What other profession contains members that are dedicated to its destruction?
The razorblade industry. They give away the razors, and charge for the blades. In the software industry, some companies give away the software and charge for the support.
The chart is hard to read, because it doesn't show you the sum of all the MS IE browser versions. To my eye, it looks like the only 2 non-MSIE lines (Mozilla and other) are growing.
I'd rather get paid $1 minus 1 penny for every sale. There's no technical reason why statistical sampling needs to be used, and you never know if you're getting gipped or not.
Nearly 100% of astronomical images are taken with filters that are unlike the human eye. Thus, they're all "false color". It's usually noted in press releases, but not professional papers, which will instead remark on what filter was used (U, V, B, I, etc.)
The one thing Open Source lacks, and despite the holding back -- clearly needs, is structured testing. There is no real testing of Open Source. No Test Plans, no Test Matrices of test cases.
That's true for some projects, but there are plenty of examples of open source projects which do have test cases. You probably wouldn't have to look very far to find them, either.
Could they use improvement? Yes. Should more projects have them? Yes.
If I recall correctly, gcc3 "fixed" the m88k backend by deleting it, because it was unmaintained. So it's no surprise that this hobbyist has to use gcc2; if it makes him happy, there's no need to be so enthusiastic about explaining that gcc2 is dead -- and no need to use subjects like "Oh, catch the hell up."
Hrmmm. I really like the idea of basic cable coming with internet access.
It's actually the reverse: Right after Comcast bought AT&T, they raised the rate of everyone who had a cable modem and no cable by $14. So your high speed internet comes with Basic Cable for only $6 extra!
Since I don't have a TV, that's not very useful for me. Presumably they were trying to smack DishTV users...
Without Linux BSD would almost surely be the dominant force in the Unix world, and many propriatary companies would prefer that it were.
I'm aways amused by the assumption that "proprietary companies prefer BSD." Lots of them don't -- there are circumstances in which the viral nature of the GPL is *good* for a proprietary company. A commercial company releasing source under the BSD license is helping their competition without helping themselves much. A commercial company releasing code under the GPL is only helping competition that also uses the GPL -- and the rising tide raises all GPL boats.
Sure, companies that only do closed-source work
prefer the BSD license. But that's no surprise to anyone.
I'd like to thank the user who modded the parent as a Troll -- heaven forbid that users would actually respond to comments like "why did the judges make up the law?" Obviously anyone who cares about precision of speech on Slashdot is a Troll, and the authors of such messages should be strung up. So, I'm off to hang myself...
The Constitution is not the law. It's amazing how many Americans don't know this. It's amazing how many postings to Slashdot talking past each other we can manage on the topic.
This sub-thread is not about whether the 3-judge ruling was correct. It was about whether or not the 3-judge panel was making up the law, and what basis the 3-judge panel made their ruling, which was the Constitution. When their ruling is overturned, that does not mean that a guy with whiteout goes into the 3-judge ruling and erases all mentions of the Constitution.
The 3-judge decision is available on the web
here.
It is 100% based on the Constitution's equal protection clause.
I know it's fun to accuse judges of making up the law, but in this case it was a Constitutional question. The full court decided that the 3-judge decision was wrong, but that doesn't make it a non-Constitutional issue, nor does it mean that the 3-judge panel made up law.
Look at the 3-judge panel of the 9th circuit which suspended the recall election here in CA. The 11-judge panel
unanimously overturned that. Why did the 3-judge panel ignore law and create such a ruling in the first place?
As much as I disagree with the 3-judge panel, they weren't ignoring the law. Their ruling was based on the Constitution, which talks about the right to vote, equal protection, etc.
California is still required, by another ruling,
to update their voting machines by Spring 2004. That's a good ruling.
http://caag.state.ca.us/consumers/mailform.htm and enter a consumer complaint. I said that I owned a DVD player and some DVDs, and that the California Attourney General's office was trying to prevent me from watching the DVD on my Linux computer.
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The razorblade industry. They give away the razors, and charge for the blades. In the software industry, some companies give away the software and charge for the support.
Economics 101.
The chart is hard to read, because it doesn't show you the sum of all the MS IE browser versions. To my eye, it looks like the only 2 non-MSIE lines (Mozilla and other) are growing.
The NSA has not standardized on Linux. The NSA's Linux work is research.
You advertise a review on Slashdot, and you didn't say anything about LINUX?
Sheesh.
Bad taste in apartments -- that building is WAAAAY overpriced.
I'd rather get paid $1 minus 1 penny for every sale. There's no technical reason why statistical sampling needs to be used, and you never know if you're getting gipped or not.
Nearly 100% of astronomical images are taken with filters that are unlike the human eye. Thus, they're all "false color". It's usually noted in press releases, but not professional papers, which will instead remark on what filter was used (U, V, B, I, etc.)
It must be admitted that the asteriod IS an attractive nusiance... thus OrbDev should have fenced it off, if they didn't want probes landing.
Why not send a DMCA takedown to their ISP?
That's true for some projects, but there are plenty of examples of open source projects which do have test cases. You probably wouldn't have to look very far to find them, either. Could they use improvement? Yes. Should more projects have them? Yes.
If I recall correctly, gcc3 "fixed" the m88k backend by deleting it, because it was unmaintained. So it's no surprise that this hobbyist has to use gcc2; if it makes him happy, there's no need to be so enthusiastic about explaining that gcc2 is dead -- and no need to use subjects like "Oh, catch the hell up."
It's actually the reverse: Right after Comcast bought AT&T, they raised the rate of everyone who had a cable modem and no cable by $14. So your high speed internet comes with Basic Cable for only $6 extra!
Since I don't have a TV, that's not very useful for me. Presumably they were trying to smack DishTV users...
But your intended meaning is gibberish. If that's what you're aiming at, I guess that does work.
Carry on!
If you say so. The way you have it (all lower case), I think you look like an idiot, so that's probably not the usual definition of "works".
But many people don't. Maybe you should ask them why.
You have the quote wrong:
Under Capitalism, man exploits Man.
Under Communism, it's the other way around.
Man != man.
I'm aways amused by the assumption that "proprietary companies prefer BSD." Lots of them don't -- there are circumstances in which the viral nature of the GPL is *good* for a proprietary company. A commercial company releasing source under the BSD license is helping their competition without helping themselves much. A commercial company releasing code under the GPL is only helping competition that also uses the GPL -- and the rising tide raises all GPL boats.
Sure, companies that only do closed-source work prefer the BSD license. But that's no surprise to anyone.
I'd like to thank the user who modded the parent as a Troll -- heaven forbid that users would actually respond to comments like "why did the judges make up the law?" Obviously anyone who cares about precision of speech on Slashdot is a Troll, and the authors of such messages should be strung up. So, I'm off to hang myself...
The Constitution is not the law. It's amazing how many Americans don't know this. It's amazing how many postings to Slashdot talking past each other we can manage on the topic.
This sub-thread is not about whether the 3-judge ruling was correct. It was about whether or not the 3-judge panel was making up the law, and what basis the 3-judge panel made their ruling, which was the Constitution. When their ruling is overturned, that does not mean that a guy with whiteout goes into the 3-judge ruling and erases all mentions of the Constitution.
The 3-judge decision is available on the web here. It is 100% based on the Constitution's equal protection clause.
I know it's fun to accuse judges of making up the law, but in this case it was a Constitutional question. The full court decided that the 3-judge decision was wrong, but that doesn't make it a non-Constitutional issue, nor does it mean that the 3-judge panel made up law.
As much as I disagree with the 3-judge panel, they weren't ignoring the law. Their ruling was based on the Constitution, which talks about the right to vote, equal protection, etc.
California is still required, by another ruling, to update their voting machines by Spring 2004. That's a good ruling.
weight loss.
Imagine a device that can burn off your excess calories...
Go immediately to:
http://caag.state.ca.us/consumers/mailform.htm
and enter a consumer complaint. I said that I owned a DVD player and some DVDs, and that the California Attourney General's office was trying to prevent me from watching the DVD on my Linux computer.
Doesn't Redhat have more money in the bank than SCO's market capitalization?