..is that the guys who are willing to drop a metric buttload of coin for upgrading their gaming computer, are probably the same ones who were bitching about the $20 download of x86 Solaris.
They probably are already deploying this stuff. Like they're going to announce to the enemy when they're going to roll out a brand new technology.
Typically when the military announces new technologies, it's already been devloped and in use for years. I'd even wager that 'smart paint' is just the very tip of the iceberg of what they're doing with nanotech.
I would imagine the vast majority of the slashdot crowd would have no concept of "taking it running".
I have a friend who runs with her iPod though, and it's held up quite well. If the Nomad is built with similar quality, it might actually last through high-impact stuff.
My Nomad II has lasted through two years of skiing, snowboarding, blading, and tumbling around in my car. Granted it's flash and not a disk, the chassis has still held up remarkably.
This isn't about a software company using their license to monopolize the market they already have a stranglehold on; This is about Bitkeeper doing everything possible so they can pay their rent. If that means strongarming their competition into BUYING (on the horror!) Bitkeeper's software so they can develope a competing product, then so be it.
Quite honestly, I don't see where Larry is out of line here.
It's also about BitKeeper wanting to get some revenue and stay in business.
That wont happen if they say "Here, we've spent 80+ hours a week developing this piece of software. Here's the source for it; go do whatever you want with it. You can even change it or modify it or give copies to all your friends. We dont care, we didn't expect to eat or pay rent or anything like that anyway."
The "hood-welded-shut" analogy sucks because automotive companies make money whether or not you can dink with the car. Everyone has to buy their own car to dink with -- you can't just make copies of vehicles like you can with software.
He's definitely a great thinker -- but he should seriously think about getting himself a PR guy to do his talking.
In the 10 years that I've followed RMS' accomplishments over Usenet and other projects, the one thing that hasn't improved is his arrogant and draconian posture.
My suggestion to my enterprise and my peers is to "ignore him, he's a nutcase".
/. has been increasingly ruder and more insulting and belittling of RMS. It is inappropriate and wrong.
Just in this thread, I've read comments where people have called RMS a "fruit-cake", "nutcase", "communist", etc.
And this is news to you? What are you.. new to the IT industry?
Maybe if you didn't put the guy up on a pedestal and become another FSF lemming, you could take a little more objective stance here and see why this guy's extremist idealology doesn't really jive too well with the Real World.
Slashdot Mirror
Worst? It made my day.
..is that the guys who are willing to drop a metric buttload of coin for upgrading their gaming computer, are probably the same ones who were bitching about the $20 download of x86 Solaris.
The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Love,
~dlb
This is just like having two girlfriends living in the same house with you, and expecting them to perform the same.
--But I suppose 99% of you wouldn't know anything about that...
~dlb
Shame on you! Get back with the rest of the herd.
Don't forget the:
Piano Wire
Snakebite kit
Flashlight
Dried food
ba dum -rimshot-
Well just because he has secrets, doesn't mean he's obligated to share them with you.
I'd be surprised if he even remembers.
At least Bill doesn't keep you in suspense like Keanu Reeves does. Have you ever heard a Keanu interview?
Interviewer:
"Keanu, I was wondering yakkity yak yak blah blah; could you tell us more about that?
(1 minute, 39 seconds later)
Keanu:
"Not really"
Sounds to me that this is "just another interview" and Bill is being as polite as possible to say "leave me alone".
At least he isn't as bitter as Alec.
That quote about regret was nice through...
~dlb
Sounds like you've never worked for a company of any decent size.
A support contract means leverage when the software breaks and you need a fix 'right now'.
You can't get immediate response from some joe off the newsgroups.
~dlb
SunONE is their rebranding of iPlanet products -- the web server, directory server, messaging, their whole development environment, etc.
Any software released by Sun now is part of the SunONE brand.
~dlb
If it's technology that the military is interested in, and they're making it public, then chances are they already have it working.
They probably are already deploying this stuff.
Like they're going to announce to the enemy when they're going to roll out a brand new technology.
Typically when the military announces new technologies, it's already been devloped and in use for years. I'd even wager that 'smart paint' is just the very tip of the iceberg of what they're doing with nanotech.
~dlb
I would imagine the vast majority of the slashdot crowd would have no concept of "taking it running".
I have a friend who runs with her iPod though, and it's held up quite well. If the Nomad is built with similar quality, it might actually last through high-impact stuff.
My Nomad II has lasted through two years of skiing, snowboarding, blading, and tumbling around in my car. Granted it's flash and not a disk, the chassis has still held up remarkably.
You can buy it right off their website.
They claim that they have it in stock...
How does Microsoft have anything to do with this?
This isn't about a software company using their license to monopolize the market they already have a stranglehold on; This is about Bitkeeper doing everything possible so they can pay their rent. If that means strongarming their competition into BUYING (on the horror!) Bitkeeper's software so they can develope a competing product, then so be it.
Quite honestly, I don't see where Larry is out of line here.
It's also about BitKeeper wanting to get some revenue and stay in business.
That wont happen if they say "Here, we've spent 80+ hours a week developing this piece of software. Here's the source for it; go do whatever you want with it. You can even change it or modify it or give copies to all your friends. We dont care, we didn't expect to eat or pay rent or anything like that anyway."
The "hood-welded-shut" analogy sucks because automotive companies make money whether or not you can dink with the car. Everyone has to buy their own car to dink with -- you can't just make copies of vehicles like you can with software.
If you don't think his idealogy is extreme, then you havn't been to an event where he publicly speaks.
He's definitely a great thinker -- but he should seriously think about getting himself a PR guy to do his talking.
In the 10 years that I've followed RMS' accomplishments over Usenet and other projects, the one thing that hasn't improved is his arrogant and draconian posture.
My suggestion to my enterprise and my peers is to "ignore him, he's a nutcase".
/. has been increasingly ruder and more insulting and belittling of RMS. It is inappropriate and wrong.
Just in this thread, I've read comments where people have called RMS a "fruit-cake", "nutcase", "communist", etc.
And this is news to you? What are you.. new to the IT industry?
Maybe if you didn't put the guy up on a pedestal and become another FSF lemming, you could take a little more objective stance here and see why this guy's extremist idealology doesn't really jive too well with the Real World.
Wake up, man.
~D
He may have an IQ of 170, but his Tact and Diplomacy Quotient is a fraction of that; and he'll continue to get insulted if that doesnt improve.
I don't care what his accomplishments are, I really dont take him seriously anymore.
~D
If your admin was competent, he will have blocked everything by default and only allowed "approved" traffic.
At least that's how its done in the real world.
~D
The truth sometimes hurts, huh?
I guess the 'fattie' comment sort of hit too close to home, huh?