So, in case they really "kill off" SCO Unix, what happens to the source? There must be some things vaulable in there, I hope they are contributed to United Linux.
Even better would be to publish all of it as GPL code, but that will probably not happen because part of the code might be licensed from third parties. (Also, of course no GPL'ing will take place as long as IA32 Open Unix is "still around on the market"...)
Try the way how the phone system in Germany now works: The former monopoly provider, Deutsche Telekom, is forced to rent even end-user lines to competitors at discount (mainly self-cost) prices, since competitors cannot build up their own cable nets in time to become a real threat. The other providers can then offer services at low rates to the public.
(It does not work perfectly, but it's worth a try. And I assume even in the US, often one or two network companies control the actual cables of a geographical region...)
Good joke, won't work. Firstly, the judge possibly has no email address. (Yes, there are still some old-fashioned people around, even now.) Secondly, it might keep him and his staff from working, just imagine he wants to decide against the spammer anyhow... (Finally, annoying people is not really productive, but all you know that.:-)
OK, let's just say there is a standard fine for each spam mail sent... For EU companies, this makes sending spam fairly impossible. They will be tracked, and then a financial disaster awaits them.
About Non-European spammers... well, I've got some doubts about making chinese companies pay. On the other hand, if they are just advertizing say EU products and doing the dirty work, the ones paying for the ads should be blamed as well.
Finally, there are international law treaties at least with most "industrialized countries"... and if we are speaking of international companies, there is always a local EU branch that can be MADE to pay. (Sorry guys, that's how it works.)
Sigh... but the important point is (even for US-based companies), there is a market out there! Let me just assume that because of the non-commercial license linux use is not entirely based on economic strength of a country. Maybe population would be a better approximation. So, the US has approximately 250M citizens... that's negligible compared to the Spanish and Portugese market in Southern America, for example.
Also, large parts of the conglomerate usually percieved as "linux" are already now developed outside the us. By adapting the distributions to foreign (i.e. non-english) languages it is possible to tap into much greater resources, both intellectually ("coders") and financially ("companies"). additionally, the "big players" are not everything, a LOT of money is available in small enterprises all over the world.
This discussion is about a "semi-merger" of some non-US companies, trying to compete with a US-based one. Thus, it seems reasonable that UnitedLinux will try to compete with RedHat by prviding better services OUTSIDE the States. The reason why it took RH a lot of effort to get a hold in Europe is that they were never able to localize their distribution properly. I'm not sure if RH could compete even as biggest distro in the states if UnitedLinux had most of the rest world market (which sadly won't happen, but...)
Finally, do you think of Slashdot as a website ony for the US?:-) I personally like the press releases of the KDE project which always start with "date, the INTERNET" instead of giving a location...
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Oh well, there goes the usual US-centric view...
You know, RedHat may be the biggest distro in the States, but in Europe, SuSE is by far more popular. Also, Connectiva centers in South America. I don't really know about RH in Asia, but is there a Korean, Japanese, traditional/simplified Chinese version of RH competing with TurboLinux?
The US may think of themselves as the center of the world, but sometimes that just boils down to ignorance (or arrogance;-)...
There is some important information missing in the article (as far as I remember):
The reason Steffi Graf was even able to sue Microsoft in this case was that all copyright on content uploaded on this type of account is automatically transferred to Microsoft. (That's what MS require in their general license agreement.)
So, if the faked nude photos are the intellectual property of Microsoft, then (the court argues) MS is responsible for them... a remarkable irony.
an open operating system does not only have advantages
An open operating system can very well mutate some time. As opposed, with Windows 2000 you get all services from one (hand|person|organization). Thus, you save time - and thereby really save money. More information at www.microsoft.com/...
Have you checked about the advances in using quantum-mechanical phenomena to generate white noise? Some of these devices are already relatively easy-to-use... For example, here a ramdom number generator for the parallel port is described - it uses the thermal noise in a resistor as entropy source. Price US$295, ("unofficial") linux driver available. regards, Heraklit
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So, in case they really "kill off" SCO Unix, what happens to the source? There must be some things vaulable in there, I hope they are contributed to United Linux.
Even better would be to publish all of it as GPL code, but that will probably not happen because part of the code might be licensed from third parties. (Also, of course no GPL'ing will take place as long as IA32 Open Unix is "still around on the market"...)
Try the way how the phone system in Germany now works: The former monopoly provider, Deutsche Telekom, is forced to rent even end-user lines to competitors at discount (mainly self-cost) prices, since competitors cannot build up their own cable nets in time to become a real threat. The other providers can then offer services at low rates to the public.
(It does not work perfectly, but it's worth a try. And I assume even in the US, often one or two network companies control the actual cables of a geographical region...)
Good joke, won't work. Firstly, the judge possibly has no email address. (Yes, there are still some old-fashioned people around, even now.) Secondly, it might keep him and his staff from working, just imagine he wants to decide against the spammer anyhow... (Finally, annoying people is not really productive, but all you know that. :-)
OK, let's just say there is a standard fine for each spam mail sent... For EU companies, this makes sending spam fairly impossible. They will be tracked, and then a financial disaster awaits them.
About Non-European spammers... well, I've got some doubts about making chinese companies pay. On the other hand, if they are just advertizing say EU products and doing the dirty work, the ones paying for the ads should be blamed as well.
Finally, there are international law treaties at least with most "industrialized countries"... and if we are speaking of international companies, there is always a local EU branch that can be MADE to pay. (Sorry guys, that's how it works.)
Sigh... but the important point is (even for US-based companies), there is a market out there! Let me just assume that because of the non-commercial license linux use is not entirely based on economic strength of a country. Maybe population would be a better approximation. So, the US has approximately 250M citizens... that's negligible compared to the Spanish and Portugese market in Southern America, for example.
:-) I personally like the press releases of the KDE project which always start with "date, the INTERNET" instead of giving a location...
Also, large parts of the conglomerate usually percieved as "linux" are already now developed outside the us. By adapting the distributions to foreign (i.e. non-english) languages it is possible to tap into much greater resources, both intellectually ("coders") and financially ("companies"). additionally, the "big players" are not everything, a LOT of money is available in small enterprises all over the world.
This discussion is about a "semi-merger" of some non-US companies, trying to compete with a US-based one. Thus, it seems reasonable that UnitedLinux will try to compete with RedHat by prviding better services OUTSIDE the States. The reason why it took RH a lot of effort to get a hold in Europe is that they were never able to localize their distribution properly. I'm not sure if RH could compete even as biggest distro in the states if UnitedLinux had most of the rest world market (which sadly won't happen, but...)
Finally, do you think of Slashdot as a website ony for the US?
Oh well, there goes the usual US-centric view...
;-)...
You know, RedHat may be the biggest distro in the States, but in Europe, SuSE is by far more popular. Also, Connectiva centers in South America. I don't really know about RH in Asia, but is there a Korean, Japanese, traditional/simplified Chinese version of RH competing with TurboLinux?
The US may think of themselves as the center of the world, but sometimes that just boils down to ignorance (or arrogance
There is some important information missing in the article (as far as I remember):
The reason Steffi Graf was even able to sue Microsoft in this case was that all copyright on content uploaded on this type of account is automatically transferred to Microsoft. (That's what MS require in their general license agreement.)
So, if the faked nude photos are the intellectual property of Microsoft, then (the court argues) MS is responsible for them... a remarkable irony.
an open operating system does not only have advantages
An open operating system can very well mutate some time. As opposed, with Windows 2000 you get all services from one (hand|person|organization). Thus, you save time - and thereby really save money. More information at www.microsoft.com/...
Have you checked about the advances in using quantum-mechanical phenomena to generate white noise? Some of these devices are already relatively easy-to-use...
For example, here a ramdom number generator for the parallel port is described - it uses the thermal noise in a resistor as entropy source. Price US$295, ("unofficial") linux driver available.
regards, Heraklit