After reading the article the title should probably read Microsoft to Buy Rational or Borland since the plan sounds like if they can't nix IBM getting Rational, they'll try to buy Borland so that they have some sort of counterbalance.
Hey, more power to him. I have no problem with his strongly held views, but he certainly shouldn't be confused with someone handing out daisies in an airport.
I agree with Norman's opinion that greatness is inspired by a single man's vision. Stallman certainly didn't achieve what he has by waiting for a consensus.
BTW, overly sensative devoted followers would also be a part of the MO.
>... GNU/Hurd, Hmm... Intolerant of other viewpoints. Desire to shape the world into his own vision. Love the guy to death, but Stallman sure gives off tyrannical vibes to me.
Yet another poorly implemented standard that I will have build/debug for. I wonder what super dooper features Microsoft will add on to give it for extra bonus fun? Happy Happy, Joy Joy!
There was this period when I was working for a startup before we had an office. I had a nice fat laptop and did almost all of my work at this Irish style pub in Albany. Black and Tan; good Churchill cigar; it was heaven. Even the meetings I had there were fun.
Then they got an office in downtown SF. Suddenly it was nothing but pure headaches. The only way I could get anything done was to pull all-nighters.
I'm so grateful for Star Office cause now everyone can generate Power Point presentations. Yeah! The only thing missing was him reading each slide in a monotone to get the full effect.
The key threat from Internet Explorer isn't as a stand-alone browser, but as a component that can be used in other applications. Providing developers with a simple means of including a powerful web component into their applications has been a huge advantage to Microsoft in terms of promoting their development tools which in turn promotes their operating system monopoly.
Microsoft has been developing this strategy in application development long before Netscape existed, being the primary method that they used to promote Microsoft's Office "Suite" over more popular applications such as Word Perfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
I, for one, am very please to see the Mozilla group taking a long-term, strategic approach to this as opposed to building an application which just fits the short term requirements of a "web browser". The fact that groups are already selling applications based upon the Mozilla codebase is a testament to Mozilla's open-source development model. Sure, it's just a beginning, but compared to what Microsoft had to offer not that long ago, it is amazing. Building a functional, open-source alternative to Microsoft's component model is a huge undertaking and well worth the wait.
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After reading the article the title should probably read Microsoft to Buy Rational or Borland since the plan sounds like if they can't nix IBM getting Rational, they'll try to buy Borland so that they have some sort of counterbalance.
Hey, more power to him. I have no problem with his strongly held views, but he certainly shouldn't be confused with someone handing out daisies in an airport.
I agree with Norman's opinion that greatness is inspired by a single man's vision. Stallman certainly didn't achieve what he has by waiting for a consensus.
BTW, overly sensative devoted followers would also be a part of the MO.
This is not a done deal. The groups that oppose this still have a few cards to play and I would not underestimate their skill at playing them.
>... GNU/Hurd,
Hmm... Intolerant of other viewpoints. Desire to shape the world into his own vision. Love the guy to death, but Stallman sure gives off tyrannical vibes to me.
Yet another poorly implemented standard that I will have build/debug for. I wonder what super dooper features Microsoft will add on to give it for extra bonus fun? Happy Happy, Joy Joy!
How can you compare the two? Reeves can't act his way out of a paper bag. I thought that casting Cage was a pretty interesting choice.
Please, no more PHP/MySQL books.
How is google open source?
Now if only HPQ people would get off their duffs and do the same for HP-UX.
Ya see... we can't help our competitors write code for our platform, it's a security risk.
Thus demonstrating the fact that your chances of receiving a virus are reduced immensely if noone wants to have contact with you. :-P
Thank you everybody! I'm here all week.
(Please forgive any attempts at being funny by the author.)
OH MY GOD! All these years of trying to be a safe, courteous driver and all I've really been is a door mat.
It's all up in the air until the Supreme Court rules on Eldred v. Ashcroft.
There was this period when I was working for a startup before we had an office. I had a nice fat laptop and did almost all of my work at this Irish style pub in Albany. Black and Tan; good Churchill cigar; it was heaven. Even the meetings I had there were fun.
Then they got an office in downtown SF. Suddenly it was nothing but pure headaches. The only way I could get anything done was to pull all-nighters.
At least I had that one short month.
A patent owned by a company that wasn't at the time allowed to profit from it is a long way from a Microsoft.
The difference is when the patents are owned a monopoly.
Sounds like a serious design flaw.
You only get points for "discovering" a country if you kill/enslave the native peoples and take control of the land's natural resources.
Why do pleas for sympathy coming from Michael Eisner ring hallow?
I'm so grateful for Star Office cause now everyone can generate Power Point presentations. Yeah! The only thing missing was him reading each slide in a monotone to get the full effect.
Have you ever tried to read the thing? You have to be psycho to get through it.
Microsoft has been developing this strategy in application development long before Netscape existed, being the primary method that they used to promote Microsoft's Office "Suite" over more popular applications such as Word Perfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
I, for one, am very please to see the Mozilla group taking a long-term, strategic approach to this as opposed to building an application which just fits the short term requirements of a "web browser". The fact that groups are already selling applications based upon the Mozilla codebase is a testament to Mozilla's open-source development model. Sure, it's just a beginning, but compared to what Microsoft had to offer not that long ago, it is amazing. Building a functional, open-source alternative to Microsoft's component model is a huge undertaking and well worth the wait.
Sun has been totally retarded in how they've handled their HotJava HTML Component. Guess they're worried about loosing browser marketshare to M$.
Just as there's nothing wrong with everyone goofing on them for doing it.
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