I'm no fan of Microsoft, but to be fair, Win2k Professional does not start IIS by default. Win2K server, advanced server, enterprise, (whatever other names they gave it so they can chrage more for the same product here) do. If you install *server*, you should really expect to start the services to run as a server.
If he was using Win2K *server* as his desktop (which you never said he did), well, he deserves his bill. As always stupidity will eventually cost you.
Ford seems to be pushing ethanol failry heavily. Personally do not have a car with an engine capable of burning it (without damage... I'm sure it Would burn...) to test and see the performance offered by it, but it seems like a very promising alternate fuel source.
All the answers he gave were very safe answers. Nothing controversial, and not much real substance. He could have answered "I'll have to think about this for a week or so, I'll get back to you." and I would have almost as much insight and information as I do now.
To me is seemed like a "RedHat just began making a profit here, don't rock the boat" interview. Perhaps it would have been better to stir things up a bit. I don't think enough of the right people will read this. No one wants safe, conservative answers and no controversy. Make a couple good outlandish comments to get some attention, then fill the rest of the interview with good information. Sure people will remember the off the wall comments, but they'll also actually read the interview.
Microsoft is doing this. Read their press releases. They're pushing.NET in them. "GPL is Evil!", and we read it. Fill the same article with Craig Mundie pushing.NET, and stroakin the corperate coc..ego. We're inovative! I sear, we are!
(.NET appears 4 times in Craig Mundies attack on the GPL. Innovation appears 5 times.)
Now, would it be possible to share the resposibility of bandwidth along side FreeDB.org. Perhaps admins with bandwidth and the hardware to spare could put a FreeDB server up. Users then connect to the closest FreeDB server to them. DNS 'tricks' like ones used by Akamai could take care of the redirection. freedb.freedb.org will just point to a close server.
Admittedly I do not know much about the way Akamai does things so I don't know if it's possible, but this would remove much of the burden from a single group, and spread costs around.
Telemarketers are regulated. There are strict laws that they must follow (In the USA, not sure about laws in other countries, maybe someone will post with other information). If they do not follow these laws, you can sue for damages. I see no such laws regulating spammers.
Information about laws regarding telemarketing and mass faxing can be obtained at http://www.tcpalaw.com as well as how to sue for damages, if you wish, if they did not follow said laws.
I found 2 quotes on similar issues, both apply here.
"[They] have come to court not because their freedom of speech is seriously threatened but because their profits are; to dress up their complaints in First Amendment garb demeans the principles for which the First Amendment stands and the protections it was designed to afford."
Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin , Turner Broadcasting v. FCC
And:
"Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen to or to view any unwanted communication, whatever its merit. . . We therefore categorically reject the argument that a vendor has the right under the Constitution or otherwise to send unwanted material into the home of another... We repeat, the right of a mailer stops at the outer boundary of every person's domain."
No name to accredit it to, but: Rowan v. U.S. Post Office
Same reason why us Canadians also never get anything like this... Look at the area you have to cover to put something like this in on a large scale (Where it actually becomes useful). Plus in Europe, a different company in each different country could put their own in, then work on connecting them. No one is risking a huge investment. (Relatively speaking)
In the USA or Canada, it would have to be either a bunch of competing companies working together (Yup.. I see that happening real soon) or one big company. That's a huge investment for one company, and they expect the returns immediately. So Europe will get things like this way before we do.
Think of other large scale things, like cell phone networks. Europe bends us over and makes us pay in almost anything that is going to cover a large area. It's easier to put into place there, and cheaper to upgrade / keep up.
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To a new user they're going to pick the one that has the coolest name during the install/setup. Gnome sounds cooler then KDE. Then, once they've installed the cooler named gnome, they'll get used to it quickly, and not untill they come way more into the linux world will they realize they can chose even after the install. I personally think they should change KDEs name to something better, even "Makes Gnome bend over and take it" (Even though I don't really prefer one over the other.. I use both, and couldn't be a happier llama, it's just an idea).
means the world's largest software maker has to do a better job of talking to policymakers
This shows us where the focus of thier business is. They program software. Compition should cause them to do a better job of programming.
"I worry if the government encourages open source, and I don't think we've done enough education of policy makers to understand the threat."
I would worry more if government attempts to disrupt compition to a know monopoly. Also maybe if they spent less time 'educating' (AkA paying off) policy makers, maybe they'd have a stable product, and people wouldn't turn to alternatives, free or not.
"We can build a better product than Linux,"
Maybe they can, but I haven't seen it yet, and unless they start focusing on programming instead of talking to and "educating" policy makers, I doubt I ever will.
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I'm no fan of Microsoft, but to be fair, Win2k Professional does not start IIS by default. Win2K server, advanced server, enterprise, (whatever other names they gave it so they can chrage more for the same product here) do. If you install *server*, you should really expect to start the services to run as a server. If he was using Win2K *server* as his desktop (which you never said he did), well, he deserves his bill. As always stupidity will eventually cost you.
Please refer to The Corn Fuel Ethanol Home Page or one of the many other pages turned up by google by searching for Corn Fuel .
Ford seems to be pushing ethanol failry heavily. Personally do not have a car with an engine capable of burning it (without damage... I'm sure it Would burn...) to test and see the performance offered by it, but it seems like a very promising alternate fuel source.
I guess it's best you tread lightly.
.NET in them. "GPL is Evil!", and we read it. Fill the same article with Craig Mundie pushing .NET, and stroakin the corperate coc..ego. We're inovative! I sear, we are!
All the answers he gave were very safe answers. Nothing controversial, and not much real substance. He could have answered "I'll have to think about this for a week or so, I'll get back to you." and I would have almost as much insight and information as I do now.
To me is seemed like a "RedHat just began making a profit here, don't rock the boat" interview. Perhaps it would have been better to stir things up a bit. I don't think enough of the right people will read this. No one wants safe, conservative answers and no controversy. Make a couple good outlandish comments to get some attention, then fill the rest of the interview with good information. Sure people will remember the off the wall comments, but they'll also actually read the interview.
Microsoft is doing this. Read their press releases. They're pushing
(.NET appears 4 times in Craig Mundies attack on the GPL. Innovation appears 5 times.)
Dammit, Where's the FUD? We need the FUD!!
Now, would it be possible to share the resposibility of bandwidth along side FreeDB.org. Perhaps admins with bandwidth and the hardware to spare could put a FreeDB server up. Users then connect to the closest FreeDB server to them. DNS 'tricks' like ones used by Akamai could take care of the redirection. freedb.freedb.org will just point to a close server.
Admittedly I do not know much about the way Akamai does things so I don't know if it's possible, but this would remove much of the burden from a single group, and spread costs around.
Any ideas?
Telemarketers are regulated. There are strict laws that they must follow (In the USA, not sure about laws in other countries, maybe someone will post with other information). If they do not follow these laws, you can sue for damages. I see no such laws regulating spammers.
Information about laws regarding telemarketing and mass faxing can be obtained at http://www.tcpalaw.com as well as how to sue for damages, if you wish, if they did not follow said laws.
I found 2 quotes on similar issues, both apply here.
"[They] have come to court not because their
freedom of speech is seriously threatened but
because their profits are; to dress up their
complaints in First Amendment garb
demeans the principles for which the First Amendment
stands and the protections it was designed
to afford."
Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin , Turner Broadcasting v. FCC
And:
"Nothing in the Constitution compels us to listen
to or to view any unwanted communication,
whatever its merit. . . We therefore categorically
reject the argument that a vendor has the right
under the Constitution or otherwise to send
unwanted material into the home of another...
We repeat, the right of a mailer stops at the outer
boundary of every person's domain."
No name to accredit it to, but: Rowan v. U.S. Post Office
Quotes taken from http://www.cauce.org/about/faq.shtml#censorship
Please support the effort to outlaw spam. See CAUCE for more information.
Any development, any invention, anything in existance can be used to destroy.
And please don't start on about creating something like a human life, because I'll throw my first born at you.
Same reason why us Canadians also never get anything like this... Look at the area you have to cover to put something like this in on a large scale (Where it actually becomes useful). Plus in Europe, a different company in each different country could put their own in, then work on connecting them. No one is risking a huge investment. (Relatively speaking)
In the USA or Canada, it would have to be either a bunch of competing companies working together (Yup.. I see that happening real soon) or one big company. That's a huge investment for one company, and they expect the returns immediately. So Europe will get things like this way before we do.
Think of other large scale things, like cell phone networks. Europe bends us over and makes us pay in almost anything that is going to cover a large area. It's easier to put into place there, and cheaper to upgrade / keep up.
To a new user they're going to pick the one that has the coolest name during the install/setup. Gnome sounds cooler then KDE. Then, once they've installed the cooler named gnome, they'll get used to it quickly, and not untill they come way more into the linux world will they realize they can chose even after the install. I personally think they should change KDEs name to something better, even "Makes Gnome bend over and take it" (Even though I don't really prefer one over the other.. I use both, and couldn't be a happier llama, it's just an idea).
means the world's largest software maker has to do a better job of talking to policymakers
This shows us where the focus of thier business is. They program software. Compition should cause them to do a better job of programming.
"I worry if the government encourages open source, and I don't think we've done enough education of policy makers to understand the threat."
I would worry more if government attempts to disrupt compition to a know monopoly. Also maybe if they spent less time 'educating' (AkA paying off) policy makers, maybe they'd have a stable product, and people wouldn't turn to alternatives, free or not.
"We can build a better product than Linux,"
Maybe they can, but I haven't seen it yet, and unless they start focusing on programming instead of talking to and "educating" policy makers, I doubt I ever will.