One possible reason for some people not to share is simply that they feel they have nothing to share. If I am downloading the Matrix or 1984, I would feel pretty lame only offering my homemade gif art.
I remember thinking that when I joined my first BBS many years ago. Anything I had that was worthwhile was already pretty well represented. What could I share that wasn't already there? Family photos? No way.
Also, big stuff (like movies) might be quickly moved to CD to save disk space, thus making it unavailable to share.
Mp3s are different since anyone can rip the cds they own and offer those songs. Perhaps some people see no reason to share songs that a lot of other people are already sharing?
Perhaps everyone wishes that more people would share the stuff that they download. But even if they wanted to (do we really need 10,000 people offering the same Britney Spears stuff?), the other factors that people mentioned - narrowband, pay by the minute providers (here in Japan at least), and technical problems - would prevent people from doing so.
Your story is vaguely accurate. The word was "mokusatsu (wo suru)" which is defined by kenkyusha's new japanese - english dictionary as "to take no notice of; to treat (something) with silent contempt; to ignore (by remaining silent)" (I left out one or two).
There is no consensus that I am aware of among historians as to importance of this incident. Some think is was an unfortunate translation, others that it accurately portrayed the government's / army's position at the time. It is not known if the Emperor was interested in unconditional surrender when this happened.
Moody's analysis, like yours, is more than a little flawed. Calling any product "the worst (product type) in the world" based solely on a pathetic analysis of one aspect of that product borders on the irrational.
Yes, Moody (and you too) make a few true statements. Yes, Linux, like any operating system must be judged on all aspects - cost, security, support, flexibility, power, etc. Moody did not even attempt to do this before drawing his conclusion. You are guilty of the same. Where is the evidence of vendors being frightened off by the different distros? Lokigames doesn't seem to have too many problems. Neither are WordPerfect or Applix. No problems that I've heard of at any rate. Please provide some evidence for your conclusion.
What non-existent standards are you refering to? The ones M$ is continually embracing and extending?
Yes, Linux has security vulnerabilities and even *gasp* bugs. It is pathetic that ABC found that newsworthy. Nothing is perfect, not Linux, not BeOS, and certainly not Microsoft. So why are you cheering on non-news, poorly done? More interesting, why are you adding your own FUD?
China only recently has begun encouraging the use of Linux - for good reasons if you ask me. MS has been in China for years. IF MS takes years to get hotmail unto its own os, how do you expect China to switch from MS products (mostly dirt cheap because of massive pirating) to linux in a few months just on the strength of government encouragement?
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One possible reason for some people not to share is simply that they feel they have nothing to share. If I am downloading the Matrix or 1984, I would feel pretty lame only offering my homemade gif art.
I remember thinking that when I joined my first BBS many years ago. Anything I had that was worthwhile was already pretty well represented. What could I share that wasn't already there? Family photos? No way.
Also, big stuff (like movies) might be quickly moved to CD to save disk space, thus making it unavailable to share.
Mp3s are different since anyone can rip the cds they own and offer those songs. Perhaps some people see no reason to share songs that a lot of other people are already sharing?
Perhaps everyone wishes that more people would share the stuff that they download. But even if they wanted to (do we really need 10,000 people offering the same Britney Spears stuff?), the other factors that people mentioned - narrowband, pay by the minute providers (here in Japan at least), and technical problems - would prevent people from doing so.
Your story is vaguely accurate. The word was "mokusatsu (wo suru)" which is defined by kenkyusha's new japanese - english dictionary as "to take no notice of; to treat (something) with silent contempt; to ignore (by remaining silent)" (I left out one or two).
There is no consensus that I am aware of among historians as to importance of this incident. Some think is was an unfortunate translation, others that it accurately portrayed the government's / army's position at the time. It is not known if the Emperor was interested in unconditional surrender when this happened.
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Moody's analysis, like yours, is more than a little flawed. Calling any product "the worst (product type) in the world" based solely on a pathetic analysis of one aspect of that product borders on the irrational.
Yes, Moody (and you too) make a few true statements. Yes, Linux, like any operating system must be judged on all aspects - cost, security, support, flexibility, power, etc. Moody did not even attempt to do this before drawing his conclusion. You are guilty of the same. Where is the evidence of vendors being frightened off by the different distros? Lokigames doesn't seem to have too many problems. Neither are WordPerfect or Applix. No problems that I've heard of at any rate. Please provide some evidence for your conclusion.
What non-existent standards are you refering to? The ones M$ is continually embracing and extending?
Yes, Linux has security vulnerabilities and even *gasp* bugs. It is pathetic that ABC found that newsworthy. Nothing is perfect, not Linux, not BeOS, and certainly not Microsoft. So why are you cheering on non-news, poorly done? More interesting, why are you adding your own FUD?
China only recently has begun encouraging the use of Linux - for good reasons if you ask me. MS has been in China for years. IF MS takes years to get hotmail unto its own os, how do you expect China to switch from MS products (mostly dirt cheap because of massive pirating) to linux in a few months just on the strength of government encouragement?
Stay anonymous, coward.
It's 'seppuku', but I think more people would understand you if you said 'harakiri'.