Correction: More Open Source=Good Making $$$ off an ADDON to Open Source=Good Making $$$ off "for $" Open Source=Bad
BTW: If you start having 2 codebases where: -one is Free Open source (GPL) -Other you need to *pay* for the EXEs (non-GPL) Wouldn't this mean that user-contributions would have to be dual licensed? Otherwise, MySQL cannot include GPL code into its for pay close source.
If they insist to use damaging SW/sites, tell them: "no support or start paying me or the computer store" Your time to them is free. Only when it hurt the pocketbook will they start changing. Why shouldn't computer mechanics get paid?
Car mechanics get their friends to pay them to fix their cars. If the car mechanics tell their friends: "stop speeding over speed-bumps", would the friends listen? You bet! it cost them money!
If AV companies do let the FBI version go through unchecked, what if the virus and worm writers of today get a hold of this and modify it for their own purposes?
Novell tried to do something like this, too. Back when Novell's wallet was a big as their head they bought out UNIX (yes, the REAL code), told everybody that they wanted to merge NetWare and Unix together and have ONE OS code-named: Gemini. (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3649/is_1 99507/ai_n8727330)
The announcement angered Netware and Unix people alike, Both vowing to not learn the other stuff. Novell saved face by calling the thing "UnixWare" and limiting the scope of the OS merger.
I'm talking when a company buy a PC and has a corporate version of Windows XP (no activation req'd) That means MS gets: -one license for the PC leaving the store/reseller
and -one when the company buys a corporate license for that PC.
It's perfect to create vendor-locking though. Once regular people get used to having mighty-morphing-menus everywhere, imagine a "Joe-user" trying linux or OSX after that.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooxml#Criticism (2nd last bullet): Legacy document rendering compatibility is identified using (deprecated) tags. For example, book 4 section 2.15.3.6, "autoSpaceLikeWord95", "useWord97LineBreakRules", "useWord2002TableStyleRules", and book 4 section 2.15.3.31, "lineWrapLikeWord6", and "suppressTopSpacingWP" for a 16-year-old version of WordPerfect.[44]. These items should only occur in OOXML documents that were converted from predecessor Microsoft Office documents.
I'd say since the DMCA's side-effects became apparent. (Printer cartridge refills made illegal) DMCA is a bad law created by Politicians paid-off by the MAFIAA
After this you had talk of the Broadcast Flag being imposed by the paid-off FCC. Again FCC=>Government=>Politicians
Today, companies are trying to buy profit garantees from the government via bad laws. Bad laws threaten everything, including Technology.
But I wonder...why, don't Microsoft partner up with the ODF folks to develop one "killer" standard?
You must be new here or forgot your tag.
MS wants to keep control (aka Vendor Lock In) Think of MS as the RIAA of spreadsheets and memos. If ODF becomes the defacto standard, MS looses control and everybody can get of the MS office upgrade treadmill.
I would love to have a way to transfer all my contacts to a new phone but NOBODY does this. I would even pay as much as $50 to do this. I would even pay as much as $25 if they couldn't and gave me a file with the contacts instead. But these F@*ke# phone companies are too greedy to offer something this obviously useful.
Now crackers will have an advantage and the rest of us will be blind-sided.
I don't like the whole [trusted platform module] (TPM) because we consumers are are not trusted in the whole scheme.
But for the few us techies that get this P.O.S. "security" system foisted upon them by their clueless/soldout management, wouldn't be nice to be able to explain why the hacker(s) got through the night before?
-What about live music? -What if the artist says on "air" that he/she expect no compensation for their live performance? -What if it's a parody? I could go on, but how anal is this law?
The movie ends up revolving around a trick is called "the moving man" where the magician disappears and reappears 100ft away in an instant. The trick uses a device created by Tesla. If I say more, I'll spoil the movie for you.
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Notice no mention of Vista SP1 on that page
Therefore, this page is probably being ignored by MS.
IOW: Don't hold your breath for XP SP3
Back when AutoIt was at v2.x it was GPL
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Then the developer started to see Commercial forks of their code under different licenses and for pay!
Son with version 3.0, they closed the source but still offer the compiled EXEs for free.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=142553&ci
(Windows only clone of Winbatch that worked better)
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/
Correction:
More Open Source=Good
Making $$$ off an ADDON to Open Source=Good
Making $$$ off "for $" Open Source=Bad
BTW: If you start having 2 codebases where:
-one is Free Open source (GPL)
-Other you need to *pay* for the EXEs (non-GPL)
Wouldn't this mean that user-contributions would have to be dual licensed?
Otherwise, MySQL cannot include GPL code into its for pay close source.
With that said, I'm perfectly capable of deciding whether I'm being 'used' or not thank you very much.
Point taken.
In my case, my distant "Friends" wouldn't reciprocate favors or offered very little in exchange.
If they insist to use damaging SW/sites, tell them: "no support or start paying me or the computer store"
Your time to them is free.
Only when it hurt the pocketbook will they start changing.
Why shouldn't computer mechanics get paid?
Car mechanics get their friends to pay them to fix their cars.
If the car mechanics tell their friends: "stop speeding over speed-bumps", would the friends listen?
You bet! it cost them money!
Face it. You are being used!!
For some artists, a live performance is way more satisfying than a recording of the same performance.
If AV companies do let the FBI version go through unchecked,
what if the virus and worm writers of today get a hold of this and modify it for their own purposes?
People are stupid enough to BUY the permission to TRY BETA software from MS.
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Why not games.
A fool and his money are soon departed.
(Just like that Paris bitch!! http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=disinherited+
You are about 58 years late.
It was it's own Country before that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland
Novell tried to do something like this, too.1 99507/ai_n8727330)
Back when Novell's wallet was a big as their head they bought out UNIX (yes, the REAL code), told everybody that they wanted to merge NetWare and Unix together and have ONE OS code-named: Gemini. (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3649/is_
The announcement angered Netware and Unix people alike, Both vowing to not learn the other stuff. Novell saved face by calling the thing "UnixWare" and limiting the scope of the OS merger.
RE: If they hadn't started messing the design, I would still recommend the WRT54G and WRT54GS. The VxWorks routers have been mediocre at best.
That explains few things.
Slow and unstable connections even 2 ft away from my WRT54GS.
What inexpensive Wireless router for home should I buy now: D-Link?
I'm not talking XP and Vista either.
I'm talking when a company buy a PC and has a corporate version of Windows XP (no activation req'd)
That means MS gets:
-one license for the PC leaving the store/reseller
and
-one when the company buys a corporate license for that PC.
Therefore MS get a 2-for-1 deal, everytime!
MS has too many meddling managers to create a quality VM in 3 years.
It's perfect to create vendor-locking though.
Once regular people get used to having mighty-morphing-menus everywhere,
imagine a "Joe-user" trying linux or OSX after that.
I doubt it:
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooxml#Criticism (2nd last bullet):
Legacy document rendering compatibility is identified using (deprecated) tags. For example, book 4 section 2.15.3.6, "autoSpaceLikeWord95", "useWord97LineBreakRules", "useWord2002TableStyleRules", and book 4 section 2.15.3.31, "lineWrapLikeWord6", and "suppressTopSpacingWP" for a 16-year-old version of WordPerfect.[44]. These items should only occur in OOXML documents that were converted from predecessor Microsoft Office documents.
How do you "autoSpaceLikeWord95"? only MS does.
I'd say since the DMCA's side-effects became apparent. (Printer cartridge refills made illegal)
DMCA is a bad law created by Politicians paid-off by the MAFIAA
After this you had talk of the Broadcast Flag being imposed by the paid-off FCC.
Again FCC=>Government=>Politicians
Today, companies are trying to buy profit garantees from the government via bad laws.
Bad laws threaten everything, including Technology.
But I wonder...why, don't Microsoft partner up with the ODF folks to develop one "killer" standard?
You must be new here or forgot your tag.
MS wants to keep control (aka Vendor Lock In)
Think of MS as the RIAA of spreadsheets and memos.
If ODF becomes the defacto standard, MS looses control and everybody can get of the MS office upgrade treadmill.
...Hydrogen Fuel cells, which has a LOT of other challenges before being ready for widespread vehicle deployment...
One of them being that Hydrogen gas is corrosive to many metals and rubber compounds.
I would love to have a way to transfer all my contacts to a new phone but NOBODY does this.
I would even pay as much as $50 to do this.
I would even pay as much as $25 if they couldn't and gave me a file with the contacts instead.
But these F@*ke# phone companies are too greedy to offer something this obviously useful.
With people getting arrested for using free WIFI1 551227)
(http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/23/
why would you use this?
Now crackers will have an advantage and the rest of us will be blind-sided.
I don't like the whole [trusted platform module] (TPM) because we consumers are are not trusted in the whole scheme.
But for the few us techies that get this P.O.S. "security" system foisted upon them by their clueless/soldout management, wouldn't be nice to be able to explain why the hacker(s) got through the night before?
What is the difference between a bribe and a "campaign contribution"?
NONE.
-What about live music?
-What if the artist says on "air" that he/she expect no compensation for their live performance?
-What if it's a parody?
I could go on, but how anal is this law?
US NetCasters will either move to a country without those laws
OR
use an SSL tunnel to a server in a country without those laws.
I wonder what they do to Net radio stations with "ALL TALK" or ALL News" format?
Damned stupid over-bribed politicians.
Believe it or not, the answer is in this movie:The Prestige (2006)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0482571/plotsummary
The movie ends up revolving around a trick is called "the moving man" where the magician disappears and reappears 100ft away in an instant. The trick uses a device created by Tesla. If I say more, I'll spoil the movie for you.