One defense against such misuse is to develop a corresponding portfolio of software patents for defensive purposes. Many software companies, both open source and proprietary, pursue this strategy. In the interests of our company and in an attempt to protect and promote the open source community, Red Hat has elected to adopt this same stance. We do so reluctantly because of the perceived inconsistency with our stance against software patents; however, prudence dictates this position.
At the same time, Red Hat will continue to maintain its position as an open source leader and dedicated participant in open source collaboration by extending the promise set forth below.
Also, look at how many people buy an external mouse and/or keyboard for their laptops, along with secondary displays.
And by "many people" you mean almost no one? Outside of an external mouse, I've yet to see a single average user buy an external keyboard or monitor for their laptop outside of at work possibly having a dock.
And there's no reason why the current tablet environments can't use a mouse and keyboard,
You mean other than the pure inconvenience of doing so? How many people outside of nerds on slashdot have you heard go "well I'd buy a tablet if only it came with a mouse and keyboard!"?
It's really ok if Linux never becomes the next Windows, if you never see it on 90%+ of desktops. The 90% of users who are not hobbyists and are not tinkerers and do not find the technology fascinating already have several companies that are happy to meet their needs.
This would be okay if not for the fact that there are so many evangelists and zealots (some going so far as putting Linux on someone else's computer without permission) didn't push it as if it was the be-all-end-all and that EVERYONE should be using it despite the fact the needs and wants of many of those users aren't met be Linux. It would be great if it was nothing but a hobbyists and tinkerer OS but that isn't how MANY of the FOSS faithful try to portray it.
They could have your laptop and desktop sync with your phone or tablet without having to layer WebOS on top of Windows. I guess it's magic that I don't need ot install iOS or Android on my laptop or desktop to sync the phone up, eh?
There is nothing "complicated" about plugging an HDMI cable into a TV and also plugging in a wireless keyboard and some USB controllers.
Sure, but that wasn't what the GP said. He was talking about managing IR peripherals, doing all sorts of weird SVGA crap, etc. So yes, that situation is more complicated than what you would do to set up a console which is plug in the HDMI/composite cables and hit the connect button on the wireless controller. No fiddling with anything else. No having to mess with your video drivers to do the TV output, etc.
The point was that this wasn't just something made up by the summary writer or the article writer. It's a moniker that the ACM itself has used for the prize.
No, it is not a "Nobel Prize" but as even the wiki article on it says:
The Turing Award is recognized as the "highest distinction in Computer science"[2] and "Nobel Prize of computing".[3]
Now that citation 3 is to an article on ACM.org that also says:
Widely known as the 'Nobel Prize' of computing, the Turing Award recognizes individuals for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computing field.
So basically no one is conflating anything because it is widely known by that moniker.
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If it's any good, it'll make it to the front page.
So then why were we subjected to shit like this and samzenpus' stupid College Humor video over the Kinect yesterday? These are terrible...
Didn't you forget to call him a feeb?
I think it's an attempt at a subliminal slashvertisement to get you to lobby for the usage of Perforce where you work.
I think the fatty is Rob.
Finally, the gauntlet has been thrown: if you work somewhere cool (Pixar? Apple? NASA? The White House? Comerica Park?) drop me an email!
Why would you need to be emailed when one could just post their cool job in the comments section?
Didn't you notice? Slashdot.org is just a seamless redirect to Digg now.
Apache is a GNU project? Since when?
They claim an average accuracy of 50% and as high as 90% for specific phrases."
So on average that can't do any better than chance. Wow such great results!
Oh god and the post above me was done anonymously too... Florian is everywhere!!!!
Does Red Hat own any software patents itself?
Yes. They even have a whole page about patents:
One defense against such misuse is to develop a corresponding portfolio of software patents for defensive purposes. Many software companies, both open source and proprietary, pursue this strategy. In the interests of our company and in an attempt to protect and promote the open source community, Red Hat has elected to adopt this same stance. We do so reluctantly because of the perceived inconsistency with our stance against software patents; however, prudence dictates this position.
At the same time, Red Hat will continue to maintain its position as an open source leader and dedicated participant in open source collaboration by extending the promise set forth below.
You expect anything BUT crap from samzenpus?
Also, look at how many people buy an external mouse and/or keyboard for their laptops, along with secondary displays.
And by "many people" you mean almost no one? Outside of an external mouse, I've yet to see a single average user buy an external keyboard or monitor for their laptop outside of at work possibly having a dock.
But GNOME itself is nothing but NIH. GNOME was founded based on FUD over Trolltech's license for Qt which was completely bunk.
And there's no reason why the current tablet environments can't use a mouse and keyboard,
You mean other than the pure inconvenience of doing so? How many people outside of nerds on slashdot have you heard go "well I'd buy a tablet if only it came with a mouse and keyboard!"?
You do realize that all you have to do is hit the cached version and scroll to the bottom to get all the answers?
It's really ok if Linux never becomes the next Windows, if you never see it on 90%+ of desktops. The 90% of users who are not hobbyists and are not tinkerers and do not find the technology fascinating already have several companies that are happy to meet their needs.
This would be okay if not for the fact that there are so many evangelists and zealots (some going so far as putting Linux on someone else's computer without permission) didn't push it as if it was the be-all-end-all and that EVERYONE should be using it despite the fact the needs and wants of many of those users aren't met be Linux. It would be great if it was nothing but a hobbyists and tinkerer OS but that isn't how MANY of the FOSS faithful try to portray it.
Yes, it will be free in Lion. The charging is due to Sarbanes-Oaxley. But hey, don't bother letting facts get in the way of a rant.
The reason they did that is that ACM's own press releases refer to the Turing Award in that way.
I mean, Dell's acquiring AMD and that's pretty much the same play in the hardware direction.
Since when? There was a rumor that this was going to happen that someone apparently pulled out of their ass, but that doesn't count as a forgone fact.
They could have your laptop and desktop sync with your phone or tablet without having to layer WebOS on top of Windows. I guess it's magic that I don't need ot install iOS or Android on my laptop or desktop to sync the phone up, eh?
There is nothing "complicated" about plugging an HDMI cable into a TV and also plugging in a wireless keyboard and some USB controllers.
Sure, but that wasn't what the GP said. He was talking about managing IR peripherals, doing all sorts of weird SVGA crap, etc. So yes, that situation is more complicated than what you would do to set up a console which is plug in the HDMI/composite cables and hit the connect button on the wireless controller. No fiddling with anything else. No having to mess with your video drivers to do the TV output, etc.
Maps!? Baww! In my day we didn't have maps and we liked it! We found our way by reading the stars!
Because that's a more complicated and costly option?
The point was that this wasn't just something made up by the summary writer or the article writer. It's a moniker that the ACM itself has used for the prize.
No, it is not a "Nobel Prize" but as even the wiki article on it says:
The Turing Award is recognized as the "highest distinction in Computer science"[2] and "Nobel Prize of computing".[3]
Now that citation 3 is to an article on ACM.org that also says:
Widely known as the 'Nobel Prize' of computing, the Turing Award recognizes individuals for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computing field.
So basically no one is conflating anything because it is widely known by that moniker.