Yes, it was poorly phrased. I meant to say that if you haven't open-sourced your software, then only you have the rights to sell it. If you have, or are basing your software on open source software, then others can leverage your advancements and compete with you without putting in the R&D effort, and end up undercutting your price, and profits.
I figured the gist would get through in my poor snippet, and judging by the other responses to this post, it did.;-)
My feeling is this: A worker getting $2 a day in a country where there is such an overpopulated labor market that the person would otherwise be unemployed is better than a worker getting paid nothing a day to do nothing.
Also, it seems counterproductive for a first-world country with an unemployment rate lower than 5% to fight the export of low-paying jobs to ensure that we all have jobs, when we can't even find people to fill them.
Basically (and I'm not making a moral stand here, just a logical one): If you're of the mindset that the US should be at the top of the food chain, then exporting lower-paying jobs to other countries lets the US grow through delecation, and ends up not only increasing the per-capita GNP, but also means each dollar you eanr can end up buying more.
This is an incredibly Americo-centric view to have, but if you're americo-centric, it makes more economic sense than trying to horde every job.
(note: I modded myself down one for being offtopic. No need to mod down lower...)
"Let's see if a 14 year old girl is working in vietnam 14 hours for $2.00 then everybody who makes more will one day be unemployed."
So your argument is that third-world labor isn't bad because it exploits third world citizens, but because it's taking away higher paying jobs from Americans and putting them in the hands of people who aren't us?
If Everquest is an embracing virtual reality, and the lawsuit is founded on events that happened therein, doesn't this set a bad precedent? As our worlds become virtual, those who maintain the fabric of those worlds shouldn't be held liabel for incidents that happen within its rule structure.
When bad things happen in the real world, these people would sue God except they can't serve the subpeona.
I'd be interested in seeing if this goes anyhwere. The article is pretty light on tech and detail, and smacks of those 'terabyte in a sugarcube' articles. It doesn't really give detail on how 'shaping light' can be used for a 3-D TV, or what any of the constraining statistics actually are.
I'd love to see this kind of thing be a reality, but this reads like a small-scale experiment that a reporter caught wind of and extrapolated into a world-changing invention...
Among the reasons Unix is a bad idea, and will box you in, according to the ads:
Unix systems are inflexible
Unix requires you to pay for expensive experts
Unix makes you struggle with a server environment that's more complex than ever
In short retort:
Unix flavors run my TiVo, my Powerbook, Google.com, and this web site. That's pretty flexible to me. NT Webservers in places I've worked have to be completely rebuilt on a regular schedule to address 'creep' problems that will otherwise bring the machine to a crawl, if not a blue screen of death.
Unix requires you to know what you're doing, or to use tools created by other people. You can always hire an expert, but you're more likely to find a good one for less money than someone who's still trying to pay off their credit cards from the 6 months or more they took off work to get their Microsoft Certification credential. An MCSD credential means you can make bank consulting, and naturally Microsoft pushes employers to use only Microsoft Certified Engineers, so Microsoft's accusing Unix of requiring expensive professionals is a bit of hypocracy.
Finally, the Windows server environment is quite complex, nowhere near as modular as Unix systems, and gets more complex with each version. Also, since it's a single-vendor solution, if you don't like the way a product's development is headed, it's tough luck, or you can change systems entirely. Unix has flavors, and as they evolve, you can easily port from one to another that better suits your needs (from Solaris to Linux, for example).
It's all about the fear, uncertainty, and doubt, and Microsoft's firm belief that the decision makers in a company are the ones in air so rarified as to know little enough about technology to be brought in to Microsoft's folds by this bunch of crap.
While I buy the argument that you're paying for a name if you're buying an Inspiron or Presario instead of a nameless econo-box that Quanta could build and sell on the cheap, but taht's not the case with Apple.
Because Apple's proprietary, no outside manufacturer could make Apple-compatable boxes and undersell Apple, not Quanta or anybody.
Basically, Dell and Compaq haven't done much to evolve the actual circuits inside the box, so it really is just a label slapped on the outside. Apple designed the computing architecture of their machines, and you're buying that design, the ROMs, and the OS.
That's a lot more than a nameplate, and something that Quanta couldn't turn around and undercut Apple on...
Things like Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and all kinds of webapps are all based on this same principle.
If you're asking about when they'll overcome the shortcomings of a web environment, and look like the desktop you're used to, then look to the applications Microsoft is readying for use on settop boxes, downloading the interfaces to apps like word and excel in an on-demand environment, and storing the data on a central server.
"They literally bought out every SoundJam developer, and took the software."
Actually, there was only one SoundJam developer, Jeff Robbins, and though he's a prolific software developer for C&G (Conflict Catcher, etc) he's also an Apple OS engineer and has been for more than six years.
Casady & Greene has a tight relationship with Apple, and you can be sure that Apple made the buyout (or licensing) worth their while.
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Check the back of your iPod. Under the edched logo you'll find your iPod's serial number etched in as well, and it matches the serila # you'll find in 'settings'.
What would these half-million units be used for after the 2010 census? One thing is certain: The wireless protocols they end up using won't exist in 2020. Maybe they should donate them to schools?
Err, Blackberry can do wireless, but not GPS. A Garmin eTrek can do GPS for under $100, but not wireless.
How necessary is wireless to the equation, really? What's wrong with storing the info on the unit until it gets to a base station at the end of the day? I mean, will wireless get the final census data out a day earlier?
Of course, from a usability standpoint, where accuracy is absolutely vital, I don't think a chicklet keyboard like the blackberry or hiptop will cut it, and handwriting recognition probably won't either, so it'd probably be a pen-based systen with custom software. Add 24 months of development and 6 months of field testing, not to mention the specification and bidding process, and they'll have to be using technology that comes out in the next couple years...
"You vastly underestimate the pace at which technological innovation moves on this planet."
Perhaps, but you vastly overestimate the pace at which bureaucratic advancement moves on this planet.
Does a product have to be made from the ground up as an open source project to be a 'triumph of open source'?
It seems to me that when open source has become so appealing that commercial software producers find it benefitial to release their source code to the world and continue development as an open source project, that is the truest triumph of open source.
I'd rather see Photoshop open sourced than use The GIMP anyhow.
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"I know this was meant as a joke, but really, whats the big deal here? He tried something else and prefers it to Linux. Good for him. Whatever floats your boat. Live and let live, etc etc."
The astute reader will notice that the "pray for mercy on his soul" comment was written by the story submittor "Dark Paladin" and "Dark Paladin" is also the author and subject of the article.
He's talking about himself in the third-person in an amusingly self-deprecating way. If we can't make fun of ourselves, who else is left?
The Danger Hip-top seems a much better melding of PDA and phone. The new blackberry just has voice tacked on, and doesn't have the ergonomics of a phone.
Other advantages of the Hiptop are compatability with instant messaging clients (AIM and Yahoo Messenger, possibly others) and beatnick software for music on-the-fly.
All this in a smaller package with a smaller monthly fee. The thing looks pretty sweet to me. Now if they'd just get done beta-testing and start shipping, I'd be very happy.
Oh yes, and it's a lot cheaper too. ($199) Just another cool product from Apple expats.
Okay, seriously, there are a lot of out-of-the-line-of-fire jobs that would benefit from such a coat. Also, there are other battery technologies out there, shielding, batteries embedded in boots, etc...
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Yes, it was poorly phrased. I meant to say that if you haven't open-sourced your software, then only you have the rights to sell it. If you have, or are basing your software on open source software, then others can leverage your advancements and compete with you without putting in the R&D effort, and end up undercutting your price, and profits.
;-)
I figured the gist would get through in my poor snippet, and judging by the other responses to this post, it did.
My feeling is this: A worker getting $2 a day in a country where there is such an overpopulated labor market that the person would otherwise be unemployed is better than a worker getting paid nothing a day to do nothing.
Also, it seems counterproductive for a first-world country with an unemployment rate lower than 5% to fight the export of low-paying jobs to ensure that we all have jobs, when we can't even find people to fill them.
Basically (and I'm not making a moral stand here, just a logical one): If you're of the mindset that the US should be at the top of the food chain, then exporting lower-paying jobs to other countries lets the US grow through delecation, and ends up not only increasing the per-capita GNP, but also means each dollar you eanr can end up buying more.
This is an incredibly Americo-centric view to have, but if you're americo-centric, it makes more economic sense than trying to horde every job.
(note: I modded myself down one for being offtopic. No need to mod down lower...)
"Let's see if a 14 year old girl is working in vietnam 14 hours for $2.00 then everybody who makes more will one day be unemployed."
So your argument is that third-world labor isn't bad because it exploits third world citizens, but because it's taking away higher paying jobs from Americans and putting them in the hands of people who aren't us?
"Personally, I don't see how Microsoft -- a closed and proprietary company -- could ever cooperate with Open Source Software. "
And yet they rake in billions. It's simple really, without open source, other people can't sell your software.
This is success as in beer, not success as in information. Err...
Check it out: Microsoft Consulting Services.
They built GAP.com, among other things. Operations in 30+ countries and all that stuff...
So once all media is constrained by GPS coordinates, the US gov't could selectively deny unfavored nations access to GPS data, rendering all their DVDs, CDs and eBooks useless?
Sound unlikely? It's interesting that the US is pressuring Europe to shelve its own GPS system.
Domination through media denial: "You want your mTV? Meet our demands."
If Everquest is an embracing virtual reality, and the lawsuit is founded on events that happened therein, doesn't this set a bad precedent? As our worlds become virtual, those who maintain the fabric of those worlds shouldn't be held liabel for incidents that happen within its rule structure.
When bad things happen in the real world, these people would sue God except they can't serve the subpeona.
I'd be interested in seeing if this goes anyhwere. The article is pretty light on tech and detail, and smacks of those 'terabyte in a sugarcube' articles. It doesn't really give detail on how 'shaping light' can be used for a 3-D TV, or what any of the constraining statistics actually are.
I'd love to see this kind of thing be a reality, but this reads like a small-scale experiment that a reporter caught wind of and extrapolated into a world-changing invention...
In short retort:
It's all about the fear, uncertainty, and doubt, and Microsoft's firm belief that the decision makers in a company are the ones in air so rarified as to know little enough about technology to be brought in to Microsoft's folds by this bunch of crap.
My first thought: "How do you upgrade the RAM?"
Second: "Finally, a machine you can kick with impunity! (or just your foot)"
Ever biting the flamebait:
"The key thing to remember about Apple is this: they are a fucking hardware company, not a fucking software company"
Err, quicktime? OS X? iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie?
Can't a company produce both hardware *and* software? Apparently so.
Since when is hobbyist programming 'labor'?
Soon you won't be able to build model planes because you're a minor and it's 'work.'
While I buy the argument that you're paying for a name if you're buying an Inspiron or Presario instead of a nameless econo-box that Quanta could build and sell on the cheap, but taht's not the case with Apple.
Because Apple's proprietary, no outside manufacturer could make Apple-compatable boxes and undersell Apple, not Quanta or anybody.
Basically, Dell and Compaq haven't done much to evolve the actual circuits inside the box, so it really is just a label slapped on the outside. Apple designed the computing architecture of their machines, and you're buying that design, the ROMs, and the OS.
That's a lot more than a nameplate, and something that Quanta couldn't turn around and undercut Apple on...
"Nyah, nyah. My thumb is more opposable than yours."
Things like Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, and all kinds of webapps are all based on this same principle.
If you're asking about when they'll overcome the shortcomings of a web environment, and look like the desktop you're used to, then look to the applications Microsoft is readying for use on settop boxes, downloading the interfaces to apps like word and excel in an on-demand environment, and storing the data on a central server.
"They literally bought out every SoundJam developer, and took the software."
Actually, there was only one SoundJam developer, Jeff Robbins, and though he's a prolific software developer for C&G (Conflict Catcher, etc) he's also an Apple OS engineer and has been for more than six years.
Casady & Greene has a tight relationship with Apple, and you can be sure that Apple made the buyout (or licensing) worth their while.
Check the back of your iPod. Under the edched logo you'll find your iPod's serial number etched in as well, and it matches the serila # you'll find in 'settings'.
Kinda cool, kinda unnoticed.
"The problem with waiting until the PDA gets back to the cradle is that the batteries might fail, and data could be lost."
Umm... Non-volitile memory?
What would these half-million units be used for after the 2010 census? One thing is certain: The wireless protocols they end up using won't exist in 2020. Maybe they should donate them to schools?
Err, Blackberry can do wireless, but not GPS. A Garmin eTrek can do GPS for under $100, but not wireless.
How necessary is wireless to the equation, really? What's wrong with storing the info on the unit until it gets to a base station at the end of the day? I mean, will wireless get the final census data out a day earlier?
Of course, from a usability standpoint, where accuracy is absolutely vital, I don't think a chicklet keyboard like the blackberry or hiptop will cut it, and handwriting recognition probably won't either, so it'd probably be a pen-based systen with custom software. Add 24 months of development and 6 months of field testing, not to mention the specification and bidding process, and they'll have to be using technology that comes out in the next couple years...
"You vastly underestimate the pace at which technological innovation moves on this planet."
Perhaps, but you vastly overestimate the pace at which bureaucratic advancement moves on this planet.
Does a product have to be made from the ground up as an open source project to be a 'triumph of open source'?
It seems to me that when open source has become so appealing that commercial software producers find it benefitial to release their source code to the world and continue development as an open source project, that is the truest triumph of open source.
I'd rather see Photoshop open sourced than use The GIMP anyhow.
"I know this was meant as a joke, but really, whats the big deal here? He tried something else and prefers it to Linux. Good for him. Whatever floats your boat. Live and let live, etc etc."
The astute reader will notice that the "pray for mercy on his soul" comment was written by the story submittor "Dark Paladin" and "Dark Paladin" is also the author and subject of the article.
He's talking about himself in the third-person in an amusingly self-deprecating way. If we can't make fun of ourselves, who else is left?
Also, having a stromg maternal figure is bad.
Name three Disney animated classics where the lead character *has* a mother, and that mother is anything more than a simpering non-entity.
What is Disney trying to say about family values?
The Danger Hip-top seems a much better melding of PDA and phone. The new blackberry just has voice tacked on, and doesn't have the ergonomics of a phone.
Other advantages of the Hiptop are compatability with instant messaging clients (AIM and Yahoo Messenger, possibly others) and beatnick software for music on-the-fly.
All this in a smaller package with a smaller monthly fee. The thing looks pretty sweet to me. Now if they'd just get done beta-testing and start shipping, I'd be very happy.
Oh yes, and it's a lot cheaper too. ($199) Just another cool product from Apple expats.
Don't get shot.
Okay, seriously, there are a lot of out-of-the-line-of-fire jobs that would benefit from such a coat. Also, there are other battery technologies out there, shielding, batteries embedded in boots, etc...