The problem is not ketchup being moved from bottle to another. The product RedHat sells is _not_ Linux. They sell support. If I buy cd that says RedHat I am buying their support of that product. I would expect this to cause more confusion in the future, and they seem to have the right idea.
I think part of what Brin likes about Star Trek over that of Star Wars is that Trek would probably be nicer to live in for the average person. You can make the same kind of comparison about other SF worlds. Would you want to live in the Lensman world? It's exciting, but not very safe. By the same token, Niven's Known Space is a nice peaceful place in general. It's like Ren Faires where everyone is portrayed as happy, but unless I was anoble you couldn't make me want to live in the Middle ages.
Supposedly, the next version of Office is going to make use of XML as a major part of the file formats. So, I guess it is sortof opening up the file format in an "Embrace and Extend" kind of way.
I don't think the issue of a poster whose alignment has been pushed negative will be a big issue. Why? Because all you have to do is wait a few days and you are back at 0 like everyone else.
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The problem is not ketchup being moved from bottle to another.
The product RedHat sells is _not_ Linux. They sell support. If I buy cd that says RedHat I am buying their support of that product. I would expect this to cause more confusion in the future, and they seem to have the right idea.
--jeff
So what you're saying is that context _matters_.
Which is what everyone here is saying isn't happening. Sites that are informative being blocked is what the fight is about.
There is a perfect blocker. It's called a parent.
jeff
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears it is true.
--Robert Oppenheimer
I think part of what Brin likes about Star Trek over that of Star Wars is that Trek would probably be nicer to live in for the average person. You can make the same kind of comparison about other SF worlds. Would you want to live in the Lensman world? It's exciting, but not very safe. By the same token, Niven's Known Space is a nice peaceful place in general.
It's like Ren Faires where everyone is portrayed as happy, but unless I was anoble you couldn't make me want to live in the Middle ages.
Supposedly, the next version of Office is going to make use of XML as a major part of the file formats. So, I guess it is sortof opening up the file format in an "Embrace and Extend" kind of way.
I don't think the issue of a poster whose alignment has been pushed negative will be a big issue. Why? Because all you have to do is wait a few days and you are back at 0 like everyone else.
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jeff cuscutis
I'm not an evil overlord, I just play one on my computer.