The fallacy of the GPL is that it claims to be something that it is not....
It claims to make freedom its central goal, when in reality it exists to encourage the socialist ideals of its creator.
Belief is a funny thing. You can't be right or wrong much of the time.
If most of us believe that GPL is a usefull tool that prevents our work from being coopted by corporate greed
then we do. If you choose to believe that this is somehow socialist you can. How does this make GPL true or
untrue. It can't. GPL is not a conjecture, its just a contract that you can either choose to accept or not. It is neiter True or False.
If you want to use it then you have to pay the price. If the price is too steep, don't use it.
Win95, Win98, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP are forks? I don't think so.
Yes they are! If you write software that need to run on all of them then you need to TEST against all of them and
you need to write conditional code that handles each of them. Thus you have a support issue for all of them.
This is a fork. Sorry but nice try.
Oh, so now MS is on a level below all Linux advocates? Please explain to me how
differences in opinion (in business models and what makes business work) between MS
and all free software supporters makes one person right and the other one wrong.
OK Plumber Boy.:0) One word - GREED. Enough is enough. Take your marbles and go home Bill.
Linux advocates might be a little over zealous and rabid at times. But that overwhelming stink of GREED
that emanates form Redmond is killing this industry.
some punk-ass linux user wants to or doesnt want to use is irrelevant... Ah... no.
No punk-ass Linux user here. I have actually been an NT developer for the last 5+ years (C++/COM). But at home I run Linux and Linux only. Many feel the way I do. Microsoft can develop for what ever OS they want but MY house stays Microsoft free until they either change or are forced to. Now a few years ago I would have been a huge Microsoft supporter but times I have now seen their true colours. Sorry but no thanks, you can keep it.
It is if you alias it (ie.cmd file in the path) as all true UNIX disciples will do after their first 20 minutes with the NT shell.
Now if we could only substitute "\" with "/" all would be well.
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Am I the only one who has reverted to using plain text files for almost everything?
Nope! I stopped using Word for anything that wasn't mandatory in word 3-4 years ago. Haven't felt a need to go back. Some corporate documents require word so you are stuck there, but you would be surprised at how much QUICKER communicating with plain text can be.
-DF
The color Red can be reproduced in many forms, such as crayon, marker, colored pencil, oil paint, dye, water color, pastel.
Or just letting someone know their fly has been down for the last 10 minutes at a crowed cocktail party.
Getting viewing statistics is has been the holy grail of broadcasters
since the beginnings of broadcasting. To NOT want to sell this
information either in aggregate by specific users is not something I
expect from a modern corporation. In a modern corporation individual
responsibility and sense of ethics is often subjugated to the need to
turn a profit. In the long run self-regulation on privacy issues will
prove to be of no use.
And how stupid do they think their customers are ?
That's the problem, they don't KNOW! As their user base grows they
don't know the average "stupidity" of that base. So they do thins like this to test the
envelope.
The assumption then is: Assume the user base has the IQ of gerbils
and treat them thus until they prove you wrong
This merger madness has got to slow down. On a related note my ISP, a small independent one got bought by a multinational a few months back, and the personal service the customers used to get has dropped through the floor. Wall street is driving this madness. All the talk of economies of scales ignores a basic fact. Not all customers like their service from a conglomerate. I expect media-one service to drop as a result of this. Although I am in favor of he lowering of access costs as a result, the loss of diversity seems like too high a price.
Gates sees him self as: a visionary who is somehow endowed with a mandate by his sheer genius as to how to lead the computing world into the 21st century. Of course that mandate needs a revision from time to time when reality is out of sync with previously published predictions. "The Road Ahead" comes to mind.
Put another way: Stuck in a world where his power is unquestioned even Gates believes the dilutions that come into his mind. Reality is not an option. To think this whole DOJ issue could have been resolved without: 1. Loss of face my Microsoft 2. Loss of stock price 3. Any changes in corporate behaviour 4. Certain continued growth for NT on the server side And much more had this megalomaniac only gave a little when the DOJ came a knocking. But true "visionaries" lost in a world of their own creation will never see that. -DF
Once I became aware of Microsoft's un-ethical business practices. It became more than just choosing the right tool for the right job.
Where I have a say in what software goes no a computer (as in my home) Microsoft products are unwelcome, period. If they should decide to behave differently in the future, I might reconsider. --DF.
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It claims to make freedom its central goal, when in reality it exists to encourage the socialist ideals of its creator.
Belief is a funny thing. You can't be right or wrong much of the time.
If most of us believe that GPL is a usefull tool that prevents our work from being coopted by corporate greed
then we do. If you choose to believe that this is somehow socialist you can. How does this make GPL true or
untrue. It can't. GPL is not a conjecture, its just a contract that you can either choose to accept or not. It is neiter True or False.
If you want to use it then you have to pay the price. If the price is too steep, don't use it.
Win95, Win98, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP are forks? I don't think so. Yes they are! If you write software that need to run on all of them then you need to TEST against all of them and you need to write conditional code that handles each of them. Thus you have a support issue for all of them. This is a fork. Sorry but nice try.
differences in opinion (in business models and what makes business work) between MS
and all free software supporters makes one person right and the other one wrong.
OK Plumber Boy. :0) One word - GREED. Enough is enough. Take your marbles and go home Bill.
Linux advocates might be a little over zealous and rabid at times. But that overwhelming stink of GREED
that emanates form Redmond is killing this industry.
And
... That doesn't work :0)
*cough*
Lotus Notes
*cough*
OOPS! Never mind
Something to think about.
Someone with Mod points mod this up.
No. Etcha sketch came first! They should sue NCR.
Ah... no.
No punk-ass Linux user here. I have actually been an NT developer for the last 5+ years (C++/COM). But at home I run Linux and Linux only. Many feel the way I do. Microsoft can develop for what ever OS they want but MY house stays Microsoft free until they either change or are forced to. Now a few years ago I would have been a huge Microsoft supporter but times I have now seen their true colours. Sorry but no thanks, you can keep it.
Agreed. Microtrash software won't run on my Linux box until I see a big change in the way they do business or are broken up. Whichever comes first.
If I didn't know better I'd swear the article was one giant troll. Trust your feelings. This article IS one big troll for page hit.
Because they want $$$ and they will target the source most likely to have some. It should be clear by now that this is all about money.
When BT shareholders get wind of this cooler heads might prevail. BT must be going through some tough times to want to go down this road.
It's clear that they have no shame ...
I guess at least they are up-front about not having any.
It is if you alias it (ie .cmd file in the path) as all true UNIX disciples will do after their first 20 minutes with the NT shell.
Now if we could only substitute "\" with "/" all would be well.
.
Nope! I stopped using Word for anything that wasn't mandatory in word 3-4 years ago. Haven't felt a need to go back. Some corporate documents require word so you are stuck there, but you would be surprised at how much QUICKER communicating with plain text can be. -DF
Someone mod this up. It's funny
This I really find hard to believe. Sorry. I see too much $$ invlved here.
The color Red can be reproduced in many forms, such as crayon, marker, colored pencil, oil paint, dye, water color, pastel. Or just letting someone know their fly has been down for the last 10 minutes at a crowed cocktail party.
Getting viewing statistics is has been the holy grail of broadcasters since the beginnings of broadcasting. To NOT want to sell this information either in aggregate by specific users is not something I expect from a modern corporation. In a modern corporation individual responsibility and sense of ethics is often subjugated to the need to turn a profit. In the long run self-regulation on privacy issues will prove to be of no use.
That's the problem, they don't KNOW! As their user base grows they don't know the average "stupidity" of that base. So they do thins like this to test the envelope.
The assumption then is: Assume the user base has the IQ of gerbils and treat them thus until they prove you wrong
This merger madness has got to slow down. On a related note my ISP, a small independent one got bought by a multinational a few months back, and the personal service the customers used to get has dropped through the floor. Wall street is driving this madness. All the talk of economies of scales ignores a basic fact. Not all customers like their service from a conglomerate. I expect media-one service to drop as a result of this. Although I am in favor of he lowering of access costs as a result, the loss of diversity seems like too high a price.
Put another way: Stuck in a world where his power is unquestioned even Gates believes the dilutions that come into his mind. Reality is not an option. To think this whole DOJ issue could have been resolved without:
1. Loss of face my Microsoft
2. Loss of stock price
3. Any changes in corporate behaviour
4. Certain continued growth for NT on the server side
And much more had this megalomaniac only gave a little when the DOJ came a knocking.
But true "visionaries" lost in a world of their own creation will never see that. -DF
Of which Coppermine is NOT! ... two years ago? What are they doing in Santa Clara?
Now whren did IBM hit the street with a copper process? Hmm
Three Letters: AMD. AMD chose not to go that path. AMD's share is up. I'm not saying they are related but, just in case ...
Where I have a say in what software goes no a computer (as in my home) Microsoft products are unwelcome, period. If they should decide to behave differently in the future, I might reconsider.
--DF.
What are you some kinda Chevy ore worse yet Dodge Commie?