Give VA a break. (DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with VA, don't own stock in VA, and haven't thoroughly researched what I'm about to say.) The problem with VA is not that they're doing abysmally bad; the problem is that they have someone putting together financial reports who needs to clean his crystal ball. And frankly, if you're letting dropping stock prices determine the viablility of a product, then automobiles (Ford) and tires (Firestone) aren't commercially viable either.
AFAIK (and correct me if I'm wrong) their projected sales increase for the last fiscal year was 250%. Again, AFAIK, the real increase was 200%. The thing is, investors get nervous at this kind of thing. If you're not terribly close to hitting the projected goal, investors start dumping stock. Project 250% and get 200%? Dump stock. Project 250% and get 500%? Dump stock. Why dump when it goes way *over*? It shows that someone doesn't know what they're doing just as clearly as if they went under.
Sorry kids, them's the breaks. Good luck to the companies whose stocks are dropping right now. Try to set a more attainable goal this year =)
Well, if it weren't for the deplorable things Microsoft's PR/Marketing departments have been saying and implying about the free-OS world recently, I'd agree totally.
Well, he may be going with another delusional conspiracy theory: that there may be a correlation between the recent Microsoft break-in and Corel selling their Linux operations.
Think about it this way:
-Corel hacks WINE to use it to port PerfectOffice/CorelDraw to Linux
-Microsoft buys non-controlling stock in Corel
-Microsoft claims break-in allowed sensitive code to slip out
-Corel dumps their Linux operation
Now, no matter what you think of Corel, it at least *looks* kinda fishy. I mean, Corel was already on Microsoft's shit list over buying WordPerfect, then decided to go into the OS market, and got more entries on the shitlist over helping develop a free Win32 API clone. So waddaya do to combat it? Buy stock, claim you've been broken into and that code has been stolen, and pressure Corel to stop developing WINE lest Microsoft take a claim that WINE has actual Win32 code in it public.
Now, if you're the type of person to believe such a conspiracy theory (which Peterley seems to) you might feel compelled to fire back. Unfortunately, this theory may not be true and Peterley has decided to take on the 900lb. gorilla. Good luck, Nick. You're going to need it.
Wow, is CmdrTaco finally developing a skeptical eye? Praise Jeebus!
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Yeah, it was flamebait. But, y'know, you were thinking the same thing.
How about some of the recent posts by Timothy? Half of them were total flamebait. Or posting total rumor as fact, without a hint of skepticism? This is the most believable story in months and all Taco can say is "Riiight." Give me a break.
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1. There is no such thing as the presidential election national popular vote. Check the
constitution/amendments/etc. No such animal. Using the expression makes about as much sense as football fans
using the "Cumulative Score" to determine championships (e.g. total up the points a team scores during a season -
highest number wins the national championship, i.e. BYU = #1!)
*/
I'd say that that argument won't hold water in the 2004 election. If it still does, it'll be 1776 all over again.
Of course, being from Illinois myself, I'd be pretty happy about a Gore win...after all, he took my state. =) And I really don't want GWB dealing with, say, the middle-east peace process.
But the majority of people (the people GWB claims he trusts and promptly forgot about when Gore contested the Florida count...or does going to federal court count as "trusting the people" nowadays?) voted for Gore, which doesn't matter since we didn't get to elect him.
"At least one of the BSDs is capable of running binaries compiled for the Linux kernel. And you're telling me that BSD
has zero cross-BSD binary compatibility? "
That statement makes no sense. You're claiming that stating BSD has zero cross-BSD binary compatibility is false because FreeBSD has Linux binary emulation?
I think it's sad that someone was immature enough to moderate this as "Flamebait." I don't agree with this sentiment, but it's something to think about. We get our collective panties & briefs in a bunch when someone breaks down doors over DeCSS ("down with proprietary formats"), but if some GPL piece of software gets ripped off, those same people are outraged.
Huh? So do you believe that someone's intellectual property can be used at your own whim or not, regardless of license? Decide, one or the other...not both.
Heh, I don't remember where, but some state here in the U.S. has a Marijuana Stamp Tax. Essentially, if you don't buy the stamps and get busted (since marijuana is illegal) you also get busted for the Stamp Tax. If you buy the stamps, bammo, you're under investigation and will probably get busted...you'll just not get busted for evading the stamp tax. =)
Yes, and companies should stop selling blank cd-r, cd-rw, audiocasettes, and videocasettes in the U.S.
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Yup, looks like a little Team Fortress action to me.
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'Now when you visit the KDE website, maybe we'll stop seeing them interchange "free software" and "open source".'
Yes, and hopefully we'll be seeing them refer to it as Open Source. I dunno; the Free Software world seems a little to Aryan to me and seems to have intelligent argument based on utter nonsense (not unlike Nazi rhetoric, but certainly not as extreme.) It seeks to force the user into using only software that matches its' own view of what is right and good, ignoring the right of the developer to release software under the license they see fit, and ignore the fact that many users are intelligent enough to determine whether or not a license is suitable for their needs. Please, RMS & the FSF, save me from myself! I'm too stupid to understand that your way is the only way!
Glad you told me. I don't read the geek. I would have never known, blissfully unaware that slashdot had repeated something that some website I've never even fucking heard of posted it. Those fucking slashdot assholes.
Well, other than the fact that you got the compression format for the background totally wrong, and the fact that it's really pathetic that you bothered to look this up, I'd say, well, who cares. Thanks for posting redundant info.
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Give VA a break. (DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with VA, don't own stock in VA, and haven't thoroughly researched what I'm about to say.) The problem with VA is not that they're doing abysmally bad; the problem is that they have someone putting together financial reports who needs to clean his crystal ball. And frankly, if you're letting dropping stock prices determine the viablility of a product, then automobiles (Ford) and tires (Firestone) aren't commercially viable either.
AFAIK (and correct me if I'm wrong) their projected sales increase for the last fiscal year was 250%. Again, AFAIK, the real increase was 200%. The thing is, investors get nervous at this kind of thing. If you're not terribly close to hitting the projected goal, investors start dumping stock. Project 250% and get 200%? Dump stock. Project 250% and get 500%? Dump stock. Why dump when it goes way *over*? It shows that someone doesn't know what they're doing just as clearly as if they went under.
Sorry kids, them's the breaks. Good luck to the companies whose stocks are dropping right now. Try to set a more attainable goal this year =)
I think he's contributing to the 2.4 kernel config system (or so he claims in LJ.)
Well, if it weren't for the deplorable things Microsoft's PR/Marketing departments have been saying and implying about the free-OS world recently, I'd agree totally.
Well, he may be going with another delusional conspiracy theory: that there may be a correlation between the recent Microsoft break-in and Corel selling their Linux operations.
Think about it this way:
-Corel hacks WINE to use it to port PerfectOffice/CorelDraw to Linux
-Microsoft buys non-controlling stock in Corel
-Microsoft claims break-in allowed sensitive code to slip out
-Corel dumps their Linux operation
Now, no matter what you think of Corel, it at least *looks* kinda fishy. I mean, Corel was already on Microsoft's shit list over buying WordPerfect, then decided to go into the OS market, and got more entries on the shitlist over helping develop a free Win32 API clone. So waddaya do to combat it? Buy stock, claim you've been broken into and that code has been stolen, and pressure Corel to stop developing WINE lest Microsoft take a claim that WINE has actual Win32 code in it public.
Now, if you're the type of person to believe such a conspiracy theory (which Peterley seems to) you might feel compelled to fire back. Unfortunately, this theory may not be true and Peterley has decided to take on the 900lb. gorilla. Good luck, Nick. You're going to need it.
The thing that's funny about your post is that you got modded up simply for agreeing with CmdrTaco.
Slashthink super plus good!
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>Riiiight.
Wow, is CmdrTaco finally developing a skeptical eye? Praise Jeebus!
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Yeah, it was flamebait. But, y'know, you were thinking the same thing.
How about some of the recent posts by Timothy? Half of them were total flamebait. Or posting total rumor as fact, without a hint of skepticism? This is the most believable story in months and all Taco can say is "Riiight." Give me a break.
/*
1. There is no such thing as the presidential election national popular vote. Check the
constitution/amendments/etc. No such animal. Using the expression makes about as much sense as football fans
using the "Cumulative Score" to determine championships (e.g. total up the points a team scores during a season -
highest number wins the national championship, i.e. BYU = #1!)
*/
I'd say that that argument won't hold water in the 2004 election. If it still does, it'll be 1776 all over again.
Of course, being from Illinois myself, I'd be pretty happy about a Gore win...after all, he took my state. =) And I really don't want GWB dealing with, say, the middle-east peace process.
But the majority of people (the people GWB claims he trusts and promptly forgot about when Gore contested the Florida count...or does going to federal court count as "trusting the people" nowadays?) voted for Gore, which doesn't matter since we didn't get to elect him.
"At least one of the BSDs is capable of running binaries compiled for the Linux kernel. And you're telling me that BSD
has zero cross-BSD binary compatibility? "
That statement makes no sense. You're claiming that stating BSD has zero cross-BSD binary compatibility is false because FreeBSD has Linux binary emulation?
Moron.
Yes, and you're running FreeBSD binaries thanks to a compatibility layer, which wouldn't be necessary if they both used the same kernel.
I'm such a bitch. Karma whoring is fun!
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I think it's sad that someone was immature enough to moderate this as "Flamebait." I don't agree with this sentiment, but it's something to think about. We get our collective panties & briefs in a bunch when someone breaks down doors over DeCSS ("down with proprietary formats"), but if some GPL piece of software gets ripped off, those same people are outraged.
Huh? So do you believe that someone's intellectual property can be used at your own whim or not, regardless of license? Decide, one or the other...not both.
Heh, I don't remember where, but some state here in the U.S. has a Marijuana Stamp Tax. Essentially, if you don't buy the stamps and get busted (since marijuana is illegal) you also get busted for the Stamp Tax. If you buy the stamps, bammo, you're under investigation and will probably get busted...you'll just not get busted for evading the stamp tax. =)
Yes, and companies should stop selling blank cd-r, cd-rw, audiocasettes, and videocasettes in the U.S.
Yup, looks like a little Team Fortress action to me.
'Now when you visit the KDE website, maybe we'll stop seeing them interchange "free software" and "open source".'
Yes, and hopefully we'll be seeing them refer to it as Open Source. I dunno; the Free Software world seems a little to Aryan to me and seems to have intelligent argument based on utter nonsense (not unlike Nazi rhetoric, but certainly not as extreme.) It seeks to force the user into using only software that matches its' own view of what is right and good, ignoring the right of the developer to release software under the license they see fit, and ignore the fact that many users are intelligent enough to determine whether or not a license is suitable for their needs. Please, RMS & the FSF, save me from myself! I'm too stupid to understand that your way is the only way!
Yes, yes, go on about your Aryan software already.
Oh brother. So Michael portscanned you. You have proof. Make his life hell then...and leave the rest of us the fuck out of it.
Glad you told me. I don't read the geek. I would have never known, blissfully unaware that slashdot had repeated something that some website I've never even fucking heard of posted it. Those fucking slashdot assholes.
Damn you; it's cute that you've used a tripod account to redirect to goatse.cx, but this is getting old. Stop, please.
Can we please keep Solaris out of the discussion just because KDE happens to run on it?
Why don't you take a look at this? Apparently they use some sort of wavelet compression on the background. =)