Americans elect idiots,everything here is based on the lowest human instinct yet , inexplicably this country continues to be the most powerful and of the most successful societies on this planet.
This like that do not happen by accident.
No, you don't.
This whole business of loading itself automatically and stealing relevant extension should be set to "OFF" by default.
I have fucking more interesting things to do than search for some obscure config tab just to prevent RealPlayer from taking over half of my machine.
RealPlayer is one of the most fucked up and annoying apps ever.
Since when ? What kind of question is that ? They do get to decide what will or won't go into their hardware and part of it is based on their own market research.
Actually, I do like your idea of a tax exemption. This is always a good thing.
On the other hand , the changes you are advocating are very fundamental and basically do away with the way that American business community managed itself for over 100 years. At least before advocating such a radical change consideration should be given to the root of the problem -> is it IP law or the way it is executed. ( after all IP was desigend to _protect_ inventors with limited means )
Oh , Europeans are completely ungreatefull. Not only US saved their ass twice but also created the very Net we are talking about and they still bitch on every ocassion they get.
Where the hell is any information regarding IIS being part of the kernel ? IIS guys reqested to implement specific functionality that would help IIS run faster (related to threads.. forgot exact term ) but this is quite generic and can used by any other software. BTW. latest Linux kernel does include httpd deamon... so even if MS did put parts of IIS in the kernel why the hell Linus and others do the same if it is such a ugly feature ?
Yeah. Information is different than material objects but consider the fact that it takes a lot of skills and time to create valuable information (of any sort) and therefore must be somehow compensated otherwise people will loose interested in creating it. Sure there are folks who would do it anyway but that's not the point. They deserve to be paid just as makers of cars do. In fact, do you really think that price of the car is driven by cost of material it takes to make one ? There is another issue with statement that "information cannot be owned." How about your personal information in the form of diary or whatever. You own it and you would be deeply offened if somebody tried to make it "free" for everybody. Maybe not the best example but will do for now:-)
I do agree with you as to the dominant marketplace isue. Back to IP issue: Imagine...you come up with some slick new engine and promptly release your model on the market. Having limited means you can't really flood the market but... the big gorilla of that particular niche can. So they copy your design and make milions while you get nothing. Without IP laws it is a very realistic scenario. You hinted that there could be some laws enacted to prevent this sort of abuse but...you know what, we don't need them. They are already here and are called IP.
Windows was used to develop tons of client side apps which are being actively copied by both KDE and Gnome teams. So much for your argument about instability...
It is a shame that FSF needs funding... Acording to ERS GNU and GPL can be just as profitable as your typical commercial enterprise. If the very people who invented GPL concept seem to have a problem with funding how the hell ERS expects others to follow this obviously utopian idea ?
If you mean FSF zealots then say it so and don't create illusion that entire internet community gives a damn about GPL. I don't and obviously BSD folks niether. BTW.. how the hell one can steal something that is supposedly completely free ( as in freedom )? If it is possible then obviously it is NOT free and somebody is playing with the word "freedom" here.You can't have it both ways !
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Do you even know what original post was refering to ?
Americans elect idiots ,everything here is based on the lowest human instinct yet , inexplicably this country continues to be the most powerful and of the most successful societies on this planet.
This like that do not happen by accident.
No, you don't.
This whole business of loading itself automatically and stealing relevant extension should be set to "OFF" by default.
I have fucking more interesting things to do than search for some obscure config tab just to prevent RealPlayer from taking over half of my machine.
RealPlayer is one of the most fucked up and annoying apps ever.
We don't need stupid dinosaurs either ..
I bet you are still riding fucking horse cause it works.
Get lost loser.
He does speak for us.
Does 13527 sound better for you ?
It is fun to be Open Source developer. No need to think, leave it to commercial "greedy" segment, all you have to do is just clone, clone ...
The article mentions precisely that sort of device presented by Transmeda .
Since when ? What kind of question is that ?
They do get to decide what will or won't go into their hardware and part of it is based on their own market research.
That ougth to be enough for anybody ...
"DEMUXing is more work for the client at the application-protocol level."
I don't think it is a problem. Offloading work to client side is almost always a good thing ( witness javascript success.)
Actually, I do like your idea of a tax exemption.
This is always a good thing.
On the other hand , the changes you are advocating are very fundamental and basically do away with the way that American business community managed itself for over 100 years.
At least before advocating such a radical change consideration should be given to the root of the problem -> is it IP law or the way it is executed.
( after all IP was desigend to _protect_ inventors with limited means )
Have you ever considered posibility that ,despite being American, English might not be my native language?
Oh , Europeans are completely ungreatefull. Not only US saved their ass twice but also created the very Net we are talking about and they still bitch on every ocassion they get.
The real question is what is the size of executable in memory ( compared to Java memory-eater)
Yes, I did use it and Swing is still a joke. ...
Sorry but for now it won't do
Where the hell is any information regarding IIS being part of the kernel ? .. forgot exact term ) but this is quite generic and can used by any other software.
IIS guys reqested to implement specific functionality that would help IIS run faster (related to threads
BTW. latest Linux kernel does include httpd deamon... so even if MS did put parts of IIS in the kernel why the hell Linus and others do the same if it is such a ugly feature ?
Yeah. Information is different than material objects but consider the fact that it takes a lot of skills and time to create valuable information (of any sort) and therefore must be somehow compensated otherwise people will loose interested in creating it. Sure there are folks who would do it anyway but that's not the point. They deserve to be paid just as makers of cars do. :-)
In fact, do you really think that price of the car is driven by cost of material it takes to make one ?
There is another issue with statement that "information cannot be owned." How about your personal information in the form of diary or whatever. You own it and you would be deeply offened if somebody tried to make it "free" for everybody.
Maybe not the best example but will do for now
I do agree with you as to the dominant marketplace isue. Back to IP issue: ...you come up with some slick new engine and promptly release your model on the market. Having limited means you can't really flood the market but ... the big gorilla of that particular niche can. So they copy your design and make milions while you get nothing. ...you know what, we don't need them. They are already here and are called IP.
Imagine
Without IP laws it is a very realistic scenario.
You hinted that there could be some laws enacted to prevent this sort of abuse but
"and the winner is almost always the large, well funded and well represented corporation, not the little guy."
So you are advocating change from "almost always" to "always" ?
Because , as the original poster explained, that would be the effect of abolishing IP.
Sounds like class warfare to me. Are you sure you belong in technical field ? Looks like you missed your boat by a long shot ...
Yeah. Just another interpretation of GPV ...
There are as many contradicting this point of view.
Again, forced freedom is no freedom at all.
Linux can be bitch as well. Ever had X lockup so hard that even kill -9 wouldn't help ?
Windows was used to develop tons of client side apps which are being actively copied by both KDE and Gnome teams. So much for your argument about instability ...
It is a shame that FSF needs funding ... Acording to ERS GNU and GPL can be just as profitable as your typical commercial enterprise. If the very people who invented GPL concept seem to have a problem with funding how the hell ERS expects others to follow this obviously utopian idea ?
If you mean FSF zealots then say it so and don't create illusion that entire internet community gives a damn about GPL. I don't and obviously BSD folks niether. .. how the hell one can steal something that is supposedly completely free ( as in freedom )?
BTW
If it is possible then obviously it is NOT free and somebody is playing with the word "freedom" here.You can't have it both ways !