Actually, forcing people to give up their property for "the Good" is a leftist idea. Ie. Communism and Socialism
A person should use the best tools for the job period.
The GPL 3 is ONLY going to give ammo to Microsoft, et al and that's the LAST thing we need to do. RMS and crew need to realize that yes, there are groups building proprietary tools using a partially GPL'd backend, but this has only encouraged others to innovate more. Look at Gmail. Because of its influence and popularity, it served as one of the primary sparks for the concepts of AJAX and the huge number of applications since built.
Seriously though, it sounds like he needs a better college where they're actually focused on TEACHING.
I went to Rose-Hulman where it is made clear to profs that their FIRST responsibility is to teach and make themselves available to the students. Some went as far as giving you their cards and their home phone numbers - normally with strict restrictions like "don't call me after 10pm".
When you go to a college that doesn't value undergrads, you'll suffer as a result.
The best technology in the world doesn't have much value when the person can't read how to turn the thing on.
I would remove technology from the lower levels (maybe through 5th or 6th grade?) other than some basic computer literacy like typing and how to work a browser. And odds are, they'd already know that anyway...
These kids need to know how to use their imaginations and not be stuck into the "imaginative" worlds of Everquest, WoW, etc.
Unfortunately, if they're working entirely by using others' infrastructures there will eventually come a point where they have to pay to maintain some portion of the infrastructure...
This isn't much of a near-term problem, but if Verizon, et al's revenue starts suffering as a result, they're liable to fight back any way they can.
I found Alpha Centuri a couple years back for $3 and I had to buy it. Now I make a point of uninstalling it when I'm done playing otherwise I find myself starting it up when my work gets boring.
Sometimes those deals come with support deals too.
One of my clients has a support contract with them and they're amazing. I had a 19" LCD die on me at 2:30 in the afternoon. We called them by 3pm and requested the new one.
By 10am the next morning, we had a new one along with the shipping label to send back the old one in the box. It's pretty impressive.
Yeah, this isn't new at all. It's call Price Segmentation.
This is why movie theatres charge less at Noon than at 7pm. People are less likely to sit in a dark theatre in the afternoon as opposed to an evening.
This is why there are senior citizen and student discounts at so many places. These people are more sensitive to prices that someone working fulltime, so companies cater.
I just read the business plan of a friend and it had every buzz word imaginable...
blog, podcasting, voip, social networks, blogrolls, text messaging, rss, photo rating, and SEO options in addition to forums and a variety of other things
That's one thing that is going to change with GPL v. 3.
And that's why companies are going to run screaming from the GPL.
Not sure if this is FUD, so someone more knowledgable, please step up here.
From what I have heard ESR/RMS are considering requiring companies who derive revenue from GPL'd code (Amazon & Google for example) to provide a revenue stream back to the authors. This is a terrible idea... it sounds like a way of limiting the usage.
If so, I think the "Free" might go out of "Free Software."
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Actually, forcing people to give up their property for "the Good" is a leftist idea. Ie. Communism and Socialism
A person should use the best tools for the job period.
The GPL 3 is ONLY going to give ammo to Microsoft, et al and that's the LAST thing we need to do. RMS and crew need to realize that yes, there are groups building proprietary tools using a partially GPL'd backend, but this has only encouraged others to innovate more. Look at Gmail. Because of its influence and popularity, it served as one of the primary sparks for the concepts of AJAX and the huge number of applications since built.
Good call.
Seriously though, it sounds like he needs a better college where they're actually focused on TEACHING.
I went to Rose-Hulman where it is made clear to profs that their FIRST responsibility is to teach and make themselves available to the students. Some went as far as giving you their cards and their home phone numbers - normally with strict restrictions like "don't call me after 10pm".
When you go to a college that doesn't value undergrads, you'll suffer as a result.
Don't forget the idea of "social promotion" and the numerous other feel-good initiatives in schools instead of making sure students can actually read.
If you can't read, you can't do much else in life...
Good call.
The best technology in the world doesn't have much value when the person can't read how to turn the thing on.
I would remove technology from the lower levels (maybe through 5th or 6th grade?) other than some basic computer literacy like typing and how to work a browser. And odds are, they'd already know that anyway...
These kids need to know how to use their imaginations and not be stuck into the "imaginative" worlds of Everquest, WoW, etc.
Unfortunately, if they're working entirely by using others' infrastructures there will eventually come a point where they have to pay to maintain some portion of the infrastructure...
This isn't much of a near-term problem, but if Verizon, et al's revenue starts suffering as a result, they're liable to fight back any way they can.
Yeah, I was thinking of that, but even more important:
220 million/year / 2.7 people = less than $100/person/year
Seems like pretty low revenue/user. I hope the margins are good.
I agree wholeheartedly. I've never been able to figure out which was happening at my old job.
http://blogs.caseysoftware.com/?q=node/34
That's great! I'm a small business owner - http://caseysoftware.com/ - without much hardware at this point, but I expect that to change soon.
Thanks.
Yep and just about every XML editor/parser out there - including Ant itself - will scream if it's not a well-formed document.
After thinking about it some more, we don't even have to go as far as China...
We've already seen what French courts try to do to Yahoo and Ebay when Nazi items are up for sale. Imagine what they could do globally.
The problem is that if a "democratic" route is tried, you can have China saying "we represent 16% of the Earth's population and we want X".
Like I've said elsewhere, does anyone really want China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia determining ANYTHING about the use of the Internet?
Exactly... that and do we really want China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia determining ANYTHING about global Internet usage?
Thanks, I'll pass.
Sirius Black was my favorite character even before we found out he was a good guy.
Of course, I always appreciate the dark, potentially crazy character that scares the hell out of everyone else.
Did a jedi hit you as a kid?
No, I think a Jedi chopped off his father's head.
I found Alpha Centuri a couple years back for $3 and I had to buy it. Now I make a point of uninstalling it when I'm done playing otherwise I find myself starting it up when my work gets boring.
Great game.
I'm also a Tribes fan. Good stuff.
Good call.
Turning this into a free-for-all "what would you do with X dollars!?" is a TERRIBLE idea.
Of course, if they screwed up the Articles in the first place, who knows what will happen?
Sometimes those deals come with support deals too.
One of my clients has a support contract with them and they're amazing. I had a 19" LCD die on me at 2:30 in the afternoon. We called them by 3pm and requested the new one.
By 10am the next morning, we had a new one along with the shipping label to send back the old one in the box. It's pretty impressive.
Yeah, this isn't new at all. It's call Price Segmentation.
This is why movie theatres charge less at Noon than at 7pm. People are less likely to sit in a dark theatre in the afternoon as opposed to an evening.
This is why there are senior citizen and student discounts at so many places. These people are more sensitive to prices that someone working fulltime, so companies cater.
I think the
Yep, you are correct... here is a source:
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog/2005/04/12#p
Thanks for the correction. I was hoping - well, praying - that this was the case.
Absurd requirements like this would kill OSS.
I got mine 2 years ago for $240, but I don't know what the going price on Ebay is.
I just read the business plan of a friend and it had every buzz word imaginable...
blog, podcasting, voip, social networks, blogrolls, text messaging, rss, photo rating, and SEO options in addition to forums and a variety of other things
and it was a stinkin' picture sharing site!
I mastered the whole system.
I'd bring my homework to other classes and do it there, sometimes the day it was due, sometimes sooner.
I made it until my senior year until I had to bring a book home for something other than self-directed reading.
That's one thing that is going to change with GPL v. 3.
And that's why companies are going to run screaming from the GPL.
Not sure if this is FUD, so someone more knowledgable, please step up here.
From what I have heard ESR/RMS are considering requiring companies who derive revenue from GPL'd code (Amazon & Google for example) to provide a revenue stream back to the authors. This is a terrible idea... it sounds like a way of limiting the usage.
If so, I think the "Free" might go out of "Free Software."