I don't think anything of the sort will be happening. The subscription service is optional. Despite all the crap you read around here, MS will never cease to sell the software outright. Businesses won't put up with it, and that is where they make their money.
They've probably come to the realization that home users are not going out and buying Office because it's really expensive. If they do actually buy it, they're not likely to upgrade when the next version comes out. Despite 'upgrade' pricing, it's really expensive. Most home users can hardly justify the upgrade from WordPad.
This is an attempt to get them to buy it, and to buy future versions.
The Gnome team has a lot to live up to now. I've been using the betas of KDE 2, and I like it better than Helix/Gnome, which I liked better than KDE 1.
I like the pattern forming here. There should be some great software from this competition. Now, could someone just port this to Win32 so I can use it at work?
There are some things money can't buy. Things like Linux
That's your ad right there. Show several large software packages that were bought by competitors along with how much was paid for them (and potentially how they went to hell). Then, remind people that Open Source software can't be bought and run into the ground.
Even if the article on Gore was accurate (who knows if it really is), Gore has major character problems.
I don't see anyone demistifying Gore's "No controlling legal authority" statement. I, personally, don't see how you can vote for anyone who could stand there and say that.
Gore's record on campaign finance is horrible. The man is a criminal. Luckily, Janet Reno seems to be extremely loyal.
I'm not promoting Bush. I'm just trying to get people to be fair. Apparently, Slashdot feels it is necessary to encourage its readers to vote for Gore. Screw reporting news, just tell people what you want them to hear.
Here is a link to the actual draft of the treaty. Please read it before posting. The article makes terrible simplifications of the wording that blur the original meaning.
Can someone please put this link into the/. article? It is important to the topic.
No, I don't think they are going to prosecute anyone for running an FTP client. However, wording is very important to the viability of a law. If the wording is vague enough, it will get thrown out.
What about sniffers? They are starting to bridge the gap between obvious throw outs like telnet clients (used for accessing computer systems) and the intention of the treaty (malicious access of computer systems).
Let's hope the real treaty is not worded as poorly as the article. The person writing the article also had some grammar problems, so maybe it is just a comprehension issue on the author's part.
I think the US court system has already established that it can define what someone actually intended. I suppose, therefore, it is not a stretch for them to tell you why you *really* wrote the program.
Maybe Microsoft *really* wrote Windows to impede their competition by making their users reboot constantly.
Criminalize the production, sale, distribution or otherwise making available of devices or computer programs who's primary use is to access, intercept or interfere with computer systems or communications
Sniffers are extremely useful networking tools. They serve a valuable, productive purpose. Apparently, no effort was made in thinking this treaty up.
But assuming you do, you aren't looking through 60 year old eyes that give her migraines trying to read what's on the screen.
I don't know about Canada, but in the US, you can force your employer to make accomodations for you. Larger monitor with larger text and less flicker.
One of the main contributing factors to people making big salaries, is that big salaries are important to them. This is invariably because they are self-absorbed - they want to buy toys for themselves, or they want status, or whatever.
I wish you wouldn't have such a narrow view here. When I was 12, my parents were forced to make a decision which cost my Dad his job. We were very unstable for years while I was growing up, and my parents didn't achieve stability again until my brother and I were supporting ourselves. My parents did everything they could to try to shield us from their lack of money. My Dad barely ate. The bills were only paid when the utility was shut off. When I got home from school and found no electricity, I knew to call my Dad and ask him to pay the electric bill on the way home. Several times they sold many of our belongings to pay the mortgage and not lose the house. Eventually, they declared bankrutpcy.
So, I try to make a large salary. But, I don't do it to live a fancy lifestyle. I do it to save as much money as I can while I am young. I do it so that when I have children, no matter what befalls me, my family will be financially stable. I'm also going to make damn sure that we have enough money for my wife to be at home with our children (she won the argument here - I want to stay home with them myself).
I worked after school to buy my own computer. I paid my way through college with loans and a job. I'm still paying for those loans. I have paid out of pocket for technical training. I spend well over 50 hours a week at work and more at home learning.
It's actually hard to read all these comments and not think I sound whiny. But, I also think the middle class sounds whiny.
While it's nice to think that we could solve our tax problem by shifting the burden to someone other than *me*, I don't think merely moving the brackets is a viable solution. Unfortunately, there will never be a good solution. It is unfair to tax the poor. It is also unfair to overtax the rich.
I wouldn't mind taxation nearly as much if I felt like I had some control over where my money went. There are a lot of programs that I don't my money going towards. Did you know that Hillary Clinton has spent over a million taxpayer dollars flying around to campaign for her Senate seat?
We are definitely governed by the wealthy, but it wouldn't be any better if we were governed by the poor. Laws would be made out of envy, and that's not any good. A lot of support for the Greens and the like comes from envy. Whether or not people realize it, much of it is envy. There are, however, many who have money and yet believe in those ideals.
Why not have some machines with filtering software, in common areas as well as some machines without filtering software in closed off areas? Solves both problems. No one seems to suggest this.
That's a problem with long term contracts. You would think that teams would have termination clauses when signing rookies. You don't perform, you don't stay.
I've not figured out why teams don't demand contracts similar to what Ricky Williams got.
It makes no sense to make a 7 year contract based on potential.
The plutocrats, as Gore likes to call them, already get the crap taxed out of them. That is what a lot of people don't see. Gore just drums the middle class to hate the 'rich'.
I'm at a point where if I get a raise, I can kiss 39.6% of it (plus medicare and social security taxes) goodbye. We have this lovely thing called tax brackets. The first X amount of your income is not taxed. The next Y amount is taxed at 15%. The next Z amount is taxed at 23%. This goes up to a point at which all income in excess of ZZ is taxed at 39.6%.
I personally find that a bit high. If we do, in fact, have a budget surplus, then we can alleviate some of this. However, no tax relief should come ahead of reducing the debt.
There is a gray (grey - is there a difference?) area.
Should libraries be a place where you have to monitor your children? No.
Should we censor what people can view in libraries? No.
Is there something wrong with having a separate room at the library for uncensored Internet access? I personally don't think so.
I have no objection to filtering Internet access to easily accessible public computers that are in plain view of children. I also don't see any reason why there can't be another room at the library for unfiltered Internet access. Does this violate any freedoms? Not really.
I think the government should be free to make that statement (at whatever level - fed, state, local).
It took you this long to realize Gore has no respect for the rule of law? Do you remember him saying "There's no controlling legal authority", basically sticking his tongue out at the law?
They both have the right idea about public internet access, just the wrong implementation. There needs to be something done to prevent kids from sitting down next to some guy staring at beastiality pics with one hand in his pocket.
It has to do with living in a free country. I have the freedom to earn as much as I can. I work hard to better myself and my income reflects that.
There is nothing wrong with earning more than someone else. I work harder. I make every effort to know more than they do, and to be able to apply the knowledge more effectively. Should I not be rewarded for that?
It's not about psychology or self esteem. If I make $100K, my wife doesn't work, and my three kids want to go to Ivy League schools, what do you expect me to do? What if I have to support my parents as well because some medical conditions annihilated their savings? Heck, under your plan, they couldn't save for their retirement anyway because you don't let people make very much money.
What if I use my extra earnings to fly to Haiti several times a year and provide medical care to those that can't have it? I have a fried who does this. Owns his own plane, buys his own supplies. He couldn't do that making less than $100K.
A maximum wage is a terrible idea that I hope never gets implemented. Apparently, you haven't thought this through. There are plenty of reasons to earn $100K or more. Capitalism means that I (and you) can. If my talent is not worth $100K, then no one will pay me that. If it is, then good for me. And, I can spend it how I see fit.
If you don't like it, move to another country. This one is built on capitalism and freedom. Don't take either one away.
Yep, gotta defend that right to sit in front of children in a public place and view pictures of beastiality. While we're at it, why not make beating off in public legal, too. What good is the porn if you can't whip it out and get off?
Pornography in public is not a good idea, censorship is not a good idea, and I'm not saying I have a good idea.
Age discrimination laws do not affect 20 year olds. 50 vs 35 would be protected. Strangely, 18 makes you an adult, but does not free you from age discrimination.
Sending a user agent allows the site to customize content around browsers. Unfortunately, Netscape and Microsoft do not agree on features, especially when you start using CSS/DHTML/etc. The user-agent just provides the site with the browser/version you are using so that they can do something like this:
if ver == "x" then
do this way
else if ver =="y" then
do this way
end if
Without this, you would have some screwed up pages on sites that tried to do dynamic content. Until the major browsers support the same features with the same syntax, you will need this.
For Galeon: mv or rm your ~/.mozilla and then run galeon. I suspect nautilus may have a similar need. For some reason, galeon and Mozilla do not want to share that directory, even though they both try to use it.
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I don't think anything of the sort will be happening. The subscription service is optional. Despite all the crap you read around here, MS will never cease to sell the software outright. Businesses won't put up with it, and that is where they make their money.
They've probably come to the realization that home users are not going out and buying Office because it's really expensive. If they do actually buy it, they're not likely to upgrade when the next version comes out. Despite 'upgrade' pricing, it's really expensive. Most home users can hardly justify the upgrade from WordPad.
This is an attempt to get them to buy it, and to buy future versions.
The Gnome team has a lot to live up to now. I've been using the betas of KDE 2, and I like it better than Helix/Gnome, which I liked better than KDE 1.
I like the pattern forming here. There should be some great software from this competition. Now, could someone just port this to Win32 so I can use it at work?
There are some things money can't buy. Things like Linux
That's your ad right there. Show several large software packages that were bought by competitors along with how much was paid for them (and potentially how they went to hell). Then, remind people that Open Source software can't be bought and run into the ground.
Even if the article on Gore was accurate (who knows if it really is), Gore has major character problems.
I don't see anyone demistifying Gore's "No controlling legal authority" statement. I, personally, don't see how you can vote for anyone who could stand there and say that.
Gore's record on campaign finance is horrible. The man is a criminal. Luckily, Janet Reno seems to be extremely loyal.
I'm not promoting Bush. I'm just trying to get people to be fair. Apparently, Slashdot feels it is necessary to encourage its readers to vote for Gore. Screw reporting news, just tell people what you want them to hear.
I have since read this document. I have also tried to send email to the author of the article asking him to change it. It is very poor reporting.
Here is a link to the actual draft of the treaty. Please read it before posting. The article makes terrible simplifications of the wording that blur the original meaning.
/. article? It is important to the topic.
Can someone please put this link into the
No, I don't think they are going to prosecute anyone for running an FTP client. However, wording is very important to the viability of a law. If the wording is vague enough, it will get thrown out.
What about sniffers? They are starting to bridge the gap between obvious throw outs like telnet clients (used for accessing computer systems) and the intention of the treaty (malicious access of computer systems).
Let's hope the real treaty is not worded as poorly as the article. The person writing the article also had some grammar problems, so maybe it is just a comprehension issue on the author's part.
I think the US court system has already established that it can define what someone actually intended. I suppose, therefore, it is not a stretch for them to tell you why you *really* wrote the program.
Maybe Microsoft *really* wrote Windows to impede their competition by making their users reboot constantly.
You could really take that statement a lot further. Keyboards have a primary purpose of accessing the computer.
I'm hoping that the wording has been modified by the article's author. They also spelled 'whose' wrong (who's).
Criminalize the production, sale, distribution or otherwise making available of devices or computer programs who's primary use is to access, intercept or interfere with computer systems or communications
Sniffers are extremely useful networking tools. They serve a valuable, productive purpose. Apparently, no effort was made in thinking this treaty up.
But assuming you do, you aren't looking through 60 year old eyes that give her migraines trying to read what's on the screen.
I don't know about Canada, but in the US, you can force your employer to make accomodations for you. Larger monitor with larger text and less flicker.
One of the main contributing factors to people making big salaries, is that big salaries are important to them. This is invariably because they are self-absorbed - they want to buy toys for themselves, or they want status, or whatever.
I wish you wouldn't have such a narrow view here. When I was 12, my parents were forced to make a decision which cost my Dad his job. We were very unstable for years while I was growing up, and my parents didn't achieve stability again until my brother and I were supporting ourselves. My parents did everything they could to try to shield us from their lack of money. My Dad barely ate. The bills were only paid when the utility was shut off. When I got home from school and found no electricity, I knew to call my Dad and ask him to pay the electric bill on the way home. Several times they sold many of our belongings to pay the mortgage and not lose the house. Eventually, they declared bankrutpcy.
So, I try to make a large salary. But, I don't do it to live a fancy lifestyle. I do it to save as much money as I can while I am young. I do it so that when I have children, no matter what befalls me, my family will be financially stable. I'm also going to make damn sure that we have enough money for my wife to be at home with our children (she won the argument here - I want to stay home with them myself).
I worked after school to buy my own computer. I paid my way through college with loans and a job. I'm still paying for those loans. I have paid out of pocket for technical training. I spend well over 50 hours a week at work and more at home learning.
It's actually hard to read all these comments and not think I sound whiny. But, I also think the middle class sounds whiny.
While it's nice to think that we could solve our tax problem by shifting the burden to someone other than *me*, I don't think merely moving the brackets is a viable solution. Unfortunately, there will never be a good solution. It is unfair to tax the poor. It is also unfair to overtax the rich.
I wouldn't mind taxation nearly as much if I felt like I had some control over where my money went. There are a lot of programs that I don't my money going towards. Did you know that Hillary Clinton has spent over a million taxpayer dollars flying around to campaign for her Senate seat?
We are definitely governed by the wealthy, but it wouldn't be any better if we were governed by the poor. Laws would be made out of envy, and that's not any good. A lot of support for the Greens and the like comes from envy. Whether or not people realize it, much of it is envy. There are, however, many who have money and yet believe in those ideals.
Why not have some machines with filtering software, in common areas as well as some machines without filtering software in closed off areas? Solves both problems. No one seems to suggest this.
That's a problem with long term contracts. You would think that teams would have termination clauses when signing rookies. You don't perform, you don't stay.
I've not figured out why teams don't demand contracts similar to what Ricky Williams got.
It makes no sense to make a 7 year contract based on potential.
The plutocrats, as Gore likes to call them, already get the crap taxed out of them. That is what a lot of people don't see. Gore just drums the middle class to hate the 'rich'.
I'm at a point where if I get a raise, I can kiss 39.6% of it (plus medicare and social security taxes) goodbye. We have this lovely thing called tax brackets. The first X amount of your income is not taxed. The next Y amount is taxed at 15%. The next Z amount is taxed at 23%. This goes up to a point at which all income in excess of ZZ is taxed at 39.6%.
I personally find that a bit high. If we do, in fact, have a budget surplus, then we can alleviate some of this. However, no tax relief should come ahead of reducing the debt.
There is a gray (grey - is there a difference?) area.
Should libraries be a place where you have to monitor your children? No.
Should we censor what people can view in libraries? No.
Is there something wrong with having a separate room at the library for uncensored Internet access? I personally don't think so.
I have no objection to filtering Internet access to easily accessible public computers that are in plain view of children. I also don't see any reason why there can't be another room at the library for unfiltered Internet access. Does this violate any freedoms? Not really.
I think the government should be free to make that statement (at whatever level - fed, state, local).
If your Mother's job is so miserable, why does she stay? I spend an equal amount of time in front of a computer screen at work. So what?
It doesn't have anything to do with luck.
I'm not saying I'm not self absorbed. I don't find it to be my most appealing attribute. However, I don't see what it has to do with my income.
Are you saying I should tell my employer to pay me less? I don't agree with you if you do.
It took you this long to realize Gore has no respect for the rule of law? Do you remember him saying "There's no controlling legal authority", basically sticking his tongue out at the law?
They both have the right idea about public internet access, just the wrong implementation. There needs to be something done to prevent kids from sitting down next to some guy staring at beastiality pics with one hand in his pocket.
It has to do with living in a free country. I have the freedom to earn as much as I can. I work hard to better myself and my income reflects that.
There is nothing wrong with earning more than someone else. I work harder. I make every effort to know more than they do, and to be able to apply the knowledge more effectively. Should I not be rewarded for that?
It's not about psychology or self esteem. If I make $100K, my wife doesn't work, and my three kids want to go to Ivy League schools, what do you expect me to do? What if I have to support my parents as well because some medical conditions annihilated their savings? Heck, under your plan, they couldn't save for their retirement anyway because you don't let people make very much money.
What if I use my extra earnings to fly to Haiti several times a year and provide medical care to those that can't have it? I have a fried who does this. Owns his own plane, buys his own supplies. He couldn't do that making less than $100K.
A maximum wage is a terrible idea that I hope never gets implemented. Apparently, you haven't thought this through. There are plenty of reasons to earn $100K or more. Capitalism means that I (and you) can. If my talent is not worth $100K, then no one will pay me that. If it is, then good for me. And, I can spend it how I see fit.
If you don't like it, move to another country. This one is built on capitalism and freedom. Don't take either one away.
Wages are set by market demand for talent. Is there something wrong with that? Oh, yeah - people with no talent don't make any money.
Capitalism works. That's why we still use it. The market takes care of itself. We don't need government to tell the market how much someone is worth.
Yep, gotta defend that right to sit in front of children in a public place and view pictures of beastiality. While we're at it, why not make beating off in public legal, too. What good is the porn if you can't whip it out and get off?
Pornography in public is not a good idea, censorship is not a good idea, and I'm not saying I have a good idea.
Age discrimination laws do not affect 20 year olds. 50 vs 35 would be protected. Strangely, 18 makes you an adult, but does not free you from age discrimination.
Sending a user agent allows the site to customize content around browsers. Unfortunately, Netscape and Microsoft do not agree on features, especially when you start using CSS/DHTML/etc. The user-agent just provides the site with the browser/version you are using so that they can do something like this:
if ver == "x" then
do this way
else if ver =="y" then
do this way
end if
Without this, you would have some screwed up pages on sites that tried to do dynamic content. Until the major browsers support the same features with the same syntax, you will need this.
For Galeon: mv or rm your ~/.mozilla and then run galeon. I suspect nautilus may have a similar need. For some reason, galeon and Mozilla do not want to share that directory, even though they both try to use it.
A previous /. article stated that the October GLPed release of StarOffice will be components. That's great news - the current version is a beast.