Even if the court rules as such it remains that SCO distributed the Linux kernel with some code they claimed wasn't GPL'd, contrarily to the terms of the GPL.
Couldn't IBM still press GPL/copyright violation charges even if that code is declared ok by the court?
If they did the same with processors a Pentium would be advertised as a Pentium IV because the Pentium IV is backward compatible with the Pentium but can also go faster.
So a Pentium is now a low-speed Pentium IV; a Pentium II a full-speed Pentium IV and a Pentium IV a high-speed Pentium IV**.
They may qualify under the technical standard as USB2.0 but it clearly is labelled as such to deceive the customers into expecting a faster device.
*the fine print says it's a low-speed one.
**I know it is not a perfect analogy given the differences in instruction set but it's good enough to drive the point home, IMO.
To stem the subponea epidemic they will have to severly reduce the population of vectors (RIAA lawyers) and then destroy the core of the epidemic (the RIAA and various labels).
Anybody want to do some volunteer work this weekend?
"I thought the days of this crap was over. Am I the only one old enough to remember games that required you to reboot from DOS into the game? What a pain!"
But... but... I thought the days of this crap weren't over, some of us are required to reboot from Linux into the game (via Windows).
If you don't like it, just download the normal version.
Are you advancing a theory whereby the failing of the soviet electrical infrastructure was the direct cause of the fall of the soviet political infrastructure, thus leading to a capitalistic infrastructure and therefore free markets, or are you just making a dumbass Soviet Russia joke?... Yeah, thought so.
In 1990 we had two weeks with roads blocked and blackouts in many parts of France due to heavy snowfalls (1 meter where I lived) but given that the part where I live is used to snow we didn't have any major problem (a few generators made the rounds to keep the freezers cold enough); we used candles and made our own butter (the cows have to be milked daily to avoid getting them sick but there was no electricity to keep the milk turning so the cream came to the top and we made butter the old fashioned way) and lived a lot like they did in the past and rather enjoyed it (especially given that we got two weeks free of school;)) even though we wouldn't want to live all our lives that way. Other parts of France were not hit as hard but had more problems because they weren't used to this kind of weather at all and didn't have the equipment or the experience to deal with it.
Shit happens, you just have to be plan for it as much as reasonably possible and be psychologically prepared and try to enjoy it as a rare experience rather than panic and mess things even further.
Cela veux dire que tu leur doit trente et un mille dollars (en comptant les milles dollars US comme quatre mots) et que l'idiot qui va essayer de me traduire leur devra environ trente quatre milles dollars.
"I have wanted to bring my company onto the free/cheap opensource software bandwagon for some time now. And I have the authority to do it."
Can you make it so that there is much more red tape/delay in getting MS Office and have Open Office installed by default on computers (or Star Office if Open Office is not good enough yet and Star Office is cheap enough).
That way, people that don't notice the difference between MS and Open won't complain and the others will have to ask (and possibly justify) to have MS Office.
If they have to justify for MS office you might also get a nice list of things Star/Open Office is not good enough at for these users, which might be useful for the developers.
Oh, and you should make sure to have some people with enough knowledge of Star/Open Office at your helpdesk too, of course.
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"For the tin-hat wearers out there (and you know who you are):"
No! If you realy want to get their attention you should say:
For the tin-hat wearers out there (and _I_ know who you are)
And contrary to some beggars that can't seems to make money without threatening lawsuit or getting handouts from Microsoft and Sun this is their second profitable quarter based purely on the quality of their product and the soundness of their business model.
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What about removing explorer and using another Windows shell instead?
If you're bored one day and want more info read this: http://www.desktopian.org/docs/shells.shtml
Even if the court rules as such it remains that SCO distributed the Linux kernel with some code they claimed wasn't GPL'd, contrarily to the terms of the GPL.
Couldn't IBM still press GPL/copyright violation charges even if that code is declared ok by the court?
If they did the same with processors a Pentium would be advertised as a Pentium IV because the Pentium IV is backward compatible with the Pentium but can also go faster.
So a Pentium is now a low-speed Pentium IV; a Pentium II a full-speed Pentium IV and a Pentium IV a high-speed Pentium IV**.
They may qualify under the technical standard as USB2.0 but it clearly is labelled as such to deceive the customers into expecting a faster device.
*the fine print says it's a low-speed one.
**I know it is not a perfect analogy given the differences in instruction set but it's good enough to drive the point home, IMO.
Actually, the full Debian distribution (on which Knoppix is based) would fill quite a bit of these DVD's.
Of course with a Debian live DVD you get much more software than with a Windows DVD.
To stem the subponea epidemic they will have to severly reduce the population of vectors (RIAA lawyers) and then destroy the core of the epidemic (the RIAA and various labels).
Anybody want to do some volunteer work this weekend?
"I thought the days of this crap was over. Am I the only one old enough to remember games that required you to reboot from DOS into the game? What a pain!"
But... but... I thought the days of this crap weren't over, some of us are required to reboot from Linux into the game (via Windows).
If you don't like it, just download the normal version.
"In Soviet Russia, blackouts cause FREE MARKETS!"
...
Are you advancing a theory whereby the failing of the soviet electrical infrastructure was the direct cause of the fall of the soviet political infrastructure, thus leading to a capitalistic infrastructure and therefore free markets, or are you just making a dumbass Soviet Russia joke?
Yeah, thought so.
Being prepared helps an awful lot.
In 1990 we had two weeks with roads blocked and blackouts in many parts of France due to heavy snowfalls (1 meter where I lived) but given that the part where I live is used to snow we didn't have any major problem (a few generators made the rounds to keep the freezers cold enough); we used candles and made our own butter (the cows have to be milked daily to avoid getting them sick but there was no electricity to keep the milk turning so the cream came to the top and we made butter the old fashioned way) and lived a lot like they did in the past and rather enjoyed it (especially given that we got two weeks free of school
Shit happens, you just have to be plan for it as much as reasonably possible and be psychologically prepared and try to enjoy it as a rare experience rather than panic and mess things even further.
"Programming is like sex... make one mistake, and support it the rest of your life."
/. readers like to talk about it, but if you're posting to slashdot, you're obviously not doing it!"
/. reader called "Horny Smurf" while posting to slashdot. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
:).
"Also,
Says the
Hey, given that there is only one female Smurf I can understand why you are Horny and have enough time to read and post to Slashdot
It's not a moon system, these are Haemorroids.
Yeah, for a kernel hacker, Linux is geek pron.
You'll just have to rename her Linux to make things even better.
"Open, Save, Bold, Italic, Print and Spell check"
:-)"
"I suppose the funny part was that he forgot "Close" ?
Nah, it's Word, it's got the automatic shutdown feature (otherwise known as crashing).
"Try to find a US Flag that doesn't say Made in China."
Well, at least they won't run out of flags to burn.
Yeah, but are they descending from German or are German and English inheriting them from an older language common to both culture?
Yeah, but your poor attempts at obfuscation do not hide the fact that center is a clear derivative of the word centre.
And having deliberately obfuscated the language demonstrate willful infringement which means triple damages. Bouahahahaha.
Cela veux dire que tu leur doit trente et un mille dollars (en comptant les milles dollars US comme quatre mots) et que l'idiot qui va essayer de me traduire leur devra environ trente quatre milles dollars.
"As romantic as it sounds, you can't have coders working for free for the common good w/o ultimate payment."
;)
"You heard it here first, folks! Coders of free software are now demanding a reward in the afterlife for their good deeds."
Actually, I thought he was talking about sex:
"Will write free code for free sex"
might be the new motto for Geeks; after all, we need to make sure there is somebody to take over our projects when we die
"I have wanted to bring my company onto the free/cheap opensource software bandwagon for some time now. And I have the authority to do it."
Can you make it so that there is much more red tape/delay in getting MS Office and have Open Office installed by default on computers (or Star Office if Open Office is not good enough yet and Star Office is cheap enough).
That way, people that don't notice the difference between MS and Open won't complain and the others will have to ask (and possibly justify) to have MS Office.
If they have to justify for MS office you might also get a nice list of things Star/Open Office is not good enough at for these users, which might be useful for the developers.
Oh, and you should make sure to have some people with enough knowledge of Star/Open Office at your helpdesk too, of course.
"For the tin-hat wearers out there (and you know who you are):"
No! If you realy want to get their attention you should say:
For the tin-hat wearers out there (and _I_ know who you are)
"Hey, ever since we've had journalling filesystems, I've just been yanking the power cord out. Isn't this what everyone does?"
;)
I tried that but it doesn't work on my laptop
And contrary to some beggars that can't seems to make money without threatening lawsuit or getting handouts from Microsoft and Sun this is their second profitable quarter based purely on the quality of their product and the soundness of their business model.
Go, Redhat, go!
"Have you talked to any flavor of outsourced tech support lately?"
;)
Who said that either of the two languages had to be English?
"it gets worse. apparently microsoft has patented ones and zeroes."
Yes but India has some prior art over zeroes.
Yeah, and the 12 year old girl managed to coerce the mighty RIAA into settling for only $2000 dollars.