"The Turing Omnibus: 61 Excursions in Computer Science" by A. K. Dewdney
BTW, that books been updated: its now called: "The New Turing Omnibus: 66 Excursions in Computer Science"
Open Source is still far from being proven in *any* domain. Last time I checked, it appeared that IIS is slowly gaining market share -- especially among commercial sites-- and the majority of SSL sites used M$FT products. Also, a growing number of sites are using Java (open API? / closed implementation) to do things that used to be done with perl (open source.) Also, in a world where 1 billion people are still starving while waiting for their next meal, I think its overly optimistic to think that technology will overshadow industry anytime soon. Hell, most places still need a stable agriculture system. Although I still think this scenario *might* be possible in one or two thousand year from now, if we haven't blown ourselves to bits yet;-)
However, If I worked at the company and landed on a piece of code which was obvoisly licsensed under the GPL, whouldn't I have the right to release it and any extensions of it without the company's permission? And in this case, if I released the code myself, could the company stop it, since I have the right to re-distribute under the GPL?
(written in Bold)"The Product is licensed, not sold." Since Microsoft (or whatever other company, since most EULA's have this clause) own the softare, they can check its use at any time, and can terminate the EULA at any time: "Without prejudice to any other rights, Microsoft may cancel this EULA if you do not abide by the term and conditions of the EULA, in which case you must destroy all copies of the Product and all of its component parts." Since the BSA represents Microsoft and most other companies, and most EULA have this terminology, this is probably a completely legal request, and you are just lucky that they gave you a grace period.
Is a concession speech / phone call legally binding???? I'm not sure if this has ever been tested before...
If so, why would anyone concede the election before the electoral college meets. In this case, all you need is one elctroate to change her/his mind and the result would be different. My guess is the concession/recession is just a bunch of BS words with no legal meaning...
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"The Turing Omnibus: 61 Excursions in Computer Science" by A. K. Dewdney
BTW, that books been updated: its now called: "The New Turing Omnibus: 66 Excursions in Computer Science"
Open Source is still far from being proven in *any* domain. Last time I checked, it appeared that IIS is slowly gaining market share -- especially among commercial sites-- and the majority of SSL sites used M$FT products. Also, a growing number of sites are using Java (open API? / closed implementation) to do things that used to be done with perl (open source.) Also, in a world where 1 billion people are still starving while waiting for their next meal, I think its overly optimistic to think that technology will overshadow industry anytime soon. Hell, most places still need a stable agriculture system. Although I still think this scenario *might* be possible in one or two thousand year from now, if we haven't blown ourselves to bits yet ;-)
VA Stock IPO high value: ~$274
ESR value at high: ~$40,000,000
VA Linux Today's close: $7.25
ESR value today: ~$40,000,000*7.25/274 = ~$1,058,000
So still wealthy, but not *super* rich.
However, If I worked at the company and landed on a piece of code which was obvoisly licsensed under the GPL, whouldn't I have the right to release it and any extensions of it without the company's permission? And in this case, if I released the code myself, could the company stop it, since I have the right to re-distribute under the GPL?
This version worked for me (in .vimrc, exactly as follows):
:w!<C-m>:!ispell %<C-m>:e<C-m>
map <C-t>
( <C-t>,<C-m> means type in <C-t>,<C-m> not Ctrl-T,Ctrl-M )
However, from the Win2k EULA :
(written in Bold)"The Product is licensed, not sold." Since Microsoft (or whatever other company, since most EULA's have this clause) own the softare, they can check its use at any time, and can terminate the EULA at any time: "Without prejudice to any other rights, Microsoft may cancel this EULA if you do not abide by the term and conditions of the EULA, in which case you must destroy all copies of the Product and all of its component parts." Since the BSA represents Microsoft and most other companies, and most EULA have this terminology, this is probably a completely legal request, and you are just lucky that they gave you a grace period.
If so, why would anyone concede the election before the electoral college meets. In this case, all you need is one elctroate to change her/his mind and the result would be different. My guess is the concession/recession is just a bunch of BS words with no legal meaning...