"I see no freely licensed BSD systems before 1993."
That's because of the legal issues with AT&T. Linus has been quoted as saying that if BSD UNIX had been available at the time, he probably wouldn't have written Linux.
So one could argue that the existence of Linux owes more to AT&T than just the creation of UNIX.
"There is a reason why GPL is so successful and there is so little Public Domain code."
Actually, it's because international copyright laws have effectively eliminated the Public Domain option by creating automatic copyright.
Nevertheless, there's a ton of code out there that was intended to be in the public domain - no doubt RMS used some as a guide when he was learning how to program.
I guess it depends on the definition of "advanced user". If it means "most efficient", you're right. If it means a user that creates complex spreadsheets, who knows?
Task Force Games that published Starfleet Battles contracted with consulting company AMS (later of Dragon's Lair fame) to produce a "computer assisted board game" called Star Fleet Command.
It was a microprocessor based game controller that would let players enter energy allocation, weapons fire etc and then indicate the results on labeled LEDs. It used a much simplified version of the board game and used a simple square grid instead of hex one.
After the project was completed and shown at Toy Fair, Task Force Games decided not to manufacture it, probably because it was a lot more expensive to produce than a board game. AMS attempted to sell it to major game companies, but the feedback was that "Star Trek is dead".
This was in 1982 just before Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan was released.
No, poaching Ashton-Tate (to get dBase) was the biggest factor in Borland's demise. Overestimating the power of C++ was another (i.e. delaying Windows versions of their products to write them in C++).
The tough thing about applying at Starbucks or for a retail job is that despite all the great technical knowledge you have, there are actually high school drop-outs who are better qualified for those jobs than you are.
Add to that the fact that some businesses want a cool youthful atmosphere and you're getting too long in the tooth and thick in the middle to qualify as cool.
"Is this the same DOJ that has been packed with "ex" Microsoft lawyers?"
Perhaps they just jumped ship to be on the winning team (i.e. the DOJ won, MS lost). DOJ lawyers moving to MS would be the suspicious scenario, not the other way around.
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"People who forget the lessons of the past are bound to repeat them."
So what lesson has been forgotten here?
"I see no freely licensed BSD systems before 1993."
That's because of the legal issues with AT&T. Linus has been quoted as saying that if BSD UNIX had been available at the time, he probably wouldn't have written Linux.
So one could argue that the existence of Linux owes more to AT&T than just the creation of UNIX.
a sperm donor?
why we don't all wear the same shoes.
"There is a reason why GPL is so successful and there is so little Public Domain code."
Actually, it's because international copyright laws have effectively eliminated the Public Domain option by creating automatic copyright.
Nevertheless, there's a ton of code out there that was intended to be in the public domain - no doubt RMS used some as a guide when he was learning how to program.
"Lemming weenies think that Microsoft invented Apple's "look and feel"."
No. Xerox did that.
I guess it depends on the definition of "advanced user". If it means "most efficient", you're right. If it means a user that creates complex spreadsheets, who knows?
Task Force Games that published Starfleet Battles contracted with consulting company AMS (later of Dragon's Lair fame) to produce a "computer assisted board game" called Star Fleet Command.
It was a microprocessor based game controller that would let players enter energy allocation, weapons fire etc and then indicate the results on labeled LEDs. It used a much simplified version of the board game and used a simple square grid instead of hex one.
After the project was completed and shown at Toy Fair, Task Force Games decided not to manufacture it, probably because it was a lot more expensive to produce than a board game. AMS attempted to sell it to major game companies, but the feedback was that "Star Trek is dead".
This was in 1982 just before Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan was released.
As in many things it's both a blessing and a curse.
No, poaching Ashton-Tate (to get dBase) was the biggest factor in Borland's demise. Overestimating the power of C++ was another (i.e. delaying Windows versions of their products to write them in C++).
"I, personally, have higher standards."
You want to work for a psychopath?
"I can't think of anything outside of the windows and office monopoly that they've really won on."
Don't worry. If MS search eventually beat Google you could blame it on MS's monopoly without skipping a beat.
The attitude of offering jobs to people that don't need them?
The tough thing about applying at Starbucks or for a retail job is that despite all the great technical knowledge you have, there are actually high school drop-outs who are better qualified for those jobs than you are.
Add to that the fact that some businesses want a cool youthful atmosphere and you're getting too long in the tooth and thick in the middle to qualify as cool.
People aren't tempted to use an ad unless it's good.
"tend to have friends who are also ___
"Surely most of the general public has viewed this Google project as a positive thing."
I disagree (and stop calling me shirley)
"Is this the same DOJ that has been packed with "ex" Microsoft lawyers?"
Perhaps they just jumped ship to be on the winning team (i.e. the DOJ won, MS lost). DOJ lawyers moving to MS would be the suspicious scenario, not the other way around.
It does not follow from Shaw's theory, that all unreasonable people make progress.
"Cool is a rumor, sometimes bad is bad" -- huey lewis
I noticed that you didn't say the virgins were girls.
"Never heard of Red Hat, Novell, Canonical, etc?"
Sure, are they going to hand out CDs too?
"Either that or eBay's lawyers must be the world's biggest idiots."
So that's where the IBM lawyers that negotiated the MS-DOS contract ended up.
David Hanson is a pro-alcohol guy so I'd take anything he says about drug abuse with a grain of salt.
True, but they could still get the clap from RMS.
"since microsoft can not (or will not) build secure operating systems"
MS could build a more secure OS than Windows but nobody would buy it because they want to run Windows apps.