They aren't killing off RSS/Atom, just a part of their code that they don't want to maintain and has lesser usage. No big deal. There are multiple plugins and many non-Mozilla solutions. I use the Brief plugin and it works well for me.
I find OLPC's behavior pretty abhorrent here. They are trying to act like a monopoly and dictate terms to kill competition instead of competing to provide the best computer for helping to educate children in the third world. So much for good intentions...
I use FireFox exclusively for browsing on my Windows system. It has the capability to configure profiles that allow you to setup various configurations, including ultra-secure configuration (AdBlock, NoScript, Session-only cookies, clearing values when closing FF, etc). You do have to shut down all FF windows in order to switch between profiles, but this works well for me.
If the problem is that non-Americans are working on software that the U.S. military is using, I wonder what he thinks of Indians, Chinese, etc working at American companies? I also wonder what he thinks of SAP which is a German Company? Or how about MS, IBM, Novell, etc all of which have substantial development groups located outside of the U.S.?
I've looked at Mozilla's FAQs and they are full of all kinds of helpful information like a warning not to install over the old version and how to import settings from Eudora, etc. However, I have Mozilla and I want to upgrade!
Transferring bookmarks is easy, but I had a nightmare transferring my e-mail last time. How do you transfer e-mail, address book and misc settings cleanly from an older Mozilla to the latest?
I would think that such an obvious violation of the GPL would be a good time for Linus and/or Stallman to directly confront SCO. Also, where is the EFF and other concerned organizations?
I found it interesting that they used a 1/31/03 version of Apache 2.1-dev. This wasn't mentioned anywhere in the article- either that it was a development version or that their analysis was of a development-level piece of software 5 months ago.
It would be interesting to see how far 2.1 has progressed since then.
If someone gets a U.S. patent for the concept of attack worms, will they be able to sue and get royalties from others that construct attack worms? After all, patents on other ways of doing things on the web, like "one-click" purchases have been granted such protections.
Misleading article by Financial "Experts"
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Fortune should know better. Let me see if I understand the basic premise...
Woe are Gen-Xers. Things are bad and will never get better. Did they forget all of the recessions before that others have had to live through? Did they think that no one else had their expectations hurt before? How about 1987 stock market bust or the 1990 recession or the dozens of other recessions in the 20th century?
Wasn't Fortune amoung those financial "experts" that promoted worthless ideas as golden because they were done by a Dot-Com? Precisely the type of short-term non-analysis that lead to the Dot-Com bubble is being exercised again here.
They couldn't see that such stupid ideas (as the Dot-Com period) could only succeed for only a short time and apparently again are exercising a lack of historical understanding and perspective in understanding that recessions are not infinite.
It seems like some solid reading in economics and history would be of real benefit, though I suppose that they are more interested in sensationalizing this story for sales purposes.
I do have to agree with one basic premise of the article. College costs has been expanding much faster than inflation for too long. Why? Don't they have to purchase infrastructure, supplies and talent from the same basic pool as everyone else? What is the cost justification for their continuous increases?
if some enterprising ISP in Minnesota would go national and offer those protections to the rest of us. They could advertise letting people know that the data-collecting SOBs aren't looking over your shoulder.
Anyone know of an ISP in Minnesota with a national presence?
Well Carl, count me as another techie that went from DSL back to dial-up. I never had great DSL ( 128K transfer) due to distance from the phone company. Still, I would have been happy to continue at that speed. Unfortunately, my ISP (and later Northpoint) went under.
I looked for another provider, but couldn't find ANY that would support SDSL (the only DSL available at my location). Since cable is $50/month plus a surcharge for not having cable TV and Satellite is even more expensive, I've gone back to dial-up.
I'd be happy to pay $40 for high speed access, but it does not exist here. Thanks SBC/Ameritech.:-P
I've seen the Leatherman mentioned in several posts. What is it and where would I find it?
Good subject for distributed computing...
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Sounds like DNA research would be a good target for distributed computing. I've been looking for a worthy sucessor to Seti that isn't as abstract as calculating Pi or huge prime numbers.
Wonder if there are any projects along these lines that wouldn't involve losing control of your system to Juno??
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They aren't killing off RSS/Atom, just a part of their code that they don't want to maintain and has lesser usage. No big deal. There are multiple plugins and many non-Mozilla solutions. I use the Brief plugin and it works well for me.
Agreed. I have many e-mail addresses and Virtual Identity is an excellent tool for handling them all from a single account.
By the time you've waited them out, you are elderly and a younger generation is asking why you can't do what they've grown up on.
I find OLPC's behavior pretty abhorrent here. They are trying to act like a monopoly and dictate terms to kill competition instead of competing to provide the best computer for helping to educate children in the third world. So much for good intentions...
I use FireFox exclusively for browsing on my Windows system. It has the capability to configure profiles that allow you to setup various configurations, including ultra-secure configuration (AdBlock, NoScript, Session-only cookies, clearing values when closing FF, etc). You do have to shut down all FF windows in order to switch between profiles, but this works well for me.
If the problem is that non-Americans are working on software that the U.S. military is using, I wonder what he thinks of Indians, Chinese, etc working at American companies? I also wonder what he thinks of SAP which is a German Company? Or how about MS, IBM, Novell, etc all of which have substantial development groups located outside of the U.S.?
I've looked at Mozilla's FAQs and they are full of all kinds of helpful information like a warning not to install over the old version and how to import settings from Eudora, etc. However, I have Mozilla and I want to upgrade!
Transferring bookmarks is easy, but I had a nightmare transferring my e-mail last time. How do you transfer e-mail, address book and misc settings cleanly from an older Mozilla to the latest?
Thanks in advance.
I would think that such an obvious violation of the GPL would be a good time for Linus and/or Stallman to directly confront SCO. Also, where is the EFF and other concerned organizations?
Correct. The title of the report is clear. However, that info didn't make it into the news release that they put out.
I found it interesting that they used a 1/31/03 version of Apache 2.1-dev. This wasn't mentioned anywhere in the article- either that it was a development version or that their analysis was of a development-level piece of software 5 months ago.
It would be interesting to see how far 2.1 has progressed since then.
If someone gets a U.S. patent for the concept of attack worms, will they be able to sue and get royalties from others that construct attack worms? After all, patents on other ways of doing things on the web, like "one-click" purchases have been granted such protections.
Fortune should know better. Let me see if I understand the basic premise...
Woe are Gen-Xers. Things are bad and will never get better. Did they forget all of the recessions before that others have had to live through? Did they think that no one else had their expectations hurt before? How about 1987 stock market bust or the 1990 recession or the dozens of other recessions in the 20th century?
Wasn't Fortune amoung those financial "experts" that promoted worthless ideas as golden because they were done by a Dot-Com? Precisely the type of short-term non-analysis that lead to the Dot-Com bubble is being exercised again here.
They couldn't see that such stupid ideas (as the Dot-Com period) could only succeed for only a short time and apparently again are exercising a lack of historical understanding and perspective in understanding that recessions are not infinite.
It seems like some solid reading in economics and history would be of real benefit, though I suppose that they are more interested in sensationalizing this story for sales purposes.
I do have to agree with one basic premise of the article. College costs has been expanding much faster than inflation for too long. Why? Don't they have to purchase infrastructure, supplies and talent from the same basic pool as everyone else? What is the cost justification for their continuous increases?
if some enterprising ISP in Minnesota would go national and offer those protections to the rest of us. They could advertise letting people know that the data-collecting SOBs aren't looking over your shoulder.
Anyone know of an ISP in Minnesota with a national presence?
I hate April Fools day. I fell for this hook, line and sinker until I went out to look at ThinkGeek's specials.
you basically are letting the spammers win when you close off one of the biggest open communications medium known to human kind
Actually, the irresponsible ISP admins are the ones letting the spammers win.
Well Carl, count me as another techie that went from DSL back to dial-up. I never had great DSL ( 128K transfer) due to distance from the phone company. Still, I would have been happy to continue at that speed. Unfortunately, my ISP (and later Northpoint) went under.
:-P
I looked for another provider, but couldn't find ANY that would support SDSL (the only DSL available at my location). Since cable is $50/month plus a surcharge for not having cable TV and Satellite is even more expensive, I've gone back to dial-up.
I'd be happy to pay $40 for high speed access, but it does not exist here. Thanks SBC/Ameritech.
This gives a new meaning to Linux and MacIntosh zealots!
I've seen the Leatherman mentioned in several posts. What is it and where would I find it?
Sounds like DNA research would be a good target for distributed computing. I've been looking for a worthy sucessor to Seti that isn't as abstract as calculating Pi or huge prime numbers.
Wonder if there are any projects along these lines that wouldn't involve losing control of your system to Juno??
Sim City is a good example of a non-zero sum game. The idea is to build something new, not defeat others.