How do you demonstrate that P2P isn't just a warez app? Show how readily it distributes Windows outside of Microsoft's normal channels!
That's what I indirectly hinted about in the post right before yours. I'm glad you said it more clearly because it got me thinking some more about this.
Remember some years back 'Push Technology' by Marimba? I used it with the program 'Castinet' (correct spelling?) Microsoft licensed that technology from Marimba and used it for their own desktop program that let users select which channels they wanted to receive stuff from, including news. I suspect 'Windows Update' is based on Push technology, albeit one channel though. If P2P usage is outlawed it could be argued that it's just a modified form of Push tech. See where I'm going? What difference does it make when one entity (corporation) is controlling the "Push" rather than millions of users? If a legal difference is legislated, there could be grounds for a constitutional challenge.
IA... Bah, no need for acronyms, just stating my personal opinion:)
This is of course a perfect example of legal use for P2P, but it could be argued that it is only one such example and shouldn't count for much. I say let P2P remain in its current form and keep legislators from hindering it. In the end it might take a company like Microsoft to put pressure on law makers not to outlaw P2P.
Back in the early 90's wasn't the U.S. Navy doing research like this in conjunction with their virtual reality research programs going on at the China Lake Naval base in California?
We are only able to do the work that we do because of the money we receive from our customers,
most of whom are single end users.
So, in other words you target the slashdot crowd?:) Seriously though, did you mean that your revenue stream comes from the marjority of people who would be considered a "one system license" user? Or did you mean "volume licensing" users who are unmarried?
Is the customer segment your business is targeting the average user, or is your primary target the enterprise customer, and are reaching the average user more rather than the enterprise segment?
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Hey, I resemble that comment!
Dude, that wasn't a troll, that was humor that someone obviously lacks.
Remember some years back 'Push Technology' by Marimba? I used it with the program 'Castinet' (correct spelling?) Microsoft licensed that technology from Marimba and used it for their own desktop program that let users select which channels they wanted to receive stuff from, including news. I suspect 'Windows Update' is based on Push technology, albeit one channel though. If P2P usage is outlawed it could be argued that it's just a modified form of Push tech. See where I'm going? What difference does it make when one entity (corporation) is controlling the "Push" rather than millions of users? If a legal difference is legislated, there could be grounds for a constitutional challenge.
IA... Bah, no need for acronyms, just stating my personal opinion :)
This is of course a perfect example of legal use for P2P, but it could be argued that it is only one such example and shouldn't count for much. I say let P2P remain in its current form and keep legislators from hindering it. In the end it might take a company like Microsoft to put pressure on law makers not to outlaw P2P.
Back in the early 90's wasn't the U.S. Navy doing research like this in conjunction with their virtual reality research programs going on at the China Lake Naval base in California?
Just be glad it won't be put in one of those camera vans that will go around photgraphing 50 million buildings.
It's because all your router are belong to us man!
--Still looks cool, now if only I had a C64 to try it out on.
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Sheesh, that sentence looks pretty much on topic to me...
Hey moderators--put down the crack pipes and the overclocking manuals...
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Does peer-to-peer review count?
Ahh, so *BSD is dying from anorexia--I see now!
Well, all I have to say on that is Schwingggggg!
Is this Moore's Law just evolving into Moore's Lawsuit?
I like that -- Queer Eye for the Tech Guy!
Yeah, but are they thread-safe?
Great, have the press release hosted on a site that's alreayd being DDOS'ed, slashdot can't even slashdot it!
Would you be suprised if they (SCO) did claim ownership of such code?
I know this isn't very insightful but it sucks to be the author(s) right now who or whom created this worm.
Sure you're not smoking cracking rather than cronic?
What about using a Lisp with it?
Can I borrow your hard drive so I can copy it?
Your brain has obviously been slashdotted if you don't recognize the humor...