Companies typically interest themselves with anything that weakens their competitors. Google must be losing confidence in their ability to compete on merits alone.
But is the blade so significantly faster than a desktop machine that the extra bandwidth required by virtualization and network latency is not a problem?
Geek: Someone who has a strong interest in computers and technology.
Alpha Geek: A Geek who thinks he knows more about computers and technology than all the other geeks and wants everyone else to do it his way. A bully's attitude trapped in a geek body.
So are you saying that the original Mac OS is the only idiot proof one and OSX is not? Or are you saying that OSX is the only idiot proof OS and the original MAC OS is not?
But aren't the rewards of a class-action suit the motivation behind most lawyers filing them? I suspect most lawyers will want their client to pay up front if it's just an individual case.
I suspect this suit has always been more about politics and legal fees than unhappy customers.
"So, yes, the plaintiffs perhaps could have tried a different damage theory as you suggested (hassle of finding a replacement) but it looks like these didn't go that way."
And I suspect for good reason. I doubt many people ran out and bought a more expensive computer just to have a better Vista experience.
You mean an individual who doesn't have a business to protect or any customers is able to come up with an un-QA'd version faster than the company that produced the product. Amazing!
I think that's a good summary except for the phrase "his program stays open source" in #3. "his program" doesn't include extensions other people have added to it. The code he has actually written will remain "open" in all 3 cases. It should just read:
3. "A developer who wants to give away the source code and make sure that any extension (or integration) will require both the original and the derived code to be released as open source, could choose the GNU General Public License (GPL)."
The idea that non-GPL licenses allow your software to become non-open source is just untrue propaganda.
"Linus is unfortunately one of the typically "can't we all just get along" geeks - he doesn't seem to care for the social good so much as being able to continue to work on his projects."
Sure, the last thing we need are geeks that try to get along with others. We need more geeks that have the attitude "my way or the highway".
"The internet is a network of networks. It's the protocol which unites them. Do you really think you can do better than TCP/UDP/IP?"
I probably can't, but I have no doubt that someone could. If we are going to assume that 30 year-old OS's and old protocols are the ultimate in software design, we should all hang it up, move to India and do customer support.
"The cross-site problems all stem from the insecurity of the browser application. There aren't really any protocol or "internet" flaws here. Just stupid browsers and fragile web apps."
That's the downside of the end-to-end architecture - every client computer is reimplementing security in their own way.
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I'm sure if that ever happens many Slashdotters will find some excuse why it's unfair to Apple.
In any case, the EU could force Apple to unbundle QT and Safari if it wanted to without any finding of Apple leveraging an illegal monopoly.
Sure, because there's no legitimate antitrust implications of merging the #1 and #2 companies in a market.
"Google must be losing confidence in their ability to compete on leveraged monopoly market positions alone."
That statement implies that Google doesn't think merit has anything to do with it at all.
Sure, it's not as if Google was leveraging their market dominance in search against MS.
Companies typically interest themselves with anything that weakens their competitors. Google must be losing confidence in their ability to compete on merits alone.
He's not in trouble because he's a jerk, but because he didn't give them the passwords. Sometimes jerks fail to use common sense.
And you base that conclusion on what?
MS has done some innovative stuff, but if you don't develop for Windows at a fairly deep level, you wouldn't know about it.
But is the blade so significantly faster than a desktop machine that the extra bandwidth required by virtualization and network latency is not a problem?
Geek: Someone who has a strong interest in computers and technology.
Alpha Geek: A Geek who thinks he knows more about computers and technology than all the other geeks and wants everyone else to do it his way. A bully's attitude trapped in a geek body.
"The only idiot proof OS is Mac."
So are you saying that the original Mac OS is the only idiot proof one and OSX is not? Or are you saying that OSX is the only idiot proof OS and the original MAC OS is not?
"Or use windows and regedit and reboot to perform anything but the most trivial tasks."
So I guess 99% of Windows users perform only trivial tasks, since they've never run regedit.
I suspect that he knew exactly what he was doing and now that he's in trouble he's pretending it was a manner of "doing the right thing".
But aren't the rewards of a class-action suit the motivation behind most lawyers filing them? I suspect most lawyers will want their client to pay up front if it's just an individual case.
I suspect this suit has always been more about politics and legal fees than unhappy customers.
"So, yes, the plaintiffs perhaps could have tried a different damage theory as you suggested (hassle of finding a replacement) but it looks like these didn't go that way."
And I suspect for good reason. I doubt many people ran out and bought a more expensive computer just to have a better Vista experience.
You mean an individual who doesn't have a business to protect or any customers is able to come up with an un-QA'd version faster than the company that produced the product. Amazing!
"Trust the kid who doesn't pay for it to grow up and pay for the next version (or the n+x version.)"
Has it been your experience that kids that download mp3s without paying for them upon reaching the age of 18 always buy them instead?
mandated this years ago, we could be using a DB25 connector on our cell phones today!
I think that's a good summary except for the phrase "his program stays open source" in #3. "his program" doesn't include extensions other people have added to it. The code he has actually written will remain "open" in all 3 cases. It should just read:
3. "A developer who wants to give away the source code and make sure that any extension (or integration) will require both the original and the derived code to be released as open source, could choose the GNU General Public License (GPL)."
The idea that non-GPL licenses allow your software to become non-open source is just untrue propaganda.
"Linus is unfortunately one of the typically "can't we all just get along" geeks - he doesn't seem to care for the social good so much as being able to continue to work on his projects."
Sure, the last thing we need are geeks that try to get along with others. We need more geeks that have the attitude "my way or the highway".
"The internet is a network of networks. It's the protocol which unites them. Do you really think you can do better than TCP/UDP/IP?"
I probably can't, but I have no doubt that someone could. If we are going to assume that 30 year-old OS's and old protocols are the ultimate in software design, we should all hang it up, move to India and do customer support.
Why can't I boot my PC anymore? -BF
"How many people do you run into that use a *NIX CLI and are that kind of incompetent?"
What part of using a *NIX CLI teaches you to be a security expert?
"The cross-site problems all stem from the insecurity of the browser application. There aren't really any protocol or "internet" flaws here. Just stupid browsers and fragile web apps."
That's the downside of the end-to-end architecture - every client computer is reimplementing security in their own way.
You'll be doing all kinds of stuff you said you wouldn't do.