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The judge wasn't talking about server OS's, he was talking about the desktop. Yes, Linux IS a fringe operating system in that segment, hell it makes Apple's desktop share look huge.
The only two that you mentioned that fit that description are the Mac and NT. NT doesn't have a monopoly in the server market, but that's not the focus of the suit. Linux, Solaris et all are "fringe" desktop operating systems.
The only two that you mentioned that fit that description are the Mac and NT. NT doesn't have a monopoly in the server market, but that's not the focus of the suit. Linux, Solaris et all are "fringe" desktop operating systems.
In sci fi, space stations have been around almost as long as space ships. You might as well complain that both shows are ripping off Battlestar Galactica.
2.A portal that opens up so ships can go to far away places. On B5 it was a hyperspace portal, which works quite like... wait for it... the WORMHOLE!
As far as we know, there is only one wormhole in the Star Trek universe. In Babylon 5, everybody uses jump points to travel, with the exeption of some of the older races (like the shadows).
3.Both series got a ship the same week.
As I recall, the Defiant was introduced one season before the White Star (could be wrong on this one). But in any case its irrelevant, as you generally need ships to get between stations and planets.
4.B5 had a telepath named Lyta. DS9 had a Daboo girl named Leeta.
Yeah, one is a telepath who was changed by the Vorlons, the other is a ditzy daboo girl with big boobs. Other than the name, what do they have in common?
5.Letter-number, letter-letter-number.
TNG, TOS, B7 were abbriviations too, they must also be ripoffs of B5. Wait, those shows came out long before B5, and two of them were Star Trek series.
6.Paramount started using the same CG company Babylonian productions was using.
DS9 had some CGI for the special effects, but they still used models for the ships. B5 used CGI for a lot of the fx and all spaceships, space stations etc.
If you want to flame Paramount, there are plenty of of ways to do so without pulling lame generalities out of your ass.
Like the rumor that part of JMS's storyline pitch to Paramount included a widowed station commander with a teenage son, and a shape shifter for a security guard.
Parmounts idea of having a running plot is to have a big fight between the Federation and the Dominion every three weeks or so, wether they need to or not.
No big changes to the show, unlike the episode when Sheridan decides to succede from the Earth government. Well, DS9 did kill off Dax-wait, that was a plot devices because the actress wanted to take a break and the studio didn't want to write her out of the show for a season, like they did with Beverly Crusher in TNG.
I just thought I'd say this. Lots of gamers will simply say that OpenGL is better than D3D, simply because Carmack said so a few years ago. If any of these same people read Carmack's Q&A session, they will say that Windows is better than Linux simply because JC said so.
Carmack never said Windows was better than Linux, he said he prefered Windows NT as a development platform.
The G4 chip shortage isn't Apple's fault, its Motorolas. Apple made a bad decision on canceling the orders, and have since rectifed it. Put down the bat and leave that poor dead horse alone.
One thing you might consider is using SCSI disks instead of IDE. SCSI will cost more, but your processor can spend its time encoding mp3's or serving web pages instead of pushing the hard disk. You also might have two disks; one larger one to hold the web pages/email/mp3's and a smaller one for encoding tracks.
On bitrate, are you going to be catering to dorm students only or also to those living off campus? If you want to do both, I suggest having two seperate streams, one at 48 bits and the other at 128, which makes a good compromise between quality/bandwith/disk space and give you a larger audience.
As for what kind of cpu you need, a 400 mhz PII or 350 mhz G3 would probably do you just fine if you have a SCSI disk and a good amount of ram (I'd say 256, but you could probably get away with 128). Depends on how much of an audience you expect to have and how much web/email serving you plan to do.
inux is based on ideas that are 30 or so years old mac OS IS 15 years old. and it sucked then to. The Mac OS codebase has changed as much or more as Linux has since since 1991. Apple has sitched the OS from 68k to PowerPC native code, rewritten the VM system several times and overhawled the networking code. The only part that hasn't really changed are some of the older API's (which are being ditched in OS X), but the same thing can be said about Linux......
I found a reference that said the G4 could be run in SMP systems, although the apple buy site doesn't appear to offer SMP systems.
Thats because the Mac OS doesn't support muliprocessing for crap. There were actually a few MP Macs and Mac clones made a few years ago, but only a few applications (like Photoshop) could take advantage of them, and only through a system extension.
The Yosemities came out early this year, and the G4's a month ago. In the spring, once the Mac OS X client ships, Apple might roll out a line of MP macs. Its rumored that the motherboards might have two processor slots, but 3'd parties might be able to cram up to 4 processors on each card.
If you want to check out rumors, try www.appleinsider.com and www.macosrumors.com.
Oh really? Please explain exactally how "quicktime already whoops ass on RealPlayer".
It plays more formats, and appears to have much higher audio and video quality for the rate of compression.
I am interested in TECHNICAL details as to why you feel this way instead of your OPINION. My view is probably Greatly biast because I am a Developer for RealNetworks,
As I'm not a Quicktime developer, maybe you could tell me how Real is technically superior.
am a Developer for RealNetworks, but, I still think you should come up with technical details, side by side comparisons from reliable/respected sources to back up your statements.
Two words: Sorenson video.
Okay, let me explain "whoops ass" a little better. I think Quicktime is leaps in bounds ahead of Real in technology, but that doesn't mean that Real is dead.
For one thing, Real has a seperate playback-only client (I hate nagware). I don't like the interface on the Real players, but they are soooo much better than Quicktimes. Lastly, I can watch Real content on my Linux box (assuming it runs, of course).
ESR hates everything that isn't released under the overhyped GPL.
Are you sure you aren't thinking of RMS? AFAIK, ESR doesn't have any terrible things to say about the BDSL, and he was the one who helped Apple craft the ASPL.
Apple paid Xerox money for what they used, the basic idea of a GUI. Which had actually been floating around since the 60's, Xerox was just the first to make a proof of concept model.
Then Microsoft "borrowed" a lot of the features and some of the code.
Or do they? I would use QuickTime readily, but, honestly, how many broadcast media sites offer things in quicktime? They too are interested in the most clients being able to get their info, and if they're limited to one format, it's probably going to be Real's format.
You're missing my point. Go over to Saga Begins (Weird Al's site) and watch his movies in both RealPlayer and Quicktime 4. Quicktime 4 is way ahead of Real in quality streaming.
honestly, how many broadcast media sites offer things in quicktime?
Lots, because Apple's wants to make money off the client, but the server is free, as opposed to Real who gives away the basic client and makes money off the server. If I want to set up a streaming server on my web site, I'd go with Quicktime 4 because the server is free and I'd have one less license to deal with.
Apple needs to release the codec. Or at a player's API. Something that will allow others to create players. I would suggest making it a limited 'Play back only' thing, and have the True Apple QuickTime Player be the Damn Cool one that can save streams, and edit them, etc. etc.
Apple doesn't need to release the code for the codec or the player to make Quicktime successful. What they have to do is make a decent one for all platforms and get rid of the nagware message. Like you said, they should have a playback only version (totally free) and one that will let you edit media.
The quality of audio and video provided by Real is mediocre. All the market needs is a better format and player, and Real's users will jump ship as soon as it takes them to download the other software.
Quicktime has the potential, as it already whoops ass on RealPlayer on the technical side, but falls short on the user side. As I see it, Apple needs to fix three things before Qucktime can fully take over the internet:
1. More clients! Minimum they need a Linux client, and wouldn't hurt if they released a general Unix player and one for the BeOS.
2. This is one of the few times (only time?) that Apple has made a user interface that totally sucks ass. The airbrushed aluninum (sp) look is cool, but the UI needs a total overhawl.
3. Ditch the nagware for the most basic functions. If I want to edit videos and save steams to my hard drive, pester me, but not for basic playback features!
If Apple can fix these things, they're in a position to bury Real and Microsoft, but not while they're screwing up on the little details.
At least for Sorenson and whatever proprietary codecs are stashed in there. At least there is a Real client for Linux that works for some people.
I say "some people" because I never got the rpm to work (issues with RH 6.0?) and doing it manually was a no-go. I might try this new version in a day or two if there aren't any serious issues with this new version.
I extrapolated this from the previous formula: OS 8 required 64 mb, therefore, the iMac shipped with 32.
No, OS 8 does not require 64 megs of memory; I belive the bare minimum is 12. I have an old Quadra running 8.1 with 16 megs. Incidentaly, 8.1 was the last version of the Mac OS to run on 68k machines.
iMacs will run Mac OS X. They'll just run it better if you up it to at least 64 megs of ram, which IMO is the bare bones minumum for a new computer.:)
Like hell, they didn't. They said that he was a male Microsoft employee that worked on a project which was evaluating Linux. He had a 450MHz PIII with a Loki game installed on it. Believe me, he would not be that hard to track down.
(sarcasm) Oh yeah, I can just go over to Microsoft's web site, fill out a CGI form with all of the above data, and send it in. A Perl script would then retrieve information from an SQL database, letting me know that this was number 24,343 out of 30,000 MS employees, he was using the 7,698 Pentium III system that Microsoft bought, that his name is Dan Dickers, his SSN, wifes name etc. Its that easy. (/sarcasm)
This did not violate the callers confidentiality in any way. To do that you'd have to give away his identity, and this letter does not do that. Just like Johnny Cochrane (sp) can talk about a client he once had that got away with murder. As long as he doesn't name his client or provide too much information (so somebody could figure it out) it is perfectly ok.
Uhm, it looked pretty damn "real" to me. What, are you saying that this tech just made up this story?
I don't know, maybe because the news just came out this week that they paid for an "independant" study by the "Independant" Institute. Or the first Mindcraft study, or the fake email over AOL's instant messaging protocol, or any of the other times that they've been caught red handed in such things?
Who said anything about faking a story on Linux usability? Corporations test out competitors' products all the time, to help them improve their own products. The only thing we know about this was that this was a usability test. Anything beyond that is pure speculation.
But this is Microsoft, and in this case the speculation has a high chance of being correct. If someone from Redmond called you up about your product that runs on a competing operating system, sounded like he's deliberatly clueless, and says its for a "usability study", you're telling me that this wouldn't set off some warning bells?
On a side note, just what exactly made this post Score 4 material?
I'm disgusted with the hordes of slashdot readers that are ranting against Microsoft and overlooking the fact that Loki, hungry for publicity, has revealed the details of a private tech support call made by one of their users.
They didn't breach confidentially by paraphrasing what the caller said. Squistle (the author of the letter) didn't give the callers name or location, only the fact that the caller was a male and that he worked for Microsoft.
I'm even more disgusted with the./ editors for posting this crap. It saddens me to see that Slashdot, who supposedly is a defender of citzens' privacy, has shown complete disregard for this person's private matters.
Since this was never a "real" tech support call, is any "real" privacy being violated?
Are you guys really this desperate for ad banner impressions that you have to stoop to these levels?
Now you're just blowing smoke.
Please join me in boycotting Loki. I'm not about to trust these clowns with a tech support call, much less my credit card number.
Are you also going to boycott all Microsoft products because they are trying to fake a study on Linux usability?
If Apple makes most of its money on HW, why are they so hostile to third party OS's on their hardware?
And what third party's would you be referring to here? Its not OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or any of the Linux distros. You might be refering to Be, but declining to give the specs for your own products to others is not "hostile".
As opposed to those other publically traded companies that value the long-term goodwill of present and potential customers and employees, rather than eagerly dropping support and lying left and right.
Really, which ones? Because you obviously aren't talking about Intel, IBM, Compaq, Gateway, Microsoft, Dell, Sun or AOL.
Everyone complains that the e machines looked so much like the iMac.. well no one seems to complain that their sony TV looks a hell of alot like a Toshiba or anything else.
Thats because TV's look alike the same way beige computer cases all look alike. Sony didn't spend millions of dollars on a highly distinctive design with millions more in advertising to sell it. If they had, you can bet they would sue Toshiba or any other company who copped the design in a heartbeat.
Apple didn't invent colored plastic, why should they be the only ones that get to use it?
Apple is not suing because the eOne has brightly colored translucent plastic. Nor are they suing because it has an all in one design. Apple is suing because the eOne is specifically made to fool customers who are interested in buying an iMac. Near identical case, similar name, similar slogans, similar advertising.....eOne is guilty as sin of trademark infringment, specifically the "trade dress" area.
I'd say the only hope for eMachines is to settle fast while they still have publicity. If they don't, Apple and maybe Compaq are going to sue and almost certainaly win. With that hanging over their heads, the IPO would be a flop and they'd be crushed by the competition, which has had time to catch up and gather capital.
I hope this discussion generates at least one fourth the histeria and hyperventalation that rained down on the ASPL. And Apple wasn't even basing Darwin on a Linux distro or claiming to use the GPL.......
I do hope the whole beta license thing is just a fluke and BP and the FSF get stuff sorted out with Corel; I think it would help Linux if commercial companies made custom distros.
(sorry if this gets posted more than once, I'm getting a wiggy connection to/.)
Hello? they're kicking out the kids from 7AM to 5PM - school time. After school, they can stay all night if their parents let 'em.
The point is that they are specifically targeting 'net cafe's and not truancy in general. So the kids can't browse the net at 3 pm but they can go to the bowling alley?
And besides, what does access to the Internet mean to a normal Pinoy kid? IRC and mtvasia.com. Hardly the liberating stuff you people seem to think we need.
Wether or not they do is irrelevant. The important thing is that they can. Much like 18 year olds being able to vote in the US although they have some of the worst turnouts.
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The judge wasn't talking about server OS's, he was talking about the desktop. Yes, Linux IS a fringe operating system in that segment, hell it makes Apple's desktop share look huge.
The only two that you mentioned that fit that description are the Mac and NT. NT doesn't have a monopoly in the server market, but that's not the focus of the suit. Linux, Solaris et all are "fringe" desktop operating systems.
The only two that you mentioned that fit that description are the Mac and NT. NT doesn't have a monopoly in the server market, but that's not the focus of the suit. Linux, Solaris et all are "fringe" desktop operating systems.
In sci fi, space stations have been around almost as long as space ships. You might as well complain that both shows are ripping off Battlestar Galactica.
2.A portal that opens up so ships can go to far away places. On B5 it was a hyperspace portal, which works quite like
As far as we know, there is only one wormhole in the Star Trek universe. In Babylon 5, everybody uses jump points to travel, with the exeption of some of the older races (like the shadows).
3.Both series got a ship the same week.
As I recall, the Defiant was introduced one season before the White Star (could be wrong on this one). But in any case its irrelevant, as you generally need ships to get between stations and planets.
4.B5 had a telepath named Lyta. DS9 had a Daboo girl named Leeta.
Yeah, one is a telepath who was changed by the Vorlons, the other is a ditzy daboo girl with big boobs. Other than the name, what do they have in common?
5.Letter-number, letter-letter-number.
TNG, TOS, B7 were abbriviations too, they must also be ripoffs of B5. Wait, those shows came out long before B5, and two of them were Star Trek series.
6.Paramount started using the same CG company Babylonian productions was using.
DS9 had some CGI for the special effects, but they still used models for the ships. B5 used CGI for a lot of the fx and all spaceships, space stations etc.
If you want to flame Paramount, there are plenty of of ways to do so without pulling lame generalities out of your ass.
I just thought I'd say this. Lots of gamers will simply say that OpenGL is better than D3D, simply because Carmack said so a few years ago. If any of these same people read Carmack's Q&A session, they will say that Windows is better than Linux simply because JC said so.
:)
Carmack never said Windows was better than Linux, he said he prefered Windows NT as a development platform.
And AFAIK, he still hates D3D.
The G4 chip shortage isn't Apple's fault, its Motorolas. Apple made a bad decision on canceling the orders, and have since rectifed it. Put down the bat and leave that poor dead horse alone.
One thing you might consider is using SCSI disks instead of IDE. SCSI will cost more, but your processor can spend its time encoding mp3's or serving web pages instead of pushing the hard disk. You also might have two disks; one larger one to hold the web pages/email/mp3's and a smaller one for encoding tracks.
On bitrate, are you going to be catering to dorm students only or also to those living off campus? If you want to do both, I suggest having two seperate streams, one at 48 bits and the other at 128, which makes a good compromise between quality/bandwith/disk space and give you a larger audience.
As for what kind of cpu you need, a 400 mhz PII or 350 mhz G3 would probably do you just fine if you have a SCSI disk and a good amount of ram (I'd say 256, but you could probably get away with 128). Depends on how much of an audience you expect to have and how much web/email serving you plan to do.
inux is based on ideas that are 30 or so years old mac OS IS 15 years old. and it sucked then to. The Mac OS codebase has changed as much or more as Linux has since since 1991. Apple has sitched the OS from 68k to PowerPC native code, rewritten the VM system several times and overhawled the networking code. The only part that hasn't really changed are some of the older API's (which are being ditched in OS X), but the same thing can be said about Linux......
I found a reference that said the G4 could be run in SMP systems, although the apple buy site doesn't appear to offer SMP systems.
Thats because the Mac OS doesn't support muliprocessing for crap. There were actually a few MP Macs and Mac clones made a few years ago, but only a few applications (like Photoshop) could take advantage of them, and only through a system extension.
The Yosemities came out early this year, and the G4's a month ago. In the spring, once the Mac OS X client ships, Apple might roll out a line of MP macs. Its rumored that the motherboards might have two processor slots, but 3'd parties might be able to cram up to 4 processors on each card.
If you want to check out rumors, try www.appleinsider.com and www.macosrumors.com.
Oh really? Please explain exactally how "quicktime already whoops ass on RealPlayer".
It plays more formats, and appears to have much higher audio and video quality for the rate of compression.
I am interested in TECHNICAL details as to why you feel this way instead of your OPINION. My view is probably Greatly biast because I am a Developer for RealNetworks,
As I'm not a Quicktime developer, maybe you could tell me how Real is technically superior.
am a Developer for RealNetworks, but, I still think you should come up with technical details, side by side comparisons from reliable/respected sources to back up your statements.
Two words: Sorenson video.
Okay, let me explain "whoops ass" a little better. I think Quicktime is leaps in bounds ahead of Real in technology, but that doesn't mean that Real is dead.
For one thing, Real has a seperate playback-only client (I hate nagware). I don't like the interface on the Real players, but they are soooo much better than Quicktimes. Lastly, I can watch Real content on my Linux box (assuming it runs, of course).
ESR hates everything that isn't released under the overhyped GPL.
Are you sure you aren't thinking of RMS? AFAIK, ESR doesn't have any terrible things to say about the BDSL, and he was the one who helped Apple craft the ASPL.
I thought both M$ and Mac copied from xerox.
Apple paid Xerox money for what they used, the basic idea of a GUI. Which had actually been floating around since the 60's, Xerox was just the first to make a proof of concept model.
Then Microsoft "borrowed" a lot of the features and some of the code.
Or do they? I would use QuickTime readily, but, honestly, how many broadcast media sites offer things in quicktime? They too are interested in the most clients being able to get their info, and if they're limited to one format, it's probably going to be Real's format.
You're missing my point. Go over to Saga Begins (Weird Al's site) and watch his movies in both RealPlayer and Quicktime 4. Quicktime 4 is way ahead of Real in quality streaming.
honestly, how many broadcast media sites offer things in quicktime?
Lots, because Apple's wants to make money off the client, but the server is free, as opposed to Real who gives away the basic client and makes money off the server. If I want to set up a streaming server on my web site, I'd go with Quicktime 4 because the server is free and I'd have one less license to deal with.
Apple needs to release the codec. Or at a player's API. Something that will allow others to create players. I would suggest making it a limited 'Play back only' thing, and have the True Apple QuickTime Player be the Damn Cool one that can save streams, and edit them, etc. etc.
Apple doesn't need to release the code for the codec or the player to make Quicktime successful. What they have to do is make a decent one for all platforms and get rid of the nagware message. Like you said, they should have a playback only version (totally free) and one that will let you edit media.
The quality of audio and video provided by Real is mediocre. All the market needs is a better format and player, and Real's users will jump ship as soon as it takes them to download the other software.
Quicktime has the potential, as it already whoops ass on RealPlayer on the technical side, but falls short on the user side. As I see it, Apple needs to fix three things before Qucktime can fully take over the internet:
1. More clients! Minimum they need a Linux client, and wouldn't hurt if they released a general Unix player and one for the BeOS.
2. This is one of the few times (only time?) that Apple has made a user interface that totally sucks ass. The airbrushed aluninum (sp) look is cool, but the UI needs a total overhawl.
3. Ditch the nagware for the most basic functions. If I want to edit videos and save steams to my hard drive, pester me, but not for basic playback features!
If Apple can fix these things, they're in a position to bury Real and Microsoft, but not while they're screwing up on the little details.
At least for Sorenson and whatever proprietary codecs are stashed in there. At least there is a Real client for Linux that works for some people.
I say "some people" because I never got the rpm to work (issues with RH 6.0?) and doing it manually was a no-go. I might try this new version in a day or two if there aren't any serious issues with this new version.
I extrapolated this from the previous formula: OS 8 required 64 mb, therefore, the iMac shipped with 32.
:)
No, OS 8 does not require 64 megs of memory; I belive the bare minimum is 12. I have an old Quadra running 8.1 with 16 megs. Incidentaly, 8.1 was the last version of the Mac OS to run on 68k machines.
iMacs will run Mac OS X. They'll just run it better if you up it to at least 64 megs of ram, which IMO is the bare bones minumum for a new computer.
So whenever microsoft does a study on competition (or maybe just linux?) it's automatically considered fake, and most likely a preemptive FUD attack?
Ever the story of the boy who called wolf?
Like hell, they didn't. They said that he was a male Microsoft employee that worked on a project which was evaluating Linux. He had a 450MHz PIII with a Loki game installed on it. Believe me, he would not be that hard to track down.
(sarcasm)
Oh yeah, I can just go over to Microsoft's web site, fill out a CGI form with all of the above data, and send it in. A Perl script would then retrieve information from an SQL database, letting me know that this was number 24,343 out of 30,000 MS employees, he was using the 7,698 Pentium III system that Microsoft bought, that his name is Dan Dickers, his SSN, wifes name etc. Its that easy.
(/sarcasm)
This did not violate the callers confidentiality in any way. To do that you'd have to give away his identity, and this letter does not do that. Just like Johnny Cochrane (sp) can talk about a client he once had that got away with murder. As long as he doesn't name his client or provide too much information (so somebody could figure it out) it is perfectly ok.
Uhm, it looked pretty damn "real" to me. What, are you saying that this tech just made up this story?
I don't know, maybe because the news just came out this week that they paid for an "independant" study by the "Independant" Institute. Or the first Mindcraft study, or the fake email over AOL's instant messaging protocol, or any of the other times that they've been caught red handed in such things?
Who said anything about faking a story on Linux usability? Corporations test out competitors' products all the time, to help them improve their own products. The only thing we know about this was that this was a usability test. Anything beyond that is pure speculation.
But this is Microsoft, and in this case the speculation has a high chance of being correct. If someone from Redmond called you up about your product that runs on a competing operating system, sounded like he's deliberatly clueless, and says its for a "usability study", you're telling me that this wouldn't set off some warning bells?
On a side note, just what exactly made this post Score 4 material?
Employee: But what if I ask something dumb and my call shows up on Slashdot and I have to quit my job and become a hermit?
The call wasn't posted because the user was dumb, the call was posted because its a part of a fake study by Microsoft.
I'm disgusted with the hordes of slashdot readers that are ranting against Microsoft and overlooking the fact that Loki, hungry for publicity, has revealed the details of a private tech support call made by one of their users.
./ editors for posting this crap. It saddens me to see that Slashdot, who supposedly is a defender of citzens' privacy, has shown complete disregard for this person's private matters.
They didn't breach confidentially by paraphrasing what the caller said. Squistle (the author of the letter) didn't give the callers name or location, only the fact that the caller was a male and that he worked for Microsoft.
I'm even more disgusted with the
Since this was never a "real" tech support call, is any "real" privacy being violated?
Are you guys really this desperate for ad banner impressions that you have to stoop to these levels?
Now you're just blowing smoke.
Please join me in boycotting Loki. I'm not about to trust these clowns with a tech support call, much less my credit card number.
Are you also going to boycott all Microsoft products because they are trying to fake a study on Linux usability?
If Apple makes most of its money on HW, why are they so hostile to third party OS's on their hardware?
And what third party's would you be referring to here? Its not OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or any of the Linux distros. You might be refering to Be, but declining to give the specs for your own products to others is not "hostile".
As opposed to those other publically traded companies that value the long-term goodwill of present and potential customers and employees, rather than eagerly dropping support and lying left and right.
Really, which ones? Because you obviously aren't talking about Intel, IBM, Compaq, Gateway, Microsoft, Dell, Sun or AOL.
Everyone complains that the e machines looked so much like the iMac.. well no one seems to complain that their sony TV looks a hell of alot like a Toshiba or anything else.
Thats because TV's look alike the same way beige computer cases all look alike. Sony didn't spend millions of dollars on a highly distinctive design with millions more in advertising to sell it. If they had, you can bet they would sue Toshiba or any other company who copped the design in a heartbeat.
Apple didn't invent colored plastic, why should they be the only ones that get to use it?
Apple is not suing because the eOne has brightly colored translucent plastic. Nor are they suing because it has an all in one design. Apple is suing because the eOne is specifically made to fool customers who are interested in buying an iMac. Near identical case, similar name, similar slogans, similar advertising.....eOne is guilty as sin of trademark infringment, specifically the "trade dress" area.
I'd say the only hope for eMachines is to settle fast while they still have publicity. If they don't, Apple and maybe Compaq are going to sue and almost certainaly win. With that hanging over their heads, the IPO would be a flop and they'd be crushed by the competition, which has had time to catch up and gather capital.
I hope this discussion generates at least one fourth the histeria and hyperventalation that rained down on the ASPL. And Apple wasn't even basing Darwin on a Linux distro or claiming to use the GPL.......
/.)
I do hope the whole beta license thing is just a fluke and BP and the FSF get stuff sorted out with Corel; I think it would help Linux if commercial companies made custom distros.
(sorry if this gets posted more than once, I'm getting a wiggy connection to
Hello? they're kicking out the kids from 7AM to 5PM - school time. After school, they can stay all night if their parents let 'em.
The point is that they are specifically targeting 'net cafe's and not truancy in general. So the kids can't browse the net at 3 pm but they can go to the bowling alley?
And besides, what does access to the Internet mean to a normal Pinoy kid? IRC and mtvasia.com. Hardly the liberating stuff you people seem to think we need.
Wether or not they do is irrelevant. The important thing is that they can. Much like 18 year olds being able to vote in the US although they have some of the worst turnouts.