Sigh... once again: India is a big country, with a population of over a billion. Not everyone in India is running around in tattered clothes, hungry and starving to death.
Even if 20% of the people can afford the Simputer, you are still looking at a market of over 200 million; a market roughly the size of the USA.
Please, use some of your fancy 'Intarweb skilz' to learn more about that country. Learn about things like PPP (purchasing power parity) and the fact that India is a net exporter of food. Even if India didn't produce a single grain of food, their stocks would last 3 years. India is also the world's largest producer of dairy products.
In general, thanks to the culture there, people can survive with the most minimal of resources. If cows can run around on the streets and eke out an existence, don't you think people can? And I'm talking about the worstcase scenario here.
OK, I RTFP (read the first page), and figured out that Bricolage is a CMS.
Now, as a non-web developer, I have to ask: what does a CMS like Bricolage do? Can someone give some examples, other than a finished site? I want to know more about the backend stuff of a CMS. Call it idle curiosity.
Why? Is Sony a buddy of ours, that we are so concerned about its missteps? Do remember that as a heavyweight member of *AA, it (Sony) bears a large responsibility for their actions.
Secondly: it is a Darwinian world out there. If some other company (for now, Apple) delivers a better value and allows the users the freedoms that are rightfully theirs, then that company deserves to win and the others deserve to die.
Does the RIAA plead with the users it sues? Does the MPAA? Then why this pleading with Sony?
BK had a standard clause (look at any software licence and you'll probabaly see it) that said you can use our product as long as you don't use the product against us
Read TFA. Tridge did not agree to any BK license; he's reverse-engineering the BK protocol and using it to develop tools for interoperability with other (OSS) CM solutions.
You know, there's more to "IT infrastructure" than a strand of glass (or plastic). Where are the data centers? The 25,000 square-feet-with-Halon colo facilities? The software houses? The backoffice operations of some major houses, running 100s of servers in massive server farms?
despite having more IT infrastructure in place than many IT 'capitols' like Austin Texas
I'm in Buffalo too. Can you tell me what you means by this?
Other than the oft-repeated claim that all of Canada's Internet connectivity passes through the Main Place Tower building (something I have no reason to doubt/believe), what else is there in Buffalo?
Yeah, I'm a long-time sufferer of Adelphia's broadband service.
The thing that bugs the hell out of me is why their broadband rates keep going up. In this day and age, with a broadband glut and equipment prices following an inverse Moore's law of pricing, why am I paying more for broadband today than I was 5 years ago?
Adelphia's installation scheme is totally hopeless. Let's see: you buy a cablemodem at BestBuy or something; you hook it up; call in a MAC address, and you should be done, right?
No. They'll send a tech over, who will install all sorts of crap on your Windows machine ("we don't support Linux") and fail miserably. I lucked out bigtime by borrowing a laptop from work and telling that cable-jockey that it was the only computer I had. The genius didn't notice (or care about) the Antec Sonata case whirring away 6 feet from the cable drop. He proceeded to install some software (remote trouble-shooting widget, I think) and it wouldn't come up. Finally he was told to call in to some other 800 number, and do the install the "old fashioned way". Obviously, the "old fashioned way" worked. After he was gone, I wiped the laptop clean and my Linux box worked just fine.
And yes, I had to pay for the "installation" even though it said "free installation".
They are just looking at it; just like they might be, for example, looking at a proposal to charge $699/CPU (dammit, why does that sound familiar?).
If Google (for example) distributes GPLed software in their Appliance, then that is, by definition, redistribution and hence they must release the source to the customer of the said box.
On the other hand, if Google uses GPLed software to provide a service, then I see no need for them to go about distributing the source too.
All of this uncertainty is just more fuel to Microshaft's FUD-machine, that GPL is baaaaaad.
Not to mention the kerchunk-kerchunk of large cylinders hammering away inside. Since sound carries in water so well, not only will it look like the retarded cousin from Australia, it will sound like the "retarded cousin from Australia with a bad case of gas".
What gaping hole? Why would a bad guy try to enter legally from Canada, when he (and his minions) can waltz across the border from Mexico? Millions do it every year! And getting into Mexico (from a third country) is much more easier than getting into Canada.
Even being a foreigner here, there was a time when they'd just ask "where do you live?" and I'd say, "Buffalo", and they'd let me in. I have come back from Canada with a student ID (of course, not every INS agent is this considerate).
It also depends on your license plate #. If you cross often, and always in the same manner, then chances are they'll just waive you through (and I'm not talking about Nexus here).
Apparently there is/was some very peculiar rule whereby if you leave the USA via a different means than you entered (eg. I flew into the USA but exited by car) then your Visa was no longer valid for USA entry.
There never was/is such a rule. I should know, I live 2 miles from the Canadian border. I entered the US through NYC on a single-entry visa, and regularly went/go across the border to Canada (ballet, anyone?;-) ). Even if you have a "single entry" visa to the US, you can go back and forth across the Canadian border as many times as you wish (as long as you have the ability to enter Canada). Going to/from Canada is not considered an "exit" from the US.
I remember a time back when Immigrations Canada people used to give out free visas to foreign students, to get them to visit Canada during the holidays. We used to take full advantage of this, tipping the strippers, er, I mean, investing wisely in Canada. And then they started charging C$110 (for a 1 year multiple-entry visa), and that put an end to those trips.
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Even if 20% of the people can afford the Simputer, you are still looking at a market of over 200 million; a market roughly the size of the USA.
Please, use some of your fancy 'Intarweb skilz' to learn more about that country. Learn about things like PPP (purchasing power parity) and the fact that India is a net exporter of food. Even if India didn't produce a single grain of food, their stocks would last 3 years. India is also the world's largest producer of dairy products.
In general, thanks to the culture there, people can survive with the most minimal of resources. If cows can run around on the streets and eke out an existence, don't you think people can? And I'm talking about the worstcase scenario here.
Thank you, your reply was very informative. I hope someone can mod it up too.
Now, as a non-web developer, I have to ask: what does a CMS like Bricolage do? Can someone give some examples, other than a finished site? I want to know more about the backend stuff of a CMS. Call it idle curiosity.
Show me charts and stats and benchmarks that prove Windows superior to Linux in every measure and I'll agree with you.
Why? Is Sony a buddy of ours, that we are so concerned about its missteps? Do remember that as a heavyweight member of *AA, it (Sony) bears a large responsibility for their actions.
Secondly: it is a Darwinian world out there. If some other company (for now, Apple) delivers a better value and allows the users the freedoms that are rightfully theirs, then that company deserves to win and the others deserve to die.
Does the RIAA plead with the users it sues? Does the MPAA? Then why this pleading with Sony?
It would be like Verisign taking control of all *.com domain names.... wait, never mind ;)
Real hackers memorize their neighbors' (wireless) MAC addresses ... ;)
Right now the server is undergoing some severe penetration testing, and from the looks of it, not doing too well...
Read TFA. Tridge did not agree to any BK license; he's reverse-engineering the BK protocol and using it to develop tools for interoperability with other (OSS) CM solutions.
No.
Yeah, but it is one thing for an MIT student to do such a hack; it is entirely another for someone from across the country (literally) do it.
You know, there's more to "IT infrastructure" than a strand of glass (or plastic). Where are the data centers? The 25,000 square-feet-with-Halon colo facilities? The software houses? The backoffice operations of some major houses, running 100s of servers in massive server farms?
I'm in Buffalo too. Can you tell me what you means by this? Other than the oft-repeated claim that all of Canada's Internet connectivity passes through the Main Place Tower building (something I have no reason to doubt/believe), what else is there in Buffalo?
If it is inflation, then why is a P3 650MHz (top 'o the line 5 years ago) going for the cost of a Big Mac and fries today?
Get back into your crib, sonny boy. Your mama wants to feed you.
The thing that bugs the hell out of me is why their broadband rates keep going up. In this day and age, with a broadband glut and equipment prices following an inverse Moore's law of pricing, why am I paying more for broadband today than I was 5 years ago?
Adelphia's installation scheme is totally hopeless. Let's see: you buy a cablemodem at BestBuy or something; you hook it up; call in a MAC address, and you should be done, right?
No. They'll send a tech over, who will install all sorts of crap on your Windows machine ("we don't support Linux") and fail miserably. I lucked out bigtime by borrowing a laptop from work and telling that cable-jockey that it was the only computer I had. The genius didn't notice (or care about) the Antec Sonata case whirring away 6 feet from the cable drop. He proceeded to install some software (remote trouble-shooting widget, I think) and it wouldn't come up. Finally he was told to call in to some other 800 number, and do the install the "old fashioned way". Obviously, the "old fashioned way" worked. After he was gone, I wiped the laptop clean and my Linux box worked just fine.
And yes, I had to pay for the "installation" even though it said "free installation".
Is she complaining about more competition? She seems to be doing a fine job on her own...
They are just looking at it; just like they might be, for example, looking at a proposal to charge $699/CPU (dammit, why does that sound familiar?).
If Google (for example) distributes GPLed software in their Appliance, then that is, by definition, redistribution and hence they must release the source to the customer of the said box.
On the other hand, if Google uses GPLed software to provide a service, then I see no need for them to go about distributing the source too.
All of this uncertainty is just more fuel to Microshaft's FUD-machine, that GPL is baaaaaad.
A link to the document where this came from would be nice.
Not to mention the kerchunk-kerchunk of large cylinders hammering away inside. Since sound carries in water so well, not only will it look like the retarded cousin from Australia, it will sound like the "retarded cousin from Australia with a bad case of gas".
What gaping hole? Why would a bad guy try to enter legally from Canada, when he (and his minions) can waltz across the border from Mexico? Millions do it every year! And getting into Mexico (from a third country) is much more easier than getting into Canada.
It also depends on your license plate #. If you cross often, and always in the same manner, then chances are they'll just waive you through (and I'm not talking about Nexus here).
There never was/is such a rule. I should know, I live 2 miles from the Canadian border. I entered the US through NYC on a single-entry visa, and regularly went/go across the border to Canada (ballet, anyone? ;-) ). Even if you have a "single entry" visa to the US, you can go back and forth across the Canadian border as many times as you wish (as long as you have the ability to enter Canada). Going to/from Canada is not considered an "exit" from the US.
I remember a time back when Immigrations Canada people used to give out free visas to foreign students, to get them to visit Canada during the holidays. We used to take full advantage of this, tipping the strippers, er, I mean, investing wisely in Canada. And then they started charging C$110 (for a 1 year multiple-entry visa), and that put an end to those trips.
I'd hate to see it jam, though... ;-)
Editors: dost thou have no mercy? From the depths of hell, the server stabs at thee!
I'm bored, waiting for the DST to kick in.. ;-)