2.The "SMS of death" was not new in any way - it was well known and discussed back in 2008 at the 25C3. What the researchers effectively showed was that the manufacturers and the GSM networks had *still* not fixed the problem, even years later!
...unless it has Jerry Pournelle, Steve Ciarcia and others in it. And yes, Tinney artwork on it. Get with the program if you want my subscription dollars. Or my eyeballs.
The author of that article needs to get pulled up by his editor for bad research and reporting.
Who the hell said that licensing something under Creative Commons means that you are giving up your copyright? Does he even understand what Copyright is all about? And what a license is?
It's this kind of article that scares the willies out readers, who are led to believe that licensing under the GPL or CC means that you lose the right to be identified as the author of the work. What rubbish!
I wonder which part of "GPLv2 or later" Microsoft's lawyers are unable to comprehend.
Do they even realize of most free software today is licensed this way? Would someone do an analysis of everything in Linspire and publish a report of how much of it falls under the "...or later" clause?
Right. So I boycott open source because I don't like Eric Raymond? (No offence, ESR - just a name I picked out of the hat)
The ministry has been very supportive of the event for years, and rejecting their support because the minister they report to right now (by virtue of his being elected) is a jerk?
Right. That's the way to do it.
Sheesh.
The only statement the community would make here is that it is to immature to handle the real world, where such things *do* happen.
Oh, I can so see the logic of this - instead of attending a community event in huge numbers and making your voices heard, you boycott the event and stay away, so that no one can hear you.
Seems logical to me.
LinuxTag doesn't elect the Minister (who automatically becomes the patron of the event, by virtue of his position) - the citizens do. Why punish LinuxTag for something they have no control over? They can't very well dump a patronship by a government ministry just because the *current* minister is a jerk.
That's would be like impeaching your president because he is a threat to world peace and a danger to every citizen of his country!
When are people going to figure out that "hardware solutions" are really software running on hardware, just like any other solution?
Sure, the instructions may be hardcoded, coming out of ROM, or whatever, but in the end its instrructions that tell the hardware what to do. And those instructions are called "software", no matter how the vendor tries to spin it. And if the solutions performs badly, it is because the software is designed badly. Period.
While people might have their reservations about this for non-technical reasons, I am on my third IBM (now Lenovo) Thinkpad, and have never had one that wasn't 99.99% Linux compatible. IBM has been one of the few manufacturers who have instructions for installing Linux on their notebooks on their official support website.
Thinkpads are really cheap these days, and something like the R52, which is a slightly older, lower-end model, or the T series, are all excellent Linux machines.
"If you GPL the code, you are no longer at my (the sole developer's) mercy - even if I quit, you can be reasonably sure that the code will continue to be maintained and improved".
Sure, no guarantees, but that applies to anything in the world today (including job security:).
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1.This post (and the linked-to article) make a great effort to hide the name of the "conference in Germany". $deity knows why, but the conference was the 27th Chaos Communication Congress (27C3), organised by the Chaos Computer Club.
2.The "SMS of death" was not new in any way - it was well known and discussed back in 2008 at the 25C3. What the researchers effectively showed was that the manufacturers and the GSM networks had *still* not fixed the problem, even years later!
...unless it has Jerry Pournelle, Steve Ciarcia and others in it. And yes, Tinney artwork on it. Get with the program if you want my subscription dollars. Or my eyeballs.
The author of that article needs to get pulled up by his editor for bad research and reporting.
Who the hell said that licensing something under Creative Commons means that you are giving up your copyright? Does he even understand what Copyright is all about? And what a license is?
It's this kind of article that scares the willies out readers, who are led to believe that licensing under the GPL or CC means that you lose the right to be identified as the author of the work. What rubbish!
Seems to get worse - they are about the change the API, and streaming to mobile phones will not be allowed.
2.You won't be allowed to use our API to stream to mobile phones. This is unfortunately a limitation of some of our licensing agreements.
I wonder what the rationale for that is.
The original article is slashdotted. Here's a cached copy.
Actually, Google seems to be well placed to influence/extend OpenID development, given who works for them.
Aren't SugarCRM partnered with Microsoft?
And hasn't MS said that it will have nothing to do with GPLv3?
Wooooo... INCOMING!
argh! s/of most/how much of/
I wonder which part of "GPLv2 or later" Microsoft's lawyers are unable to comprehend.
Do they even realize of most free software today is licensed this way? Would someone do an analysis of everything in Linspire and publish a report of how much of it falls under the "...or later" clause?
Right. So I boycott open source because I don't like Eric Raymond? (No offence, ESR - just a name I picked out of the hat)
The ministry has been very supportive of the event for years, and rejecting their support because the minister they report to right now (by virtue of his being elected) is a jerk?
Right. That's the way to do it.
Sheesh.
The only statement the community would make here is that it is to immature to handle the real world, where such things *do* happen.
e.g. let's take Bush.
Or rather, let's not.
Oh, I can so see the logic of this - instead of attending a community event in huge numbers and making your voices heard, you boycott the event and stay away, so that no one can hear you.
Seems logical to me.
LinuxTag doesn't elect the Minister (who automatically becomes the patron of the event, by virtue of his position) - the citizens do. Why punish LinuxTag for something they have no control over? They can't very well dump a patronship by a government ministry just because the *current* minister is a jerk.
That's would be like impeaching your president because he is a threat to world peace and a danger to every citizen of his country!
Oh, wait....
"One hundred and forty phone models already run Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system..."
Now that's the most abusive utilization of the term "run" that I have ever seen.
...they used to call it terraforming.
They renamed it when it stopped being Star Trek and started becoming real life.
TFA doesn't seem to be reachable. Here is the original Adobe press release.
$ grep model
Then compare the output to this list:The value returned is the ASM P/N (*not* the FRU!)
I confirm that the above comment was by Harald Welte, just in case someone raises a doubt. :)
You can confirm my bonafides via Harald's blog entry here.
When are people going to figure out that "hardware solutions" are really software running on hardware, just like any other solution?
Sure, the instructions may be hardcoded, coming out of ROM, or whatever, but in the end its instrructions that tell the hardware what to do. And those instructions are called "software", no matter how the vendor tries to spin it. And if the solutions performs badly, it is because the software is designed badly. Period.
>Except it is a lot more likely to happen in a country still engaged in political conflicts on its own soil, i.e. Kashmir.
It is a lot more likely to happen in a country still engaged in political conflicts on OTHER PEOPLE'S soil, i.e. Iraq.
>Any country ruled by an arrogant kleptocracy that promotes exporting it's people to bring back money is a failing country, just like Mexico.
I agree - I thought the same thing when I saw the USA exporting troops to Iraq, for the same reasons...
While people might have their reservations about this for non-technical reasons, I am on my third IBM (now Lenovo) Thinkpad, and have never had one that wasn't 99.99% Linux compatible. IBM has been one of the few manufacturers who have instructions for installing Linux on their notebooks on their official support website.
Thinkpads are really cheap these days, and something like the R52, which is a slightly older, lower-end model, or the T series, are all excellent Linux machines.
People who *want* to switch from windows to Linux, will do so, and even if faced with some problems initially, usually manage just fine.
It's the people who *don't* actually want to switch who have such issues.
Fair enough, they wouldn't have switched anyway.
But at least they should consider that hundreds of thousands of Linux users across the world aren't exactly fools, and are managing just fine.
The KDE Project announces KDE.in.
This is a direct outcome of the the recently concluded FOSS.IN/2005 conference.
Ah, forgot to mention: this is not GoogleNet - it is GoogleGrid.
Google Future History
"If you GPL the code, you are no longer at my (the sole developer's) mercy - even if I quit, you can be reasonably sure that the code will continue to be maintained and improved".
:).
Sure, no guarantees, but that applies to anything in the world today (including job security