This has nothing to do with copyright. Optus has experienced major problems with bandwidth. They recently forced users into a 3GB monthly limit. Since most downloads are movies, mp3's, and software, this is a very effective way (theoretically) to cut bandwidth costs. Now users will be downloading redhat images instead;-).
OK I'm a programmer who wants a quick evaluation of their tool. So I want to see source code and screenshots.
To begin grasping the concepts of Curl, to see if I want to go any further with it, I have to download either PDF manuals or a zipfile of source-code. PDF is an offline format - a nice bonus, but not the primary form of documentation. And no, I don't want to download the plugin so that I can view the gallery.
Here's some advice: Before creating a new standard for interactive web programming, try adopting HTML!
If anyone questions the value of the net as a source of historical data, check this out:
Webhistory Mailing list archive...where you will find the real-life (ie not a lame historical re-enactment) transactions which produced the modern web, one of the most significant events of the century. The 1993 archives contain mail from Marc Andreeson and others about creating forms, images, etc in the Mosaic (Netscape precursor) browser.
This would be great if they could integrate it with cameras, PDAs, etc. Right now, the main option is flash-ROM and memory sticks which cost a fortune. 32MB cost about $80, compared to a floppy price about 1/200 of that!
Personally, I want an organizer/email client/web browser/word processor/spreadsheet/MP3 player/cell phone/portable TV.
Right. Plenty of people want these things. It should be obvious that many people want an MP3 player and a cell phone because many people already own those things. So why do I have to squeeze ten objects into my pocket?
Personal organizers aren't like desktop computers where you can continually add more and more stuff. Even with wireless technologies like Bluetooth, whatever you're carrying needs to fit into a small physcial volume.
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This has nothing to do with copyright. Optus has experienced major problems with bandwidth. They recently forced users into a 3GB monthly limit. Since most downloads are movies, mp3's, and software, this is a very effective way (theoretically) to cut bandwidth costs. Now users will be downloading redhat images instead ;-).
The author got this mail:
So he rang them up, eventually got onto "Mr. Benson", and wrote up the whole adventure. I tell you, the Spamworld sounds like a parallel universe.
The article is at htt://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.10/spam.html.
OK I'm a programmer who wants a quick evaluation of their tool. So I want to see source code and screenshots.
To begin grasping the concepts of Curl, to see if I want to go any further with it, I have to download either PDF manuals or a zipfile of source-code. PDF is an offline format - a nice bonus, but not the primary form of documentation. And no, I don't want to download the plugin so that I can view the gallery.
Here's some advice: Before creating a new standard for interactive web programming, try adopting HTML!
If anyone questions the value of the net as a source of historical data, check this out: Webhistory Mailing list archive ...where you will find the real-life (ie not a lame historical re-enactment) transactions which produced the modern web, one of the most significant events of the century. The 1993 archives contain mail from Marc Andreeson and others about creating forms, images, etc in the Mosaic (Netscape precursor) browser.
This would be great if they could integrate it with cameras, PDAs, etc. Right now, the main option is flash-ROM and memory sticks which cost a fortune. 32MB cost about $80, compared to a floppy price about 1/200 of that!
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Right. Plenty of people want these things. It should be obvious that many people want an MP3 player and a cell phone because many people already own those things. So why do I have to squeeze ten objects into my pocket?
Personal organizers aren't like desktop computers where you can continually add more and more stuff. Even with wireless technologies like Bluetooth, whatever you're carrying needs to fit into a small physcial volume.