Me: way big Mac-head going back to 1994. And I agree. Apple would be dead right now, if it weren't for MS Office for Mac. Dead.
Of course, other things happened that were also critical. The iMac, for instance. Apple would be DEAD also if it weren't for the iMac, and will DIE if they don't get their G4 MHz shit together, and if they can't rescue FireWire from intel's mudslinging campaign.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
But you have to look at the behavior and tools that got MS into the advantageous position it's in today:
Windows Licensing. The ability to tell Compaq that if they sell OS/2 or Linux on their boxes, that they're going to get the corporate equivalent of a Columbian necktie.
What is to stop the MS OS fragment from developing apps and tying them? Further oversight and regulation.
So basically, breakups do not eliminate the need for continued scrutiny, regulation and oversight. Nor to they address the root of the problem - secret smarmy deals and strongarm tactics.
Here's whatchya do to jab Polyphemus in the eye here: Microsoft may ONLY sell Windows or Apps. at a certain set, publically known price, per single copy. Period. And cannot deny a sale as long as the offered price is met. Suddenly, Linux becomes a whole lot more attractive to the Gateways and Compaqs of the world, because they don't have to worry about selling 10,000 NT boxes, 10,000 Linux boxes, and paying MS for 20,000 copies of NT. IMH(NAL)O, much easier to regulate and oversee, and strikes at the heart of the problem. (well, jail time strikes closer, but we all know that will never happen).
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
It sort of reminds me of a game where a certain rich owner of a newspaper causes a story to be reported which causes a stampede on the stock market, artificially manipulating the price of a certain company's stock downward in order to make it a bargain, so that when the real story surfaces (that MS will get slapped on the wrist because everyone is afraid of the consequences on the stock market - anyone else's stocks go down today besides MSFT?), MSFT's stock rockets back up and rich owner of newspaper who bought at bargain basement prices can make a nice profit.
Has nothing at all to do with the blatantly pro-MSFT stories, almost at the level of advertisement, WSJ has been reporting for the past 5 years.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
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Well, I wish Metallica would sue Microsoft, because I just downloaded their entire collection of music off of a buddy's share on his NT server via SMB.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
or how about that one-armed drummer from Def Leppard?
(just messin witchya)
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Why are you signed "a former Metallica fan"?
If you hate the musician or his or her politics, then that's one thing, but has the music changed? Is it different than when you listened to "And Justice For All" for the first time?
Separate the art from the artist. I hate Cat Stevens as a person. I still love his music.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Art is something meant to bring enjoyment to the masses?
Log into Clue.com please.
Art is something made. Pretty simply defined anyway. What was the first thing that was made? Probably stone axe-heads for killing and skinning food. Basically, 10 million years ago, it was all about survival, and today, it's the same thing. Humans being the animals we are, even if we have 10 million dollars from selling a buzillion CD's, we still don't feel secure about survival (what's that all about anyway?) so they have to keep charging for the CD.
So you see, it's not about art, or the masses, it's about the inability to supress the survival instinct, and greed.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Working for a big 'ol sofware company, who shall remain nameless.
We're very multi-platform, but as far as development priorities go, Linux lately is higher on the list than HP-UX. (Sadly, Win2000 is up there with Solaris).
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Proving the unstoppable superiority of the Power PC Architecture.
Just wait, tomorrow, we'll hear about them replacing the RS/6000 with a warehouse full of water-cooled quad Xeons running Windows 2000. We wont hear, of course, that MS fronted the money for the HW.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Sorry Jon, but all the stories I posted in those forums were fake. I had a totally normal High School life. Maybe I was just trying to fit in with the real geeks here (like you), or maybe I was trying to surf the wave of feedback, and add to it, just to magnify the collecive grief.
Or maybe I was just messing with you.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
And why would that be any better than a VHS copy, other than longevity and random access. Signal quality would still be crappy VHS.
Yes. In theory it can be done. But (and LISTEN you MPAA morons!), why would it be worth the effort when eventually, we'll be able to plop down $69.99 for a commercial, legal, full-featured high-quality DVD. With a dust-jacket that's not a Xerox of the VHS dust-jacket.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
They're not concealing this information because they're afraid of lawsuits. They're concealing this information because they're greedy and want to charge $300 for a 10 gig IDE drive. Bastards.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
"The usage statistics generated from this data will be bizarre. The X-Files will have a 95% share, and about 1% of viewers will tune in for Touched by an Angel. This won't exactly be representative of the general viewing public. "
And this is a *bad* thing?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Yeah, it's all fine and dandy until George Dubbya is elected president, and his buddies Pat Robertson and Jimmy Bakker^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H and the rest of the moral majority decide to make Porn illegal, and go after the list of folks who regularly watch porn, conveniently provided by the high-tech solution of ReplayTV.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
It was a bad idea when they did it to cars, and it's a bad idea now that they're doing it to computers.
Can you say "power consumption"?
It's nice when Intel pushes standards for low power consumption that covers every 3rd-party manufactured component in a machine, but the least green part of any computer is the power-sucking heat dissipating, and now water-pumping CPU. What's next, liquid Nitrogen?
How about intelligent CPU design?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Slashdot Mirror
They demand the source code, but the real catch is, all comments must be in FRENCH. The language of Balzac.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Where the hell did you get that information?
According to Intel, motherboards are supposed to last 6 months, until the next stepping and socket/slot revision of the PIII comes out.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Me: way big Mac-head going back to 1994. And I agree. Apple would be dead right now, if it weren't for MS Office for Mac. Dead.
Of course, other things happened that were also critical. The iMac, for instance. Apple would be DEAD also if it weren't for the iMac, and will DIE if they don't get their G4 MHz shit together, and if they can't rescue FireWire from intel's mudslinging campaign.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
But you have to look at the behavior and tools that got MS into the advantageous position it's in today:
Windows Licensing. The ability to tell Compaq that if they sell OS/2 or Linux on their boxes, that they're going to get the corporate equivalent of a Columbian necktie.
What is to stop the MS OS fragment from developing apps and tying them? Further oversight and regulation.
So basically, breakups do not eliminate the need for continued scrutiny, regulation and oversight. Nor to they address the root of the problem - secret smarmy deals and strongarm tactics.
Here's whatchya do to jab Polyphemus in the eye here: Microsoft may ONLY sell Windows or Apps. at a certain set, publically known price, per single copy. Period. And cannot deny a sale as long as the offered price is met. Suddenly, Linux becomes a whole lot more attractive to the Gateways and Compaqs of the world, because they don't have to worry about selling 10,000 NT boxes, 10,000 Linux boxes, and paying MS for 20,000 copies of NT. IMH(NAL)O, much easier to regulate and oversee, and strikes at the heart of the problem. (well, jail time strikes closer, but we all know that will never happen).
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
who? how? This is not a practical solution.
I think Jail Time IS. Naughty children need to be spanked!
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
who? how? This is not a practical solution.
I think Jail Time IS. Naughty boys need to be spanked!
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
It sort of reminds me of a game where a certain rich owner of a newspaper causes a story to be reported which causes a stampede on the stock market, artificially manipulating the price of a certain company's stock downward in order to make it a bargain, so that when the real story surfaces (that MS will get slapped on the wrist because everyone is afraid of the consequences on the stock market - anyone else's stocks go down today besides MSFT?), MSFT's stock rockets back up and rich owner of newspaper who bought at bargain basement prices can make a nice profit.
Has nothing at all to do with the blatantly pro-MSFT stories, almost at the level of advertisement, WSJ has been reporting for the past 5 years.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Well, I wish Metallica would sue Microsoft, because I just downloaded their entire collection of music off of a buddy's share on his NT server via SMB.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
I suppose next thing you'll say is it's got the infamous swing-axle rear suspension (like the Corvair).
Die, Ralph Nader. Die.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
or how about that one-armed drummer from Def Leppard?
(just messin witchya)
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Why are you signed "a former Metallica fan"?
If you hate the musician or his or her politics, then that's one thing, but has the music changed? Is it different than when you listened to "And Justice For All" for the first time?
Separate the art from the artist. I hate Cat Stevens as a person. I still love his music.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Art is something meant to bring enjoyment to the masses?
Log into Clue.com please.
Art is something made. Pretty simply defined anyway. What was the first thing that was made? Probably stone axe-heads for killing and skinning food. Basically, 10 million years ago, it was all about survival, and today, it's the same thing. Humans being the animals we are, even if we have 10 million dollars from selling a buzillion CD's, we still don't feel secure about survival (what's that all about anyway?) so they have to keep charging for the CD.
So you see, it's not about art, or the masses, it's about the inability to supress the survival instinct, and greed.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Actually, I didn't lie, but I am just messing with Katz.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Yes, I know it's past due for a new sig. I've been trying to come up with something just as witty. Writer's block I guess.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Then why is it that the first thing that comes up after installing IE 5 on Winders is a big 'ol sloppy wet ad for MSN?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Working for a big 'ol sofware company, who shall remain nameless.
We're very multi-platform, but as far as development priorities go, Linux lately is higher on the list than HP-UX. (Sadly, Win2000 is up there with Solaris).
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Proving the unstoppable superiority of the Power PC Architecture.
Just wait, tomorrow, we'll hear about them replacing the RS/6000 with a warehouse full of water-cooled quad Xeons running Windows 2000.
We wont hear, of course, that MS fronted the money for the HW.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Sorry Jon, but all the stories I posted in those forums were fake. I had a totally normal High School life. Maybe I was just trying to fit in with the real geeks here (like you), or maybe I was trying to surf the wave of feedback, and add to it, just to magnify the collecive grief.
Or maybe I was just messing with you.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Actually, TPM did please my 6-year old.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
And why would that be any better than a VHS copy, other than longevity and random access. Signal quality would still be crappy VHS.
Yes. In theory it can be done. But (and LISTEN you MPAA morons!), why would it be worth the effort when eventually, we'll be able to plop down $69.99 for a commercial, legal, full-featured high-quality DVD. With a dust-jacket that's not a Xerox of the VHS dust-jacket.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
They're not concealing this information because they're afraid of lawsuits. They're concealing this information because they're greedy and want to charge $300 for a 10 gig IDE drive. Bastards.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
"The usage statistics generated from this data will be bizarre. The X-Files will have a 95% share,
and about 1% of viewers will tune in for Touched by an Angel. This won't exactly be
representative of the general viewing public. "
And this is a *bad* thing?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
yeah, or at least how to upgrade the HD myself.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
Yeah, it's all fine and dandy until George Dubbya is elected president, and his buddies Pat Robertson and Jimmy Bakker^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H and the rest of the moral majority decide to make Porn illegal, and go after the list of folks who regularly watch porn, conveniently provided by the high-tech solution of ReplayTV.
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
It was a bad idea when they did it to cars, and it's a bad idea now that they're doing it to computers.
Can you say "power consumption"?
It's nice when Intel pushes standards for low power consumption that covers every 3rd-party manufactured component in a machine, but the least green part of any computer is the power-sucking heat dissipating, and now water-pumping CPU. What's next, liquid Nitrogen?
How about intelligent CPU design?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".