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  1. Maybe he's on to something on Microsoft's Chief Exec For Latin America Says 'Open' Means 'Incompetent' · · Score: 5, Funny
  2. Re:Open source on SugarCRM 6 Released, But Is It Open Source? · · Score: 1

    You are completely incorrect in regards to what Centos is doing and how they do it. Red Hat makes their source code to Enterprise linux versions availabel to anyone. The only things not open source are their trademarks and images. Download yourself if you like. http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/ As for the GPL well version 3 has a section that clarifies this 10. Automatic Licensing of Downstream Recipients. Even under GPL 2 the hassle involved in trying to avoid making your source generally available is more hassle then it's worth as there is simply no way to prevent your source code from becoming generally available.

  3. Re:Things Mature on Firefox Is Lagging Behind, Its Co-Founder Says · · Score: 1

    He did say fully featured. None of those are fully featured in chrome as of yet and currently most of them can't be made fully featured.

  4. Re:Got it on CRTC Approves Usage Based Billing In Canada · · Score: 1

    Their increasing profitability even during a recession would provide the evidence. Also in the article Mr. Hobbs NEVER says they are concerned about future profitability. He says the are analyzing trends and concerned about "fairness" So long story short, Hobbs completely supports my argument, and you have to put words in his mouth to attempt to support your argument.

  5. Re:How Cheap? on Most File Sharers Would Pay For Legal Downloads · · Score: 1

    Exactly. All the discussions about TV are only relevant if you ignore the fact the Cooperative time-shifting is cheap and easy.

  6. Re:Got it on CRTC Approves Usage Based Billing In Canada · · Score: 2, Informative

    The major ISP's seem to disagree with you. Time Warner's COO Landel Hobbs has said himself that heavy users pose no threat to their profits. "If you are getting feedback that there is an immediate problem, nothing could be further from the truth," http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/time-warner-cable-profits-on-broadband-are-great-and-will-grow-because-of-caps/ Time Warner just reported a 30% increase in earnings http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704302304575213750225569156.html On top of that their bandwidth costs have been steadily decreasing. Seems pretty viable to me

  7. Re:Extensions on A Mixed Review For Google Chrome On Linux · · Score: 1

    A good place to start is the problematic extensions page http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

  8. Re:Why doesn't Miguel just go to work for Microsof on All GPLed Code Removed From MonoDevelop · · Score: 2, Informative

    I keep hearing these kind of arguments but reality shows us that contrary to these claims that use of GPL code is growing. The fact is that companies are used to licensing code and complying with the GPL is trivial compared with many of the other licensing steps that the average company has to comply with.

  9. Re:Innovation! on The Last GM Big-Block V-8 Rolls Off the Line · · Score: 1

    Correct, not about displacement. Big blocks have a greater distance between the cylinders.

  10. Re:Innovation! on The Last GM Big-Block V-8 Rolls Off the Line · · Score: 1

    It's a small block

  11. Re:Lost mail? on Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released · · Score: 1

    And if you scratch under the surface there are many more where that came from. Like a bug where Thunderbird wouldn't respect the users preferences in regards to the default text choice in filters. Meaning Thunderbird can not filter forward a mail in plain text. The bug was open for years and only recently was it even addressed.

  12. Re:Or, if we are about the open source, on Psystar's Rebel EFI Hackintosh Tool Reviewed, Found Wanting · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah damn those Compaq guys...err Psystar

  13. Re:Not defective by design on Apple Wants Patents For Crippling Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Allowing any and all devices to run willy nilly on the network would be certain death, even for the best-laid network.

    That's the same thing AT&T said to Carterphone back in the day. The more things change...

  14. Re:Offer the Ebook for free. on What Can I Do About Book Pirates? · · Score: 1

    And here is what the author thinks of updating taken from his own blog "I can't justify putting any time into creating another draft unless I'm going to earn something back." http://www.wayner.org/node/55 I'd say this fits exactly the phrase, "Publish or perish." The author in this case has clearly chosen to perish.

  15. Follow the money find a shill on Think-Tank Warns of Internet "Brownouts" Starting Next Year · · Score: 1

    Nermetes Research is nothing more than an ISP funded thinktank. So the results they've come up with took no study. So let's follow the cash trail Nermetes Research http://internetinnovation.org/community/members http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/suckered-by-astroturf_b_73483.html

  16. Re:why would a computer "jitter and freeze" on Think-Tank Warns of Internet "Brownouts" Starting Next Year · · Score: 5, Insightful
  17. Re:They can either do it openly or covertly on Time Warner Broadband Cap Trial Rescheduled In Texas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All the evidence I've seen shows that d.) is entirely possible. Time Warner Cable has been making large profits already with the current system and their is no evidence that there is a bandwidth crunch. In fact all the evidence points to bandwidth caps having little or nothing to do with network management and everything to do with a cash grab. Best of all the COO of Time Warner Cable Lendell Hobbs agrees with me. "Mr. Hobbs tried to strike a balance, saying that while the company is concerned about the cost to maintain its broadband network, investors should not be worried. He said it was "absolutely not" true that Time Warner's profits were being squeezed by the cost of heavy broadband users. "If you are getting feedback that there is an immediate problem, nothing could be further from the truth," he said." http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/time-warner-cable-profits-on-broadband-are-great-and-will-grow-because-of-caps/

  18. Re:Uninstall what you don't want from Windows too on Is Microsoft Improving Its Image? · · Score: 1

    IE isn't necessary for FTP. The FTP command works just fine.

  19. Nothing to see here on Opera Mini Not Rejected From iPhone (Yet) · · Score: 1

    Speculative story with no facts shoots down throw away quote in blog. yawn

  20. Jumped the shark on 10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA Is the Law That "Saved the Web" · · Score: 1

    I know Wired has long since jumped the shark, but with this one they landed in the tank.

  21. Re:Audible will never accept this on Chronicling the Failures of DRM · · Score: 1

    Yeah Baen has really done it right. And their free program lead directly to me making purchases from them. In fact the only digital book purchases I have ever made.

  22. CherryOS? on $250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer · · Score: 1

    I would recommend they name the OS something other than CherryOS

  23. Re:Are you sure? on AVG Backs Down From Flooding the Internet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They weren't an optional part of the install unless you used avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch As far as I could tell even selecting custom installation in the default didn't give you an easy way to disable link scanner. Disabling it from the AVG menu didn't actually stop link scanner from loading and running in the background. It also had the side affect of putting up a warning icon and a messages that said your computer may be unsafe or some such nonsense. In this case I think a bit of condemnation towards AVG was richly deserved and hardly a knee jerk reaction. And actually they did try to crash the internet. That's what the uproar was all about.

  24. Re:NX on Persistent Terminals For a Dedicated Computing Box? · · Score: 1

    In my experience NX has always blown away VNC in performance. VNC isn't in the same league performance wise.

  25. Re:Other forms of payment on Blizzard Announces Diablo 3 · · Score: 1

    Come on mods Why is this modded troll. The parent has concisely given the other side of the story with Blizzard.