"I've spent the last few weeks trying to build a cross compiler on Cygwin"
Why ?
"In my case, most of the time I spent was late at night after the kids had gone to bed. I was able to suffer through this without my employer knowing how dire the circumstances really were. But had I been required to make a release in these last few weeks"
What was the name of this cross-compiler?
What was the response on the support forums to these issues?
Did you have a support contract with any of the major Open Source vendors.
"a casual windows user will get upset pretty fast with the default interface of OOo and will drop it"
For the life of me, I don't ever see that 'problem'. I have sat msOffice users down in front of Open Office and they can't tell the difference.
"The main problem of FOSS is that there's no real "Software Management" structure that tell developers how to comunicate with the users"
What are you on about. When was it ever that the average 'Windows User' got to communicate with the developers. Contrast that with the FOSS equivalent where you contact the developers on the various forums. And in most cases get the problem dealt with - directly by the developers.
"Comercial documentation is never made by the developers: Always are done by a team of users and testers.. That's why they centralize everything in a manual (physical or electronic). FOSS don't"
'Comercial documentation' is a long running joke in the industry..
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PHB: "You'll have to have all the documentation written by next week so we can ship it when the software is done."
"open source tools were too slow and required "too much fooling around to administer"
Is this true, is there no 'Open Source revision control system' with functionality equivilent to Perforce?
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"The newsletter system we had often lead us reboot Apache, this way we opted by purchasing a paid webware instead, and since we have paid for the licence, we got faster support and they managed to keep us running without Apache issues anymore,"
Wha, Apache can't even run a newsletter ??? No prizes for guessing which webware they switched to...
"For corporate types wanting to customise things (and even more, want to be able to embed their spreadsheets directly into a web page, via OLE) IE is the only way to fly.."
"I personally think this is a real pity. So much time is being spent on getting drivers implemented that new features and other kinds enhancements are being pushed back"
I though the main bugaboo was the lack of hardware support in Linux. What other features and enhancements are being neglected?
"While the Microsoft investment was important for Apple, it had nothing to do with money. The main thing Apple got out of the deal was Microsoft's commitment to continue Office on the Mac"
Actually MS threatened to cancel Office on the Mac unless they stopped shipping competing product like ClarisWorks.
"The threat of cancelling Mac Office 97 is certainly the strongest bargaining point we have, as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately"
'By understanding Microsoft's history of anticompetitive conduct, developers, consumer groups, and government authorities will be better equipped to recognize current and future Microsoft misconduct at an early stage and intervene to prevent Microsoft from using tactics other than competition on the merits'
You may notice that Microsoft never offered the patents to OIN or anyone directly involved in developing Linux, but instead sold them in a private auction. If one didn't suspect Microsoft of being evil, one would suspect them of releasing the patents to third parties, in the hope that they would engage in patent litigation. Is there a precedent for MS funneling finance to companies who go on to sue people for using Linux?
"And not exploitable out of the box since SMB and SMBv2 are both firewalled"
What do you mean, is this firewall the software one built into Vista or an external one. If so thn it's relying on the same TCP/IP stack to protect it.
What evidence is there that Childs' refused to hand over these alleged passwords, to whom did he refuse to hand over passwords and finally why didn't those with physical access change the passwords? And what ever happened to the accusations that he:
Configured the routers and switches with 'no service password-recovery, removed the start-up configuration from some devices, created unauthorized wireless access to the FiberWAN, possessed lists of usernames and passwords, including his supervisors, installed sniffers on the network, had a prior arrest record for aggravated burglary..
Where did all this go or what it merely the prosecution flinging dirt. So basically we have Childs being locked up and his character being trashed until he cops a plea to a bogus charge. Lucky he don't live in communist China...
"But one charge remains: the charge that Childs violated a California statute regarding illegal denial of service for the San Francisco FiberWAN"
Of course the the 'CAN SPAM act' act was never about canning spam, but legalising spam, providing safe harbor for spam and preventing end users from suing ISPs and mass marketeers. The only part of the CAN SPAM act that actually referred to canning SPAM was in the title.
I figure 'Aubrey Isakson' is exaggerating the damage as this did happen in the United States of I'll-Sue-Your-Ass-off-Man !! Like, I worked front-desk in a tourist hostel, who forgot to give a guest his wake-up call. He threatened to sue them for missing his flight, meeting etc. Get the fuck out of my hotel, man !!!
'DNA is a lot easier to plant at a crime scene than fingerprints,' says Simoncelli'
'Shirley McKie was a successful police woman until February 1997 when she was accused of leaving her fingerprint at a crime scene and lying about it.. she stated that she had not been in the murder victim's house even although 4 experts from the Scottish Criminal Records Office (SCRO) had identified a 'thumbprint' from the house as hers'
"what if an attorney represented someone guilty of committing a crime, and the judge tacked a few extra years onto the sentence because he didn't like the attorney or what they said?"
If the lawyer wilfully lied to the Court, then the Judge is fully entitled to issue a fine, for contempt of court.
Wouldn't re-routing the data also use up electricity. And possible more electric power would have to be re-routed to the low-cost servers. This sounds like something dreamed up by an accountant. Since mains electricity still has an environmental cost, there would be no real benefit. Sounds like it came from the same stable as carbon-emission trading...
"I understand that if I build an application that links with a library that is licensed under GPLv2, I must also make my application GPL2"
You understand incorrectly, there are provisions for linking to GPL libraries that allow for excluding your code from the section 3 provisions of the GPL.
1. Exception to Section 3 of the GNU GPL. You may convey a covered work under sections 3 and 4 of this License without being bound by section 3 of the GNU GPL.
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3. You may copy and distribute the Program.. provided that you also.. Accompany it with the complete.. source code
"After conducting an analysis with the assistance of outside experts, we determined that the unauthorized code may have been used to transfer data on certain transactions on approximately 4,343 of our more than 10,000 merchant websites to servers outside the company. On July 13, 2009, we were informed by our outside forensic experts that the data being transferred may have included credit card information"
At this stage of the game, what are these supreme innovators doing storing raw credit card numbers on a publicly accessible web server. And what's even more incredulous is that no one noticed. Where are all these magic intrusion detection systems. I mean the average ISP has more security in place. Have they been, like Rip Van Winkle, asleep for the past twenty years..
"It is a system where I can invent something, only to be told that I have to pay someone else if I want to use my own invention, because someone else thought of something just like it too. If being the first to develop something doesn't give you the edge in the market, then no patent will change that"
Filling in a bunch of forms isn't exactly inventing anything. That's not why it's broken. The reason the US patent system is broken is it allows anyone to patent nonsense such as the above, then wait until someone develops something tangible and then sue their asses off in court. It's known as the submarine patent..
"However his employment contact with Lotus likely had clauses about how Lotus owns the ideas since he came up with them in the context of being employed by Lotus"
Excuse me but could you please produce some verifable citations for the above or are you just making it up as your go along. I mean how do we know the Space Invadors didn't invent them first:o
"Isn't it possible that.. Ray Ozzie is the originator of this idea and Lotus Notes did not have the foresight to patent this technology when he worked for them? Isn't it possible that he thought this idea patentable and in a better late than never fashion he patented it?"
They why isn't his name anywhere on the patent, and why didn't Microsoft mention this prior art in the patent application?
Inventors: Gwozdz; Daniel (Redmond, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Appl. No.: 11/152,524
Filed: June 14, 2005
'What is "the right thing?" He works for a company with the priority to rake in cash. It's "right" in his boss' eyes, I'm sure'
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"I've spent the last few weeks trying to build a cross compiler on Cygwin"
Why ?
"In my case, most of the time I spent was late at night after the kids had gone to bed. I was able to suffer through this without my employer knowing how dire the circumstances really were. But had I been required to make a release in these last few weeks"
What was the name of this cross-compiler?
What was the response on the support forums to these issues?
Did you have a support contract with any of the major Open Source vendors.
"a casual windows user will get upset pretty fast with the default interface of OOo and will drop it"
.. That's why they centralize everything in a manual (physical or electronic). FOSS don't"
..
:"How can I write instructions for something that doesn't exist yet?"
For the life of me, I don't ever see that 'problem'. I have sat msOffice users down in front of Open Office and they can't tell the difference.
"The main problem of FOSS is that there's no real "Software Management" structure that tell developers how to comunicate with the users"
What are you on about. When was it ever that the average 'Windows User' got to communicate with the developers. Contrast that with the FOSS equivalent where you contact the developers on the various forums. And in most cases get the problem dealt with - directly by the developers.
"Comercial documentation is never made by the developers: Always are done by a team of users and testers
'Comercial documentation' is a long running joke in the industry
--
PHB: "You'll have to have all the documentation written by next week so we can ship it when the software is done."
Tina
PHB: "You'll have to make logical guesses."
Tina: "If you press any key your computer will lock up. If you call our Tech. Support, we'll blame Microsoft."
"open source tools were too slow and required "too much fooling around to administer"
...
Is this true, is there no 'Open Source revision control system' with functionality equivilent to Perforce?
--
"The newsletter system we had often lead us reboot Apache, this way we opted by purchasing a paid webware instead, and since we have paid for the licence, we got faster support and they managed to keep us running without Apache issues anymore,"
Wha, Apache can't even run a newsletter ??? No prizes for guessing which webware they switched to
"Really? You might want to tell that to the military... I can't get Firefox installed much less supported on a military computer"
Really, what exactly is the rule regarding Firefox on military computers?
'Here's an easy way to have Firefox allow popups for our site'
'If you have a CAC card and reader, use Internet Explorer instead of Firefox and follow the previously mentioned CAC installation instructions'
Jump to How to manage certificates in Firefox.:Enter the password for Firefox's certificate database
"For corporate types wanting to customise things (and even more, want to be able to embed their spreadsheets directly into a web page, via OLE) IE is the only way to fly.."
Embedding Google Spreadsheets in Your Blog or Website
"I personally think this is a real pity. So much time is being spent on getting drivers implemented that new features and other kinds enhancements are being pushed back"
I though the main bugaboo was the lack of hardware support in Linux. What other features and enhancements are being neglected?
"While the Microsoft investment was important for Apple, it had nothing to do with money. The main thing Apple got out of the deal was Microsoft's commitment to continue Office on the Mac"
Actually MS threatened to cancel Office on the Mac unless they stopped shipping competing product like ClarisWorks.
"The threat of cancelling Mac Office 97 is certainly the strongest bargaining point we have, as doing so will do a great deal of harm to Apple immediately"
'By understanding Microsoft's history of anticompetitive conduct, developers, consumer groups, and government authorities will be better equipped to recognize current and future Microsoft misconduct at an early stage and intervene to prevent Microsoft from using tactics other than competition on the merits'
"what the hell is a patent troll?"
"Patent-hoarding giant Intellectual Ventures has long beat the drum that it doesn't file lawsuits"
You may notice that Microsoft never offered the patents to OIN or anyone directly involved in developing Linux, but instead sold them in a private auction. If one didn't suspect Microsoft of being evil, one would suspect them of releasing the patents to third parties, in the hope that they would engage in patent litigation. Is there a precedent for MS funneling finance to companies who go on to sue people for using Linux?
"And not exploitable out of the box since SMB and SMBv2 are both firewalled"
What do you mean, is this firewall the software one built into Vista or an external one. If so thn it's relying on the same TCP/IP stack to protect it.
The entire planetary commercial ecosystem would grind to a halt without Microsoft Office ...
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Ubersoft Marketing Language
What evidence is there that Childs' refused to hand over these alleged passwords, to whom did he refuse to hand over passwords and finally why didn't those with physical access change the passwords? And what ever happened to the accusations that he:
..
...
Configured the routers and switches with 'no service password-recovery, removed the start-up configuration from some devices, created unauthorized wireless access to the FiberWAN, possessed lists of usernames and passwords, including his supervisors, installed sniffers on the network, had a prior arrest record for aggravated burglary
Where did all this go or what it merely the prosecution flinging dirt. So basically we have Childs being locked up and his character being trashed until he cops a plea to a bogus charge. Lucky he don't live in communist China
"But one charge remains: the charge that Childs violated a California statute regarding illegal denial of service for the San Francisco FiberWAN"
Of course the the 'CAN SPAM act' act was never about canning spam, but legalising spam, providing safe harbor for spam and preventing end users from suing ISPs and mass marketeers. The only part of the CAN SPAM act that actually referred to canning SPAM was in the title.
Hotmail puts squeeze on spam
the federal government could set up a "safe harbor" program
I figure 'Aubrey Isakson' is exaggerating the damage as this did happen in the United States of I'll-Sue-Your-Ass-off-Man !! Like, I worked front-desk in a tourist hostel, who forgot to give a guest his wake-up call. He threatened to sue them for missing his flight, meeting etc. Get the fuck out of my hotel, man !!!
'DNA is a lot easier to plant at a crime scene than fingerprints,' says Simoncelli'
.. she stated that she had not been in the murder victim's house even although 4 experts from the Scottish Criminal Records Office (SCRO) had identified a 'thumbprint' from the house as hers'
'Shirley McKie was a successful police woman until February 1997 when she was accused of leaving her fingerprint at a crime scene and lying about it
"what if an attorney represented someone guilty of committing a crime, and the judge tacked a few extra years onto the sentence because he didn't like the attorney or what they said?"
If the lawyer wilfully lied to the Court, then the Judge is fully entitled to issue a fine, for contempt of court.
Wouldn't re-routing the data also use up electricity. And possible more electric power would have to be re-routed to the low-cost servers. This sounds like something dreamed up by an accountant. Since mains electricity still has an environmental cost, there would be no real benefit. Sounds like it came from the same stable as carbon-emission trading ...
Shame on you TacoMan :)
"I understand that if I build an application that links with a library that is licensed under GPLv2, I must also make my application GPL2"
.. provided that you also .. Accompany it with the complete .. source code
You understand incorrectly, there are provisions for linking to GPL libraries that allow for excluding your code from the section 3 provisions of the GPL.
1. Exception to Section 3 of the GNU GPL. You may convey a covered work under sections 3 and 4 of this License without being bound by section 3 of the GNU GPL.
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3. You may copy and distribute the Program
"the duo demonstrate methods for infecting the BIOS with persistent code that survive reboots and reflashing attempts"
Where exactly is the code stored, that survives reboots?
"After conducting an analysis with the assistance of outside experts, we determined that the unauthorized code may have been used to transfer data on certain transactions on approximately 4,343 of our more than 10,000 merchant websites to servers outside the company. On July 13, 2009, we were informed by our outside forensic experts that the data being transferred may have included credit card information "
..
At this stage of the game, what are these supreme innovators doing storing raw credit card numbers on a publicly accessible web server. And what's even more incredulous is that no one noticed. Where are all these magic intrusion detection systems. I mean the average ISP has more security in place. Have they been, like Rip Van Winkle, asleep for the past twenty years
"It is a system where I can invent something, only to be told that I have to pay someone else if I want to use my own invention, because someone else thought of something just like it too. If being the first to develop something doesn't give you the edge in the market, then no patent will change that"
..
Filling in a bunch of forms isn't exactly inventing anything. That's not why it's broken. The reason the US patent system is broken is it allows anyone to patent nonsense such as the above, then wait until someone develops something tangible and then sue their asses off in court. It's known as the submarine patent
"However his employment contact with Lotus likely had clauses about how Lotus owns the ideas since he came up with them in the context of being employed by Lotus"
:o
Excuse me but could you please produce some verifable citations for the above or are you just making it up as your go along. I mean how do we know the Space Invadors didn't invent them first
all your Intellectual Property belong us
"Isn't it possible that .. Ray Ozzie is the originator of this idea and Lotus Notes did not have the foresight to patent this technology when he worked for them? Isn't it possible that he thought this idea patentable and in a better late than never fashion he patented it?"
They why isn't his name anywhere on the patent, and why didn't Microsoft mention this prior art in the patent application?
Inventors: Gwozdz; Daniel (Redmond, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Appl. No.: 11/152,524
Filed: June 14, 2005
'What is "the right thing?" He works for a company with the priority to rake in cash. It's "right" in his boss' eyes, I'm sure'
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