I sent a Letter to Sam Brownback last year complaining about the RIAA/MPAA, Fair use violations, DMCA abuse, etc...
At the time I thought "probably a waste of time". But I did get a signed letter back that seemed to be generally supportive of my concerns. I am glad I wrote now, I don't feel like I wasted my time.
I am not delusional enough to think this is a direct cause and effect occurance, but nice to see positive results none the less.
Our company still uses office97, and must be able to get new licenses since I recently received a new laptop with win2k on it and it has Office 97 same as my old win95 machine it replaced. Now mind you I work for a very large company so there may be corporate contracts/agreements that make us special somehow.
This is an interesting point. Since "Linux" is made up of thousands of parts. And not everyone that uses Linux uses the same parts. Isn't it possible that the infringing code (if it does exsist) is not in every linux deployment? Wouldn't SCO have to publish the effected code to prove who was infringing and who wasn't?
Well, I am somewhere between the 4th and 5th from the bottom. I've been reading and hoping over the years about all the new technologies that have come and gone promising to deliver faster connections, yet I am still waiting. If my 28.8kbps external modem had not been killed in a lightning strike 7 years ago, I would still be using it since it was faster than the fastest connection available even today.
I was going to make a comment about it must be like the "Special Olympics" where everyones a winner, but that seem too much like a slam to the other winners.
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"There is no unhappy faction of Windows users that chafes so much under the Microsoft yoke that they'll give up everything they have already for freedom (in the sense of GNU). It just isn't going to happen."
I would argue with the "give up everything" part, but in general this is my primary motivation for using Linux.
I also don't think WineX charging $5/mo for binary packages (with copy protection support) is an afront to freedom. I would not be surprised if it cost Transgaming something to provide support for safedisk and other copy protection schemes they are working with.
Even though this is showing "dirty laundry" from the board at Sonic Blue, it is not the whole picture. The difference between the CEO's loan and the board menbers loans is the liability. The CEO is personally Liable for his, the board members are not. Although this is purely speculative on my part. It seemes entirely possible that the CEO was concerned that these individuals had no intention of repaying those loans. If that is the case, I think he is justified in flying off the handle.
Fonts are very important to useability, not just eyecandy. My first Linux installation was about a year ago. I can still remember how frustrated I became not being able to read 50% of what I pulled up on the web. That made setup a b*tch, Kind of hard to RTFM if the FM is unreadable! I am not surprised someone would bail on Linux for that alone. It was sort of like...Now I see why no one uses Linux (on the desktop)...What I do not understand is why the guy is still having problems. When I updated to a newer version of the same distribution earlier this year everything looked fine right away with no tweaking. Now its more like...I don't understand why more people don't use Linux. It was enough of a usability improvement for me to try to make it work for everything I used to use MS Windows for.
I think the 10 points listed assume too much about being in a more hostile situation. I went through a offer/counter offer situation several years ago. The two companies were not competitors. In fact they were about as close to being partners as you can get. Moving from one company to the other was not considered "Disloyal". I have never regretted accepting the counter offer.
Greetings Alan,
I am new to Linux and have been working on getting my system up and properly configured. The biggest stumbling block for me has been difficulty getting hardware problems properly diagnosed and correctly configured. I have talked to several people and this has been a common gripe. In my opinion, this is a major reason that Linux has not spread more quickly in the desktop arena. In your opinion, are there things that the Open Source community should do to improve this situation? Or do you feel this is entirely the fault of Hardware manufactures for not releasing better drivers/tools for their hardware under Linux?
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I sent a Letter to Sam Brownback last year complaining about the RIAA/MPAA, Fair use violations, DMCA abuse, etc...
At the time I thought "probably a waste of time". But I did get a signed letter back that seemed to be generally supportive of my concerns.
I am glad I wrote now, I don't feel like I wasted my time.
I am not delusional enough to think this is a direct cause and effect occurance, but nice to see positive results none the less.
Our company still uses office97, and must be able to get new licenses since I recently received a new laptop with win2k on it and it has Office 97 same as my old win95 machine it replaced. Now mind you I work for a very large company so there may be corporate contracts/agreements that make us special somehow.
This is an interesting point. Since "Linux" is made up of thousands of parts. And not everyone that uses Linux uses the same parts. Isn't it possible that the infringing code (if it does exsist) is not in every linux deployment? Wouldn't SCO have to publish the effected code to prove who was infringing and who wasn't?
Well, I am somewhere between the 4th and 5th from the bottom. I've been reading and hoping over the years about all the new technologies that have come and gone promising to deliver faster connections, yet I am still waiting. If my 28.8kbps external modem had not been killed in a lightning strike 7 years ago, I would still be using it since it was faster than the fastest connection available even today.
My BIOS virus detection already thinks LILO is a virus. This is supposed to make it better?
Ouch! I guess that's what I get for making a joke.
;^) at the end.
Next time I'll remember to put a
I was going to make a comment about it must be like the "Special Olympics" where everyones a winner, but that seem too much like a slam to the other winners.
The Guys from Penny Arcade are gay!?!
Damn! I am always the last to know.
I though it was Pr0n.
"There is no unhappy faction of Windows users that chafes so much under the Microsoft yoke that they'll give up everything they have already for freedom (in the sense of GNU). It just isn't going to happen."
I would argue with the "give up everything" part, but in general this is my primary motivation for using Linux.
I also don't think WineX charging $5/mo for binary packages (with copy protection support) is an afront to freedom. I would not be surprised if it cost Transgaming something to provide support for safedisk and other copy protection schemes they are working with.
Even though this is showing "dirty laundry" from the board at Sonic Blue, it is not the whole picture. The difference between the CEO's loan and the board menbers loans is the liability. The CEO is personally Liable for his, the board members are not. Although this is purely speculative on my part. It seemes entirely possible that the CEO was concerned that these individuals had no intention of repaying those loans. If that is the case, I think he is justified in flying off the handle.
Fonts are very important to useability, not just eyecandy. My first Linux installation was about a year ago. I can still remember how frustrated I became not being able to read 50% of what I pulled up on the web. That made setup a b*tch, Kind of hard to RTFM if the FM is unreadable! I am not surprised someone would bail on Linux for that alone. It was sort of like...Now I see why no one uses Linux (on the desktop)...What I do not understand is why the guy is still having problems. When I updated to a newer version of the same distribution earlier this year everything looked fine right away with no tweaking. Now its more like...I don't understand why more people don't use Linux. It was enough of a usability improvement for me to try to make it work for everything I used to use MS Windows for.
I think the 10 points listed assume too much about being in a more hostile situation. I went through a offer/counter offer situation several years ago. The two companies were not competitors. In fact they were about as close to being partners as you can get. Moving from one company to the other was not considered "Disloyal". I have never regretted accepting the counter offer.
There is some info on [H]ard|OCP showing what apears to be a functional board at Coputex right now.
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MzAy
SuSE looks like something I would like to try. However It will be very difficult for me personally get past the no ISO thing.
Greetings Alan,
I am new to Linux and have been working on getting my system up and properly configured. The biggest stumbling block for me has been difficulty getting hardware problems properly diagnosed and correctly configured. I have talked to several people and this has been a common gripe. In my opinion, this is a major reason that Linux has not spread more quickly in the desktop arena. In your opinion, are there things that the Open Source community should do to improve this situation? Or do you feel this is entirely the fault of Hardware manufactures for not releasing better drivers/tools for their hardware under Linux?