The freedom to examine a program's source code is meaningless to 99% of computer users. They'd rather spend a hundred (or two) bucks on an upgrade than learn C...
$200 for an upgrade is really cheap compared to what it costs to learn C. And don't talk to me about self study. Time spent would easily account for that much money.
Actually, Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) also used the nom de plume Theo LeSieg, with LeSieg obviously being Geisel spelled backwards. So the comparison of Lessig and Dr. Seuss is not really all that strange.
Most people are already paying the "windows tax" when they purchase a new machine. Given the size of hard drives these days, it probably makes more sense to have the system in a dual boot mode if they really need to run windows applications.
I think that is very optimistic considering the public's history with MS. MS products have repeated proven themselves to be very vulnerable to security breaches and yet there is little consumer backlash. Having the dominant position in the marketplace makes it very difficult for the ordinary user to switch away from MS regardless of any security problems.
It is wonderfully ironic that someone who is head of the CPT and should be strongly opposed to microsoft for both business and philosophical reasons sites those same reasons for using microsoft products. If people like Jaime Love cannot be convinced of a choice other than microsoft, then there is little hope of the general public doing so.
With complex issues pitting Large Corporations with deep pockets against loose coalitions of groups of citizens without those same resources, do lobbyists such as yourself have an undue influence on the legislative process?
Instead of implementing a "somewhat" or "very helpful" solution, we could just ban airplanes and/or skyscrapers and totally eliminate the possibility of repeating last weeks attacks.
I just installed solaris 8 on a toshiba satellite and both gnome and kde are available from the companion cd. Being the curious type, I included both packages and (so far) can choose either upon login (cde, too and all the regular options). Gnome is a much slicker interface. KDE looks like it was designed by a first grader. Looks aren't everything, of course, and gnome certainly boots slower, but I choose gnome every time. After the boot, they both run about the same speed and for me at least, gnome is much better looking.
Speaking of no competition and higher prices, Telocity (now directtvdsl) raised my monthly fee $10. The monthly price was $39.95 and now it is $49.95. I got the letter yesterday. I really can't complain too much since they seemed to be $10 below everyone else before, but it just goes to show what happens when competition decreases - prices go up.
Checkout Free Project for a GNU Internet Voting System.
From their homepage:
Welcome to the FREE e-democracy project's website. We are a project dedicated to creating the GNU.FREE Internet Voting system and also advocating Free Software in e-democracy.
To understand why we think it's important for e-democracy software to be Free Software which is non-partisan and non-commercial in origin see our Writings Section.
GNU.FREE software is written in Java and is available from the Download Section. There is more information in the Users' Section and considerable technical detail in the Developers' Section.
The GNU.FREE software suite is an official package of the Free Software Foundation's GNU project and is supported by FreeDevelopers.net and OpenElection.org. More affiliates, related sites and people are available from the
Connections Section.
Have you tried the Safari Books Online from O'Reilly? Not all of the books are online yet, but they will be someday. Plus the books that are available now are a pretty good cross section - including the Programming the Perl DBI that you mention. Pricing/details can be found on the site, but the base price of $9.95/month, you get any 5 books. You can switch out any or all at the end of the month as well.
The more specialized the content is, the more likely people will be will to pay for it. Mass market is unlikely to have enough value add to earn money, but sites like MD Consult
do have valid business models that are based on paying for content.
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According to Bob, "...that no matter how cool these new computers and their software are, they won't be enough for Apple to "win."
The freedom to examine a program's source code is meaningless to 99% of computer users. They'd rather spend a hundred (or two) bucks on an upgrade than learn C...
$200 for an upgrade is really cheap compared to what it costs to learn C. And don't talk to me about self study. Time spent would easily account for that much money.
For all those who are dying to see what
she looks like....
Actually, Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) also used the nom de plume Theo LeSieg, with LeSieg obviously being Geisel spelled backwards. So the comparison of Lessig and Dr. Seuss is not really all that strange.
Its called the SL-5000D Zaurus PDA and is currently for developers only.
And yes, it does run linux (2.4 to be exact) along with PalmTop, QT, and Personal Java.
This might be an acceptable remedy for all parties
Or you could get a Sun Blade with the PCi Card.
ibooks base price ranges from about $1,300 to $1,700 depending on model / features. Check out apples store for exact details.
Apple Store
I think that is very optimistic considering the public's history with MS. MS products have repeated proven themselves to be very vulnerable to security breaches and yet there is little consumer backlash. Having the dominant position in the marketplace makes it very difficult for the ordinary user to switch away from MS regardless of any security problems.
It is wonderfully ironic that someone who is head of the CPT and should be strongly opposed to microsoft for both business and philosophical reasons sites those same reasons for using microsoft products. If people like Jaime Love cannot be convinced of a choice other than microsoft, then there is little hope of the general public doing so.
The New York Times - no registration needed
With complex issues pitting Large Corporations with deep pockets against loose coalitions of groups of citizens without those same resources, do lobbyists such as yourself have an undue influence on the legislative process?
People don't kill people. Airplanes do.
I just installed solaris 8 on a toshiba satellite and both gnome and kde are available from the companion cd. Being the curious type, I included both packages and (so far) can choose either upon login (cde, too and all the regular options). Gnome is a much slicker interface. KDE looks like it was designed by a first grader. Looks aren't everything, of course, and gnome certainly boots slower, but I choose gnome every time. After the boot, they both run about the same speed and for me at least, gnome is much better looking.
Speaking of no competition and higher prices, Telocity (now directtvdsl) raised my monthly fee $10. The monthly price was $39.95 and now it is $49.95. I got the letter yesterday. I really can't complain too much since they seemed to be $10 below everyone else before, but it just goes to show what happens when competition decreases - prices go up.
Wasn't there a maxim from the civil rights era that justice too long delayed was justice denied?
Look at Netscape for a recent example of this. If the remedy is not soon, it will not matter for any of the competitors as they will be DEAD!
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Kids with free (as in unfettered) access to porn may bring serious public scrutiny to gnutella, et al.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Take a look at Microsoft Bundles Worm with IIS!
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
From their homepage:
Welcome to the FREE e-democracy project's website. We are a project dedicated to creating the GNU.FREE Internet Voting system and also advocating Free Software in e-democracy. To understand why we think it's important for e-democracy software to be Free Software which is non-partisan and non-commercial in origin see our Writings Section. GNU.FREE software is written in Java and is available from the Download Section. There is more information in the Users' Section and considerable technical detail in the Developers' Section. The GNU.FREE software suite is an official package of the Free Software Foundation's GNU project and is supported by FreeDevelopers.net and OpenElection.org. More affiliates, related sites and people are available from the Connections Section.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Welcome to the future as owned by coporate america.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.