so every time I install something which is bundled with (say) java, I'll get java every time? How many copies of java with inconsistent and possibly incompatible behaviour does a person need?
example, say I have an app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.0, which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
and then I have another app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.1 which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
wtf??? am I missing something here?
I see your point and I agrree with the philosophy behind it. But in my post, "why" was a short way express "make a conjecture as to why based on that evidence alone"
it also deprives you of the ability to keep to yourself whether you "just don't use facebook that often" or you just don't wanna add another useless contact.
Details about who doens't want to friend you and why should remain private. Then again that's true for most of the stuff posted on facebook but that's another story.
Why doesn't anyone ask about Zaphod Beeblebrox? He's from there, too, he's president of the fucking galaxy, and
[spoiler]
the most important person in the universe of the total perspective vortex
[/spoiler]
And how do you feel about calling the process of filtering out unsolicited pieces of information from a server you didn't even choose to visit "freeloading?"
Maybe smug is the word you're looking for. Oh, wait...
More expensive DRM-laden adware music! This is JUST what we need to change our minds about NOT CARING about music enterprises! Making the lives of the pirates easier compared to those who pay for the content is such a great idea! It's worked before, hasn't it?
...and FOSS being the sane choice for the most hostile company towards it doesn't qualify as success? Do I need to remind you of their past EEE and FUD strategies against it?
I mean, other than all the community goodness and hacker ethics and what-have-you, we DO want to actually make a living by FOSS, no?
Plus, it is kind of ridiculous for Microsoft to continue their claims that the GPL is not enforcable, or viral, or financially unprofitable when they use it themselves. These do sound like successes to me.
Well duh! But the fact that the company whose development and profit paradigm are the exact opposite of the FOSS philosophy is forced (legally or business-sense-wise) to develop FLOSS code is a major success, don't you think?
First the SEGA logo brazenly appeared on a Nintendo console
Now it's Microsoft publishing GPL licenced-code. TWICE (the other being their contribution to the kernel)
Pigs expected to fly next week.
A more careful reading of 1984 would help you realise that Orwell believes that the class war is ultimately circular, with the rising of a middle class which grows powerful enough to be the upper class, no matter which political system is applied, be it medieval mercadillism, capitalism, communism, the fictional Tao or whatever. Also, Emmanuel Goldstein is the "enemy" his loyalties and beliefs the target of the propaganda of the Socialist State. I.e. when Oceania is at war with Anatolasia, he is supposedly "taoist"
Literary inaccuracies addressed, even if you were right, that doesn't change the fact that cheap labour in an oppressive communist state is exploited by rich capitalists in an economically imperial state and that the rest of the world sees the inequalities created by this system and despises the state that harbours them. Your attack is on my analogy, not on my argument and its worth is mostly philological.
Americans rejoice as the exploitation of cheap workers in far away oppressive countries makes filthy rich investors who happen to live closer, rather than further. The rest of the world's feelings about economic imperialism and the resentment these inequalities create are the products of Emmanuel Goldstein
Sure Microsoft, that IS a good idea! Ad-supported native software, straight from the mothership. Nothing gives a better impression than a cheapskate company trying to squeeze an extra buck off trivial software! Next time, require 3 subscriptions in spam lists for your notepad equivalent-du-jour, that'll bring in some extra cash!
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Is extortion or shakedown a better word to describe the practice?
so every time I install something which is bundled with (say) java, I'll get java every time? How many copies of java with inconsistent and possibly incompatible behaviour does a person need?
example, say I have an app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.0, which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
and then I have another app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.1 which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
wtf??? am I missing something here?
How very educational.
I see your point and I agrree with the philosophy behind it. But in my post, "why" was a short way express "make a conjecture as to why based on that evidence alone"
it also deprives you of the ability to keep to yourself whether you "just don't use facebook that often" or you just don't wanna add another useless contact.
Details about who doens't want to friend you and why should remain private. Then again that's true for most of the stuff posted on facebook but that's another story.
Why doesn't anyone ask about Zaphod Beeblebrox? He's from there, too, he's president of the fucking galaxy, and
[spoiler]
the most important person in the universe of the total perspective vortex
[/spoiler]
did I get asked for this? noooooo.
all extensions not explicitely allowed by the user should be disabled.
It's not a hack, it's a feature
And how do you feel about calling the process of filtering out unsolicited pieces of information from a server you didn't even choose to visit "freeloading?"
Maybe smug is the word you're looking for. Oh, wait...
Admittedly I never though about prisoners doing any of those things, including D&D, but hey, whatever works.
Just try to tell the death row inmates your monster rolled a 20
More expensive DRM-laden adware music! This is JUST what we need to change our minds about NOT CARING about music enterprises! Making the lives of the pirates easier compared to those who pay for the content is such a great idea! It's worked before, hasn't it?
Embrace Extend and Extinguish
Embrace Extend Extinguish
Yes, their contrib to the linux kernel a few months ago. Some virtualisation stuff that helps them run linux on their OS I think. More news here
...and FOSS being the sane choice for the most hostile company towards it doesn't qualify as success? Do I need to remind you of their past EEE and FUD strategies against it?
I mean, other than all the community goodness and hacker ethics and what-have-you, we DO want to actually make a living by FOSS, no?
Plus, it is kind of ridiculous for Microsoft to continue their claims that the GPL is not enforcable, or viral, or financially unprofitable when they use it themselves. These do sound like successes to me.
These are the final days I tell you! the end is nigh!
Well duh! But the fact that the company whose development and profit paradigm are the exact opposite of the FOSS philosophy is forced (legally or business-sense-wise) to develop FLOSS code is a major success, don't you think?
First the SEGA logo brazenly appeared on a Nintendo console
Now it's Microsoft publishing GPL licenced-code. TWICE (the other being their contribution to the kernel)
Pigs expected to fly next week.
A more careful reading of 1984 would help you realise that Orwell believes that the class war is ultimately circular, with the rising of a middle class which grows powerful enough to be the upper class, no matter which political system is applied, be it medieval mercadillism, capitalism, communism, the fictional Tao or whatever. Also, Emmanuel Goldstein is the "enemy" his loyalties and beliefs the target of the propaganda of the Socialist State. I.e. when Oceania is at war with Anatolasia, he is supposedly "taoist"
Literary inaccuracies addressed, even if you were right, that doesn't change the fact that cheap labour in an oppressive communist state is exploited by rich capitalists in an economically imperial state and that the rest of the world sees the inequalities created by this system and despises the state that harbours them. Your attack is on my analogy, not on my argument and its worth is mostly philological.
Americans rejoice as the exploitation of cheap workers in far away oppressive countries makes filthy rich investors who happen to live closer, rather than further. The rest of the world's feelings about economic imperialism and the resentment these inequalities create are the products of Emmanuel Goldstein
Now all that's missing for a nutritious lunch is ham and eggs
Yes, but if you're using apple, you don't like freedom in the first place, you just like what Jobs likes.
Oh, so you mean that these ads allow Microsft to sell Zunes cheaper? A new slogan is in order for such igenuity!
it's not an ad, it's a feature!
Sure Microsoft, that IS a good idea! Ad-supported native software, straight from the mothership. Nothing gives a better impression than a cheapskate company trying to squeeze an extra buck off trivial software! Next time, require 3 subscriptions in spam lists for your notepad equivalent-du-jour, that'll bring in some extra cash!