It seems to me that he's saying that the money is being well-spent in advertising for people to write about it and OSOpinion to accept it. That's what my impression was.
It's closed-source, so we can never know. It might have just as many, or more, issues than Office. On the other hand, only Microsoft seems to put such security issues into their softwares because = 1 person asks for them.
It is the editors at Slashdot that are at fault for not sufficiently reviewing a story before posting it, especially when a lot of good, legitimate stories get passed over for other stories such as the Borland one, which are misconceived and incorrect.
The Slashdot servers contain what Microsoft called a "trade secret." A trade secret is no longer a trade secret once it is revealed to the public, even through illegal means. In fact, the very definition of trade secret states that it is "known to the manufacturer who uses it but not to competitors."
While I haven't a clue why they're using Red Hat. Debian is an easy reason. Debian is the most stable distro right out of the gate. It's also the most "open-source" they won't accept a package unless it's Open Source.
The #linux channel on DALnet (irc.dal.net) is absolutely fabulous. Sometimes you may not find an answer, but nothing's perfect. You come back the next day and you're good to go. And DALnet has improved in regard to netsplits.
On another note, people have to be more patient in IRC help channels, we're not getting paid or anything. What I especially find annoying is when someone asks a question and I go off to find some help with the answer and boom, I come back and the person is gone.
If you fight the law, and it is deemed invalid for some reason, by violating the U.S. Constitution or a state Constitution or somesuch, then you are free and have instituted a change.
Trade secrets are protected only weakly by intellectual property law. In particular, a trade secret ceases to be a trade secret once it is revealed to the public, even if the revelation takes place by illegal means--at least, before the DMCA.
Corel is a commercial distro, they take what they do, and release their new additions (not to GPL software) as commercial only available with their distro, no source to be found.
This doesn't change the fact that their distro is bad, both on just a pure look at the quality of the actual distro and the ideology of it.
Chris Hagar
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Microsoft could make the default/NOT/ to run the script, and just open it as text. Then, if someone really needed it, they could right-click and go to "Run" or if they were really lazy, they just change the default command run on the file. This is just Microsoft's excuse for making insecure software.
For two reasons, the case is different. First of all, KDE or Linux have no monopoly on anything in any way, shape, or form. Different rules apply to monopolies.
Secondly, the browser in Konqueror is in no way closely linked with the operating system. It is linked with the KDE file manager, which is in fact a very specific program. It would also be very easy to remove the web browser from the operating system, or even just KDE. It also wouldn't be too hard to find someone with the capability to remove the web browser from the file manager; it's open-source after all.
First of all, I'm going to say it is open-source, even if it doesn't fit the OpenSource Definition. I can look at and use the source: it's open-source.
When he said you have to pay a royalty to use it commercially, I got out of that that if a company wanted to use it in there game and modify it, they would have to pay a royalty. This makes sense.
Besides, it might be separate of the other license. He could just say, "it's GPL" and then if someone wants to take it and modify it to use in a commercial game, they would have to pay royalty, like the other game developers do.
I read in my local newspaper a little article about the ILOVEYOU worm and came across some interesting things. Part of what the Microsoft rep said was that users had been requesting this and that it made the jobs of sysadmins so much easier. How having the mail client automatically run a VBScript attachment (rather than open it) could make the jobs of sysadmins easier is beyond me.
Back to my main point. Earlier in the article it said in the article something of the nature that the virus came from a "trusted source" or "someone you know." It does. Now, later in the article, the MS rep said that there wouldn't be security problems with VBScript and such if people would only open attachments from "trusted source"s. When this is exactly who the virus might come from. I think Microsoft is getting lazy with their spin machine.
Are you from the future or something? There's no Linux 6.1, there's a Linux 2.2.14 and a Linux 2.3.99, but not Linux 6.1. Tell me, what is it like in the 2020's?
As I browse this bill, one thing seems to occur to me. At many points along the way, that bill was changed, so that motion pictures were not excluded from the law, whereas a sound recording, musical work, or phonorecord still does not have the law apply to them. Lobbying anyone?
While I'm not on the up-and-up with this new cybersquatting law, wouldn't this just not make sense AT ALL? The Open Group asks for unix.com and then someone else who has a rightful trademark to it asks for unix.com and then it would just swap back and forth or what? The government does a ton of stupid things, especially relating to technology, but this just seems absurd...shed some light?
This isn't a backdoor. It's a default password that people should change anyway. It was not attempted to be hidden. It also has a fix, a quick fix, as opposed to saying "delete this random file." Oh, and it wasn't even existant for a month.
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It seems to me that he's saying that the money is being well-spent in advertising for people to write about it and OSOpinion to accept it. That's what my impression was.
Chris Hagar
It's closed-source, so we can never know. It might have just as many, or more, issues than Office. On the other hand, only Microsoft seems to put such security issues into their softwares because = 1 person asks for them.
Chris Hagar
It is the editors at Slashdot that are at fault for not sufficiently reviewing a story before posting it, especially when a lot of good, legitimate stories get passed over for other stories such as the Borland one, which are misconceived and incorrect.
Chris Hagar
The Slashdot servers contain what Microsoft called a "trade secret." A trade secret is no longer a trade secret once it is revealed to the public, even through illegal means. In fact, the very definition of trade secret states that it is "known to the manufacturer who uses it but not to competitors."
Chris Hagar
While I haven't a clue why they're using Red Hat. Debian is an easy reason. Debian is the most stable distro right out of the gate. It's also the most "open-source" they won't accept a package unless it's Open Source.
Chris Hagar
Actually, now that I think about it, they might think twice if they start getting calls asking for authorization to lend your DVDs...
Chris Hagar
On another note, people have to be more patient in IRC help channels, we're not getting paid or anything. What I especially find annoying is when someone asks a question and I go off to find some help with the answer and boom, I come back and the person is gone.
Chris Hagar
If you fight the law, and it is deemed invalid for some reason, by violating the U.S. Constitution or a state Constitution or somesuch, then you are free and have instituted a change.
Chris Hagar
Trade secrets are protected only weakly by intellectual property law. In particular, a trade
secret ceases to be a trade secret once it is revealed to the public, even if the revelation takes place by illegal means--at least, before the DMCA.
Chris Hagar
Corel is a commercial distro, they take what they do, and release their new additions (not to GPL software) as commercial only available with their distro, no source to be found.
Chris Hagar
This doesn't change the fact that their distro is bad, both on just a pure look at the quality of the actual distro and the ideology of it.
Chris Hagar
Microsoft could make the default /NOT/ to run the script, and just open it as text. Then, if someone really needed it, they could right-click and go to "Run" or if they were really lazy, they just change the default command run on the file. This is just Microsoft's excuse for making insecure software.
Chris Hagar
Secondly, the browser in Konqueror is in no way closely linked with the operating system. It is linked with the KDE file manager, which is in fact a very specific program. It would also be very easy to remove the web browser from the operating system, or even just KDE. It also wouldn't be too hard to find someone with the capability to remove the web browser from the file manager; it's open-source after all.
Chris Hagar
He could license it under two things, a GPL version and one with another license that he could sell for royalties.
Chris Hagar
When he said you have to pay a royalty to use it commercially, I got out of that that if a company wanted to use it in there game and modify it, they would have to pay a royalty. This makes sense.
Besides, it might be separate of the other license. He could just say, "it's GPL" and then if someone wants to take it and modify it to use in a commercial game, they would have to pay royalty, like the other game developers do.
Chris Hagar
From the e-mail, it looks as though there are four which present the specification and only one that is a link.
Chris Hagar
Back to my main point. Earlier in the article it said in the article something of the nature that the virus came from a "trusted source" or "someone you know." It does. Now, later in the article, the MS rep said that there wouldn't be security problems with VBScript and such if people would only open attachments from "trusted source"s. When this is exactly who the virus might come from. I think Microsoft is getting lazy with their spin machine.
Chris Hagar
A method for the development of highly insecure, unstable, slow, and bloated software for the personal computer. Prior art: Microsoft, anyone?
Chris Hagar
That Big Bang guy must have had the farts real bad.
Chris Hagar
Are you from the future or something? There's no Linux 6.1, there's a Linux 2.2.14 and a Linux 2.3.99, but not Linux 6.1. Tell me, what is it like in the 2020's?
Chris Hagar
Something similar is already here: Everything 2. While it's not perfect, it's certainly a good resource, although not a Web-wide one.
Chris Hagar
As I browse this bill, one thing seems to occur to me. At many points along the way, that bill was changed, so that motion pictures were not excluded from the law, whereas a sound recording, musical work, or phonorecord still does not have the law apply to them. Lobbying anyone?
Chris Hagar
While I'm not on the up-and-up with this new cybersquatting law, wouldn't this just not make sense AT ALL? The Open Group asks for unix.com and then someone else who has a rightful trademark to it asks for unix.com and then it would just swap back and forth or what? The government does a ton of stupid things, especially relating to technology, but this just seems absurd...shed some light?
Chris Hagar
How dare you say my mushrooms are insecure! I've applied all the latest patches.
Chris Hagar
This isn't a backdoor. It's a default password that people should change anyway. It was not attempted to be hidden. It also has a fix, a quick fix, as opposed to saying "delete this random file." Oh, and it wasn't even existant for a month.
Chris Hagar