Because that is the beauty of free software. They have the freedom to use it however they want and make it better. Maybe you won't think it's better, but I'm sure my girlfriend who is not a computer nerd will.
Like I said, if you have a problem with it, take the redhat distro, make it look like the older redhat distros and redistribute it.
If you don't like the fact that free software is free, try proprietary software.
They figured out a way to help their customers feel more comfortable with and be more productive with their product. They even reduced the amount of support work they have to do in the process. This is the best thing for Redhat and free software as a whole.
If some of you think it's a bad thing, then modify the settings and offer it under your own brand name. That's why free software is great. I like what Redhat is doing, but if it does turn out to be bad, then users can use your modified distro instead.
People have been getting kicked off the school network for sharing MP3's at Carnegie Mellon for years. Even if it was just by sharing a Windows directory with the local network. I've seen students lose their network connection for an entire semester a few times.
As a reader of slashdot and a software engineer, all I can say is that in almost every situation that has ever occured in computing in the past few years, is that anything that Microsoft does is just wrong.
Many free software people say that Microsift is really not that bad and they are just proprietary software compay who does what any other proprietary software company would do. That's wrong. Thay are 2227778/bad. They are evil as us stubborn knowledge hoarders; advocaters make them out to be.
They do more damage to our society they they do good. I would gladly take a pay cut if given the opportunity that take customers away from Microsoft.
I would feel more comfrotable living with no Microsoft presence in my life than I a a as user of any new windows, including the smaller additions.
I spend so much time trying to convince people not to deal with Microsoft, that hearing stories like this make want to laugh at all of you that do.
The one laugh I am really looking forward to is when they screw over all their Passport customers. But that may not happen for a while, until they've found some way to make all other authentication services illegal somehow.
This letter makes me want to move to Peru, just so this guy can be my congressman. If only some US congressman had this level of intelligence and this much courage. Wow. Great Letter.
I do not think that opening the source code to Microsoft products is a good solution. Open source code is something that we consider an advantage over closed source code, not a punishment. If Microsoft chooses to open their source code, then that's up to them, but I don't think the government should force it.
I believe that rules should be put in place to keep them from abusing their monopoly ever again, and on top of that, financial penalties should be charged so that the money they have gained while abusing their monopoly is taken from them and placed back into the industry as a whole. As we all seem to agree, the proposed settlement fails to meet either of these criteria.
If these criteria are met, it would cause Microsoft to drop the ball on supplying product to the meet the demand they have. Then it would be picked up by competitors, both closed source and open source alike, to fight for the market. I think that in a fair fight the open source code would prevail.
This is great, I hope that more people will have the same motivation to make themselves heard in this landmark court case. After all, the US is supposed to be governed for the people, by the people. So let's do our job.
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Because that is the beauty of free software. They have the freedom to use it however they want and make it better. Maybe you won't think it's better, but I'm sure my girlfriend who is not a computer nerd will.
Like I said, if you have a problem with it, take the redhat distro, make it look like the older redhat distros and redistribute it.
If you don't like the fact that free software is free, try proprietary software.
They figured out a way to help their customers feel more comfortable with and be more productive with their product. They even reduced the amount of support work they have to do in the process. This is the best thing for Redhat and free software as a whole.
If some of you think it's a bad thing, then modify the settings and offer it under your own brand name. That's why free software is great. I like what Redhat is doing, but if it does turn out to be bad, then users can use your modified distro instead.
People have been getting kicked off the school network for sharing MP3's at Carnegie Mellon for years. Even if it was just by sharing a Windows directory with the local network. I've seen students lose their network connection for an entire semester a few times.
As a reader of slashdot and a software engineer, all I can say is that in almost every situation that has ever occured in computing in the past few years, is that anything that Microsoft does is just wrong.
Many free software people say that Microsift is really not that bad and they are just proprietary software compay who does what any other proprietary software company would do. That's wrong. Thay are 2227778/bad. They are evil as us stubborn knowledge hoarders; advocaters make them out to be.
They do more damage to our society they they do good. I would gladly take a pay cut if given the opportunity that take customers away from Microsoft.
I would feel more comfrotable living with no Microsoft presence in my life than I a a as user of any new windows, including the smaller additions.
I spend so much time trying to convince people not to deal with Microsoft, that hearing stories like this make want to laugh at all of you that do.
The one laugh I am really looking forward to is when they screw over all their Passport customers. But that may not happen for a while, until they've found some way to make all other authentication services illegal somehow.
This letter makes me want to move to Peru, just so this guy can be my congressman. If only some US congressman had this level of intelligence and this much courage. Wow. Great Letter.
You'll get cooler apps than java or anything on windows. Plus it's cheaper and it's the best remote desktop you'll ever find.
I think Mandrake is the best linux distro out there, and I'm happy to support it.
I do not think that opening the source code to Microsoft products is a good solution. Open source code is something that we consider an advantage over closed source code, not a punishment. If Microsoft chooses to open their source code, then that's up to them, but I don't think the government should force it.
I believe that rules should be put in place to keep them from abusing their monopoly ever again, and on top of that, financial penalties should be charged so that the money they have gained while abusing their monopoly is taken from them and placed back into the industry as a whole. As we all seem to agree, the proposed settlement fails to meet either of these criteria.
If these criteria are met, it would cause Microsoft to drop the ball on supplying product to the meet the demand they have. Then it would be picked up by competitors, both closed source and open source alike, to fight for the market. I think that in a fair fight the open source code would prevail.
This is great, I hope that more people will have the same motivation to make themselves heard in this landmark court case. After all, the US is supposed to be governed for the people, by the people. So let's do our job.