Wait a second folks. Everyone here at slashdot loves open source. We use it everyday, contribute to it and live by it but there might be something we're missing in our enthusiastic defense.
The speech is part of an effort by Microsoft to raise questions about the limits of innovation inherent in the open-source approach
Are there limits to innovation using the open-source approach? Well there's certaintly less money involved and to be brutally honest money equates to work. The hardest working most dedicated open-source advocate cannot get as much done as an employee. The open-source developer has to take large breaks from work to get money to live while an employee earns while he works! Revolutionary idea I know... I mean earning money for work! Who would have thought.
...to suggest that companies adopting the approach are putting their intellectual property at risk.
But that's where M$ made their mistake. Open-source doesn't have to belong to a company. It can be created and maintained by the community (I almost said 'The People' but I've got an aversion to that expression.). M$ are stating the obvious. Open source is dangerous to companies and it slows innovation but that doesn't mean it should be stopped. What we need to know are the long term effects of open source. I'm not too sure what the end result is going to be but it might turn out alright in the end... Red Hat Breaks Even
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
A bad company is not going to be able to take criticism in a constructive way, so why should I stick my neck out for them?
How do you know wether or not a company can take criticism? Answer: By criticising them a.k.a. talking about your problems with the company. So by the time you've found out that a company is bad you've already gone and talked to the company.
I'm just saying that you've got to discuss your problems.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I for one am waiting for the inevitable backlash that will make corporations, evil empires, bad laws, and politicians turn and run.
Is it just me or do you feel like we're sitting ontop of an active volcano. It feels like things are starting to be stretched at the seams with the copyright laws. The next decade or four could be very interesting.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Yes we're winning the battles but this is rapidly coming to a head and the money and political power lie in the hands of the coporations. We rule the virtual world, they rule the real world. Unfortunately you can be sued in the real world whereas the coporations cannot be sued in the virtual world. Maybe if we setup virtual judges and courts...
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
If you are unhappy being on-call and not being paid for it (and you should be), then here is what you should do: Utter not a single word of complaint, and start interviewing with other companies for your next job.
How do you fix problems if you don't talk or discuss that problem? The best and most employee friendly company in the world will have problems. There will be people who disagree with the way things are done. If nobody said anything then there would be no way for the company to improve.
RTFP (Read The Post). I quote -
"...management is more than willing to work with us."
The defense rests your honour.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Whoa! I've never heard of a DVORAK keyboard. I've only ever used QWERTY (that was easy to type;-) keyboard. So for others who don't kno what a DVORAK keyboard is like...
The Dvorak keyboard was named for its inventor, Dr. August Dvorak.
Using a femtosecond laser, broadband communication technology that enables transmission of terabits of data per second is possible, he said, talking of another project he is working on.
Oh dear! I think I just got sexually aroused by a technical article. =(
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I keep getting the feeling that the little robotic scorpion is going to get halfway across the desert where it will get picked up by a bird attracted by the movement.
Maybe they plan to mass saturate the desert with these things cause there's a hell of a lot more that can go wrong besides getting lost.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Re:Maybe I'm missing something but...
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Eazel On The Ropes
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I wonder if some of the big names (Red Hat, VA, Mandrake, SuSE) could invest together to keep Eazel going at least for now -- they all stand to benefit.
I cannot think of how they would benefit. Hmmm....
Let's think about this. <thinks> Pay out money and get no money back. </thinks> Nope. Still don't get it.
I'm by no means saying the causes to fight far are wrong, but it's necessary to pick which battles to fight, and the community seems to have chosen too many to fight at once. The media can control and influence public opinion, and tends to be biased toward the rich, like it or not. In such an environment, linux is at a handicap already, and fighting the battles they do makes it that much worse.
Well there's the solution then... the first target must be the media!
I guess one of the better routes towards a solution is to get alot of support from the public (/. is a good start) and have the public contact the local education authority or whatever BUT I would be extremely reluctant to help this cause without hearing the school's side of the story.
Quote: Microsoft's new restrictions -- which prevent its built-in software from recording MP3 files at fidelity rates higher than 56 kilobits per second...
(Existing versions of Microsoft's audio software don't allow consumers to record music as MP3 files of any quality.)
If consumers didn't use Microsoft Products to record mp3's then they've already gotten used to using alternative software. Non-tech-saavy people will keep using the alternative software because they won't know that Microsoft has a product that can sample mp3's. Whereas tech-saavy people will know the limitations of said software and use an alternative. If Microsoft are targeting individuals who are new to computing and are not computer literate, then M$ do not seem to realise that the next generation of computer users are very computer literate. (Just think of any kid age 12+) Most basic office workers can now talk comfortably about Gigs and Ethernet.
Actually the biggest problem has always been that it is extremely unlikely that we would spot the asteroid that's going to hit us. There's too much space and objects to cover with the current resources.
I'm not really sure about the second law. If you think about it, that's not as easy as it seems. What comes under the category of hurting a human? What if the robot/AI saw someone drowning, understood that the person's life was in danger and just walked away? Or if a human was getting tortured and it just watched? Do those situations count? I guess that's a small insight into the massively nightmarish world of concepts, thoughts, words and intelligence all of which are part and parcel with AI.
Whoah! Intelligent _sounding_ comment from moi? Better increase my daily intake of drugs!
It's a shame about those bestiality pictures though. I not very familiar with Australian law, but they must not have very strong protections against sexual harrassment.
I know this is a bit late but what the hell do bestiality pictures have to do with sexual harrassment?
Any workplace where employees send each other smut is a hostile workplace to women, and the people responsible ought to be sued, if not prosecuted and jailed.
Whoah! Easy tiger! So obviously porn creates the false idea that women are to be used for sex?... Oh shit! Thinking about it you might be right!
Nah! I still disagree because of a couple of points... 1. You're referring to smut in general and you've got to wonder what you think of women if you think that sex with an animal has anything to do with women.
2. Assuming you were referring to pictures of women - how on earth does a picture of a naked woman make a man hostile to women? You might be extraordinarily beautiful but I'm still going to obey you if you're my boss or order you if I'm your boss. If a man can't handle that then it's his misconception of women and circulating porn isn't going to create that misconception in the same way that circulating pictures of ugly women dressed in suits isn't going to destroy that mis-conception. In the end it's a picture and people who can't handle that (ie you) should get a grip on reality, close their eyes and listen to someone speak for a bit.
3. Men cannot deny their sex drive. It's like a womans period or a humans urge to protect the young. While we're jailing all the men for being natural why don't we just jail all the women as well? I'm sure that'll solve everything!
God: You've been accused!
Man: Off what?
God: Looking at naked women!
Man: Well maybe you shouldn't have required us to reproduce.
God: Well Terri accused you! It wasn't me!
Bah! What am I wasting my time for?
Pinky: What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?
What happens when you're bringing a turbine down? It's going to pass through winds which will be blowing in a different direction. There will have to be a huge gap between each turbine to be safe and that's just not practical or cost-effective.
Pinky: What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?
Slashdot Mirror
Wait a second folks. Everyone here at slashdot loves open source. We use it everyday, contribute to it and live by it but there might be something we're missing in our enthusiastic defense.
...to suggest that companies adopting the approach are putting their intellectual property at risk.
The speech is part of an effort by Microsoft to raise questions about the limits of innovation inherent in the open-source approach
Are there limits to innovation using the open-source approach? Well there's certaintly less money involved and to be brutally honest money equates to work. The hardest working most dedicated open-source advocate cannot get as much done as an employee. The open-source developer has to take large breaks from work to get money to live while an employee earns while he works! Revolutionary idea I know... I mean earning money for work! Who would have thought.
Hmmm. Well yes they are and since profit margins will drop there is a large risk to any company trying to make money from open-source. Take for example
Stormix cashes out
SuSE lays off most US staff
VA Linux Announces planned 25% staff cut
But that's where M$ made their mistake. Open-source doesn't have to belong to a company. It can be created and maintained by the community (I almost said 'The People' but I've got an aversion to that expression.). M$ are stating the obvious. Open source is dangerous to companies and it slows innovation but that doesn't mean it should be stopped. What we need to know are the long term effects of open source. I'm not too sure what the end result is going to be but it might turn out alright in the end...
Red Hat Breaks Even
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
A bad company is not going to be able to take criticism in a constructive way, so why should I stick my neck out for them?
How do you know wether or not a company can take criticism? Answer: By criticising them a.k.a. talking about your problems with the company. So by the time you've found out that a company is bad you've already gone and talked to the company.
I'm just saying that you've got to discuss your problems.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I for one am waiting for the inevitable backlash that will make corporations, evil empires, bad laws, and politicians turn and run.
Is it just me or do you feel like we're sitting ontop of an active volcano. It feels like things are starting to be stretched at the seams with the copyright laws. The next decade or four could be very interesting.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Yes we're winning the battles but this is rapidly coming to a head and the money and political power lie in the hands of the coporations. We rule the virtual world, they rule the real world. Unfortunately you can be sued in the real world whereas the coporations cannot be sued in the virtual world. Maybe if we setup virtual judges and courts...
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I'm sorry but that is complete bollocks.
If you are unhappy being on-call and not being paid for it (and you should be), then here is what you should do: Utter not a single word of complaint, and start interviewing with other companies for your next job.
How do you fix problems if you don't talk or discuss that problem? The best and most employee friendly company in the world will have problems. There will be people who disagree with the way things are done. If nobody said anything then there would be no way for the company to improve.
RTFP (Read The Post). I quote -
"...management is more than willing to work with us."
The defense rests your honour.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Whoa! I've never heard of a DVORAK keyboard. I've only ever used QWERTY (that was easy to type ;-) keyboard. So for others who don't kno what a DVORAK keyboard is like...
The Dvorak keyboard was named for its inventor, Dr. August Dvorak.
DVORAK
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
First prize goes to space.com for the most awkward name for an html file.
apollo15_touchdown_photos_010427.html
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RIAA. (Nice site BTW.)
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
C'Mon people! The most interesting bit...
Using a femtosecond laser, broadband communication technology that enables transmission of terabits of data per second is possible, he said, talking of another project he is working on.
Oh dear! I think I just got sexually aroused by a technical article. =(
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I keep getting the feeling that the little robotic scorpion is going to get halfway across the desert where it will get picked up by a bird attracted by the movement. Maybe they plan to mass saturate the desert with these things cause there's a hell of a lot more that can go wrong besides getting lost.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Ahhh... I was missing something.
I wonder if some of the big names (Red Hat, VA, Mandrake, SuSE) could invest together to keep Eazel going at least for now -- they all stand to benefit.
I cannot think of how they would benefit. Hmmm....
Let's think about this. <thinks> Pay out money and get no money back. </thinks>
Nope. Still don't get it.
And while you might think of metallic mirrors--silvered glass--as good light reflectors, the truth is that they are not nearly reflective enough
Ohmigod! I AM handsome after all!!
I'm by no means saying the causes to fight far are wrong, but it's necessary to pick which battles to fight, and the community seems to have chosen too many to fight at once. The media can control and influence public opinion, and tends to be biased toward the rich, like it or not. In such an environment, linux is at a handicap already, and fighting the battles they do makes it that much worse.
Well there's the solution then... the first target must be the media!
I guess one of the better routes towards a solution is to get alot of support from the public (/. is a good start) and have the public contact the local education authority or whatever BUT I would be extremely reluctant to help this cause without hearing the school's side of the story.
That'll be, "It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least too ways to spell any word."
*Elvis voice* Thankyuhverymuch
Yeah and you know what happens when you send that bot off to find out who owns what??.... It comes back with one name.
Quote:
Microsoft's new restrictions -- which prevent its built-in software from recording MP3 files at fidelity rates higher than 56 kilobits per second... (Existing versions of Microsoft's audio software don't allow consumers to record music as MP3 files of any quality.)
If consumers didn't use Microsoft Products to record mp3's then they've already gotten used to using alternative software. Non-tech-saavy people will keep using the alternative software because they won't know that Microsoft has a product that can sample mp3's. Whereas tech-saavy people will know the limitations of said software and use an alternative. If Microsoft are targeting individuals who are new to computing and are not computer literate, then M$ do not seem to realise that the next generation of computer users are very computer literate. (Just think of any kid age 12+) Most basic office workers can now talk comfortably about Gigs and Ethernet.
Actually the biggest problem has always been that it is extremely unlikely that we would spot the asteroid that's going to hit us. There's too much space and objects to cover with the current resources.
Knocking the asteroid out of the way has never been the problem. It's been spotting the asteroid early enough to do something about it.
In that case we only need really worry when the military design an evolving machine.
Mission objective: Kill all enemies
Searching for 'enemies' on 'www.webster.com'......
Definition found: "One that is antagonistic to another."
Hmmm...
Whoops meant first law. The second also sounds dogy but for reasons of slavery and ethics.
I'm not really sure about the second law. If you think about it, that's not as easy as it seems. What comes under the category of hurting a human? What if the robot/AI saw someone drowning, understood that the person's life was in danger and just walked away? Or if a human was getting tortured and it just watched? Do those situations count? I guess that's a small insight into the massively nightmarish world of concepts, thoughts, words and intelligence all of which are part and parcel with AI.
Whoah! Intelligent _sounding_ comment from moi? Better increase my daily intake of drugs!
It's a shame about those bestiality pictures though. I not very familiar with Australian law, but they must not have very strong protections against sexual harrassment.
... Oh shit! Thinking about it you might be right!
I know this is a bit late but what the hell do bestiality pictures have to do with sexual harrassment?
Any workplace where employees send each other smut is a hostile workplace to women, and the people responsible ought to be sued, if not prosecuted and jailed.
Whoah! Easy tiger! So obviously porn creates the false idea that women are to be used for sex?
Nah! I still disagree because of a couple of points... 1. You're referring to smut in general and you've got to wonder what you think of women if you think that sex with an animal has anything to do with women.
2. Assuming you were referring to pictures of women - how on earth does a picture of a naked woman make a man hostile to women? You might be extraordinarily beautiful but I'm still going to obey you if you're my boss or order you if I'm your boss. If a man can't handle that then it's his misconception of women and circulating porn isn't going to create that misconception in the same way that circulating pictures of ugly women dressed in suits isn't going to destroy that mis-conception. In the end it's a picture and people who can't handle that (ie you) should get a grip on reality, close their eyes and listen to someone speak for a bit.
3. Men cannot deny their sex drive. It's like a womans period or a humans urge to protect the young. While we're jailing all the men for being natural why don't we just jail all the women as well? I'm sure that'll solve everything!
God: You've been accused!
Man: Off what?
God: Looking at naked women!
Man: Well maybe you shouldn't have required us to reproduce.
God: Well Terri accused you! It wasn't me!
Bah! What am I wasting my time for?
Pinky: What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?
What happens when you're bringing a turbine down? It's going to pass through winds which will be blowing in a different direction. There will have to be a huge gap between each turbine to be safe and that's just not practical or cost-effective.
Pinky: What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?