According to the article, this company will be the first to break into the Linux enterprise market. I fail to see why this is a major breakthrough - anyone can use Linux for their enterprise whenever and however they want. Linux has been used at my company for quite some time now as an database server with every bit of the HR, sales, and product records (regular backups are kept, of course).
Stating that this is a major 'new' market is just bull.
Look at this! Seriously, open sourcing software is now a marketing thing! First we have MacOS X yesterday (or the day before, I don't remember), and now this. It'll be like the domino effect - people are trying to play off of Red Hat's success.
A company was recently hired to produce thousands of 4 inch tall sweaters specially designed to fit penguins. Sweaters, Inc. was listed as having better than expected earnings for the 4th quarter. The President of the U.S. has been quoted as saying, "The influx of new jobs that have been created because of the penguin crisis has been a boon to the international community."
I hope that everyone realizes that if MacOS X really is opensourced that that doesn't mean that it will be GPLed. If Apple does opensource MacOS X then it is likely that only some of the code that would allow for extensions to be made to the operating system, etc. much in the way that UT was opensourced not too long ago. 'Opensourcing' is more of a marketing thing - it sounds like it'll be all great and everything, that Apple too is jumping on the open source bandwagon... but no. If they really open-source MacOS X it will mean even more monetary losses for the company. Obviously it would be a boon to the open-source community... but I really feel that this is a marketing ploy to make people feel like Apple is a great company. Just my two cents. - Iodine
Uri Gellar has a right to sue Nintendo of Japan. Everyone of the Pokémon names is trademarked (at least here in the U.S.), and the fact that the Pokémon is named Ungellar in Japanese obviously isn't coincidental. As has been previously stated, the katakana glyphs for Ri and N are strikingly similar. It can therefore be determined that Nintendo's name 'Ungellar' was a play on Uri Gellar's name. Mr. Gellar obviously would have a winning suit if not for the international complications.
Gellar cannot sue Nintendo of America - that Pokémon is called Alakazam here and a simple "He bends spoons too!" suit would not hold up in a civil court. The only way for Gellar to get money would be to sue Nintendo of Japan, and then you obviously have international trademark and copyright law coming into play with every one of the Pokémon names being trademarked (at least in the U.S.)
With all the difficulties that are inherent of an international suit, I doubt that he'll get the money, even though he probably deserves it.
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According to the article, this company will be the first to break into the Linux enterprise market. I fail to see why this is a major breakthrough - anyone can use Linux for their enterprise whenever and however they want. Linux has been used at my company for quite some time now as an database server with every bit of the HR, sales, and product records (regular backups are kept, of course).
Stating that this is a major 'new' market is just bull.
Look at this! Seriously, open sourcing software is now a marketing thing! First we have MacOS X yesterday (or the day before, I don't remember), and now this. It'll be like the domino effect - people are trying to play off of Red Hat's success.
A company was recently hired to produce thousands of 4 inch tall sweaters specially designed to fit penguins. Sweaters, Inc. was listed as having better than expected earnings for the 4th quarter. The President of the U.S. has been quoted as saying, "The influx of new jobs that have been created because of the penguin crisis has been a boon to the international community."
It came to me last night - will CmdrTaco be changing his name to CmdrChalupa anytime soon? Is there Taco Bell licensing in progress now?
Well?
- Iodine
I hope that everyone realizes that if MacOS X really is opensourced that that doesn't mean that it will be GPLed. If Apple does opensource MacOS X then it is likely that only some of the code that would allow for extensions to be made to the operating system, etc. much in the way that UT was opensourced not too long ago. 'Opensourcing' is more of a marketing thing - it sounds like it'll be all great and everything, that Apple too is jumping on the open source bandwagon... but no. If they really open-source MacOS X it will mean even more monetary losses for the company. Obviously it would be a boon to the open-source community... but I really feel that this is a marketing ploy to make people feel like Apple is a great company. Just my two cents. - Iodine
Uri Gellar has a right to sue Nintendo of Japan. Everyone of the Pokémon names is trademarked (at least here in the U.S.), and the fact that the Pokémon is named Ungellar in Japanese obviously isn't coincidental. As has been previously stated, the katakana glyphs for Ri and N are strikingly similar. It can therefore be determined that Nintendo's name 'Ungellar' was a play on Uri Gellar's name. Mr. Gellar obviously would have a winning suit if not for the international complications.
Gellar cannot sue Nintendo of America - that Pokémon is called Alakazam here and a simple "He bends spoons too!" suit would not hold up in a civil court. The only way for Gellar to get money would be to sue Nintendo of Japan, and then you obviously have international trademark and copyright law coming into play with every one of the Pokémon names being trademarked (at least in the U.S.)
With all the difficulties that are inherent of an international suit, I doubt that he'll get the money, even though he probably deserves it.