Starting from Vista, Windows runs as much as possible of the driver in userspace which means that if it craches it just restarts the driver resulting in a quick blink on the screen and you're back to normal.
Kind of! Process Explorer is a SysInternals program. SysInternals is a bunch of power user programs for Windows. While Process Explorer is GUI only you can instead use the command line alternative Handle.
That's a lot of text but you still didn't contradict the previous persons statement. Instead I think you used another definition of the word forced. Your definition is probably closer to something like "it was inconvenient to use something other than Microsoft". Forced is usually defined as physical coercion.
Your assertion that Microsoft was the only product on the desktop is also wrong and even if Microsoft provided the only product available, how is that their fault and not the rest of the market for not providing an alternative? Ultimately why do you assert that you have a right to have a choice between similar products? Usually the free market provides choice but if no one is interested in competing or providing your choice of product then what gives you the right to force them?
If you don't like bugs in your software then I recommend you run the final releases instead of the betas. Your experience that the beta version of OpenOffice is more stable then the beta version of LibreOffice could be explained with that there is less development going on in OpenOffice.
Regarding the PDF issue I think it's too hard to hold this against Microsoft as they actually implemented support for PDF writing in Office 2007 but was threatened by Adobe with an antitrust suit if they didn't removed the feature. See this article and this Microsoft press response.
Besides, this shouldn't be a major issue for most users. As there are better ways of implementing PDF-writing support by installing a PDF-printer in the OS, for example using the free software program PDFCreator. This way all applications that can print can save to PDF-files. For efficient then implementing it in every program.
Your argument is sound but there is quite a notable exception. Sweden is ranked in the sixth place of countries with the fastest average connection speed. Yet Sweden is about three times larger than Germany and less densely populated with a total population of only 9 million citizens.
A smaller version of Battlefield 1942 was released recently, called Battlefield 1943, as an Xbox Live arcade and Playstation network game. I belived it's only four levels but it cost about $10. I believe that's the closest thing to a remake we have for now.
"Though Silverlight sounds very promising, and may actually displace Flash video as the means most sites use to stream content, Microsoft has yet to even hint at the planned existence of a Linux plug-in."
I've seen Microsoft talking about Linux support several times and they've said that they take into account market share and what customers want. To bad the article and the Slashdot news post doesn't do anything to mention this but instead chooses to go with the they're-after-us-conspiracy-talk. Instead of being a cynical reactor, be active! Step up to the challenge and make yourself heard, instead of entertaining your Microsoft disapproval. Say to them that you would like Silverlight support for Linux. Start a petition or something.
Great post! I appreciate that you took your time to write it. I find the way DRM is described and talked about to often lack understanding of what it really is and what its purpose is. The term seems often to be used as a mere way of slandering something without any intellectual backing (aka FUD).
The subject is absolutely worthy of discussing, such as why do we have DRM? What should be DRM'd and what shouldn't? How should it work? etc. It's quite clear that the subject touches on some deeper ethical questions for some. It's sad that you constantly have to face these misconceptions and crazy ideas about what DRM is, often from people who have no experience of it what so ever.
Enough for me, I hope you get a couple of moderation points because what you say isn't heard as often as you would like in these types of discussions.
I can imagine that it could be something like XP's license being tied to a physical machine. This could be interpreted as you're allowed to run several instances (virtualisation) of the same OS as long as you do it on the same machine. Am I right?
Do gentoo have any specific tool for configuring how the packages should be compiled? or do you have to manually run./configure for every package?
I'm using debian and I belive they are really good at making *useful from start* packages, and for stuff such as ldap and other, several packages use to exist.
If, however, you are writing a game that uses a GPLed library (like Ogre or Crystal Space) the GPL does not extend beyond the boundries of the GPLed library [..]
You are wrong. A case such as the one you are talking about would only work if the library was LGPL licensed.
If you include GPL code in your game source then your game will become a "derivative work" under the GPL whish means you have to follow the rules of the GPL, such as:
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it [..]
which could make it hard if you want to go commercial.
You'r correct that a company wont risk funding a competitor by adding code to the research project since it will always remain free.
But if the research project is in GPL code then that would mean that both of the companies codebase must also be in GPL (or a compatible license).
Then if companyA does an investment in there code (employ a programmer to write GPL code), then they risk funding a competitor.
Ofcouse the other companies that is using code from companyA would be forced to give back derivate work but in many cases extra work doesn't need to be done, or the code wont be of any value for companyA.
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Feel free to add to the discussion around this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Phyllis_Schlafly#Southern_Poverty_Law_Center_Reports
They are all totalitarian systems.
You are wrong. He wants to cut the budget of the Department of Defence by 15%, this will mean the funding of the wars will end.
See page 2 in his program
http://c3244172.r72.cf0.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/RestoreAmericaPlan.pdf
Starting from Vista, Windows runs as much as possible of the driver in userspace which means that if it craches it just restarts the driver resulting in a quick blink on the screen and you're back to normal.
Kind of! Process Explorer is a SysInternals program. SysInternals is a bunch of power user programs for Windows. While Process Explorer is GUI only you can instead use the command line alternative Handle.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896655
That's a lot of text but you still didn't contradict the previous persons statement. Instead I think you used another definition of the word forced. Your definition is probably closer to something like "it was inconvenient to use something other than Microsoft". Forced is usually defined as physical coercion.
Your assertion that Microsoft was the only product on the desktop is also wrong and even if Microsoft provided the only product available, how is that their fault and not the rest of the market for not providing an alternative? Ultimately why do you assert that you have a right to have a choice between similar products? Usually the free market provides choice but if no one is interested in competing or providing your choice of product then what gives you the right to force them?
If you don't like bugs in your software then I recommend you run the final releases instead of the betas.
Your experience that the beta version of OpenOffice is more stable then the beta version of LibreOffice could be explained with that there is less development going on in OpenOffice.
Regarding the PDF issue I think it's too hard to hold this against Microsoft as they actually implemented support for PDF writing in Office 2007 but was threatened by Adobe with an antitrust suit if they didn't removed the feature. See this article and this Microsoft press response.
Besides, this shouldn't be a major issue for most users. As there are better ways of implementing PDF-writing support by installing a PDF-printer in the OS, for example using the free software program PDFCreator. This way all applications that can print can save to PDF-files. For efficient then implementing it in every program.
Your argument is sound but there is quite a notable exception. Sweden is ranked in the sixth place of countries with the fastest average connection speed. Yet Sweden is about three times larger than Germany and less densely populated with a total population of only 9 million citizens.
A smaller version of Battlefield 1942 was released recently, called Battlefield 1943, as an Xbox Live arcade and Playstation network game. I belived it's only four levels but it cost about $10. I believe that's the closest thing to a remake we have for now.
http://www.battlefield1943.com/
"Though Silverlight sounds very promising, and may actually displace Flash video as the means most sites use to stream content, Microsoft has yet to even hint at the planned existence of a Linux plug-in."
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I've seen Microsoft talking about Linux support several times and they've said that they take into account market share and what customers want. To bad the article and the Slashdot news post doesn't do anything to mention this but instead chooses to go with the they're-after-us-conspiracy-talk. Instead of being a cynical reactor, be active! Step up to the challenge and make yourself heard, instead of entertaining your Microsoft disapproval. Say to them that you would like Silverlight support for Linux. Start a petition or something.
Don't believe me? Here is an example:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?Po
Great post! I appreciate that you took your time to write it. I find the way DRM is described and talked about to often lack understanding of what it really is and what its purpose is. The term seems often to be used as a mere way of slandering something without any intellectual backing (aka FUD).
The subject is absolutely worthy of discussing, such as why do we have DRM? What should be DRM'd and what shouldn't? How should it work? etc. It's quite clear that the subject touches on some deeper ethical questions for some. It's sad that you constantly have to face these misconceptions and crazy ideas about what DRM is, often from people who have no experience of it what so ever.
Enough for me, I hope you get a couple of moderation points because what you say isn't heard as often as you would like in these types of discussions.
Could you elaborate on what you mean by loophole?
I can imagine that it could be something like XP's license being tied to a physical machine. This could be interpreted as you're allowed to run several instances (virtualisation) of the same OS as long as you do it on the same machine. Am I right?
Here is the link:a ta.html
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http://projects.sipri.se/armstrade/atirq_d
And directly to the numbers:
http://projects.sipri.se/armstrade/Trnd
From that URL I only found a link to 1.5.2 but when I've looked some more in the ftp tree I noticed that there is an Live version for 1.6 also here:
e -c over.jpg
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6/
Here is the CD-cover too:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/1.6/i386liv
URL? reference?
That webpage wasn't very informative. Does it exist anything to download yet?
It would be great if worked in a similar way lika knoppix.
Where have you seen that price? With the things you mention is included I would more say that the price would be something like 3000SEK (330USD).
Many of the configuration settings still exist but you have to use GConf to edit them now.
The same goes for source debs. The files is even splitted up in the original source, different patches, and the debian stuff.
Do gentoo have any specific tool for configuring how the packages should be compiled? or do you have to manually run ./configure for every package?
I'm using debian and I belive they are really good at making *useful from start* packages, and for stuff such as ldap and other, several packages use to exist.
You are wrong. A case such as the one you are talking about would only work if the library was LGPL licensed.
If you include GPL code in your game source then your game will become a "derivative work" under the GPL whish means you have to follow the rules of the GPL, such as:
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it [..]
which could make it hard if you want to go commercial.
You'r correct that a company wont risk funding a competitor by adding code to the research project since it will always remain free.
But if the research project is in GPL code then that would mean that both of the companies codebase must also be in GPL (or a compatible license).
Then if companyA does an investment in there code (employ a programmer to write GPL code), then they risk funding a competitor.
Ofcouse the other companies that is using code from companyA would be forced to give back derivate work but in many cases extra work doesn't need to be done, or the code wont be of any value for companyA.
I new someone would come up with such a statement =)