I worked at a mid size private university in the midwest and tuition rates were astronomical ($30k for undergrad). I think the loans are one thing but tuition rates are a larger issue. I wondered how they stayed in business especially these days.
I think this is a great example of why the open source development model will lead to better outcomes. Microsoft apparently tweaked Windows for profit instead of to improve efficiency or user experience. This design flaw would have been identified immediately in the open source world and would have been rightly discarded.
I work in a military environment. Recently our computers were transitioned to NMCI. Result: All open source is strictly prohibited. My workspace had designed a really awesome database powered by MySQL and other open source technology. When NMCI came online we were SOL. When we asked for help, we were advised we could spend a $xxx,xxx and purchase a Microsoft SQL Server license instead. When we pushed the issue, we were told that we were welcome to submit MySQL to NMCI for approval but that no one knew how to file the paperwork and no one had ever seen any software approved before. My take: It's a money scam. Somehow NMCI and Microsoft profit from each other with an exclusive agreement.
When Windows 95 came out it was a major improvement in technology. Windows 95 was easy to use and resulted in improved performance. Compared to Win 3.11 you could multi-task apps very well. The jump from Win 98 - Win2K was also significant for the general stability of the OS. As time marches on there has been little innovations and improvement. It's curious that companies are marketing products with decreased functionality for users. It seems almost like a suicidal business plan. At some point you would think people are going to say no. It's almost like companies want to frustrate customers and accelerate the adoption of Linux.
The site is outrageous. Apparenly a bunch of -1 posters got together and set it up. I think it's meant to be funny more than an attempt at serious criticism.
Can you march down to your local courthouse and file a small claims lawsuit? Your argument seems pretty solid. They would probably give in to avoid the lawsuit that might cost them thousands.
The big question: Is there a performance improvement without all that fluff? (Especially on older PC's)
This is what I really like about Linux, stuff is turned off by default. This ensures security and saves valuable resources. Microsoft seems to have everything enabled out of the box.
This is really troubling. What ever happened to the first amendment? LokiTorrent didn't host any of the illegal contact. How is this different from...? - Hosting a list of banned books - A library that contains books on how to pick locks
It seems like the courts often times are fast food restaurants for big corporations. I thought the courts were supposed to be object and ensure the rights of the little guy weren't trampled on??
The real troubling thing is now from new stories the movie mafia wants to "review log files" and go after people who viewed the site. That's rediculous.
Another aspect of this is hiring 3rd party companies to collect evidence. For example all these P2P so called monitoring services. Of course they are going to find evidence in favor of the movie mafia since that is what they are being paid to do. Can you imagine Microsoft doing an objective Linux story and revealing that Linux is in fact better? The government needs to collect the evidence and everything else needs to be thrown out.
There used to be a program called Kali that did this back before games had in game browsers. This was used back in the Win95 and Doom days. I think Kali is still around in some form or the other.
This letter amounts to a veiled threat: Use our software or someone might get hurt. Gates and company plan to make it as hard as possible to prevent interoperability with OSS. If you use OSS they will make as life as difficult as possible for you. They've engaged in this sort of behavior before and are doing it again.
The problem I have is ATI video drivers for Linux. So far they have been a huge dissapointment. My brother has an Dell notebook with an old nVidia graphics card that works much better than my Radeon 9800.
For productivity, I'm using OpenOffice, FireFox and Thunderbird amongst other open source applications. For games, I play Savage (http://www.s2games.com) which has a native Linux binary. I also play some other games like BattleField 1942 and Vietnam that run under Linux through an emulator.
The rate limiting step here is the ATI video drivers. It's the only thing keeping me running Windows XP instead of Linux.
The real problem here is the installation/activation issues.
Here is an excerpt from a post on the Steam forums that sums it up well:
The premise of the game Half-Life 2 revolves around a big-brother type of government that has little flying cameras to always keep track of where you are, and that controls what you can and can't do.
The premise of Steam revolves around a big-brother type of program that phones home to a central server to always keep track of what you are doing, and controls what you can and can't do.
It all adds up to one heck of a frustrating user experiencing. I have a lot of friends that are military. Suppose someone tries to install this game in the combat relaxation tent in the middle of Iraq so our troops can play. They can't install!
Original Link: http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php? s=&threadid=179397
Mod the parent up. The issue has nothing to do with intellectual property. Software patents in general are trivial. Microsoft is trying to wield its monopoly power again to maintain control of its operating system market dominance. If they really try this there will be such a huge backlash...
InternationalCow felt some of the poster's complained might have a psychiatric etiology. Acute attacks of pain, feeling like the world is coming to the end, chest pain, etc could represent panic attacks. Even if the symptoms are not from a primary psychiatric etiology, treatment with some psychotropic medication like anti-depressants could decrease his anxiety, improve his mood and increase his energy level.
I see this patent buisness model as no different than the other booms (biotech, dot com) that all busted. Plain and simple, the patent business model means making money without any productivity. Instead of Network Solutions, we will have Patent Solutions so you can patent the 100 different ways to breath. There is no way this business model can succeed. Reform is coming sooner or later.
"This is an automatic reply. I will be away from the office on business in Europe from 12n Monday 11/1 through Friday 11/5. During this time, there may be a delay responding to your email./b"
I wonder what his expression will be on Monday when he checks his e-mail...
I've purchased a lot of games like Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam. The problem is you have to put a CD in the drive to play. This really slows down the game and is inconvenient. I'm sure it also adds wear and tear to your CD/DVD drive. Removing the CD check for a legal use is common sense. I bought the game, I'm entitled to use it.
I'm not interested in piracy. I think it costs more to pirate the game if you factor in time then it would just to buy it.
There is a great open source compiler called Lazarus that rivals Borland's Delphi. It's found over at lazarus.freepascal.org. It's object oriented and has a nice GUI. Best thing about it besides being open source is the fact that it is cross platform. It really is a great product!
I installed Firefox for the first time yesterday. It worked pretty well! I wish I could uninstall Internet Explorer using a program like XP Lite. My concern is that I would not be able to use Windows Update. If Firefox could run Windows Update I would remove IE permanently.
"A universal electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system allows a user to locate information on a distributed computer system or network such as the Internet by knowing or guessing a short mnemonic alias of an electronic resource without the user having to know the physical or other location denotation such as the universal resource locator (URL) of the desired resource."
For the first time ever, I'm going 100% Linux. I'm getting ready to order my next PC in the next few days. I've got all the apps I need covered except gaming. Electronic Arts and other big game companies, I'd pay $100 for a Linux version of Battlefield Vietname for example.
The irony of the whole thing is that Linux is doing the same thing to Microsoft that they did to Netscape. Netscape should have run around patenting the browser I suppose...
If enough consumers give Microsoft the axe like me, maybe they will get the message.
The poster should try serving in the military. There is a saying in the Navy, if it didn't come in your seabag you don't need it. Basically, you'd be expected to provide the same job with no resources.
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He needs a big sign that says "Your Ask.com toolbar dollars at work"
I worked at a mid size private university in the midwest and tuition rates were astronomical ($30k for undergrad). I think the loans are one thing but tuition rates are a larger issue. I wondered how they stayed in business especially these days.
I think this is a great example of why the open source development model will lead to better outcomes. Microsoft apparently tweaked Windows for profit instead of to improve efficiency or user experience. This design flaw would have been identified immediately in the open source world and would have been rightly discarded.
I work in a military environment. Recently our computers were transitioned to NMCI. Result: All open source is strictly prohibited. My workspace had designed a really awesome database powered by MySQL and other open source technology. When NMCI came online we were SOL. When we asked for help, we were advised we could spend a $xxx,xxx and purchase a Microsoft SQL Server license instead. When we pushed the issue, we were told that we were welcome to submit MySQL to NMCI for approval but that no one knew how to file the paperwork and no one had ever seen any software approved before. My take: It's a money scam. Somehow NMCI and Microsoft profit from each other with an exclusive agreement.
When Windows 95 came out it was a major improvement in technology. Windows 95 was easy to use and resulted in improved performance. Compared to Win 3.11 you could multi-task apps very well. The jump from Win 98 - Win2K was also significant for the general stability of the OS. As time marches on there has been little innovations and improvement. It's curious that companies are marketing products with decreased functionality for users. It seems almost like a suicidal business plan. At some point you would think people are going to say no. It's almost like companies want to frustrate customers and accelerate the adoption of Linux.
Sure the public can view the DNA but did Celera surrender the patents too??
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The site is outrageous. Apparenly a bunch of -1 posters got together and set it up. I think it's meant to be funny more than an attempt at serious criticism.
Can you march down to your local courthouse and file a small claims lawsuit? Your argument seems pretty solid. They would probably give in to avoid the lawsuit that might cost them thousands.
The big question: Is there a performance improvement without all that fluff? (Especially on older PC's)
This is what I really like about Linux, stuff is turned off by default. This ensures security and saves valuable resources. Microsoft seems to have everything enabled out of the box.
This is really troubling. What ever happened to the first amendment? LokiTorrent didn't host any of the illegal contact. How is this different from...?
- Hosting a list of banned books
- A library that contains books on how to pick locks
It seems like the courts often times are fast food restaurants for big corporations. I thought the courts were supposed to be object and ensure the rights of the little guy weren't trampled on??
The real troubling thing is now from new stories the movie mafia wants to "review log files" and go after people who viewed the site. That's rediculous.
Another aspect of this is hiring 3rd party companies to collect evidence. For example all these P2P so called monitoring services. Of course they are going to find evidence in favor of the movie mafia since that is what they are being paid to do. Can you imagine Microsoft doing an objective Linux story and revealing that Linux is in fact better? The government needs to collect the evidence and everything else needs to be thrown out.
There used to be a program called Kali that did this back before games had in game browsers. This was used back in the Win95 and Doom days. I think Kali is still around in some form or the other.
This letter amounts to a veiled threat: Use our software or someone might get hurt. Gates and company plan to make it as hard as possible to prevent interoperability with OSS. If you use OSS they will make as life as difficult as possible for you. They've engaged in this sort of behavior before and are doing it again.
The problem I have is ATI video drivers for Linux. So far they have been a huge dissapointment. My brother has an Dell notebook with an old nVidia graphics card that works much better than my Radeon 9800.
For productivity, I'm using OpenOffice, FireFox and Thunderbird amongst other open source applications. For games, I play Savage (http://www.s2games.com) which has a native Linux binary. I also play some other games like BattleField 1942 and Vietnam that run under Linux through an emulator.
The rate limiting step here is the ATI video drivers. It's the only thing keeping me running Windows XP instead of Linux.
The real problem here is the installation/activation issues.
? s=&threadid=179397
Here is an excerpt from a post on the Steam forums that sums it up well:
The premise of the game Half-Life 2 revolves around a big-brother type of government that has little flying cameras to always keep track of where you are, and that controls what you can and can't do.
The premise of Steam revolves around a big-brother type of program that phones home to a central server to always keep track of what you are doing, and controls what you can and can't do.
It all adds up to one heck of a frustrating user experiencing. I have a lot of friends that are military. Suppose someone tries to install this game in the combat relaxation tent in the middle of Iraq so our troops can play. They can't install!
Original Link: http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php
Mod the parent up. The issue has nothing to do with intellectual property. Software patents in general are trivial. Microsoft is trying to wield its monopoly power again to maintain control of its operating system market dominance. If they really try this there will be such a huge backlash...
InternationalCow felt some of the poster's complained might have a psychiatric etiology. Acute attacks of pain, feeling like the world is coming to the end, chest pain, etc could represent panic attacks. Even if the symptoms are not from a primary psychiatric etiology, treatment with some psychotropic medication like anti-depressants could decrease his anxiety, improve his mood and increase his energy level.
I see this patent buisness model as no different than the other booms (biotech, dot com) that all busted. Plain and simple, the patent business model means making money without any productivity. Instead of Network Solutions, we will have Patent Solutions so you can patent the 100 different ways to breath. There is no way this business model can succeed. Reform is coming sooner or later.
Here is the reply I got when e-mailing him:
/b"
"This is an automatic reply.
I will be away from the office on business in Europe from 12n Monday 11/1 through Friday 11/5. During this time, there may be a delay responding to your email.
I wonder what his expression will be on Monday when he checks his e-mail...
I've purchased a lot of games like Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam. The problem is you have to put a CD in the drive to play. This really slows down the game and is inconvenient. I'm sure it also adds wear and tear to your CD/DVD drive. Removing the CD check for a legal use is common sense. I bought the game, I'm entitled to use it.
I'm not interested in piracy. I think it costs more to pirate the game if you factor in time then it would just to buy it.
There is a great open source compiler called Lazarus that rivals Borland's Delphi. It's found over at lazarus.freepascal.org. It's object oriented and has a nice GUI. Best thing about it besides being open source is the fact that it is cross platform. It really is a great product!
This could really backfire on the music and movie industries. The supreme court might take the betamax decision to a new level. I'm all for this.
I installed Firefox for the first time yesterday. It worked pretty well! I wish I could uninstall Internet Explorer using a program like XP Lite. My concern is that I would not be able to use Windows Update. If Firefox could run Windows Update I would remove IE permanently.
Looks like some else already patented this concept: http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US06101537__
"A universal electronic resource denotation, request and delivery system allows a user to locate information on a distributed computer system or network such as the Internet by knowing or guessing a short mnemonic alias of an electronic resource without the user having to know the physical or other location denotation such as the universal resource locator (URL) of the desired resource."
For the first time ever, I'm going 100% Linux. I'm getting ready to order my next PC in the next few days. I've got all the apps I need covered except gaming. Electronic Arts and other big game companies, I'd pay $100 for a Linux version of Battlefield Vietname for example.
The irony of the whole thing is that Linux is doing the same thing to Microsoft that they did to Netscape. Netscape should have run around patenting the browser I suppose...
If enough consumers give Microsoft the axe like me, maybe they will get the message.
The poster should try serving in the military. There is a saying in the Navy, if it didn't come in your seabag you don't need it. Basically, you'd be expected to provide the same job with no resources.