"In the 900 MHz band the uplink frequency band is 890-915 MHz, and the downlink frequency band is 935-960 MHz. This 25 MHz bandwidth is subdivided into 124 carrier frequency channels, each spaced 200 kHz apart. Time division multiplexing is used to allow eight speech channels per Radio frequency channel. There are eight burst periods grouped into what is called a TDMA frame. The channel data rate is 270.833 kb/s, and the frame duration is 4.615 ms.
The transmission power in the handset is limited to a maximum of 2 watts in GSM850/900 and 1 watt in GSM1800/1900."
Why don't you get behind a open proxy, get a throw away email account so you can get a/. UID so I can at least know a little about who I am talking to. But this may be too much to ask from someone who is too scared to send a simple email.
He is worth 2,300,000,000.00 US. He has other assets he could sell or he could have gotten a low interest loan to cover the taxes till his Disney stock was released.
The fact remains that Jobs actions show his belief that he doesn't think Apple stock is as good a deal as his other holdings & when the CEO thinks that it should make one stock and ask why.
The other day jobs sold 300,000,000 US worth of Apple stock. It was said that he did this to pay the taxes because they vested.
The question people should be asking is why didn't he sell his Disney stock instead? It looks like Jobs thinks Apple isn't as good a bet as Disney which isn't a good thing for the CEO to be thinking.
As many of you are aware, FUDCon Boston is this Friday. One of the most important topics that we will be discussing there is the future of the Fedora Project, specifically with regard to the Fedora Foundation.
I'd like to ask you all to read the document that follows this note. It reviews Red Hat's intentions in initially announcing the Fedora Foundation, and outlines the problems that have led us to the decision to move in a different direction. It also discusses the plan that we are implementing instead, and the steps that we are taking to ensure that the Fedora Project continues to thrive and grow.
It is as complete, honest, and transparent as we can make it. If you feel that there are places in which it lacks those qualities, call us on it, and we will respond.
This document represents the work of many people both inside of Red Hat and within the Fedora community. It is a long read, but a very worthwhile one.
So take a look, read, digest, and share your thoughts. I look forward to discussing this in great detail on email, and also with as many of you as possible in person at LinuxWorld and at FUDCon over the next few days. Many of Red Hat's most active Fedora folks will be at those two shows, so please come and talk with us.
Sincerely, Max Spevack
Last June, Red Hat announced its intention to launch the Fedora Foundation. We've had a lot of smart people working hard to make this Foundation happen, but in the end, it just didn't help to accomplish our goals for Fedora. Instead, we are restructuring Fedora Project, with dramatically increased leadership from within the Fedora community.
The next obvious question "Why no Foundation?" deserves a detailed explanation.
WHY NO FOUNDATION?
When we announced the Foundation, it was with a very specific purpose, and in a very specific context. The announcement was made by Mark Webbink, who has been the intellectual property guru at Red Hat for a long time now. His stated goal for the Foundation: to act as a repository for patents that would protect the interests of the open source community.
Once we announced the intention to form a Foundation, people inside and outside of Red Hat were interested in working beyond the stated purpose -- an intellectual property repository and instead saw this new Foundation as a potential tool to solve all sorts of Fedora-related issues. Every Fedora issue became a nail for the Foundation hammer, and the scope of the Foundation quickly became too large for efficient progress.
A team moved forward to create the Foundation itself. We created the legal entity, came up with some very basic and flexible bylaws, and appointed a board to run it temporarily. This all happened pretty quickly, because this was the easy part. We had articles of incorporation in September 2005.
Then came the hard part: articulating the precise responsibilities of the Foundation. This conversation took months, but ultimately it came back around, again and again, to a single question: "What could a Fedora Foundation accomplish that the Fedora Project, with strong community leadership, could not accomplish?"
So here, in order, were the possible answers to that question -- and why we found, in every single case, that the Fedora Foundation was not the right answer.
ONE: The Fedora Foundation could be an entity for the development of an open source patent commons.
This was the obvious starting place, and what we actually announced. One of the lurking concerns of the open source community is the threat of software patents. The Fedora Foundation could have been an ideal repository for defensive patents. We envisioned soliciting patentable ideas from businesses and/or individuals,
Job's net wealth increased a lot when Disney bought Pixar. He could have sold Disney stock to cover the taxes, yet he did not. Unless he is an idiot he did this because he expects Disney stock to increase in value more than Apple stock.
In short - he thinks APPL is a worse bet than Disney.
Don't know if he said that. But I do know that he thinks apple stock is going to tank as he sold about 300,000,000 dollars worth a few days back. View the insider info for APPL...
"While donations are not US tax deductible as charitable contribution" is what their website says. I guess they don't want to become a true non-profit org for some reason.
"Slashdot make you think for 365 days in the year that the userbase is capable of sane and insightful discussion. Today just shows us that assumption is wrong."
Slashdot Mirror
From wikipedia:
"In the 900 MHz band the uplink frequency band is 890-915 MHz, and the downlink frequency band is 935-960 MHz. This 25 MHz bandwidth is subdivided into 124 carrier frequency channels, each spaced 200 kHz apart. Time division multiplexing is used to allow eight speech channels per Radio frequency channel. There are eight burst periods grouped into what is called a TDMA frame. The channel data rate is 270.833 kb/s, and the frame duration is 4.615 ms.
The transmission power in the handset is limited to a maximum of 2 watts in GSM850/900 and 1 watt in GSM1800/1900."
Why don't you get behind a open proxy, get a throw away email account so you can get a /. UID so I can at least know a little about who I am talking to. But this may be too much to ask from someone who is too scared to send a simple email.
If it wasn't you then how do you know it happend? Don't you have more to do that check my posting history?
PLEASE email me. I would love to carry on a one and one chat when the 'leader' of my insane fan club.
He is worth 2,300,000,000.00 US. He has other assets he could sell or he could have gotten a low interest loan to cover the taxes till his Disney stock was released.
The fact remains that Jobs actions show his belief that he doesn't think Apple stock is as good a deal as his other holdings & when the CEO thinks that it should make one stock and ask why.
The other day jobs sold 300,000,000 US worth of Apple stock. It was said that he did this to pay the taxes because they vested.
The question people should be asking is why didn't he sell his Disney stock instead? It looks like Jobs thinks Apple isn't as good a bet as Disney which isn't a good thing for the CEO to be thinking.
Their is more than one of you insane people? Cool - didn't know I had a fan club.
Letting Jobs be CEO sure worked out well for Woz...
IF you feel that way why do you post to me on /.?
Anyone who wishes to can email me. The address is included with every post I make.
The more important question is why don't you email me?
Hey at least I gave you a reason to promote the store in your sig :)
Thanks for the reminder!
I LIKE PICKLES!!!
To my fellow Fedora community members:
As many of you are aware, FUDCon Boston is this Friday. One of the most
important topics that we will be discussing there is the future of the
Fedora Project, specifically with regard to the Fedora Foundation.
I'd like to ask you all to read the document that follows this note. It
reviews Red Hat's intentions in initially announcing the Fedora
Foundation, and outlines the problems that have led us to the decision to
move in a different direction. It also discusses the plan that we are
implementing instead, and the steps that we are taking to ensure that the
Fedora Project continues to thrive and grow.
It is as complete, honest, and transparent as we can make it. If you feel
that there are places in which it lacks those qualities, call us on it,
and we will respond.
This document represents the work of many people both inside of Red Hat
and within the Fedora community. It is a long read, but a very worthwhile
one.
So take a look, read, digest, and share your thoughts. I look forward to
discussing this in great detail on email, and also with as many of you as
possible in person at LinuxWorld and at FUDCon over the next few days.
Many of Red Hat's most active Fedora folks will be at those two shows, so
please come and talk with us.
Sincerely,
Max Spevack
Last June, Red Hat announced its intention to launch the Fedora
Foundation. We've had a lot of smart people working hard to make this
Foundation happen, but in the end, it just didn't help to accomplish our
goals for Fedora. Instead, we are restructuring Fedora Project, with
dramatically increased leadership from within the Fedora community.
The next obvious question "Why no Foundation?" deserves a detailed
explanation.
WHY NO FOUNDATION?
When we announced the Foundation, it was with a very specific purpose, and
in a very specific context. The announcement was made by Mark Webbink,
who has been the intellectual property guru at Red Hat for a long time
now. His stated goal for the Foundation: to act as a repository for
patents that would protect the interests of the open source community.
Once we announced the intention to form a Foundation, people inside and
outside of Red Hat were interested in working beyond the stated purpose --
an intellectual property repository and instead saw this new Foundation
as a potential tool to solve all sorts of Fedora-related issues. Every
Fedora issue became a nail for the Foundation hammer, and the scope of the
Foundation quickly became too large for efficient progress.
A team moved forward to create the Foundation itself. We created the
legal entity, came up with some very basic and flexible bylaws, and
appointed a board to run it temporarily. This all happened pretty
quickly, because this was the easy part. We had articles of incorporation
in September 2005.
Then came the hard part: articulating the precise responsibilities of the
Foundation. This conversation took months, but ultimately it came back
around, again and again, to a single question: "What could a Fedora
Foundation accomplish that the Fedora Project, with strong community
leadership, could not accomplish?"
So here, in order, were the possible answers to that question -- and why
we found, in every single case, that the Fedora Foundation was not the
right answer.
ONE: The Fedora Foundation could be an entity for the development of an
open source patent commons.
This was the obvious starting place, and what we actually announced. One
of the lurking concerns of the open source community is the threat of
software patents. The Fedora Foundation could have been an ideal
repository for defensive patents. We envisioned soliciting patentable
ideas from businesses and/or individuals,
Slashdotemail@gmail.com try it. Hell, I will even send you an invite.
This would be more fun if you would just email me...
Why don't your IDF buddies email me? Perhaps I can have my real friends in the IDF talk to them for me...
Job's net wealth increased a lot when Disney bought Pixar. He could have sold Disney stock to cover the taxes, yet he did not. Unless he is an idiot he did this because he expects Disney stock to increase in value more than Apple stock.
In short - he thinks APPL is a worse bet than Disney.
Don't know if he said that. But I do know that he thinks apple stock is going to tank as he sold about 300,000,000 dollars worth a few days back. View the insider info for APPL...
The corps that owns /. must have had reps in the /. offices today :)
No. My donations for this month went to other projects and causes. Limited budget but they are on my list.
And how much did you donate?
"While donations are not US tax deductible as charitable contribution" is what their website says. I guess they don't want to become a true non-profit org for some reason.
/. did cover it.
2 0216
/. the world must be coming to an end.
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/03/13
Damn I am defending
I LIKE PICKLES!
Next year need to be all about the Pickle!!!!
"Slashdot make you think for 365 days in the year that the userbase is capable of sane and insightful discussion. Today just shows us that assumption is wrong."
/.??? sane it ain't
Do you every READ
I like PICKLES!!!