"There is no such thing as X Windows, except in the mind of the ignorant. It is called 'The X Window System' or 'X'.
'X Windows' is what illiterate journalists call it, and the people whose main experience with X is reading their inaccurate prose."
I'm glad you posted this. I was wondering why I was met with blank stares every time I mentioned X Windows. People had no idea what I was talking about. Thank you so much. It's just like Microsoft Windows XP Professional(God I hope I got that right, otherwise I'm a complete idiot)... noone has any clue what you're saying if you just call it Windows. But then, what do I know.. I use XFree86, the free implementation of the X standard(is it ok to call it that?), and only on a daily basis.
On a more serious note, that was a really long winded way of calling me stupid. If you're smarter than me and all the ignorant journalists who's inaccurate prose people like me read then why don't you just say "I'm smart and you're dumb." This is a really bad attempt at subtlety.
PS: If I spelled anything wrong or made any grammatical errors please respond as it indicates that I am lowly and ignorant and that you are far superior to me.
And now this company is suing others for copyright violations. It becomes more and more clear that SCO will have a hard time documenting where the code lines in question originated, that they actually have and has always held the copyright on them.
Actually SCO hasn't sued anyone for copyright infringement and it is unlikely that they ever will. They themselves have been sued(IBM added to their countersuit), and I think we can expect to see more of that as other Linux copyright holders start suing for GPL violation.
"Ah, this myth again...this was not a frivolous lawsuit. Perhaps you should check out the facts."
There really isn't anything new in this link. The coffee was hot... most coffee is hot. Coffee at 165 degrees doesn't feel much better on the skin than coffee at 185. Don't spill it in your fucking lap and you won't have a problem. People shouldn't be suing for things that are a result of the hazards of living. Short version: yes, it WAS frivolous!
"If console and computer games can so easily influence kids, then how come we don't see hoards of them acting out Everquest or"
Kid1: "Everybody ready? Who's pulling?" Kid2: "Me." Kid1: "Get that old lady accross the street. Make sure you don't agro anyone in the store." Kid2: "Incoming!" Kid3: "oom, your fucking problem!" Kid2: "Shit! Adds... I've got the whole store on me!" Kid1: "Don't train them on us. I'm zoning!" Kid2: "No sow! Ahh... my hair.. let go of my hair!!"
SCO filed their quarterly report and reported earnings of about 15,000,000 from SCOsource. They also reported declining sales of their other products and services. They really have changed their business model completely. If they don't win in court they will no longer exist... but I think everyone here knew that.
I wonder how much context has to do with our understanding of these sentences. Take for example these words, scrambled and taken completely out of context:
rteglus blafams frignde
It could be very frustrating to someone attempting to unscramble them when they find out they were completely random. It's just this sort of frustration that would make someone like me laugh out loud, or lol in the parlance of our times.
According to the article, IDC said total government software expenditure worldwide was $17b, but Microsoft's share was only 2.8b. What other software are they buying?
" I did that in college. I stole a sign from the library that said something like 'Stealing from the library is a crime.' Ah, memories..."
That's the most irresponsible thing I've ever heard of. I wonder how many books were stolen because you thought you had the right to steal signs in opposition of the very sign you stole. How are people supposed to know it is wrong if there is no sign? This is why murder is such a big problem. We have NO fucking anti-murder signs. Wake up people!
I didn't mean it to be an insult... I was just chuckling to myself thinking about healthcare for my housekeeper. If only that were my problem. I take care of old people for a living. I'll have a housekeeper when Darl McBride admits he's wrong.
"foreign policy (El Salvador, look it up and weep) and we can't even get our housekeeper and her husband insured."
That is rough man... rough. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't get my household staff insured... the butler, the housekeepers, the chauffer... all without proper healthcare. What if they fall of the fourth floor balcony while cleaning windows or cut themselves cooking my meals. I feel your pain, but isn't it nice that we always have the option of relocating to another continent entirely?
"The reason SCO hasn't been hit with a preliminary injunction in the US is because nobody has asked for one. US courts like cases being "tried in the media" even less than European courts do."
I believe Redhat has asked for one(?). If not... WTF!!
"Of course, SCO/Caldera being an American company trying to enforce claims in a foreign country that doesn't (yet) have software patents might be partially why."
Do not take this personally, but I am sick and tired of people talking about patents in reference to SCO. They don't have any patents. I did a patent search on them and they have no patents on the things they make claims about. They are talking about copyright infringement pure and simple!!!
Now that I've seen those words, my time at Slashdot is done. I can move on. They're working for SCO! You're just too goddamn stupid to admit that you're digging your own grave.
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Ok... this is a big deal. Exactly how much of Trolltech does Canopy own? I use KDE and it makes me sich to my stomach to think that Canopy controls the future of KDE.
"2> They will say that since they are known for vaporware, that any derivitive "vapors" belong to them. Then they will start to sue drug dealers and junkies charging them a license fee to to continue smoking their crack."
I wouldn't put it past them to go after the drug cartels.... in most cases their enforcers are preferable to IBM's lawyers.
"What most slashdotters forget in their rabid anti-Microsoft raving, is the ancient quote "Know thine enemy". I'd much rather know how to use all the "evil" M$ products, so I can clearly make cases for and against them when the opportunity arises, than to just chant "They're EVIL!" and hope they go away."
I think we should take a balanced approach. You learn their products and make reasonable arguments and I'll change "They're EVIL!" and hope they'll go away.
" He made a comment near the end of the article about "serving my people". While I admire ESR for his single-minded zealotry, I also fear that same single-minded zealotry.
I'm glad someone is out there fighting for What's Right, but agreeing with ESR on this topic doesn't automatically make me one of "his people".
Does it?"
You might be an unauthorized derivative of 'his people'.
"punnished for stealing a piece of software. It seems as if we look beyond the crime far too often lately and we forget the obvious... STEALING IS A CRIME... end of story."
Copyright infringement is NOT STEALING... end of story.
Slashdot Mirror
"Hell, if slashdot didn't have 4 SCO stories a day, average shmucks like me wouldn't know or care! Quit elevating them to a position of importance!"
We can't eliminate these stories. This is our three minutes of hate.
"There is no such thing as X Windows, except in the mind of the ignorant. It is called 'The X Window System' or 'X'.
'X Windows' is what illiterate journalists call it, and the people whose main experience with X is reading their inaccurate prose."
I'm glad you posted this. I was wondering why I was met with blank stares every time I mentioned X Windows. People had no idea what I was talking about. Thank you so much. It's just like Microsoft Windows XP Professional(God I hope I got that right, otherwise I'm a complete idiot)... noone has any clue what you're saying if you just call it Windows. But then, what do I know.. I use XFree86, the free implementation of the X standard(is it ok to call it that?), and only on a daily basis.
On a more serious note, that was a really long winded way of calling me stupid. If you're smarter than me and all the ignorant journalists who's inaccurate prose people like me read then why don't you just say "I'm smart and you're dumb." This is a really bad attempt at subtlety.
PS: If I spelled anything wrong or made any grammatical errors please respond as it indicates that I am lowly and ignorant and that you are far superior to me.
Some people don't like the name Y. I say hey, Y leaves us with Y Windows.. which is a good question.. why windows? Use Linux.
There's a big paper on it at http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mbt99/Y/report/MarkThomas .pdf
And now this company is suing others for copyright violations. It becomes more and more clear that SCO will have a hard time documenting where the code lines in question originated, that they actually have and has always held the copyright on them.
Actually SCO hasn't sued anyone for copyright infringement and it is unlikely that they ever will. They themselves have been sued(IBM added to their countersuit), and I think we can expect to see more of that as other Linux copyright holders start suing for GPL violation.
"Ah, this myth again...this was not a frivolous lawsuit. Perhaps you should check out the facts."
There really isn't anything new in this link. The coffee was hot... most coffee is hot. Coffee at 165 degrees doesn't feel much better on the skin than coffee at 185. Don't spill it in your fucking lap and you won't have a problem. People shouldn't be suing for things that are a result of the hazards of living. Short version: yes, it WAS frivolous!
"If console and computer games can so easily influence kids, then how come we don't see hoards of them acting out Everquest or"
Kid1: "Everybody ready? Who's pulling?"
Kid2: "Me."
Kid1: "Get that old lady accross the street. Make sure you don't agro anyone in the store."
Kid2: "Incoming!"
Kid3: "oom, your fucking problem!"
Kid2: "Shit! Adds... I've got the whole store on me!"
Kid1: "Don't train them on us. I'm zoning!"
Kid2: "No sow! Ahh... my hair.. let go of my hair!!"
In any pissing contest the winner is the one who can piss the furthest. End of story.
SCO filed their quarterly report and reported earnings of about 15,000,000 from SCOsource. They also reported declining sales of their other products and services. They really have changed their business model completely. If they don't win in court they will no longer exist... but I think everyone here knew that.
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/030915/scox10-q.html
I wonder how much context has to do with our understanding of these sentences. Take for example these words, scrambled and taken completely out of context:
rteglus
blafams
frignde
It could be very frustrating to someone attempting to unscramble them when they find out they were completely random. It's just this sort of frustration that would make someone like me laugh out loud, or lol in the parlance of our times.
According to the article, IDC said total government software expenditure worldwide was $17b, but Microsoft's share was only 2.8b. What other software are they buying?
I have nothing against gentoo, but it really sucks as a game. It has no plot whatsoever. I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to do with it?!?
" I did that in college. I stole a sign from the library that said something like 'Stealing from the library is a crime.' Ah, memories..."
That's the most irresponsible thing I've ever heard of. I wonder how many books were stolen because you thought you had the right to steal signs in opposition of the very sign you stole. How are people supposed to know it is wrong if there is no sign? This is why murder is such a big problem. We have NO fucking anti-murder signs. Wake up people!
I didn't mean it to be an insult... I was just chuckling to myself thinking about healthcare for my housekeeper. If only that were my problem. I take care of old people for a living. I'll have a housekeeper when Darl McBride admits he's wrong.
"foreign policy (El Salvador, look it up and weep) and we can't even get our housekeeper and her husband insured."
That is rough man... rough. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't get my household staff insured... the butler, the housekeepers, the chauffer... all without proper healthcare. What if they fall of the fourth floor balcony while cleaning windows or cut themselves cooking my meals. I feel your pain, but isn't it nice that we always have the option of relocating to another continent entirely?
"The reason SCO hasn't been hit with a preliminary injunction in the US is because nobody has asked for one. US courts like cases being "tried in the media" even less than European courts do."
I believe Redhat has asked for one(?). If not... WTF!!
"Of course, SCO/Caldera being an American company trying to enforce claims in a foreign country that doesn't (yet) have software patents might be partially why."
Do not take this personally, but I am sick and tired of people talking about patents in reference to SCO. They don't have any patents. I did a patent search on them and they have no patents on the things they make claims about. They are talking about copyright infringement pure and simple!!!
Now that I've seen those words, my time at Slashdot is done. I can move on. They're working for SCO! You're just too goddamn stupid to admit that you're digging your own grave.
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Ok... this is a big deal. Exactly how much of Trolltech does Canopy own? I use KDE and it makes me sich to my stomach to think that Canopy controls the future of KDE.
"2> They will say that since they are known for vaporware, that any derivitive "vapors" belong to them. Then they will start to sue drug dealers and junkies charging them a license fee to to continue smoking their crack."
I wouldn't put it past them to go after the drug cartels.... in most cases their enforcers are preferable to IBM's lawyers.
"What most slashdotters forget in their rabid anti-Microsoft raving, is the ancient quote "Know thine enemy". I'd much rather know how to use all the "evil" M$ products, so I can clearly make cases for and against them when the opportunity arises, than to just chant "They're EVIL!" and hope they go away."
I think we should take a balanced approach. You learn their products and make reasonable arguments and I'll change "They're EVIL!" and hope they'll go away.
"Ruby: I like Ruby. I can't be objective."
But can *it* be objective?
" He made a comment near the end of the article about "serving my people". While I admire ESR for his single-minded zealotry, I also fear that same single-minded zealotry.
I'm glad someone is out there fighting for What's Right, but agreeing with ESR on this topic doesn't automatically make me one of "his people".
Does it?"
You might be an unauthorized derivative of 'his people'.
"If you don't like the word "karma", fine, "goodwill" then. And I am quite aware IBM feels this is a good business model."
Exactly... and goodwill is one of the most valuable assets a company can have.
"punnished for stealing a piece of software. It seems as if we look beyond the crime far too often lately and we forget the obvious... STEALING IS A CRIME... end of story."
Copyright infringement is NOT STEALING... end of story.