Except that the Android bits represent only a minimal part of the Linux kernel codebase, so the whole impact of this would be proportionally pretty small.
I beg to differ: as an Italian, I can tell you that we already have a storage tax called "equo compenso" that can't even boast the crisis as an excuse. Its income goes to the local copyright collecting society as "piracy compensation", regardless the purpose of the storage device.
One of my main customers is the Italian Railways and they still run their whole ticketing system (that dates back to 1995) on OS/2 Warp 4.5.
Recently they started a migration effort in order to upgrade the hardware they're using (from IBM P4 pcs to HP i3) and they run OS/2 in VirtualBox on W7.
The next step is to ditch OS/2 completely and pass to a web-based system, but that is proving difficult for stations with low bandwidth in rural or mountain areas.
You basically stated how American economy works: government funds research (usually for military purposes) than then "leaks" in the private sector. It's not necessarily a bad thing: this leaks are ultimately what made the difference in wealth between the people in USA and in the Soviet Union, where such technologies wouldn't pass to civil engineering.
However, whoever believes tha the power and wealth of the USA come from privately funded self-made men, is uttelry fooling himself.
It's breaking and entering long time abandoned structures that nobody cares about, and for no malicious intentions. Alright, give them a fine if you catch them, but this orwellian ASBO order is way beyond reasonable. Now governments have the right to regulate and forbid social interactions?
I'm not very accustomed to British law: how common are these ASBOs, and what is their typical use case?
You slashdotted the site before i could read the second part of the interview! Do you know how BAD that feels?
Also, the guy seems very reasonable an pacate, and this is a blatantly inflamatory title. Can we tag titles "-1 Flamebait"?
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Except that the Android bits represent only a minimal part of the Linux kernel codebase, so the whole impact of this would be proportionally pretty small.
Sounds like Apple PR to me...
I beg to differ: as an Italian, I can tell you that we already have a storage tax called "equo compenso" that can't even boast the crisis as an excuse. Its income goes to the local copyright collecting society as "piracy compensation", regardless the purpose of the storage device.
Try Deathspell Omega. Technically speaking they're "rock, admittedly not very classic...
One of my main customers is the Italian Railways and they still run their whole ticketing system (that dates back to 1995) on OS/2 Warp 4.5. Recently they started a migration effort in order to upgrade the hardware they're using (from IBM P4 pcs to HP i3) and they run OS/2 in VirtualBox on W7. The next step is to ditch OS/2 completely and pass to a web-based system, but that is proving difficult for stations with low bandwidth in rural or mountain areas.
You basically stated how American economy works: government funds research (usually for military purposes) than then "leaks" in the private sector. It's not necessarily a bad thing: this leaks are ultimately what made the difference in wealth between the people in USA and in the Soviet Union, where such technologies wouldn't pass to civil engineering. However, whoever believes tha the power and wealth of the USA come from privately funded self-made men, is uttelry fooling himself.
Or HP printers and inks...
The possibility that flash might be still around in 2038 frightens me to the bone.
Are less moral people rich?
It's breaking and entering long time abandoned structures that nobody cares about, and for no malicious intentions. Alright, give them a fine if you catch them, but this orwellian ASBO order is way beyond reasonable. Now governments have the right to regulate and forbid social interactions? I'm not very accustomed to British law: how common are these ASBOs, and what is their typical use case?
Sure, and how else are they supposed to keep us distracted from real problems?
You slashdotted the site before i could read the second part of the interview! Do you know how BAD that feels? Also, the guy seems very reasonable an pacate, and this is a blatantly inflamatory title. Can we tag titles "-1 Flamebait"?