I'm with Bill Hicks on this one: all marketeers, salesdroids and advertisers should kill themselves. One of the biggest reasons I don't shop at either of the two Albertson's in my town is that one of them has these widescreen TV's yelling shit at you while you try to guess which vegetables to buy. I seriously hope they don't bring this to the other grocers in my area.
Really? I didn't know that key clicks from laptops caused cancer.
It is no different than starting a conversation with the person sitting next to you, and disrupting the class.
Yes, it is signifigantly different. For one thing, it's much quieter than even whispering. For another, it is repetitive (and therefore ignorable), much like AC or a fan, unlike conversation. You want them to turn off the heater or AC just so your little mental tic with repetitive noise won't be aroused? Ever consider that some students don't want to freeze to death or have heat stroke? Because that's basically what you would have to do to eliminate all noises comparable to a laptop being used.
And fuck, if you're that sensitive to noise, I can't imagine what it must be like for you to sit through a lecture with just ten people scribbling madly on paper would be like. Sounds like you're the one with the problem that would be inconveniencing the rest of the class.
Pen and paper is the only way to go for note taking.
What are you talking about? Have you ever sat near a person scratch scratch scratching away on paper while in a lecture? Or are you the personing doing that really annoying scratching?! Then theres the eraser stubble noise from the mistakes too which while uncommon is still noticeable. Sitting and listening is the only way to go for taking a class. When people make mistakes on paper they tend to scratch and scribble in a frantic fashion and manage to be even more annoying! I applaud her actions as I would ban them too! Hell, while we're at it, why don't you stop breathing? I can still hear your heart beating, and it's distracting me, so you better stop or I'll tattle on you to teacher!
Heh. For years now, I've been saying that more professors (and teachers in general) should practice this method of teaching, but mostly because I fall asleep in any kind of lecture situation. My problem is, I need to be intellectually engaged, or otherwise titillated to stay awake. Lectures with no Q&A just don't do that for me, and most times I end up either taking copious notes (pen & paper, or typed if possible) just to stay awake and help retain some of the information. Yes, I've taken notes with a laptop, in a math intensive course (graduate level encryption), and having the laptop *does* help me comprehend more and stay awake. Granted, the professor was very laid back and didn't rush anything, but I still think that people who are complaining about laptops not being suitable for note taking are either a) jealous, b) *way* oversensitive (you do realize that pen/pencil on paper makes noise too, don't you?) or c) realize that the emphasis in this article isn't on banning a particular technology, but is trying to get the students more engaged in the subject matter. Me, I'll go with the latter, and if the prof could keep me awake and allowed tape or video recordings of the lectures, I'd be willing to close the laptop for that class.
Bring back the Socratic method! Hold students and teachers more accountable to the subject matter!
Sure you can rationalize a set of values where taking a movie off bittorrent is different from stealling a DVD off the shelf of a store.
I don't have to rationalize anything because the *reality* is that copying and stealing *are* different:
steal: To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
copy: To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
Both of those definitions are the first ones that show up in Webster 1913. I might also point out a particular word used in the definition of copy: "duplicate". As in:
duplicate: To double; to fold; to render double.
As in, "where there was one, now there are two." As in, the original holder of a set of bits still has his, and now I have those bits as well. Who's lost anything? No one! Who has been harmed? Nobody! Therefore, no crime has been committed (by any rational definition of crime).
But the reason people have moderated my original comment down as troll even though it is nothing of the kind is because they know deep down that what I am saying here is correct and they don't like to hear it.
Oh yeah, sure, you're being moderated down and ignored because "people don't like what you're saying." I got news for you pal: the moderation system on slashdot works pretty well (especially with meta-moderation) and most of the time posts get modded down becaus they are just plain wrong or don't contribute anything constructive to the discussion. Are there occasional vendetta's? Yes. Is your post being modded down an example of one? No. So out of the three options for being modded down (vendetta, being wrong, not constructive), the first of which (vendetta) being eliminated, which do you think your's is? (hint: some comments fall into more than one category for being modded down).
Seriously, though, I use eBooks all the time; I just get them from here or anywhere else that doesn't try to limit what I can do with them in any way whatsoever. It's my hardware, I'll do whatever I please with it, and that includes copying your copyrighted material; if you don't like that, tough: you shouldn't have released it. I'll pay you if I think it's worth it. If you don't like that either, you should have asked for money up front.
Is it hurting you? No? Then, DON'T BE A FUCKING DICK ABOUT IT. Just continue consuming whatever it is you consume (reading material, listening material, eating material, religion, etc) and leave the rest of us curious apes alone.
Galen Rowell (not Powell, I assume a misspelling on your part) is (was, he's dead now) a very important and relevant figure in nature photography.
And "Galen" (no last name, just "Galen") was a much more important pioneer of the medical arts, who is known around the world.
This example explains why people need to be as specific as possible when entering search terms. Maybe if you entered Galen Institute or Galen Medical you would have a better time . . . As an avid nature photographer, if I simply typed in Galen, I would expect his name to show up in the top 5, maybe even the #1 link . . .
And maybe you should be more specific, especially since the majority of people would recognize the single name "Galen" as referring to the much more well known doctor, and it would be more logical to expect "Galen Rowell" to return the photographer.
. . . while scratching my head about this medical nonsense.
"Medical nonsense", indeed! You probably wouldn't even be alive if it hadn't have been for Galen! Considering that a) photography and this "Galen Rowell" character have been around for a much shorter time than THE Galen and his contributions and b) medical science is much more relevant and important to all of humanity, you might want to reconsider your position, and possibly review some history before you go telling people why you think "Galen Rowell" should rank higher in a search engine than Galen.
Spoken like a true coffee addict. You don't think it smells, because you are used to the smell (much like smokers). I'll grant you that freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee smells better, but it still smells. Coffee reheated (or constantly heated all day long) stinks worse than stuff that has come out of my ass. So please, for the sake of your cow-orkers and your own sense of taste and smell, at least grind your beans fresh and put on a new pot for the second half of the day.
Who gives a shit? Especially when digg's moderation and comment system produces nothing but shit.
Folks, you really need to sharpen up a bit.
Are you another one of those people who are astroturfing for digg? Why do you post anonymously? And why are do you use the contrite and condescending term "folks"? Why don't you go and "sharpen up" digg's comment moderation system? Or go to kuroshin; they've been doing the "we're better than slashdot!" since before digg existed, so that should make them better since they did it first, right?
I'll skip the obvious comments which have been done already (such "it's entertainment, not a bloody class lesson" and "duh"), and focus on what struck me: the comparison of time and skill.
I would agree that time is not greater than skill; however I would also argue that skill is not greater than time. If anything they are orthogonal, and there are some situations where you can't replace one with the other, and others where they are both necessary. Now, having the skill to recognize this, and taking the time to recognize this will save you a bunch of time and help make sure your skills aren't wasted.
Instead of one language being tied to the OS, the OS is tied to the idea that many languages will access its features. I have trouble seeing why some think this is a bad thing. Maybe it's because I'm too busy getting work done, instead of trying to prop up my not-quite-dead-but-coughing-up-blood-this-morning OS.
Hmm, highly insightful, I hadn't thought of that! Being not attached to the OS allows you to easily migrate programs (scripts in this case) over to a new OS if and when the occasion arises. I guess I had just forgotten that feature as I figure that Linux will bee the last OS (cue "The Last Starfighter" theme).
My OS/2 would stay up for months at a time. can't even get Linux to do that in a desktop environment.
I'm gonna have to call bullshit on this one. What are you doing, using buggy binary 3rd-party drivers? I was an OS/2 user as well, and Linux meets, if not exceeds OS/2's stability. Not to mention that each release of OS/2 kept getting a little more unstable and ate up even more resources. I can still run Linux on a 386 with 4MB of RAM.
I can easily get Linux to stay up for more than a year, desktop and server wise. Just out of curiosity, what are you running, maybe you need a newer version, or you've run into a bug we need to fix?
After he made his initial fortune (in medical devices) he started up an organization called FIRST, designed to get more smart kids interested in engineering, and to help our culture value problem solving more than drama.
Maybe if he wanted people to not value drama so much, he shouldn't have hyped the Segway so much. I know it's a cheap potshot, and I doubt I'll have 1/10 the influence (or even genius) that Kamien has, but humility and letting the product speak for itself goes a long, long way.
I don't understand all the backlash against the Segway either. I mean, if you want to attack stupid, wasteful and obnoxious vehicles, start with snowmobiles, trail bikes, then work your way to SUV's. The biggest problem with the Segway is that common folk can't afford it. If you could walk into the nearest bike store and take one home for $300, the critics would be drowned in the pool of fans. As it is, it's an attractive anti-yuppie target.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the price point - it's only for rich/spoiled snobs/geeks with their heads in the clouds (causing them to run over or bump into pedestrians). At least that's the perception. That and I think another factor might be that there seems to be an innate urge to take potshots at anyone trying to do something grand/inventive (whether it's practical or not).
One last reason why, and a more pragmatic one, is that the Segway solves an already solved problem: single-human transportation, for which there are bicycles, which are cheaper and arguably easier to control. Not to mention they don't have to be recharged. The segway was a solution in search of a problem, as the saying goes.
I agree it stinks, but I'm not exactly sure how we stop it short of a constitutional amendment, and if that amendment is too broadly worded, the cure could be worse than the disease.
It's very simple, and I don't think it'd be that dangerous: repeal the ruling making corporations people (because they aren't), and repeal the ruling declaring money as speech (because it isn't). See? That wasn't so hard, and it fits in so nicely with reality!
But in OS/2 was very tighly integrated with the OS, in a way that gives to that implementation extra value.
Yes, and AppleScript is very tightly integrated with MacOS, giving it extra value (this coming from someone who doesn't like Macs, mind you). While GNU/Linux may "suffer" from not having a scripting language tied to everything in it, it benefits from the flexibility of having all languages be on equal footing and having to compete on features rather than favored language status. Although, if I had to pick a language to be tied into my OS, it would probably be Lisp. And, yes, I've used Rexx and AppleScript.
Another thing i liked a lot about OS/2 is the WPS, that maybe by now there are better desktops, but back then was wonderful, still waiting some of their features in modern desktops like KDE.
It's not exactly the WPS, but DFM is working in that direction. I tried it out a long time ago (when I had first switched from OS/2 to GNU/Linux) and gave it up shortly thereafter. I used to be a hardcore OS/2 user, but I switched to GNU/Linux in college to learn it for a job, and I haven't looked back since. There were some things I missed in the beginning, but over time GNU/Linux has made much more headway, and kept the features that OS/2 *still* doesn't have, that I have been extremely happy with GNU/Linux. Not to mention GNU/Linux is Free and OS/2 isn't.
. . . is that sleeping at work actually increases my productivity (by making good decisions)! Seriously, while I respect my subconscious, I don't think I'll trust it with a lot of things, judging by the things it worries about in my dreams I remember.
The french revolution took maybe 100,000 lives (40k alone went to the guillotine), in a country of about 40 mio. people. Now imagine the body count in a 1200 mio. people country. Add modern firearms and tanks. 3 mio.? 4 mio.? maybe 5 mio. people could die during an all-china civil unrest.
If the chinese leaders are wrong, they are oppressive tyrants who've killed thousands. But if the free speech advocates are wrong, they are rebellion initiators with millions of dead on their consciousness.
China is moving towards more freedom, though at glacial speeds. That is probably too slow. But the demands of the western world for essentially immediate total freedom are very certainly too much, too fast. Change needs time, and a look into our own history books would tell us what the stakes are.
Here's the key: since it's happening so slowly, the deaths are more spread out over time. I'm not sure, but I'm willing to bet that if you add up all the deaths caused by the tyranny and compare them to the number of deaths "caused" by the rebellion, they would be about the same, if not having the tyrannical deaths leading.
The reason I say "caused" by the rebellion is that most of those deaths will probably be a response by the tyrants trying to contain the rebellion. Also, there *have* been bloodless coups in the world. It's not common, but it's not unheard of either. Add to this the fact that billions will lead entire lives unenlightened and contributing less back to society and humanity all so that some bigwigs can feel safer, and the conclusion is not just that censorship is morally and ethically wrong, but it's pragmatically wrong as well.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that drastic overarching change is always the best way to go; if anything I think incremental, well thought out and planned change is better. It's just that the idea of censorship, in any form, offends my most basic sense of human rights and freedom.
I am concerned with one country developing a tool with the explicit stated goal of trying to undermine an internal regulation of another country
Why not, we Americans do it all the time! (jk:).
While that was just tongue in cheek, it does bear pointing out the similarities: one country interfering with the laws of another. However, it also bears pointing out the differences: this is grass roots, and not instituted by a government which had to lie about it to get the approval of only half the people; this is not forceful, ie it's only used by those who want it; and lastly but not least, no one is being harmed by this.
Certainly I personally wouldn't want to live under such a government, but then, apparently a majority of Chinese wouldn't want to live under ours. Who are we to say they're wrong in their desire to be so nannied?
I can understand and appreciate your argument, but it becomes a problem when someone living under the Chinese government *doesn't* want to be nannied. Then the question(s) become: shouldn't this person be allowed to live somewhere else where the government is more in line with their values? why should this person be forced to move from his home when he or she is not harming others? shouldn't the government consider that the free exchange of information and ideas has proven, time and time again, to be beneficial to society? why should these people that "desire to be so nannied" be allowed to say what others are allowed to see and hear?
I believe that in living life, you will be exposed to ideas you are uncomfortable with. You can either choose to ignore these ideas (censor your own exposure), examine these ideas, or die. The first two are what responsible, mature human beings can do. Attempting to limit what others can see is not only futile, but extremely narrow-minded, short-sighted and immature.
immature open source software is doomed in an enterprise environment nowadays
That should read "immature software is doomed in an enterprise environment nowadays". But then I guess it wouldn't be a flamebait/troll article as everyone would read it and say "duh", and quickly move on.
Why do people always have to pick on OSS? Oh well, I guess that's the price of success. And part of the beauty of OSS is that picking on it will only make it better . . .
I know; as I read the article summary, I was thinking that by some people's definition, "repressive" includes America; think how funny it would be if Google wasn't allowed to keep servers in America!
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I'm with Bill Hicks on this one: all marketeers, salesdroids and advertisers should kill themselves. One of the biggest reasons I don't shop at either of the two Albertson's in my town is that one of them has these widescreen TV's yelling shit at you while you try to guess which vegetables to buy. I seriously hope they don't bring this to the other grocers in my area.
Really? I didn't know that key clicks from laptops caused cancer.
Yes, it is signifigantly different. For one thing, it's much quieter than even whispering. For another, it is repetitive (and therefore ignorable), much like AC or a fan, unlike conversation. You want them to turn off the heater or AC just so your little mental tic with repetitive noise won't be aroused? Ever consider that some students don't want to freeze to death or have heat stroke? Because that's basically what you would have to do to eliminate all noises comparable to a laptop being used.
And fuck, if you're that sensitive to noise, I can't imagine what it must be like for you to sit through a lecture with just ten people scribbling madly on paper would be like. Sounds like you're the one with the problem that would be inconveniencing the rest of the class.
What are you talking about? Have you ever sat near a person scratch scratch scratching away on paper while in a lecture? Or are you the personing doing that really annoying scratching?! Then theres the eraser stubble noise from the mistakes too which while uncommon is still noticeable. Sitting and listening is the only way to go for taking a class. When people make mistakes on paper they tend to scratch and scribble in a frantic fashion and manage to be even more annoying! I applaud her actions as I would ban them too! Hell, while we're at it, why don't you stop breathing? I can still hear your heart beating, and it's distracting me, so you better stop or I'll tattle on you to teacher!
Heh. For years now, I've been saying that more professors (and teachers in general) should practice this method of teaching, but mostly because I fall asleep in any kind of lecture situation. My problem is, I need to be intellectually engaged, or otherwise titillated to stay awake. Lectures with no Q&A just don't do that for me, and most times I end up either taking copious notes (pen & paper, or typed if possible) just to stay awake and help retain some of the information. Yes, I've taken notes with a laptop, in a math intensive course (graduate level encryption), and having the laptop *does* help me comprehend more and stay awake. Granted, the professor was very laid back and didn't rush anything, but I still think that people who are complaining about laptops not being suitable for note taking are either a) jealous, b) *way* oversensitive (you do realize that pen/pencil on paper makes noise too, don't you?) or c) realize that the emphasis in this article isn't on banning a particular technology, but is trying to get the students more engaged in the subject matter. Me, I'll go with the latter, and if the prof could keep me awake and allowed tape or video recordings of the lectures, I'd be willing to close the laptop for that class.
Bring back the Socratic method! Hold students and teachers more accountable to the subject matter!
I don't have to rationalize anything because the *reality* is that copying and stealing *are* different:
Both of those definitions are the first ones that show up in Webster 1913. I might also point out a particular word used in the definition of copy: "duplicate". As in:
As in, "where there was one, now there are two." As in, the original holder of a set of bits still has his, and now I have those bits as well. Who's lost anything? No one! Who has been harmed? Nobody! Therefore, no crime has been committed (by any rational definition of crime).
Oh yeah, sure, you're being moderated down and ignored because "people don't like what you're saying." I got news for you pal: the moderation system on slashdot works pretty well (especially with meta-moderation) and most of the time posts get modded down becaus they are just plain wrong or don't contribute anything constructive to the discussion. Are there occasional vendetta's? Yes. Is your post being modded down an example of one? No. So out of the three options for being modded down (vendetta, being wrong, not constructive), the first of which (vendetta) being eliminated, which do you think your's is? (hint: some comments fall into more than one category for being modded down).
A: Copy protection. Next question.
Seriously, though, I use eBooks all the time; I just get them from here or anywhere else that doesn't try to limit what I can do with them in any way whatsoever. It's my hardware, I'll do whatever I please with it, and that includes copying your copyrighted material; if you don't like that, tough: you shouldn't have released it. I'll pay you if I think it's worth it. If you don't like that either, you should have asked for money up front.
Is it hurting you? No? Then, DON'T BE A FUCKING DICK ABOUT IT. Just continue consuming whatever it is you consume (reading material, listening material, eating material, religion, etc) and leave the rest of us curious apes alone.
And "Galen" (no last name, just "Galen") was a much more important pioneer of the medical arts, who is known around the world.
And maybe you should be more specific, especially since the majority of people would recognize the single name "Galen" as referring to the much more well known doctor, and it would be more logical to expect "Galen Rowell" to return the photographer.
"Medical nonsense", indeed! You probably wouldn't even be alive if it hadn't have been for Galen! Considering that a) photography and this "Galen Rowell" character have been around for a much shorter time than THE Galen and his contributions and b) medical science is much more relevant and important to all of humanity, you might want to reconsider your position, and possibly review some history before you go telling people why you think "Galen Rowell" should rank higher in a search engine than Galen.
Spoken like a true coffee addict. You don't think it smells, because you are used to the smell (much like smokers). I'll grant you that freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee smells better, but it still smells. Coffee reheated (or constantly heated all day long) stinks worse than stuff that has come out of my ass. So please, for the sake of your cow-orkers and your own sense of taste and smell, at least grind your beans fresh and put on a new pot for the second half of the day.
Who gives a shit? Especially when digg's moderation and comment system produces nothing but shit.
Are you another one of those people who are astroturfing for digg? Why do you post anonymously? And why are do you use the contrite and condescending term "folks"? Why don't you go and "sharpen up" digg's comment moderation system? Or go to kuroshin; they've been doing the "we're better than slashdot!" since before digg existed, so that should make them better since they did it first, right?
I would agree that time is not greater than skill; however I would also argue that skill is not greater than time. If anything they are orthogonal, and there are some situations where you can't replace one with the other, and others where they are both necessary. Now, having the skill to recognize this, and taking the time to recognize this will save you a bunch of time and help make sure your skills aren't wasted.
Hmm, highly insightful, I hadn't thought of that! Being not attached to the OS allows you to easily migrate programs (scripts in this case) over to a new OS if and when the occasion arises. I guess I had just forgotten that feature as I figure that Linux will bee the last OS (cue "The Last Starfighter" theme).
I'm gonna have to call bullshit on this one. What are you doing, using buggy binary 3rd-party drivers? I was an OS/2 user as well, and Linux meets, if not exceeds OS/2's stability. Not to mention that each release of OS/2 kept getting a little more unstable and ate up even more resources. I can still run Linux on a 386 with 4MB of RAM.
I can easily get Linux to stay up for more than a year, desktop and server wise. Just out of curiosity, what are you running, maybe you need a newer version, or you've run into a bug we need to fix?
Maybe if he wanted people to not value drama so much, he shouldn't have hyped the Segway so much. I know it's a cheap potshot, and I doubt I'll have 1/10 the influence (or even genius) that Kamien has, but humility and letting the product speak for itself goes a long, long way.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the price point - it's only for rich/spoiled snobs/geeks with their heads in the clouds (causing them to run over or bump into pedestrians). At least that's the perception. That and I think another factor might be that there seems to be an innate urge to take potshots at anyone trying to do something grand/inventive (whether it's practical or not).
One last reason why, and a more pragmatic one, is that the Segway solves an already solved problem: single-human transportation, for which there are bicycles, which are cheaper and arguably easier to control. Not to mention they don't have to be recharged. The segway was a solution in search of a problem, as the saying goes.
It's very simple, and I don't think it'd be that dangerous: repeal the ruling making corporations people (because they aren't), and repeal the ruling declaring money as speech (because it isn't). See? That wasn't so hard, and it fits in so nicely with reality!
That's okay, there are still some people who believe in their invisible friend in the sky.
Yes, exactly what I was going to say.
Yes, and AppleScript is very tightly integrated with MacOS, giving it extra value (this coming from someone who doesn't like Macs, mind you). While GNU/Linux may "suffer" from not having a scripting language tied to everything in it, it benefits from the flexibility of having all languages be on equal footing and having to compete on features rather than favored language status. Although, if I had to pick a language to be tied into my OS, it would probably be Lisp. And, yes, I've used Rexx and AppleScript.
It's not exactly the WPS, but DFM is working in that direction. I tried it out a long time ago (when I had first switched from OS/2 to GNU/Linux) and gave it up shortly thereafter. I used to be a hardcore OS/2 user, but I switched to GNU/Linux in college to learn it for a job, and I haven't looked back since. There were some things I missed in the beginning, but over time GNU/Linux has made much more headway, and kept the features that OS/2 *still* doesn't have, that I have been extremely happy with GNU/Linux. Not to mention GNU/Linux is Free and OS/2 isn't.
. . . is that sleeping at work actually increases my productivity (by making good decisions)! Seriously, while I respect my subconscious, I don't think I'll trust it with a lot of things, judging by the things it worries about in my dreams I remember.
Here's the key: since it's happening so slowly, the deaths are more spread out over time. I'm not sure, but I'm willing to bet that if you add up all the deaths caused by the tyranny and compare them to the number of deaths "caused" by the rebellion, they would be about the same, if not having the tyrannical deaths leading.
The reason I say "caused" by the rebellion is that most of those deaths will probably be a response by the tyrants trying to contain the rebellion. Also, there *have* been bloodless coups in the world. It's not common, but it's not unheard of either. Add to this the fact that billions will lead entire lives unenlightened and contributing less back to society and humanity all so that some bigwigs can feel safer, and the conclusion is not just that censorship is morally and ethically wrong, but it's pragmatically wrong as well.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that drastic overarching change is always the best way to go; if anything I think incremental, well thought out and planned change is better. It's just that the idea of censorship, in any form, offends my most basic sense of human rights and freedom.
Why not, we Americans do it all the time! (jk
While that was just tongue in cheek, it does bear pointing out the similarities: one country interfering with the laws of another. However, it also bears pointing out the differences: this is grass roots, and not instituted by a government which had to lie about it to get the approval of only half the people; this is not forceful, ie it's only used by those who want it; and lastly but not least, no one is being harmed by this.
I can understand and appreciate your argument, but it becomes a problem when someone living under the Chinese government *doesn't* want to be nannied. Then the question(s) become: shouldn't this person be allowed to live somewhere else where the government is more in line with their values? why should this person be forced to move from his home when he or she is not harming others? shouldn't the government consider that the free exchange of information and ideas has proven, time and time again, to be beneficial to society? why should these people that "desire to be so nannied" be allowed to say what others are allowed to see and hear?
I believe that in living life, you will be exposed to ideas you are uncomfortable with. You can either choose to ignore these ideas (censor your own exposure), examine these ideas, or die. The first two are what responsible, mature human beings can do. Attempting to limit what others can see is not only futile, but extremely narrow-minded, short-sighted and immature.
That should read "immature software is doomed in an enterprise environment nowadays". But then I guess it wouldn't be a flamebait/troll article as everyone would read it and say "duh", and quickly move on.
Why do people always have to pick on OSS? Oh well, I guess that's the price of success. And part of the beauty of OSS is that picking on it will only make it better . . .
I know; as I read the article summary, I was thinking that by some people's definition, "repressive" includes America; think how funny it would be if Google wasn't allowed to keep servers in America!
Yet.