Actually there was a company in the early '90s that marketed an Alpha based PC to compete with the new Pentiums that had just been released. The company started with an "E" but I can't remember the nam now. They marketed heavily in PC Magazine and PC World. The cost was a bit prohibitive though and the need for 64-bit PCs was not all that important. Quite frankly, it's not all that important even now except for workstations and as many have already pointed out Apple can't claim this either as Alpha's were used in numerous workstations. SGI and Sun Sparc had 64-bit workstations as well.
I have. Read the line about integer performance and you'll see why Apple will still be playing catchup with Intel and AMD. Most people are going to be doing integer and not floating point calculations when they are running their systems. Those that do benefit from floating point are likely not "Switch" candidates anyway. Either way, it's difficult at best to just drop one system and replace it for another when it comes to FP calculations as you not only need to purchase new hardware, you have to purchase new software and even with Adobe allowing crossgrade licensing, it's going to be a big hit to the wallet.
And you're not paying for this when you buy an album? Don't judge an entire industry from the biased, narrow-minded view many here on slashdot seem to share. Many people who create intellectual property put a lot of time, effort and themselves into the work they create. I'd wager they put a lot more time and effort into their craft then those factory workers making those cars.
"...and those who just happen to be sharing within their fair use rights among friends."
Fair use does not make it legal to distribute copyrighted material to friends. Edcational institutions can distribute limited quantities of copyrighted material for learning purposes but this is the only distribution exemption I can think of.
The grey windows are part of the look of the new iLife apps. Safari, iCal and iPhoto are all shown here with this look applied. Apple has been breaking the HIG for years now and this multi-designed look is one such instance. I'll bet the normal finder and app windows maintain the white pinstripe look and will become translucent when not in focus.
...or is anyone else sick and tired of the US legal system being dragged through the media and the court of public opinion? It's comments like this, "...that SCO can be challenged to follow as part of the community's "put up or shut up" response", that make me want to throttle the morons who believe this. SCO has legitimate reasons for keeping the alleged infringed code under wraps until a court of law can determine whether or not infringement actually occured. To do otherwise would be stupid.
Automobiles were invented nearly 100 years ago but that hasn't stopped GM, Daimer/Chrysler, and a slew of other auto manufacturers from improving upon the original concept. Cars of today are nothing like cars of 'yesterday' and the same holds for computer OSes. I'm sure this idea bears a slight resemblance to an idea from an older OS but the implementation and the focus are likely completely different beasts altogether.
...does it have to be said? Correlation does not equal causation. It is a simple imutable fact lost on so many. Is it possible that Bhutan had some larger social issues beginnign to surface in its younger generation? Perhaps TV merely sped the process up instead of causing a complete shift in their social values. Perhaps more focus had been placed on Bhutan because of the unique circumstances, TV being introudced into its culture.
Couldn't the environmentalists prove nuyclear propelled spacecraft actually harms the environment, and possibly space, before demanding the technology not be researched and developed?
...as RMS asserts, there are 39 different patents on playing MPEG-2 video, then there is likely a 40th and it is up to the OSS community to develop this method and make it available under the GPL. For once I'd like to see RMS think instead of react. I'm not going to hold my breath though as he might have book snarts but his lack of common sense really shows in articles like this.
...will never work, or so I've heard from so many on/. when it comes to copyright infringement and digital rights management. As long as the internet remains as open as it is and anonymity is so easily attaied, spammers will find a way around the blocks put in place. Spammers will forge headers and utilize open relays in other countries where there are no anti-spam laws. Either live with the spam or start learning to deal with a little less anonymity on the internet. You can't have it both ways.
I am quite familiar with the term "marginal cost of production", however it is you who needs to familiarize yourself with the way a film is made. Creating the film copies that go out to theaters and DVDs after the initial theatrical release is NOT production but reproduction. Production of the film is the making of the film which in my example cost $300 Million. Regardless of what you consider the production to be, the $300 Million was spent and even if it is marginal to reproduce copies of the original master, there is still the matter of the initial cost that needs to be recouped. Where in your little world of E101 does this occur?
Also, IP is most certainly physical property as it is the expression of an idea fixed in a tangible medium. You cannot express that exact same idea in the exact same way nor may you derive your work from mine and maintain any close similarities. WOrks may inspire but this is a completely different concept apparently only creators of works like myself seem to understand.
"The marginal cost of production for music, movies, software, and other intangible property is almost zero, and it's about time people took this into account before coming up with absurdly misleading analogies."
Really? Then perhaps you should let Artisan know they wasted $300 Million dollars making the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Want more examples? Perhaps it is you who should look into things before commenting.
As for proprietary encumberment, I use MacOS 9 at work and Windows XP at home and yet I do not feel encumbered in anyway. In fact, I tried Linux to see if I could do the same things as easily and conveniently and Linux failed miserably. Talk about encumbered.
Better security? I haven't had a problem that wasn't my fault. I once left anonymous FTP access on my server but I cleaned up the mess some IP pirates left and closed the
And I would hardly call "RTFM" and "have you read the HOWTO?" good community support. Calling new users noobs probably doesn't help either.
"Foundstone's troubles began last October when the company brought a trade-secrets case against J.D. Glaser, its former director of engineering, accusing him of stealing proprietary code."
The irony is not what Foundstone does as a company, but what they recently sued an ex-employee for. Basically this is a case of the ol' pot calling the kettle black.
True, but the general consensus of a topic can be obvious by the way the discussion is moderated and by the way similar topics in the past have been moderated. Most GPL violations villify the defendant while most copyright discussions villify the plaintiff.
"You cannot STEAL information because information by design is not physical and cannot be contained."
Actually copyright can only protect ideas once they are fixed in a tangible medium. Copying intellectual property does not alleviate the theft of that thing because you have devalued the work. Theft is not of the IP but of the value to the work.
Just yesterday there was an article on/. lambasting for allegedly (though this word seemed to have been dropped from teh accusations) violating the GPL and people were calling for the death of Linksys. How dare a company steal the work of the OSS community. Oh, wait, you mean it's morally OK to violate copyrights now? Is this one of those days of the week things? Sunday it's bad to violate copyright, Monday it's OK?
I wish people would start calling this what it really is and stop all the bullshit. You are basically too fucking cheap to purchase movies and music and instead of simply doing without you resort to violating copyrights. I say this, what goes around comes around. The next time Linksys or some other company uses GPL'ed code remember your stance here.
The contract is not a paper one, it's embedded into the media by placing the (c) [date] and/or further copyright notice and explanation somewhere on the packaging (usually on the back for CDs and DVDs). By purchasing the CD, book or movie you agree to abide by copyright laws because you have seen and acknowledge the rights protecting the work. Ignorance of its existence, otherwise known as ignorance of the law, is not a legit argument either. Even if the media is lacking the notice it is still protected though it is much more difficult to protect without the notice.
Here's hoping Adobe is smart this time around and buys Painter and some of the Corel vector apps. The brush engine in PS & is ok but it would be a slam dunk if Adobe could integrate the Painter brush engine into PS. Corel Knockout could replace "Extract" in PS too. Illustrator could use a shot in the arm too. Corel Designer could add some sorely lacking features into Illustrator. Adobe had their chance once before when Painter was up for sale. Here's hoping this new VC puts these apps on the block and Adobe nabs them.
My content. I paid for it. That kind of content. Consider the ad campaign for selling DVD's "Own a Movie Today!"
You do not own the content, you own the media it's on. You merely license the content and are granted limited rights to view it. You cannot distribute it, make derivative works, copy it for other then personal uses, or perform/display it publically.
Not really. The real problem is the DMCA. If the DMCA were repealed, DRM would not be a problem.
Please do explain. I'm guessing you're like every other clueless idiot on/. that simply does not understand the DMCA. You hear all the rhetoric here and assume that someone along the line read and understood its contents.
"...right but you lose information if you save an office document that way."
You lose formatting, not data.
"Why should I have to pay a third party to do business with the government? Especially when alternatives exist (or could if the government took interest in this issue)..."
You only asked for an open format. PDF fills this need. Now you're asking for a cost free format as well? The US government is not in, nor should it be in, the business of software development or steering the direction of software development. Alternatives do exist however and you can obtain cost free PDF solutions though quality may vary.
"I argue that it is not good public policy, and governments should demand that their software vendors provide them with software that stores its data in a publicly reproducible way."
They do. It's called text, RTF and HTML. MS Office saves out to all these formats. You can even install Acrobat and save Office documents as PDFs.
...thinly veiled attempt to force OSS welfare upon the public at large. There were far too many sections that forced not only open data formats to be used but applications that are open themselves.
If you truly want data to be open, then say so, quit the bullshit attempts at forcing governments to stop using Microsoft Office. Work to force government to save data as PDF documents instead. The PDF standard is open to all and OSS as well as proprietary applications can save to this format just fine. You can download the Adobe Acrobat reader for free and if you use Linux/UNIX you have a number of options to choose from for opening PDF files.
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Actually there was a company in the early '90s that marketed an Alpha based PC to compete with the new Pentiums that had just been released. The company started with an "E" but I can't remember the nam now. They marketed heavily in PC Magazine and PC World. The cost was a bit prohibitive though and the need for 64-bit PCs was not all that important. Quite frankly, it's not all that important even now except for workstations and as many have already pointed out Apple can't claim this either as Alpha's were used in numerous workstations. SGI and Sun Sparc had 64-bit workstations as well.
I have. Read the line about integer performance and you'll see why Apple will still be playing catchup with Intel and AMD. Most people are going to be doing integer and not floating point calculations when they are running their systems. Those that do benefit from floating point are likely not "Switch" candidates anyway. Either way, it's difficult at best to just drop one system and replace it for another when it comes to FP calculations as you not only need to purchase new hardware, you have to purchase new software and even with Adobe allowing crossgrade licensing, it's going to be a big hit to the wallet.
"...and the sweat that went into making it."
And you're not paying for this when you buy an album? Don't judge an entire industry from the biased, narrow-minded view many here on slashdot seem to share. Many people who create intellectual property put a lot of time, effort and themselves into the work they create. I'd wager they put a lot more time and effort into their craft then those factory workers making those cars.
"...and those who just happen to be sharing within their fair use rights among friends."
Fair use does not make it legal to distribute copyrighted material to friends. Edcational institutions can distribute limited quantities of copyrighted material for learning purposes but this is the only distribution exemption I can think of.
...yet another piece of technology looking for a use instead of filling an actual need.
The grey windows are part of the look of the new iLife apps. Safari, iCal and iPhoto are all shown here with this look applied. Apple has been breaking the HIG for years now and this multi-designed look is one such instance. I'll bet the normal finder and app windows maintain the white pinstripe look and will become translucent when not in focus.
...or is anyone else sick and tired of the US legal system being dragged through the media and the court of public opinion? It's comments like this, "...that SCO can be challenged to follow as part of the community's "put up or shut up" response", that make me want to throttle the morons who believe this. SCO has legitimate reasons for keeping the alleged infringed code under wraps until a court of law can determine whether or not infringement actually occured. To do otherwise would be stupid.
Automobiles were invented nearly 100 years ago but that hasn't stopped GM, Daimer/Chrysler, and a slew of other auto manufacturers from improving upon the original concept. Cars of today are nothing like cars of 'yesterday' and the same holds for computer OSes. I'm sure this idea bears a slight resemblance to an idea from an older OS but the implementation and the focus are likely completely different beasts altogether.
...does it have to be said? Correlation does not equal causation. It is a simple imutable fact lost on so many. Is it possible that Bhutan had some larger social issues beginnign to surface in its younger generation? Perhaps TV merely sped the process up instead of causing a complete shift in their social values. Perhaps more focus had been placed on Bhutan because of the unique circumstances, TV being introudced into its culture.
Couldn't the environmentalists prove nuyclear propelled spacecraft actually harms the environment, and possibly space, before demanding the technology not be researched and developed?
...as RMS asserts, there are 39 different patents on playing MPEG-2 video, then there is likely a 40th and it is up to the OSS community to develop this method and make it available under the GPL. For once I'd like to see RMS think instead of react. I'm not going to hold my breath though as he might have book snarts but his lack of common sense really shows in articles like this.
...will never work, or so I've heard from so many on /. when it comes to copyright infringement and digital rights management. As long as the internet remains as open as it is and anonymity is so easily attaied, spammers will find a way around the blocks put in place. Spammers will forge headers and utilize open relays in other countries where there are no anti-spam laws. Either live with the spam or start learning to deal with a little less anonymity on the internet. You can't have it both ways.
I am quite familiar with the term "marginal cost of production", however it is you who needs to familiarize yourself with the way a film is made. Creating the film copies that go out to theaters and DVDs after the initial theatrical release is NOT production but reproduction. Production of the film is the making of the film which in my example cost $300 Million. Regardless of what you consider the production to be, the $300 Million was spent and even if it is marginal to reproduce copies of the original master, there is still the matter of the initial cost that needs to be recouped. Where in your little world of E101 does this occur?
Also, IP is most certainly physical property as it is the expression of an idea fixed in a tangible medium. You cannot express that exact same idea in the exact same way nor may you derive your work from mine and maintain any close similarities. WOrks may inspire but this is a completely different concept apparently only creators of works like myself seem to understand.
"The marginal cost of production for music, movies, software, and other intangible property is almost zero, and it's about time people took this into account before coming up with absurdly misleading analogies."
Really? Then perhaps you should let Artisan know they wasted $300 Million dollars making the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Want more examples? Perhaps it is you who should look into things before commenting.
Lower licensing fees? You get what you pay for.
As for proprietary encumberment, I use MacOS 9 at work and Windows XP at home and yet I do not feel encumbered in anyway. In fact, I tried Linux to see if I could do the same things as easily and conveniently and Linux failed miserably. Talk about encumbered.
Better security? I haven't had a problem that wasn't my fault. I once left anonymous FTP access on my server but I cleaned up the mess some IP pirates left and closed the
And I would hardly call "RTFM" and "have you read the HOWTO?" good community support. Calling new users noobs probably doesn't help either.
"Foundstone's troubles began last October when the company brought a trade-secrets case against J.D. Glaser, its former director of engineering, accusing him of stealing proprietary code."
The irony is not what Foundstone does as a company, but what they recently sued an ex-employee for. Basically this is a case of the ol' pot calling the kettle black.
True, but the general consensus of a topic can be obvious by the way the discussion is moderated and by the way similar topics in the past have been moderated. Most GPL violations villify the defendant while most copyright discussions villify the plaintiff.
"You cannot STEAL information because information by design is not physical and cannot be contained."
Actually copyright can only protect ideas once they are fixed in a tangible medium. Copying intellectual property does not alleviate the theft of that thing because you have devalued the work. Theft is not of the IP but of the value to the work.
Just yesterday there was an article on /. lambasting for allegedly (though this word seemed to have been dropped from teh accusations) violating the GPL and people were calling for the death of Linksys. How dare a company steal the work of the OSS community. Oh, wait, you mean it's morally OK to violate copyrights now? Is this one of those days of the week things? Sunday it's bad to violate copyright, Monday it's OK?
I wish people would start calling this what it really is and stop all the bullshit. You are basically too fucking cheap to purchase movies and music and instead of simply doing without you resort to violating copyrights. I say this, what goes around comes around. The next time Linksys or some other company uses GPL'ed code remember your stance here.
The contract is not a paper one, it's embedded into the media by placing the (c) [date] and/or further copyright notice and explanation somewhere on the packaging (usually on the back for CDs and DVDs). By purchasing the CD, book or movie you agree to abide by copyright laws because you have seen and acknowledge the rights protecting the work. Ignorance of its existence, otherwise known as ignorance of the law, is not a legit argument either. Even if the media is lacking the notice it is still protected though it is much more difficult to protect without the notice.
Here's hoping Adobe is smart this time around and buys Painter and some of the Corel vector apps. The brush engine in PS & is ok but it would be a slam dunk if Adobe could integrate the Painter brush engine into PS. Corel Knockout could replace "Extract" in PS too. Illustrator could use a shot in the arm too. Corel Designer could add some sorely lacking features into Illustrator. Adobe had their chance once before when Painter was up for sale. Here's hoping this new VC puts these apps on the block and Adobe nabs them.
My content. I paid for it. That kind of content. Consider the ad campaign for selling DVD's "Own a Movie Today!"
/. that simply does not understand the DMCA. You hear all the rhetoric here and assume that someone along the line read and understood its contents.
You do not own the content, you own the media it's on. You merely license the content and are granted limited rights to view it. You cannot distribute it, make derivative works, copy it for other then personal uses, or perform/display it publically.
Not really. The real problem is the DMCA. If the DMCA were repealed, DRM would not be a problem.
Please do explain. I'm guessing you're like every other clueless idiot on
"...right but you lose information if you save an office document that way."
..."
You lose formatting, not data.
"Why should I have to pay a third party to do business with the government? Especially when alternatives exist (or could if the government took interest in this issue)
You only asked for an open format. PDF fills this need. Now you're asking for a cost free format as well? The US government is not in, nor should it be in, the business of software development or steering the direction of software development. Alternatives do exist however and you can obtain cost free PDF solutions though quality may vary.
"I argue that it is not good public policy, and governments should demand that their software vendors provide them with software that stores its data in a publicly reproducible way."
They do. It's called text, RTF and HTML. MS Office saves out to all these formats. You can even install Acrobat and save Office documents as PDFs.
...thinly veiled attempt to force OSS welfare upon the public at large. There were far too many sections that forced not only open data formats to be used but applications that are open themselves.
If you truly want data to be open, then say so, quit the bullshit attempts at forcing governments to stop using Microsoft Office. Work to force government to save data as PDF documents instead. The PDF standard is open to all and OSS as well as proprietary applications can save to this format just fine. You can download the Adobe Acrobat reader for free and if you use Linux/UNIX you have a number of options to choose from for opening PDF files.