Of course there will be enormous private sector investment. What better than investment than being issued a lincence to steal the stratigic industry of the 21 century.
On a side note, ancedotes are good. Most topics are usually pretty dry, so adding in a little humor can make the books more fun.
I disagree. I have (tried to) read exactly one dummies book. Its humor wasn't funny, and the attempt at humor made me read 2x the number of words I should have had to.
Of course if I say to NASA "I'll give you a billion dollars to send me into space, I have a funny feeling they wouldn't care much
Actually if I said that they'd fall back on you have a history of drinking, lying and cheating. You can either lie about having a billion dollars, or cheat to get it.
IMO this is why Palm bought Be. If it comes down to damages, Be is one of the (more) damaged parties. Palm could make out quite well with a damages settlement from M$.
Neither Java nor C# are Open standards. C, C++, Perl take your pick, are Open languages. Don't confuse runs anywhere with Open. OSI, ANSI or some other.ORG must own the standard for it to be considered open.
Microsoft will spend whatever it takes, take as many revs as the market requires, for C# to become the dominant programming language in the world. What other high tech company can be described as being willing to behave that way right now? Would Apple, Sun, Oracle, even IBM spend WHATEVER IT TAKES to accomplish ANYTHING?
IBM has commited to spending $1 Billion on Linux this year. That is not "WHATEVER IT TAKES", it's merely $1 Billion. Chump change.
[I]t is clear that few things, save grave national
security concerns, are sufficient to override First Amendment interests.
It was begining to look like the 1st ammendment was dead. This is from a state court. I hope the ass-holes appeal and get trounced before the supremes.
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vi is like masturbation. It's not as good as the alternative, but it's always there.
That's right. One will make you go blind, and the other will make you go broke.
I've been watching AMD's stock for the last few weeks, and can't believe how low it is. Anybody out there with a financial background care to comment on why they have such hot products, yet their stock continues to go down?
A person worth $15B makes all their decisions based upon money. Larry has proposed donating the software, so what's in it for Oracle?
I can just see it in the future: Well all new databases are being created in [insert favorite OS database here], but the federal government must bale out Oracle, because that is what runs the federal ID database.
Last week we created one new government department. Next week we'll create another. This brought to you by the people who give tax breaks because "...if Washington keeps it they'll spend it."
On Friday the government authorizes $20,000,000,000.00 for defense. The following Thursday a request goes out to procure Beowulf cluster in two hours. Let me guess this is to heat your dorm room right?
According to this MSNBC article, "72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption laws would be 'somewhat' or 'very' helpful in preventing a repeat of last week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C."
I think this comes under the heading of masters of the obvious. It's not the answer that's stupid, it's the question. M$ will now take this to congress and push their agenda.
I'd like to know what % of americans would feel safer if we had a truely free and independent press (mass media). I know I would.
The city of Lowell, MI owns a hydro-electric damn. So they provide power to city residents. When cable came along, the same entity became the provider of cable TV to the city and sorounding areas. They are much less expensive than most.
2 years ago I bought my house because they told me I wold get cable modem RSN. 18 months ago they told me I would have it in Dec. 2000. I'm still waiting, and their answer has changed back to RSN. Their cable TV is great, but they seem to be lost when it comes to broadband.
I didn't vote for Bush. I never liked him until Tuesday. When I heard he would be speaking to the nation, I tried to frame a speach in my mind that I would give if I were him. I came up empty.
As I stated earlier, I never liked Bush. But this is the time when I want to have one of these tough Republican in office who don't shrink from taking out their rath on those who piss them off.
U.S. Attorney Robert J. Cleary has told the court that the surveillance device is a "highly sensitive law enforcement search and seizure technique" and should not be made public.
It wasn't too long ago when the people had a right to privacy and the government was forced to disclose their secrets.
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If you dont profit from it, then its not stealing
Uh, yes it is.
Under US law if you know of a crime but do not act to prevent it, you are considered an accomplice to that crime.
Are you sure? I believe this is a civil matter, not a criminal matter.
Do I need to be on my cell phone calling in plate numbers of speeders every time I get on the highway?
Is reading a FP a violation?
Of course there will be enormous private sector investment. What better than investment than being issued a lincence to steal the stratigic industry of the 21 century.
On a side note, ancedotes are good. Most topics are usually pretty dry, so adding in a little humor can make the books more fun.
I disagree. I have (tried to) read exactly one dummies book. Its humor wasn't funny, and the attempt at humor made me read 2x the number of words I should have had to.
Of course if I say to NASA "I'll give you a billion dollars to send me into space, I have a funny feeling they wouldn't care much
Actually if I said that they'd fall back on you have a history of drinking, lying and cheating. You can either lie about having a billion dollars, or cheat to get it.
What I really liked was that in the middle of the harshest invective I've ever read was:
You have no rhythm.
You had it unitl you posted here. You no longer have obscurity. Now there are 1000 /.ers tyring to hack your satelites.
IMO this is why Palm bought Be. If it comes down to damages, Be is one of the (more) damaged parties. Palm could make out quite well with a damages settlement from M$.
When I read the headline, I thought it said "cross-over beaver".
I guesss you could use a little wine to loosen it up.
Neither Java nor C# are Open standards. C, C++, Perl take your pick, are Open languages. Don't confuse runs anywhere with Open. OSI, ANSI or some other .ORG must own the standard for it to be considered open.
Microsoft will spend whatever it takes, take as many revs as the market requires, for C# to become the dominant programming language in the world. What other high tech company can be described as being willing to behave that way right now? Would Apple, Sun, Oracle, even IBM spend WHATEVER IT TAKES to accomplish ANYTHING?
IBM has commited to spending $1 Billion on Linux this year. That is not "WHATEVER IT TAKES", it's merely $1 Billion. Chump change.
[I]t is clear that few things, save grave national
security concerns, are sufficient to override First Amendment interests.
It was begining to look like the 1st ammendment was dead. This is from a state court. I hope the ass-holes appeal and get trounced before the supremes.
vi is like masturbation. It's not as good as the alternative, but it's always there.
That's right. One will make you go blind, and the other will make you go broke.
I've been watching AMD's stock for the last few weeks, and can't believe how low it is. Anybody out there with a financial background care to comment on why they have such hot products, yet their stock continues to go down?
Joel on software makes the case much better than I can.
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A person worth $15B makes all their decisions based upon money. Larry has proposed donating the software, so what's in it for Oracle?
I can just see it in the future: Well all new databases are being created in [insert favorite OS database here], but the federal government must bale out Oracle, because that is what runs the federal ID database.
Last week we created one new government department. Next week we'll create another. This brought to you by the people who give tax breaks because "...if Washington keeps it they'll spend it."
...but from what I read yesterday, in the previous paragraph, there is a definition of "the software".
Does anyone with the license agreement in front of them care to reply?
On Friday the government authorizes $20,000,000,000.00 for defense. The following Thursday a request goes out to procure Beowulf cluster in two hours. Let me guess this is to heat your dorm room right?
Your tax dollars at work.
According to this MSNBC article, "72 percent of Americans believe that anti-encryption laws would be 'somewhat' or 'very' helpful in preventing a repeat of last week's terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C."
I think this comes under the heading of masters of the obvious. It's not the answer that's stupid, it's the question. M$ will now take this to congress and push their agenda.
I'd like to know what % of americans would feel safer if we had a truely free and independent press (mass media). I know I would.
The city of Lowell, MI owns a hydro-electric damn. So they provide power to city residents. When cable came along, the same entity became the provider of cable TV to the city and sorounding areas. They are much less expensive than most.
2 years ago I bought my house because they told me I wold get cable modem RSN. 18 months ago they told me I would have it in Dec. 2000. I'm still waiting, and their answer has changed back to RSN. Their cable TV is great, but they seem to be lost when it comes to broadband.
I didn't vote for Bush. I never liked him until Tuesday. When I heard he would be speaking to the nation, I tried to frame a speach in my mind that I would give if I were him. I came up empty.
As I stated earlier, I never liked Bush. But this is the time when I want to have one of these tough Republican in office who don't shrink from taking out their rath on those who piss them off.
The most disturbing quote in the article:
U.S. Attorney Robert J. Cleary has told the court that the surveillance device is a "highly sensitive law enforcement search and seizure technique" and should not be made public.
It wasn't too long ago when the people had a right to privacy and the government was forced to disclose their secrets.
We must find the party responsible for this and give them life.
@home is not my ISP, but I would like to thank them for pointing out where I can find the good stuff.