It's worth noting that there's enough toolchains that are perfectly capable of producing desktop applications in that are Free (in both senses) that're capable of producing quality results.
Quite simply, if they're willing to cut their own throats in this space this way...let 'em.
The real problem lies in what's getting patented in the software space.
IF you accept that much of the software space is a process description (I have a few issues with this...), then the bulk of the stuff out there is NOT novel. In many cases, you just call it being implemented in software, on the internet, on a smart phone and it's magically novel enough to merit a patent.
If they don't make PC games for Linux, you run Windows and buy Windows titles. Since they don't see "any interest" in gaming on Linux, they don't make Linux titles.
If it were about IP concerns that they did things, in re Bilski would have had an impact. Specifically, it's an invalid patent that they're infringing upon here. Which, one would think, if it were as you claimed, would count and this wouldn't even be a discussion- but it's not.
Sorry... Not buying that line of thought. Don't know where you're getting your info, but...
Release date of WinCE 1.0 : November 16, 1997 Release date of the Palm Pilot 1000: March 1997.
Hell, the Newton predates the both of them: 1993.
It does NOT predate Palm and it definitely wasn't the first in the space in question. This, while entertaining, doesn't get to the meat of things. The first smartphones weren't even Microsoft's or Palm's. They were IBM's (Simon- 1992) and Nokia's (Communicator 9000 series- 1996) neither of which used anything of either PalmOS or WinCE. And this is just a fairly recent patent they threw out that really only covers interoperability with Exchange.
Just because they were tinkering with devices for a long time doesn't give validity to this patent...or to your claims.
(Now...if only I could convince the Massachusetts people and Californians that're coming there that there's a REASON things aren't at all rosy in those places right now...stemming from the liberal notions they have... Things would be heavenly in Texas and Colorado...)
This was more due to businesses not being willing to spend the money to make such massive machines. If you had the government stepping in except at selective times, you end up with something like Russia or China. China's all but discarded the notion. Russia went bankrupt trying to do it. It's all in where you draw the line, sir. In this case it worked. In today's case...it's NOT working. Billions spent and you see nothing but failures.
Depends on the material. We won't be printing parts that could be made with this press forge anytime soon. Right now, you can fabricate some plastic and some light metal parts. The plastic might be reasonably sturdy, but the sintered metal parts aren't the same class as stuff that's made from this press. Until you actually have molecular assemblers...you're not having "printing" removing this stuff. To say it will right now is folly.
But your saving the world by saving money won't work- at some threshold your little philosophy about gasoline raises the prices on everything by stealth taxation the other way.
You're no better than the scammers you call out and you claim what you claim just so you can feel good about the other.
It is also about willful negligence. Once you start down that path, a few things change a bit. Much like my first response to you...there's a potential path they might just be on wherein they COULD sue. Since you missed the little detail about suing over something before it happens in the context of the Constitutionality of a given law, there's a clear indication that you're not 100% correct and shouldn't be modded "informative" like you have.
Actually, this depends on what you're suing for. For example, you can sue against the Constitutionality of a given law based on it's potential to harm your Bill of Rights granted rights. Let's see just what happens before you claim you can't sue, k?
It took me less than that time to find the software to "fix" the Unity "problem" under Ubuntu. Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Lubuntu are installable with a single meta-package install- along with Linux Mint's Cinnamon. All one has to do is select one of these three packages from the repository...
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
...and apt-get would do the rest. And for the small amount of effort you'd expend for searching down a third party application for Win8 to straighten out it's issues, you could've added the Linux Mint Cinnamon ppa for Ubuntu:
That plain. That simple. It's doable even from a GUI instead of the command line with not much more effort. You make it MUCH more difficult sounding than it actually is. In fact, it's so easy I spelled it out for everyone in a mere/, post.
The only semi-viable fuels are Oil-Algae derived biodiesel, possibly TDP derived diesel, and possibly cellulosic butanol.
Pretty much everything else ISN'T viable. Not ethanol. Not really CNG. Without subsidies, Ethanol's just another waste of time. CNG's buring just a different "fossil" fuel.
It's not so much "what energy crisis", as people are already saying enough's enough. As for not wanting spend money now...that's more due to the economy and people seeing the Obama administration (and similar) pour money into failed projects like Solyndra. Seriously.
Not completed, but looks like it will finish: Schlock Mercenary: Capital Offensive- mainly waiting on the printers for the parts to the game; artwork and design's done.
If Google admitted that the APIs were substantially similar, then the instruction was perfectly correct. Why should the jury not be reminded that a party admitted an essential element of a judgment of infringement?
API's are PURELY FUNCTIONAL. Purely functional content is not protectable by Copyright. Might be covered by Patents, but that's not what we're talking about here. Google admiting they're substantively similar shouldn't have ANY bearing on this case.
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Bitcoins are not currently money. They're more like arcade tokens, really. No value outside the venues honoring them.
Currency, on the other hand...
Actually, you're only backed up to the insurance limit. IF the government has the resources to back it.
It's worth noting that there's enough toolchains that are perfectly capable of producing desktop applications in that are Free (in both senses) that're capable of producing quality results.
Quite simply, if they're willing to cut their own throats in this space this way...let 'em.
Can we hear them equally suddenly silenced? >:-D
The real problem lies in what's getting patented in the software space.
IF you accept that much of the software space is a process description (I have a few issues with this...), then the bulk of the stuff out there is NOT novel. In many cases, you just call it being implemented in software, on the internet, on a smart phone and it's magically novel enough to merit a patent.
Ever thought of it as a feedback loop, mate?
If they don't make PC games for Linux, you run Windows and buy Windows titles.
Since they don't see "any interest" in gaming on Linux, they don't make Linux titles.
Lather, rinse, repeat...
If it were about IP concerns that they did things, in re Bilski would have had an impact. Specifically, it's an invalid patent that they're infringing upon here. Which, one would think, if it were as you claimed, would count and this wouldn't even be a discussion- but it's not.
Sorry... Not buying that line of thought. Don't know where you're getting your info, but...
Release date of WinCE 1.0 : November 16, 1997
Release date of the Palm Pilot 1000: March 1997.
Hell, the Newton predates the both of them: 1993.
It does NOT predate Palm and it definitely wasn't the first in the space in question. This, while entertaining, doesn't get to the meat of things. The first smartphones weren't even Microsoft's or Palm's. They were IBM's (Simon- 1992) and Nokia's (Communicator 9000 series- 1996) neither of which used anything of either PalmOS or WinCE. And this is just a fairly recent patent they threw out that really only covers interoperability with Exchange.
Just because they were tinkering with devices for a long time doesn't give validity to this patent...or to your claims.
It remains to be seen if it's even patentable in the post in re Bilski world. If it's not patentable, it doesn't matter what claims you're infringing.
Doesn't work that way. In that case, Google (or whomever made the app) would be on the hook for the same thing Moto was in this bullshit.
And...wouldn't this patent not survive in re Bilski's tests for patentability?
There might be a bit of a hint to that.
(Now...if only I could convince the Massachusetts people and Californians that're coming there that there's a REASON things aren't at all rosy in those places right now...stemming from the liberal notions they have... Things would be heavenly in Texas and Colorado...)
Because it's Government coming up with those solutions, not the people... ;-D
This was more due to businesses not being willing to spend the money to make such massive machines. If you had the government stepping in except at selective times, you end up with something like Russia or China. China's all but discarded the notion. Russia went bankrupt trying to do it. It's all in where you draw the line, sir. In this case it worked. In today's case...it's NOT working. Billions spent and you see nothing but failures.
Depends on the material. We won't be printing parts that could be made with this press forge anytime soon. Right now, you can fabricate some plastic and some light metal parts. The plastic might be reasonably sturdy, but the sintered metal parts aren't the same class as stuff that's made from this press. Until you actually have molecular assemblers...you're not having "printing" removing this stuff. To say it will right now is folly.
But your saving the world by saving money won't work- at some threshold your little philosophy about gasoline raises the prices on everything by stealth taxation the other way.
You're no better than the scammers you call out and you claim what you claim just so you can feel good about the other.
Now this detail...we can probably agree upon that one.
It is also about willful negligence. Once you start down that path, a few things change a bit. Much like my first response to you...there's a potential path they might just be on wherein they COULD sue. Since you missed the little detail about suing over something before it happens in the context of the Constitutionality of a given law, there's a clear indication that you're not 100% correct and shouldn't be modded "informative" like you have.
Actually, this depends on what you're suing for. For example, you can sue against the Constitutionality of a given law based on it's potential to harm your Bill of Rights granted rights. Let's see just what happens before you claim you can't sue, k?
It took me less than that time to find the software to "fix" the Unity "problem" under Ubuntu. Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Lubuntu are installable with a single meta-package install- along with Linux Mint's Cinnamon. All one has to do is select one of these three packages from the repository...
and installed it with the following command:
That plain. That simple. It's doable even from a GUI instead of the command line with not much more effort. You make it MUCH more difficult sounding than it actually is. In fact, it's so easy I spelled it out for everyone in a mere /, post.
The only semi-viable fuels are Oil-Algae derived biodiesel, possibly TDP derived diesel, and possibly cellulosic butanol.
Pretty much everything else ISN'T viable. Not ethanol. Not really CNG. Without subsidies, Ethanol's just another waste of time. CNG's buring just a different "fossil" fuel.
It's not so much "what energy crisis", as people are already saying enough's enough. As for not wanting spend money now...that's more due to the economy and people seeing the Obama administration (and similar) pour money into failed projects like Solyndra. Seriously.
In this case, it won't mostly go to that- and it's being spent on a system with dubious use to begin with.
Sorry...it's money that could and SHOULD be spent elsewhere.
It's just being sue-happy. They think they can get something out of doing this...when in reality, they'll get NOTHING.
Not completed, but looks like it will finish: Schlock Mercenary: Capital Offensive- mainly waiting on the printers for the parts to the game; artwork and design's done.
And you could do a bit of Google-fu (http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/successful) and see the other projects out there for yourself... ;-D
API's are PURELY FUNCTIONAL. Purely functional content is not protectable by Copyright. Might be covered by Patents, but that's not what we're talking about here. Google admiting they're substantively similar shouldn't have ANY bearing on this case.
Considering that NOTHING has a warranty that matches up with your demand, I would hope you bought NOTHING.