If an entity wants to protect their copyright/trademarked/intellectual property they are often legally obliged to prove their intent by demonstrating their commitment to protect their property across the board. This means that many a large corporation will, once an infringement is brought to their attention, act to seek redress. Even if the offense seems "insignificant" or "bad marketing" to the average person.
It's sort of a use it or lose it type thing.
- sk
Re:Every technological breakthrough is like this
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Frankenstein Time
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We just need to string together these neutral, but hard-to-control technologies in useful ways.
Maybe we can use Napster to distribute Perfect Babies (TM).
Hello, I've looked at your website and see that you have a management team in place, but I'm wondering about your staffing set-up. Answers to any or all of the questions below would be appreciated.
Will your employees (especially technical staff) be bonded? If so, how?
Will staff all be located locally on the island?
Are you outsourcing any activities, such as intrusion detection or any network monitoring?
What is the caliber of your technical staff? What kind of skills are you recruiting for? [And, are you hiring?:-) ]
Are you taking any special measures to protect your staff (from physical, legal, or other factors)?
...and not a drop to drink? I think the idea of what makes something an "innovation" needs to be re-evaluated. The development cycle has sped up so much, and every new feature becomes an innovation. I think the bar could be set a little higher, frankly.
Its true that private industry is really running with the ball as far as software goes...what's that about money talks? When more people are out there programming maybe there's less people researching.
There's no law that says academic research has to take place in academia, anyway.
I would have liked to see what the oldest pages were. You know, NO updates since 1995, or whatever? Web senior citizens.
:-) sk
Re:A Great OS Without Aps or a Market
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Free Be
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I agree with most of your points, I installed Be almost a year ago and couldn't be happier with the ease of installation, disk partioning, configuration, upgrading, etc.
The bundled apps are sadly lacking, though. Netpositive is very clunky and doesn't support alot of common plug-ins. (Including java)The text editor is very basic. No included graphics programs. You can tell that with the right applications the system could be very sweet, but the freeware (and non-free software) available doesn't seem to be growing and developing with the same vigor as apps for the freeware market (or even the Mac market!).
However, its just fine for what I used it for, which is basically dialing up and connecting with remote machines. So while I would like better toys for me BeOS baby, I think the $60 I paid for the OS was not wasted. Which makes me wonder a bit why they've freed the OS (as in beer) without freeing the code (as in speech). Will developers be more attracted to a widely adopted lightweight OS or an OS they can monkey around inside of? All the developers I know would rather the latter, but maybe the market will prove me wrong.
I was disappointed to see that cheapie PC maker (was it emachines?) go belly up. They were going to be using the BeOS as their "network appliance OS". It would have been interesting to see how that would have worked out for Be.
Is RedHat Be's only hope? I hope not. However, it would be interesting to hear Stephenson's reconciliation of his own metaphor -- would that be a Batmobile in a transparent case, spare parts under the hood and all kinds of gadgets poking out of every corner?:-)
The article mentions something about Windows users being able to download the BeOS to their desktop and launching it like another application, no re-partioning required? I don't understand how (or why) that's supposed to work, is it like a desktop emulator without actually relying on the underlying OS?
U. Penn and U. Colorado @ Boulder both have Masters programs in T-Com.
Maybe I'm just not being open minded...
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Actually, I think Mac people and Linux people have a lot in common -- it has to do with a need for personal utility and elegance over what is popular.
My last computer was a Mac, which I got for the simple reason that my brother was getting a PC, and I figured it would be good for us to have different computers so we could use each other's computers and be "platform independent" users.
It turned out to be a good choice for me because I got into alot of layout & design work in college -- and most of the software I was using in class and at work was on Macs.
Now I work on different things and want a UNIX-y environment to play in and do Web development -- so my new computer is the best computer I could find for the things I'm working on now. It happens to be some Linux-y things and a bit of Be thrown in, and I went for an AMD chip setup. But if the iMac had been what was best for my new projects, I would have invested in that.
Who cares what someone else thinks about my computer? I get to make the choice that's best for me -- isn't that what the whole Linux/[Open|Free] Software movement is about?
I just wandered over to the site and there's a big image up on the front page that says: Site under construction, Sorry, we've been hacked:(
I'm guessing a bunch of people got the correct username and password and claimed all bags, so Kipling is redoing their site to reflect this. Or maybe they're experiencing the/. effect and think they're under some kind of hacker attack!
Now I'm sad. I wanted to get a sup3r-k3wl newbie bag.
Copyrights are not like slavery. Your argument is inflammatory and illogical.
I thought that I said (and I could be wrong) was that there needed to be a balance in the market between the rights of creators and the rights of their competitors.
It always comes down to how distinct and specific the legal protection is for the technology in question. We can't have a market where the first to market with a technology is the only one allowed in the market... but with no protections, no one is motivated to innovate...
Haven't you heard the old adage? You can always tell the pioneers, they're the ones with the arrows in their back.
Seriously, though, this is what happens in every industry. Its a big race between those who are first to the market, and those who are the fast/cheap followers. Its just a question of whether the early adopters provide a critical mass in market dominance, or the price-sensitive majority runs the market over. Think Beta vs VHS?
As long as it sells more software, I think Sony should relax a bit.
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If an entity wants to protect their copyright/trademarked/intellectual property they are often legally obliged to prove their intent by demonstrating their commitment to protect their property across the board. This means that many a large corporation will, once an infringement is brought to their attention, act to seek redress. Even if the offense seems "insignificant" or "bad marketing" to the average person.
It's sort of a use it or lose it type thing.
- sk
We just need to string together these neutral, but hard-to-control technologies in useful ways.
Maybe we can use Napster to distribute Perfect Babies (TM).
-sk
Hello,
:-) ]
I've looked at your website and see that you have a management team in place, but I'm wondering about your staffing set-up. Answers to any or all of the questions below would be appreciated.
Will your employees (especially technical staff) be bonded? If so, how?
Will staff all be located locally on the island?
Are you outsourcing any activities, such as intrusion detection or any network monitoring?
What is the caliber of your technical staff? What kind of skills are you recruiting for? [And, are you hiring?
Are you taking any special measures to protect your staff (from physical, legal, or other factors)?
Very interested,
- sk
...and not a drop to drink?
I think the idea of what makes something an "innovation" needs to be re-evaluated. The development cycle has sped up so much, and every new feature becomes an innovation. I think the bar could be set a little higher, frankly.
Its true that private industry is really running with the ball as far as software goes...what's that about money talks? When more people are out there programming maybe there's less people researching.
There's no law that says academic research has to take place in academia, anyway.
-sk
Uhhm, RTM did not go to jail. Morris was sentenced to three years probation, 40 hours of community service, and a $100 fine.
I would have liked to see what the oldest pages were. You know, NO updates since 1995, or whatever? Web senior citizens.
:-)
sk
I agree with most of your points, I installed Be almost a year ago and couldn't be happier with the ease of installation, disk partioning, configuration, upgrading, etc.
:-)
The bundled apps are sadly lacking, though. Netpositive is very clunky and doesn't support alot of common plug-ins. (Including java)The text editor is very basic. No included graphics programs. You can tell that with the right applications the system could be very sweet, but the freeware (and non-free software) available doesn't seem to be growing and developing with the same vigor as apps for the freeware market (or even the Mac market!).
However, its just fine for what I used it for, which is basically dialing up and connecting with remote machines. So while I would like better toys for me BeOS baby, I think the $60 I paid for the OS was not wasted. Which makes me wonder a bit why they've freed the OS (as in beer) without freeing the code (as in speech). Will developers be more attracted to a widely adopted lightweight OS or an OS they can monkey around inside of? All the developers I know would rather the latter, but maybe the market will prove me wrong.
I was disappointed to see that cheapie PC maker (was it emachines?) go belly up. They were going to be using the BeOS as their "network appliance OS". It would have been interesting to see how that would have worked out for Be.
Is RedHat Be's only hope? I hope not. However, it would be interesting to hear Stephenson's reconciliation of his own metaphor -- would that be a Batmobile in a transparent case, spare parts under the hood and all kinds of gadgets poking out of every corner?
The article mentions something about Windows users being able to download the BeOS to their desktop and launching it like another application, no re-partioning required? I don't understand how (or why) that's supposed to work, is it like a desktop emulator without actually relying on the underlying OS?
Having some problems visualising,
sk
U. Penn and U. Colorado @ Boulder both have Masters programs in T-Com.
Actually, I think Mac people and Linux people have a lot in common -- it has to do with a need for personal utility and elegance over what is popular.
My last computer was a Mac, which I got for the simple reason that my brother was getting a PC, and I figured it would be good for us to have different computers so we could use each other's computers and be "platform independent" users.
It turned out to be a good choice for me because I got into alot of layout & design work in college -- and most of the software I was using in class and at work was on Macs.
Now I work on different things and want a UNIX-y environment to play in and do Web development -- so my new computer is the best computer I could find for the things I'm working on now. It happens to be some Linux-y things and a bit of Be thrown in, and I went for an AMD chip setup. But if the iMac had been what was best for my new projects, I would have invested in that.
Who cares what someone else thinks about my computer? I get to make the choice that's best for me -- isn't that what the whole Linux/[Open|Free] Software movement is about?
-sk
I just wandered over to the site and there's a big image up on the front page that says: Site under construction, Sorry, we've been hacked :(
/. effect and think they're under some kind of hacker attack!
I'm guessing a bunch of people got the correct username and password and claimed all bags, so Kipling is redoing their site to reflect this. Or maybe they're experiencing the
Now I'm sad. I wanted to get a sup3r-k3wl newbie bag.
-sk
Open-source English.
Down with proprietary languages!
Copyrights are not like slavery. Your argument is inflammatory and illogical.
I thought that I said (and I could be wrong) was that there needed to be a balance in the market between the rights of creators and the rights of their competitors.
It always comes down to how distinct and specific the legal protection is for the technology in question. We can't have a market where the first to market with a technology is the only one allowed in the market... but with no protections, no one is motivated to innovate ...
-sk
Oh no! I'm going to cry for Sony now.
Haven't you heard the old adage?
You can always tell the pioneers, they're the ones
with the arrows in their back.
Seriously, though, this is what happens in every
industry. Its a big race between those who are first to the market, and those who are the fast/cheap followers. Its just a question of whether the early adopters provide a critical mass in market dominance, or the price-sensitive majority runs the market over. Think Beta vs VHS?
As long as it sells more software, I think Sony should relax a bit.
-sk