Good luck with everything you do in the future... and especially with being a Dad... probably the most closed-source project you'll ever be involved in.;)
Before we all set our collective hair on fire, if this does actually turn out to be the case and it's not a complete dud, then the value of consumer information as a commodity is going to increase and finally be recognised.
IMHO, this will only lead to:
1. better return for the information that's gleaned from our consumer habits 2. better protection for our individual privacy
You're saying that "John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers."?
I think that bears repeating
John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers.
To give another example, imagine if I created a site with a name similar to Microsoft, and whenever someone Googled Microsoft, my domain would come up, and a significant number of people came to me first.
No, it would be more like if you had a company named Microsort which was founded in 1975 and offered paper sorting services and after the sudden appearence of a software maker named Microsoft your paper sorting company's website got swamped my misdirected traffic.
In my view, neither your Microsort nor Universal Tube have a leg to stand on.
So you want Skype to educate your "jerk-manager" as to the difference between Skype and Voip?
I'm still failing to see how any of your arguments in any way reflect badly on the company or the technology. I think there are many reasons to be wary of Skype but you've fairly efficiently managed to hit none of them.
My company has bought over 80 pcs, 120 displays and 7 servers from Dell this year... I find it very, very difficult to talk to my Dell rep. I think the higher up the ladder you go (orders of over £10,000 go to a "special" account manager), the less clued-up the people are whom I talk to.
Invariably, they make mistakes which costs me time and Dell a hell of a lot of money as they courier out replacement bits that they neglected to include in the manufacturing order.
I've never had an issue when I've been ordering one or two pcs through Dell's call center in India... it's the special corporate customer care that's the pits.
True, but I was also talking about Enterprise level application support.
A document workflow system developed with OSS or by a proprietary company is only as good as the support it will get.
I know a large HR company who can't get Adobe to give it the time of day for what's, to them, an urgent feature request. A consultancy that developed the workflow system using OSS might be equally reticent to respond but at least the HR company will be able to hire in someone else to deal with it for them.
It comes down to a) the level of support you can get from whoever provided you with your software and b) your freedom to get support from elsewhere if you need it.
How many horror stories are there about proprietary systems that costs 10s if not 100s of thousands of dollars eventually becoming "abandonware"?
In addition, the traditional "support" argument is pretty much out of the picture these days.
If you're talking about boxed software then support is limited to a "knowledge base" database and rudimentary and usually dire scripted phone support.
Support for customised applications is expensive and no different to the support contract you are likely to get from a good consultancy that has built your enterprise application on an open source platform.
# Downloaders claiming that they see/buy everything they download, as does everyone else on p2p....OR...Hollywood, claiming that every download = not just the lost ticket price, but some insane multiplier, when most people don't even bother to "seed" more than half or less of what they download.
It's not that people buy everything they see/hear. p2p is the new radio. That's all. I don't own a radio. I discover music via p2p networks. I buy what a like. That's it.
The reason the mpaa/riaa argument is so broken is because they are trying to attach a dollar loss to every download they can trace. That would be the equivelant to counting a dollar loss to every time someone hears a song but does not purchase it or has not paid for the listening pleasure through eyeballing/listening to sponsorship.
As for this Ep3 bruhaha, I think most geeks will be downloading it and going to see it also. They'll download it so that they can parse it frame-by-frame and write about continuity flaws and other such rubbish. Eventually, these same geeks will own the whole platinum-plated star wars box set which they'll keep in a bank vault as well as the two or three different cuts of the films that they will have purchased in various other collector's edition box sets.
"Oh, the horror. I bought a Compaq/HP nx9110 a year ago, and recently upgraded my Mini-PCI Wireless card from non-OSS friendly Broadcom 11b to an 11g card."
But Broadcom have clearly GPL'd their drivers:
http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/driver-sla.php?d ri ver=570x-Linux
The bios-level white list is an issue but that seems an undeserved cheap-shot against Broadcom.
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Thanks for everything Cmdr!
Good luck with everything you do in the future... and especially with being a Dad ... probably the most closed-source project you'll ever be involved in. ;)
Before we all set our collective hair on fire, if this does actually turn out to be the case and it's not a complete dud, then the value of consumer information as a commodity is going to increase and finally be recognised.
IMHO, this will only lead to:
1. better return for the information that's gleaned from our consumer habits
2. better protection for our individual privacy
Do we still need to think of the children now that Whacko Jacko is dead?
You're saying that "John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers."?
I think that bears repeating
John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers.
Nothing says "f*ck you" to the terrorists like a strong white house! Huzzah for freedumb!
Are you sure that was his finger?
Seems you've identified another undocumented feature of a key microsoft product.
Well done!
That's it! It's him! Amazing. Nice find.
You win the daily /. spelling prize.
Is anyone even in the slightest bit surprised that this was the verdict?
Why is this news on Slashdot?
To give another example, imagine if I created a site with a name similar to Microsoft, and whenever someone Googled Microsoft, my domain would come up, and a significant number of people came to me first. No, it would be more like if you had a company named Microsort which was founded in 1975 and offered paper sorting services and after the sudden appearence of a software maker named Microsoft your paper sorting company's website got swamped my misdirected traffic. In my view, neither your Microsort nor Universal Tube have a leg to stand on.
There is a staircase up here. You see here an iridium wand.
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So you want Skype to educate your "jerk-manager" as to the difference between Skype and Voip?
I'm still failing to see how any of your arguments in any way reflect badly on the company or the technology. I think there are many reasons to be wary of Skype but you've fairly efficiently managed to hit none of them.
They could have bought them back from party X for a pittance.
My company has bought over 80 pcs, 120 displays and 7 servers from Dell this year... I find it very, very difficult to talk to my Dell rep. I think the higher up the ladder you go (orders of over £10,000 go to a "special" account manager), the less clued-up the people are whom I talk to.
Invariably, they make mistakes which costs me time and Dell a hell of a lot of money as they courier out replacement bits that they neglected to include in the manufacturing order.
I've never had an issue when I've been ordering one or two pcs through Dell's call center in India... it's the special corporate customer care that's the pits.
sung to the tune of YMCA:
D. M. C. A.
sing it now! D M C A
Lay the blame at the feet of those who passed that arse wiping law. Reverse engineering is illegal.
irc w/out ego??? hahahahaha.
On that topic, CNN Global now runs The Daily Show's "World Edition" and you *can't* tell the difference.
No, nothing has changed. It's been like this for a few months now... ever since the UK was mapped and imaged.
Because he hasn't got nearly enough ram to run those Live CDs. They'll also try to load up KDE or Gnome which will grind that machine to halt.
True, but I was also talking about Enterprise level application support.
A document workflow system developed with OSS or by a proprietary company is only as good as the support it will get.
I know a large HR company who can't get Adobe to give it the time of day for what's, to them, an urgent feature request. A consultancy that developed the workflow system using OSS might be equally reticent to respond but at least the HR company will be able to hire in someone else to deal with it for them.
It comes down to a) the level of support you can get from whoever provided you with your software and b) your freedom to get support from elsewhere if you need it.
How many horror stories are there about proprietary systems that costs 10s if not 100s of thousands of dollars eventually becoming "abandonware"?
In addition, the traditional "support" argument is pretty much out of the picture these days.
If you're talking about boxed software then support is limited to a "knowledge base" database and rudimentary and usually dire scripted phone support.
Support for customised applications is expensive and no different to the support contract you are likely to get from a good consultancy that has built your enterprise application on an open source platform.
and guns for killing people...
erm, wait.
# Downloaders claiming that they see/buy everything they download, as does everyone else on p2p....OR...Hollywood, claiming that every download = not just the lost ticket price, but some insane multiplier, when most people don't even bother to "seed" more than half or less of what they download.
It's not that people buy everything they see/hear. p2p is the new radio. That's all. I don't own a radio. I discover music via p2p networks. I buy what a like. That's it.
The reason the mpaa/riaa argument is so broken is because they are trying to attach a dollar loss to every download they can trace. That would be the equivelant to counting a dollar loss to every time someone hears a song but does not purchase it or has not paid for the listening pleasure through eyeballing/listening to sponsorship.
As for this Ep3 bruhaha, I think most geeks will be downloading it and going to see it also. They'll download it so that they can parse it frame-by-frame and write about continuity flaws and other such rubbish. Eventually, these same geeks will own the whole platinum-plated star wars box set which they'll keep in a bank vault as well as the two or three different cuts of the films that they will have purchased in various other collector's edition box sets.
The author writes:
"Oh, the horror. I bought a Compaq/HP nx9110 a year ago, and recently upgraded my Mini-PCI Wireless card from non-OSS friendly Broadcom 11b to an 11g card."
But Broadcom have clearly GPL'd their drivers:
http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/driver-sla.php?
The bios-level white list is an issue but that seems an undeserved cheap-shot against Broadcom.