Congratulations, you acted as an Agent for your company, and submitted the code under the GPL willingly and knowingly. Looks like you'll be fired if your company doesn't like this fact. Here's a clue- how are the kernel maintainers suppose to know if your proprietary code is proprietary? It's not like they can cross-reference a magic "proprietary code repository" to find that out. You committed copyright infringement against your employer. Hope your resume is up to date!
Completely agreed, and sorry if I came off as apolgizing for Blockbuster's actions. The TV ads are misleading, I'll go with you on that one. But, just as companies have to do their due dilligence, so do consumers, and the new policy is a change to the terms and conditions. When I rented last week, I was made aware of the new conditions, they are posted online and available in the store. This is best compared to when Best Buy used to run ads saying you can get a computer for $100 on TV, and you'd have to check the printed ads to see that you have to sign your life away to AOL to get that special "deal."
No, it's about as ethical as anything that you pay to rent. I'm sorry, but common sense and the terms are quite plain about it. An, if you look at anything you rent you'll see even harsher penalties. Call it deferred late fees if you want, but all the signs i've seen in the stores make it very clear that it's only intended to be another couple day buffer. After that, you have 30 DAYS(!) to return it and, as others have posted, pay the $1.25 restocking fee. Hardly what it used to be for the daily accumulation of late fees. Was it stupid for them to run the ads like they've reinvented the concept of renting? Sure. Are they being dishonest? Not if you check your membership agreement.
LDAP is the core of what people usually call middleware. Ever logged into your machine and authenticated against a server, LDAP. Ever done a directory lookup on someone using Outlook at work? LDAP. Use happy fancy Cisco VoIP phones? LDAP...etc etc etc. Basically, if you have to pass directory info between systems for any reason at all, most of the time you're using LDAP (x501).
While I think it's quite harsh to dub mySQL a "so-called 'database'", sprocs are an integral part to a 3-tiered webapp. MySQL is an extrememly robust platform, and while the version 4 feature-set isn't up to par with other offerings, the 5.0 release is coming along very well and is making due on some very nice promises, namely sprocs and updatable views. MySQL is about the fastest dbms out, which isn't always a good thing if it trades atomity for speed, which hasn't been an issue since 4.0 was released. 5.0 roadmap
Since the mid-90's, and especially since 2000, IBM has already outsorced all but the design on their desktop machines and laptops. The manufacture was moved from Austin to RTP, and then from RTP out to OEM's and OED's. Since 2000, most of the original design has been done by the OED's. This isn't that large of a transition, and unfortunatly for ex-IBMers or friends and family of, we've seen this coming since 1992. If IBM's rep will be hurt by this, it would have been hurt a long time back.
That's because, in addition to Quanta's large assembly lines next door to Dell's lines in Nashville, Quanta has their Apple lines in place in Cupertino for original devel as well as final assembly.
Well, they will, as soon as their much contested (in courts and otherwise) contract with sierra, now vivendi, expires. yay to that, but sucks for valve in the time being...
I was speaking about live theatres for online seat reservations (much like sporting venues), and online general admission ticket purchases for movie theatres. That would be nice though, I would like to see AMC implement something like this.
True, but the article mentions tailoring provided for free at one of the most expensive (shanghai is the next hk) department stores in shanghai. If you go to the equivelent in the US, they'll take care of you as well.
We have most of that, with the exception of the stoplights with countdowns. Most large theatres today, whether live or movie, offer online and in person sales with displays of seat availability. Most traffic lights in the "almost large" cities that are below the fold of Chicago, LA, and NY, have timers on the crosswalks that effectivily give you the countdowns to a red or green light. Tailors (which doesn't exactly count as tech, unless it's 1750) are available at just about every large, expensive retailer at your local mall. All the examples he sites seem to be more a criticism of Canada than a boost to China. Then again, I live in the US, i can't speak for Canada. The only ubiquitous use of tech that China has that is effectivly used (and not for show like the flat screens throughout Shanghai and the tech areas of Beijing) is cell usage. This was out of necessity, and I wish we had the same coverage and plans. However, I can get a land line with no problems, just about anywhere in the US. Slightly more troublesome in most of China outside the large pop centers. (not a slam against China, just don't like seeing the status quo bumped up to hero status just because there's a flat screen involved)
As a Maya on Linux user, I can say tha nVidia has done an amazing job with support and quality with their drivers on the Quadra line, which is the same driver release as the GeForce. I game on windows and work in linux, and haven't had any openGL issues in a long long time.
Deal with satan! Just check out the photo! That left disc has issues! Red beady eyes and huge gnashing teeth... hmm, maybe i inhaled too many solder fumes today...
This is so commonplace it's not even funny. In fact, under my current employment agreement, I have the normal "no new in two" for a competing business, but I also have a stipulation that says I cannot recruit any current employee for any business opportunity of my own during those two years.
Nothing to see here...
Excellent points, and it made me crack up in cubetopia. I think the poster voiced some of the major issues facing us as we push for a greater punch into the desktop market. Windows/blows/whatever isn't the answer for all, and the best way to get people to switch is to make them feel at home. "At Home" shouldn't also recreate the memory footprint of windows. We have an OS that, at its foundation, can run circles around the competition, yet we see the major distros package KDE and Gnome as default managers. Things like prelink help, but it's still a clunky way to solve the infinite library problem plaguing desktop linux today.
The difference between kiddie porn and those items you listed is simple: KP is illegal, plain and simple. No one (sane) is suggesting that basic free speach be destroyed. Furthermore, this IS NOT GB enforcing this ban, this is BT, a company. I am a member of the ACLU, I'm for protecting FoS at almost all costs, but this is a private company taking an approach to block sites that are categorically and universally considered to be bad. if it were the government, i'd agree and believe that a pandora's box of censorship will be opened up, but it's simply not the case here.
"However, building a product that starts with the accomplishment of others and announcing it as completely your own work product, is not invention, nor is it innovation."
So, that would knock out most commercial software ventures since the 70's. I think Ken may lose some funding from microsoft by saying they aren't innovative because they stand on the accomplishments of others (DOS, Citrix) claiming them for themselves...
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Yeah, especially not something with millions of queries in a large cluster environment.
Sabre has been using mySQL to power their GDS backend, which also includes Travelocity, for several years now.
Congratulations, you acted as an Agent for your company, and submitted the code under the GPL willingly and knowingly. Looks like you'll be fired if your company doesn't like this fact. Here's a clue- how are the kernel maintainers suppose to know if your proprietary code is proprietary? It's not like they can cross-reference a magic "proprietary code repository" to find that out. You committed copyright infringement against your employer. Hope your resume is up to date!
I didn't say that I was him, just answering his question....
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Completely agreed, and sorry if I came off as apolgizing for Blockbuster's actions. The TV ads are misleading, I'll go with you on that one. But, just as companies have to do their due dilligence, so do consumers, and the new policy is a change to the terms and conditions. When I rented last week, I was made aware of the new conditions, they are posted online and available in the store. This is best compared to when Best Buy used to run ads saying you can get a computer for $100 on TV, and you'd have to check the printed ads to see that you have to sign your life away to AOL to get that special "deal."
No, it's about as ethical as anything that you pay to rent. I'm sorry, but common sense and the terms are quite plain about it. An, if you look at anything you rent you'll see even harsher penalties. Call it deferred late fees if you want, but all the signs i've seen in the stores make it very clear that it's only intended to be another couple day buffer. After that, you have 30 DAYS(!) to return it and, as others have posted, pay the $1.25 restocking fee. Hardly what it used to be for the daily accumulation of late fees.
Was it stupid for them to run the ads like they've reinvented the concept of renting? Sure. Are they being dishonest? Not if you check your membership agreement.
LDAP is the core of what people usually call middleware. Ever logged into your machine and authenticated against a server, LDAP. Ever done a directory lookup on someone using Outlook at work? LDAP. Use happy fancy Cisco VoIP phones? LDAP...etc etc etc. Basically, if you have to pass directory info between systems for any reason at all, most of the time you're using LDAP (x501).
Official 1.0 release for both platforms hit today, 2/1/05.
While I think it's quite harsh to dub mySQL a "so-called 'database'", sprocs are an integral part to a 3-tiered webapp.
MySQL is an extrememly robust platform, and while the version 4 feature-set isn't up to par with other offerings, the 5.0 release is coming along very well and is making due on some very nice promises, namely sprocs and updatable views.
MySQL is about the fastest dbms out, which isn't always a good thing if it trades atomity for speed, which hasn't been an issue since 4.0 was released.
5.0 roadmap
My guess is that's not the case anymore.
You could use the same argument for Microsoft, and the argument would still be correct.
Since the mid-90's, and especially since 2000, IBM has already outsorced all but the design on their desktop machines and laptops. The manufacture was moved from Austin to RTP, and then from RTP out to OEM's and OED's.
Since 2000, most of the original design has been done by the OED's.
This isn't that large of a transition, and unfortunatly for ex-IBMers or friends and family of, we've seen this coming since 1992.
If IBM's rep will be hurt by this, it would have been hurt a long time back.
Even better, the Greeks would wrap their sentances in reverse on a new line so:
THISWOULDBEA
ECNATNESDILAV
That's because, in addition to Quanta's large assembly lines next door to Dell's lines in Nashville, Quanta has their Apple lines in place in Cupertino for original devel as well as final assembly.
Well, they will, as soon as their much contested (in courts and otherwise) contract with sierra, now vivendi, expires. yay to that, but sucks for valve in the time being...
I was speaking about live theatres for online seat reservations (much like sporting venues), and online general admission ticket purchases for movie theatres.
That would be nice though, I would like to see AMC implement something like this.
True, but the article mentions tailoring provided for free at one of the most expensive (shanghai is the next hk) department stores in shanghai. If you go to the equivelent in the US, they'll take care of you as well.
We have most of that, with the exception of the stoplights with countdowns.
Most large theatres today, whether live or movie, offer online and in person sales with displays of seat availability.
Most traffic lights in the "almost large" cities that are below the fold of Chicago, LA, and NY, have timers on the crosswalks that effectivily give you the countdowns to a red or green light.
Tailors (which doesn't exactly count as tech, unless it's 1750) are available at just about every large, expensive retailer at your local mall.
All the examples he sites seem to be more a criticism of Canada than a boost to China. Then again, I live in the US, i can't speak for Canada.
The only ubiquitous use of tech that China has that is effectivly used (and not for show like the flat screens throughout Shanghai and the tech areas of Beijing) is cell usage. This was out of necessity, and I wish we had the same coverage and plans. However, I can get a land line with no problems, just about anywhere in the US. Slightly more troublesome in most of China outside the large pop centers.
(not a slam against China, just don't like seeing the status quo bumped up to hero status just because there's a flat screen involved)
As a Maya on Linux user, I can say tha nVidia has done an amazing job with support and quality with their drivers on the Quadra line, which is the same driver release as the GeForce. I game on windows and work in linux, and haven't had any openGL issues in a long long time.
Deal with satan! Just check out the photo! That left disc has issues! Red beady eyes and huge gnashing teeth... hmm, maybe i inhaled too many solder fumes today...
This is so commonplace it's not even funny. In fact, under my current employment agreement, I have the normal "no new in two" for a competing business, but I also have a stipulation that says I cannot recruit any current employee for any business opportunity of my own during those two years. Nothing to see here...
from the article, the 50ms is listed as full-cycle time.
Excellent points, and it made me crack up in cubetopia. I think the poster voiced some of the major issues facing us as we push for a greater punch into the desktop market.
Windows/blows/whatever isn't the answer for all, and the best way to get people to switch is to make them feel at home. "At Home" shouldn't also recreate the memory footprint of windows. We have an OS that, at its foundation, can run circles around the competition, yet we see the major distros package KDE and Gnome as default managers. Things like prelink help, but it's still a clunky way to solve the infinite library problem plaguing desktop linux today.
The difference between kiddie porn and those items you listed is simple: KP is illegal, plain and simple. No one (sane) is suggesting that basic free speach be destroyed. Furthermore, this IS NOT GB enforcing this ban, this is BT, a company.
I am a member of the ACLU, I'm for protecting FoS at almost all costs, but this is a private company taking an approach to block sites that are categorically and universally considered to be bad. if it were the government, i'd agree and believe that a pandora's box of censorship will be opened up, but it's simply not the case here.
"However, building a product that starts with the accomplishment of others and announcing it as completely your own work product, is not invention, nor is it innovation."
So, that would knock out most commercial software ventures since the 70's. I think Ken may lose some funding from microsoft by saying they aren't innovative because they stand on the accomplishments of others (DOS, Citrix) claiming them for themselves...