No, I'm just trying to get by myself. But if I did get active in any way, I wouldn't be trying to pretend that fighting for some silly software law is this great, noble effot. That's just ridiculous.
In these times of wars and famine and poverty, I just can't help but being disgusted by the smugness of people who treat something as trivial as software so seriously. If you want to spend time lobbying, try working on important issues.
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Are you German, by any chance? If so, this seems to be a disturbing trend among you people.
This is nice and all, but not practical for those of us who do normal, physical work and exercise outside of work. Maybe if I was an office drone, sure, but I lift and move shit, and walk all day long. At night, I lift weights. I actually do all that I can to eat as much as possible, and I'm having a hard time eating *enough*.
Sun only cares about one thing when it comes to Open Source, and that's free labour.
And your point is....? When you give stuff away to everybody and anybody, you can't pout when someone takes your stuff (that you gave them) and makes a ton of money off of it. I don't blame 'em one bit. If this is a useable product and they can make money from it, then good for them. Now, quit your bitching.
I wasn't aware that there was still a consumer graphics market. From what I've seen, most MB's have a chip built in which is fine for most apps. From what I can tell, the only people buying graphics cards indidually these days are hard core gamers.
I found this on the "Preotege Ontology Editor"'s front page. This is an astonishing use of buzzwords with an astonishing lack of real meaning! They must have some great marketing people working there!
Protege-2000 is also an open-source, Java tool that provides an extensible architecture for the creation of customized knowledge-based applications.
, it's not connected to the Internet, but who says the machine it calls into isn't, and that machine can't pass on a virus?
And who says that there's not a meteor hurtling toward the planet that's going to smack into an ATM, spilling cash all over the street? Somehow, I *really* doubt that banks are stupid enough to have ATM's connected in any way whatsoever to the Net. Believe it or not, there are computers out there NOT connected to the Net!
Oh, wait - the machine it connects up to would be a large mainframe that runs 1/2 the speed of the slowest PC, and written entirely in COBOL - I forget these things about the stogy old banks we know and love.
Banks are not stodgy. They're smart about IT. They use what works and is as close to 100% reliable as you can get. Maybe if some other non-bank businesses were a bit more "stodgy", you wouldn't hear about all of the various berak-ins. As is, I don't rememeber EVER hearing about an internal bank system being compromised.
It's called a "docking station". I don't understand how this is "innovation". I thought that the docking stations were pretty sweet in the day when I was an IT grunt. But IBM is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. This will be a failure.
That IS your responsibility, just like collecting sales tax in the US. YOU get the benefit from European business, so you should have to collect the tax. Personally, I don't ship outside of the US due to all of those fucking headaches.
Ever wonder if microsoft has teams of people getting paid that do nothing but search for and anonymously submit bugs and proof of exploits in competing OS's
I really doubt that they have more people doing that then there are OSS zealots who bang on MS products all day long in their dark, dank basement apartments.
Governments regularly determine pricing - usually in regulated industried such as power, telecoms, water.
California hasn't had enough power during the past few summers because the government set prices so low that few suppliers would/could sell it at the price set by the gov't. I don't know about you, but I'd rather pay a bit more for something like power, just to ensure that I'd have it.
Its not just governments and courts, capitalism is a predatory system. We thrive on it. Land owners, businesses, courts and governments, public utilities, TV and telephone services, and any other organization of authority will always use their power to take more money than they require or deserve.
You're forgetting individuals, too. I've never heard of anybody turning down a pay raise in my entire life. There is no "predator" and "prey". Read a basic econ book.
Well, I just responded to another troll, so I might as well respond to you too. If you knew anything about enterprise class databases, you'd know that they have many, many, many years of maturity behind them that MySQL doesn't have, and because of that, are optimized per each OS version & CPU combination that they're run on. MySQL is just a generic, primitve DB now, that hasn't been tweaked out, because nobody's going to buy a refrigerator-sized Sun array to run MySQL on. You do that with Oracle, and it's already installed, optimized, tweaked, and working when you get. Back under your bridge, troll.
Look at all the stuff about MySQL and Linux in the middle. It's as if a Microsoft Marketoid had suddenly taken over the interview. Or someone who didn't understand the difference between many thousands of developers working on Linux and the smaller number that work on MySQL.
His point was simply that DB2 and Oracle, and, to a lesser extent, SQL Server, are mature database products, and MySQL is just a baby. "Real" databases are optimized like crazy for each OS version/CPU combination. MySQL isn't there yet. That's his point. Now go back under your bridge.
First off, I don't have that kind of money. I'm not donating to anybody until I'm in some kind of good financial shape, so they can just deal with it. Secondly, my point is that if somebody is going to spend time and effort doing something so silly, they need to do it better so that it's effective. A $400 computer only benefits the rich in 3rd world countries.
So then, every poor kid that gets a computer is gonna be a programmer? I kinda' doubt that. Computers are still largely uneeded luxuries for most people on this planet.
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No, I'm just trying to get by myself. But if I did get active in any way, I wouldn't be trying to pretend that fighting for some silly software law is this great, noble effot. That's just ridiculous.
In these times of wars and famine and poverty, I just can't help but being disgusted by the smugness of people who treat something as trivial as software so seriously. If you want to spend time lobbying, try working on important issues.
Are you German, by any chance? If so, this seems to be a disturbing trend among you people.
This is nice and all, but not practical for those of us who do normal, physical work and exercise outside of work. Maybe if I was an office drone, sure, but I lift and move shit, and walk all day long. At night, I lift weights. I actually do all that I can to eat as much as possible, and I'm having a hard time eating *enough*.
The parent wasn't talking about weight gain... but overall health. Big difference.
Sun only cares about one thing when it comes to Open Source, and that's free labour.
And your point is....? When you give stuff away to everybody and anybody, you can't pout when someone takes your stuff (that you gave them) and makes a ton of money off of it. I don't blame 'em one bit. If this is a useable product and they can make money from it, then good for them. Now, quit your bitching.
I wasn't aware that there was still a consumer graphics market. From what I've seen, most MB's have a chip built in which is fine for most apps. From what I can tell, the only people buying graphics cards indidually these days are hard core gamers.
I found this on the "Preotege Ontology Editor"'s front page. This is an astonishing use of buzzwords with an astonishing lack of real meaning! They must have some great marketing people working there!
Protege-2000 is also an open-source, Java tool that provides an extensible architecture for the creation of customized knowledge-based applications.
, it's not connected to the Internet, but who says the machine it calls into isn't, and that machine can't pass on a virus?
And who says that there's not a meteor hurtling toward the planet that's going to smack into an ATM, spilling cash all over the street? Somehow, I *really* doubt that banks are stupid enough to have ATM's connected in any way whatsoever to the Net. Believe it or not, there are computers out there NOT connected to the Net!
Oh, wait - the machine it connects up to would be a large mainframe that runs 1/2 the speed of the slowest PC, and written entirely in COBOL - I forget these things about the stogy old banks we know and love.
Banks are not stodgy. They're smart about IT. They use what works and is as close to 100% reliable as you can get. Maybe if some other non-bank businesses were a bit more "stodgy", you wouldn't hear about all of the various berak-ins. As is, I don't rememeber EVER hearing about an internal bank system being compromised.
It's called a "docking station". I don't understand how this is "innovation". I thought that the docking stations were pretty sweet in the day when I was an IT grunt. But IBM is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. This will be a failure.
I know, I know. I've been busy with other businesses. I'll get to those evil fuckers soon enough.
... that's what Microsoft or Oracle make in a week.
Actually, that's closer to one day for Microsoft.
Thanks for the rundown of your equipment. That was very interesting. Absolutely pointless, but thrilling, nonetheless.
That IS your responsibility, just like collecting sales tax in the US. YOU get the benefit from European business, so you should have to collect the tax. Personally, I don't ship outside of the US due to all of those fucking headaches.
No really. Get a life.
Ever wonder if microsoft has teams of people getting paid that do nothing but search for and anonymously submit bugs and proof of exploits in competing OS's
I really doubt that they have more people doing that then there are OSS zealots who bang on MS products all day long in their dark, dank basement apartments.
Governments regularly determine pricing - usually in regulated industried such as power, telecoms, water.
California hasn't had enough power during the past few summers because the government set prices so low that few suppliers would/could sell it at the price set by the gov't. I don't know about you, but I'd rather pay a bit more for something like power, just to ensure that I'd have it.
Its not just governments and courts, capitalism is a predatory system. We thrive on it. Land owners, businesses, courts and governments, public utilities, TV and telephone services, and any other organization of authority will always use their power to take more money than they require or deserve.
You're forgetting individuals, too. I've never heard of anybody turning down a pay raise in my entire life. There is no "predator" and "prey". Read a basic econ book.
Well, I just responded to another troll, so I might as well respond to you too. If you knew anything about enterprise class databases, you'd know that they have many, many, many years of maturity behind them that MySQL doesn't have, and because of that, are optimized per each OS version & CPU combination that they're run on. MySQL is just a generic, primitve DB now, that hasn't been tweaked out, because nobody's going to buy a refrigerator-sized Sun array to run MySQL on. You do that with Oracle, and it's already installed, optimized, tweaked, and working when you get. Back under your bridge, troll.
Look at all the stuff about MySQL and Linux in the middle. It's as if a Microsoft Marketoid had suddenly taken over the interview. Or someone who didn't understand the difference between many thousands of developers working on Linux and the smaller number that work on MySQL.
His point was simply that DB2 and Oracle, and, to a lesser extent, SQL Server, are mature database products, and MySQL is just a baby. "Real" databases are optimized like crazy for each OS version/CPU combination. MySQL isn't there yet. That's his point. Now go back under your bridge.
and not everyone can read, especially in 3rd world countries? A computer can efficiently solve both of these problems.
A computer that doesn't involve reading??? Where can I get one??
Nah, it's actually legal from where I'm getting it. And, what's the point of a router. Just use a PC.
First off, I don't have that kind of money. I'm not donating to anybody until I'm in some kind of good financial shape, so they can just deal with it. Secondly, my point is that if somebody is going to spend time and effort doing something so silly, they need to do it better so that it's effective. A $400 computer only benefits the rich in 3rd world countries.
Considering the fact that 16% of the planet doesn't even make $400 a year , this is still ridiculously expensive.
So then, every poor kid that gets a computer is gonna be a programmer? I kinda' doubt that. Computers are still largely uneeded luxuries for most people on this planet.