I was under the impression that to change the license, say, from an open to closed, that they would have to have permission of all contributors up to that point or throw their work out... if this is so, I don't see how they all got screwed... they might have gone along with it.
I work in the Enterprise support division of one of the "Big 3" companies (IBM, Compaq, HP) and it's no secret that times are tough around the office. Falling demand... budget cutbacks... it can all really get to a geek. But we keep ourselves busy with LAN parties, hockey games, rafting trips, you name it. It really helps to be able to approach any of your co-workers when you need help, because you know them all from outside the workplace. And it really helps to relieve the stress brought on by layoffs, difficult customers, *ahem* hostile takeovers... So I say Damn the man! You geeks go out and have yourselves a good time too!
Well, if you notice, in the Star Trek universe I don't see anybody woth a pointing device of any kind... "keyboard" console only... it would seem that at some point in the future somebody just makes the decision that were going with ion... we might as well give it a look!
I had always thought that the upper limit of current DSL technology was about 7Mb/second. Here, my local company (Qwest) has up to 7.1Mb. The price here does seem a bit higher here than what he was quoting up there, it breaks down like this:
256 - 640K variable $29.95
640Kbps $60
960Kbps $70
1.2Mbps $80
4.4Mbps $150
7.1Mbps $250
Haven't we all seen this before? Remember Java? Sure, the backing that this project has received is great, but can we really be foolish enough to believe that this will lead to the "write once, run anywhere" model we all envision? I think that this is certainly a step in the right direction, and I hope that they are completely successful, but I take all of this with a HUGE grain of salt.
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I was under the impression that to change the license, say, from an open to closed, that they would have to have permission of all contributors up to that point or throw their work out... if this is so, I don't see how they all got screwed... they might have gone along with it.
I work in the Enterprise support division of one of the "Big 3" companies (IBM, Compaq, HP) and it's no secret that times are tough around the office. Falling demand... budget cutbacks... it can all really get to a geek. But we keep ourselves busy with LAN parties, hockey games, rafting trips, you name it. It really helps to be able to approach any of your co-workers when you need help, because you know them all from outside the workplace. And it really helps to relieve the stress brought on by layoffs, difficult customers, *ahem* hostile takeovers... So I say Damn the man! You geeks go out and have yourselves a good time too!
Well, if you notice, in the Star Trek universe I don't see anybody woth a pointing device of any kind... "keyboard" console only... it would seem that at some point in the future somebody just makes the decision that were going with ion... we might as well give it a look!
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I had always thought that the upper limit of current DSL technology was about 7Mb/second. Here, my local company (Qwest) has up to 7.1Mb. The price here does seem a bit higher here than what he was quoting up there, it breaks down like this: 256 - 640K variable $29.95 640Kbps $60 960Kbps $70 1.2Mbps $80 4.4Mbps $150 7.1Mbps $250
Just get an Abit BP6
sounds like you need a better ISP...
Haven't we all seen this before? Remember Java? Sure, the backing that this project has received is great, but can we really be foolish enough to believe that this will lead to the "write once, run anywhere" model we all envision? I think that this is certainly a step in the right direction, and I hope that they are completely successful, but I take all of this with a HUGE grain of salt.
what they mean is, they can't make 3,000,000 dollars with tee shirts and touring alone