Linux is open source, there's not really a central company to sue. They can sue the person who inserted the code, but surely that person is likely to have worked at SCO if they got hold of the code. They'll end up sueing themselves or an ex employee
UnixWare is (or at least was) based mostly on stock System V Release 4. SVR4 source code was pretty widely available to educational institutions from USL before the chain of events by which it ended up in SCO's hands. Given that a lot of contributions to the kernel came from academia, if there is SCO IP in the kernel, odds are it came from a USL SVR4 licensee.
I've seen it and built binaries from it, and I'm nuthin special. I don't remember a single line of the code, but I would still think twice before I contributed substantially to the Linux kernel. What do I do if I am called on to prove I don't remember?
I apologize for assuming that you didn't understand the specific meaning of 'regime'.
I don't see how etymology enters into the discussion. I certainly wouldn't conclude that you are a 'son of the south' based on the etymology of your name. But what the heck, I looked it up anyway. 'Regime' comes from the Latin 'regere', to rule. So while it is clear that they share a common stem, it is not correct to say that 'regime' is derived from 'King' or necessarily implies a monarchy.
Your second argument is stronger, since I guess 'regime' does have negative connotations to some, maybe even most, people. I guess this comes down to a proscriptivist/descriptivist argument.
After a quick Google for 'bush regime', and seeing the pejorative way most folks use it, I guess I am in the minority. I just hate to see another good word lost to general use by the negative connotations attached to it.
You seem to misundertand the meaning of the word "regime". A regime is just another way to say "administration" or "form of government". It is neither a positive nor negative comment on the merit of that administration.
It can also mean "A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen", but few people accuse the Federal government of dieting.
So the only perspective it gives me on the US Government is that their Secretary of Defense has a better command of the language than some.
It may just be out in my neck of the woods, then. I live out Route 73; we didn't get cable modem service until a year after the rest of Morgantown did. Probably still wouldn't have it if they hadn't had to upgrade their infrastructure for digital cable.
I just have to add the counterpoint to this. I also have Adelphia, in Morgantown, WV. We currently get transfer speeds roughly comparable to a 56K modem and ping times to well-connected hosts of around 1000ms during the evenings.
They are seriously oversold here, with no relief expected for 6 weeks according to the newspaper. Considerably longer according to unofficial word from some of the their techs.
I'm sure if you poke around, you will find plenty of LUG's that are held in the offices of folks who have a vested interest in selling Linux. And you know what? That's not a bad thing! It's a definite win-win; the firm builds up good will with it's core market, and the Linux community gets a place to meet.
Sure, ther presentations are going to be slanted toward ".NET good, everything else bad". And there's nothing wrong with that! Any rational consumer is going to expect a slant at ANY user group. It's not "astroturfing" or propaganda, it's giving the people what they want! You aren't going to see "How XP Saved My Life" at at a LUG, either.
If the sponsor does not organize well and provide good content, the members are free to vote with their feet; and almost certainly will.
Bringing likeminded geeks together is a good thing. (As long as there is adequate ventilation!)Would you have the same reaction to say, IBM sponsoring a LUG?
Right. Anyone technical enough to manage a domain should be smart enough to know who they are registered with and not fall for this... EXCEPT they don't send it to the Technical Contact, they sent it to the Billing Contact.
Since we do have some domains with Network Pollutions (not for long!), he assumed it was more of the same and paid it."Clearly we can't let our domain expire, and it's only $30, no need to bother the IT department!"
And it implements at least portions of the OpenGIS consortium Web Map Server spec, although it hasn't passed its validation tests. This means that it just might interoperate with everyone's favorite GIS 900 lb Gorilla, ESRI. It already reads shapefiles and talks to ESRI's Spatial Database Engine.
This is based on the claims on their web page, I (coincidentally) just found it the day before I read this and haven't had a chance to download an play with it. The ability to talk to SDE could be hugely significant for the projects I am involved with.
I hire tech people and...
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When I am looking to fill a position such as a software developer, analyst or DBA, I look for people that enjoy problem solving. As such, I usually prefer CS grads first, followed by Math and EE and only then CIS/MIS folks. Experience, of course, overrides all of this.
In my experience, CIS people ofetn ARE the students who couldn't make it in CS. Employers know this.
That said, there are posistions where a CIS grad might be better suited; a lot of contract software development is figuring out the customers business processes...
Okay, but they had better yank the addresses from the guys who got the Class A's and B's before coming after me!
By the time the legal dust from that settles, we should be using IPv6, negating the problem.
More luddite Genome Project bashing
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I guess Katz had an axe to grind with the Human Genome project. This is his second rant in which he bashes a project that has the stated goal of decoding the Human Genome and essentially Open Sourcing it.
He is glossing over an important fact: The human genome will be decoded. The question is whether it will be open and available to all, or be the patented intellectual property of a few.
At least he did a little research; last time he posted on this topic he seemed unaware of Gattaca's existence.
I normally don't engage in Katz-swatting, but the Genome Project needs our support. We, the Open Source community are some of the best equipped to understand the importance of what may be the most important Open Content project to date.
The Human Genome project is attempting to map the human DNA before corporations map it and patent it. They are fighting AGAINST corporate ownership of this fundamental information.
This article shows a lack of research, indulges in more than the usual amount of presentation of opinions as fact and displays a shallow understanding of ethics, science, history and even literature.
It seems to be written merely to generate negative response, and as such I would moderate it down as "Flamebait" if I could.
I think CmdrTaco et al didn't realize that you already read Salon. I'm sure that they will stop posting references to it now that they know that you have that under control.
I (and presumable others) don't have a chance to check it every day, but that is clearly out-weighed by the inconvenience you experience when you have to scroll down an extra 7 or 8 lines.
I suspect it is a two-fold thing: customer support and marketing.
Only fairly recent XFree86 and LibC releases work reliably with some of the fancy mouse and video stuff they are doing. When a user calls tech support, and they have to say "you will need to upgrade to a later XFree86/LibC/whatever", at least they will also be able to say "and we included one in the box."
It's common practice to throw a fairly useless freebie in with another product for marketing reasons. Have you never bought a game and found an AOL or CompuServe disk in there? Hell, DataComm warehouse throws an AOL CD in the box with every purchase. ("Hmm, he is buying some Cat 5 cable, a crimper and a 16-port hub... I'll bet he needs an AOL disk!")
At least I can give teh SuSE disk away to either a newbie who needs a Linux distribution or a buddy who uses SuSE but hasn't yet got 6.3. I've yet to find anything useful to do with Yet Another AOL CD besides using it as a coaster or putting it in the microwave.
Marshall C. Phelps, Jr. Former IBM Intellectual Property and Licensing VP Joins GraphOn Corp. (GOJO) Board of Directors
If you have a sweeping but controversial patent and you plan to exploit it to the maximum, you could do a lot worse than getting IBM's ex IP honcho on board!
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UnixWare is (or at least was) based mostly on stock System V Release 4. SVR4 source code was pretty widely available to educational institutions from USL before the chain of events by which it ended up in SCO's hands. Given that a lot of contributions to the kernel came from academia, if there is SCO IP in the kernel, odds are it came from a USL SVR4 licensee.
I've seen it and built binaries from it, and I'm nuthin special. I don't remember a single line of the code, but I would still think twice before I contributed substantially to the Linux kernel. What do I do if I am called on to prove I don't remember?
I apologize for assuming that you didn't understand the specific meaning of 'regime'.
I don't see how etymology enters into the discussion. I certainly wouldn't conclude that you are a 'son of the south' based on the etymology of your name. But what the heck, I looked it up anyway. 'Regime' comes from the Latin 'regere', to rule. So while it is clear that they share a common stem, it is not correct to say that 'regime' is derived from 'King' or necessarily implies a monarchy.
Your second argument is stronger, since I guess 'regime' does have negative connotations to some, maybe even most, people. I guess this comes down to a proscriptivist/descriptivist argument.
After a quick Google for 'bush regime', and seeing the pejorative way most folks use it, I guess I am in the minority. I just hate to see another good word lost to general use by the negative connotations attached to it.
You seem to misundertand the meaning of the word "regime". A regime is just another way to say "administration" or "form of government". It is neither a positive nor negative comment on the merit of that administration.
It can also mean "A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen", but few people accuse the Federal government of dieting.
So the only perspective it gives me on the US Government is that their Secretary of Defense has a better command of the language than some.
Thath's their generic symbol for "the arts" and has been used at least four times recently. Just click on it...
Kudos, however, to Epic for later retracting it.
I got the last "Railroad Tycoon II" before you got there. Too bad I can't make it work on Mandrake 9.0. But what the heck, 5 bucks.
Because my wife works at home. During the day, things aren't so bad. And the "always on" situation is certainly an improvement over dial-up.
It may just be out in my neck of the woods, then. I live out Route 73; we didn't get cable modem service until a year after the rest of Morgantown did. Probably still wouldn't have it if they hadn't had to upgrade their infrastructure for digital cable.
They are seriously oversold here, with no relief expected for 6 weeks according to the newspaper. Considerably longer according to unofficial word from some of the their techs.
If my computer crashes, leaving something unpleasant on my screen, can I clear it by picking it up and shaking it?
Sure, ther presentations are going to be slanted toward ".NET good, everything else bad". And there's nothing wrong with that! Any rational consumer is going to expect a slant at ANY user group. It's not "astroturfing" or propaganda, it's giving the people what they want! You aren't going to see "How XP Saved My Life" at at a LUG, either.
If the sponsor does not organize well and provide good content, the members are free to vote with their feet; and almost certainly will.
Bringing likeminded geeks together is a good thing. (As long as there is adequate ventilation!)Would you have the same reaction to say, IBM sponsoring a LUG?
I take great expecption to this! "Spammer" is the appropriate term for these people, and nothing else is acceptable!
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Sure, I know. But my purchasing department (AKA the Billing Contact) didn't!
Since we do have some domains with Network Pollutions (not for long!), he assumed it was more of the same and paid it."Clearly we can't let our domain expire, and it's only $30, no need to bother the IT department!"
That would be Saumel Johnson. He said lots of interesting things.
I think you mean "beowulf cloister", in this case...
This is based on the claims on their web page, I (coincidentally) just found it the day before I read this and haven't had a chance to download an play with it. The ability to talk to SDE could be hugely significant for the projects I am involved with.
In my experience, CIS people ofetn ARE the students who couldn't make it in CS. Employers know this.
That said, there are posistions where a CIS grad might be better suited; a lot of contract software development is figuring out the customers business processes...
By the time the legal dust from that settles, we should be using IPv6, negating the problem.
He is glossing over an important fact: The human genome will be decoded. The question is whether it will be open and available to all, or be the patented intellectual property of a few.
At least he did a little research; last time he posted on this topic he seemed unaware of Gattaca's existence.
I normally don't engage in Katz-swatting, but the Genome Project needs our support. We, the Open Source community are some of the best equipped to understand the importance of what may be the most important Open Content project to date.
This article shows a lack of research, indulges in more than the usual amount of presentation of opinions as fact and displays a shallow understanding of ethics, science, history and even literature.
It seems to be written merely to generate negative response, and as such I would moderate it down as "Flamebait" if I could.
I (and presumable others) don't have a chance to check it every day, but that is clearly out-weighed by the inconvenience you experience when you have to scroll down an extra 7 or 8 lines.
Only fairly recent XFree86 and LibC releases work reliably with some of the fancy mouse and video stuff they are doing. When a user calls tech support, and they have to say "you will need to upgrade to a later XFree86/LibC/whatever", at least they will also be able to say "and we included one in the box."
It's common practice to throw a fairly useless freebie in with another product for marketing reasons. Have you never bought a game and found an AOL or CompuServe disk in there? Hell, DataComm warehouse throws an AOL CD in the box with every purchase. ("Hmm, he is buying some Cat 5 cable, a crimper and a 16-port hub... I'll bet he needs an AOL disk!")
At least I can give teh SuSE disk away to either a newbie who needs a Linux distribution or a buddy who uses SuSE but hasn't yet got 6.3. I've yet to find anything useful to do with Yet Another AOL CD besides using it as a coaster or putting it in the microwave.
I agree that the content may not be 5-worthy, it's the meta-content that is important. Think what you can learn from it:
Bruce is still following the discussion.
His sense of humor is still intact
He probably lives or works with someone named Valere
His home or workplace has more than one story.
Hell, that's a lot of content per word!
Marshall C. Phelps, Jr. Former IBM Intellectual Property and Licensing VP Joins GraphOn Corp. (GOJO) Board of Directors
If you have a sweeping but controversial patent and you plan to exploit it to the maximum, you could do a lot worse than getting IBM's ex IP honcho on board!