I think Ballmer really meant was that Microsoft will outspend open source, purchasing politicos, FUD campaigns etc.
The only way to do this is by attacking the GPL directly, via legislation outlawing "unsecured" OSes. This IMHO is the main reason that Microsoft is really pushing DRM compliant media players and Palladium.
By supporting these restrictive policies, they can then point to open source/free software and say: "GNU OSes like linux encourage piracy." Another case that will captivate the sheeple will be a statment such as "Most (pedophile|pornagrapher|hacker) sites run Apache on Linux." Of course they will fail to mention that most sites of very type legitimate or not, use Apache, but will Joe Sixpack be able to sort out FUD from fact?
Congress being for the most part clueless/paid will agree and legislate DRM compliant "Digital Rights" to be mandatory on all OSes used in the US. Also look forward a direct legal challenge to the GPL itself in the near future.
Its time to really give a shit, contribute to organizations like the EFF, politicians that aren't stupid like Boucher, and stick up for ourselves.
Unlike most of the management at Microsoft (Ballmer), Charles Simonyi is definetly technical.
Not mentioned in this article, he developed the Multiplan interface, which a gazillion of CPM based boxes used, the first version of Access, and had peripheral involvement of the development of the first Mac GUIs.
This guy started writing programs on a soviet vacuum tube (Ural II) computer. He snuck into Eastern Europe, and from there moved to the US.
If I had any cash I would invest in his company.:).
It may be optional, but look at many security issues that have been caused because many NT/2K/XP options that are turned on by default. Even Redhat has been critised for this practice.
How many MSCEs do you think will [know how to] turn off this option? Also given Microsofts less than rosy past, how easy will it be to disable or remove this option? Examples: MDAC, IE, etc.
Keep in mind this is Microsoft, another company wouldn't be nearly as suspect, for me Borland comes to mind.
FYI, as funny as the name "TrollTech" sounds, if you have ever used KDE then you have used QT which is one of the most widely used gui toolkits around.
In Mediaeval times panes of glass were often made by the Crown glass process. Since I live in the US and went to a junior high school that was slightly over a whole century old I saw panes of glass in this building that were thicker at the bottom that they where at the top, and glass appeared to have ripples in it, and it was not manufactured that way. I know it wasn't medieval glass as the US hasnt had a dark ages, er... well at least before now.
I think this guy is one of the few we have in Congress that "get it" and IMHO one of the few in Congress not paid for by a major media conglomerate. Although this is going to sound like a political commercial, I have followed this guys record, he has opposed virtually every fascist piece of legislation pushed by "big media". I believe the linux and free software community should support him just like most of us support the EFF.
Go down to the LUG at HAL-PC. I've been in there a couple of times, and they have some hardcore Linux users who know their stuff. Let them know and I'm sure they will want to go. As far as LUGs go its one of the largest I have ran across. I for one am interested: PrimeNumber@excite.com
Microsoft started using using common generic names after hiring a marketing suit named Rowland Hanson whose previous experience had been with Neutrogena.
Word & Chart, were the first to be name generically. What isnt commonly known is that Gates had to be argued and cajoled into using Windows, he wanted to call it "Interface Manager"
Incidentally, Hanson was among the first to throw software samples into magazines (freebie demo disks). Given his past experience, it was a small leap from throwing perfume samples in Cosmo, to program samples in PC Week.
My $0.02
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You are correct, especially about minorities in the military. In my experience, (Air Force) minorities have a much fairer shake than they do in the "real world". Most of the senior enlisted personnel that I served with in the Air Force were minorites. This is great.
The reason for this is that Air Force uses tests as a major portion of an Airmans evaluation. They also actively promote a minorites role in the Air Force, (I volunteered for African-American month activities and I am white.) The Air Forces policy on discrimination is zero percent tolerance. And they *do* kick the occasional morons out that violate this rule. Plus they have many places to go if a person feels as if they are being discriminated, and it works (I've heard examples from friends to attest to that)
The military is competing for good people along with civilian companies. And in my experience, they do a much better job trying to keep the good people they do have, regardless of color.
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Because many people in the military are geeks.
Especially in the Air Force & Navy -- if you are in a Comm unit, you essentially have a "white collar" job. Air Force personnel dont get up at oh dark hundred hours in the morning to run, they wait until 3 weeks before the yearly fitness test to get in shape. (I can speak from personal experience here:] ). Navy personnel, in order to keep from going bored out of their minds, master 3 or 4 jobs as well as their primary MOS, and they are good at all of them. Talk to a Air Force or Navy tech guy sometime that works on radar or AWACS type of technologies. They have to go to military training school (In the AF its Keesler AFB Miss.) for over a *year*. IE they dont take classes like humanities, and the classes are 8 hours a day, and it does deal with theory and real *hands on* experience working on the equipment.
In short, dont forget the first computers where designed for military purposes, the first PC (Altair) was designed by an Air Force engineer.
These military guys and gals know there stuff and take *pride* in what they do (ideas that may be to old-fashioned to many on this site, but it works in the military, trust me)
So yeah military postings do have a hell of alot of relevance to this site.
In Napster's heyday, pirated TV shows were a rarity on the Net. But that changed with the advent of broadband home connections, $40 TV tuner cards that snap into your PC and cheap ways to store data. Looking for episodes of Friends? The MPAA counted more than 5,000 locations on the Internet last year where people could download episodes for free. Using custom software to track copyright violations, it also found 4,000 sites for The Simpsons and 2,000 for The Sopranos. Big Pussy is not going to like that!
Large corporations are bad for our *political* system you should say.
Your points on automobile manufacturers and Japan are incorrect however.
One the economy is in a recession, car manufacturers *always* lay off in times of recession, and they usually start in Europe first. An example of this is Fords recent massive layoffs in the UK.
Contrary to popular opinion, most of the problems with Japan today are a result of banking, distribution, and political kickback/porkbarrel issues. A prime example: Japan now has *no* streams/rivers that are not dammed or changed by a public works project -- Usually awarded to construction companies in the politicians prefect that employ local voters. BTW only 10 percent of the Japanese workforce are the stereotypical sararimen that work for large multinational corporations, that are commonly portrayed in American mass media as the "norm" for a Japanese worker.
But what I *really* want to see is a Linux version of Sidekick. I can see no way of getting multiple apps running on the console at once. Besides, a "pop-up" text editor is sorely lacking on Linux. And yet people continue to slam DOS.
In all seriousness, they make super tools, and this is great news.
Draeker: We've been working with our resellers to make sure they have adequate supplies of products and anticipate they will continue selling Loki products. I don't think there will be any huge discounts right away -- maybe in six months they'll discount whatever is left.
I think he is mistaken on this one. I bought Loki Heretic II today for $5.00 at Microcenter.
Slashdot Mirror
To quote houseparty 2....
Wasnt the link in this Slashdot article essentially saying the same thing?
Compare and Contrast
:)
See what I mean?
I think Ballmer really meant was that Microsoft will outspend open source, purchasing politicos, FUD campaigns etc.
The only way to do this is by attacking the GPL directly, via legislation outlawing "unsecured" OSes. This IMHO is the main reason that Microsoft is really pushing DRM compliant media players and Palladium.
By supporting these restrictive policies, they can then point to open source/free software and say: "GNU OSes like linux encourage piracy." Another case that will captivate the sheeple will be a statment such as "Most (pedophile|pornagrapher|hacker) sites run Apache on Linux." Of course they will fail to mention that most sites of very type legitimate or not, use Apache, but will Joe Sixpack be able to sort out FUD from fact?
Congress being for the most part clueless/paid will agree and legislate DRM compliant "Digital Rights" to be mandatory on all OSes used in the US. Also look forward a direct legal challenge to the GPL itself in the near future.
Its time to really give a shit, contribute to organizations like the EFF, politicians that aren't stupid like Boucher, and stick up for ourselves.
You also forgot the 15 joke de jour Slashdot jokes with the subject line: "In other news..."
These are so common, I am getting nostalgic for the days of the 15 redundant BSOD jokes every topic. 8{
"Hungarian" was his thesis work, before he joined Microsoft.
Unlike most of the management at Microsoft (Ballmer), Charles Simonyi is definetly technical.
:).
Not mentioned in this article, he developed the Multiplan interface, which a gazillion of CPM based boxes used, the first version of Access, and had peripheral involvement of the development of the first Mac GUIs.
This guy started writing programs on a soviet vacuum tube (Ural II) computer. He snuck into Eastern Europe, and from there moved to the US.
If I had any cash I would invest in his company.
It may be optional, but look at many security issues that have been caused because many NT/2K/XP options that are turned on by default. Even Redhat has been critised for this practice.
How many MSCEs do you think will [know how to] turn off this option? Also given Microsofts less than rosy past, how easy will it be to disable or remove this option? Examples: MDAC, IE, etc.
Keep in mind this is Microsoft, another company wouldn't be nearly as suspect, for me Borland comes to mind.
If Slashdot sucksso much, why do you post here?
Seems like your site, and I do mean your site, (because you seem like the only one submitting articles) has many articles supporting this perverse thinking.
Siva Vaidhyanathan has posted a nonsense article unfairly bashing the DMCA...
Debunking DMCA myths
And of course: Copyright © 2002 Anthony DiPierro.
What does it feel like?
FYI, as funny as the name "TrollTech" sounds, if you have ever used KDE then you have used QT which is one of the most widely used gui toolkits around.
Sense when does the supplier dictate the terms and not the largest customer?
Answer: When the supplier is a monopoly.
In Mediaeval times panes of glass were often made by the Crown glass process.
Since I live in the US and went to a junior high school that was slightly over a whole century old I saw panes of glass in this building that were thicker at the bottom that they where at the top, and glass appeared to have ripples in it, and it was not manufactured that way. I know it wasn't medieval glass as the US hasnt had a dark ages, er... well at least before now.
if the FBI would give people access to their profiles....
Funny how the US Govt doesnt get fined for the same type of Carnivore related privacy violations.
Theseguys on Sealand should be able to tell you.
then put you in jail for DMCA violations.
I spoke with his high Chairman himself.
I politely let him know that I considered this a bad policy.
After briefly speaking, he politely informed me he was transfering my call to the FCC public comment line. Oh well.
before and i will say it again:
:)
I think this guy is one of the few we have in Congress that "get it" and IMHO one of the few in Congress not paid for by a major media conglomerate.
Although this is going to sound like a political commercial, I have followed this guys record, he has opposed virtually every fascist piece of legislation pushed by "big media".
I believe the linux and free software community should support him just like most of us support the EFF.
dbc001 this is Bernard, answer me....
Why are you scared to pick up the telephone ?
I am going to sue you!
Go down to the LUG at HAL-PC. I've been in there a couple of times, and they have some hardcore Linux users who know their stuff. Let them know and I'm sure they will want to go. As far as LUGs go its one of the largest I have ran across. I for one am interested: PrimeNumber@excite.com
Microsoft started using using common generic names after hiring a marketing suit named Rowland Hanson whose previous experience had been with Neutrogena.
Word & Chart, were the first to be name generically. What isnt commonly known is that Gates had to be argued and cajoled into using Windows, he wanted to call it "Interface Manager"
Incidentally, Hanson was among the first to throw software samples into magazines (freebie demo disks). Given his past experience, it was a small leap from throwing perfume samples in Cosmo, to program samples in PC Week.
My $0.02
You are correct, especially about minorities in the military. In my experience, (Air Force) minorities have a much fairer shake than they do in the "real world". Most of the senior enlisted personnel that I served with in the Air Force were minorites. This is great.
The reason for this is that Air Force uses tests as a major portion of an Airmans evaluation. They also actively promote a minorites role in the Air Force, (I volunteered for African-American month activities and I am white.) The Air Forces policy on discrimination is zero percent tolerance. And they *do* kick the occasional morons out that violate this rule. Plus they have many places to go if a person feels as if they are being discriminated, and it works (I've heard examples from friends to attest to that)
The military is competing for good people along with civilian companies. And in my experience, they do a much better job trying to keep the good people they do have, regardless of color.
Just my $0.02
Because many people in the military are geeks.
:] ). Navy personnel, in order to keep from going bored out of their minds, master 3 or 4 jobs as well as their primary MOS, and they are good at all of them. Talk to a Air Force or Navy tech guy sometime that works on radar or AWACS type of technologies. They have to go to military training school (In the AF its Keesler AFB Miss.) for over a *year*. IE they dont take classes like humanities, and the classes are 8 hours a day, and it does deal with theory and real *hands on* experience working on the equipment.
Especially in the Air Force & Navy -- if you are in a Comm unit, you essentially have a "white collar" job. Air Force personnel dont get up at oh dark hundred hours in the morning to run, they wait until 3 weeks before the yearly fitness test to get in shape. (I can speak from personal experience here
In short, dont forget the first computers where designed for military purposes, the first PC (Altair) was designed by an Air Force engineer.
These military guys and gals know there stuff and take *pride* in what they do (ideas that may be to old-fashioned to many on this site, but it works in the military, trust me)
So yeah military postings do have a hell of alot of relevance to this site.
In Napster's heyday, pirated TV shows were a rarity on the Net. But that changed with the advent of broadband home connections, $40 TV tuner cards that snap into your PC and cheap ways to store data. Looking for episodes of Friends? The MPAA counted more than 5,000 locations on the Internet last year where people could download episodes for free. Using custom software to track copyright violations, it also found 4,000 sites for The Simpsons and 2,000 for The Sopranos. Big Pussy is not going to like that!
Someone no likey this article.
Large corporations are bad for our *political* system you should say.
Your points on automobile manufacturers and Japan are incorrect however.
One the economy is in a recession, car manufacturers *always* lay off in times of recession, and they usually start in Europe first. An example of this is Fords recent massive layoffs in the UK.
Contrary to popular opinion, most of the problems with Japan today are a result of banking, distribution, and political kickback/porkbarrel issues. A prime example: Japan now has *no* streams/rivers that are not dammed or changed by a public works project -- Usually awarded to construction companies in the politicians prefect that employ local voters. BTW only 10 percent of the Japanese workforce are the stereotypical sararimen that work for large multinational corporations, that are commonly portrayed in American mass media as the "norm" for a Japanese worker.
But what I *really* want to see is a Linux version of Sidekick. I can see no way of getting multiple apps running on the console at once. Besides, a "pop-up" text editor is sorely lacking on Linux. And yet people continue to slam DOS.
In all seriousness, they make super tools, and this is great news.
Draeker: We've been working with our resellers to make sure they have adequate supplies of products and anticipate they will continue selling Loki products. I don't think there will be any huge discounts right away -- maybe in six months they'll discount whatever is left.
I think he is mistaken on this one. I bought Loki Heretic II today for $5.00 at Microcenter.