Here's the kicker. "And the whole issue with charging for Skype Over 3G? I already pay you for a monthly subscription, now I will have to pay extra to use it on my iPhone over 3G? "
May it be on apple, android, rim, symbian, windows phone or whatever..
As we evolve our usage from voice to video calls, and it becomes the new mainstream, the operators like to take advantage of this change which they believe justifies (or at least they hope) additional charges on the consumers.
And Skype happily jump aboard, they are somewhat forced by the operators, but they are certainly also willing to play ball themselves, as it creates another revenue source for them. So we go from skypeout&skypein to becoming a regular feeder as a controller of the carrier.
Will the consumers allow this? Do they have a choice?
Consumers want: low and flat rate on consumption and lots of use (although there is a saturation point) Providers want: multiple, less transparent and flexible revenue streams and lots of users (with use that allows them to be cheap on infrastructure)
There are plenty of other factors, and the fact that the operators still have networks to expand and improve the quality of, and that increased usage by the newer applications when they hit mainstream, will lower the quality and force the operators to invest faster and more in network infrastructure ensures that not all ends meet right away.
Then also Skype are the bad guys, but why trust Fring? What is their business model? Skype was the parasite on the operators.. Is Fring the parasite on Skype?
Anyways, battle it out, just end up with a flat low rate all you can eat buffet for the consumers of transmissions at a usable level of quality. You are a utility company, stop countering your consumers needs please, because you will loose as incumbents. Water will always find a way, given time.. Thank you.
While the initiative may seem to foster and legalize what previously have been considered acts of malevolence, it also helps the government to identify and build a register of possible future trouble makers with skills.
This will get them both a great recruitment program, but it will also give them a a great monitoring tool.
I'm not pro nor con, just saying. Nice Database of profiles. Do you bite?
While RAND must be applauded for disclosing the funding participants, they still loose severely on credibility.
They are no longer an organization which I feel confident about as an organization providing policiticians or society in general with objective research.
As such they ought to be more serious about their research objectives and their reputation, by not allowing them to become puppets in disguise.
Their credibility is down the drain. RAND research is no longer to be trusted.
Based on what findings is it stated that most people can only hold 7 digits in memory?
I wonder if there is a connection to how many digit you need to make a local phone call.
In the states I assume you can or could leave out the area code, and then needed to remember xxx-xxxx. In Denmark as a kid and now, we need to remember 8 digits to make a phone call.
I see a correlation, but.. heck, digits for thoughts.
Having been a thinkpad addict because of the trackpoint, I have had the 600e, the x23, and now the x61s.
The xseries, is thin already, not a problem.
my experience with x61s. What I am more concerned about is the following:
1. heat = its warmer than the previous models.
better cpu's, at the cost of heat.
you can feel it frying your hand.
and then you turn on the wifi.. oh boy.
2. noisy = the fans are louder than previous models
3. material = the previous chassis was graphite,
much more pleasent. now its plastic.
4. buttons = 2 ekstra 'paging' buttons are implemented
on both sides of the up arrow, and its easy to hit wrong.
annoying.
I think the design has degraded. maybe they wanted to save on material. and the designers took the wrong road.
I don't know, I would buy the mac book immideately if it had the trackpoint.
but I would also buy another thinkpad, if they took a little more care about their loyal thinkpad customers.
exactly my sentiment. I have been exploring the voice computer control, and having a name called before a direct command, helps the command being directed properly.
I was using computer at first, then next I evolved the process and I used the name of the computer, say "lisa, open do that" combining naming and semantics.
I started using "dragon naturally speaking" back in the nineties, and language control, is not a substitute for keyboard and mouse input control, but an additionalc control, suitable in context.
with an open project like mikeypedia.. where people from all over the world put in small contributions, for various languages we may be able to actually build something useful.
work is being done at Aalborg University, in Denmark, to enhance the quality of speech recognition, and I hope one day I can say: "lisa, tell to ".
Basically it says that the phone is now available, unlocked. thanks to parallel imports and indirect use of the french directive.
The price is 5900 DKK, approx ~1150 USD. Thats the price without a calling plan - look mum, no hands! You are free to do what the fuck you want.
but then again.. Where's the 3G, and why would I have to criminalize myself should I like to add my own little helper applications not provided by apple. This system is way to closed.
So they can have their phone and marketing, I'll see if they fix the issues with it being so controlled, and I'll stay with the Nokia N95, until something better will appear in the market, still N95 beats Iphone.
Since the 3D engine and direct rendering features accelerate rendering windows, toolbar, systray etc.. it ought to be of value to all, even the X users that only use X to open terminal windows and|or use multiple monitors. (most of you guys use web browser also anyways).
I have not yet used compiz-fusion, although I have made sure the graphics card and the freebsd+xorg installation are prepared, when I do I sure hope that it is fairly simple to install a configuration that can be stripped down, so only the the cpu+mem eating code that are needed to render window, toolbar, systray and alike are active, making it efficient. Then I hope it is also easy to enable/disable simple features that suits my liking, with and option to save and switch between different profiles.
But I still wonder if what I dream of is simply a fairytale, or whether this can be expected?
This have been brought up several times, by different companies aiming at providing internet access using different sorts of air ships. Throughout the dot com days, several companies provided such wishful thinking and with great press releases.
Dig through slashdot history and you'll find it.
Yet no one delivered something main stream which can compete with terrestial based alternatives either economical nor performance wise.
Damn I'm getting old.
Deploying such aerial installation for emergency coverage on the other hand in the lack of others, could be useful though. But seriously not under stable conditions in developed areas, forget about it..
Been enjoying the releases, having it as preferred browser since the phoenix days, on different platforms. Windows releases are really great, Linux releases, well its a plugin thing, something which have been improved greatly.
Now on the FreeBSD platform it is pretty stable as well, I just wish FreeBSD/Gnome/Mozilla+ could get together, especially I'ld cheer for much better plugin support/installation/management. But guess, the plugin system is still not that cross platform? having to have everything compiled, for firefox updates and java as well..
Well perhaps next christmas. But definately, things are moving great. Lets keep it up, have to control the upper ground before Microsoft will attack with alternative lock tactics with Vista, Winforms and what else they got coming to keep the technology coming together for the users across platforms.
No wonder, of course organizations which use killing in an attempt to overtrow a rule to their favour will have no problem breaching copyright laws.
Even though laws should be restricted given this remarcable discovery, they might learn that they probably won't stop copying whatever they want, and nor will they stop killing.
But now the all copyright violaters are sided next to terrorists.
My impression of the eduvision site is however that the project is not technology centered, though a focus on such on slash. is no surprise.
Worth recognizing though is that any and consistent support however does. So this project is a positive contribution, and we need more of such.
Like any project in a development area, be it a student or a community, I hope the backers think long term strategic and haven't just assigned the necessary resources to launch it, to build a customer mass, but actually are prepared to see it through.
* hardware replacement/support for when the units are not working. * energy resource to keep the unit working. * relevant information resources for the units. * an open system which can be evolved, not locked down, let them not be restrained.
Like the simputer project in India... I'ld like to hear how from the users how they evolve and use the technology. Do the units lay around little used, or will they become an integrated part of the users personal improvent cycles.
If they keep it simple, an alternative to expensive books that are lousy updated, then the project alone have the potential of becoming successful.. and thats a good start, then they can apply extensions for communicative purposes to enrich their collaborative work.
I can't see why the project is not to be encouraged. The worlds biggest untapped resources for further growth with the fruits on the lowest trees are to encourage development in the areas of the less wealthy/evolved. Africa is important.
-- For those who know nothing, knowledge is on the other side.
I take it the community run networks back then tapped into a content source somewhere.
So they do now, but the reason used for hammering down on todays networks are not due to using illegally, but instead using legally at the expense of corporate america, now that has become a crime in itself.
of course there are several angles to it here that the lobbyist seek support for:
* the corporations pay taxes to the Government, which the Gov use to ruin their business by providing free services. (though, they probably don't really pay taxes anymore do they?
* free uncontrolled internet is hard to control and can be abused for destruction. (though, so can much else)
I'll vote for that. slashdot bsd forum often appear as a osdn sponsored forum for linux marketeers to cowardly trash another solution to a common problem than what sports their own personal agendas.
On the other hand by giving in to the cowards will be like the us congressmen that encourage privacy intrusion in protection of plutocracy.
<sarcasm>rename the forum to "forum for trashing bsd"</sarcasm> my karma used to be excellent, now I'm probably marked for life.
are some of the benefits to switch to an open standards OS compared to Microsoft Windows.
Arguing that switching will directly result in lower costs is not in the best interest of open source though.
Instead what should be emphasized in relation to government relations should be that the switch will benefit:
* security & stability * internal market
this way the people's office will not be responsible for beneficiating one company and its monopoly at the expense of local entrepreneurs and jobs.
in the current situation buying a microsoft product does bring some benefit to their business associates serving the area, but only a marginal income because of the licensing costs that will be forwarded to microsoft. more info? read the sharecropper theory: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/ WebsThePlace
the sharecropper theory discusses the tax claimed by the landlord, one could then argue that this is of benefit to the state which again will tax microsoft bringing money back into the community. ohh well in denmark microsoft does most of its invoicing from ireland under special tax dispensation rules(after acquiring Navision ERP software they changed invoicing to be made from Ireland for "practical reasons").
Ohh well, then at least the american government benefit from taxing microsoft, sure marginally though:) search for 'microsoft tax evasion' and be prepared to be astounded if this is new to you. here's a link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8 &oe=UTF -8&q=microsoft+tax+evasion&spell=1
ok, so if not even the state gets the taxes, why is microsoft still of value to the american people in general, there must be some benefit out of this whole corporation fostered..
ohh yes, microsoft sharecroppers(read the link earlier if you haven't yet, there's a slashdot thread as well). companies that deliver complimentary services naturally benefit in some way, until they become too important and they'll be bought.
so whats going on? why does america not try to regulate this instead of allowing the monopoly to continue. american gov has given up, no republican or democrat dare touching, they fear and try to get by knowing they can tax the employees even though symbolic.
if microsoft aren't stopped, they will end up buying the rest of the government. if capitalism is not regulated by the government, one entity will eventually given enough time evolve to buyout the company starting a dictatorship ruled by the shareholders until the rest of the population understand and revolt starting a civil war and after the revolution we can hope for something better..
I know, I went overboard, too extreme.. but some colors right?
even in a much lighter perspective its not hard to understand why at least gov's not being seattle/washington/usa/microsoft-shareholders can benefit from investing in a change although there are no lowering costs for the actual purchase of the license.
ohh.. if MS is this powerful, lets all invest in Micrsoft stocks then, that must be a sure winner right? ohh hehe.. yeah you do that and wait to see how the value drops like crazy when everyone who can't afford it revolts and support alternatives because capitalism failed and we've had enough!
communism fails if extreme, not all humans can be that unselfish to not exploit others given the chance
capitalism fails if extreme, no human are that unselfish that they will accept to be exploited by others if given the chance
both extremes cause revolution you have to learn to love regulation
social liberalism is the balance it may not be perfect, it may be a compromise, but given the situation, its the best long term bet available.
I am a full blown supporter of an open platform either open source or proprietary and eagerly awaiting that it will become defacto.
Besides Microsoft naturally, the entire industry are supporting this development by backing the prince, Linux, *bsd and alike, which in these days are our best hope to establish an open standard where proprietary and free software can co-exist.
The sharecropper analogy is the reason why Microsoft as a platform with their current strategy are doomed to fail over time. Basing your business on a Microsoft platform is simply living under the mercy of the prince.
But say after the new defacto has been established, we still have a problem.
Open Source itself is good to provide an open standard at the operating system level, but when do the OS level stop and the Application level begin?
Will the new future simply change so instead of that the application developers be underlying the mercy of Microsoft be underlying the mercy of the distro's?.. or will all application developers take an existing distro and provide their own? Will technical restrictions be implemented all around the table? will it be the new dark ages of software?
I'm sure we'll figure it out, and MS as underlying platform must fail to level the playing field. But no defacto will change before businesses are assured a reliable software supply chain / industry will continue to exist.
And quite frankly.. in the open source world, if the application level will be just as shared as the system level, uncertainty is at large.
uhh.. I questioned the future of open source, poor karma.
Slashdot Mirror
Here's the kicker.
"And the whole issue with charging for Skype Over 3G? I already pay you for a monthly subscription, now I will have to pay extra to use it on my iPhone over 3G? "
May it be on apple, android, rim, symbian, windows phone or whatever..
As we evolve our usage from voice to video calls, and it becomes the new mainstream, the operators
like to take advantage of this change which they believe justifies (or at least they hope) additional charges
on the consumers.
And Skype happily jump aboard, they are somewhat forced by the operators, but they are certainly also willing to play ball themselves, as it creates another revenue source for them. So we go from skypeout&skypein to becoming a regular feeder as a controller of the carrier.
Will the consumers allow this?
Do they have a choice?
Consumers want: low and flat rate on consumption and lots of use (although there is a saturation point)
Providers want: multiple, less transparent and flexible revenue streams and lots of users (with use that allows them to be cheap on infrastructure)
There are plenty of other factors, and the fact that the operators still have networks to expand and improve the quality of, and that increased usage by the newer applications when they hit mainstream, will lower the quality and force the operators to invest faster and more in network infrastructure ensures that not all ends meet right away.
Then also Skype are the bad guys, but why trust Fring? What is their business model?
Skype was the parasite on the operators.. Is Fring the parasite on Skype?
Anyways, battle it out, just end up with a flat low rate all you can eat buffet for the consumers of transmissions at a usable level of quality. You are a utility company, stop countering your consumers needs please, because you will loose as incumbents. Water will always find a way, given time.. Thank you.
Quite an ingenious move.
While the initiative may seem to foster and legalize what previously have been considered acts of malevolence, it also helps the government to identify and build a register of possible future trouble makers with skills.
This will get them both a great recruitment program, but it will also give them a a great monitoring tool.
I'm not pro nor con, just saying. Nice Database of profiles. Do you bite?
1(4)+1(2)=6
While RAND must be applauded for disclosing the funding participants, they still loose severely on credibility.
They are no longer an organization which I feel confident about as an organization providing policiticians or society in general with objective research.
As such they ought to be more serious about their research objectives and their reputation, by not allowing them to become puppets in disguise.
Their credibility is down the drain.
RAND research is no longer to be trusted.
Parrot SDL is also quite interesting in this context.
http://www.wgz.org/chromatic/talks/parrot_sdl/index.html
http://www.wxwidgets.org/
http://wxperl.sourceforge.net/
Is a likely solution.
Is it that you did not know about this,
or that you did know and found it wanting?
Based on what findings is it stated that most people can only hold 7 digits in memory?
I wonder if there is a connection to how many digit you need to make a local phone call.
In the states I assume you can or could leave out the area code, and then needed to remember xxx-xxxx.
In Denmark as a kid and now, we need to remember 8 digits to make a phone call.
I see a correlation, but.. heck, digits for thoughts.
Having been a thinkpad addict because of the trackpoint,
I have had the 600e, the x23, and now the x61s.
The xseries, is thin already, not a problem.
my experience with x61s.
What I am more concerned about is the following:
1. heat = its warmer than the previous models.
better cpu's, at the cost of heat.
you can feel it frying your hand.
and then you turn on the wifi.. oh boy.
2. noisy = the fans are louder than previous models
3. material = the previous chassis was graphite,
much more pleasent. now its plastic.
4. buttons = 2 ekstra 'paging' buttons are implemented
on both sides of the up arrow, and its easy to hit wrong.
annoying.
I think the design has degraded.
maybe they wanted to save on material.
and the designers took the wrong road.
I don't know, I would buy the mac book
immideately if it had the trackpoint.
but I would also buy another thinkpad,
if they took a little more care about
their loyal thinkpad customers.
hopefully someone listens.
this post is simply for the purpose of archiving in context.
computerized lip reading:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/20/0141203
have a camera add to the technology base,
improving accurate recognition of speech.
lips can't lie, unless they tell lies.
and you get what you give in return.
C.
just to mention a project that have been
working on this for a long time and deserves
recognition:
http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/html/cmusphinx.php
open source speech recognition project, university grade.
ups, slashdot parser removed a few tidbits.
.>
I used greater than and lesser than symbols,
but they and content in between was removed.
to demostrate. say is
the command desirable would be:
"lisa, <.task1.> <.device.> to <.task2.> <.identity.>";
where
task = tell,
device = human||animal||computer,
task2 = do_something,
identity = me_registered||somebody_registered||computer_registered
task management completed.
Love to see it come true.
C.
exactly my sentiment.
I have been exploring the voice computer control,
and having a name called before a direct command,
helps the command being directed properly.
I was using computer at first,
then next I evolved the process and
I used the name of the computer,
say "lisa, open do that"
combining naming and semantics.
I started using "dragon naturally speaking"
back in the nineties, and language control,
is not a substitute for keyboard and mouse
input control, but an additionalc control,
suitable in context.
with an open project like mikeypedia..
where people from all over the world
put in small contributions, for various
languages we may be able to actually
build something useful.
work is being done at Aalborg University,
in Denmark, to enhance the quality of speech
recognition, and I hope one day I can say:
"lisa, tell to ".
full stop.
link(in danish): http://politiken.dk/tjek/digitalt/telefoni/article424644.ece
Basically it says that the phone is now available, unlocked. thanks to parallel imports and indirect use of the french directive.
The price is 5900 DKK, approx ~1150 USD.
Thats the price without a calling plan - look mum, no hands!
You are free to do what the fuck you want.
but then again..
Where's the 3G, and why would I have to criminalize myself
should I like to add my own little helper applications not
provided by apple. This system is way to closed.
So they can have their phone and marketing,
I'll see if they fix the issues with it being
so controlled, and I'll stay with the Nokia N95,
until something better will appear in the market,
still N95 beats Iphone.
Since the 3D engine and direct rendering features accelerate rendering windows, toolbar, systray etc.. it ought to be of value to all, even the X users that only use X to open terminal windows and|or use multiple monitors. (most of you guys use web browser also anyways).
I have not yet used compiz-fusion, although I have made sure the graphics card and the freebsd+xorg installation are prepared, when I do I sure hope that it is fairly simple to install a configuration that can be stripped down, so only the the cpu+mem eating code that are needed to render window, toolbar, systray and alike are active, making it efficient. Then I hope it is also easy to enable/disable simple features that suits my liking, with and option to save and switch between different profiles.
But I still wonder if what I dream of is simply a fairytale, or whether this can be expected?
subject. ..use another computer on the same network ..if they implement tracking routerwise, use the friendly neighbourhood wireless spiderweb.
This have been brought up several times, by different companies aiming at providing internet access using different sorts of air ships. Throughout the dot com days, several companies provided such wishful thinking and with great press releases.
Dig through slashdot history and you'll find it.
Yet no one delivered something main stream which
can compete with terrestial based alternatives
either economical nor performance wise.
Damn I'm getting old.
Deploying such aerial installation for emergency coverage
on the other hand in the lack of others, could be useful
though. But seriously not under stable conditions in
developed areas, forget about it..
Been enjoying the releases, having it as preferred browser since the phoenix days, on different platforms. Windows releases are really great, Linux releases, well its a plugin thing, something which have been improved greatly.
Now on the FreeBSD platform it is pretty stable as well, I just wish FreeBSD/Gnome/Mozilla+ could get together, especially I'ld cheer for much better plugin support/installation/management. But guess, the plugin system is still not that cross platform? having to have everything compiled, for firefox updates and java as well..
Well perhaps next christmas.
But definately, things are moving great. Lets keep it up, have to control the upper ground before Microsoft will attack with alternative lock tactics with Vista, Winforms and what else they got coming to keep the technology coming together for the users across platforms.
is that what we are talking about?
it definately is related to the difficulties
the slashdot briefing is writing about.
I'll keep on reading, the slashdot article
might turn up some interesting posts.
Give it your best shots.
It should come.
No wonder, of course organizations which use killing in an attempt to overtrow a rule to their favour will have no problem breaching copyright laws.
Even though laws should be restricted given this remarcable discovery, they might learn that they probably won't stop copying whatever they want, and nor will they stop killing.
But now the all copyright violaters are sided next to terrorists.
Of course.. Blue is blue.
True be that, handhelds alone does not cut it.
My impression of the eduvision site is however that the project is not technology centered, though a focus on such on slash. is no surprise.
Worth recognizing though is that any and consistent support however does. So this project is a positive contribution, and we need more of such.
Like any project in a development area, be it a student or a community, I hope the backers think long term strategic and haven't just assigned the necessary resources to launch it, to build a customer mass, but actually are prepared to see it through.
* hardware replacement/support for when the units are not working.
* energy resource to keep the unit working.
* relevant information resources for the units.
* an open system which can be evolved, not locked down, let them not be restrained.
Like the simputer project in India... I'ld like to hear how from the users how they evolve and use the technology. Do the units lay around little used, or will they become an integrated part of the users personal improvent cycles.
If they keep it simple, an alternative to expensive books that are lousy updated, then the project alone have the potential of becoming successful.. and thats a good start, then they can apply extensions for communicative purposes to enrich their collaborative work.
I can't see why the project is not to be encouraged. The worlds biggest untapped resources for further growth with the fruits on the lowest trees are to encourage development in the areas of the less wealthy/evolved. Africa is important.
--
For those who know nothing, knowledge is on the other side.
Dear Sky16,
How would you see the idea implemented different from how it is now?
Signed,
- Me
Seriously, I'ld like to know.
because of the content.
I take it the community run networks back then tapped into a content source somewhere.
So they do now, but the reason used for hammering down on todays networks are not due to using illegally, but instead using legally at the expense of corporate america, now that has become a crime in itself.
of course there are several angles to it here that the lobbyist seek support for:
* the corporations pay taxes to the Government, which the Gov use to ruin their business by providing free services. (though, they probably don't really pay taxes anymore do they?
* free uncontrolled internet is hard to control and can be abused for destruction. (though, so can much else)
I'll vote for that.
slashdot bsd forum often appear as a osdn sponsored forum for linux marketeers to cowardly trash another solution to a common problem than what sports their own personal agendas.
On the other hand by giving in to the cowards will be like the us congressmen that encourage privacy intrusion in protection of plutocracy.
<sarcasm>rename the forum to "forum for trashing bsd"</sarcasm> my karma used to be excellent, now I'm probably marked for life.
are some of the benefits to switch to an open standards OS compared to Microsoft Windows.
/ WebsThePlace
:) search for 'microsoft tax evasion' and be prepared to be astounded if this is new to you. here's a link:8 &oe=UTF -8&q=microsoft+tax+evasion&spell=1
Arguing that switching will directly result in lower costs is not in the best interest of open source though.
Instead what should be emphasized in relation to government relations should be that the switch will benefit:
* security & stability
* internal market
this way the people's office will not be responsible for beneficiating one company and its monopoly at the expense of local entrepreneurs and jobs.
in the current situation buying a microsoft product does bring some benefit to their business associates serving the area, but only a marginal income because of the licensing costs that will be forwarded to microsoft. more info? read the sharecropper theory: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12
the sharecropper theory discusses the tax claimed by the landlord, one could then argue that this is of benefit to the state which again will tax microsoft bringing money back into the community. ohh well in denmark microsoft does most of its invoicing from ireland under special tax dispensation rules(after acquiring Navision ERP software they changed invoicing to be made from Ireland for "practical reasons").
Ohh well, then at least the american government benefit from taxing microsoft, sure marginally though
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-
ok, so if not even the state gets the taxes, why is microsoft still of value to the american people in general, there must be some benefit out of this whole corporation fostered..
ohh yes, microsoft sharecroppers(read the link earlier if you haven't yet, there's a slashdot thread as well). companies that deliver complimentary services naturally benefit in some way, until they become too important and they'll be bought.
so whats going on? why does america not try to regulate this instead of allowing the monopoly to continue. american gov has given up, no republican or democrat dare touching, they fear and try to get by knowing they can tax the employees even though symbolic.
if microsoft aren't stopped, they will end up buying the rest of the government. if capitalism is not regulated by the government, one entity will eventually given enough time evolve to buyout the company starting a dictatorship ruled by the shareholders until the rest of the population understand and revolt starting a civil war and after the revolution we can hope for something better..
I know, I went overboard, too extreme.. but some colors right?
even in a much lighter perspective its not hard to understand why at least gov's not being seattle/washington/usa/microsoft-shareholders can benefit from investing in a change although there are no lowering costs for the actual purchase of the license.
ohh.. if MS is this powerful, lets all invest in Micrsoft stocks then, that must be a sure winner right? ohh hehe.. yeah you do that and wait to see how the value drops like crazy when everyone who can't afford it revolts and support alternatives because capitalism failed and we've had enough!
communism fails if extreme, not all humans can be that unselfish to not exploit others given the chance
capitalism fails if extreme, no human are that unselfish that they will accept to be exploited by others if given the chance
both extremes cause revolution
you have to learn to love regulation
social liberalism is the balance
it may not be perfect, it may be a compromise,
but given the situation, its the best long term bet available.
I am a full blown supporter of an open platform either open source or proprietary and eagerly awaiting that it will become defacto.
Besides Microsoft naturally, the entire industry are supporting this development by backing the prince, Linux, *bsd and alike, which in these days are our best hope to establish an open standard where proprietary and free software can co-exist.
The sharecropper analogy is the reason why Microsoft as a platform with their current strategy are doomed to fail over time. Basing your business on a Microsoft platform is simply living under the mercy of the prince.
But say after the new defacto has been established, we still have a problem.
Open Source itself is good to provide an open standard at the operating system level, but when do the OS level stop and the Application level begin?
Will the new future simply change so instead of that the application developers be underlying the mercy of Microsoft be underlying the mercy of the distro's?.. or will all application developers take an existing distro and provide their own? Will technical restrictions be implemented all around the table? will it be the new dark ages of software?
I'm sure we'll figure it out, and MS as underlying platform must fail to level the playing field. But no defacto will change before businesses are assured a reliable software supply chain / industry will continue to exist.
And quite frankly.. in the open source world, if the application level will be just as shared as the system level, uncertainty is at large.
uhh.. I questioned the future of open source, poor karma.