"However, I suspect that it will be anti-US and nationalistic attitudes of countries like Brazil that will bring the OSS revolution to fruition."
ItÂs not an anti-US action, it is all about trying to have the most affordable solution. Brazil is a poor country and we are currently cutting costs everywere. ItÂs better doing this by saving money with M$ licenses than saving money with education and health care. Brazil is also a large country with population about 180,000,000 distributed over an area 8,511,965 sq km (which is more than US, if you donÂt consider Alaska). I donÂt have many estimates about how many computers our government has, or how many M$ licenses per year are acquired, but I hope it will save us mony and improve our IT knowledge and skills. We are not India, but we are ready for that. After all IT local costs are low. I have a MSc and BSc degree in CS on a top brazilian university and my salary is less than U$ 15,000 per year. And I am currently unemployed, I think if our government invests in local techonology it will help our country as a whole.
"rm, no. You're wrong. Since any government is not one monolithic entity but is in fact made up of multiple agencies, making a decision like this at the top level effectively takes away choice from the individual agencies."
I think government should work as any corporation an standardize on something that cut costs that are ultimatelly subsided by us (brazilian taxpayers). The idea to standardize on free software, is a win-win solution. If we let individuals choose, they would prefer to use M$ office instead of OpenOffice just because theyÂre lazy and donÂt want any change.
But to move all apps to free software wonÂt be as easy as change clerical workers desktop computers. I know that some agencies like Federal Revenue and Customs and Social Securuty have very large and complex systems that depend on M$ and that can not be changed without hurdle. If the government really intends it will need to change the mindset of many agencies and despite of all technical persons goodwill, it would be a daughting task.
Brazil is a large poor country and should uses all itÂs resources in favor of people who needs education, a good health care system and much more. Buyng M$ licenses is a luxury we canÂt afford..
Has anyone considered that SCO incorporated Linux kernel code on their code just to cause FUD? I mean, how can they prove itÂs not the other way round? If I was the CEO of an evil failling Corp, I might consider this strategy to promote my company, get some press, etc. The question is how can they prove the code was there before?
---- ThereÂs no truth. This is the good ship lifestyle
"I am the American government. I am the Democratic party and the Republican party. I am the CEO of AOL. I am the Nation of Islam. I am an Indian worker at a cheap plant in Bangladesh."
Seems like you are schizophrenic, thatÂs what it is.
"My lab is researching quantum computing, and I don't like the fact that Windows / Visual Basic [seems to be] the preferred solution for controlling the experiments."
In related news Iraqui people found to have WMD, and I am running a nuclear plant over my Windows Pocket Edition. Sure.
1) Send your resume to a big company to an e-mail that doesnt exists 2) They loose your resume (for sure) 3) You let them choose you to give a job or sue them 4)Profit
--- Its not that I am unemployed, I just have to much spare time in my hands...
Its a pity, Sadam didnt invite her to a meeting in one of his palaces when he was still on power... Now is kind hard to find an excuse to bomb her.
--- Previously Iraq was a kind theocracy, where all the things belonged to God or their representant Sadam Hussein. Now all Iraq stuff are belong to U.S. Iraq laws should be opensource!
Here in Brazil about 15% of the cars use sugar cane alchool which energy comes from sugar cane which has absorbed solar energy and CO2 from atmosphere. Its a fact its needed large fields to plant sugar cane, but all of the mass can be used to produce some kind of energy or sugar or whatever.
Countries like Brazil, Canada, Finland which most eletric energy comes from hydropower generation (>90%) could also benefint from hidrogen based cars since we could use it to produce the energy reactions to load hidrogen cars?
I think other countries should consider nuclear energy to power their hidrogen based cars. After all, besides of the nuclear waste its clean energy and at least it doesnt add billion tons of C02 at atmosphere.
---- The petrol you burn, make it temperatures burning down here!
IMHO,share music over the Internet has the same efect as copy someone's tape of favourite songs. You wont't charge over it. Record Labels profit zilion dollars a year by simply releasing their pre-fab marked artists. I am sure they don't choose to release the best Amreican music there's around but only what they can profit. Artists recieve a very small part of it (less than 1%, it varies from country to country). I don think its a fair model. Artists should sell their own music over their websites, so they can sell cheaper and anyone would aford buying it. If buying legal becomes easy enough and cheap enough, I'd be sure piracy would halt. But the way things are being done, makes me feel I am being charged for playing someone's song on my guitar. As a matter of fact, if people still sit around and do nothing, I can be charged by it in a near future.
Every day, U.S. Congress pass new laws that restricts civil liberties and people seem not to care. Everone now shouts to follow the rules. When DMR 2010 law will require to implant a chip on the brain to monitor thoughts and evryone will say.
Can't you see Java is the default language for XML technology since its beginning?
When you think to create web services using all infrastrctute such as provided by Sun One , you think Java, not C, nor Perl.
It's necessary to have frameworks to build complex applications, unless you think its worth to start from scratch. In this case you can implement all the standards on your favourite language.
I think in MSDN CDs you still can install a Unix comapbillity layer which allows Windows 2000, XP to suport unix calls. Somewhat related to mach kernel structure. Does anyone knows more about it?
... girls seem to run away from CS courses at University. The few adventureous that take one step futher and decide to start a CS course get to scaried we us geeks and run away too. I think we should try harder to conviece then that "geeky" is sexy.
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Mormons? I really read thought it was run by morons
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"However, I suspect that it will be anti-US and nationalistic attitudes of countries like Brazil that will bring the OSS revolution to fruition."
ItÂs not an anti-US action, it is all about trying to have the most affordable solution. Brazil is a poor country and we are currently cutting costs everywere. ItÂs better doing this by saving money with M$ licenses than saving money with education and health care.
Brazil is also a large country with population about 180,000,000 distributed over an area 8,511,965 sq km (which is more than US, if you donÂt consider Alaska). I donÂt have many estimates about how many computers our government has, or how many M$ licenses per year are acquired, but I hope it will save us mony and improve our IT knowledge and skills.
We are not India, but we are ready for that. After all IT local costs are low. I have a MSc and BSc degree in CS on a top brazilian university and my salary is less than U$ 15,000 per year. And I am currently unemployed, I think if our government invests in local techonology it will help our country as a whole.
"rm, no. You're wrong. Since any government is not one monolithic entity but is in fact made up of multiple agencies, making a decision like this at the top level effectively takes away choice from the individual agencies."
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I think government should work as any corporation an standardize on something that cut costs that are ultimatelly subsided by us (brazilian taxpayers). The idea to standardize on free software, is a win-win solution. If we let individuals choose, they would prefer to use M$ office instead of OpenOffice just because theyÂre lazy and donÂt want any change.
But to move all apps to free software wonÂt be as easy as change clerical workers desktop computers.
I know that some agencies like Federal Revenue and Customs and Social Securuty have very large and complex systems that depend on M$ and that can not be changed without hurdle. If the government really intends it will need to change the mindset of many agencies and despite of all technical persons goodwill, it would be a daughting task.
HereÂs a link to brazilian e-governement projects.
Google translation
Brazil is a large poor country and should uses all itÂs resources in favor of people who needs education, a good health care system and much more. Buyng M$ licenses is a luxury we canÂt afford..
Perhaps, thatÂs explain why there are no Egyptians or Muslins in Zion.
Walking like an Egyptian...
Apple should have learnt that all the *nix are belong to SCO....
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In Soviet Russia Linus Trovalds sues SCO for GPL violations
They just found the guy who submited the code. It was an anonymous submission from some guy whose e-mail is evildoer@sco.com
Has anyone considered that SCO incorporated Linux kernel code on their code just to cause FUD? I mean, how can they prove itÂs not the other way round? If I was the CEO of an evil failling Corp, I might consider this strategy to promote my company, get some press, etc. The question is how can they prove the code was there before?
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ThereÂs no truth. This is the good ship lifestyle
"I am the American government. I am the Democratic party and the Republican party. I am the CEO of AOL. I am the Nation of Islam. I am an Indian worker at a cheap plant in Bangladesh."
Seems like you are schizophrenic, thatÂs what it is.
"My lab is researching quantum computing, and I don't like the fact that Windows / Visual Basic [seems to be] the preferred solution for controlling the experiments."
In related news Iraqui people found to have WMD, and I am running a nuclear plant over my Windows Pocket Edition. Sure.
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No my sig is not a troll.
How to get a job in post Internet-Buble Era:
1) Send your resume to a big company to an e-mail that doesnt exists
2) They loose your resume (for sure)
3) You let them choose you to give a job or sue them
4)Profit
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Its not that I am unemployed, I just have to much spare time in my hands...
Maybe its not
that cheap
Its a pity, Sadam didnt invite her to a meeting in one of his palaces when he was still on power...
Now is kind hard to find an excuse to bomb her.
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Previously Iraq was a kind theocracy, where all the things belonged to God or their representant Sadam Hussein. Now all Iraq stuff are belong to U.S. Iraq laws should be opensource!
"Sun actually can rise again!???"
Then, the next thing I hear is "All your base are belong to us"
What about google opinions about their competitors?
After the MS hostilities, you could guess it
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Someonelse patented my sig.
Here in Brazil about 15% of the cars use sugar cane alchool which energy comes from sugar cane which has absorbed solar energy and CO2 from atmosphere. Its a fact its needed large fields to plant sugar cane, but all of the mass can be used to produce some kind of energy or sugar or whatever.
Countries like Brazil, Canada, Finland which most eletric energy comes from hydropower generation (>90%) could also benefint from hidrogen based cars since we could use it to produce the energy reactions to load hidrogen cars?
I think other countries should consider nuclear energy to power their hidrogen based cars. After all, besides of the nuclear waste its clean energy and at least it doesnt add billion tons of C02 at atmosphere.
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The petrol you burn, make it temperatures burning down here!
IMHO,share music over the Internet has the same efect as copy someone's tape of favourite songs. You wont't charge over it. Record Labels profit zilion dollars a year by simply releasing their pre-fab marked artists. I am sure they don't choose to release the best Amreican music there's around but only what they can profit. Artists recieve a very small part of it (less than 1%, it varies from country to country). I don think its a fair model.
Artists should sell their own music over their websites, so they can sell cheaper and anyone would aford buying it. If buying legal becomes easy enough and cheap enough, I'd be sure piracy would halt.
But the way things are being done, makes me feel I am being charged for playing someone's song on my guitar. As a matter of fact, if people still sit around and do nothing, I can be charged by it in a near future.
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Free as a bird in the cage.
Every day, U.S. Congress pass new laws that restricts civil liberties and people seem not to care. Everone now shouts to follow the rules. When DMR 2010 law will require to implant a chip on the brain to monitor thoughts and evryone will say.
See how concerninh is the situation
Liberty Lost
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I'd vote for the othe bozo, but even with LESS votes the big bozo won.
According to
IDC Apple's Market share in July 2002 was about 3.48%. Things shouldn't have changed so much since then.
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dead since was born
I don't think so.
Can't you see Java is the default language for XML technology since its beginning?
When you think to create web services using all infrastrctute such as provided by Sun One , you think Java, not C, nor Perl.
It's necessary to have frameworks to build complex applications, unless you think its worth to start from scratch. In this case you can implement all the standards on your favourite language.
It seems that in 10 years, google will take it all due to the semantic web control over frogle, etc.
This describles the scenario.
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Google stole my mind.
Maybe theinflation of dup stories, which will prevent us from have a cashless society.
Yet another dup. When other still on the front page.
It getting worse and worse. Don't blame CmdrTako this time
Cashless society
Is this a test, or all dups are made on purpose to teste if readers pay attention
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I wish I could clone myself, so I could have as many dups as Slashdot stories
I used to send fax through fax/modem using kmode, whatever that means.
What about WinNT Mach Kernel?
I think in MSDN CDs you still can install a Unix comapbillity layer which allows Windows 2000, XP to suport unix calls. Somewhat related to mach kernel structure. Does anyone knows more about it?
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There's always more than meets the eye.
... girls seem to run away from CS courses at University. The few adventureous that take one step futher and decide to start a CS course get to scaried we us geeks and run away too. I think we should try harder to conviece then that "geeky" is sexy.