fine.
I suppose one answer to gift certificate is to have them emailed to you and then forward them to the recepiant personally. That's what I typically do.
-Brent