They also said 2011 would be the year of Linux on the desktop!
This is the year of Linux on my desktop, as was 2010 and every other year back to 1998. If it is not the year of Linux on the desktop for you then I am sorry for you, I really am.
The problem is with the dickhead who calls himself Google's "Open Source Programs Manager" and is an unabashed foe of GPL, and fan of the Apache licence. Start the cleanup by getting rid of him, he has accomplished nothing but create bad karma between Google and the community. In Google he was referred to him as Google's "Open Source Obstructer" by people who had to deal with him.
Still analyzing the actual issue. At this point it looks very much like a transparent attempt to game the GPL, but the devil is in the details.
I will stick with "lack of ethics is built into Microsoft's DNA".
Microsofties keep modding me down. I hope you Microsofties realize this just encourages me to be more critical, and more detailed about the moral bankruptcy of your vile organization, which seems to think and act like a division of the chuch of scientology.
Go ahead and mod this down softy bottom dwellers, there is plenty more where this one came from.
Then there's the bit about assigning no less than 12 Microsoft employees in a controlled effort to direct the product article being written about a Microsoft product. That review was finally assigned after Microsoft hounded the magazine editor to do the review and of course provided the Microsoft contact(s) the author should contact.
It's amazing how much this makes Microsoft sound like the church of scientology.
In my opinion, all corporations as they reach certain size, became evil.
Microsoft was already evil when it consisted of just Gates and Allen (Gates provided enough evil for both at the time, but later Allen tried to make up for lost time). Then Microsoft grew up to become way more evil that most of the companies you are thinking of.
I would have thought that refusing to license patents, demanding 30% of every purchase, and generally behaving in an anti-competitive fashion would have earned Apple a top spot on the list.
You forgot, kicking in the front doors of journalists.
what practices of Microsoft's are really unethical?
Nice troll. That's a really tough question because the list of answers would be so long I'd have a risk of getting carpal tunnel syndrome. A far easier question would be: what practices of Microsoft are actually ethical?
This is one of these things that requires extensive dealings behind the scenes to ensure everyone is on the same page first, which hopefully Apple (and maybe Google, who knows) are doing right now.
Yes, I fully recognize that Apple is probably slithering around behind the scenes right now trying to put together a deal that is best for Apple, and not necessarily best for customers. But they flatter themselves to think anybody really cares if they hold out or not. Think Firewire.
Apple's decision to avoid it is a significant opportunity for Android phones. Apple is learning the wrong lessons from Microsoft.
From my point of view they are the right lessons because it is about time for Apple to decline in prominence before they manage to do some serious damage.
I guess you could argue that Linux itself isn't an OS but rather Operating Systems are built using the Linux codebase. I wouldn't, though.
And you would be wrong. Crack any textbook on operating system design and you will learn immediately that by "operating system" knowledgeable people mean "the kernel".
Does this make a joke of Apple calling FreeBSD "iOS" and Google calling Linux "Android"? Why yes it does, but shush don't them them, they could be terribly wounded.
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Well, on the bright side, 2011 is going to be the year of Duke Nukem Forever, so there's hope for Linux on the Desktop! ;-)
Indeed, though many people may know it first as "Android on the Desktop".
They also said 2011 would be the year of Linux on the desktop!
This is the year of Linux on my desktop, as was 2010 and every other year back to 1998. If it is not the year of Linux on the desktop for you then I am sorry for you, I really am.
The police did this, not Apple. The douchebag they did it to is an insult to the word journalist.
The police did this at the behest of Apple. This is equivalent to Apple doing it.
You sound exactly like the sort of iMoonie who is busy running what's left of Apple's ethical substance into the ground.
The problem is with the dickhead who calls himself Google's "Open Source Programs Manager" and is an unabashed foe of GPL, and fan of the Apache licence. Start the cleanup by getting rid of him, he has accomplished nothing but create bad karma between Google and the community. In Google he was referred to him as Google's "Open Source Obstructer" by people who had to deal with him.
Still analyzing the actual issue. At this point it looks very much like a transparent attempt to game the GPL, but the devil is in the details.
I will stick with "lack of ethics is built into Microsoft's DNA".
Microsofties keep modding me down. I hope you Microsofties realize this just encourages me to be more critical, and more detailed about the moral bankruptcy of your vile organization, which seems to think and act like a division of the chuch of scientology.
Go ahead and mod this down softy bottom dwellers, there is plenty more where this one came from.
What is worse than a backbiting facetimer?
I will stick with "lack of ethics is built into Microsoft's DNA".
"even the antitrust stuff would barely qualify as most of what they did there was completely legal and done by thousands of companies all the time"
Err, sorry, it's unethical whether you point fingers at others or not. Knowingly breaking the law is in itself unethical.
Then there's the bit about assigning no less than 12 Microsoft employees in a controlled effort to direct the product article being written about a Microsoft product. That review was finally assigned after Microsoft hounded the magazine editor to do the review and of course provided the Microsoft contact(s) the author should contact.
It's amazing how much this makes Microsoft sound like the church of scientology.
They treat their employees decently
No they don't. Microsoft policies are very effective at turning wide eyed grads into paranoid backbiting facetimers.
it does seem to me (again, just randomly sampling the wiki) like there are more than a few areas where they've made some positive efforts.
Appearances can be deceiving.
In my opinion, all corporations as they reach certain size, became evil.
Microsoft was already evil when it consisted of just Gates and Allen (Gates provided enough evil for both at the time, but later Allen tried to make up for lost time). Then Microsoft grew up to become way more evil that most of the companies you are thinking of.
I would have thought that refusing to license patents, demanding 30% of every purchase, and generally behaving in an anti-competitive fashion would have earned Apple a top spot on the list.
You forgot, kicking in the front doors of journalists.
what practices of Microsoft's are really unethical?
Nice troll. That's a really tough question because the list of answers would be so long I'd have a risk of getting carpal tunnel syndrome. A far easier question would be: what practices of Microsoft are actually ethical?
Ethisphere Institute rockets to top of the list of least ethical research institutions displacing former champion Mindcraft.
This is one of these things that requires extensive dealings behind the scenes to ensure everyone is on the same page first, which hopefully Apple (and maybe Google, who knows) are doing right now.
Yes, I fully recognize that Apple is probably slithering around behind the scenes right now trying to put together a deal that is best for Apple, and not necessarily best for customers. But they flatter themselves to think anybody really cares if they hold out or not. Think Firewire.
Everyone is so quick to attack Apple they don't stop to consider what they are attacking them for.
Not at all. In this case I am attacking Apple for stupidity, hubris and perhaps a touch of malice, ambiguity is nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps Apple is having the "not invented here" syndrome??
More probably the "can't be the troll under the bridge owning the means of passage" syndrome.
Does anyone know how secure NFC is over the air against third person snooping around?
Easy enough. Don't get a phone from a company you don't trust.
If Apple and Google both implemented the same NFC implementation it becomes the defacto standard.
Or if Google just does it alone. Apple would appear to be making a serious blunder if the report is true.
Apple's decision to avoid it is a significant opportunity for Android phones. Apple is learning the wrong lessons from Microsoft.
From my point of view they are the right lessons because it is about time for Apple to decline in prominence before they manage to do some serious damage.
or maybe it's exactly as the article says and they don't feel like being in the middle of a format war...?
That is rather hard to believe. Apple has traditionally participated in format wars with wild abandon. HTML 5 video anyone?
This much is true: Apple's credibility is falling through the basement, it is getting hard to take anything they say at face value.
I guess you could argue that Linux itself isn't an OS but rather Operating Systems are built using the Linux codebase.
I wouldn't, though.
And you would be wrong. Crack any textbook on operating system design and you will learn immediately that by "operating system" knowledgeable people mean "the kernel".
Does this make a joke of Apple calling FreeBSD "iOS" and Google calling Linux "Android"? Why yes it does, but shush don't them them, they could be terribly wounded.
MS in underdog mode is also pretty good.
An unsuccessful thug is still a thug, not an underdog.
Apple hasn't even begun to approach the level of evil that seeps out of Redmond on a regular basis. One word: MOOXML.