If it were up to me, i'd give it to a UN body. The last people i'd want to give it to is the US government, not because i'm anti US, but because i don't think one country should have control of such a multi-national object.
Being anti-US may not be your primary reason but it would automaticly blind you to the flaws in your argument.
The United Nations is there to resolve disputes and prevent wars. Obveously the current anti-US sentament is due in large part to the recent tendency to go to war instead of resolving disputes.
However a more realistic argument against having the United States NOT control the Internet would be the "CDA".. But for me that makes the UN option even less compelling as many nations have made efforts at creating there own CDAs. (CDA=Computer Decentcy Act. A United States law to ban "Objectionable" content on the Internet. That could include anti and pro Gulf War II arguments. It was striken down in the US suppream cort for being too extream.)
I wouldn't want to hand the Internet over to France who'd willingly sell out it's own policy for cheap oil from a known ruthles dictator anymore than I'd want to hand over the Internet to the United States who'd use BS intelegence as provocation for war. Nore China who'd kill off it's own people just to end a peaceful protest.
Actually there aren't that many nations in the UN who I'd feel safe handing the Internet over to.
And I certanly wouldn't had it over to them ALL.
Then the Internet language would be French.. no accent permitted. No objectionable content. Breaking the AUP would carry a manditory death sentence and MAYBE a trial... in that order.
The way the UN is structured any given nation could pimp it's agenda into the Internet. Suddenly all graphic image files are banned becouse they are unfair to develuping nations who can't afford computers that support graphics. Encryption is banned and mantory backdoors to check for (evedence of)human rights violations and (plans for)wepons of mass distruction.
An International commity is a good idea just not one deigned to resolve political diffrences.
Amnisty International comes to mind but I suggest a new organisation would do the job better.
The arguement that "we made it" doesn't hold any water.
Yes it dose and I shouldn't even need to say why becouse you've done nothing but declair it dose not.
As the nation that created the Internet the United States is the nation that has invested the most into it and did so for reasons that are purely of benifit to the United States. Other nations instead of develuping there own networks just tacked onto the Internet with minimal (or in some cases no) investment.
The United States has never once hid the fact that the Internet was created for the intrests of the United States millitary as such was created as a wepon not unlike any other. It should be of no supprise if the Internet policy were central to the United States method.
But I can think of very good reasons why the United States should not control the Internet.
The United States let go of control over the Internet a long time ago and... The Computer Decentcy Act.. our first and hopefully last glimps into what a US controlled Internet would look like.
At least, I assume they do, considering that IBM has ~25,000 active patents
Don't assume anything. Companys like IBM file "defensive" patents all the time just to keep from being sued by little guys.
About 75% of the patent nightmares we've seen lately are from the tech bubble where high end companys go down the toilet. The decades of defensive patents become the best hope for survival and a new wave of patent lawsutes washes over the landscape.
I'm sure the surviving tech giants are sick and tired of not only having to file new patents but also for being sued by former giants who couldn't survive.
Palm Linux runs on many 68k Palm Os devices. As much as Linux can run on very low end devices the typical Linux PDA is still a very high end device. It's not a simple PIM. You can run a web server from a Linux PDA but a typical PalmOs PDA makes a wonderful PIM.
I've both a Handspring Visor and a Zaurus infront of me right now.
The handspring is a great device for GPS, e-mail, cell phone or what ever... I even have a digital voice recorder module.
But I skipped the MP3 player due to cost.
The Zaurus is much more powerful and slightly more bulky. MP3 player built in movie player available extra.
The PalmOs device is ok for viewing pictures but I need the Zaurus to edit those pictures.
Also certen limitations on the Palm... I can't e-mail pictures from my Handspring but I can from the Zaurus.
The artical litterally says the people who oppose SCO want ALL software to be free. The artical compleatly ignores the fact that SCO is basicly stealing Linux.
Then the artical having already pinning the blame for MyDoom firmly on Linux users says There's no proof, of course, but it must be one of the theories at the top of any investigator's list.
I might note that in any given murder case the significant other is at the top of the list of people to investigate. However it is increadably unprofessional for a reporter to make the same speculation.
In fact it's just tacky to report any sort of speculation like that. And it's certenly tacky to do with out researching the details.
The Linux community has much as accused SCO of manufacturing the DDoS attacks up to now. I'll wager dollars to donuts nobody from the Linux community would want to DDoS SCO considering it seams SCO WANTS to be DDoSed.
Todays PC is still a heavly modified IBM PC AT the full 16 bit upgrade from the classic PC.
Mac classic was made a few years after the classic PC. The first Mac didn't even have it's own explantion buss making the whole Mac IO based around the Mac II.. A plug and play system. where as the PC buss has to play to the legacy IO of the ISA buss (and PCI dose ditch that to some extent to move forward).
And.. The power Mac is a totally new Machine. Apple ditched the 68K processor and the legacy Mac design just as the Mac was having it's first few legacy design problems. The PC however is still using a processor that plays to the 8086 and that chip is based on the 8080 who is from the 4004.
Then as MacOs itself gets dusty MacOs X. Not an os built on top of MacOs (Like Windows). Some people complain that OsX dosn't even keep up the Unix side (Thow this kinda shows that Unix isn't that dusty eather).
Wind up watch: Wind up watches have the distict advantage of not needing a battery. True true the battery powered watch needs a battery only once in say 1 or 2 years it still needs it and a watch is a technology some people want to have around no matter what. So why would people want anolog battery watches? While there are a number of preceaved advantages (IE false) there is one real advantage. Notice how Timex never clames it's watches "take a licking" anymore? I personally use digital watches but... I've never replaced a watch battery.. a whole watch yes but a battery no... But I'll continue to buy digitals becouse they are quite cheap.
Dot matrix/Hammer printers: Those printers are capable of being very compact. If you need a portable receapt generator what is better than a printer calculator? A more advanced version of same is on your typical cash registar. While lasers and ink jet printers are still bulky enough to not fit in a PDA sized box. Also like the digital watch there are environments that don't like the ink jet or laser. The printer dosen't get damaged but the paper feed is just complex enough to rip paper in damp air.
Pocket calculators vs PDAs: Price aside pocket calculators today appear to have three distict advantages. 1. You can get one with all the features you need usually at a reasonable price. 2. Solar powered calculators are the norm. 3. I admit I tap on the screen but most people still won't do that.
And then there is the problem of handing over your PDA when someone needs a calculater. Would you?
There will always be a "batter" way but some times the simple tools are the best tools.
Not games: Demos. Demos are basicly those programs that have ultra high quality graphics but no game. It's the art of improving the art by develuping new graphic tricks. Eventually those tricks are used in video games but first they are done in demo form...
Demos are pure eyecandy with no pretence of entertainment via gameplay. It all started on the Commodore 64.
For Sesse: Most digital camras have a delete feature... Use it. Picture after picture of the same object untell you get it right is ok but now you have eaten the space for 5 pictures when you only have 1 good shot.
For primadonn: Don't fear the camra embrace it.. take more pictures.
In fact Prima talk with Ses about taking lots of photos...
I've been stuck on older systems more often than not and as a result I spend time tweeking the box to make it more effecent. I memerise all my tweeks and improve on them as time progresses.
I know there are diffrences beween optomising on the low end and opomising on the high end. But I think I know enough that I can do it.
Sure, there are also those who lie about it. Ahh but the question is what is the lie. Do you: a. Lie and say you have to keep from looking like a geek. b. Lie and say you haven't to avoid the wrath of parents.
If your answer is 'b'.. I sympathise. If your answer is 'a'.. Hay friends of this guy... Look now he is reading Slashdot.. what a geek If you fess up now you'll distract your friends from the more obveous signs of geekness.
The dumb idea = 1 cent per e-mail... The smart idea = Reject all spam with no PGP signature. The current idea = A "White list" and "Black list"
Mix it up:
If you match one of the above conditions your e-mail is sent: If your a known goodguy such as eBay (or Microsoft.. ug) then you get on the global white list... (Requires a sizeable deposit) If your willing to provide absolute certanty that you are who you clame to be (PGP) you also get through. If your not willing (or able) to do eather then you get to pay...
Spammers will play around with this.. Some will fork over the 1 cent... untill they realise 2,000 e-mails means $200... You know that isn't much money really...
Spammers will go for the white list... Sizeable deposit revoked.. lawsutes... but that's kinda the way it works.
Spammers will PGP themselfs and that seams like the best idea becouse it's probably better if we can positively identify the spammer than if we make him pay becouse a lot of spam is criminal offering prescription drugs with out a prescription that sort of thing.
If I know Slashdot like I think I do.. and I'm cool with it if I'm wrong... But I think someone is going to say "Why bother with the dumb thing?"
It's quite simple: We have Windows, MacOs and the Posex famaly of operting systems (Ok MacOs is part of that & technicly WinNT can join too.. But not the point) The dumb idea, the smart idea, the current idea. We will always have that mix and it's important that people have the option open to them.
The dumb idea: Probably the easies way to go. A big headake in many ways but most people want a passive non-invasive non-committing pacage. They want an easy way in and out. Plug and play. Pay your quarter in the arcade instead of owning the cartrage.
The smart idea: Typlicly some sort of commitment is called for and it's not a simple one. An investment of time or money.. usually time. People don't want that unless they really understand what they are getting out of it. Users will resent being forced to buy a game console or worse a whole computer just to play a stupid video game.
The current way: Or usually a tweek of the current way. Some happy middle ground that works well but not perfictly. Game rentals. For a lot of people it's easy to slip into and go with.
Now as far as I'm conserned (and I know others will disagree.. and when that changes it's time to get paranoid..) in the os department the dumb, smart and currnt ideas are:
Dumb: Windows, Smart: MacOs, Current: Posix... For the record I've gone Posix..
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Programmer "Sir I must object again. We created two perfictly good viruses as it is we don't need a third targeting Slashdot." Darl "Why not?" Programmer "Becouse it would show it wasn't made bt someone in the Linux community." Ring Darl "Hold on..." answers phone "Hello?" Other side of phone (Bill Gates) "Dam it Darl what's this I hear about two viruses. If I find out your behind this Linux will be the LAST thing on your mind." Darl "Gates baybe.. relax old Darls got it all under" (click) "Hello?" (hangs up phone) Seeing the programmer is still in the office "Don't you have a virus to write?" "But Darl you can't imagin what a horriflcly bad idea..." Darol interupts "Now..." "yes sir.." Head hangs low.
If they did opt for Netcraft option #5 they did a sloppy job of it:
Server: 64.85.239.11 Address: 64.85.239.11#53
Dosn't look like Localhost to me.
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Well it is kinda hard to tell. I think of it as a preview of the worst FUD can do and I'm thankful Microsoft isn't any better at it than they are at security... The bad news is they are getting better at both.
On the other hand Limbaugh fell for it and he has enough experence in computers and lies to see through it.
No the constructed the atoms from hyperstrings at the quantum level.
Actually I don't know about Coke but some water bottlers run the water through a process before bottling. Filtering stuff and adding other stuff and do some sort of quality control so when people drink it the stuff tasks like clean water not diluted mud.
Your kinda right.. What is the missing element? The market driven monopoly was granted to Microsoft with Dos. Windows is nothing more than a hitch hiker. With out Microsofts "All or none" deal users could buy PCs with OS/2 installed... and Dos was in the pacage.
Plus Dr Dos was making it's way into the market when Microsoft shut it down with the OEM pacage deal.
Companys were more comfortable with MsDos at that point in time (Due to FUD on Microsofts behalf) and weren't willing to switch to anything else (including Windows... I knew of at least one office building that while having Windows on every box never accually used it before Windows could support LAN networking...
That is what Nintendo said when they told the stores "If you want to sell Nintendos you have to agree to sell nothing else"... Corts however said nope.
Then there was that whole exclusive soda sales deal at Wendys (memorys fuzzy but I think it was Coke who got the deal and Pepsi who was suing.. but it could have been the other way around). In that case however it didn't matter as nither had any real monopoly and it's not like people go to fast food outlets to buy soda. (Ok I admit I'm one of those people who will buy the soda for the meal at 7-11 or Albertsons)
The corts have been remarkably consistent on the issue long before Microsoft required Windows be sold with all PCs to get the OEM deal.
It was an issue of market access for compeating products be it Nintendo, Coke or Microsoft.
The only workaround that I know of is where Pepsi owned the fast food chains themselfs. If the shop owner dosn't WANT to offer a varrity of products that is the shops choice. But when it's a contractual condition for a prouct liccens that is a whole other ball of wax.
And long after Microsofts "All or none" deal the 7-11 franchise include a contractrual obligation to buy all the products directly from the 7-11 distrabution even when the store owners could find better deals through other channels. The corts found this too wasn't legal.
Now let's recap: Nintendo can't say "No compeating game console". It's not as if department stores went out of business for not selling Nintendos.
Coke can't say "No selling Pepsi products". It's not as if Wendys would lose business for not selling Coke and it's not as if Pepsi suffered for the lack of business from Wendys.
7-11 franchise can't dictate distrabution channels. It's not even a matter of one product over annother as many compeating products are available from the franchise disrabution channels.
But Microsoft can say "Eather all Microsoft or no Microsoft" yet any store that would chouse "No Microsoft" would go out of business...
It's ok.. It's totally a prospective thing trust me on this. Your thinking with your wallet and your prospective is bent becouse you spend your time with remarkably impressive Microsoft professionals. Well impressive to you anyway.
I'm going to guess that your work has been directly effected by the addoption of open office and/or Linux. From your experence this addoption of Linux seams utterly rediculous. Your what many people consider to be a computer expert so your thinking "how could I be wrong?". What your not aware of is that most Slashdoters have a considerable amount of experence in Linux and Windows. Most of us dual boot and that means we have gone through the installation process for both Linux and Windows.
Your talking about something you know nothing about to a croud who knows better flashing credentals that have nothing to do with the matter at hand.
Your a scientist who's never seen daylight telling a bunch of people who work under the hot sun all day that the sky is yellow. It's not only funny it's absolutly hillareous.
PS. I'm only guessing your the same person becouse your appologising for dubble posting..
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If it were up to me, i'd give it to a UN body. The last people i'd want to give it to is the US government, not because i'm anti US, but because i don't think one country should have control of such a multi-national object.
Being anti-US may not be your primary reason but it would automaticly blind you to the flaws in your argument.
The United Nations is there to resolve disputes and prevent wars. Obveously the current anti-US sentament is due in large part to the recent tendency to go to war instead of resolving disputes.
However a more realistic argument against having the United States NOT control the Internet would be the "CDA".. But for me that makes the UN option even less compelling as many nations have made efforts at creating there own CDAs.
(CDA=Computer Decentcy Act. A United States law to ban "Objectionable" content on the Internet. That could include anti and pro Gulf War II arguments.
It was striken down in the US suppream cort for being too extream.)
I wouldn't want to hand the Internet over to France who'd willingly sell out it's own policy for cheap oil from a known ruthles dictator anymore than I'd want to hand over the Internet to the United States who'd use BS intelegence as provocation for war. Nore China who'd kill off it's own people just to end a peaceful protest.
Actually there aren't that many nations in the UN who I'd feel safe handing the Internet over to.
And I certanly wouldn't had it over to them ALL.
Then the Internet language would be French.. no accent permitted. No objectionable content. Breaking the AUP would carry a manditory death sentence and MAYBE a trial... in that order.
The way the UN is structured any given nation could pimp it's agenda into the Internet.
Suddenly all graphic image files are banned becouse they are unfair to develuping nations who can't afford computers that support graphics.
Encryption is banned and mantory backdoors to check for (evedence of)human rights violations and (plans for)wepons of mass distruction.
An International commity is a good idea just not one deigned to resolve political diffrences.
Amnisty International comes to mind but I suggest a new organisation would do the job better.
The arguement that "we made it" doesn't hold any water.
Yes it dose and I shouldn't even need to say why becouse you've done nothing but declair it dose not.
As the nation that created the Internet the United States is the nation that has invested the most into it and did so for reasons that are purely of benifit to the United States. Other nations instead of develuping there own networks just tacked onto the Internet with minimal (or in some cases no) investment.
The United States has never once hid the fact that the Internet was created for the intrests of the United States millitary as such was created as a wepon not unlike any other. It should be of no supprise if the Internet policy were central to the United States method.
But I can think of very good reasons why the United States should not control the Internet.
The United States let go of control over the Internet a long time ago and... The Computer Decentcy Act.. our first and hopefully last glimps into what a US controlled Internet would look like.
At least, I assume they do, considering that IBM has ~25,000 active patents
Don't assume anything. Companys like IBM file "defensive" patents all the time just to keep from being sued by little guys.
About 75% of the patent nightmares we've seen lately are from the tech bubble where high end companys go down the toilet. The decades of defensive patents become the best hope for survival and a new wave of patent lawsutes washes over the landscape.
I'm sure the surviving tech giants are sick and tired of not only having to file new patents but also for being sued by former giants who couldn't survive.
Or worse.. When the thrower is cought red (brown?) handed.
Palm Linux runs on many 68k Palm Os devices.
As much as Linux can run on very low end devices the typical Linux PDA is still a very high end device. It's not a simple PIM.
You can run a web server from a Linux PDA but a typical PalmOs PDA makes a wonderful PIM.
I've both a Handspring Visor and a Zaurus infront of me right now.
The handspring is a great device for GPS, e-mail, cell phone or what ever... I even have a digital voice recorder module.
But I skipped the MP3 player due to cost.
The Zaurus is much more powerful and slightly more bulky. MP3 player built in movie player available extra.
The PalmOs device is ok for viewing pictures but I need the Zaurus to edit those pictures.
Also certen limitations on the Palm... I can't e-mail pictures from my Handspring but I can from the Zaurus.
Hay at least we didn't SCO them...
Ohhh Let's patent fractals.
The artical litterally says the people who oppose SCO want ALL software to be free.
The artical compleatly ignores the fact that SCO is basicly stealing Linux.
Then the artical having already pinning the blame for MyDoom firmly on Linux users says
There's no proof, of course, but it must be one of the theories at the top of any investigator's list.
I might note that in any given murder case the significant other is at the top of the list of people to investigate. However it is increadably unprofessional for a reporter to make the same speculation.
In fact it's just tacky to report any sort of speculation like that.
And it's certenly tacky to do with out researching the details.
The Linux community has much as accused SCO of manufacturing the DDoS attacks up to now. I'll wager dollars to donuts nobody from the Linux community would want to DDoS SCO considering it seams SCO WANTS to be DDoSed.
From what? Being older than PCs?
Todays PC is still a heavly modified IBM PC AT the full 16 bit upgrade from the classic PC.
Mac classic was made a few years after the classic PC.
The first Mac didn't even have it's own explantion buss making the whole Mac IO based around the Mac II.. A plug and play system. where as the PC buss has to play to the legacy IO of the ISA buss (and PCI dose ditch that to some extent to move forward).
And.. The power Mac is a totally new Machine. Apple ditched the 68K processor and the legacy Mac design just as the Mac was having it's first few legacy design problems.
The PC however is still using a processor that plays to the 8086 and that chip is based on the 8080 who is from the 4004.
Then as MacOs itself gets dusty MacOs X.
Not an os built on top of MacOs (Like Windows).
Some people complain that OsX dosn't even keep up the Unix side (Thow this kinda shows that Unix isn't that dusty eather).
Wind up watch: Wind up watches have the distict advantage of not needing a battery.
True true the battery powered watch needs a battery only once in say 1 or 2 years it still needs it and a watch is a technology some people want to have around no matter what.
So why would people want anolog battery watches?
While there are a number of preceaved advantages (IE false) there is one real advantage.
Notice how Timex never clames it's watches "take a licking" anymore?
I personally use digital watches but... I've never replaced a watch battery.. a whole watch yes but a battery no...
But I'll continue to buy digitals becouse they are quite cheap.
Dot matrix/Hammer printers: Those printers are capable of being very compact. If you need a portable receapt generator what is better than a printer calculator? A more advanced version of same is on your typical cash registar.
While lasers and ink jet printers are still bulky enough to not fit in a PDA sized box.
Also like the digital watch there are environments that don't like the ink jet or laser. The printer dosen't get damaged but the paper feed is just complex enough to rip paper in damp air.
Pocket calculators vs PDAs: Price aside pocket calculators today appear to have three distict advantages.
1. You can get one with all the features you need usually at a reasonable price.
2. Solar powered calculators are the norm.
3. I admit I tap on the screen but most people still won't do that.
And then there is the problem of handing over your PDA when someone needs a calculater. Would you?
There will always be a "batter" way but some times the simple tools are the best tools.
Ahem... I thought this was sold out?
I see seats with no computers in them (empty)
And worse.. some of the computers have to share seats with humans...
Not games: Demos.
Demos are basicly those programs that have ultra high quality graphics but no game. It's the art of improving the art by develuping new graphic tricks.
Eventually those tricks are used in video games but first they are done in demo form...
Demos are pure eyecandy with no pretence of entertainment via gameplay.
It all started on the Commodore 64.
Outside of scalping (Apparently it's almost a garrenty you will NOT get in if you buy a scalp) how much do they charge for tickets?
I'm in my late 30's and the Demo scene brings back memorys memorys from my teens....
I won a demo contest in the 15 or less catagory.. (Not lines.. age.. well lines too but not the point).
For Sesse: Most digital camras have a delete feature... Use it. Picture after picture of the same object untell you get it right is ok but now you have eaten the space for 5 pictures when you only have 1 good shot.
For primadonn:
Don't fear the camra embrace it.. take more pictures.
In fact Prima talk with Ses about taking lots of photos...
I've been stuck on older systems more often than not and as a result I spend time tweeking the box to make it more effecent.
I memerise all my tweeks and improve on them as time progresses.
I know there are diffrences beween optomising on the low end and opomising on the high end.
But I think I know enough that I can do it.
Sure, there are also those who lie about it.
Ahh but the question is what is the lie.
Do you:
a. Lie and say you have to keep from looking like a geek.
b. Lie and say you haven't to avoid the wrath of parents.
If your answer is 'b'.. I sympathise.
If your answer is 'a'.. Hay friends of this guy... Look now he is reading Slashdot.. what a geek If you fess up now you'll distract your friends from the more obveous signs of geekness.
The dumb idea = 1 cent per e-mail...
The smart idea = Reject all spam with no PGP signature.
The current idea = A "White list" and "Black list"
Mix it up:
If you match one of the above conditions your e-mail is sent:
If your a known goodguy such as eBay (or Microsoft.. ug) then you get on the global white list... (Requires a sizeable deposit)
If your willing to provide absolute certanty that you are who you clame to be (PGP) you also get through.
If your not willing (or able) to do eather then you get to pay...
Spammers will play around with this.. Some will fork over the 1 cent... untill they realise 2,000 e-mails means $200... You know that isn't much money really...
Spammers will go for the white list... Sizeable deposit revoked.. lawsutes... but that's kinda the way it works.
Spammers will PGP themselfs and that seams like the best idea becouse it's probably better if we can positively identify the spammer than if we make him pay becouse a lot of spam is criminal offering prescription drugs with out a prescription that sort of thing.
If I know Slashdot like I think I do.. and I'm cool with it if I'm wrong... But I think someone is going to say "Why bother with the dumb thing?"
It's quite simple: We have Windows, MacOs and the Posex famaly of operting systems (Ok MacOs is part of that & technicly WinNT can join too.. But not the point)
The dumb idea, the smart idea, the current idea.
We will always have that mix and it's important that people have the option open to them.
The dumb idea: Probably the easies way to go. A big headake in many ways but most people want a passive non-invasive non-committing pacage.
They want an easy way in and out.
Plug and play. Pay your quarter in the arcade instead of owning the cartrage.
The smart idea: Typlicly some sort of commitment is called for and it's not a simple one. An investment of time or money.. usually time. People don't want that unless they really understand what they are getting out of it.
Users will resent being forced to buy a game console or worse a whole computer just to play a stupid video game.
The current way: Or usually a tweek of the current way. Some happy middle ground that works well but not perfictly.
Game rentals. For a lot of people it's easy to slip into and go with.
Now as far as I'm conserned (and I know others will disagree.. and when that changes it's time to get paranoid..) in the os department the dumb, smart and currnt ideas are:
Dumb: Windows, Smart: MacOs, Current: Posix...
For the record I've gone Posix..
Programmer "Sir I must object again. We created two perfictly good viruses as it is we don't need a third targeting Slashdot."
Darl "Why not?"
Programmer "Becouse it would show it wasn't made bt someone in the Linux community."
Ring
Darl "Hold on..." answers phone "Hello?"
Other side of phone (Bill Gates) "Dam it Darl what's this I hear about two viruses. If I find out your behind this Linux will be the LAST thing on your mind."
Darl "Gates baybe.. relax old Darls got it all under" (click) "Hello?" (hangs up phone)
Seeing the programmer is still in the office
"Don't you have a virus to write?"
"But Darl you can't imagin what a horriflcly bad idea..."
Darol interupts "Now..."
"yes sir.." Head hangs low.
If they did opt for Netcraft option #5 they did a sloppy job of it:
Server: 64.85.239.11
Address: 64.85.239.11#53
Dosn't look like Localhost to me.
Well it is kinda hard to tell.
I think of it as a preview of the worst FUD can do and I'm thankful Microsoft isn't any better at it than they are at security...
The bad news is they are getting better at both.
On the other hand Limbaugh fell for it and he has enough experence in computers and lies to see through it.
No the constructed the atoms from hyperstrings at the quantum level.
Actually I don't know about Coke but some water bottlers run the water through a process before bottling. Filtering stuff and adding other stuff and do some sort of quality control so when people drink it the stuff tasks like clean water not diluted mud.
Your kinda right.. What is the missing element?
The market driven monopoly was granted to Microsoft with Dos. Windows is nothing more than a hitch hiker. With out Microsofts "All or none" deal users could buy PCs with OS/2 installed... and Dos was in the pacage.
Plus Dr Dos was making it's way into the market when Microsoft shut it down with the OEM pacage deal.
Companys were more comfortable with MsDos at that point in time (Due to FUD on Microsofts behalf) and weren't willing to switch to anything else (including Windows... I knew of at least one office building that while having Windows on every box never accually used it before Windows could support LAN networking...
That is what Nintendo said when they told the stores "If you want to sell Nintendos you have to agree to sell nothing else"...
Corts however said nope.
Then there was that whole exclusive soda sales deal at Wendys (memorys fuzzy but I think it was Coke who got the deal and Pepsi who was suing.. but it could have been the other way around).
In that case however it didn't matter as nither had any real monopoly and it's not like people go to fast food outlets to buy soda.
(Ok I admit I'm one of those people who will buy the soda for the meal at 7-11 or Albertsons)
The corts have been remarkably consistent on the issue long before Microsoft required Windows be sold with all PCs to get the OEM deal.
It was an issue of market access for compeating products be it Nintendo, Coke or Microsoft.
The only workaround that I know of is where Pepsi owned the fast food chains themselfs. If the shop owner dosn't WANT to offer a varrity of products that is the shops choice. But when it's a contractual condition for a prouct liccens that is a whole other ball of wax.
And long after Microsofts "All or none" deal the 7-11 franchise include a contractrual obligation to buy all the products directly from the 7-11 distrabution even when the store owners could find better deals through other channels.
The corts found this too wasn't legal.
Now let's recap:
Nintendo can't say "No compeating game console". It's not as if department stores went out of business for not selling Nintendos.
Coke can't say "No selling Pepsi products".
It's not as if Wendys would lose business for not selling Coke and it's not as if Pepsi suffered for the lack of business from Wendys.
7-11 franchise can't dictate distrabution channels. It's not even a matter of one product over annother as many compeating products are available from the franchise disrabution channels.
But Microsoft can say "Eather all Microsoft or no Microsoft" yet any store that would chouse "No Microsoft" would go out of business...
Makes perfict sense to me....
NOT!!
Pay up or we point www.sco.com to your server.
It's ok.. It's totally a prospective thing trust me on this.
Your thinking with your wallet and your prospective is bent becouse you spend your time with remarkably impressive Microsoft professionals. Well impressive to you anyway.
I'm going to guess that your work has been directly effected by the addoption of open office and/or Linux.
From your experence this addoption of Linux seams utterly rediculous. Your what many people consider to be a computer expert so your thinking "how could I be wrong?".
What your not aware of is that most Slashdoters have a considerable amount of experence in Linux and Windows. Most of us dual boot and that means we have gone through the installation process for both Linux and Windows.
Your talking about something you know nothing about to a croud who knows better flashing credentals that have nothing to do with the matter at hand.
Your a scientist who's never seen daylight telling a bunch of people who work under the hot sun all day that the sky is yellow.
It's not only funny it's absolutly hillareous.
PS. I'm only guessing your the same person becouse your appologising for dubble posting..
Because _YOU_ are a fanboy watching your precious monopoly$soft retreat in the face of people power.
No he's a Microsoft Office expert who is seeing himself out of work soon if companys continue to addopt Open Office.