I think you answered your own question... Rob has given fairly good reasons for the rules he wants to implement. If people don't log in, there is nothing he can do about it. He can only do so much.
It looks like they are fond of Gnome and/or KDE, but this article doesn't really say anything exciting, except perhaps that IDC has a clue, and has had one for awhile.
First let me give a thanks to Rob for posting this story. It certainly doesn't hurt to have an article with some substance to it.
This is the first time I've ever heard an something like what the police officer expressed. How many people really think this of us? Don't people realize that the people on the internet are the same people that exist everywhere else, but perhaps with animinity knocking down a few walls (Note to self: ask Rob to add a spell checker...).
I remember when one of my aunts first got on the internet. She enjoyed those chat rooms, using that Microsoft video chat I can't recall the name of at this moment. My cousin, who should have known better, told her to join the adult groups so as not to have 10 year olds constantly trying to talk to her.
When I next saw her, she asked if sex was all anybody on the net was interested in. Having been a frequent user of IRC and generally avoiding the sex groups, I was wondering why she was having such a hard time doing so. I wonder how many others make the same sort of mistake.
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I think you answered your own question... Rob has given fairly good reasons for the rules he wants to implement. If people don't log in, there is nothing he can do about it. He can only do so much.
It looks like they are fond of Gnome and/or KDE, but this article doesn't really say anything exciting, except perhaps that IDC has a clue, and has had one for awhile.
First let me give a thanks to Rob for posting this story. It certainly doesn't hurt to have an article with some substance to it.
This is the first time I've ever heard an something like what the police officer expressed. How many people really think this of us? Don't people realize that the people on the internet are the same people that exist everywhere else, but perhaps with animinity knocking down a few walls (Note to self: ask Rob to add a spell checker...).
I remember when one of my aunts first got on the internet. She enjoyed those chat rooms, using that Microsoft video chat I can't recall the name of at this moment. My cousin, who should have known better, told her to join the adult groups so as not to have 10 year olds constantly trying to talk to her.
When I next saw her, she asked if sex was all anybody on the net was interested in. Having been a frequent user of IRC and generally avoiding the sex groups, I was wondering why she was having such a hard time doing so. I wonder how many others make the same sort of mistake.
Heading towards a world of quality software? Where do you see that? OpenSource software, of course, but we are still a minority.
Besides, it's not just the software quality, it's the business practices.
Actually, last night on his radio show Art Bell took some credit for it. Maybe it was very similiar to the /. effect.