Well, obviously if the Sun legal bigguns determined the GPL is viral then it probably is, no? You don't really think something goes on the web with 'Sun' plastered all over it without some sort of clearance from a lot of smart people, eh?
This will get just a blip here but when "Micro$oft" says the GPL is viral then all hell breaks loose.
Spare the poor sod, he was trying to get some karma. It was a decent attempt, but it would have been even better if it had the word "Linux" or "GNU" somewhere along with "DRM". "RIAA" and "M$" also have mystical effects over moderators.
A few months ago I saw a movie with Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson called Changing Lanes. In it, Affleck's character contacts a guy that's supposed to be some sort of hacker in a tie, who immediately ruins Jackson's credit history using a computer (wow) and generally fucks up his life.
Because it involved something akin to identity theft, I thought it interesting, but until now I hadn't seen a real-life version. "Information broker", indeed.
software development is an empirical rather than a defined process
I wonder how far this will fly with nazi project managers. They are fairly attached to their ass-backward "methodologies", you know.
Seriously, for the record, I agree with the statement above. But this type of thing simply does not work in most IT shops. I have no problem with some sort of control over the software development process (that is, I'm not saying PMs and PDs are completely worthless) but telling them something like this will probably be useless. They don't think of software developers as artists or craftsmen, but rather as "resources" that need to be managed, cajoled and pushed to meet deadlines. Nothing more, nothing less.
Slashdot Moderation Pact Section VIII, Clause 2 "It is therefore agred that teh MODERATOR shall automatycally punish the first six (6) post(s) of every article with the REDUNDANT value ASSUMING said article contains one or more spelling errors. Failure to do so shal constituted a breach of this CONTRACT and looss of all MODERATION POINTS accrued heretofore/herein."
Trust me, I know what the bible (and the Popol-Vuh and every other seminal religious text in the world) says. I fail, however, to understand how you're equating the open source movement with a religion. Oh, wait...
You are so pissed [...]
LOL, that's quite a tirade.
Kurt Vonnegut [...]
First you turn open source into a messianic brouhaha and now you paraphrase Vonnegut? Wow.
you never said why you are "pro" microsoft. You only said that you don't like slashdot and you think OSS is shit
I can almost see you banging your head against the keyboard yelling "pro microsoft, pro microsoft!!1!!". Again, read what I write and don't try to put words in my static. mmkay?
Following the DRM/activation debacle covered here on/., I proceeded to go out and buy TaxCut from H&R Block. I bought it retail, both the federal and state editions, for ~$30 or so (each).
TaxCut just doesn't cut it (pardon the pun). First off, it gets confused and loses information. For example, at the end of my federal return it claimed I hadn't entered state wages (which I had). Then it said I had to enter my child's social security number to be eligible for schedule EIC. No, I don't have a child. Then, once I ignored those errors and attempted to go on to the state return, the program showed me a very interesting and technical error message regarding their regular expression parser class (i.e., RegularExpression::parse() or some such) and then simply died. Kudos, especially considering how many of their customers are programmers.
So, I tried it again. And again. And then I sent an email to their "support" alias because their support number was always busy (not to mention it's not toll-free). They replied 5 days later (!) saying that I had to uninstall and reinstall... blah, blah. Tried it. No joy.
Keep in mind I had all their updates, I have a rock-solid system with all patches and updates and so on.
Today I went to Turbotax.com, and filed my return online. It took me about 30 minutes. Yes, I gave my money to Intuit. Yes, I don't feel good about it. No, I'm not going to wait around for H&R Block to get crap figured out, sorry.
YMMV, of course, but I just wanted to share. H&R Block also has an online filing system that supposedly works OK.
This "software architecture" thing appears to be more or less a lark
Everyone's an "architect" now. I've been an architect since the heady days of client/server systems and I'm surprised at how many 2-bit business analysts and script coders call themselves "architects". But anyway...
His list of contributions (to MS and otherwise) in recent years appears to be
He was also part of the technical evangelism team for the visual tools group back in the VS5-VS6 transition period. He was a nice guy (personally) but not tremendously technical. Which always struck me (and a lot of other people) as surprising considering his unusual involvement with the development teams (as opposed to just preaching).
I don't really know if he wrote WebClasses, but if he did I hope he doesn't sleep at nights. It was the single worst "feature" ever added to VB (but they didn't have anything to do with MTS, BTW. They were IIS-specific).
said Microsoft has 40 billion in cash not Bill Gates.
Um, your sig says "Bill Gates". But fair enough.
He is evil. He is a liar.
Perhaps in your rather limited perspective of reality, yes. I happen to think "evil" is a somewhat more serious label, reserved for actions a bit more "out there" than cheating. But hey. Whatever makes you tick.
This is the ideal that Jesus, budha, and mohammed preached.
Well, I suppose if you can label Bill Gates as "evil", you're entitled to compare open source with the preachings of jesus. I mean, what the heck, right?
For some strange reason this effort seems to really irritate people like you and Bill gates
Yeah, sure. I'm pissed to no end.
most impressive achievement of mankind in a long time
As a card-carrying member of humankind, I feel vaguely insulted by this.
[...]You are "Pro" Microsoft and you can't explain why.
That's an impressive monologue, but I have to wonder what part of my previous response you didn't manage to digest?
Because they are not hoarding 40 billion dollars in cash and very short term funds
Cash? He has a lot of it, but not nearly 40 billion dollars. Most of his fortune is in Microsoft stock. Get your facts straight.
Also I chose Bill gates because he is most evil out of all the CEOs you have mentioned
There are a lot of evil people in the world, but I doubt you've come across any if you think Bill Gates is "evil" because he runs his company the way he does. He's not in the business of being nice to you and your friends, he's in the business of growing Microsoft and maximizing shareholder value. That's what CEOs do.
Open source is the most important movement in the world today
Yes, I'm sure it is. Any moment now open source is going to cure cancer, find an AIDS vaccine, turn rocks into bread and distribute it in Africa and topple all the evil governments of the world. Oh, and it's also going to stop global warming, pollution and deforestation.
The fact that this noble ideal also happens to produce a fantastic operating system is nothing short of a miracle
I don't agree that it's particularly noble (but you seem to live in a world where things are much simpler), though I do agree on the miracle bit.
The reward is in the process not the end result.
Yes, that's definitely an attitude that seems to permeate open source. Unfortunately it also means that most of what it produces is unusable unless you're a computer expert. But that's another discussion.
Why are you pro MS, why MS and not some other corporation? what made you choose this corporation to give your love and loyalty to?
First off, my sig is a play on the Slashdork collective. It has very interesting effects, especially among moderators. Second, I do not give my "loyalty" to Microsoft anymore than I give it to JVC because I buy consumer electronics from them. Third, I don't "love" Microsoft. If you want to "hate" a company, that's fine. Personally, I reserve my stronger feelings for more important things. But don't assume everyone else in the world is also waging religious war over the software they happen to use (or not). It's just that, software.
Your question seems funny, considering your sig. Why did you choose Bill Gates, as opposed to Larry Ellison or Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet? You must be "pro-Linux"? How can you be "pro" operating system? Isn't that a bit pointless, hmmm?
Slashdot Mirror
This will get just a blip here but when "Micro$oft" says the GPL is viral then all hell breaks loose.
Weird, isn't it.
Spare the poor sod, he was trying to get some karma. It was a decent attempt, but it would have been even better if it had the word "Linux" or "GNU" somewhere along with "DRM". "RIAA" and "M$" also have mystical effects over moderators.
Intercal? BrainF*ck? Fundies? Well for god's sake man, do tell!!
Because it involved something akin to identity theft, I thought it interesting, but until now I hadn't seen a real-life version. "Information broker", indeed.
Scary.
I wonder how far this will fly with nazi project managers. They are fairly attached to their ass-backward "methodologies", you know.
Seriously, for the record, I agree with the statement above. But this type of thing simply does not work in most IT shops. I have no problem with some sort of control over the software development process (that is, I'm not saying PMs and PDs are completely worthless) but telling them something like this will probably be useless. They don't think of software developers as artists or craftsmen, but rather as "resources" that need to be managed, cajoled and pushed to meet deadlines. Nothing more, nothing less.
Sad, but true.
Dear god man, you ask too much!!1!
OK, send me your postal address so I can ship you my newborn.
*grin*
Trust me, I know what the bible (and the Popol-Vuh and every other seminal religious text in the world) says. I fail, however, to understand how you're equating the open source movement with a religion. Oh, wait...
You are so pissed [...]
LOL, that's quite a tirade.
Kurt Vonnegut [...]
First you turn open source into a messianic brouhaha and now you paraphrase Vonnegut? Wow.
you never said why you are "pro" microsoft. You only said that you don't like slashdot and you think OSS is shit
I can almost see you banging your head against the keyboard yelling "pro microsoft, pro microsoft!!1!!". Again, read what I write and don't try to put words in my static. mmkay?
Unless I missed something, the UK is not in the list of restricted nations that are prohibited receive strong encryption products.
So don't fall over yourself.
=)
TaxCut just doesn't cut it (pardon the pun). First off, it gets confused and loses information. For example, at the end of my federal return it claimed I hadn't entered state wages (which I had). Then it said I had to enter my child's social security number to be eligible for schedule EIC. No, I don't have a child. Then, once I ignored those errors and attempted to go on to the state return, the program showed me a very interesting and technical error message regarding their regular expression parser class (i.e., RegularExpression::parse() or some such) and then simply died. Kudos, especially considering how many of their customers are programmers.
So, I tried it again. And again. And then I sent an email to their "support" alias because their support number was always busy (not to mention it's not toll-free). They replied 5 days later (!) saying that I had to uninstall and reinstall... blah, blah. Tried it. No joy.
Keep in mind I had all their updates, I have a rock-solid system with all patches and updates and so on.
Today I went to Turbotax.com, and filed my return online. It took me about 30 minutes. Yes, I gave my money to Intuit. Yes, I don't feel good about it. No, I'm not going to wait around for H&R Block to get crap figured out, sorry.
YMMV, of course, but I just wanted to share. H&R Block also has an online filing system that supposedly works OK.
Somebody think of a Microsoft angle to this story!
Maybe that will make RMS shave and take a bath.
Everyone's an "architect" now. I've been an architect since the heady days of client/server systems and I'm surprised at how many 2-bit business analysts and script coders call themselves "architects". But anyway...
His list of contributions (to MS and otherwise) in recent years appears to be
He was also part of the technical evangelism team for the visual tools group back in the VS5-VS6 transition period. He was a nice guy (personally) but not tremendously technical. Which always struck me (and a lot of other people) as surprising considering his unusual involvement with the development teams (as opposed to just preaching).
I don't really know if he wrote WebClasses, but if he did I hope he doesn't sleep at nights. It was the single worst "feature" ever added to VB (but they didn't have anything to do with MTS, BTW. They were IIS-specific).
Um, your sig says "Bill Gates". But fair enough.
He is evil. He is a liar.
Perhaps in your rather limited perspective of reality, yes. I happen to think "evil" is a somewhat more serious label, reserved for actions a bit more "out there" than cheating. But hey. Whatever makes you tick.
This is the ideal that Jesus, budha, and mohammed preached.
Well, I suppose if you can label Bill Gates as "evil", you're entitled to compare open source with the preachings of jesus. I mean, what the heck, right?
For some strange reason this effort seems to really irritate people like you and Bill gates
Yeah, sure. I'm pissed to no end.
most impressive achievement of mankind in a long time
As a card-carrying member of humankind, I feel vaguely insulted by this.
[...]You are "Pro" Microsoft and you can't explain why.
That's an impressive monologue, but I have to wonder what part of my previous response you didn't manage to digest?
Fart.
Isn't that enough, I ask.
Cash? He has a lot of it, but not nearly 40 billion dollars. Most of his fortune is in Microsoft stock. Get your facts straight.
Also I chose Bill gates because he is most evil out of all the CEOs you have mentioned
There are a lot of evil people in the world, but I doubt you've come across any if you think Bill Gates is "evil" because he runs his company the way he does. He's not in the business of being nice to you and your friends, he's in the business of growing Microsoft and maximizing shareholder value. That's what CEOs do.
Open source is the most important movement in the world today
Yes, I'm sure it is. Any moment now open source is going to cure cancer, find an AIDS vaccine, turn rocks into bread and distribute it in Africa and topple all the evil governments of the world. Oh, and it's also going to stop global warming, pollution and deforestation.
The fact that this noble ideal also happens to produce a fantastic operating system is nothing short of a miracle
I don't agree that it's particularly noble (but you seem to live in a world where things are much simpler), though I do agree on the miracle bit.
The reward is in the process not the end result.
Yes, that's definitely an attitude that seems to permeate open source. Unfortunately it also means that most of what it produces is unusable unless you're a computer expert. But that's another discussion.
Why are you pro MS, why MS and not some other corporation? what made you choose this corporation to give your love and loyalty to?
First off, my sig is a play on the Slashdork collective. It has very interesting effects, especially among moderators. Second, I do not give my "loyalty" to Microsoft anymore than I give it to JVC because I buy consumer electronics from them. Third, I don't "love" Microsoft. If you want to "hate" a company, that's fine. Personally, I reserve my stronger feelings for more important things. But don't assume everyone else in the world is also waging religious war over the software they happen to use (or not). It's just that, software.
Isn't that Old Ike?
Does the fact that you can recall that at a moment's notice scare you in any way?
Boromir, you funny, funny troll. You're almost done with your Slashdot Haiku!
[i watched Iron Chef last night]
Your question seems funny, considering your sig. Why did you choose Bill Gates, as opposed to Larry Ellison or Steve Jobs or Warren Buffet? You must be "pro-Linux"? How can you be "pro" operating system? Isn't that a bit pointless, hmmm?