.. these people like members of metallica, Dr.Dre, their lawyers, the RIAA, etc, are completely ignorant of how the internet technically works. They have no idea why the notion of "Banning" napster is infeasable.
You can't just turn off all of FTP. Or NFS or any other internet protocol, including Napster. They are all the same, built atop IP, which was designed (more or less) to resist changes to it's network infrastructure (aka, nuking one of the nodes). These protocols aren't services. They are simply methods of communication over a medium.
Now, you CAN turn off the Napster Centralized servers, which would achieve the effect they are looking for. But for things like Gnutella, FTP, etc, Turning off the entirety of servers would be akin to corking an infinite number of holes in the hull of a sinking ship. The ONLY way to really turn off [insert protocol here] is to turn off the internet.
I, for one, wouldnt care which client I used, as long as it's both a) Usable and b) Lean on resources.
Whether or not AOL can produce a peice of software that satisfies these requirements is completely different matter, but thats why OSS exists in the first place:)
The problem with this is installed base of users that aol (specifically AIM) already has.
One strong point is that nomatter what aol does, there's always going to be someone in the opensource comunity to reverse engineer it and make a client that works.
Everyone that goes to college will definitly have some interesting experiences. These could be either good or bad, but the one thing that is constant is that each individual experience is completely different from the next.
You can go to school, and do nothing but memories 4 years of Mathematics, Physics, and Social studies, or you can binge drink and have enough sex to populate a small country.
The point is, while your experience appears to be a wonderful event, alot of people are/were not in a position to enjoy it (myself included). Good colleges come with a hefty pricetag, which sieves those that can enjoy college to the fullest, from those who have to constantly work to go to school.
My personal experiences with college were less than satisfactory, mostly because I was constantly working. Another disappointment was the calibre of education I was recieving. The hardcore academic classes like advanced calculus and physics were average, but the CS classes were not state of the art, and essentially a waste of my time (and money).
In my situation, quitting school was a good decision because I can now enjoy well-compensated employment and personal time for a life, which I did not have while going to school.
I submit to you this: If college affords you the time to explore things that YOU are interested in, whether it be Advanced theories in finite math, nano technology, Social behaviors of the oposite sex and the impact alcohol has on them, or the study of why the sky is blue, then and only then is it worth your time and money to attend.
Remember that there is noone on this planet that can tell you with absolute certainty that a college degree will lead to success, or that success will require a college degree.
BEA WebLogic is similar WebLogic, in that it's a good App server. Still closed source, last I checked.
Dare I ask, why bother shifting products just because IBM changed it's licensing?
There are a number of perfectly legitimate reasons to switching to Netscape server from apache, but it's folly to think "it's opensource" to be one of those reasons.
If you read all of section six, the only mention of VPN restrictions is in conjunction with Reselling ISP services. This also includes the old list of Http, ftp, mail, blah blah.
@home has always been against the use of it's cable modems for various kinds of servers, but as long as you keep a limit on the amount of bandwidth you use up doing these kinds of things, they won't care.
If you use VPN for _personal_ machine administration today, you'll still be able to use it tomorrow, again, as long as you limit yourself to a reasonable level of bandwidth.
My 2 cents
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.. these people like members of metallica, Dr.Dre, their lawyers, the RIAA, etc, are completely ignorant of how the internet technically works. They have no idea why the notion of "Banning" napster is infeasable.
You can't just turn off all of FTP. Or NFS or any other internet protocol, including Napster. They are all the same, built atop IP, which was designed (more or less) to resist changes to it's network infrastructure (aka, nuking one of the nodes). These protocols aren't services. They are simply methods of communication over a medium.
Now, you CAN turn off the Napster Centralized servers, which would achieve the effect they are looking for. But for things like Gnutella, FTP, etc, Turning off the entirety of servers would be akin to corking an infinite number of holes in the hull of a sinking ship. The ONLY way to really turn off [insert protocol here] is to turn off the internet.
America On Linux Biotch!
If the entirety of the US used linux, do you think the mean IQ of the US would go up?
I, for one, wouldnt care which client I used, as long as it's both a) Usable and b) Lean on resources.
:)
Whether or not AOL can produce a peice of software that satisfies these requirements is completely different matter, but thats why OSS exists in the first place
-K
The problem with this is installed base of users that aol (specifically AIM) already has.
One strong point is that nomatter what aol does, there's always going to be someone in the opensource comunity to reverse engineer it and make a client that works.
PS Gaim v0.9.19 is still workin for me.
-K
Everyone that goes to college will definitly have some interesting experiences. These could be either good or bad, but the one thing that is constant is that each individual experience is completely different from the next.
You can go to school, and do nothing but memories 4 years of Mathematics, Physics, and Social studies, or you can binge drink and have enough sex to populate a small country.
The point is, while your experience appears to be a wonderful event, alot of people are/were not in a position to enjoy it (myself included). Good colleges come with a hefty pricetag, which sieves those that can enjoy college to the fullest, from those who have to constantly work to go to school.
My personal experiences with college were less than satisfactory, mostly because I was constantly working. Another disappointment was the calibre of education I was recieving. The hardcore academic classes like advanced calculus and physics were average, but the CS classes were not state of the art, and essentially a waste of my time (and money).
In my situation, quitting school was a good decision because I can now enjoy well-compensated employment and personal time for a life, which I did not have while going to school.
I submit to you this: If college affords you the time to explore things that YOU are interested in, whether it be Advanced theories in finite math, nano technology, Social behaviors of the oposite sex and the impact alcohol has on them, or the study of why the sky is blue, then and only then is it worth your time and money to attend.
Remember that there is noone on this planet that can tell you with absolute certainty that a college degree will lead to success, or that success will require a college degree.
-K
BEA WebLogic is similar WebLogic, in that it's a good App server. Still closed source, last I checked.
Dare I ask, why bother shifting products just because IBM changed it's licensing?
There are a number of perfectly legitimate reasons to switching to Netscape server from apache, but it's folly to think "it's opensource" to be one of those reasons.
My two Cents.
-K
If you read all of section six, the only mention of VPN restrictions is in conjunction with Reselling ISP services. This also includes the old list of Http, ftp, mail, blah blah. @home has always been against the use of it's cable modems for various kinds of servers, but as long as you keep a limit on the amount of bandwidth you use up doing these kinds of things, they won't care. If you use VPN for _personal_ machine administration today, you'll still be able to use it tomorrow, again, as long as you limit yourself to a reasonable level of bandwidth. My 2 cents