You can download the directive itself as a pdf file from here here. This could help you comparing the actual Ideas of an government with the possibilities of interpretation.
In Germany the implementation of this directive is nearly finished. The Government already agreed to it. Now it's up to the parlament to modify it.
There are several reasons for M$ not to use DMCA. One of the most important is a strategic one. Microsoft knows, that if they will start using DMCA other companies could follow their example and also start doing this. This would mean, that Bugs in Software used by other companies wouldn't become as quick known, as they are today, while having bugs in M$ based Software still become known fast. Because Microsoft has a larger user base, and more users means, that there are more people to break DMCA.;-)
If Microsoft would start to use DMCA, this could result in having the normal user think (some already do), that MS Software is the only vulnerable to security flaws.
Some of my friends at the Socialdemocratic Party of Germany (it's the party of our current Chancellor) started with Knoppix as their first Linux distribution and are really happy with it. They were especially happy, that they didn't have to install anything. After seeing and using Knoppix this people are usually less preoccupied towards Linux, which is quite important, since the German government wants to force the use of Open Source Software.
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My co-worker once told me, that OS/2 died because its windows emulation was too good. I think something like this might happen to every Linux Software. Therefore it is unwise to support closed standarts.
I think there is a problem with such ranking, which is, that Userus Usually get to rank the first results, but they don't rank the later. This might turn out unfair.
Unfortunately this API is not that independent. It's a sort of ODBC. The SQL Statements are AFAIK passed to the Database. Since many databases have different SQL Implementations one might notice differences in Database queries. Nevertheless it's a step further.
Another thing I noticed (maybe I'm wrong). Konqueror seems to be one siongle process. This means, that one crashing Browser Window would crash the whole Konqueror.
As far as I recall one of ESRs objectives in designing CML2 was to make the configuration process more intuitive. Some people even questioned here to include this into their projects. So I ask myself how configuration systems should look like in future.
Regarding desktop Systems there are quite a few things the Users seem to want:
Fast configuration
Ease of use
Similar configuration mechanisms for all Aps
Some of these points were met by Automake/Autoconf/Make in our todays Apps, but there is a further point, a clear structured development. This is something, which was not possible with Automake/conf and make, because you had several levels, which could be affected by errors.
I haven't had the time to investigate CML2, but some people seem to believe it to meet this needs. after having most Linux distributions have unique Package Management by now, we might have reached a point which enables us to realise the need of unique and clear configuration Systems in all OpenSource Software.
The mentioned majority ids wuite a thin majority f 54%, but that's not the point. The problem is, that the EC seems to have forgotten who it is working for.
Many Important companys have lobbying representations there, but the people don't. The point is, that the majority of the people fears Software Patents and this is something the Comission should look at.
How does our society determine who to trust?
I think the answer is, as some peoplee said, that it is able to make sure, you can control them. Lenin said: 'Trust is good. Control is better.' He was mostly wrong but concerning society he was right.
Open Source Software is the only kind of software, which can be proofed, by everyone, so that nobody would have to fear manipulation. It might sound paranoid, since manipulation is hardly a danger to rich countries, but the point is, that it has to be paranoid to ensure the stability of a state and it's society.
According to my last experience, the U.S. law system makes the manufacter of a thing responsible for its 'danger' (i.e. The trial about hot coffee in McDonald's). This might seem stupid to us europeans and maybe it really is.
The point is, that making the development of rootkits illegal, would introduce many new problems to Administrators, because people who are interested in breaking in would still find a way.
Another point is, thast such a decision wouldn't affect the net. Lists like Bugtraq would move to Europe or Asia and that would them turn into legal lists.
The problem is, that people posting exploit code to this lists would have to fear (by visiting the USA) the persecution by U.S. Law and U.S. Justice, which turns out to be unpleasant.
One of the most important OpanSource advantages is reusablity of Code.
Apache is an exsiting and very complex Web SErver having many exciting fetures. I question wether it is possible to add Apache to the Kernel.
I don't have the experience to comment this, but is it possible to do this?
Of course there would be a rewrite of the Libc calls translating them into Kernel calls.
Fortunately I live in the good old Germany Microsoft is here not as powerful as in USA. MSN is a very small and hardly known provider. And we have no cofee companys cooperating with M$.
What a luck.
Yes surely they are. But theres a problem. Microsoft is known for developing frequently new API versions.
That's what they did. DirectX8 has a completely new graphics API. Which makes new Software using it incompatible.
The fact about Hollywood-approved copy protections is: they don't work
The interesting thing about this is, how is hollywood going to makre sure that no hacker will release the 'Source' of this protection.
I think there's nothing hollywood could do.
How does the future of Free Software look like? To answer this Question we need to answer the question what Software actually is.
We have things which everybody just called Software in the Past, like PHP Scripts and ASP Services. And we have some completely different, new Business Modells for Software. Some years ago you just had your Tools and some libraries. Today you have often component oriented Software(development). So you have new questions like:
Is a Software free if some of it's coomponents are free.?
The different kinds of Software are not the only problem the guys at GNU will have to solve. Internationalization is also a problem (i don't mean the internationalization of software). How can you make sure the new GPL will work in all countries around the world. This countries have different Copyright Laws, with different backgrounds.
RMS & the Lawyers of Free Software have a difficult task to solve, because there are many new aspects descibing the word free software.
Most of the Customers who use it and (unbeliveable) many of those who use Windows.
Let me explain the last part. Windows, which is widely known, is a disliked OS. So if the people say "we hate Windows" they are asked for alternatives. People often answer Linux, because this is the most common alternative platform. They say this even if they know nothing about Linux. Because some guys in TV Shows said, that Linux is the Best OS.
That's why there are people knowing nothing about Linux, but loving it.
I think we shouldn't pay attention to the figures released by the Gartner group. Why?
Because you can't aim a prediction strictly at the business side. The business side depends on the customers opinion and the customers(most of them love Linux) opinion is not easy predictable. Maybe Linux is not as userfriendly as it should be, but this is a question of time and another issue. Predictions of companies like Gartner are also quite dangerous, because Gartner (or other Companies) may support special companies and try (with their predictions) to take influence on the market.
I think, that this "step" was the right decission, because Turbo Linux is AFAIK the largest Linux Distributor in Asia.
Maybe some of you guys are saying: "So what?". Let me explain this. Asia will be one of the most important markets in Future, things didn't go well there in the last few Years, but IMHO it can't get worse in Asia. So Turbo Linux will grow, together with Aias economy. Maybe it will be as Important as SuSE in Germany.
Turbo Linux has quite a solid ground to start from even if it's quite a small company today.
I think that there are many reasons for beeing scared of this news. Somebody who had access for over 3 Months, had enough possibilities to include i.e. BackOrifice in Windwos.
Maybe this sample shown, that it's always better to use free software.
As many of you know Microsoft Germany is a separate company which completely belongs to Micorsoft Inc.
There are some reasons to think, that this ad was published without having Microsoft in USA know something about it. The people who are responsible for the german advertisement at MS Germany, work at a german company. You'll see this difference if you'll compare the German ads with the US. There are also some differences on the Web between microsoft.com and microsoft.com/germany. Knowing this, I think, that there might be some problems for MS Germany and Richard Roy, CEO of MS Germany, who will propably have some problems within next days, problems with Microsoft in USA and problems with the customers worldwide.
On the one hand I think there is no reason for developing such a deamon? It would be much easier with a simple command line tool (AFAIK Debian uses upget to recieve new Udates).
On the other hand, even if it sounds paranoid, there might be users feeling bad knowing, that RH might be "watching" them.
I have a breaktrough in Software Development. A "Do it Yourself IDE". The Customer recives nothing, but an ownership certificate of this IDE, then he codes an IDE himself (that's why it is named "do it yourself").
The advatages of such a product are enormous. The User can choose himself which features to include into his Programm. He also may decide how his IDE looks like for an individual look and feel.
Another advantage is the flexibility. e.g. You may choose the compiler yourself.
Some other advatages are:
No expensive Software Developers to develop my IDE
It's a nice picture, because of it's clean and clear shapes.
People liking pictures like this should install open universe. It simulates our "sun system". And it looks pretty Nice.
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You can download the directive itself as a pdf file from here
here. This could help you comparing the actual Ideas of an government with the possibilities of interpretation.
In Germany the implementation of this directive is nearly finished. The Government already agreed to it. Now it's up to the parlament to modify it.
A singing debugger can't be worse than Britney spears.
There are several reasons for M$ not to use DMCA. One of the most important is a strategic one. ;-)
Microsoft knows, that if they will start using DMCA other companies could follow their example and also start doing this.
This would mean, that Bugs in Software used by other companies wouldn't become as quick known, as they are today, while having bugs in M$ based Software still become known fast. Because Microsoft has a larger user base, and more users means, that there are more people to break DMCA.
If Microsoft would start to use DMCA, this could result in having the normal user think (some already do), that MS Software is the only vulnerable to security flaws.
Some of my friends at the Socialdemocratic Party of Germany (it's the party of our current Chancellor) started with Knoppix as their first Linux distribution and are really happy with it.
They were especially happy, that they didn't have to install anything. After seeing and using Knoppix this people are usually less preoccupied towards Linux, which is quite important, since the German government wants to force the use of Open Source Software.
My co-worker once told me, that OS/2 died because its windows emulation was too good.
I think something like this might happen to every Linux Software. Therefore it is unwise to support closed standarts.
I think there is a problem with such ranking, which is, that Userus Usually get to rank the first results, but they don't rank the later. This might turn out unfair.
Unfortunately this API is not that independent. It's a sort of ODBC. The SQL Statements are AFAIK passed to the Database. Since many databases have different SQL Implementations one might notice differences in Database queries. Nevertheless it's a step further.
Another thing I noticed (maybe I'm wrong). Konqueror seems to be one siongle process. This means, that one crashing Browser Window would crash the whole Konqueror.
Regarding desktop Systems there are quite a few things the Users seem to want:
Some of these points were met by Automake/Autoconf/Make in our todays Apps, but there is a further point, a clear structured development. This is something, which was not possible with Automake/conf and make, because you had several levels, which could be affected by errors.
I haven't had the time to investigate CML2, but some people seem to believe it to meet this needs. after having most Linux distributions have unique Package Management by now, we might have reached a point which enables us to realise the need of unique and clear configuration Systems in all OpenSource Software.
The mentioned majority ids wuite a thin majority f 54%, but that's not the point. The problem is, that the EC seems to have forgotten who it is working for.
Many Important companys have lobbying representations there, but the people don't. The point is, that the majority of the people fears Software Patents and this is something the Comission should look at.
How does our society determine who to trust?
I think the answer is, as some peoplee said, that it is able to make sure, you can control them. Lenin said: 'Trust is good. Control is better.' He was mostly wrong but concerning society he was right.
Open Source Software is the only kind of software, which can be proofed, by everyone, so that nobody would have to fear manipulation. It might sound paranoid, since manipulation is hardly a danger to rich countries, but the point is, that it has to be paranoid to ensure the stability of a state and it's society.
According to my last experience, the U.S. law system makes the manufacter of a thing responsible for its 'danger' (i.e. The trial about hot coffee in McDonald's). This might seem stupid to us europeans and maybe it really is.
The point is, that making the development of rootkits illegal, would introduce many new problems to Administrators, because people who are interested in breaking in would still find a way.
Another point is, thast such a decision wouldn't affect the net. Lists like Bugtraq would move to Europe or Asia and that would them turn into legal lists.
The problem is, that people posting exploit code to this lists would have to fear (by visiting the USA) the persecution by U.S. Law and U.S. Justice, which turns out to be unpleasant.
One of the most important OpanSource advantages is reusablity of Code.
Apache is an exsiting and very complex Web SErver having many exciting fetures. I question wether it is possible to add Apache to the Kernel.
I don't have the experience to comment this, but is it possible to do this? Of course there would be a rewrite of the Libc calls translating them into Kernel calls.
Fortunately I live in the good old Germany Microsoft is here not as powerful as in USA. MSN is a very small and hardly known provider. And we have no cofee companys cooperating with M$.
What a luck.
Yes surely they are. But theres a problem. Microsoft is known for developing frequently new API versions.
That's what they did. DirectX8 has a completely new graphics API. Which makes new Software using it incompatible.
The fact about Hollywood-approved copy protections is: they don't work
The interesting thing about this is, how is hollywood going to makre sure that no hacker will release the 'Source' of this protection.
I think there's nothing hollywood could do.
How does the future of Free Software look like? To answer this Question we need to answer the question what Software actually is. We have things which everybody just called Software in the Past, like PHP Scripts and ASP Services. And we have some completely different, new Business Modells for Software. Some years ago you just had your Tools and some libraries. Today you have often component oriented Software(development). So you have new questions like:
Is a Software free if some of it's coomponents are free.?
The different kinds of Software are not the only problem the guys at GNU will have to solve. Internationalization is also a problem (i don't mean the internationalization of software). How can you make sure the new GPL will work in all countries around the world. This countries have different Copyright Laws, with different backgrounds.
RMS & the Lawyers of Free Software have a difficult task to solve, because there are many new aspects descibing the word free software.
Most of the Customers who use it and (unbeliveable) many of those who use Windows.
Let me explain the last part. Windows, which is widely known, is a disliked OS. So if the people say "we hate Windows" they are asked for alternatives. People often answer Linux, because this is the most common alternative platform. They say this even if they know nothing about Linux. Because some guys in TV Shows said, that Linux is the Best OS.
That's why there are people knowing nothing about Linux, but loving it.
I think we shouldn't pay attention to the figures released by the Gartner group. Why?
Because you can't aim a prediction strictly at the business side. The business side depends on the customers opinion and the customers(most of them love Linux) opinion is not easy predictable. Maybe Linux is not as userfriendly as it should be, but this is a question of time and another issue.
Predictions of companies like Gartner are also quite dangerous, because Gartner (or other Companies) may support special companies and try (with their predictions) to take influence on the market.
I think, that this "step" was the right decission, because Turbo Linux is AFAIK the largest Linux Distributor in Asia.
Maybe some of you guys are saying: "So what?". Let me explain this. Asia will be one of the most important markets in Future, things didn't go well there in the last few Years, but IMHO it can't get worse in Asia. So Turbo Linux will grow, together with Aias economy. Maybe it will be as Important as SuSE in Germany.
Turbo Linux has quite a solid ground to start from even if it's quite a small company today.
I think that there are many reasons for beeing scared of this news. Somebody who had access for over 3 Months, had enough possibilities to include i.e. BackOrifice in Windwos.
Maybe this sample shown, that it's always better to use free software.
As soon as one of the Linux companies start an Advertisement campaign they might use the following as their slogan: Mutated to your needs
As many of you know Microsoft Germany is a separate company which completely belongs to Micorsoft Inc.
There are some reasons to think, that this ad was published without having Microsoft in USA know something about it. The people who are responsible for the german advertisement at MS Germany, work at a german company. You'll see this difference if you'll compare the German ads with the US. There are also some differences on the Web between microsoft.com and microsoft.com/germany. Knowing this, I think, that there might be some problems for MS Germany and Richard Roy, CEO of MS Germany, who will propably have some problems within next days, problems with Microsoft in USA and problems with the customers worldwide.
On the one hand I think there is no reason for developing such a deamon? It would be much easier with a simple command line tool (AFAIK Debian uses upget to recieve new Udates).
On the other hand, even if it sounds paranoid, there might be users feeling bad knowing, that RH might be "watching" them.
The advatages of such a product are enormous. The User can choose himself which features to include into his Programm. He also may decide how his IDE looks like for an individual look and feel.
Another advantage is the flexibility. e.g. You may choose the compiler yourself.
Some other advatages are:
It's a nice picture, because of it's clean and clear shapes. People liking pictures like this should install open universe. It simulates our "sun system". And it looks pretty Nice.