This is exactly why many businesses won't use FLOSS. They want an obligation, if not an out-right guarantee, of support.
Even if proprietary software has an EULA that says the vendor does not have to provide anything, there is at least a perceived obligation to provide support. Proprietary software vendors provide support because it is expected and they will have fewer sales if it gets around that they don't support their products.
If it were legal to sell and consume powerful drugs, such as cocaine and heroine, that are currently illegal, then there would be advertising for the use of said drugs and more people would use them.
If you don't believe it, please look at the tobacco industry.
This article is really quite pathetic. Google Apps is barely out of beta. OpenOffice is based on StarOffice which has been around for over 10 years now. Isn't it kind of silly to expect a first generation product to have all the features of something that is in release 8?
I knew this article would be a steaming pile of manure in the first two paragraphs. The writer acts as though Stallman's opinion is the truth from on high. I know very few people who care if they have access to source code, especially source code to a web site or web application. I only care about ownership of and access to my documents. After all, it is not like I am installing the software on my computer, now is it?
The article is just a "me too" from a Stallman fanboy trying to add and justify to the pronouncements of the Grand Poobah of FLOSS .
Chances are the device was no longer operational after the crash. And, if they are correct that "The high explosives surrounding the four nuclear weapons on board detonated", then the device is probably in a large number of very small pieces.
Vetting does not consist of "Obama! Obama! RAH! RAH! RAH!", which is what appears to have happened. The media was too busy cheerleading for Obama to actually vet him.
Wow, you are even more bigoted than the news media. The fact is that McCain is not an axe murderer. He is a politician who represents the interests of over 40% of the country's politician.
And as far as Obama is concerned, he also
wants to reward people who don't want to work by taking from people who do work and are successful and giving to those who just want to leech off of society.
turn the U.S. into a puppet of the EU
allow the government to wiretap anyone.
See, other people can make disparaging remarks as though they are facts too.
While listening to NPR, I was struck by how one-sided the coverage was. The pinnacle of the disparity had to be when, during a segment on McCain, barely mentioned McCain's but they stated Obama's positions in detail.
And, you still didn't answer how the book review deserved the tags microsoftsucks and flaimbait.
But, then, you are obviously a flaimbaiting troll, so what else should I expect from your ilk. I bet you even mod down valid comments about the short comings of your favorite OS or distro.
You forget that here in the U.S., one can be sued for anything and thus Sony, who has deep pockets, can be sued if a map you created and shared damages little johnny's morals or psyche or happens to be an exact duplicate of the beginning level of Super Mario.
Probably the same connection that people who mod down comments that point out the short comings of Linux and Apple have to Linux and Apple. That is, of course, if what you say is true.
I browsed the comments at -1, here is what I found:
You need to be crazy to use.NET for anything
You know, it could actually be because microsoft sucks.
Direct orders, or 880 MHZ MACHINE OpenBSD. How many stand any8ore, you can. No, If I remain if desired, we BE NIGGER! BE GAY! [goat.cx]
They have a lame duck on the cover of the book.
Is Microsoft using.NET 3.5 for any of their own internal development? Basing the future of your application on a development environment that MS won't use in-house seems a bit short sighted to me.
It is truly shocking that people still use a crap language like.NET. Why not get rid of the diaper, learn java, and play with the big boys. This NET crap should have died years ago.
I think Pog Ramming is a new sex position that Balmer invented with his wife.
You're saying.NET is lame because there's a lame duck on the cover! Very good, did you think of that yourself?
Meanwhile, the following have been modded interesting informative, etc (some to +5)
(in responst to the last above)Of course not, obviously O'Reilly thought of it first
spam for places to buy books cheap
It's a sad day at Slashdot when more people would comment on a typo than offer criticism about a book.
Not to be confused with Po'grammar, which describes the posting behavior of slashdotters.
I blame Microsoft for perpetuating this misconception, but LINQ (at its core) has nothing to do with SQL or databases.
Where exactly are these "very insightful comments" of which you speak?
You are not a jerk for thinking it is a poorly written review. The jerks are the people who are tagging this article with "microsoftsucks" and "flaimbait".
NOBODY, ANYWHERE, needs to earn the $75+ million a month they make for their stupid little game
Is that $75 million net or gross? If it is gross, how much of that goes to game development, server management, electricity, office space, salaries, paying back loans, taxes, etc. How much goes to shareholders?
"NOBODY, ANYWHERE" needs to earn more than a couple of thousand dollars a year. No on needs a car, a computer, a cell phone, electicity, a bed, or even a house. For over 100,000 years, hominids lived on the plains and in forrests, with no fixed shelter, so no one needs a house.
They earn $75+million a month off that game because millions of people decided it was worth paying $15.00 a month to play their "their stupid little game". My question to you is if it is a stupid little game, why play it at all? Why go through all the effort of downloading the Mangos server if it is a stupid little game?
To me, it sounds like you are jealous, because WOW pulls in so much money, and cheap because you want to play the game for free. Are those grapes a little sour?
One goes out and buys specialized client software to access a service. One pays a monthly fee for the service. One uses the software to access the service. The service goes away. The software has no more use.
Where is the poblem? Go out and buy the client software for some other service if you really want that service.
Here, let me give you a real world comparison.
One goes out and buys a membership card to an exclusive club which allows entry without paying a cover charge. One pays a monthly fee to maintain one's membership. The club closes. The card no long has a use.
Here, have another:
One goes out and buys a membership card to gym which allows entry without paying a fee every time one wants to work out. One pays a monthly fee to maintain one's membership. The club closes. The card no long has a use.
Exactly what is it people are complaining about? Is it that the specialized client software they "bought" doesn't work with every other MMORPG? Or, are they just whining that they can't play the game anymore? I ask because the game is not the client. The game is the service run by the company. No company, no service, no game.
Should people who paid for a CompuServe client and subscription bitch and moan because they now can't use the software they bought?
To anyone who is whining about not being able to use the client for that MMORPG that folded, pay attention:
You bought software and got use out of it. You used it for what it was intended. You played the game. You had fun. But the company didn't make enough money to stay in business and now the game is over. The end. You were not cheated. They did nothing wrong. These things happen. Grow up, get over it, and get a life.
No, because the sword only has value as long as the MMORPG exists. As soon as the company closes up, the sword no longer exists. Also, the "contents" of the game don't actually belong to you (check the ULA). Through your subscription, you have a non-exclusive right to use the item.
The kids were able to be charged with theft because they used real world intimidation to take posession of something that had value on line.
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Serves the dumbass right.
It didn't trick with magic fruit. It tricked her into eating magic fruit.
There is a big difference, don't ya know. /sarcasm
This is exactly why many businesses won't use FLOSS. They want an obligation, if not an out-right guarantee, of support.
Even if proprietary software has an EULA that says the vendor does not have to provide anything, there is at least a perceived obligation to provide support. Proprietary software vendors provide support because it is expected and they will have fewer sales if it gets around that they don't support their products.
If it were legal to sell and consume powerful drugs, such as cocaine and heroine, that are currently illegal, then there would be advertising for the use of said drugs and more people would use them.
If you don't believe it, please look at the tobacco industry.
I didn't say it was not possible to do a good job enforcing the regulations.
I said the regulation was poorly enforced.
Those are two very different things. The regulations could be well enforced, but it just isn't being done.
Actually, it is not regulated poorly. It is that the regulations are poorly enforced.
I have never heard that said of aspirin, but I have heard it said of caffeine. Specifically, that caffeine would be regulated like cocaine.
This article is really quite pathetic. Google Apps is barely out of beta. OpenOffice is based on StarOffice which has been around for over 10 years now. Isn't it kind of silly to expect a first generation product to have all the features of something that is in release 8?
I knew this article would be a steaming pile of manure in the first two paragraphs. The writer acts as though Stallman's opinion is the truth from on high. I know very few people who care if they have access to source code, especially source code to a web site or web application. I only care about ownership of and access to my documents. After all, it is not like I am installing the software on my computer, now is it?
The article is just a "me too" from a Stallman fanboy trying to add and justify to the pronouncements of the Grand Poobah of FLOSS .
Chances are the device was no longer operational after the crash. And, if they are correct that "The high explosives surrounding the four nuclear weapons on board detonated", then the device is probably in a large number of very small pieces.
McCain is not an inherently bad person.
Being a Republican is not inherently bad.
It was media bias, plain and simple. You can try to justify it and be the apologist, but that does not change the facts.
Vetting does not consist of "Obama! Obama! RAH! RAH! RAH!", which is what appears to have happened. The media was too busy cheerleading for Obama to actually vet him.
Wow, you are even more bigoted than the news media. The fact is that McCain is not an axe murderer. He is a politician who represents the interests of over 40% of the country's politician.
And as far as Obama is concerned, he also
See, other people can make disparaging remarks as though they are facts too.
In other words, you have no idea what you are talking about.
While listening to NPR, I was struck by how one-sided the coverage was. The pinnacle of the disparity had to be when, during a segment on McCain, barely mentioned McCain's but they stated Obama's positions in detail.
I see a business opportunity.
No, you are under the Anti-MS establishment.
And, you still didn't answer how the book review deserved the tags microsoftsucks and flaimbait.
But, then, you are obviously a flaimbaiting troll, so what else should I expect from your ilk. I bet you even mod down valid comments about the short comings of your favorite OS or distro.
You forget that here in the U.S., one can be sued for anything and thus Sony, who has deep pockets, can be sued if a map you created and shared damages little johnny's morals or psyche or happens to be an exact duplicate of the beginning level of Super Mario.
Probably the same connection that people who mod down comments that point out the short comings of Linux and Apple have to Linux and Apple. That is, of course, if what you say is true.
I browsed the comments at -1, here is what I found:
Meanwhile, the following have been modded interesting informative, etc (some to +5)
Where exactly are these "very insightful comments" of which you speak?
You are not a jerk for thinking it is a poorly written review. The jerks are the people who are tagging this article with "microsoftsucks" and "flaimbait".
How is a book review flamebait? Why tag a book review with "microsoftsucks" and "vssucks" and even "eclipsesucks"?
There is only one reason, and that is zealotry and bigotry.
To me, it sounds like you are jealous, because WOW pulls in so much money, and cheap because you want to play the game for free. Are those grapes a little sour?
One goes out and buys specialized client software to access a service. One pays a monthly fee for the service. One uses the software to access the service. The service goes away. The software has no more use.
Where is the poblem? Go out and buy the client software for some other service if you really want that service.
Here, let me give you a real world comparison.
Here, have another:
Exactly what is it people are complaining about? Is it that the specialized client software they "bought" doesn't work with every other MMORPG? Or, are they just whining that they can't play the game anymore? I ask because the game is not the client. The game is the service run by the company. No company, no service, no game.
Should people who paid for a CompuServe client and subscription bitch and moan because they now can't use the software they bought?
To anyone who is whining about not being able to use the client for that MMORPG that folded, pay attention:
This is about not being able to use an MMORPG client when the game is shutdown, not about DRM. Your post is completely off topic.
No, because the sword only has value as long as the MMORPG exists. As soon as the company closes up, the sword no longer exists. Also, the "contents" of the game don't actually belong to you (check the ULA). Through your subscription, you have a non-exclusive right to use the item.
The kids were able to be charged with theft because they used real world intimidation to take posession of something that had value on line.
Your comment is off topic. This is about MMORPGs and the companies that run them going out of business, and has nothing to do with DRM.