I suppose Oracle, and Microsoft, prove that. I'll bet there are a lot hated businesses that are amazingly successful. Murdoch is probably doing okay, I wonder how BP execs are doing? How about Goldman Sach execs?
How is google being evil, by any interpretation? What else could google do?
Maybe I'm missing something, the newspaper sued google. Because of the lawsuit, the court ordered google to remove references to the newspaper. Google complied with the court order.
Homer: I'm looking for something loose and billowy, something
comfortable for my first day of work. Salesman: Work, huh? Let me guess. Computer programmer, computer
magazine columnist, something with computers?
Homer: Well, I use a computer. Salesman: [quietly, to self] Yeah, what's the connection? Must be the
non-stop sitting and snacking.
[more audibly] Well, sir, many of our clients find pants
confining, so we offer a range of alternatives for the ample
gentleman: ponchos, muumuus, capes, jumpsuits, unisheets,
muslim body rolls, academic and judicial robes --
Homer: I don't want to look like a weirdo. I'll just go with a
muumuu. -- Homer, inconspicuous, "King-Size Homer"
More to the point, given a choice between spending money, or letting someone else spend money, business will choose the latter. So Google has no immediate incentive to jump in when Microsoft shaking down Android OEMs is covering the need.
It's not as if companies, like Samsung, are too poor to fight their own legal battles. Why does Google need to step in and help a multi-billion dollar, international, mega-corp?
Yep, exactly like the scox-scam that Microsoft financed. Just another case of Microsoft using the legal system to beat up MS competitors with nebulous claims of infringing IP. Like the scox-scam, Microsoft refuses to be specific about exactly what is being infringed.
In the case of SCO though, the claims were obviously absurd.
So how come the case went on for eight years, if the claims were "obviously absurd?" The reason is: the US legal system is borked. MS has learned how to exploit our broken legal system to harass MS competitors.
If Google were to ever fight back, the Microsoft friendly pop-media would have a field day.
The Microsoft friendly pop-media would scream, and cry, and carry-on, non-stop about how Google is abusing the legal system to preserve google's monopoly.
This sort of thing happens all the time.
Remember the big fuss that made when legal action was taken against Cisco for GPL violations? "The foss folks are a bunch of hypocrites! They complain when scox tries to protect it's IP rights, but they're the first to file a lawsuit against anybody else!"
How about Microsoft accusing Google of being a patent troll when Google tried to buy Nortel?
How about all the privacy accusations against Google, backed by Fackbook's biggest investor?
Of course Microsoft has a huge problem with any sort of monopoly. Not just the Google monopoly, remember Microsoft's recent attacks against IBM's monopoly - the TurboHercules scandal?
My all-time favorite was the massive fear campaign about the horrors of having one company (Netscape) controlling the critical browser market! Rags like "Infoworld" carried on about that for months. At the time, Netscape had a monopolistic 70% of the browser market - oh the horror! After Microsoft defeated Netscape, and MSIE went on to control about 90% of the browser market (at one time); the same ms-friendly rags saw no problem with that.
Microsoft loves to scream, and cry, about Microsoft competitors, who do the same sorts of things that msft does; even though msft is about 100X worse.
The reason that this is a BFD, is because RHEL is very popular for enterprise use, and CentOS is basically the free version of RHEL.
For people looking to move expensive servers from RHEL to CentOS, this is a big deal. Also, for people studying to get an RHCE, this is a big deal.
FWIW: I went back to using Ubuntu 10.10, because I did not like Ubuntu 11.04; I am thinking about moving to Mint. But, if I ever decide to get my RHCE, I will CentOS. I think Redhat should create a student version of RHEL, but I doubt that will happen.
Have you ever noticed that many movies are made about new technologies? In the 1950s it was all about nuclear and/or space travel. Later we had stuff about bio-technology like Andromeda Strain , and Jurasic Park. In the original movie, Frankenstein was brought to life by electricity, in the origianal book it was chemistry. As computers, and internet progress, we get movies like "War Games" and "Colossues."
It's not the hellhole some people try to portray it as being, and neither are all of it's factories sweatshops.
No kidding. What are foxconn workers earning now? An opulent $0.35 an hour? And they only have to work 14 hours days, six days a week. And they get a sponge bath once a week. Not to mention the luxurious 14" board they get to sleep on.
And to think, a lot of them consider suicide a better option. Buncha cry-babies.
Hypothetically, let's suppose there is an evil, convicted, abusive, monopolist. Let's further suppose that monopolist has been caught red-handed astroturfing, and is known to hire "technology evangalists." Would it be a huge stretch to imagine that an uber-wealthy company, such as that, might play games with shills, and mod points and the like?
REDMOND, Wash., June 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. and Velocity Micro, Inc., have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Velocity Micro, Inc., Android-based devices, including Velocity Micro, Inc.’s Cruz Tablet. Although the contents of the agreement have not been disclosed, the parties indicate that Microsoft will receive royalties from Velocity Micro, Inc., under the agreement. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Velocity Micro, Inc., to address and secure IP rights for its Android-based Cruz tablet devices,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft. Randy Copeland, CEO of Velocity Micro, Inc., said, “By entering into this agreement with Microsoft, Velocity Micro, Inc., will be able to better meet the needs of our customers with the introduction of exciting new Cruz tablets having increased performance and functionality.” Microsoft’s Commitment to Licensing Intellectual Property The patent agreement is another example of the important role intellectual property (IP) plays in ensuring a healthy and vibrant IT ecosystem. Since Microsoft launched its IP licensing program in December 2003, the company has entered into more than 700 licensing agreements and continues to develop programs that make it possible for customers, partners and competitors to access its IP portfolio. The program was developed to open access to Microsoft’s significant R&D investments and its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio.
REDMOND, Wash., June 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. and Velocity Micro, Inc., have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Velocity Micro, Inc., Android-based devices, including Velocity Micro, Inc.’s Cruz Tablet. Although the contents of the agreement have not been disclosed, the parties indicate that Microsoft will receive royalties from Velocity Micro, Inc., under the agreement. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Velocity Micro, Inc., to address and secure IP rights for its Android-based Cruz tablet devices,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft. Randy Copeland, CEO of Velocity Micro, Inc., said, “By entering into this agreement with Microsoft, Velocity Micro, Inc., will be able to better meet the needs of our customers with the introduction of exciting new Cruz tablets having increased performance and functionality.” Microsoft’s Commitment to Licensing Intellectual Property The patent agreement is another example of the important role intellectual property (IP) plays in ensuring a healthy and vibrant IT ecosystem. Since Microsoft launched its IP licensing program in December 2003, the company has entered into more than 700 licensing agreements and continues to develop programs that make it possible for customers, partners and competitors to access its IP portfolio. The program was developed to open access to Microsoft’s significant R&D investments and its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio.
Gotta love working in IT. Work 110 hours, get paid for 40. Abandon your family, and social life, and suffer serious psychological issues. If you make it to the ripe old ago of 35, without having to train your H1B replacement, you will be thrown out in the street soon enough because you are considered too old. At which point you will be considered unhiralbe to many employers. Doesn't really matter, since the entire department is being offshored anyway.
There is a story on groklaw about RightHaven being sued for barratry. I think that's a good thing. But, why just RightHaven and not Microsoft?
* Barratry, in criminal and civil law, is the act or practice of bringing repeated legal actions solely to harass. This action is a crime in some jurisdictions. * Barratry also refers to the act of soliciting legal business from potential clients based on a particular event (whether or not the intent is to harass). Pejoratively, this is called ambulance chasing. * Barratry also referred to persistently inciting others to engage in litigation or other disputes or quarrels outside of the courts. This was a crime in England.
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I can remember when diesel fuel cost about half as much as regular gasoline.
And right after Microsoft's new game console comes out, Lodsys sues all the game developers.
Is that the way it works?
I suppose Oracle, and Microsoft, prove that. I'll bet there are a lot hated businesses that are amazingly successful. Murdoch is probably doing okay, I wonder how BP execs are doing? How about Goldman Sach execs?
How is google being evil, by any interpretation? What else could google do?
Maybe I'm missing something, the newspaper sued google. Because of the lawsuit, the court ordered google to remove references to the newspaper. Google complied with the court order.
Watta ya' live under a rock?
Was Abe Lincoln too honest?
Do woodchucks chuck wood?
Do dogs chase cats?
Homer: I'm looking for something loose and billowy, something
comfortable for my first day of work.
Salesman: Work, huh? Let me guess. Computer programmer, computer
magazine columnist, something with computers?
Homer: Well, I use a computer.
Salesman: [quietly, to self] Yeah, what's the connection? Must be the
non-stop sitting and snacking.
[more audibly] Well, sir, many of our clients find pants
confining, so we offer a range of alternatives for the ample
gentleman: ponchos, muumuus, capes, jumpsuits, unisheets,
muslim body rolls, academic and judicial robes --
Homer: I don't want to look like a weirdo. I'll just go with a
muumuu.
-- Homer, inconspicuous, "King-Size Homer"
Isn't "gimp" a slur against the physically challenged?
Although even fans complain about idiotic naming: "I buy my eggs at the cheese shop."
More to the point, given a choice between spending money, or letting someone else spend money, business will choose the latter. So Google has no immediate incentive to jump in when Microsoft shaking down Android OEMs is covering the need.
It's not as if companies, like Samsung, are too poor to fight their own legal battles. Why does Google need to step in and help a multi-billion dollar, international, mega-corp?
Companies don't like spending money. Period.
Ridiculous. Companies will spend money, when in it's their interest to do so.
Besides, if google did fight back, you would probably say that proves Google is evil.
Yep, exactly like the scox-scam that Microsoft financed. Just another case of Microsoft using the legal system to beat up MS competitors with nebulous claims of infringing IP. Like the scox-scam, Microsoft refuses to be specific about exactly what is being infringed.
In the case of SCO though, the claims were obviously absurd.
So how come the case went on for eight years, if the claims were "obviously absurd?" The reason is: the US legal system is borked. MS has learned how to exploit our broken legal system to harass MS competitors.
Judging from the TomTom case, and the B&N case, I doubt it.
Ballmer has made it very clear that he plans to ruin Linux though patent suits.
This is just business as usual in Redmond.
If Google were to ever fight back, the Microsoft friendly pop-media would have a field day.
The Microsoft friendly pop-media would scream, and cry, and carry-on, non-stop about how Google is abusing the legal system to preserve google's monopoly.
This sort of thing happens all the time.
Remember the big fuss that made when legal action was taken against Cisco for GPL violations? "The foss folks are a bunch of hypocrites! They complain when scox tries to protect it's IP rights, but they're the first to file a lawsuit against anybody else!"
How about Microsoft accusing Google of being a patent troll when Google tried to buy Nortel?
How about all the privacy accusations against Google, backed by Fackbook's biggest investor?
Of course Microsoft has a huge problem with any sort of monopoly. Not just the Google monopoly, remember Microsoft's recent attacks against IBM's monopoly - the TurboHercules scandal?
My all-time favorite was the massive fear campaign about the horrors of having one company (Netscape) controlling the critical browser market! Rags like "Infoworld" carried on about that for months. At the time, Netscape had a monopolistic 70% of the browser market - oh the horror! After Microsoft defeated Netscape, and MSIE went on to control about 90% of the browser market (at one time); the same ms-friendly rags saw no problem with that.
Microsoft loves to scream, and cry, about Microsoft competitors, who do the same sorts of things that msft does; even though msft is about 100X worse.
The reason that this is a BFD, is because RHEL is very popular for enterprise use, and CentOS is basically the free version of RHEL.
For people looking to move expensive servers from RHEL to CentOS, this is a big deal. Also, for people studying to get an RHCE, this is a big deal.
FWIW: I went back to using Ubuntu 10.10, because I did not like Ubuntu 11.04; I am thinking about moving to Mint. But, if I ever decide to get my RHCE, I will CentOS. I think Redhat should create a student version of RHEL, but I doubt that will happen.
Have you ever noticed that many movies are made about new technologies? In the 1950s it was all about nuclear and/or space travel. Later we had stuff about bio-technology like Andromeda Strain , and Jurasic Park. In the original movie, Frankenstein was brought to life by electricity, in the origianal book it was chemistry. As computers, and internet progress, we get movies like "War Games" and "Colossues."
You are measuring input, not output. Besides, MS is also known for shifty accounting practices.
It's not the hellhole some people try to portray it as being, and neither are all of it's factories sweatshops.
No kidding. What are foxconn workers earning now? An opulent $0.35 an hour? And they only have to work 14 hours days, six days a week. And they get a sponge bath once a week. Not to mention the luxurious 14" board they get to sleep on.
And to think, a lot of them consider suicide a better option. Buncha cry-babies.
Does it take two to tango?
Would a drill sergeant make a lousy therapist?
Do woodchucks chuck wood?
Hypothetically, let's suppose there is an evil, convicted, abusive, monopolist. Let's further suppose that monopolist has been caught red-handed astroturfing, and is known to hire "technology evangalists." Would it be a huge stretch to imagine that an uber-wealthy company, such as that, might play games with shills, and mod points and the like?
http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2011/06/29/microsoft-and-velocity-micro-inc-sign-patent-agreement-covering-android-based-devices/
REDMOND, Wash., June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. and Velocity Micro, Inc., have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Velocity Micro, Inc., Android-based devices, including Velocity Micro, Inc.’s Cruz Tablet. Although the contents of the agreement have not been disclosed, the parties indicate that Microsoft will receive royalties from Velocity Micro, Inc., under the agreement. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Velocity Micro, Inc., to address and secure IP rights for its Android-based Cruz tablet devices,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft. Randy Copeland, CEO of Velocity Micro, Inc., said, “By entering into this agreement with Microsoft, Velocity Micro, Inc., will be able to better meet the needs of our customers with the introduction of exciting new Cruz tablets having increased performance and functionality.” Microsoft’s Commitment to Licensing Intellectual Property The patent agreement is another example of the important role intellectual property (IP) plays in ensuring a healthy and vibrant IT ecosystem. Since Microsoft launched its IP licensing program in December 2003, the company has entered into more than 700 licensing agreements and continues to develop programs that make it possible for customers, partners and competitors to access its IP portfolio. The program was developed to open access to Microsoft’s significant R&D investments and its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio.
Considering Microsoft's insanely aggressive bogo-patent onslaught; who could blame google for aquiring as many patents as possible.
M$ flogs ANOTHER Android license
http://www.dailymarkets.com/stock/2011/06/29/microsoft-and-velocity-micro-inc-sign-patent-agreement-covering-android-based-devices/
REDMOND, Wash., June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. and Velocity Micro, Inc., have signed a patent agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Velocity Micro, Inc., Android-based devices, including Velocity Micro, Inc.’s Cruz Tablet. Although the contents of the agreement have not been disclosed, the parties indicate that Microsoft will receive royalties from Velocity Micro, Inc., under the agreement. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO) “We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Velocity Micro, Inc., to address and secure IP rights for its Android-based Cruz tablet devices,” said Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft. Randy Copeland, CEO of Velocity Micro, Inc., said, “By entering into this agreement with Microsoft, Velocity Micro, Inc., will be able to better meet the needs of our customers with the introduction of exciting new Cruz tablets having increased performance and functionality.” Microsoft’s Commitment to Licensing Intellectual Property The patent agreement is another example of the important role intellectual property (IP) plays in ensuring a healthy and vibrant IT ecosystem. Since Microsoft launched its IP licensing program in December 2003, the company has entered into more than 700 licensing agreements and continues to develop programs that make it possible for customers, partners and competitors to access its IP portfolio. The program was developed to open access to Microsoft’s significant R&D investments and its growing, broad patent and IP portfolio.
Gotta love working in IT. Work 110 hours, get paid for 40. Abandon your family, and social life, and suffer serious psychological issues. If you make it to the ripe old ago of 35, without having to train your H1B replacement, you will be thrown out in the street soon enough because you are considered too old. At which point you will be considered unhiralbe to many employers. Doesn't really matter, since the entire department is being offshored anyway.
why Oracle is even relevant in today's market is still a mystery
Because of Oracle EBS? Maybe that, and other stuff. built on Oracle keeps people vendor locked into Oracle?
There is a story on groklaw about RightHaven being sued for barratry. I think that's a good thing. But, why just RightHaven and not Microsoft?
* Barratry, in criminal and civil law, is the act or practice of bringing repeated legal actions solely to harass. This action is a crime in some jurisdictions.
* Barratry also refers to the act of soliciting legal business from potential clients based on a particular event (whether or not the intent is to harass). Pejoratively, this is called ambulance chasing.
* Barratry also referred to persistently inciting others to engage in litigation or other disputes or quarrels outside of the courts. This was a crime in England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry
So I should be about to buy ms-windows, or ms-office. Then return them, for a full refund a few days later.
How about CDs or DVDs?
Anybody else see a problem with this picture?