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  1. Re: Why Baby Why? on Win7 Can Delete All System Restore Points On Reboot · · Score: 1

    You know some people actually LIKE Windows.

  2. Re:Let The Excuses Begin on Ubisoft's DRM Cracked — For Real This Time · · Score: 1

    If all those people who downloaded Conan O'Brein had actually watched the show the little incident would never had happened because he would have been bringing in large numbers of viewers.

  3. Re:yro my ass on UK University Researchers Must Make Data Available · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "No good"?

    None?

    Are you quite sane?

  4. Sorry. on SIP Attacks From Amazon EC2 Going Unaddressed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sorry but Amazon EC2 == Cloud == Perfect.

  5. Re:Why? on Checking For GPL Compliance, When the Code Is Embedded · · Score: 1

    Why should downloading the works of others without their permission for personal enjoyment be OK?

  6. Re:False positives...? on Checking For GPL Compliance, When the Code Is Embedded · · Score: 1

    You sue them. Just like the MPAA/RIAA.

  7. Re:And nothing of value was lost. on Palm's Software Chief Quits · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "5. the iTunes compatibility thing. That was rather unethical business by palm in the first place to in essence hack the phone to make it look like an iPod"

    You mean like COMPAQ did to IBM PC BIOS?

  8. Re:This is how stupid Oracle can be. on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 1

    I do miss the old /. you know the one were people could have differences of opinions without so many personal attacks.

  9. Re:And The Flip Side ... on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only your parents had taken your advice.

  10. Re:This is how stupid Oracle can be. on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 0

    If Sun was profitable and growing why did they get bought out at a firesale price by Oracle. As for IBM the vast majority of their revenue and profits come from closed source software, hardware and support of same.

  11. Re:This is how stupid Oracle can be. on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 0

    Oracle is much more profitable than Red Hat. Sorry but those are the facts.

  12. Re:This is how stupid Oracle can be. on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 0

    Oracle make more money every 2 to 3 week than Red Hat makes every 6 to 12 months.

  13. Re:Profit? Sorry comrade... on Oracle Wants Proof That Open Source Is Profitable · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is somewhat hard to pay the power bill and your employees with "benifits to society"

  14. Re:Marketing on Heavy US Demand Delays iPad's Worldwide Release · · Score: 1

    Developer outreach is a marketing expense.

  15. Re:New name... on The Pirate Party of Canada Is Official · · Score: 1

    "We want to legalise non-commercial file sharing "

    Then how do I sell software to home users if they can copy it freely?

  16. Re:FLOSS alternative? on Review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 · · Score: 1

    I LOVE DOCTOR WHO!

    *crys at the decline of /.*

  17. Re:VS upgrade cycle on Something For (Almost) Every Developer · · Score: 1

    What does regularly change in VS that no one wants?

  18. Re:FLOSS alternative? on Review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 · · Score: 1

    Who will make all that content you are stealing once everyone goes out of business from lack of sales?  What will you watch then?

    I write my own code, I own it.  Why is that so hard for your to understand?

    PS.  It isn't a Viewsonic it is a Dell 30 1600p LCD.

  19. Re:FLOSS alternative? on Review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 · · Score: 1

    How is it moral for you to take what others make for free?

  20. Re:FLOSS alternative? on Review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 · · Score: 1

    Then how much to you feel I should charge?

  21. Re:FLOSS alternative? on Review of Adobe Creative Suite 5 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Then how do you suggest that software developers who target people instead of corps make money?

  22. Re:Duality of Wozniak's Apple Versus Jobs' Apple on Adobe Evangelist Lashes Out Over Apple's "Original Language" Policy · · Score: 1

    http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/Ratios.jsp?tkr=AAPL

    Funny the very same way of thinking was used to justify the highly priced brokerage and bank stock prices before the meltdown.

    Opps.

  23. Re:Duality of Wozniak's Apple Versus Jobs' Apple on Adobe Evangelist Lashes Out Over Apple's "Original Language" Policy · · Score: 1

    Didn't take long for the air brushing to start.

  24. Re:Duality of Wozniak's Apple Versus Jobs' Apple on Adobe Evangelist Lashes Out Over Apple's "Original Language" Policy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Stock market pricing isn't the most reliable of indicators.

  25. Re:I'll follow them here too. :D on Microsoft's CoApp To Help OSS Development, Deployment · · Score: 1

    Be quiet newbie.