Did you read the article? MS vendor license pro-hibits andy other os on the computers they sell other Than Microsofts. Be was already in talks with compaq, Dell, CompUSA and other about a dual boot with windows. Upon further inspection with the MS license they relized they couldn't do.
THis is why you never ever see any computer sold with a dual boot one being windows and the other not. If this law suit is sucessful it might me great things, such that computer stores will be able sell linux and other OS's along the side of Windows and MS won't be able to do a damn thing a bout it.
And yes, This is what hurt Be OS. Microsoft. This is why they don't have "Mind Share" its all becuase of Microsoft.
The reason why Linux is succesfull is because it doesn't play by the normal economy rules. Not because it marketed itself better than Be.
Hey I just wrote a Perl script that automatically posts The famous beowulf cluster joke on/. for every new article submitted. Let me know if you want it.
ok with that, is China truly a Communist country? They say they are, everyone else says they are... but I honestly don't think its possible for a country to be totally and completely Communist. And I don't think China is totally and completely Communist.
Yes the government has much control, but they still have to listen and get pressured by there own people, and their gov. can't exactly go around and piss all the other country's off (hense the submission to the WTO, and request for hosting the Olympics). So it seems like there doing ok to me, I say let them be, there grip is obvously not as tight as it used to be as they want and need to function with the rest of this world.
..and we just say we're a company that pretty much can do anything of a software nature that we set our mind to. - Ballmer. from the zdnet article at:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-830351.html on windows security.
hmmm, so if they can do anything with software they should be able to make a stripped down version of Windows.
Your comment reminds me of the Simpsons. When Lisa buys a book written buy Al Gore, and as soon as its scanned the info goe's stieght to the gov. And somebody runs in and says "AL! someone has bought your book!". -thats rich.
Yeah, what up? what the hell does buying on Amazon.com have to do with anything. Why should I be worried about that? Piss off I say, I trust Amazon more than a ton of other companies out their with my personal info. I have not recieved one bit of spam from amazon. Amazon is customer centric company meanging they will do anything not to piss of their customers.
I personaly blame that Malcom in the middle fucker.
That little unfunny brat is in everything. Someone is putting to much money behind him. I can't watch fox for 5 minutes with out seeing his inoying face.
ugghh, they need to take malcom in the middle out of the middle of the linke up.
Why does this make Sun on the "right track now"?
I guess I felt they where on the "right track" when they purchased "Star Office" and released the code. That seems like a bigger deal to me than the new stuff their doing now.
Do you other/.er's feel that Sun is finally on the right track now? I think its good in a lot of ways that/. really keeps on eye on the big companies, but sometimes I feel like everyone is trying to be hard on them just for the sake of being hard on them.
But wait, If the police officer has his pda or what ever to automaticaly take by p2p from yours, that makes him part of the crime and it is illegal for him to give you a ticket or court order unless their was a witness to the crime that had no part in it.
This is the same rule that goes with trafic laws. for example. At a 4-way stop you are suppose to let the person on the right of you go first (if you reach the stop at the same time). Now if it was a cop to the right of you, and he does not budge, so than you start to go. If that cop pulls you over, he is not allowed to give you a ticket because he did not witness the crime from a third party, he particapted in it.
Unfortunetly, that girl in the picture didn't take the Red pill. Look at her so happy using morpheus. Little does she know I AM IN HER COMPUTER! I AM INVADING HER PRIVACY RIGHT NOW!! mmmmm yeah.
Yes, in many ways you are right. They are a catalog company, however I still be believe they are a tech company as well. It is possible to be both.
Show me another catalog company who can keep track of all your online shopping friends to see what they just purchased, or to remind you that there birthday is coming up (which shows you there whish list), or can tell you what the most popular dvd is in your favorite city/company, or that can give you instant recomandations based on what you just browesed.
I doubt you've even purchased anything from Amazon.com, because if you'd have I think you would quickly back out of saying its just a catalog company.
Remind me not to invite this guy to my next party. Man what a pooper. Yes, retailing is seasonal.. it seems like a ton of you are just figuring that out this year. So first quater in 2002 won't be as good as the 4th quater last year, but that's ok. If Amazon improves in the 1st quater this year compared to last (which they will) than yes I consider that succesful, and you know what it will get better.
So what if the "current" user base moves. What if aol start dumping free linux cd's like they did with there dial up? Would there be a ton of regular people (grandma, dad and mom) using linux as their os? That's pretty fucking bad ass. This give a chance for Linux to be on the desktop and if you don't like aol well like you said there's Mandrake, Debian, and Suse.
Plus even if aol owns Redhat its still linux, they can't change that, they can't ever change that. Sure they will make it look they way the want and put what software they want on it but so what, take it off you don't like it.
I just don't think this hacker convention will be as fun as some other dna events NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS
Seriously, I think its cool that they are not even going to bother with Digital Right Mangement and the hole political aspect of p2p. Just concentrate on the programs and users.
This article is about MS owning 3d pattents that can damage open OpenGL. So are you saying (in your opinion) that its cool that MS might be trying to squash the comptition becasue DirectX is better?
You know what though, when Sony does completely make a digital hub (ps3 you say) it will be done right.
I think there smart not to put to many features onto the ps2. DVD and gameplay is perfect for 2000 to 2004/5. If Sony had added other features that just turned out to be a waste (being the consumer didn't need/want it), they would be looking pretty lame plus wasted a lot of cash. Now they get to see if the linux hardrive does well or not and see what people like before the ps3 is out.
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Did you read the article? MS vendor license pro-hibits andy other os on the computers they sell other Than Microsofts. Be was already in talks with compaq, Dell, CompUSA and other about a dual boot with windows. Upon further inspection with the MS license they relized they couldn't do.
THis is why you never ever see any computer sold with a dual boot one being windows and the other not. If this law suit is sucessful it might me great things, such that computer stores will be able sell linux and other OS's along the side of Windows and MS won't be able to do a damn thing a bout it.
And yes, This is what hurt Be OS. Microsoft. This is why they don't have "Mind Share" its all becuase of Microsoft.
The reason why Linux is succesfull is because it doesn't play by the normal economy rules. Not because it marketed itself better than Be.
Hey I just wrote a Perl script that automatically posts The famous beowulf cluster joke on /. for every new article submitted. Let me know if you want it.
ok with that, is China truly a Communist country? They say they are, everyone else says they are... but I honestly don't think its possible for a country to be totally and completely Communist. And I don't think China is totally and completely Communist.
Yes the government has much control, but they still have to listen and get pressured by there own people, and their gov. can't exactly go around and piss all the other country's off (hense the submission to the WTO, and request for hosting the Olympics). So it seems like there doing ok to me, I say let them be, there grip is obvously not as tight as it used to be as they want and need to function with the rest of this world.
Actually I couldn't believe it passed the Willennium
They should also add emails that start with
:-)
"Hi all, sorry for the spam..."
give that one a 5!
..and we just say we're a company that pretty much can do anything of a software nature that we set our mind to. - Ballmer. from the zdnet article at:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-830351.html on windows security.
hmmm, so if they can do anything with software they should be able to make a stripped down version of Windows.
Your comment reminds me of the Simpsons. When Lisa buys a book written buy Al Gore, and as soon as its scanned the info goe's stieght to the gov. And somebody runs in and says "AL! someone has bought your book!". -thats rich.
Yeah, what up? what the hell does buying on Amazon.com have to do with anything. Why should I be worried about that? Piss off I say, I trust Amazon more than a ton of other companies out their with my personal info. I have not recieved one bit of spam from amazon. Amazon is customer centric company meanging they will do anything not to piss of their customers.
You want to talk about a time burgler!
I personaly blame that Malcom in the middle fucker.
That little unfunny brat is in everything. Someone is putting to much money behind him. I can't watch fox for 5 minutes with out seeing his inoying face.
ugghh, they need to take malcom in the middle out of the middle of the linke up.
I think that was Hollywood that made that perdiction. "Look he's scanning through star charts!"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YTYJ/ qid=1013201247/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/
I actually just light mine on fire. It just makes sense, than once the fire catches to the cords I know I'm secure.
Very true,
/.er's feel that Sun is finally on the right track now? I think its good in a lot of ways that /. really keeps on eye on the big companies, but sometimes I feel like everyone is trying to be hard on them just for the sake of being hard on them.
Why does this make Sun on the "right track now"?
I guess I felt they where on the "right track" when they purchased "Star Office" and released the code. That seems like a bigger deal to me than the new stuff their doing now.
Do you other
But wait, If the police officer has his pda or what ever to automaticaly take by p2p from yours, that makes him part of the crime and it is illegal for him to give you a ticket or court order unless their was a witness to the crime that had no part in it.
This is the same rule that goes with trafic laws. for example. At a 4-way stop you are suppose to let the person on the right of you go first (if you reach the stop at the same time). Now if it was a cop to the right of you, and he does not budge, so than you start to go. If that cop pulls you over, he is not allowed to give you a ticket because he did not witness the crime from a third party, he particapted in it.
Yeah, I don't understand this.
This is what I'm imagining... Lots of people carry around Pocket P2P devices hidden in their car, backpack, purse, pocket, handglider, whatever.
Why do I have to hide it? Am I supose to be ashamed of it?
Unfortunetly, that girl in the picture didn't take the Red pill. Look at her so happy using morpheus. Little does she know I AM IN HER COMPUTER! I AM INVADING HER PRIVACY RIGHT NOW!! mmmmm yeah.
Get a cute cudely kitten (mee-yeow) delivered right to your door - overnight.
I don't know what scares me more the 15Mb pdf file or the elevator to outer space.
Yes, in many ways you are right. They are a catalog company, however I still be believe they are a tech company as well. It is possible to be both.
Show me another catalog company who can keep track of all your online shopping friends to see what they just purchased, or to remind you that there birthday is coming up (which shows you there whish list), or can tell you what the most popular dvd is in your favorite city/company, or that can give you instant recomandations based on what you just browesed.
I doubt you've even purchased anything from Amazon.com, because if you'd have I think you would quickly back out of saying its just a catalog company.
Remind me not to invite this guy to my next party. Man what a pooper. Yes, retailing is seasonal.. it seems like a ton of you are just figuring that out this year. So first quater in 2002 won't be as good as the 4th quater last year, but that's ok. If Amazon improves in the 1st quater this year compared to last (which they will) than yes I consider that succesful, and you know what it will get better.
and even if there are security issues... don't worry about it.
Sorry, I'm just taking the Cheech and Chong aproach on this.
So what if the "current" user base moves. What if aol start dumping free linux cd's like they did with there dial up? Would there be a ton of regular people (grandma, dad and mom) using linux as their os? That's pretty fucking bad ass. This give a chance for Linux to be on the desktop and if you don't like aol well like you said there's Mandrake, Debian, and Suse.
Plus even if aol owns Redhat its still linux, they can't change that, they can't ever change that. Sure they will make it look they way the want and put what software they want on it but so what, take it off you don't like it.
I just don't think this hacker convention will be as fun as some other dna events NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS
Seriously, I think its cool that they are not even going to bother with Digital Right Mangement and the hole political aspect of p2p. Just concentrate on the programs and users.
This article is about MS owning 3d pattents that can damage open OpenGL. So are you saying (in your opinion) that its cool that MS might be trying to squash the comptition becasue DirectX is better?
You know what though, when Sony does completely make a digital hub (ps3 you say) it will be done right.
I think there smart not to put to many features onto the ps2. DVD and gameplay is perfect for 2000 to 2004/5. If Sony had added other features that just turned out to be a waste (being the consumer didn't need/want it), they would be looking pretty lame plus wasted a lot of cash. Now they get to see if the linux hardrive does well or not and see what people like before the ps3 is out.
Its about timing and Sony has it and MS does not.