I'm surprised at this news, as in every IT shop I've worked in that had foreign workers I found their programming skills to be excellent but their written English skills to be lacking. Oh, they learned English very well, don't get me wrong. But there is a world of difference between being able to speak English fluently and being able to write it correctly.
So are you saying that the/. editiors should be worried?
It seems kind of obvious to me that despite what we have been told the first network was actually built because one geek called the other up and said, "Hey I got this great picture of a naked chick. You wanna see?"
Are you sure???
"Hey, Bill? I have this great picture of a naked chick. Wanna see?"
"Sure, Al. But it had better not be Tipper again."
I'm one of the sysadmins for a company with a large number of remote employees. Recently, one called me saying Comcast told them they had a trojan.
So you work for a company that has a large base of remote users and you don't provide any anti-virus or firewall solutions? And you feel that it is Comcast's responsibility to provide this support for you? Shame on your user for getting infected. Double shame on your deparment for not taking any action to prevent or correct the infection.
I saw McAfee Antivirus for $9.99 after rebate last weekend. If that is too expensive or complicated for your client, "Mary End User" probably shouldn't be on the internet. If it is too expensive or complicated for your IT support staff, you might consider asking for a refund on your MCSE.
What sort of fudged up consumer (I won't use the word citizen for such as you) anyway? A corporate entity gets a hint of a spine and actually goes to bat for their customers and you go and betray them over missing a rerun of South Park?
Spine? I had Dish up until last month and I'm glad I switched to DTV. Forget spine in this. Dish has just effectively raised their prices by 10%. Now if they cut prices in proportion to the channels lost, I would feel different but $1 a month off a $40 bill is kind of insulting.
Why can't the DOJ and the EU come to the simple answer: Make IE and WMP uninstallable. Can anyone name any other OS that requires a browser and media player to be present to run? I don't care if it comes installed as default, just let me have the option to cleanly remove it or not install it if I do an advanced install. Why is that so hard?
'This kind of fecklessness is endemic in open-source land. And it's what's keeping Microsoft in business -- because by Goddess, they may write crappy insecure overpriced shoddy software, but on this one issue their half-assed semi-competent best is an order of magnitude better than we usually manage.'
Stop playing around and being all PC, Eric. What do you REALLY think?
I had wondered the same thing after I posted so I fired up my copy of IE6 on Win2K and tried. It can't find the server SHOP.SCO.COM. Oh well. I'll just keep my money.
In the bush era of no penalties for Worldcom or Enron execs Daryl may be laughing at all of us a few months from now.
I'm not sure where you get your information, but Andrew Fastow (Enron CFO) and his wife are going to jail. Jeff Skilling (Enron CEO) will likely be charged this week. You can check here.
You may also be shocked to notice that the crimes in question took place between 1996 and February 2001. Now, who was the President during those years?
Now, if you want to complain about how the Bush administration messed up the Microsoft case, I with you, brother.
What do you expect the guys at sun to do if they turn the development of Java over to the open-source community?
I would expect them to maintain the main version of Java. They could watch the improvements made by the community and build the best one back into the product. It would develop much faster with more resources. If someone wanted to fork Java to take care of some specific task, fine. But the name still belongs to Sun. Even Microsoft could bring back their old Java stuff under the name MS Java. Of course, being open source, Microsoft would be required to release its changes to the public and the best could go back into Sun's Java.
I admit that I don't know what kind of revenue Sun derives from Java, but I don't think that it is huge. Improved, open Java could also lead to more improvements of the software built on top of it. Think about products like OpenOffice that could run on different OSs. If Sun is serious about SunLinux, a more accepted Java could be the base for cross-platform applications they could bundle with their Linux when they sell their hardware.
All good ideas, but not a sure thing. What would be the downside of opening Java?
Let me guess, your are one of SCO's lawyers, right?
If you are trying to argue to a judge that your code does not contain any stolen code, then SCO points out the alleged lines of stolen code and then as a result, you go changing it, you will have some serious explaining to do to the judge.
The case here is that IBM allegedly contributed code to Linux that was tainted by SCO's IP. Linux included the code in good faith. The code is now in dispute. Linux now removes the questionable code until the litigants can sort our the issues. There is no LEGAL harm to Linux. Simply put, they are not a party to this case. It is a contract dispute between IBM and SCO. Linux is a third party that is not directly involved in this case. Everything SCO says about Linux is in the press room and not the court room.
Furthermore, if Linux were the defendant and they decided to remove the code until the issue was settled, this would be acting in good faith. I can find no section in copyright law that states that if your are accused of infringing copyright, you must continue to infringe until it is proven in court that you are infringing. If you can quote code in this matter, please correct me.
I am not a lawyer, but I have studied law during my masters program.
Suppose Linksys intended to supply many of these features in a more expensive (i.e. more profitable) version of the router. They're now hosed as it is now possible for users to upgrade their firmware for free.
The changes in the firmware are GPL'ed, right? Nothing is stoping Linksys from picking the enhanced features they want, putting them into one tested and supported package, and selling it in a box at Best Buy. More and more people are able to upgrade their firmware, but the majority would still rather have it just work out of the box with a nice 800 number to call if they can't figure it out. Plus, this saves development time and cost for Linksys that they can spend on other improvements
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I'm surprised at this news, as in every IT shop I've worked in that had foreign workers I found their programming skills to be excellent but their written English skills to be lacking. Oh, they learned English very well, don't get me wrong. But there is a world of difference between being able to speak English fluently and being able to write it correctly.
/. editiors should be worried?
So are you saying that the
Just wait until McDonald's expanded enough to be -everyone's- neighbour ;)
Just wait until everyone who eats McDonald's has expanded enough to be everyone's neighbor!
It is big news in the election year over here. John Kerry claims that the leaders of Sedna have secretly endorsed him!
I've been using JFax from J2 for years. It will forward faxes and voicemails to your email account and it costs less than adding a phone line.
It seems kind of obvious to me that despite what we have been told the first network was actually built because one geek called the other up and said, "Hey I got this great picture of a naked chick. You wanna see?"
Are you sure???
"Hey, Bill? I have this great picture of a naked chick. Wanna see?"
"Sure, Al. But it had better not be Tipper again."
You just need to get the CIA to mix up WMP with WMD and then we can forget about the anti-trust case.
"In other news, Bill Gates was found hiding in a spider hole outside of Orem, Utah this afternoon..."
I'm one of the sysadmins for a company with a large number of remote employees. Recently, one called me saying Comcast told them they had a trojan.
So you work for a company that has a large base of remote users and you don't provide any anti-virus or firewall solutions? And you feel that it is Comcast's responsibility to provide this support for you? Shame on your user for getting infected. Double shame on your deparment for not taking any action to prevent or correct the infection.
I saw McAfee Antivirus for $9.99 after rebate last weekend. If that is too expensive or complicated for your client, "Mary End User" probably shouldn't be on the internet. If it is too expensive or complicated for your IT support staff, you might consider asking for a refund on your MCSE.
I'm glad I'm not on Dish otherwise I'd miss my favorite shows like... uh... well... I guess I don't watch any crap from Viacom.
What sort of fudged up consumer (I won't use the word citizen for such as you) anyway? A corporate entity gets a hint of a spine and actually goes to bat for their customers and you go and betray them over missing a rerun of South Park?
Spine? I had Dish up until last month and I'm glad I switched to DTV. Forget spine in this. Dish has just effectively raised their prices by 10%. Now if they cut prices in proportion to the channels lost, I would feel different but $1 a month off a $40 bill is kind of insulting.
Thanks for the link to the "damage" photo. It makes it all so clear. It's my own fault for reading the articles...
Wow! Martian Playboy!
Why can't the DOJ and the EU come to the simple answer: Make IE and WMP uninstallable. Can anyone name any other OS that requires a browser and media player to be present to run? I don't care if it comes installed as default, just let me have the option to cleanly remove it or not install it if I do an advanced install. Why is that so hard?
Love the page. I guess if you are smart enough not to run IE, you probably can also avoid spyware.
'This kind of fecklessness is endemic in open-source land. And it's what's keeping Microsoft in business -- because by Goddess, they may write crappy insecure overpriced shoddy software, but on this one issue their half-assed semi-competent best is an order of magnitude better than we usually manage.'
Stop playing around and being all PC, Eric. What do you REALLY think?
You probably need IE to use the site.
I had wondered the same thing after I posted so I fired up my copy of IE6 on Win2K and tried. It can't find the server SHOP.SCO.COM. Oh well. I'll just keep my money.
How about Mandows? A more manly sounding OS.
I am getting CONNECTION REFUSED in Moz 1.6.
My guess is that they won't be convicted of extortion if they never take the cash. This is just more PR to keep the stock active.
DVDXCOPY will take care of that problem for you. You can make a backup without the trailers and warnings.
I guess I have two questions:
Will you be at GenCon Indy, and how do I get in the game?
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Note to Daryl: Sue the OS/2 users too.
What? Both of them?
In the bush era of no penalties for Worldcom or Enron execs Daryl may be laughing at all of us a few months from now.
I'm not sure where you get your information, but Andrew Fastow (Enron CFO) and his wife are going to jail. Jeff Skilling (Enron CEO) will likely be charged this week. You can check here.
You may also be shocked to notice that the crimes in question took place between 1996 and February 2001. Now, who was the President during those years?
Now, if you want to complain about how the Bush administration messed up the Microsoft case, I with you, brother.
What do you expect the guys at sun to do if they turn the development of Java over to the open-source community?
I would expect them to maintain the main version of Java. They could watch the improvements made by the community and build the best one back into the product. It would develop much faster with more resources. If someone wanted to fork Java to take care of some specific task, fine. But the name still belongs to Sun. Even Microsoft could bring back their old Java stuff under the name MS Java. Of course, being open source, Microsoft would be required to release its changes to the public and the best could go back into Sun's Java.
I admit that I don't know what kind of revenue Sun derives from Java, but I don't think that it is huge. Improved, open Java could also lead to more improvements of the software built on top of it. Think about products like OpenOffice that could run on different OSs. If Sun is serious about SunLinux, a more accepted Java could be the base for cross-platform applications they could bundle with their Linux when they sell their hardware.
All good ideas, but not a sure thing. What would be the downside of opening Java?
Please cite some specific examples Mr. Jones.
I mean, there is a whole friggin lot of open-source out there, there's bound to be a few examples of the problem? Right? Right???
I can think of a few interesting examples.
Gotta watch out when someone closes open source products and doesn't let people inspect the code.
Let me guess, your are one of SCO's lawyers, right?
If you are trying to argue to a judge that your code does not contain any stolen code, then SCO points out the alleged lines of stolen code and then as a result, you go changing it, you will have some serious explaining to do to the judge.
The case here is that IBM allegedly contributed code to Linux that was tainted by SCO's IP. Linux included the code in good faith. The code is now in dispute. Linux now removes the questionable code until the litigants can sort our the issues. There is no LEGAL harm to Linux. Simply put, they are not a party to this case. It is a contract dispute between IBM and SCO. Linux is a third party that is not directly involved in this case. Everything SCO says about Linux is in the press room and not the court room.
Furthermore, if Linux were the defendant and they decided to remove the code until the issue was settled, this would be acting in good faith. I can find no section in copyright law that states that if your are accused of infringing copyright, you must continue to infringe until it is proven in court that you are infringing. If you can quote code in this matter, please correct me.
I am not a lawyer, but I have studied law during my masters program.
Suppose Linksys intended to supply many of these features in a more expensive (i.e. more profitable) version of the router. They're now hosed as it is now possible for users to upgrade their firmware for free.
The changes in the firmware are GPL'ed, right? Nothing is stoping Linksys from picking the enhanced features they want, putting them into one tested and supported package, and selling it in a box at Best Buy. More and more people are able to upgrade their firmware, but the majority would still rather have it just work out of the box with a nice 800 number to call if they can't figure it out. Plus, this saves development time and cost for Linksys that they can spend on other improvements