Everything is related to politics. The acts of the president of a country affect every single person and every single "unrelated field" in the country (outside the country too if the country is one of the world powers). He is more than qualified to make a decision for himself, about the things that are important to him. In fact *everybody* should try that.
> I have only looked at the excerpts of the contract included in TFA, yes, and you are happy with your conclusion, another example of why this article is terribly misleading.
> but I don't see where people are getting the obvious conclusion that the copyright was not transferred in writing in other parts of the contract, where it is clearly stated that intellectual property is *not* transferred
> If you interpret the language that says Novell is transferring "all rights and ownership of UNIX... And if you interpret the language that says "Novell is transferring all rights and ownership" as including all of novells rights, you would get an even better possible case for sco. fortunatelly, you can't just interpret excerpts from a contract and try to make a case in court.
I'm afraid that the original license doesn't cover your pirated version... So no, you shouldn't be upset since you *are* a windows customer, but you should pay for a valid windows license nevertheless.
>You don't want Windows? Good , buy a Mac, use Linuzzzz, Amiga, BeOS or write your own OS.
apparently you don't understand the term "MS Tax" : When you buy a new computer, it is preloaded with MS windows. The price of the software is included in the price of the hardware. For someone that will mkfs the drive as soon as he gets home, this is actually a tax, as in "obligatory payment". In reality, it's worse than that: with taxes you get something back. Better healthcare, lights on the street etc... With this MS tax, you get Vista...
And no, searching for a computer that doesn't have windows preinstalled doesn't work: i want this particular dell laptop and i CAN'T FIND IT without an operating system because of some MOU dell has with microsoft.
Yeah, IBM is portrayed as the bad guy, but some jobs will be outsourced -like it or not- and they *are* doing this for their customers.
That said, i'm not quite certain how "exploiting technology developed for students who are deaf or hard of hearing" can possibly be patented... i mean could the "usage of wheels to help aeroplanes take off" ever be granted a patent?
They might have done it for their portfolio: "... and you can see here a survey that proves that GPL v.3 is a bad thing, with our expertise on the subject we can provide similar quality studies on GPL 2, and even GPL 4 if you so desire"
Actually it very much resembles the actions taken by apple to make sure that macintosh will lose the battle against IBM PC's and MS-DOS back in the 80s...
> Linux gets better or Linux dies. Either outcome is acceptible and should be to any other OSS "believer" as well.
The history of the last 16 years only shows that linux gets better and better. And i don't mean "change the theme and add a talking dog"-better. I mean that each new version of linux runs better and faster and more stable on the latest and greatest 4-way and the same dusty 10-year old hardware. Linux is still a teenager. It has a long way to go and rumors of "death" really should not be taken seriously. It will not die of natural causes that's for sure. (Civil war? the author is joking obviously-there is nothing to fight for: Linux is free, and anyone can do as he pleases with it. )
How about option 4: Linux will stay geeky, it will go mainstream, and it will have even more "advanced functionality" and "reliable kernel"?
The article doesn't mention how many watts per square meter this panel will produce. The cost of the panel is important, but so is the cost of the land required and the return of your investment.
400 million is the number of downloads. You can easily find the number of firefox users, if you multiply the firefox market share with the number of internet users. Say you have a billion users, and firefox accounts for 15% of them, so there you go, ~150 million users.
> My question is, how many of these are repeat customers
it goes both ways. Our university computer labs were set up with a single redhat cd 4 years ago, 50+ computers, thousands of users, and they all use firefox, with a single download and maybe 5-10 updates after that.
They keep the authorship of all text, but if i delete somebodys text, copy it, and submit it as mine, the authorship changes. So, yes, it does affect his reputation because the text that belongs to him will be deleted.
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Everything is related to politics. The acts of the president of a country affect every single person and every single "unrelated field" in the country (outside the country too if the country is one of the world powers). He is more than qualified to make a decision for himself, about the things that are important to him. In fact *everybody* should try that.
> I have only looked at the excerpts of the contract included in TFA,
...
yes, and you are happy with your conclusion, another example of why this article is terribly misleading.
> but I don't see where people are getting the obvious conclusion that the copyright was not transferred in writing
in other parts of the contract, where it is clearly stated that intellectual property is *not* transferred
> If you interpret the language that says Novell is transferring "all rights and ownership of UNIX
And if you interpret the language that says "Novell is transferring all rights and ownership" as including all of novells rights, you would get an even better possible case for sco.
fortunatelly, you can't just interpret excerpts from a contract and try to make a case in court.
... while at present there are many more ubuntu users who might actually be interested in this information.
My point was that the technology is already developed, they want to patent a different usage of it....
I'm afraid that the original license doesn't cover your pirated version...
So no, you shouldn't be upset since you *are* a windows customer, but you should pay for a valid windows license nevertheless.
>You don't want Windows? Good , buy a Mac, use Linuzzzz, Amiga, BeOS or write your own OS.
apparently you don't understand the term "MS Tax" :
When you buy a new computer, it is preloaded with MS windows. The price of the software is included in the price of the hardware. For someone that will mkfs the drive as soon as he gets home, this is actually a tax, as in "obligatory payment". In reality, it's worse than that: with taxes you get something back. Better healthcare, lights on the street etc... With this MS tax, you get Vista...
And no, searching for a computer that doesn't have windows preinstalled doesn't work: i want this particular dell laptop and i CAN'T FIND IT without an operating system because of some MOU dell has with microsoft.
and did you actually use it on the patent application ?
Yeah, IBM is portrayed as the bad guy, but some jobs will be outsourced -like it or not- and they *are* doing this for their customers.
... i mean could the "usage of wheels to help aeroplanes take off" ever be granted a patent?
That said, i'm not quite certain how "exploiting technology developed for students who are deaf or hard of hearing" can possibly be patented
code is protected by copyright law, coca cola recipe is not.
What do you mean expensive? You can buy a thinkpad for $1500 - this is *cheap* for a T. ...
In the good old days, T600 used to cost more than $3000
They might have done it for their portfolio:
"... and you can see here a survey that proves that GPL v.3 is a bad thing, with our expertise on the subject we can provide similar quality studies on GPL 2, and even GPL 4 if you so desire"
Actually it very much resembles the actions taken by apple to make sure that macintosh will lose the battle against IBM PC's and MS-DOS back in the 80s ...
IANAL, but i'm pretty sure that *not byuing* the iPhone untill apple stops doing stuff like that, is perfectly legal...
most of those heavy pages don't really have any content anyway, why bother ?
> Linux gets better or Linux dies. Either outcome is acceptible and should be to any other OSS "believer" as well.
The history of the last 16 years only shows that linux gets better and better. And i don't mean "change the theme and add a talking dog"-better. I mean that each new version of linux runs better and faster and more stable on the latest and greatest 4-way and the same dusty 10-year old hardware. Linux is still a teenager. It has a long way to go and rumors of "death" really should not be taken seriously. It will not die of natural causes that's for sure.
(Civil war? the author is joking obviously-there is nothing to fight for: Linux is free, and anyone can do as he pleases with it. )
How about option 4:
Linux will stay geeky, it will go mainstream, and it will have even more "advanced functionality" and "reliable kernel"?
Not so much, how many roofs/citizen do you think there are in major population centers? (Most of which are not in very sunny places anyway)
The article doesn't mention how many watts per square meter this panel will produce. The cost of the panel is important, but so is the cost of the land required and the return of your investment.
ISPs should be happy that more content is made available on the internet. More people online, more money and power to them...
400 million is the number of downloads. You can easily find the number of firefox users, if you multiply the firefox market share with the number of internet users. Say you have a billion users, and firefox accounts for 15% of them, so there you go, ~150 million users.
> My question is, how many of these are repeat customers
it goes both ways. Our university computer labs were set up with a single redhat cd 4 years ago, 50+ computers, thousands of users, and they all use firefox, with a single download and maybe 5-10 updates after that.
Yeah, this looks more of "hey, you know, accidents happen" kind of threat...
> It's got safeguard for that.
You *do* feel lucky, don't you ?
Timing is important though, 8-10 years ago this move would have changed the world. But at this point, i just don't see it...
They keep the authorship of all text, but if i delete somebodys text, copy it, and submit it as mine, the authorship changes. So, yes, it does affect his reputation because the text that belongs to him will be deleted.
> Editor wars are an old thing
but they get a whole new meaning when it makes sense to find all edits by an editor, delete them, and then rewrite them as your own...
>If your contribution lasts, you gain 'reputation,' whereas if it's edited out, your reputation fails
...
And the editor wars start