Which parts of GNOME are they using? Are they just using the component libraries, or the whole shebang? Are they using GTK+? (shudder). I want their source and window manager (think it'll look good at 1152x900)?
As you might know, I own my own domain name, and am slightly upset by this myself. One could say that one has the right to own one's own domain name because it's a trademark. However, this also leads to sticky situations - what if McDonald's Fruit Stand wants http://www.mcdonalds.com/? The way the auction goes is not that you start the auction imediately - you wait for the party to pay, and then start the auction. It's indeed fair for Mr. McDonald to register that name for his fruit stand, if he so chooses and McDonald's fails to pay. Trademark law takes care of Burger King registering that name (and also protects the Linux name, too). What the NSI is doing there is fair because it's the best alternative.
The link mentioned above for the harsh criticism is actually the official page. The criticisim is here.
By the way, it's not actually a criticism of the system itself (its implementation), but of whether or not it fufills its goal (which they think it doesn't).
Source the party of the quote: "Read my lips: No new taxes!" Bill C. is a centrist, and raising taxes without a good reason (like balancing the budget) is a Republican tactic. You'll see it on the level of local politics.
Remember, an internet sales tax only happens if you let it happen. Throughout all of history, taxes have happened when people let them happen. If we don't let it happen, it won't happen. Think back to the boston tea party. We didn't want to be taxed, and we started a revolution! Revolt against the taxing republicans who also pander to big businesses. Remember, DeCSS is counting on you!
The best solution in this case is to have a system where each user has a Karma value, and users with low karma values are banned from searching/using the network. Moderators would assign Karma to users based upon comments in chat mode, downloads they've done, etc. Users with high Karma would get to execute their searches twice as fast (because they would get a priority flag). Autobots like this would be quickly moderated down and lose their right to search.
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Which parts of GNOME are they using? Are they just using the component libraries, or the whole shebang? Are they using GTK+? (shudder). I want their source and window manager (think it'll look good at 1152x900)?
As you might know, I own my own domain name, and am slightly upset by this myself. One could say that one has the right to own one's own domain name because it's a trademark. However, this also leads to sticky situations - what if McDonald's Fruit Stand wants http://www.mcdonalds.com/? The way the auction goes is not that you start the auction imediately - you wait for the party to pay, and then start the auction. It's indeed fair for Mr. McDonald to register that name for his fruit stand, if he so chooses and McDonald's fails to pay. Trademark law takes care of Burger King registering that name (and also protects the Linux name, too). What the NSI is doing there is fair because it's the best alternative.
- Will it be RPM based?
- Will it use GNOME?
- Will it be standard Red Hat Linux?
I think that Intel is just using the Red Hat name for marketing purposes and has no real plans for the product.By the way, it's not actually a criticism of the system itself (its implementation), but of whether or not it fufills its goal (which they think it doesn't).
*Ahem* VB is an object based language - the Class Module gives all object oriented features to Visual Basic.
Source the party of the quote: "Read my lips: No new taxes!" Bill C. is a centrist, and raising taxes without a good reason (like balancing the budget) is a Republican tactic. You'll see it on the level of local politics.
Actually, it's called a use tax. You'll see it when you're filling out your tax booklets in a sidebar.
Remember, an internet sales tax only happens if you let it happen. Throughout all of history, taxes have happened when people let them happen. If we don't let it happen, it won't happen. Think back to the boston tea party. We didn't want to be taxed, and we started a revolution! Revolt against the taxing republicans who also pander to big businesses. Remember, DeCSS is counting on you!
The best solution in this case is to have a system where each user has a Karma value, and users with low karma values are banned from searching/using the network. Moderators would assign Karma to users based upon comments in chat mode, downloads they've done, etc. Users with high Karma would get to execute their searches twice as fast (because they would get a priority flag). Autobots like this would be quickly moderated down and lose their right to search.
If we keep annoying them, soon enough they'll bein Chapter 11 as well.