"When IBM wanted to use the Apache Group's open-source software as the cornerstone of their WebSphere e-commerce package, the lawyers found themselves dealing with a 20-person nonentity. The group has no legal existence, and is defined by little more than Brian Behlendorf's Web site. Even so, the group was able to dictate terms: that the deal remain open-source and non-exclusive. Since the group didn't want any money, IBM wasn't sure how to negotiate the cooperation of these programmers."
Interesting that this comes out 2 days after the NAACP's website got hack ed.
Maybe they should be spending that money on someone who knows how to make their NT server secure first before someone starts broadcasting "hate speech" through their own domain.
Mick Jagger sold Microsoft the right to use "Start Me Up" during the release of Win95; Bowie was once caught in bed with Jagger; hence Bowie uses Microsoft for musical format.
>I think that as computer spread, things will get worse. More usefulness per employee == fewer >employees needed == fewer jobs where we can use our brains. This hasn't happened yet in the >computer industry, but it's essentially the same thing that has happened to manufacturing.
Reminds me of the visitor in Russia who noticed that the maid was using an extremely small broom and when asked why she replies that using bigger brooms would put people out of work.
Also the fact that Active Directory insists upon it...
"...a site also will likely have to use DDNS because it is extremely difficult to integrate the operating system and its Active Directory into a network using static DNS."
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in addition to this news also reports of shortages?!? WTF?
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L.A. Times Columnist Says Geek-Autism is a Good Thing
Let's see: it was in the papers; on CNN; probably on the 5:00 news; oh yeah Slashdot...
but bad for 2.5M if you ask me...
then again, you didn't
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"When IBM wanted to use the Apache Group's open-source software as the cornerstone of their WebSphere e-commerce package, the lawyers found themselves dealing with a 20-person nonentity. The group has no legal existence, and is defined by little more than Brian Behlendorf's Web site. Even so, the group was able to dictate terms: that the deal remain open-source and non-exclusive. Since the group didn't want any money, IBM wasn't sure how to negotiate the cooperation of these programmers."
Granted AOL lost to AT&T re: this but AT&T has lots of lawyers too. Bet this author doesn't.
If at first you don't succeed...
and pipebombs should be made illegal too while they're at it.
well, netcraft reported for me:
www.linuxone.net is running unknown on inetd in realloc(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense.
code for Redhat?
Interesting that this comes out 2 days after the NAACP's website got hack ed.
Maybe they should be spending that money on someone who knows how to make their NT server secure first before someone starts broadcasting "hate speech" through their own domain.
probably something along of the lines of knowing the difference between how something works and why it works.
didn't he write the original business plan for Barksdale?
I see he's doing Lite Beer commercials now...
Linux is to Free Beer what Netscape is to Lite Beer?
the fact is people contribute for their own self interest. ego is a prime motivator.
Ayn Rand
and became aware of the LinuxPPC challenge.
since I ripped LinuxCare's bumpersticker
uummmm, you mean that's not true?
what are you talking aboot?
but can they make them smarter and THEN transplant their heads?
Mick Jagger sold Microsoft the right to use "Start Me Up" during the release of Win95; Bowie was once caught in bed with Jagger; hence Bowie uses Microsoft for musical format.
didn't we go through this a few years back with Compuserve. I thought they owned the patent and were threatening to sue everyone.
>I think that as computer spread, things will get worse. More usefulness per employee == fewer
>employees needed == fewer jobs where we can use our brains. This hasn't happened yet in the
>computer industry, but it's essentially the same thing that has happened to manufacturing.
Reminds me of the visitor in Russia who noticed that the maid was using an extremely small broom and when asked why she replies that using bigger brooms would put people out of work.
Excuse the ignorance but how can this happen since DOS is a 16-bit OS. (I use the term OS loosely)
Also the fact that Active Directory insists upon it...
"...a site also will likely have to use DDNS because it is extremely difficult to integrate the operating system and its Active Directory into a network using static DNS."
Sorry. I left off the smiley face.