So for tasks where supercomputers are needed, that don't parallelize well...if you intend to run over a range of inputs, you suggest a "cluster" of supercomputers? Lets buy, say, 32 Cray X1s?
Recounts are only legal for the purpose of determining "intent". Machines are never unclear as to intent. Therefor its not legal to do a recount, as the recount can't be for the purpose of determining "intent". Thus your "exemption" is indeed prevention.
Just a thought. While MS doesn't distribute Linux (the kernel) they did use to distribute Cygwin as a Unix compatibility layer under their own brand. Would they lose that right? Do they still use Cygwin, or did they ever clean room the GNU tools?
We are concerned with all of them being truely useful. What you seem to be missing is that diversity speeds evolutionary change. Hence, there will *always* be many competing versions.
Think Linux/Mathematica in your Physics/Chem/.../Engr.ing classes. Why do calculators work? Its the form factor. This is what you want for recording lecture notes, and being able to integrate that hairy mess the prof is working on in *seconds*:-)
"Macromedia must be lying because they make Flash and we all hate Flash because someone used it for a banner ad."
No, Macromedia is either too studpidly confused as to what SVG tiny is to be believable...or they are lying. Read the article. Oh and if it were just that "someone used it for a banner ad" once upon a time on a web site no one would be upset. Its the explosion of contentless material degrading the signal/noise ratio that has people upset. Flash is too often an extreme form of this polution.
You are right that Macromedia Flash is standard, its just not a standard. Different things. Likewise MS Windows is standard, but its not a standard. Ubiquity does not a standard make.
What Macromedia does well is make tools. If only they'd drop the marketing fud and let their tools compete on quality.
Actually, they responded quick and well, and it would even work!
'The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'"
"
Renata Hesse, the Justice Department lawyer in charge of monitoring Microsoft's compliance with the agreement, told a federal judge yesterday that the government wants to look at the software, code-named Longhorn, early enough in its development so that it is not presented as a "fait accompli" that would be difficult to change."
That is to say, they don't want to be told that its already done, and this is it, and it is too late to make the changes that would allow us to be legally in compliance.
That doesn't mean that it can't be configured or customized. Rather, it means that it shouldn't be designed so that it can't be customized.
Remember how this all got started:
Eventually, federal courts determined that several of Microsoft's business practices broke antitrust laws and were designed to protect its operating-system monopoly. Although the courts found that commingling of the browser code with the operating system was anti-competitive, the deal with the Justice Department stopped short of forcing the company to decouple the programs.
Instead, the settlement gives computer makers and users the ability to mask the presence of certain Microsoft applications if they want to use or showcase competing programs. The Justice Department is particularly concerned that this mandate be followed in Longhorn."
Except that lexmark won an injunction in the ink cartridge DMCA lawsuit. Lexmark won, but it was to be appealled...anyone know about the appeal?
While it looks like the garage door opener went the right way, it too isn't really done:
"Although Skylink defeated Chamberlain on a motion for summary judgment, Chamberlain has sought to ban the import and sale of Skylink clickers into the U.S. by filing a simultaneous lawsuit against Skylink and the clicker's Chinese manufacturer in the International Trade Commission."
It is perhaps exactly because there are people who believe that *their* system isn't based on physical laws that make it hard for geeks to take them seriously.
Except you don't have to move off campus. Here at PSU we didcovered that it was cheaper to get a cable modem and a router and split the cost with dorm-mates The service was better (better up time, bandwidth, etc...)
Again, what about *non-game* 3D Modeling? Thats more likely to be OpenGL than Direct3D. I'm not aware of any Direct3D chem or physics visualization software.
I think its really an interesting question, whether most CGI shops use an enhanced GIMP. Your answer that two large shops have their own in-house solution doesn't really address the size of the CGI shop population, nor what percentage is done by the few 800 lb. gorillas. I'd suspect that only the fattest of the fat would have the cash to burn for 100% proprietary development. The utility of opensource is apparent in the collarboration of development of those who find that advancement of tools is economicly most feasable in "share" mood. Probably this is the majority, but what are the numbers? And what percentage of the total amount of CGI work annually produced to they participate in?
One of thing to consider, how innovative is the work? What has Disney done lately? Involving innovation, I mean? How innovative are the smaller shops? Hmmm...
First, agreed with grandparent that "invention is not primarily driven by a desire to make money".
But really, I take issue with "software companies are the least likely companies to last five years" being responded to with "virtually no company lasts for five years". The fact that a subset is "least" is meaningful, even if the superset is "most" of a population. Obviously there are factors to look for in the singular subset that differentiates its operational enviornment form the others.
Wrong, the purpose was to promote the Progress of the Sciences and the Arts. It was recoginized that a limited monopoly was better, with disclosure, than secrets. The purpose was *not* to protect the secrets, but rather to eliminate the secrets and promote Progress. The essential aspect is growth via secret dilution. All uses of patents to dilute the secrets of inventors is appropriate use. Any use of patents that isn't, isn't.
Agreed that Clippy is an annoyance. Also KISS is good, where the problem domain is S.
What I really prefer about OpenOffice is the user interface. It seems cleaner and yet I can still get to everything. Navigator is a good way to move around a document, and shows you the structure's big picture. Floating toolbars can be docked on the sides where they expanded or contact with a click, like mozilla's sidebar or adobe acrobat, just plain rock. Saves serious screen realestate, and yet I can have what I need for a given context open immediately.
One thing Word does have is a $50 student priced Mathematica-Word interface. Mathematica has the best graphical interface I've used for equation entry. Would be nice if we had those palletes, too.
OSI CPL
GPL compatiable
Common Public License Version 1.0
This is a free software license but it is incompatible with the GPL.
The Common Public License is incompatible with the GPL because it has various specific requirements that are not in the GPL.
For example, it requires certain patent licenses be given that the GPL does not require. (We don't think those patent license requirements are inherently a bad idea, but nonetheless they are incompatible with the GNU GPL.)
Critical analysis is useful and even worth paying for. Rants involving obvious spin that state misinformation as facts isn't useful. These two attributes make it impossible to take the "critism more constructively", because its not critical, its a rant.
Misconception #1. The standard tree view is available by right clicking on a folder and choosing "Browse Folders", via the menu using "Browse Filesystem", or via the panel icon that looks like a file cabinet (it's there by default). So, three seperate methods to access the old view, one of which is even on the panel by default, yet Nicholas, with his years of Linux experience, can't seem to find it, naturally GNOME has robbed him of this ability.
But if a country's IP laws allow them to make legal copies and distrubute same, then they aren't pirates, are they? Our own local ideas about morality and law aren't necessarily universals.
And the way that things are sometimes clumped together in a package. Are all the tools even available? Or just a vanilla app? What about trying to find dependencies for a tarball? Will the system rewrite any changes I make had edit into the config files? Can I turn that off? Will I give up my distro's admin tools if I turn it off? Are dir.s where they should be? Are libraries too tweaked?
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I running KDE at the moment. Brushed metal looks good here. WTF?
So for tasks where supercomputers are needed, that don't parallelize well...if you intend to run over a range of inputs, you suggest a "cluster" of supercomputers? Lets buy, say, 32 Cray X1s?
Recounts are only legal for the purpose of determining "intent". Machines are never unclear as to intent. Therefor its not legal to do a recount, as the recount can't be for the purpose of determining "intent". Thus your "exemption" is indeed prevention.
Just a thought. While MS doesn't distribute Linux (the kernel) they did use to distribute Cygwin as a Unix compatibility layer under their own brand. Would they lose that right? Do they still use Cygwin, or did they ever clean room the GNU tools?
We are concerned with all of them being truely useful. What you seem to be missing is that diversity speeds evolutionary change. Hence, there will *always* be many competing versions.
Think Linux/Mathematica in your Physics/Chem/.../Engr.ing classes. Why do calculators work? Its the form factor. This is what you want for recording lecture notes, and being able to integrate that hairy mess the prof is working on in *seconds* :-)
"Macromedia must be lying because they make Flash and we all hate Flash because someone used it for a banner ad."
No, Macromedia is either too studpidly confused as to what SVG tiny is to be believable...or they are lying. Read the article. Oh and if it were just that "someone used it for a banner ad" once upon a time on a web site no one would be upset. Its the explosion of contentless material degrading the signal/noise ratio that has people upset. Flash is too often an extreme form of this polution.
You are right that Macromedia Flash is standard, its just not a standard. Different things. Likewise MS Windows is standard, but its not a standard. Ubiquity does not a standard make.
What Macromedia does well is make tools. If only they'd drop the marketing fud and let their tools compete on quality.
Actually, they responded quick and well, and it would even work!
'The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'"
MicroSoft VS Apple? You can't tell which is "big business"? Mod that +1 FUNNY!
1. Feds want Longhorn to be "difficult to change"
Well actually:
" Renata Hesse, the Justice Department lawyer in charge of monitoring Microsoft's compliance with the agreement, told a federal judge yesterday that the government wants to look at the software, code-named Longhorn, early enough in its development so that it is not presented as a "fait accompli" that would be difficult to change."
That is to say, they don't want to be told that its already done, and this is it, and it is too late to make the changes that would allow us to be legally in compliance.
That doesn't mean that it can't be configured or customized. Rather, it means that it shouldn't be designed so that it can't be customized.
Remember how this all got started:
Eventually, federal courts determined that several of Microsoft's business practices broke antitrust laws and were designed to protect its operating-system monopoly. Although the courts found that commingling of the browser code with the operating system was anti-competitive, the deal with the Justice Department stopped short of forcing the company to decouple the programs. Instead, the settlement gives computer makers and users the ability to mask the presence of certain Microsoft applications if they want to use or showcase competing programs. The Justice Department is particularly concerned that this mandate be followed in Longhorn."
"(just as there's nothing in .NET's license preventing you from using it as the language to write open source in)"
Yes, but what is good is a phonecall when you can't speak.
Except that lexmark won an injunction in the ink cartridge DMCA lawsuit. Lexmark won, but it was to be appealled...anyone know about the appeal?
While it looks like the garage door opener went the right way, it too isn't really done:
"Although Skylink defeated Chamberlain on a motion for summary judgment, Chamberlain has sought to ban the import and sale of Skylink clickers into the U.S. by filing a simultaneous lawsuit against Skylink and the clicker's Chinese manufacturer in the International Trade Commission."
It is perhaps exactly because there are people who believe that *their* system isn't based on physical laws that make it hard for geeks to take them seriously.
Except you don't have to move off campus. Here at PSU we didcovered that it was cheaper to get a cable modem and a router and split the cost with dorm-mates The service was better (better up time, bandwidth, etc...)
Well if Helix is open, why not grab just enough of the real 3 & 4 ? Then MPlayer is totally free.
Again, what about *non-game* 3D Modeling? Thats more likely to be OpenGL than Direct3D. I'm not aware of any Direct3D chem or physics visualization software.
I think its really an interesting question, whether most CGI shops use an enhanced GIMP. Your answer that two large shops have their own in-house solution doesn't really address the size of the CGI shop population, nor what percentage is done by the few 800 lb. gorillas. I'd suspect that only the fattest of the fat would have the cash to burn for 100% proprietary development. The utility of opensource is apparent in the collarboration of development of those who find that advancement of tools is economicly most feasable in "share" mood. Probably this is the majority, but what are the numbers? And what percentage of the total amount of CGI work annually produced to they participate in?
One of thing to consider, how innovative is the work? What has Disney done lately? Involving innovation, I mean? How innovative are the smaller shops? Hmmm...
First, agreed with grandparent that "invention is not primarily driven by a desire to make money".
But really, I take issue with "software companies are the least likely companies to last five years" being responded to with "virtually no company lasts for five years". The fact that a subset is "least" is meaningful, even if the superset is "most" of a population. Obviously there are factors to look for in the singular subset that differentiates its operational enviornment form the others.
Wrong, the purpose was to promote the Progress of the Sciences and the Arts. It was recoginized that a limited monopoly was better, with disclosure, than secrets. The purpose was *not* to protect the secrets, but rather to eliminate the secrets and promote Progress. The essential aspect is growth via secret dilution. All uses of patents to dilute the secrets of inventors is appropriate use. Any use of patents that isn't, isn't.
Agreed that Clippy is an annoyance. Also KISS is good, where the problem domain is S.
What I really prefer about OpenOffice is the user interface. It seems cleaner and yet I can still get to everything. Navigator is a good way to move around a document, and shows you the structure's big picture. Floating toolbars can be docked on the sides where they expanded or contact with a click, like mozilla's sidebar or adobe acrobat, just plain rock. Saves serious screen realestate, and yet I can have what I need for a given context open immediately.
One thing Word does have is a $50 student priced Mathematica-Word interface. Mathematica has the best graphical interface I've used for equation entry. Would be nice if we had those palletes, too.
OSI CPL
GPL compatiable
Common Public License Version 1.0
This is a free software license but it is incompatible with the GPL.
The Common Public License is incompatible with the GPL because it has various specific requirements that are not in the GPL.
For example, it requires certain patent licenses be given that the GPL does not require. (We don't think those patent license requirements are inherently a bad idea, but nonetheless they are incompatible with the GNU GPL.)
Critical analysis is useful and even worth paying for. Rants involving obvious spin that state misinformation as facts isn't useful. These two attributes make it impossible to take the "critism more constructively", because its not critical, its a rant.
"The GNOME file manager, Nautilus, no longer allows users to navigate through folders as one might use a Web browser or Windows Explorer."
jorge
Misconception #1.
The standard tree view is available by right clicking on a folder and choosing "Browse Folders", via the menu using "Browse Filesystem", or via the panel icon that looks like a file cabinet (it's there by default). So, three seperate methods to access the old view, one of which is even on the panel by default, yet Nicholas, with his years of Linux experience, can't seem to find it, naturally GNOME has robbed him of this ability.
But if a country's IP laws allow them to make legal copies and distrubute same, then they aren't pirates, are they? Our own local ideas about morality and law aren't necessarily universals.
And the way that things are sometimes clumped together in a package. Are all the tools even available? Or just a vanilla app? What about trying to find dependencies for a tarball? Will the system rewrite any changes I make had edit into the config files? Can I turn that off? Will I give up my distro's admin tools if I turn it off? Are dir.s where they should be? Are libraries too tweaked?