Samba is also released under GPL, which SCO has been including for a while.
I thought it was commendable for the Samba team to take the high road when they released a letter saying that even though Samba was being used "by rank hypocrites like SCO", they would still stick by their principles and make their software freely available to anyone.
It will be interesting to see if there are any reactions from the other OSS projects included with OpenServer 6.
I do agree that more choices usually translates to more honest business practices. However, the one major thing PayPal has going for it is that they are owned by eBay and PayPal is integrated pretty much seemlessly into eBay's payment system. I don't have any hard facts, but I'm sure that's one of PayPal's main uses - eBay auction payment. Maybe Google's ultimate goal is to compete directly with PayPal, but it won't be easy. Google does have quite the name recognition though, I suppose.
It's very possible they aren't trying to compete with PayPal. My bank offers online bill pay, which is an online payment system, but I'd hardly call it PayPal's competition.
Because MS seems more interested in adding new "features" and being first to market (although that's debatable with Longhorn) than they are with security. You'd think a company with billions in the bank could spend a little cash hiring more (or better) security experts to review code. 2. Microsoft fights SPAM.
This is not fighting spam. All it's doing is sending legit emails to the trash if they don't use Sender-ID. In a way, they are effectively limiting the communication of Hotmail users to other Hotmail users. I bet that if it was a story about Gmail then it would be a great idea, becasue Google never does evil.
In my opinion, Google has been non-evil so far. I will reconsider my opinion when they approach monopoly status and start abusing (or try to) their power.
I think you mean Challenger. Columbia was destroyed during reentry.
Meh... yeah, Challenger. I stand corrected. I always get those 2 names confused for some reason. You would think I'd know better seeing as how I watched Challenger fall apart on TV when it happened...
Because Theo speaks his mind and doesn't care much about whether others agree (or so it seems). The man was one of the the 4 people who started NetBSD, and was later booted (more of less) from the project because of personality conflicts, which is why he started OpenBSD. That's just who he is.
I know a lot of *BSD people who don't care for Linux, and a lot of Linux people who don't care for *BSD. Probably the 2 top reasons for one not liking the other have to do with development model and licensing. Being that Theo is pretty well known and a little more vocal than most with his opinions, I think it was easier to get a nice juicy article by interviewing him as opposed to some other *BSD developer.
He's got a passion for what he does, and leads a group of people who develop a damn fine and secure OS, http://www.openbsd.com/, he just needs to work on his PR skills a little more (ok, maybe a lot more).
I remember how confused I was the first time someone asked me if I was "taking the piss" (I think that's the phrase). I didn't understand what urine had to do with our conversation at the time.
Thus, I know that a server would require a high-paid consultant to set up.
Dude, you really need to have a talk with my boss then. Tell him he needs to pay me more. I set up and maintain a few linux servers and firewalls here where I work and I'm sure as hell not high paid.
I'd rather MS publish vulnerabilities ahead of time. 2 of the servers I maintain run Windows Server. If they are vulnerable, I'd like to know about it, even if MS hasn't released a fix. At least if I know about it, I can monitor traffic more closely on those servers or do something to at least help those servers from being "pwned". I'd rather spend my time playing defense instead of wondering whether or not my servers are vulnerable and if so, why?
I think if MS kept people more informed of vulnerabilities and released fixes when the vulnerabilites were found, as opposed to not announcing them and hoping no one discovers them until the next monthly security update, it would greatly help their image in terms of security.
minidics never really seemed to catch on in the US, at least in my experiences. but i spent some time in japan when i was in college (there for a semester during the 2000-2001 school year). just about everyone i met there used minidics. lots of my friends there had portable minidic players instead of portable CD players, etc. also, just about every piece of home stereo equipment i saw there came standard with a minidisc player. while minidisc may not have been the top form of distribution for music and such, i'd say it had it's share of success.
Since some people seem to take everything posted on/. as 100% fact, I'd like to point out (as many other's did in that articles' comments) that it probably wasn't a hoax.
a) The MPAA said themselves that they were taking action again LokiTorrent. Google cache here.
b) I've also read that there was an entry in PACER about the lawsuit as well.
Just because you make something people want, doesn't mean you automatically have customers.
Making something customers want requires an understanding of what the customers want in the first place and good development to actually be able to make that product.
Getting customers requires good marketing to get word out about your product and good salesmen to tell people why your product is better than the rest.
The word "addiction" in this context is merely used to make geeks look more pathetic. This study is not meant to "help" anyone, because the MMORPGers don't have a problem.
Actually, there been quite a bit written about MMORPGs being addictive. I've known a few people who have become "addicted" to MMORPGs, not all were geeks. I had a friend in college who stopped going to class for a couple weeks so he could stay in his room and play EQ. I like MMORPGs as much as anyone (I play WoW all the time), but if you start ditching work, school, family and friends so you can play, I'd start calling that an addiction.
easy solution - instead of throwing around wild accusations, make sure what you are saying about someone can be backed up with proof/facts. why shouldn't people be allowed to sue someone for libel or slander?
it can be done to an *involuntarily* committed patient, against their expressed will
uh, no. patients need to sign a consent form in order for ECT to be performed. There's still enough whack-job psychiatrists out there who think it works (it doesn't)
actually, it's been shown to work in many cases, maybe not 100%, but it works a lot of the times.
my girlfriend is a counselor in a psychiatric hospital. she has helped administer ECT and has seen it work.
The New York Times would never had published the leak. An editor would have asked the reporter who their source was...
Actually, I dont think the NYT is a good example. Remeber Jayson Blair? Google if you don't. He's the NYT reporter who was caught plagerising and faking his reports for the NYT. Just because it's the NYT, doesn't mean it will research everything before it's printed. And while papers like the NYT have more credibility than blogs in most peoples' eyes (I assume), there are always exceptions. Just because it's from a blog doesn't mean it's an uneducated opinion, and just because it's from a newspaper read around the world doesn't mean it's cold hard fact.
I'll admit I'm not the biggest MS fan in the world. However, if the situation were reversed, and MS was claiming to own the patent, I think a lot of peoples' tones would be different (i.e. hoping that MS wasn't granted the patent). I hate to say it, but I sort of hope MS wins, but with the outcome being that no one is awarded the patent. That way no browser will be (or potentially be) affected, whether it be IE, Firefox, Opera, or whatever. But that's just MHO...
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Samba is also released under GPL, which SCO has been including for a while.
I thought it was commendable for the Samba team to take the high road when they released a letter saying that even though Samba was being used "by rank hypocrites like SCO", they would still stick by their principles and make their software freely available to anyone.
It will be interesting to see if there are any reactions from the other OSS projects included with OpenServer 6.
I do agree that more choices usually translates to more honest business practices. However, the one major thing PayPal has going for it is that they are owned by eBay and PayPal is integrated pretty much seemlessly into eBay's payment system. I don't have any hard facts, but I'm sure that's one of PayPal's main uses - eBay auction payment. Maybe Google's ultimate goal is to compete directly with PayPal, but it won't be easy. Google does have quite the name recognition though, I suppose.
I detect sarcasm...
It's very possible they aren't trying to compete with PayPal. My bank offers online bill pay, which is an online payment system, but I'd hardly call it PayPal's competition.
1. Microsoft (virri vulnerabilities) causes SPAM.
Because MS seems more interested in adding new "features" and being first to market (although that's debatable with Longhorn) than they are with security. You'd think a company with billions in the bank could spend a little cash hiring more (or better) security experts to review code.
2. Microsoft fights SPAM.
This is not fighting spam. All it's doing is sending legit emails to the trash if they don't use Sender-ID. In a way, they are effectively limiting the communication of Hotmail users to other Hotmail users.
I bet that if it was a story about Gmail then it would be a great idea, becasue Google never does evil.
In my opinion, Google has been non-evil so far. I will reconsider my opinion when they approach monopoly status and start abusing (or try to) their power.
I think you mean Challenger. Columbia was destroyed during reentry.
Meh... yeah, Challenger. I stand corrected. I always get those 2 names confused for some reason. You would think I'd know better seeing as how I watched Challenger fall apart on TV when it happened...
First, learn to spell "Russian" (it's 'a' not 'o')
Second, the Russians were the first ones in space (Sputnik), and it's not like the US has never had a failed launch (read: Columbia)
why would DeRaat say such hateful things?
Because Theo speaks his mind and doesn't care much about whether others agree (or so it seems). The man was one of the the 4 people who started NetBSD, and was later booted (more of less) from the project because of personality conflicts, which is why he started OpenBSD. That's just who he is.
I know a lot of *BSD people who don't care for Linux, and a lot of Linux people who don't care for *BSD. Probably the 2 top reasons for one not liking the other have to do with development model and licensing. Being that Theo is pretty well known and a little more vocal than most with his opinions, I think it was easier to get a nice juicy article by interviewing him as opposed to some other *BSD developer.
He's got a passion for what he does, and leads a group of people who develop a damn fine and secure OS, http://www.openbsd.com/, he just needs to work on his PR skills a little more (ok, maybe a lot more).
I'd like to add to #10. You forgot the thousands of rounds of ammo that are fired off, yet hit nothing but the ground.
I pity da foo who don't like A-Team!
I remember how confused I was the first time someone asked me if I was "taking the piss" (I think that's the phrase). I didn't understand what urine had to do with our conversation at the time.
I noticed that too. It appears (to me anyway) that the state of Mass. is the same way.
I don't want any form of copyright laws
Without any copyright laws, the GPL would be null and void, wouldn't it? Or am I missing something?
Thus, I know that a server would require a high-paid consultant to set up.
Dude, you really need to have a talk with my boss then. Tell him he needs to pay me more. I set up and maintain a few linux servers and firewalls here where I work and I'm sure as hell not high paid.
you have to use special bait which can only be purchased through Sony's Station Exchange.
"The Konami Code" is:
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A
Doh! I knew that didn't sound right. I stand corrected. Haven't had to use the code in a while...
If I recall I was playing games co-op with my friends back in the NES and SNES days.
Bad Dudes, Double Dragon...
oh yeah, and Contra...
Up, up, down, down, a, b, a, b, select, start
While I see your point...
I'd rather MS publish vulnerabilities ahead of time. 2 of the servers I maintain run Windows Server. If they are vulnerable, I'd like to know about it, even if MS hasn't released a fix. At least if I know about it, I can monitor traffic more closely on those servers or do something to at least help those servers from being "pwned". I'd rather spend my time playing defense instead of wondering whether or not my servers are vulnerable and if so, why?
I think if MS kept people more informed of vulnerabilities and released fixes when the vulnerabilites were found, as opposed to not announcing them and hoping no one discovers them until the next monthly security update, it would greatly help their image in terms of security.
But that's just my 2 cents...
with 'Born to kill'
i was thinking more along the lines of 'Born to Frag'
minidisc beating cdr
minidics never really seemed to catch on in the US, at least in my experiences. but i spent some time in japan when i was in college (there for a semester during the 2000-2001 school year). just about everyone i met there used minidics. lots of my friends there had portable minidic players instead of portable CD players, etc. also, just about every piece of home stereo equipment i saw there came standard with a minidisc player. while minidisc may not have been the top form of distribution for music and such, i'd say it had it's share of success.
Since some people seem to take everything posted on /. as 100% fact, I'd like to point out (as many other's did in that articles' comments) that it probably wasn't a hoax.
a) The MPAA said themselves that they were taking action again LokiTorrent. Google cache here.
b) I've also read that there was an entry in PACER about the lawsuit as well.
Just because you make something people want, doesn't mean you automatically have customers.
Making something customers want requires an understanding of what the customers want in the first place and good development to actually be able to make that product.
Getting customers requires good marketing to get word out about your product and good salesmen to tell people why your product is better than the rest.
The word "addiction" in this context is merely used to make geeks look more pathetic. This study is not meant to "help" anyone, because the MMORPGers don't have a problem.
Actually, there been quite a bit written about MMORPGs being addictive. I've known a few people who have become "addicted" to MMORPGs, not all were geeks. I had a friend in college who stopped going to class for a couple weeks so he could stay in his room and play EQ. I like MMORPGs as much as anyone (I play WoW all the time), but if you start ditching work, school, family and friends so you can play, I'd start calling that an addiction.
I guess that might pass for science in Iowa.
Yeah, because Iowa has never contributed anything to science.
easy solution - instead of throwing around wild accusations, make sure what you are saying about someone can be backed up with proof/facts. why shouldn't people be allowed to sue someone for libel or slander?
it can be done to an *involuntarily* committed patient, against their expressed will
uh, no. patients need to sign a consent form in order for ECT to be performed.
There's still enough whack-job psychiatrists out there who think it works (it doesn't)
actually, it's been shown to work in many cases, maybe not 100%, but it works a lot of the times.
my girlfriend is a counselor in a psychiatric hospital. she has helped administer ECT and has seen it work.
learn before you post.
The New York Times would never had published the leak. An editor would have asked the reporter who their source was...
Actually, I dont think the NYT is a good example. Remeber Jayson Blair? Google if you don't. He's the NYT reporter who was caught plagerising and faking his reports for the NYT. Just because it's the NYT, doesn't mean it will research everything before it's printed. And while papers like the NYT have more credibility than blogs in most peoples' eyes (I assume), there are always exceptions. Just because it's from a blog doesn't mean it's an uneducated opinion, and just because it's from a newspaper read around the world doesn't mean it's cold hard fact.
You posted this same comment the other day
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=141180&cid=11
So I'll post my same response...
I'll admit I'm not the biggest MS fan in the world. However, if the situation were reversed, and MS was claiming to own the patent, I think a lot of peoples' tones would be different (i.e. hoping that MS wasn't granted the patent). I hate to say it, but I sort of hope MS wins, but with the outcome being that no one is awarded the patent. That way no browser will be (or potentially be) affected, whether it be IE, Firefox, Opera, or whatever. But that's just MHO...