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  1. Re:Dammit. on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name · · Score: 1

    Sure changing name is no good under normal circumstances. But changing name from FireBird to something is good.

    My rule is simple: ambiguity is bad.

  2. Re:The question is... on Linus Speaks Out, Calls SCO 'Cornered Rat' · · Score: 1

    SCO was part of Linux community... So technically they are speaking the truth.

    Timeline:
    SCO is part of Linux community.
    SCO says: hold on, you may have some copyright issues
    SCO sues over Linux
    SCO is no longer part of Linux community
    SCO says that "Linux community said, hold on, you may have some copyright issues"

  3. Re:sk0 multicast is fixed now on FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE Review · · Score: 1

    So you BSD users are having trouble with this SCO stuff as well.. :)

    Damn McBride

  4. Re:We don't need no stinkin product! on SCO Files Suit Against Novell Over System V Ownership · · Score: 1

    Are you sure all of them are lawyers? I'd say most of those SCO guys are PR specialists.

  5. Re:Replace the code? on Red Hat's Open Source Assurance Program · · Score: 1, Informative
    What use is that? When the SCO case really holds up, the issue is not to replace the code but to pay them their royalties.

    Why would a 3rd party have to pay? If there were an infriging code in Linux kernel this would just mean that:

    1. IBM or whoever inserted the code would have to deal with SCO
    2. Infriging code would have to be removed from Linux kernel and replaced with new one
    3. A company which does not upgrade to the new untainted version of Linux would have to pay royalties
  6. Re:Just Great on Microsoft to sue Mike Rowe for Copyrights · · Score: 0

    Quite a lot of people tend to name themselves by name / initials / nickname + "soft".

    At least I know about 5 of them and all of them are not even native english speakers. For example
    Darka Soft, GS Soft. Even I started my software writing career under name LJ Soft. LJ = my initials.

  7. Re:Now I have a reason to switch... on Solaris 8 & 9 Free for x86 Once Again · · Score: 0

    Oh no, I will not be able to create empty files as they are copyrighted. :(

    /usr/bin/touch obviously infriges the copyright...

  8. Re:it's their loss on Outsourcing Winners and Losers · · Score: 0

    Factory does not mean low quality. Factory usually means quantity and lower price.

    Some companies became big just because they made high quality things.

  9. Re:This smells like the work of... on Kernel Exploit Cause Of Debian Compromise · · Score: 0

    Sure this must have been those Gentoo users :)...

    Oh wait, they would not have time for that because they spend their time compiling Gentoo...

  10. Re:Pornography? No thanks! on Color Ascii Art Library · · Score: 0

    So where can I find the screenshot of libcaca showing this so called pr0nography? :)

  11. Re: an innovative solution on Home Directory In CVS · · Score: 0

    I believe this has already been patented and discussed here on slashdot before - Software Installation/Update via Internet Patented

  12. What's wrong with domain forwarding? on ICANN Asks VeriSign To Stop DNS Wildcarding · · Score: -1, Troll

    Does anyone have any problems with that?

    Their http://sitefinder.verisign.com is clean and nice page (much like Google).

    They provide people with nice search page. MS Internet Explorer does almost exactly the same.

    Basically the people who are affected by this mostly are MS Internet Explorer users - they get non MSN based search instead of MSN one.

    And even if they put some ads later, is there anything wrong with that?

    And you can easily disable this on you machine (/etc/hosts)

  13. Re:May be a good businessmodel? on Guessing Linux 2.6.0 Release Date · · Score: 1

    Hm... I guess Linus, Alan and some other people would be rich after the first release... :)

  14. Re:the equation on India Plans Moon Mission by 2008 · · Score: 1

    Err, yeah right! Iraq is benefitting right now, I would say.

    Yeah, Sadam regime was very human and americans ruined everything now.

    I haven't lived in Sadams regime, but I did in Soviet one and I do not see much difference between these two.

    I am happy that my country is now free from Soviet regime and I belive that most Iraqis are happy to get rid of Sadam.

  15. Re:What if it's not your machine? on E2 and LJ, Comparing Content Management Systems · · Score: 1

    You can use Qixite - it is a static CMS.

    http://qixite.sf.net

  16. Re:Static page generators on E2 and LJ, Comparing Content Management Systems · · Score: 1

    Hi acostin,

    sure static CMS is not the answer to everything. It's just that dynamic CMS is not the answer to everything either. Sure page serving performance issues are solvable.
    It's just that:
    1. it is inconvenient to me to use browser to edit the information.
    2. you usually have to set up the database and CMS system on the server and this is not alway possible

    By the way Qixite allows embeding php (or ASP) or any other embedable code.

  17. Re:Static page generators on E2 and LJ, Comparing Content Management Systems · · Score: 1

    :) I hate all those online CMSs - they are slow and inconvenient to use.

    Static page generators are much more suitable for most tasks.

  18. Static page generators on E2 and LJ, Comparing Content Management Systems · · Score: 1

    Usually, when you have to present your ideas on the web you do not need all those complicated content management systems. Ususually you want to present just idea in well structured manner without any fancy features.

    Currently there are 2 tools that allow you to do generate static web sites while defining only structure of web site and content:

    Qixite (Open source, Linux & Windows): http://qixite.sourceforge.net
    and
    CityDesk (Commercial, Windows only):
    http://www.fogcreek.com/CityDesk

    These tools are usually enough, and you do not need to set anything up on the server side because these programs generate static html files.

  19. Re:Kylix CLX Library is GPL on Borland Releases Kylix 3.0 for Delphi and C++ · · Score: 1

    This GPLed CLX source is for Kylix 1

  20. Lithuania On Line stolen on How Secure is Your Domain Registration? · · Score: 1

    Hi,
    here in Lithuania (eastern Europe) we had case of stolen domain few days ago (last thursday).
    I mean Vladas Palubinskas has created site Lithuania on Line five years ago it was very valuable resource on Lithuania and Lithuanian sites and it had as much as 3000 hits a day lately...
    Lithuanian company Skaitmenines Komunikacijos offered him to buy him domain name online.lt and pay for him also (as they saw this as a valuable advertisment).
    Valadas Palubinskas agreed. He worked on site Lithuania on Line, updated it on daaily baisis for five years...
    Month ago Skaitmenines Komunikacijos was acquired by Microlink... and Microlink offered some money for the domain name online.lt to Palubinskas, but he rejected offer, and then Microlink just redirected online.lt to delfi.lt (their own portal...)
    Though everything is legal (Skaitmeninines komunikacijos has bought and paid taxes for domain name) it was very unethical move from the side of Microlink, and most lithuanians consider this as stealing...
    Links:
    New Lithuania on Line domain
    Old Lithuania on line domain (currently redirected to delfi.lt)
    Delfi portal (by MIcrolink)