and developers grow to be sysadmins, because it's a very different job, with different goals. please don't suggest that administration is stepping stone to becoming a developer. it's just not true.
That's *exactly* what I'm suggesting, in the Unix world. In the Windows world, you're right, they're two totally different worlds. That "other world" that Windows administrators live in is a world we don't need, because it's a world that's out of touch with the needs of their users, which is who administrators are there to serve.
Unix _does_ force administrators to think more like programmers. And that's a good thing.
Why has the administration been allowed to bloom unnoticed in the software industry when it is having all these negative effects?
Because Administrators are the ones who have to deal with the most headaches. I quit administrating and switched to development because of the complete lack of control I felt. The bulk of my admin was on Windows NT servers. A bad patch or rogue program caused grief, which I was expected to fix. Because of largely closed-source development environments, that meant flailing around in the dark trying endless shotgun approaches: patch, reboot, test, change, reboot, test, reconfigure, test, blow out OS, reload, test...on and on and on. Meanwhile developers would say "just get my database up and running! I don't care about _your_ problems".
Unix is the best environment I know for Administrators. It slowly nudges them towards programming because of the close relationship of scripting and automation. Admins grow to become programmers. NT on the other hand, is a completely non-sensical environment because it's prodiminatly adminsitrated through application layers; no programming knowledge required.
The old addage of freedom and responsibility applies. The more responsibility you have, the more freedom you should have. The less responsibility you have, the less amount of freedom is tolerable. Since a lot of admins work with closed-source products, they do not have the freedom to fix or investigate problems the way their open-source counterparts have, and therefore are given the responsibility without freedom.
Largely, I agree with the article's points, but I think the blame goes beyond the administrator. I think it belongs squarely in the lap of the commercial software industry. Then answer: open-source.
Judge granted both IBM motions to compel, gave SCO thirty days to comply 'with specificity' and suspended further discovery
The same brute power of the Open Source movement is at work with this lawsuit as well. Should the code ever become public, you can be assured that the source of the source will be sourced faster than you can say...uh...'source'.
I'm looking forward to seeing how Darl and Co. spin this one!
Most of you know this, so please just bear with the sermon for those who do not.
Moore's Law is a marketing term which was coined by the press, not Gordon Moore himself. It's not a law in the scientific sense, like the Law of Gravity. The 'law' simply states that the number of transistors on IC's roughly doubles every 18 months. People have been predicting the death of Moore's Law for many years, and probably will for many more.
If it truly were a law, it could not die. But eventually it will fail. In the mean time, it's a 'law' that keeps sales and marketing people busy, ensuring there will always be faster processors to run the latest bloatware.
Now a good MCSE is a master at his/her craft and I admire his/her patience (hehe) and his/her ability to navigate and troubleshoot a poorly documented and closed source system.
I invested 5 years of my life trying to "master" Windows. That was the problem - you can never master Microsoft products. It all about "I can flail around in the dark better than you can". You can become very, very proficient, but master? Can't be done.
And that's why I don't do Windows anymore. I'm working on mastering Linux.
"The same day, a court convicted a fourth writer charged in the case, Jiang Lijun, of subversion and sentenced him to four years in prison, his lawyer said."
The part about this story that gets to me is that the researcher didn't alert Microsoft before posting to a public mailing list.
That was my initial reaction too, but then I asked myself why? Why must the manufacturer be notified first? All Linux expolits are announced publically aren't they? Or am I mistaken? If defects in Linux can be made public and fixed quickly, why can't commercial software be done the same way?
When I have to stop and think what message I'm sending tossing my keys on the table, that's where I draw the virtual line.
95% of all communication is non-verbal. Technologies like these are an attempt to come up with ways to communicate non-verbal communication. Of course nothing beats visiting in person, but perhaps the technologies that follow these ones will help people who are in isolation cope better, such as Antarctic stations or perhaps deep space exploration.
It all seems a little complex. Why not broadband video over IP (with on/off switches at both ends)?
The idea is you use it one a regular basis without really thinking of it. It's like coming home and seeing someone elses shoes thrown across the kitchen, which tells you "hey, my brother's home. Why'd he throw his shoes like that? Maybe he's upset about something".
Eating, reading, having a set of keys sit on a table when you're supposed to be at work. We recognise all these non-verbal queues without really thinking about them. Most technologies like telephones, email and video require a deliberate attempt to connect. Technologies like this one help you "feel" the other person's presence and activities.
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind - I'm sure. But does anybody know a list, that is complete as possible? I know only a list of CD-Live-distros at knoppix.net.
It's always good to see another distribution from a research/development standpoint. Rolling your own distro builds more who are familiar with the landscape.
But why is this here? What defining feature of Mepis make it/. worthy? I think it'd be better suited on distrowatch. Posting each new distribution won't help Linux, but rather it gives the impression of being a little desperate.
I'm not trolling or trying to start a flamewar (I'm a Debian user myself), but Linux needs to push the envelope for creative code hacking.
To verify that this wasn't a hoax or an internal joke which mistakenly escaped to the wider world of the Internet, we called the Purchasing and Contract Services division for the County of Los Angeles, and they informed us that yes, they did issue this message, and yes, it was meant seriously. The representative we spoke with said that someone within the County bureaucracy -- a person who probably didn't understand computer terminology -- had taken offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board, whereupon the Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification requesting that vendors refrain from using that terminology.
Okay, how about "Pimp/Bitch"? The guy who recommended this needs to be fired before his ideas continue to procreate.
"It's a huge problem," said Brewster Kahle, digital librarian at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture."
If you want something to last, post it on Usenet. If there a need to cite it in a document, post it with a unique ID#, so that a simple Google URL search along with the author's email address will find it among the billions of other postings.
Please note, however, that promptly following the removal of the MP3.com website, all content will be deleted from our servers and all previously submitted tapes, CD-ROMs and other media in our possession will be destroyed.
Wasn't Alanis Morissette a part owner of MP3.com? If some high profile artists were to kick up a fuss, say under the banner of "corporate censorship", I think CNet would an about face pretty quickly.
Do you know how much Walmart will be paying for an OEM version of WinXP? I'm going to guess with their buying power: not much.
And how much will they be paying for the hardware? Not much either. The "Microsoft tax" is not way overblown. I run Linux; why should I pay an extra ANYTHING if I don't want it? If I have to pay for something I don't use, it's a tax.
And to restate my point, if Joe Consumer sees two identical notebooks, where the one with Windows is more and the one with Linux is less and they know their cousin can throw the latest version of Windows on it, people will buy the Linux notebook.
I didn't say it was pretty. I didn't say it was ethical. I just said this is a good thing because consumers will _see_ the cost of Windows up front, which right now is padded in the price of all the notebooks bought.
"For the same reason Dell and Gateway can get TVs, there's no reason Wal-Mart can't get computers," Baker said.
I really hope Wal-Mart decides to sell notebooks with both Lindows and Windows. It will never be mentioned in the press, but many people would buy the cheaper of the two, then chuck Lindows and replace it with a pirated copy of Windows.
Microsoft will no doubt fight this tooth and nail. They know that seeing two identical machines side by side in Wal-Mart, people will see how expensive Windows really is. Then there will be more reason to mainstream more Linux software, especially games.
Chapman also analyzes the mistakes made, and shows how Apple Computer could've been the 99% market share vendor right now
I love it when authors look back with glorified hindsight on the failures of others and zero in on their mistakes. It's as if to say "if *I* had been there, I woudn't have do it that way"
So what do you suggest now, Merrill? Let see Chapman's papers on how the Open Source movement can navigate its way through today's marketplace. Or how about a brief gaze into his crystal ball about what the future holds. When he puts his name on the line and attaches his ideas to something tangible, then I'll listen to what he has to say.
"Neo, sooner or later you're going to realize that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." - Morpheus
satisfying to see some of those fortunes being spent to help create good software for a change
Classic (unnecessary!) Slashdot editorializing in a news report.
Being that *I* was the one who submitted the article and made that comment, I can offer you this insight. Slashdot, for all its size and impact, is still a private weblog of Rob Malda (CmdrTaco). It is not a news organization. It is by its very nature a place to link to news articles and offer comment.
If you don't like it, there's not a whole lot you can do about it, except maybe start your own weblog. Or you can just keep reading, as millions of other do every day.
Dubbed the Consortium Of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors and led by the creators of the popular Ad-Aware and Pest Patrol software programs, the group is trying to create standard definitions of "spyware," "adware" and other pests, and give best-practices recommendations to the companies that want to avoid being blocked by their software.(emphasis added)
Once again, the main technical problem lies with Windows. Spyware is just another form of malware, which takes advantage of defects in the operating system to gain access.
I would hope that the Consortium Of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors would promote Linux, Mac and other operating systems that are better equipped to rebuff malware attacks.
Stallman's a nut, but my hat's off to him
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Californians, who like many others had little choice but to pay Microsoft's high prices for its monopolistic proprietary software, now have a unique opportunity to help the Free Software Movement
RMS's stance on non-free software is tiresome, borderline-communist, and impractical. I agree with others that his motives are not great software, but software li[b|v]re.
But OH-my-goodness...the contributions he's made! Take a couple of hours and read Richard's biography Free as in Freedom. It's a must-read, and as always Richard has ensured it will be a free one as well. You may love him or hate him, but more than that the man has earned the respect he deserves.
Carr countered saying that he is not advocating complacency but skepticism. "Companies shouldn't be complacent; the word I would use is skeptical," he said
Bang on! I've often referred to Information Technology as "Data Technology". The main difference is the ability to act on data. If you can make better decisions based on processing data, it becomes information.
Too much of Information Technology is wasted on learning tools. New versions of software is release which precipitates a purchase of books, seminars and (more importantly) time.
Linux appeals to me because it uses a fairly static set of tools, which can be combined to solve problems. It isn't as pretty as Windows, but the time I've invested in learning tools well has paid off in less time learning stuff I don't need (TMTOWTDI). I focus more on my boring old ASCII files with the business information I need and less on figuring out why my latest version of Word is causing a GPF in a newly reloaded version of Windows XP that can't open the Word doc that I typed up last week, which precipitated the reload in the first place because Word locked up when I was trying to extract information from the data I'd collected......you get the idea.
The SCO Group's CEO Darl McBride has announced today his company's intention to file legal charges against Santa Clause, the jolly old elf of the North Pole. The announcement comes on the heels of SCO's recent assertion that they are the true owners of the Christmas Holiday, which they claim was acquired through their acquisition of sources of Holiday code, also known as 'Christmas Cheer'. "We have been placed in a tug of war between those who think presents should be given freely to the children of the world and those who want to assure consumers purchase them." McBride said during a recent press conference.
Mr. McBride urged companies to be wary of those who view Christmas as a time for giving, and that there's no such thing as a "free gift" to children. Santa Clause responded to SCO's claims with a puzzled look and a bit of a laugh "Ho ho. Well, I'd like to help you reporters with your story, but I'm afraid I'm quite busy in my shop making toys and getting my sleigh and reindeer ready". Darl McBride responded "The more reigns you pull, the more you see. This man is a danger to the capitalist system. How are companies supposed to compete if toys are given away at no cost? It just doesn't make sense". SCO also intends to name additional litigants in their case, including Dasher, Dancer, Donner, and Blitzen. "As we go forward we will continue to do battle against the notion that gifts should be given freely, but we hope for a position where we can settle this amicably."
SCO's legal department was unable to be reached for further comment, as they are currently preparing a billion page document showing proof of their claims, to be delivered to the defendant and courts later this week.
"News flash: Linux Usage Causes Impotence... Windows 2003 brings hope and prosperity to third-world contries... Linus Torvalds: Subversive Fascist, or Raging Red Communist?... Study shows Childen who use MICROSOFT products are smarter than their stupid peers... MSN Newsbot Causes Correction in Polar Ice-Caps...
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Quote:According to MSN, by tracking the interests of users of the site it can determine which stories are most popular and suggest stories that users want to follow based on the patterns of other users.
Great, now Microsoft can collect information on me without having to sneak around. "Your honor, Mr. Public asked us to track his every move when he was forced...UH...opted-in to MSN Newsbot". Of course, they'd _never_ use the information they gather for marketing purposes (ouch! my tongue is wedged into my cheek!)
Quote:Users of MSN Passport can get personalised news depending on their interest during past visits. When logging in to Passport, MSN Newsbot displays news from sources you've chosen in the past.
Passport users? Oh, you mean everyone who uses XP because of that annoying bubble that keeps pestering you to sign-up until you do.
So now I can read all the favourable press on Microsoft, have all my activity tracked and the rest of my privacy compromised so I can have super-specific product advisement beamed right into brain. Gotta hand it to you, Bill, your vast fortunes are eclipsed only by your ability to me, John Q. Public, exactly what I want (ouch! My cheek!)
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Magneto: Something's different, today... [Holds up a hand, and the guard freezes] Too much iron in your blood!
and developers grow to be sysadmins, because it's a very different job, with different goals. please don't suggest that administration is stepping stone to becoming a developer. it's just not true.
That's *exactly* what I'm suggesting, in the Unix world. In the Windows world, you're right, they're two totally different worlds. That "other world" that Windows administrators live in is a world we don't need, because it's a world that's out of touch with the needs of their users, which is who administrators are there to serve.
Unix _does_ force administrators to think more like programmers. And that's a good thing.
Why has the administration been allowed to bloom unnoticed in the software industry when it is having all these negative effects?
Because Administrators are the ones who have to deal with the most headaches. I quit administrating and switched to development because of the complete lack of control I felt. The bulk of my admin was on Windows NT servers. A bad patch or rogue program caused grief, which I was expected to fix. Because of largely closed-source development environments, that meant flailing around in the dark trying endless shotgun approaches: patch, reboot, test, change, reboot, test, reconfigure, test, blow out OS, reload, test...on and on and on. Meanwhile developers would say "just get my database up and running! I don't care about _your_ problems".
Unix is the best environment I know for Administrators. It slowly nudges them towards programming because of the close relationship of scripting and automation. Admins grow to become programmers. NT on the other hand, is a completely non-sensical environment because it's prodiminatly adminsitrated through application layers; no programming knowledge required.
The old addage of freedom and responsibility applies. The more responsibility you have, the more freedom you should have. The less responsibility you have, the less amount of freedom is tolerable. Since a lot of admins work with closed-source products, they do not have the freedom to fix or investigate problems the way their open-source counterparts have, and therefore are given the responsibility without freedom.
Largely, I agree with the article's points, but I think the blame goes beyond the administrator. I think it belongs squarely in the lap of the commercial software industry. Then answer: open-source.
Judge granted both IBM motions to compel, gave SCO thirty days to comply 'with specificity' and suspended further discovery
The same brute power of the Open Source movement is at work with this lawsuit as well. Should the code ever become public, you can be assured that the source of the source will be sourced faster than you can say...uh...'source'.
I'm looking forward to seeing how Darl and Co. spin this one!
Most of you know this, so please just bear with the sermon for those who do not.
Moore's Law is a marketing term which was coined by the press, not Gordon Moore himself. It's not a law in the scientific sense, like the Law of Gravity. The 'law' simply states that the number of transistors on IC's roughly doubles every 18 months. People have been predicting the death of Moore's Law for many years, and probably will for many more.
If it truly were a law, it could not die. But eventually it will fail. In the mean time, it's a 'law' that keeps sales and marketing people busy, ensuring there will always be faster processors to run the latest bloatware.
Now a good MCSE is a master at his/her craft and I admire his/her patience (hehe) and his/her ability to navigate and troubleshoot a poorly documented and closed source system.
I invested 5 years of my life trying to "master" Windows. That was the problem - you can never master Microsoft products. It all about "I can flail around in the dark better than you can". You can become very, very proficient, but master? Can't be done.
And that's why I don't do Windows anymore. I'm working on mastering Linux.
Washington post has additional information
"The same day, a court convicted a fourth writer charged in the case, Jiang Lijun, of subversion and sentenced him to four years in prison, his lawyer said."
The part about this story that gets to me is that the researcher didn't alert Microsoft before posting to a public mailing list.
That was my initial reaction too, but then I asked myself why? Why must the manufacturer be notified first? All Linux expolits are announced publically aren't they? Or am I mistaken? If defects in Linux can be made public and fixed quickly, why can't commercial software be done the same way?
When I have to stop and think what message I'm sending tossing my keys on the table, that's where I draw the virtual line.
95% of all communication is non-verbal. Technologies like these are an attempt to come up with ways to communicate non-verbal communication. Of course nothing beats visiting in person, but perhaps the technologies that follow these ones will help people who are in isolation cope better, such as Antarctic stations or perhaps deep space exploration.
It all seems a little complex. Why not broadband video over IP (with on/off switches at both ends)?
The idea is you use it one a regular basis without really thinking of it. It's like coming home and seeing someone elses shoes thrown across the kitchen, which tells you "hey, my brother's home. Why'd he throw his shoes like that? Maybe he's upset about something".
Eating, reading, having a set of keys sit on a table when you're supposed to be at work. We recognise all these non-verbal queues without really thinking about them. Most technologies like telephones, email and video require a deliberate attempt to connect. Technologies like this one help you "feel" the other person's presence and activities.
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind - I'm sure. But does anybody know a list, that is complete as possible? I know only a list of CD-Live-distros at knoppix.net .
Distrowatch
It's always good to see another distribution from a research/development standpoint. Rolling your own distro builds more who are familiar with the landscape.
/. worthy? I think it'd be better suited on distrowatch. Posting each new distribution won't help Linux, but rather it gives the impression of being a little desperate.
But why is this here? What defining feature of Mepis make it
I'm not trolling or trying to start a flamewar (I'm a Debian user myself), but Linux needs to push the envelope for creative code hacking.
To verify that this wasn't a hoax or an internal joke which mistakenly escaped to the wider world of the Internet, we called the Purchasing and Contract Services division for the County of Los Angeles, and they informed us that yes, they did issue this message, and yes, it was meant seriously. The representative we spoke with said that someone within the County bureaucracy -- a person who probably didn't understand computer terminology -- had taken offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board, whereupon the Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification requesting that vendors refrain from using that terminology.
Okay, how about "Pimp/Bitch"? The guy who recommended this needs to be fired before his ideas continue to procreate.
"It's a huge problem," said Brewster Kahle, digital librarian at the Internet Archive in San Francisco. "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture."
If you want something to last, post it on Usenet. If there a need to cite it in a document, post it with a unique ID#, so that a simple Google URL search along with the author's email address will find it among the billions of other postings.
Please note, however, that promptly following the removal of the MP3.com website, all content will be deleted from our servers and all previously submitted tapes, CD-ROMs and other media in our possession will be destroyed.
Wasn't Alanis Morissette a part owner of MP3.com? If some high profile artists were to kick up a fuss, say under the banner of "corporate censorship", I think CNet would an about face pretty quickly.
Do you know how much Walmart will be paying for an OEM version of WinXP? I'm going to guess with their buying power: not much.
And how much will they be paying for the hardware? Not much either. The "Microsoft tax" is not way overblown. I run Linux; why should I pay an extra ANYTHING if I don't want it? If I have to pay for something I don't use, it's a tax.
And to restate my point, if Joe Consumer sees two identical notebooks, where the one with Windows is more and the one with Linux is less and they know their cousin can throw the latest version of Windows on it, people will buy the Linux notebook.
I didn't say it was pretty. I didn't say it was ethical. I just said this is a good thing because consumers will _see_ the cost of Windows up front, which right now is padded in the price of all the notebooks bought.
"For the same reason Dell and Gateway can get TVs, there's no reason Wal-Mart can't get computers," Baker said.
I really hope Wal-Mart decides to sell notebooks with both Lindows and Windows. It will never be mentioned in the press, but many people would buy the cheaper of the two, then chuck Lindows and replace it with a pirated copy of Windows.
Microsoft will no doubt fight this tooth and nail. They know that seeing two identical machines side by side in Wal-Mart, people will see how expensive Windows really is. Then there will be more reason to mainstream more Linux software, especially games.
Chapman also analyzes the mistakes made, and shows how Apple Computer could've been the 99% market share vendor right now
I love it when authors look back with glorified hindsight on the failures of others and zero in on their mistakes. It's as if to say "if *I* had been there, I woudn't have do it that way"
So what do you suggest now, Merrill? Let see Chapman's papers on how the Open Source movement can navigate its way through today's marketplace. Or how about a brief gaze into his crystal ball about what the future holds. When he puts his name on the line and attaches his ideas to something tangible, then I'll listen to what he has to say.
"Neo, sooner or later you're going to realize that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." - Morpheus
satisfying to see some of those fortunes being spent to help create good software for a change
Classic (unnecessary!) Slashdot editorializing in a news report.
Being that *I* was the one who submitted the article and made that comment, I can offer you this insight. Slashdot, for all its size and impact, is still a private weblog of Rob Malda (CmdrTaco). It is not a news organization. It is by its very nature a place to link to news articles and offer comment.
If you don't like it, there's not a whole lot you can do about it, except maybe start your own weblog. Or you can just keep reading, as millions of other do every day.
Dubbed the Consortium Of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors and led by the creators of the popular Ad-Aware and Pest Patrol software programs, the group is trying to create standard definitions of "spyware," "adware" and other pests, and give best-practices recommendations to the companies that want to avoid being blocked by their software.(emphasis added)
Once again, the main technical problem lies with Windows. Spyware is just another form of malware, which takes advantage of defects in the operating system to gain access.
I would hope that the Consortium Of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors would promote Linux, Mac and other operating systems that are better equipped to rebuff malware attacks.
Californians, who like many others had little choice but to pay Microsoft's high prices for its monopolistic proprietary software, now have a unique opportunity to help the Free Software Movement
RMS's stance on non-free software is tiresome, borderline-communist, and impractical. I agree with others that his motives are not great software, but software li[b|v]re.
But OH-my-goodness...the contributions he's made! Take a couple of hours and read Richard's biography Free as in Freedom. It's a must-read, and as always Richard has ensured it will be a free one as well. You may love him or hate him, but more than that the man has earned the respect he deserves.
Support the FSF.
Carr countered saying that he is not advocating complacency but skepticism. "Companies shouldn't be complacent; the word I would use is skeptical," he said
...you get the idea.
Bang on! I've often referred to Information Technology as "Data Technology". The main difference is the ability to act on data. If you can make better decisions based on processing data, it becomes information.
Too much of Information Technology is wasted on learning tools. New versions of software is release which precipitates a purchase of books, seminars and (more importantly) time.
Linux appeals to me because it uses a fairly static set of tools, which can be combined to solve problems. It isn't as pretty as Windows, but the time I've invested in learning tools well has paid off in less time learning stuff I don't need (TMTOWTDI). I focus more on my boring old ASCII files with the business information I need and less on figuring out why my latest version of Word is causing a GPF in a newly reloaded version of Windows XP that can't open the Word doc that I typed up last week, which precipitated the reload in the first place because Word locked up when I was trying to extract information from the data I'd collected...
The SCO Group's CEO Darl McBride has announced today his company's intention to file legal charges against Santa Clause, the jolly old elf of the North Pole. The announcement comes on the heels of SCO's recent assertion that they are the true owners of the Christmas Holiday, which they claim was acquired through their acquisition of sources of Holiday code, also known as 'Christmas Cheer'. "We have been placed in a tug of war between those who think presents should be given freely to the children of the world and those who want to assure consumers purchase them." McBride said during a recent press conference.
Mr. McBride urged companies to be wary of those who view Christmas as a time for giving, and that there's no such thing as a "free gift" to children. Santa Clause responded to SCO's claims with a puzzled look and a bit of a laugh "Ho ho. Well, I'd like to help you reporters with your story, but I'm afraid I'm quite busy in my shop making toys and getting my sleigh and reindeer ready". Darl McBride responded "The more reigns you pull, the more you see. This man is a danger to the capitalist system. How are companies supposed to compete if toys are given away at no cost? It just doesn't make sense". SCO also intends to name additional litigants in their case, including Dasher, Dancer, Donner, and Blitzen. "As we go forward we will continue to do battle against the notion that gifts should be given freely, but we hope for a position where we can settle this amicably."
SCO's legal department was unable to be reached for further comment, as they are currently preparing a billion page document showing proof of their claims, to be delivered to the defendant and courts later this week.
"News flash: Linux Usage Causes Impotence ... Windows 2003 brings hope and prosperity to third-world contries ... Linus Torvalds: Subversive Fascist, or Raging Red Communist? ... Study shows Childen who use MICROSOFT products are smarter than their stupid peers ... MSN Newsbot Causes Correction in Polar Ice-Caps ...
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Quote: According to MSN, by tracking the interests of users of the site it can determine which stories are most popular and suggest stories that users want to follow based on the patterns of other users.
Great, now Microsoft can collect information on me without having to sneak around. "Your honor, Mr. Public asked us to track his every move when he was forced...UH...opted-in to MSN Newsbot". Of course, they'd _never_ use the information they gather for marketing purposes (ouch! my tongue is wedged into my cheek!)
Quote: Users of MSN Passport can get personalised news depending on their interest during past visits. When logging in to Passport, MSN Newsbot displays news from sources you've chosen in the past.
Passport users? Oh, you mean everyone who uses XP because of that annoying bubble that keeps pestering you to sign-up until you do.
So now I can read all the favourable press on Microsoft, have all my activity tracked and the rest of my privacy compromised so I can have super-specific product advisement beamed right into brain. Gotta hand it to you, Bill, your vast fortunes are eclipsed only by your ability to me, John Q. Public, exactly what I want (ouch! My cheek!)