It doesn't look like MySQL is handing over IP rights of any it's code over to SCO
Heh. Novell didn't hand over any copyrights to their code either, but it doesn't seem to have stopped SCO from just grabbing it and claiming they did. Read those contracts really carefully, MySQL guys...
Yep, the next time your pregnant wife is screaming at you to go faster so she can get to the hospital ASAP in order to get the spawn of Satan (i.e, you) out of her, be sure to tell her she's being silly and it's best to stick to the speed limit.
You can probably get your testicles surgically reattached these days, after all...:)
In point of fact, I'd have to say that pretty much ALL of the groklaw contributors (by which I mean articles, rather than comments) are pretty much "anti-SCO", but this doesn't mean that the site isn't open.
Last time I checked the T&C you didn't have to promise faithfully to switch your brain off and follow the party line to comment over at Groklaw. Nor does PJ go through every comment ensuring that the purity of the site's Anti-SCO bias is untarnished.
This article presupposes that broadband is 1) Available everywhere and 2) Unmetered
In the UK at least, where BT's infrastructure seems to be roughly analogous to a whole lot of pieces of string and lots of tin cans, neither case is necessarily true. BT is currently implementing broadband caps (15gb is one of them... plenty for lots of email and webbrowsing, DVDs? Not so much). Whilst other companies are holding off sooner or later I see broadband once again being a metered service. Damn BT. Crap infrastructure and lack of investment. People are buying broadband with the promise of fast speeds, downloading music, always on access... and then BT are blaming "heavy users" for doing exactly what they were told they could do and claiming the "greed" of people are forcing them to introduce these caps.
Also, even people who download and then burn to DVD will sometimes want a nice case, a nice little booklet, and all the extra goodies some DVDs offer. I don't see the DVD going the way of the dinosaur anytime soon.
Put all my documentation in yesterday. I'm hoping the patents office don't notice the five billion or so examples of prior art. Judging on past performance, I think I stand a fairly good chance...
Seems to me that's an unnecessarily lengthy term. Why not ALF? Adult Lego Fan. OK, it's used elsewhere but it ought to be clear from the context... and it's not like you're likely to be confusing serious modellers with annoying furry puppet things with annoying television shows.
One side can't change it without of the other side
Largely - but not necessarily completely - true. BT contracts incorporate their terms and conditions which state:
21. How this contract can be changed
We may change this contract, including our charges, at any time. We will give you at least a month's notice of any changes before they take effect. As explained in paragraph 20, you can end this contract by giving us seven days notice if we increase our charges or change the conditions of this contract to your detriment..
So yes, really the only way to stay "flatrate" is to switch ISPs to an ISP which is staying flatrate. Regrettably, these are getting fewer in number. Whilst other countries are spending more to increase their infrastructure, BT is pretty much spending a pittance and then penalising heavy users - where "heavy users" are users who actually believed what BT originally told them about always on broadband connections...
So then, I guess Microsoft have nothing to fear from BT Bandwidth users:)
Yeah.... see, at the time of purchase it WAS a flatrate. 29.99 a month for 512Kb broadband. Only later on (with effect from 2005, in fact) did BT decide to introduce a cap. It seems that some are (for the moment?) staying with a flatrate (AOL, for example) whilst others also are introducing a cap on usage.
BT has a habit of introducing services with a flatrate, then finding that a few "greedy" users suddenly force them to put limits on their service. The "greedy" users being the users who took them at their word. Cf BT Anytime.
Increasing bandwidth? Great, except that our beloved telecom chaps seem to regard the concept of "always on" computing as the spawn of satan. It seems that if you actually buy into "always on", they'd prefer it if your always on computer only used a couple of meg a day or so. Forget about backing up your PC to a remote box on a regular basis, or something like that:)
The introduction of caps on broadband (1GB a month, 15GB a month, xGB a month whatever) doesn't really gell with their advertising (yay, watch all the movies you like! Videophone your parents! Send your buddy streaming video from your wedding) and yet they will insist on it.
So I'm not too worried about increased bandwidth... 'cos our telcos are very keen on taking it away from ya:)
I don't know, it just seems a little... bland and generic. Looking at it, if you removed "NetBSD" and substituted virtually any short word or phrase it could just as easily be the logo of a political party, or a company that makes... well, practically anything, really. It seems... personality free.
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Looks like feature bloat to me
Looks like Windows specific (or Windows & MacOS if you're lucky) feature bloat to me...:)
I'd settle for a mouse with a tilt-wheel which works in linux out of the box...
It doesn't look like MySQL is handing over IP rights of any it's code over to SCO
Heh. Novell didn't hand over any copyrights to their code either, but it doesn't seem to have stopped SCO from just grabbing it and claiming they did. Read those contracts really carefully, MySQL guys...
It's incredibly pedantic I know, but my understanding is they're entitled to 100% of the royalties ...
It's just that they then give 5% back to SCO to handle administration.
Yep, the next time your pregnant wife is screaming at you to go faster so she can get to the hospital ASAP in order to get the spawn of Satan (i.e, you) out of her, be sure to tell her she's being silly and it's best to stick to the speed limit.
You can probably get your testicles surgically reattached these days, after all ... :)
Well, no wonder the time-travel convention was a bust :)
Oh, please.
Since when does "open forum" = "unbiased forum"?
In point of fact, I'd have to say that pretty much ALL of the groklaw contributors (by which I mean articles, rather than comments) are pretty much "anti-SCO", but this doesn't mean that the site isn't open.
Last time I checked the T&C you didn't have to promise faithfully to switch your brain off and follow the party line to comment over at Groklaw. Nor does PJ go through every comment ensuring that the purity of the site's Anti-SCO bias is untarnished.
That's near enough "open" for my liking.
Can't be done, mate. Have you never heard of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect? :)
Seconded!
Well, you'll get plenty of change out of $3600 if you go for 1.6TB, so go wild and splurge :)
A 1.6TB Lacie "Bigger Disk" ought to see you in good stead, at least for a while :)
This article presupposes that broadband is 1) Available everywhere and 2) Unmetered
... and then BT are blaming "heavy users" for doing exactly what they were told they could do and claiming the "greed" of people are forcing them to introduce these caps.
In the UK at least, where BT's infrastructure seems to be roughly analogous to a whole lot of pieces of string and lots of tin cans, neither case is necessarily true. BT is currently implementing broadband caps (15gb is one of them... plenty for lots of email and webbrowsing, DVDs? Not so much). Whilst other companies are holding off sooner or later I see broadband once again being a metered service. Damn BT. Crap infrastructure and lack of investment. People are buying broadband with the promise of fast speeds, downloading music, always on access
Also, even people who download and then burn to DVD will sometimes want a nice case, a nice little booklet, and all the extra goodies some DVDs offer. I don't see the DVD going the way of the dinosaur anytime soon.
I hope breathing fresh air is never patented.
Put all my documentation in yesterday. I'm hoping the patents office don't notice the five billion or so examples of prior art. Judging on past performance, I think I stand a fairly good chance ...
Why doesn't he get Bill Gates on the line and ask him why Microsoft's being a big meanie and not porting SQL*Server to Solaris? :)
Seems to me that's an unnecessarily lengthy term. Why not ALF? Adult Lego Fan. OK, it's used elsewhere but it ought to be clear from the context ... and it's not like you're likely to be confusing serious modellers with annoying furry puppet things with annoying television shows.
One side can't change it without of the other side
Largely - but not necessarily completely - true. BT contracts incorporate their terms and conditions which state:
21. How this contract can be changed
We may change this contract, including our charges, at any time. We will give you at least a month's notice of any changes before they take effect. As explained in paragraph 20, you can end this contract by giving us seven days notice if we increase our charges or change the conditions of this contract to your detriment. .
So yes, really the only way to stay "flatrate" is to switch ISPs to an ISP which is staying flatrate. Regrettably, these are getting fewer in number. Whilst other countries are spending more to increase their infrastructure, BT is pretty much spending a pittance and then penalising heavy users - where "heavy users" are users who actually believed what BT originally told them about always on broadband connections ...
So then, I guess Microsoft have nothing to fear from BT Bandwidth users :)
Yeah .... see, at the time of purchase it WAS a flatrate. 29.99 a month for 512Kb broadband. Only later on (with effect from 2005, in fact) did BT decide to introduce a cap. It seems that some are (for the moment?) staying with a flatrate (AOL, for example) whilst others also are introducing a cap on usage.
BT has a habit of introducing services with a flatrate, then finding that a few "greedy" users suddenly force them to put limits on their service. The "greedy" users being the users who took them at their word. Cf BT Anytime.
Increasing bandwidth? Great, except that our beloved telecom chaps seem to regard the concept of "always on" computing as the spawn of satan. It seems that if you actually buy into "always on", they'd prefer it if your always on computer only used a couple of meg a day or so. Forget about backing up your PC to a remote box on a regular basis, or something like that :)
... 'cos our telcos are very keen on taking it away from ya :)
The introduction of caps on broadband (1GB a month, 15GB a month, xGB a month whatever) doesn't really gell with their advertising (yay, watch all the movies you like! Videophone your parents! Send your buddy streaming video from your wedding) and yet they will insist on it.
So I'm not too worried about increased bandwidth
An array of small pressure sensors on a flexible sheet from University of Tokyo researchers promises to lead to smart rugs and robot skin.
I bet Bill Shatner's salivating at that one :)
the usa is a member of the global community, not an owner of the global community
Now if only somebody would tell that to the US government ...
The American Government has a mandate from the American People. And the People support our government, all the way.
If I had mod points now, I'd mod this up as funny.
Massively parallel booze, eh? Nice one :)
Wow, I didn't realise they still made mainframes. Ever since the DBC/1012 I thought they just ran Teradata software emulated under Unix or NT.
... things of beauty :)
Now the DBC/1012's, with the hardware AMPs
uses from suing competitors to sueing customers (what a novell idea...).
Uh ... no. That's an SCO idea, not a Novell idea :)
I don't know, it just seems a little ... bland and generic. Looking at it, if you removed "NetBSD" and substituted virtually any short word or phrase it could just as easily be the logo of a political party, or a company that makes ... well, practically anything, really. It seems ... personality free.
Still, YMMV and all that.
I want a pair of Spider Jerusalem smart glasses, not these clunky ol' things :D