But you still have to buy the tracks - he's just produced a tool to let you download the tracks you buy in a format you want.
It is cool, and it is important. It's another way of telling record companies that we don't want DRM'd music. It's a message to itunes that they failed to produce the product we want, so somebody went out and "fixed" it.
Another way to send a message, and a better way in my opinion, is to buy music recordings from artists who distribute open, DRM-free music. Let's reward the people who get it right the first time.
So MS threatened to close up shop in Denmark if the EU doesn't go for software patents. But here in the US, we hauled their butts into court and got an antitrust conviction, and they're still here. What the hell do we have to do to get them to leave?
Umm...my entire career has been based on developing systems built with free software, so in my case RMS's principles have put food in my mouth and the mouths of my family. Hey, thanks RMS. I think I'll go contribute some money to the FSF now - since I made that money with GNU software, it seems like hte right thing for me to do.
We can improve the signal to noise ratio on Slashdot and other sites if we all agree that Microsoft keeping things closed/abusing its monopoly position/killing kttens is NOT NEWS and not worthy of mention. Is everybody on board?
Try again. Wonderkid is saying that he will acquire software in violation of the copyright holder's rights. He is knowingly participating in distributing someone else's work without permission.
I agree that you should not hav to pay for bugfixes, but a bugfix is not an upgrade. An upgrade is a new version of the software with new features, and if you want the new features, you should obtain them legitimately.
Software vendors please note: A BUGFIX IS NOT AN UPGRADE. DON'T TRY TO SELL US BUGFIXES.
As for using any software in violation of the license, that's lame. Do you think it's ok to distribute Linux without providing the source? What you are doing is morally equivalent to that.
Are you out of you're freaking mind? OSS has saved me so much time it's insane. Here's just one example: a couple of months ago I needed to put a website quickly. I used Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Geeklog and I had a complete, full featured website ready to go in about half a day. And yes, it did exactly what I wanted out of the box, providing even more features than I hoped for with fewer bugs than I'd expect to see in comparable proprietary packages.
MS Windows, on the other hand, is one of the nastiest time bandits I've ever seen. Check back with me on Friday to see how much time I've spent dealing with annoying bugs in Windows. Here's one for starters: the guy down the hall, running Win2k, can't set any of his printers to be the default. Let me know if you've got any ideas.
On the website, I see that you use the term "free software" to refer to software that is not distributed under free software licenses. This is misleading and NOT cool. I suggest you use another term, or perhaps add a footnote that says "free as in beer, not as in speech".
I'd guess they also have a large number of general purpose office pogues perfectly capable of rendering a brand new machine unbootable before lunchtime.
Helpless my ass. You're right that the kernel team does not maintain a stable ABI, and it has made it very clear why. But Nvidia is welcome to support an open source driver in the main kernel tree. They have chosen not to do so.
Perhaps this is the case in Australia, but here in the United States the process is much simpler and cheaper. It goes something like this:
I assemble the systems staff in a meeting room. When they are all settled in I say, "Raise your hand if you are an MSCE. (pause) Ok, everybody else still has a job. Meeting adjourned."
At least one of the three is already using Linux at home and curses MS under his breath every time he has to fight to get a Windows machine to work properly. He's just doing this crappy Windows admin job to pay the mortgage while he looks for something better.
It would be interesting to know who these org are organizations because:
1. We might want to avoid them like the plague; 2. We might want to help the poor bastards out - they clearly need help; 3. We might all want to hit them up to buy our own "IP licenses". If they will buy this crap from SCO, they will buy it from anybody.
I tell my family that I won't help them with Windows. Sure, I could help, but I won't. I turn away people who offer to pay me for help with Windows - why on Earth would I do the same work, on a holiday, for free?
Oh sure, they do the same to me. My brother refuses to help me maintain my nuclear reactor, even though I know he could do it with one hand tied behind his back.
If any "IP" lawyers want to go over to Iraq and start filing lawsuits, I'll pay their airfares. Better that we fight the lawyers in Iraq rather than deal with them on our own soil.
You're right, it's still there and I still have to patch it. But since people aren't using it, I'm not cleaning up after IE's messes. And people aren't using IE, because they like Firefox.
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But you still have to buy the tracks - he's just produced a tool to let you download the tracks you buy in a format you want.
It is cool, and it is important. It's another way of telling record companies that we don't want DRM'd music. It's a message to itunes that they failed to produce the product we want, so somebody went out and "fixed" it.
Another way to send a message, and a better way in my opinion, is to buy music recordings from artists who distribute open, DRM-free music. Let's reward the people who get it right the first time.
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Nope, sorry, I just don't care. I tried my best, but I can't do it.
And a better grasp of technology.
So MS threatened to close up shop in Denmark if the EU doesn't go for software patents. But here in the US, we hauled their butts into court and got an antitrust conviction, and they're still here. What the hell do we have to do to get them to leave?
Umm...my entire career has been based on developing systems built with free software, so in my case RMS's principles have put food in my mouth and the mouths of my family. Hey, thanks RMS. I think I'll go contribute some money to the FSF now - since I made that money with GNU software, it seems like hte right thing for me to do.
We can improve the signal to noise ratio on Slashdot and other sites if we all agree that Microsoft keeping things closed/abusing its monopoly position/killing kttens is NOT NEWS and not worthy of mention. Is everybody on board?
Try again. Wonderkid is saying that he will acquire software in violation of the copyright holder's rights. He is knowingly participating in distributing someone else's work without permission.
You suck, Wonderkid.
I agree that you should not hav to pay for bugfixes, but a bugfix is not an upgrade. An upgrade is a new version of the software with new features, and if you want the new features, you should obtain them legitimately.
Software vendors please note: A BUGFIX IS NOT AN UPGRADE. DON'T TRY TO SELL US BUGFIXES.
As for using any software in violation of the license, that's lame. Do you think it's ok to distribute Linux without providing the source? What you are doing is morally equivalent to that.
What if you use the gun to hold up a record company executive?
That's GNU/Richard, you insensitive clod!
Are you out of you're freaking mind? OSS has saved me so much time it's insane. Here's just one example: a couple of months ago I needed to put a website quickly. I used Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Geeklog and I had a complete, full featured website ready to go in about half a day. And yes, it did exactly what I wanted out of the box, providing even more features than I hoped for with fewer bugs than I'd expect to see in comparable proprietary packages.
MS Windows, on the other hand, is one of the nastiest time bandits I've ever seen. Check back with me on Friday to see how much time I've spent dealing with annoying bugs in Windows. Here's one for starters: the guy down the hall, running Win2k, can't set any of his printers to be the default. Let me know if you've got any ideas.
On the website, I see that you use the term "free software" to refer to software that is not distributed under free software licenses. This is misleading and NOT cool. I suggest you use another term, or perhaps add a footnote that says "free as in beer, not as in speech".
You ruined your credibility as a computer geek when you started running WinXP.
I'd guess they also have a large number of general purpose office pogues perfectly capable of rendering a brand new machine unbootable before lunchtime.
Helpless my ass. You're right that the kernel team does not maintain a stable ABI, and it has made it very clear why. But Nvidia is welcome to support an open source driver in the main kernel tree. They have chosen not to do so.
When I upgrade a kernel I don't want to recompile my Nvidia driver. It should just _work_.
You might want to talk to Nvidia about that. They are able to produce a driver that does this, but they choose not to.
Perhaps this is the case in Australia, but here in the United States the process is much simpler and cheaper. It goes something like this:
I assemble the systems staff in a meeting room. When they are all settled in I say, "Raise your hand if you are an MSCE. (pause) Ok, everybody else still has a job. Meeting adjourned."
At least one of the three is already using Linux at home and curses MS under his breath every time he has to fight to get a Windows machine to work properly. He's just doing this crappy Windows admin job to pay the mortgage while he looks for something better.
Buying Unixware shows a general lack of cluefulness also, so I don't think they should rate much of a break.
It would be interesting to know who these org are organizations because:
1. We might want to avoid them like the plague;
2. We might want to help the poor bastards out - they clearly need help;
3. We might all want to hit them up to buy our own "IP licenses". If they will buy this crap from SCO, they will buy it from anybody.
I tell my family that I won't help them with Windows. Sure, I could help, but I won't. I turn away people who offer to pay me for help with Windows - why on Earth would I do the same work, on a holiday, for free?
Oh sure, they do the same to me. My brother refuses to help me maintain my nuclear reactor, even though I know he could do it with one hand tied behind his back.
If they had wanted to signal their lacks of confidence, they would have resigned before the election.
If any "IP" lawyers want to go over to Iraq and start filing lawsuits, I'll pay their airfares. Better that we fight the lawyers in Iraq rather than deal with them on our own soil.
You're right, it's still there and I still have to patch it. But since people aren't using it, I'm not cleaning up after IE's messes. And people aren't using IE, because they like Firefox.
I've banned IE use on my network. It spares me the trouble of flushing out all the spyware. Supporting Firefox has meant less work for me, not more.