There's a couple points that I wanted to briefly cover:
1. Steve and Woz knew exactly what they were doing when they named their company 'Apple Computer'... Jobs was such a huge Beatles fan, even back then, that it was considered an homage to them.
2. We have no clue what the original settlement agreement between Apple Computer and Apple Corps said, so to speculate is fortuitous...
So, that being said, I'll do a little speculation myself...;)
It's my hunch that the original settlement agreement was so vague, that Apple intentionally thwarted it to get the terms 'fleshed out' or re-written.
Look at it this way... they enter the music business, get sued by Apple Corps, and hammer out 'another' settlement agreement that is much more specific (and accommodating) than the current one, and then pay Apple Corps a few bucks for their trouble.
Or, Apple foregoes another settlement, and lets the court decide the meaning of 'music business' (taking their chances)... hoping that the term will be vague enough to give them some wriggle room.
It looks like a win-win situation to me... at most they're out a few million, which they will recoup with their iPod sales, and at best they win their court case and can continue to do business as usual. I find it unlikely that Apple Corps would require them to take down iTMS... most likely Yoko^H^H^H^H they will just demand some royalties.
In hindsight it looks like a good calculated risk to me... they pretty much have the #1 Music Player and the #1 Online Music Store... neither of which would have come to fruition had they stayed completely away from music as the original agreement is purported to read.
The reason for the troops had nothing to do with any sort of 'obligation' between 'friends'...
The fact is that all trains in those days carried a mail sorting/delivery car, not only as a cog in the nation's mail system, but also to avert the threat of a strike...
With the mail cars attached, a strike against the railroad line would also be a strike against the Federal government, which would qualify the use of Federal troops (a good mind-bender for those railroad workers, eh?)
After all, the mail can't be late...:)
That was the reason the Federal troops were called in... to break the strike and get the mail cars rolling again... you are correct on all other accounts though, sir.:D
Lindows was just trying to get a free ride on the settlement's coattails.
The letter of the settlement said that all claims must be submitted by the original purchasing party (not an intermediary like Lindows) and each claim must also must be signed by the original purchasing party (electronic signatures don't count).
It's my hope that Lindows does the right thing and notifies all parties that submitted a claim through them that their claim was rejected... at least that way the 'injured' parties still have time for recourse (of course 90% of those claims were probably from Slashdot readers... who are now notified;P ).
I don't know about you, but when I click that link it takes me to a GIMP order form where I'm led to believe that you have to pay money to use the GIMP on a Mac.
"...a consortium of Australian investors tried to buy one of each possible combination for such a lottery......they only got about half what they wanted, but still won most of the prizes, including all the big ones..."
This reminds me of Laslo, the guy who lives in Val Kilmer's closet in the movie "Real Genius"...
I think it's becoming more apparent that SCO wants to see this go to court. I'm pretty sure that they've figured out nobody's going to buy them, so they're onto plan B.
I think their reasoning is that if they can invalidate the GPL, they can somehow gain some sort of ownership of the conglomeration of code. I've seen people make reference that this is a double-edged sword for SCO, because they're in violation of either the GPL or general Copyright Law whichever way it goes, but is there a way that they could gain ownership of it should the GPL be found invalid? I mean, could they claim that since the code was released under a 'bogus' license it's effectively 'public domain'?
I mean, judging by Darl's open (ironic wording) letter he not only thinks he has the DMCA and Copyright Law on his side, but also Supreme Court Decisions and the U.S. Constitution itself...
I truly think the man is delusional enough that it'll take a court of law to smack him back into reality, but by then he'll have had his 4 profitable quarters and his fat bonus... so why should he care? It's also a good time to be a corporate crook... they seem to be getting off easy these days...
The main reason people do this is so they don't have to pay ebay as much in closing fees.
Ebay charges a percentage based on the final auction price, but not the shipping cost, so what people do is create a huge shipping fee, realizing that most people will figure this into their final bid price, resulting in a smaller closing cost.
It's kinda shyster-ish, but a lot of people do it... I saw one auction where some guy was selling electronic guitars for $.99 with $275 in shipping fees.
Of course he got his auctions pulled, but many, many more don't.
It's pretty easy to espouse this as 'illegal' activity when you're enlightened to the legality of filesharing, but lets try to not lump the general public in with Slashdot readers, eh?
There's a league of difference between the two species.:p
I also fail to see how Sharman networks should be absolved from all responsibility... their terms of service remind me of the old Hotline disclaimers... "I know I'm breaking the law, but since I have this little neat-o disclaimer up here saying I have no control over the content, and that law enforcement aren't allowed, I'll be safe from prosecution"
IMO there wouldn't be any purchasers of Kazaa if there weren't copyrighted material to be had for the taking... it's a skewed business model that benefits Sharman at the expense of its users.
Apple is strangling Firewire adoption (IEEE 1394) with patent royalty fees.
This is the oldest myth in the book, and one of the most oft repeated I see. While Apple helped develop the FireWire spec, it doesn't collect all the licensing fees. The licensing fees go to the IEEE1394 consortium (of which Apple's a member) and it's the consortium that decides the division of the licensing monies on a patent-by-patent basis. Also, I wouldn't say that.25 per unit is 'strangling' the adoption rate.
I'm from California, so I may be a bit biased, but am I really supposed to feel bad for a single town's economy (which was based on a 'single' source), when it prevented the entire U.S. economy from tanking further?
The GSP of California is only bested by the entire GNP of the United States... any economic calamity felt in California will ripple out to the rest of the U.S. before too long.
I can't believe that people still blame Californians for Enron's mess (who do you think owned the transmission lines that carried California's electricity, and charged a huge amount for using them), when Californians, per-capita, use less electricity than 49 out of the 50 states (only Rhode Island citizens use less).
I guess it's just easier to point fingers when an artificial local economy goes belly up to keep the U.S. out of a massive recession (which would probably result in the aluminum plant closure regardless).
Cheers.
graffix
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I think this is just their way of saying it'll work on the second-gen TiBooks that have only 16MB of Mobile Radeon VRAM.
This really pisses me off... I have a 1-year-old iBook that is already potentially obsolete as far as OSX is concerned if I want 'full' functionality... my iBook actually won't even be a year old til the 30th or so of this month, yet less than a year later it's nice to know that 'new OSX technologies' won't be working on my box.
Way to go Apple...
Signed, A long-time, yet suddenly very disgusted, Mac User.
Unfortunately, the seller only accepted either Cashiers Checks or Money Orders, and nothing else. Both of those forms of payment are easily cashable without waiting for clearance because the money has already been posted in advance of the check being drawn.
Usually you only have recourse after the Check/Order has been cashed, AFAIK, there's no way to stop payment on either of those beforehand.
Are they upset simply because Microsoft beat them to the punch with the same business model? Kodak is trying to use their software to steer customers to use their products. Microsoft is trying to use their softwarwe to steer customers to use their products. What the heck is the difference?
Well, the difference is Kodak worked closely with MicroSoft for over a year to develop the Digital Camera communication standard that would allow universal recognition of Digital Cameras connected to a Windows-based PC, so MicroSoft knew what Kodak's intentions were...
Kodak then finds out it is difficult or near impossible to get their software to launch in place of MicroSoft's Digital Camera software (at least at the time), and also discovers that MicroSoft is entering a competing market, and charging their competitors to be listed as print shops...
Kodak has a right to be upset... MicroSoft is cutting their market right out from under them... Kodak sees the writing on the wall and they realize that filmless cameras are the future... they're trying to make an integrated package that is both good for their business as well as the consumer.
I mean... nobody seems to complain that 99% of the current photos are printed on Kodak paper, and probably 50% of them are developed at a Kodak-compatible photo lab, but suddenly they want a piece of the online market and they're evil?
If you can't see what's going on here, I won't bother to explain further...
Or for those of you that aren't as inclined to spend a few hours reading this book (and also like your entertainment 'visual'), there is a movie 'loosely' based on the novel, called 'Instinct'. It starts Anthony Hopkins and Cuba Gooding Jr., and really isn't too bad of a movie (though it definitely doesn't do the book justice).
I also recommend reading Ishmael, because it touches on a lot of the human condition and explains the illusion that we've all come to live and accept as the truth. My psych professor required this in a class I had, and it has forever changed my attitude toward Western Civilization. Especially in the world off technology we all live in, it's a refreshing perspective shift.
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There's a couple points that I wanted to briefly cover:
;)
1. Steve and Woz knew exactly what they were doing when they named their company 'Apple Computer'... Jobs was such a huge Beatles fan, even back then, that it was considered an homage to them.
2. We have no clue what the original settlement agreement between Apple Computer and Apple Corps said, so to speculate is fortuitous...
So, that being said, I'll do a little speculation myself...
It's my hunch that the original settlement agreement was so vague, that Apple intentionally thwarted it to get the terms 'fleshed out' or re-written.
Look at it this way... they enter the music business, get sued by Apple Corps, and hammer out 'another' settlement agreement that is much more specific (and accommodating) than the current one, and then pay Apple Corps a few bucks for their trouble.
Or, Apple foregoes another settlement, and lets the court decide the meaning of 'music business' (taking their chances)... hoping that the term will be vague enough to give them some wriggle room.
It looks like a win-win situation to me... at most they're out a few million, which they will recoup with their iPod sales, and at best they win their court case and can continue to do business as usual. I find it unlikely that Apple Corps would require them to take down iTMS... most likely Yoko^H^H^H^H they will just demand some royalties.
In hindsight it looks like a good calculated risk to me... they pretty much have the #1 Music Player and the #1 Online Music Store... neither of which would have come to fruition had they stayed completely away from music as the original agreement is purported to read.
after all, domesticated animals have been 'genetically engineered' for years... although through old-world methods such as selective breeding.
Yeesh... where do you draw the line?
The reason for the troops had nothing to do with any sort of 'obligation' between 'friends'...
:)
:D
The fact is that all trains in those days carried a mail sorting/delivery car, not only as a cog in the nation's mail system, but also to avert the threat of a strike...
With the mail cars attached, a strike against the railroad line would also be a strike against the Federal government, which would qualify the use of Federal troops (a good mind-bender for those railroad workers, eh?)
After all, the mail can't be late...
That was the reason the Federal troops were called in... to break the strike and get the mail cars rolling again... you are correct on all other accounts though, sir.
g
Lindows was just trying to get a free ride on the settlement's coattails.
;P ).
The letter of the settlement said that all claims must be submitted by the original purchasing party (not an intermediary like Lindows) and each claim must also must be signed by the original purchasing party (electronic signatures don't count).
It's my hope that Lindows does the right thing and notifies all parties that submitted a claim through them that their claim was rejected... at least that way the 'injured' parties still have time for recourse (of course 90% of those claims were probably from Slashdot readers... who are now notified
Thanks AC...
:)
I saw that when I browsed the page, but I guess I was expecting more from a 'screenshot' than the tools palette.
What screenshot?
I don't know about you, but when I click that link it takes me to a GIMP order form where I'm led to believe that you have to pay money to use the GIMP on a Mac.
"...a consortium of Australian investors tried to buy one of each possible combination for such a lottery... ...they only got about half what they wanted, but still won most of the prizes, including all the big ones..."
This reminds me of Laslo, the guy who lives in Val Kilmer's closet in the movie "Real Genius"...
I think it's becoming more apparent that SCO wants to see this go to court. I'm pretty sure that they've figured out nobody's going to buy them, so they're onto plan B.
I think their reasoning is that if they can invalidate the GPL, they can somehow gain some sort of ownership of the conglomeration of code. I've seen people make reference that this is a double-edged sword for SCO, because they're in violation of either the GPL or general Copyright Law whichever way it goes, but is there a way that they could gain ownership of it should the GPL be found invalid? I mean, could they claim that since the code was released under a 'bogus' license it's effectively 'public domain'?
I mean, judging by Darl's open (ironic wording) letter he not only thinks he has the DMCA and Copyright Law on his side, but also Supreme Court Decisions and the U.S. Constitution itself...
I truly think the man is delusional enough that it'll take a court of law to smack him back into reality, but by then he'll have had his 4 profitable quarters and his fat bonus... so why should he care? It's also a good time to be a corporate crook... they seem to be getting off easy these days...
The main reason people do this is so they don't have to pay ebay as much in closing fees.
Ebay charges a percentage based on the final auction price, but not the shipping cost, so what people do is create a huge shipping fee, realizing that most people will figure this into their final bid price, resulting in a smaller closing cost.
It's kinda shyster-ish, but a lot of people do it... I saw one auction where some guy was selling electronic guitars for $.99 with $275 in shipping fees.
Of course he got his auctions pulled, but many, many more don't.
Uh... you forgot to attach a dollar value to that feature request.
And judging by your score it looks like your prom-dates panties stayed up. :p
of this story I suspected it was going to be a book about the life and times of Steven P. Jobs.
There's a league of difference between the two species. :p
I also fail to see how Sharman networks should be absolved from all responsibility... their terms of service remind me of the old Hotline disclaimers... "I know I'm breaking the law, but since I have this little neat-o disclaimer up here saying I have no control over the content, and that law enforcement aren't allowed, I'll be safe from prosecution"
IMO there wouldn't be any purchasers of Kazaa if there weren't copyrighted material to be had for the taking... it's a skewed business model that benefits Sharman at the expense of its users.
This is the oldest myth in the book, and one of the most oft repeated I see. .25 per unit is 'strangling' the adoption rate.
While Apple helped develop the FireWire spec, it doesn't collect all the licensing fees. The licensing fees go to the IEEE1394 consortium (of which Apple's a member) and it's the consortium that decides the division of the licensing monies on a patent-by-patent basis.
Also, I wouldn't say that
I'm from California, so I may be a bit biased, but am I really supposed to feel bad for a single town's economy (which was based on a 'single' source), when it prevented the entire U.S. economy from tanking further?
The GSP of California is only bested by the entire GNP of the United States... any economic calamity felt in California will ripple out to the rest of the U.S. before too long.
I can't believe that people still blame Californians for Enron's mess (who do you think owned the transmission lines that carried California's electricity, and charged a huge amount for using them), when Californians, per-capita, use less electricity than 49 out of the 50 states (only Rhode Island citizens use less).
I guess it's just easier to point fingers when an artificial local economy goes belly up to keep the U.S. out of a massive recession (which would probably result in the aluminum plant closure regardless).
Cheers.
graffix
This really pisses me off... I have a 1-year-old iBook that is already potentially obsolete as far as OSX is concerned if I want 'full' functionality... my iBook actually won't even be a year old til the 30th or so of this month, yet less than a year later it's nice to know that 'new OSX technologies' won't be working on my box.
Way to go Apple...
Signed, A long-time, yet suddenly very disgusted, Mac User.
Unfortunately, the seller only accepted either Cashiers Checks or Money Orders, and nothing else. Both of those forms of payment are easily cashable without waiting for clearance because the money has already been posted in advance of the check being drawn.
Usually you only have recourse after the Check/Order has been cashed, AFAIK, there's no way to stop payment on either of those beforehand.
Well, the difference is Kodak worked closely with MicroSoft for over a year to develop the Digital Camera communication standard that would allow universal recognition of Digital Cameras connected to a Windows-based PC, so MicroSoft knew what Kodak's intentions were...
Kodak then finds out it is difficult or near impossible to get their software to launch in place of MicroSoft's Digital Camera software (at least at the time), and also discovers that MicroSoft is entering a competing market, and charging their competitors to be listed as print shops...
Kodak has a right to be upset... MicroSoft is cutting their market right out from under them... Kodak sees the writing on the wall and they realize that filmless cameras are the future... they're trying to make an integrated package that is both good for their business as well as the consumer.
I mean... nobody seems to complain that 99% of the current photos are printed on Kodak paper, and probably 50% of them are developed at a Kodak-compatible photo lab, but suddenly they want a piece of the online market and they're evil?
If you can't see what's going on here, I won't bother to explain further...
gj
I also recommend reading Ishmael, because it touches on a lot of the human condition and explains the illusion that we've all come to live and accept as the truth. My psych professor required this in a class I had, and it has forever changed my attitude toward Western Civilization. Especially in the world off technology we all live in, it's a refreshing perspective shift.