You have actually presented a good ethics question.
You have picked up a copy of an operating system that was created by people with the intent of SHARING their knowledge with the rest of the world. The responsibility you accepted when you agreed to use this operating system is that if you create something with it that you will SHARE also. You believe that you may have a killer application. Your doctor has stated that you will die if you do not eat digestible food. The only way you can get digestible food is to buy it with money earned from selling your killer application to anyone willing to pay money for it.
How people are making money using open source is not buy selling code, but by selling their services to enhance their code to a company's requirements; And as any first semester business student knows, "All businesses are different." At some point during this reading you should have figured out that your time is worth money, and a stripped down version of your killer application would make an excellent advertisement about your services. And as any marketing student will tell you, advertising is not free.
Of course, you could always market your application, but I envision a larger profit percentage for you. Good luck; Good Hunting.
"Please correct me where I AM WRONG." - Isham Thompson
To my way of thinking, why doesn't Verizon go Wireless. Basically put repeaters on top of telephone poles, then put receivers next to the green boxes they installed years ago? For power, use a small battery with a solar cell attached. Next offer to remove all the telephone copper wiring with discounts to use wireless phones. With all the copper saved, PC's could use Linux band width would be cheaper, faster...
In the area of Torts, Person A buys a product from Person B. Person B has stated repeatedly that the product works. Person A bought the product with the understanding that the product works. Person A powers up the product, and discovers that the product is "Broken". EULA rules, or not, Person B has not "Performed for Compensation"; Or, if Person B knowingly sells crippled or broken machines, never had a "Meeting of the Minds" with Person A. Because of this, could it be that the EULA for Person B never became effective?
As someone who has walked this path before I am reflecting on those who stole vast amounts of money, in day light, under the very noses of those who would protect us. Anyone who thinks that arm chair law enforcement works, should listen to the dead in Iraq. Lack of communication will cause the Bad Guys/Gals to always win. Intolerance of those whom you interact with, will cause you to fail. For a good example of how clever good thieves can be; I have already stolen 5 seconds of your life, and you will never get it back.
"See my eyes, do not fuck with me, see my eyes." - General Wheeler
I can not speak for Dell, but I have the Feisty Fawn working on a laptop, a Web Server, and a User box. The updating works fair, the Synaptic interface is headed in the right direction. As for the fundamentals, well, I do not need to suffer anymore from the howling breeze of a broken window that has slammed itself shut to my needs.
"Slowly, one by one, the Penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown
I do not have the words to express the disappointment I have witnessed watching both aspects of the H1B visa issue. The only ones to profit have been those that would suck the company dry of the profit made from this type of voluntary slavery. Does anyone remember how the U.S.S.R. died? Are we following their prideful path?
I can not help but wonder if IBM senior staff remember OS-2 with respect to Microsoft? It would be very interesting to see which one wins this pissing contest.
"Why, Peter! You've become a pirate" - Great Grandmother Wendy
I believe that the writers of South Park aptly portrayed Scientology fairly accurate, in a funny way. My personal experience is one of chilling reality; Walk away, but do not turn your back on them.
There is an estimation that when the polar caps, and Greenland melt their ice caps that the sea will rise about 200 feet. Yep, that sounds OK to me, my home is at the 7000 foot level; I do not see a problem for me. But my mind wonders over to the scenario of armed riots while those whose home are at or below the 200 feet above sea level marker. Oh, all that fresh water going into the worlds oceans is not going to have any effect?
Is there a web site that shows how to place a cam-corder in a car? Sometimes when you see a princess applying eye makeup, the lipsticked mouth opens and closes like a Grouper breathing. There is some other stuff that people do in their car; Looking down from an 18 wheeler, one can sometimes see things happening that authors never write about.
As a home owner in Orange County California, I think it might be a good thing if Edison started working with Home Owners. Currently, Edison's position on helping OC-Homers is like being a victim of a "Bronks Cheer". I would hope that Edison changes their corporate position on this contemporary issue. Let us face the undeniable reality, "Brown Outs" are NOT caused by an over abundance of Electrical Power Available. And a simple observation of roofs in the OC using Google Earth, shows more residential roofs, than commercial roofs. I believe that if Edison had a choice of either obsorbing the cost of avoiding Brown Outs, or help putting Solar Panels on Residential Roofs; That the prices of Solar Power would come down quickly.
You know, I do not see anything in the above phrase that says it is OK to break both state, and federal laws. I can not help but think what Jim Cramer thinks of this?
There is something missing from this story. I believe that the story of HOW, and WHY the school administrators got the information for their actions would be very telling. Also, the obvious violation of an adult's first amendment rights with respect to the Punitive Damages that are going to follow will be very telling.
The last time I checked, the LOC was a government funded operation. Maybe the Matt-ster should look at that generous paycheck he gets from the sweat off of MY hard working brow. But then again, there is that pesky law called the, "First Amendment." But what I think is most significant is the part where a government official has all the time in the world to bring down the full force of the government against a citizen that questions the governments authority; That is something worth investigating.
I never thought that Microsoft would go after IE7 harder than the Script Kiddies. I just wish Microsoft would address the.NET exploit that strips out XML Preprocessing statements from their Web Services handling; I figured out how to do it, but what a colossal waste of time. But if Microsoft IS listening, how about updating to CSS2, SVG1.1, XML2. It is not like this stuff is not unheard of, for years now. Sometimes, being closed sourced can be VERY expensive, even when your developers are living on 10 cents a day.
I personally believe that the United States arsenal has more than enough lethal weapons to use on bad guys. But what I think is really intriguing would be accepting the challenge of locating the enemy, with their weapon, in their spider hole. Or better yet, being able to identify those that have handled weapons or explosives by analysis of the fumes still present on the clothes of possible bad guys. Possibly with UV, or IR light; Or with Spectral Analysis.
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You have actually presented a good ethics question.
You have picked up a copy of an operating system that was created by people with the intent of SHARING their knowledge with the rest of the world. The responsibility you accepted when you agreed to use this operating system is that if you create something with it that you will SHARE also. You believe that you may have a killer application. Your doctor has stated that you will die if you do not eat digestible food. The only way you can get digestible food is to buy it with money earned from selling your killer application to anyone willing to pay money for it.
How people are making money using open source is not buy selling code, but by selling their services to enhance their code to a company's requirements; And as any first semester business student knows, "All businesses are different." At some point during this reading you should have figured out that your time is worth money, and a stripped down version of your killer application would make an excellent advertisement about your services. And as any marketing student will tell you, advertising is not free.
Of course, you could always market your application, but I envision a larger profit percentage for you. Good luck; Good Hunting.
"Please correct me where I AM WRONG." - Isham Thompson
I know Rodney King is no model citizen, but I think HE could debate filming law enforcement types on point.
To my way of thinking, why doesn't Verizon go Wireless. Basically put repeaters on top of telephone poles, then put receivers next to the green boxes they installed years ago? For power, use a small battery with a solar cell attached. Next offer to remove all the telephone copper wiring with discounts to use wireless phones. With all the copper saved, PC's could use Linux band width would be cheaper, faster...
Just a thought, but people could request to purchase Keyboards without the 'W'?
In the area of Torts, Person A buys a product from Person B. Person B has stated repeatedly that the product works. Person A bought the product with the understanding that the product works. Person A powers up the product, and discovers that the product is "Broken". EULA rules, or not, Person B has not "Performed for Compensation"; Or, if Person B knowingly sells crippled or broken machines, never had a "Meeting of the Minds" with Person A. Because of this, could it be that the EULA for Person B never became effective?
As someone who has walked this path before I am reflecting on those who stole vast amounts of money, in day light, under the very noses of those who would protect us. Anyone who thinks that arm chair law enforcement works, should listen to the dead in Iraq. Lack of communication will cause the Bad Guys/Gals to always win. Intolerance of those whom you interact with, will cause you to fail. For a good example of how clever good thieves can be; I have already stolen 5 seconds of your life, and you will never get it back.
"See my eyes, do not fuck with me, see my eyes." - General Wheeler
I can not speak for Dell, but I have the Feisty Fawn working on a laptop, a Web Server, and a User box. The updating works fair, the Synaptic interface is headed in the right direction. As for the fundamentals, well, I do not need to suffer anymore from the howling breeze of a broken window that has slammed itself shut to my needs.
"Slowly, one by one, the Penguins steal my sanity" - Unknown
I do not have the words to express the disappointment I have witnessed watching both aspects of the H1B visa issue. The only ones to profit have been those that would suck the company dry of the profit made from this type of voluntary slavery. Does anyone remember how the U.S.S.R. died? Are we following their prideful path?
I can not help but wonder if IBM senior staff remember OS-2 with respect to Microsoft? It would be very interesting to see which one wins this pissing contest.
"Why, Peter! You've become a pirate" - Great Grandmother Wendy
I would think it very amusing if either anyone on the research team, or human test subjects had a first name of "Robert".
"This is the best day ever!" - Stephen Hillenberg
I was hoping that the download would interface to blender, or could export to SVG. Maybe in version 2.0.
I believe that the writers of South Park aptly portrayed Scientology fairly accurate, in a funny way. My personal experience is one of chilling reality; Walk away, but do not turn your back on them.
There is an estimation that when the polar caps, and Greenland melt their ice caps that the sea will rise about 200 feet. Yep, that sounds OK to me, my home is at the 7000 foot level; I do not see a problem for me. But my mind wonders over to the scenario of armed riots while those whose home are at or below the 200 feet above sea level marker. Oh, all that fresh water going into the worlds oceans is not going to have any effect?
Is there a web site that shows how to place a cam-corder in a car? Sometimes when you see a princess applying eye makeup, the lipsticked mouth opens and closes like a Grouper breathing. There is some other stuff that people do in their car; Looking down from an 18 wheeler, one can sometimes see things happening that authors never write about.
As a home owner in Orange County California, I think it might be a good thing if Edison started working with Home Owners. Currently, Edison's position on helping OC-Homers is like being a victim of a "Bronks Cheer". I would hope that Edison changes their corporate position on this contemporary issue. Let us face the undeniable reality, "Brown Outs" are NOT caused by an over abundance of Electrical Power Available. And a simple observation of roofs in the OC using Google Earth, shows more residential roofs, than commercial roofs. I believe that if Edison had a choice of either obsorbing the cost of avoiding Brown Outs, or help putting Solar Panels on Residential Roofs; That the prices of Solar Power would come down quickly.
What Bait does the Robot use?
In essence, the first amendment is:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
You know, I do not see anything in the above phrase that says it is OK to break both state, and federal laws. I can not help but think what Jim Cramer thinks of this?
There is something missing from this story. I believe that the story of HOW, and WHY the school administrators got the information for their actions would be very telling. Also, the obvious violation of an adult's first amendment rights with respect to the Punitive Damages that are going to follow will be very telling.
Ok, but even so, you have to make it sustainable
Why? Helping fellow humans existed long before money was invented. Why does Rich Green substitute others Good Intentions with Greed?
The last time I checked, the LOC was a government funded operation. Maybe the Matt-ster should look at that generous paycheck he gets from the sweat off of MY hard working brow. But then again, there is that pesky law called the, "First Amendment." But what I think is most significant is the part where a government official has all the time in the world to bring down the full force of the government against a citizen that questions the governments authority; That is something worth investigating.
I never thought that Microsoft would go after IE7 harder than the Script Kiddies. I just wish Microsoft would address the .NET exploit that strips out XML Preprocessing statements from their Web Services handling; I figured out how to do it, but what a colossal waste of time. But if Microsoft IS listening, how about updating to CSS2, SVG1.1, XML2. It is not like this stuff is not unheard of, for years now. Sometimes, being closed sourced can be VERY expensive, even when your developers are living on 10 cents a day.
I cannot help but if the same argument used by Microsoft against AT&T, could also be applied to the "Microsoft Tax"?
I personally believe that the United States arsenal has more than enough lethal weapons to use on bad guys. But what I think is really intriguing would be accepting the challenge of locating the enemy, with their weapon, in their spider hole. Or better yet, being able to identify those that have handled weapons or explosives by analysis of the fumes still present on the clothes of possible bad guys. Possibly with UV, or IR light; Or with Spectral Analysis.
Of a Bee using a Cell Phone and colliding with some object; Hence the reason why all the Cell Phone Bee deaths.
Works yes no .NET 1
Windows 1
Office 1
Can Backup 1
Can Recover 1
Is Free -1
Score 5 - 1 = 4
Works yes no
Ubuntu 1
openOffce 1
Mono 1
Can Backup 1
Can Recover 1
Is Free 1
Score 6
With a score of 6 OVER 4, Ubuntu is the better choice.
"It either Words, or it's Broken." - Unknown