They're a press agency, selling content to newspapers, and -- tada -- web sites. Of course they're not happy about google taking what they sell, for free.
or you're activiely trying to spread despair (the feeling that one can't do anything about one's situation, an affliction the pro-patent people would love we caught)
Right. I'm on Microsoft's payroll, obviously. Well, it has taken longer than usual to get down to that level of discussion.
That's amazingly stupid and defeatist. Try "yes, the system is fucked up, so we'd better fucking well change it.".
If you want to stand up and fight, fine. But don't force others (OS developers) in.
but did the Europeans just roll over and "learn to live with it"?
Europeans are fighting a pointless battle. With globalized economy, and software patents in effect in the US, there's just no advantage in not having software patents in Europe only. Any company of more than garage size has to compete in the US, and if they don't care about patents (encouraged, again, by the "activists"), they will get sued.
well, the patent lawyers must love it - every slashdot reader is now liable for triple damages for knowing infringement if they should ever implement anything similar!
Actually, yes, as a developer your best bet is to know as little as possible about individual patents. All those "activists" are really hurting open source developers. Yes, the system is fucked up, but it's here and we better learn to live with it.
Throughout Europe, telephone service used to be state-run. All of them have noticed how bad this system was and some are still in the progress of moving away from it.
This should be kept in mind when cheering for municipal wi-fi access.
There's always such a lot of non-programming, "administrative" work
(read mails, write status updates, all the boring stuff),
that working 60 instead of 40 hours can easily double
your output, because the extra 20 hours tend to go into productive work entirely. BTDT, and for a limited time (like 6 months to a year,
before people start quitting) it does actually work.
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Just asking...
That went down in flames.
No, it didn't. For appeasement's sake, Oasis even had to start an accessibility subcommittee.
Oh, the huge manatee!
... than that of people being deployed to Iraq.
And yet, when fighting alternative models like "Intelligent Design", everyone pretends scientific findings were cast in stone.
We rather have our cities covered in 30 feet of water than care about the environment.
XUL isn't exactly lightweight either. I'd guess it brings at least as much overhead as GTK. But it does look more native, that's the point.
Has any April 1 story ever been forwarded and repeated long enough to meet next year's successor?
And for a long time so. "Audio RAM" is the euphemism.
And I thought we'd left that "if it's on the internet, anyone can use it for any purpose" crap behind at least 5 years ago...
They're a press agency, selling content to newspapers, and -- tada -- web sites. Of course they're not happy about google taking what they sell, for free.
Please don't forget we're all boycotting the evil media companies.
It's our money they spend, and it's not meant for their personal pleasure.
You mean, like this?
Still better than nothing, though.
Yes, we all know the stock markets are never wrong.
That is what's usually referred to as "breaking" a hash algorithm.
Right. I'm on Microsoft's payroll, obviously. Well, it has taken longer than usual to get down to that level of discussion.
If you want to stand up and fight, fine. But don't force others (OS developers) in.
but did the Europeans just roll over and "learn to live with it"?
Europeans are fighting a pointless battle. With globalized economy, and software patents in effect in the US, there's just no advantage in not having software patents in Europe only. Any company of more than garage size has to compete in the US, and if they don't care about patents (encouraged, again, by the "activists"), they will get sued.
Actually, yes, as a developer your best bet is to know as little as possible about individual patents. All those "activists" are really hurting open source developers. Yes, the system is fucked up, but it's here and we better learn to live with it.
Sure. Everything gets patented these days. Do we really need a separate story every time someone digs up something like this?
Are they all hoping for stock options, or are they working "for the glory"?
This should be kept in mind when cheering for municipal wi-fi access.
The obvious reply: Would you say the same if it was Microsoft?
There's always such a lot of non-programming, "administrative" work (read mails, write status updates, all the boring stuff), that working 60 instead of 40 hours can easily double your output, because the extra 20 hours tend to go into productive work entirely. BTDT, and for a limited time (like 6 months to a year, before people start quitting) it does actually work.