I have seen a lot of suggestions lately that Free/Open/(whatever) source developers can get their fundings from writing books or by giving support or similar variations on the theme of an individual taking control of his own destiny.
This is all very fine but maybe this is not what will actually happen to the open/free community
[taking a first look at the tarot deck..]
Mmm... I see a big building and people with their heads down falling off it.. These are the bodies that will fall on Wall Street when Microsoft fails to deliver the promised OS of the next century.
This very scenario will soon, if not already, be discussed at various corporations strategic meetings, and the final outcome will be: Relying on a single supplier of vital software is (to say the least) taking a huge risk.
The solution: Open up a new path by funding the open/free source movement. This can be in the form of inhouse developement, perhaps in collaboration with other corporations, or it could be by picking out individual hackers and encourage them to continue their work (but don't get overly optimistic 'till you see the check). The goal will be to build a common interface to computing, much in the same way as we have public roads and libraries
Why do I believe this?
Because the networking (and the OS) has become the very most important part of modern infrastructure. We can survive buried in snow and with roads flushed away by heavy rainstorms, but when the network goes down: The cashflow stops!
This is what the PHBs of the world fear the most and they will do their best to avoid ending up in an unfortunate position.
So, talk to your workmates, spread some lightweight fud, enlighten a handful of influential people and the money will come... from above!
[taking a second look at the tarot deck]
Mmm.. I see a man and his dog, merrily continuing on their path without fear of the future (although they are surrounded by dangers..)
You say that the acronym "oss" was used first time in the socalled "halloweeen document".
So what!? It only prooves (suggest?) that the author might have been a bit on the paranoid side, and if I remember correctly his jobb was to phantasize about *possible* scenarioes.
Now let us get back to business:
Anybody got a fix for the (supposed) kernel bug that holds back jdk1.2 on older kernels??
Q:Hasn't ACox looked into this yet ?? A:OfCourse!! Even before anybody had time to recover from the latest exhibit.
Q: Oh, so redhat employees are not that bad? A: They are like you and me, good && seriously bad
By "not giving away 'whatever'", you imply that yo are the greatest slice since bread...
Nevermind ---------------------- The last time I fucked my girlfriend, I actually checkced that she was having a good time as well as I.. (duh)
But to answer your question;
Well made software can enslave people that do not know how to produce equally well looking products with freely available products (like TeX)
I know TeX, and you know TeX...
If Knuth and Lambert had not shared their knowledge, I would have known nada and been lying to my friends.. (dunno 'bout you) and probably used "Word" today!
"Shared software" is not enforcing anybody to use it.
Lack of alternatives forces Bill Gates to be the wealthiest man on the planet (he can't help it >;->)
I am calculating that Linux will surpass NT in the year to come for anonymous servers that are not workstations (Now, that one was easy to guess since MOST sysadmins want's a free holliday once in a while...)
Personally I agree with you (Stallman) in most parts,BUT if you do not wish to participate in the ongoing discussion here at slash, it makes it very difficult to discuss anything at all...
I use this platform as a developer, it is my "HOME", do you read me ?
Major corporations are putting in more and more free code into this little OS. They undrestand that the currency respected here is code...
Aghh forget it... Nevermind... (Lost my temper...)
1. The software is free. What kind of competition is it if you have to give your products away for free?
They actually also mentioned some of the corporations selling their products for good oldfashioned money.
It's not the "look", it's the functonality
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Never mind the looks. WM has an anonymous everyday look.
But it is so damned easy to configure to actually DO what you wan't to get done. It also has a lot of nice solutions to all those silly cases where others get stuck in a corner..
Windowmaker is such a nice environment. I used to be impressed by AfterStep and to some extent the port of Wharf to Fvwm2, but now I have seen the light. All go nominate those guys for some awards, now!
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I have seen a lot of suggestions lately that Free/Open/(whatever) source developers can get their fundings from writing books or by giving support or similar variations on the theme of an individual taking control of his own destiny.
This is all very fine but maybe this is not what will actually happen to the open/free community
[taking a first look at the tarot deck
Mmm
This very scenario will soon, if not already, be discussed at various corporations strategic meetings, and the final outcome will be: Relying on a single supplier of vital software is (to say the least) taking a huge risk.
The solution: Open up a new path by funding the open/free source movement. This can be in the form of inhouse developement, perhaps in collaboration with other corporations, or it could be by picking out individual hackers and encourage them to continue their work (but don't get overly optimistic 'till you see the check). The goal will be to build a common interface to computing, much in the same way as we have public roads and libraries
Why do I believe this?
Because the networking (and the OS) has become the very most important part of modern infrastructure. We can survive buried in snow and with roads flushed away by heavy rainstorms, but when the network goes down: The cashflow stops!
This is what the PHBs of the world fear the most and they will do their best to avoid ending up in an unfortunate position.
So, talk to your workmates, spread some lightweight fud, enlighten a handful of influential people and the money will come
[taking a second look at the tarot deck]
Mmm
How about giving us all one vote a day?
And then have as default:
Show all, sort by score
All comments starts from zero.
"Score" would be the sum of scores in a thread.
Moderators would be useful for hiding comments that do not stricly conform to the idea of free speech in the US of A.
Slashdotters getting a kick out of beeing offended should of course have the right to choose "show the offensive hidden pages"
I find it very strange that so many people here finds that the only typical morone on slash is the somewhat atypical MEEPT and his psycodelic poems.
This is counter-intuitive!
I'd vote for that we keep him (safely away from the kernel-list
Try CeBit
You say that the acronym "oss" was used first time in the socalled "halloweeen document".
So what!? It only prooves (suggest?) that the author might have been a bit on the paranoid side, and if I remember correctly his jobb was to phantasize about *possible* scenarioes.
Now let us get back to business:
Anybody got a fix for the (supposed) kernel bug that holds back jdk1.2 on older kernels??
Q:Hasn't ACox looked into this yet ??
A:OfCourse!! Even before anybody had time to
recover from the latest exhibit.
Q: Oh, so redhat employees are not that bad?
A: They are like you and me, good && seriously bad
Do not confuse the team doing Office with those poor (too strong word here) morones doing win98/2K
I would say that any high quality package is at anytime welcome on the GNU/Linux platform
Personally I would of course support the Free alternatives. (period)
That phone spell was funny :)
.. or perhaps even better, gnu-mow ..
I found gnu-now which fits very nicely together with nn@linux.nu (nu == now in scandinavian languages)
Either should keep RMS happy
By "not giving away 'whatever'", you imply that yo are the greatest slice since bread
Nevermind
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The last time I fucked my girlfriend, I actually checkced that she was having a good time as well as I
But to answer your question;
Well made software can enslave people that do not know how to produce equally well looking products with freely available products (like TeX)
I know TeX, and you know TeX
If Knuth and Lambert had not shared their knowledge, I would have known nada and been lying to my friends
"Shared software" is not enforcing anybody to use it.
Lack of alternatives forces Bill Gates to be the wealthiest man on the planet (he can't help it >;->)
I am calculating that Linux will surpass NT in the year to come for anonymous servers that are not workstations (Now, that one was easy to guess since MOST sysadmins want's a free holliday once in a while ...)
Personally I agree with you (Stallman) in most parts,BUT if you do not wish to participate in the ongoing discussion here at slash, it makes it very difficult to discuss anything at all ...
...
... (Lost my temper ...)
I use this platform as a developer, it is my "HOME", do you read me ?
Major corporations are putting in more and more free code into this little OS. They undrestand that the currency respected here is code
Aghh forget it... Nevermind
Sunday afternoon I saw all the Gnome 1.0 rpms sitting in RawHide at ftp.sunet.se
... is a bad example of capitalism and imperialism!
..
Go bananas now, will you
subject ..
1) SPA is not worried about your personal use.
2) Neither CW nor SO are free for commercial use.
1. The software is free. What kind of competition is it if you have to give your products away for free?
They actually also mentioned some of the corporations selling their products for good oldfashioned money.
Never mind the looks. WM has an anonymous everyday look.
..
But it is so damned easy to configure to actually DO what you wan't to get done. It also has a lot of nice solutions to all those silly cases where others get stuck in a corner
Windowmaker is such a nice environment. I used to be impressed by AfterStep and to some extent the port of Wharf to Fvwm2, but now I have seen the light. All go nominate those guys for some awards, now!
In that other part of the world, where people use closed source software, this could be a problem.