They said they won't sue people using SCO Linux, not that it was ok with them for the code to be used. There's a difference. If I jaywalk and don't get charged, it's not that jaywalking is not illegal, it's that the law was not enforced. Big difference.
True, but there's nothing stopping me (having purchased said GPL'ed software from you) from distributing it (and sourcecode) to others for free.
Customers would soon realise they were getting a better (read:cheaper) deal from me than from you (support notwithstanding), thus eliminating your revenue stream and returning the software to free as in beer.
I still think the way to go is selling support contracts.
F"rodo's been stabbed! He's going to die! No... wait, he'll be fine. Frodo's been skewered with a spear! He's going to die! No... wait, he's fine. Gandalf fell down a big pit! He died!"
Or LOTR: TTT
"No... wait, Gandalf's fine. And white. Aragorn fell off a cliff! He died! No... no wait, he's fine."
I think Palladium was the wrong term for top poster to use. But the scenario s/he describes is certainly not pie-in-the-sky.
Read a Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or Windows XP EULA sometime. They grant themselves the right to apply 'updates' without your consent. It could be argued that deactivating your OS due to a licensing conflict is an update.
Another good reason to steer clear of such licences.
It's a little like MP3 vs OGG, except PNG is far closer to acceptance in general applications than OGG is for music.
True, but Ogg (Vorbis in particular) is very popular in my neck of the woods. MP3 is all but forgotten, except when required for the occasional hardware player.
You want to know what REALLY held PNG back? It was Internet Explorer that STILL doesn't do the transparency right.
I don't see that as a reason to avoid PNGs. Recall that GIFs at best can only do 8-bit colour, which is only really acceptable for the most basic icons.
I just see it as yet another reason to avoid IE like the plague.
I am indeed thinking of the method Sharp calls "handwriting". According to reviews there was a large jump in HWR accuracy between the 5500 and 5600 models.
Is it not considered proper handwriting recognition what the Zaurus does? I was under the impression this was handwriting recognition on a character basis? (ala Palm Pilots).
1. If that company that now holds the SCO tradename (I refuse to call them SCO) is threatening to withdraw the AIX licence from IBM, isn't IBM going to have to make a choice?
a. Keep supporting Linux and dump AIX, or
b. Keep supporting AIX and dump Linux In which of them does IBM have the most invested?
2. If it is found that Novell owns the Unix trademarks, what's to stop them from pulling the same "Hey Linux, you're stealing our IP" stunt as that other company? How much do we trust Novell (I honestly don't know them that well, so I can't say either way)?
... how many people here are still using Office? Anyone?
I made the switch to OO.o two years ago and haven't looked back. The only thing I miss is third party plugins, which isn't a merit of the product itself.
Erm, the point is that the game Halo was very nearly ready for PC release just before Bungie was bought out by Microsoft.
The reason it was so difficult to port to XBox within the tight schedule was because they had to seriously dumb the game down to fit into a limited 64MB/PIII-700 configuration. This means at the simplest level at least seriously reducing the resolution of most textures, among other things.
Check out some screenshots of the initial PC release, and then go play it on the XBox, you'll see what I mean.
Now they are doing a PC port from the XBox port so that it doesn't make the crappy XBox version look bad. Releasing the original version would not be "hard to do", but prohibited by Microsoft marketing.
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They said they won't sue people using SCO Linux, not that it was ok with them for the code to be used. There's a difference. If I jaywalk and don't get charged, it's not that jaywalking is not illegal, it's that the law was not enforced. Big difference.
It would be, except that they're still distributing said product.
So what do you reckon SCO's chances are of making it to their own "SCOForum" (17-20 August)?
Okay, smart guy, what do we use the other 10% for?
True, but there's nothing stopping me (having purchased said GPL'ed software from you) from distributing it (and sourcecode) to others for free.
Customers would soon realise they were getting a better (read:cheaper) deal from me than from you (support notwithstanding), thus eliminating your revenue stream and returning the software to free as in beer.
I still think the way to go is selling support contracts.
Today's fortune on the bottom of the page:
Unix will self-destruct in five seconds... 4... 3... 2... 1...
Oh, the irony!
I wonder if their entry was some kind of Casimir-effect powered unit?
Because that's all that most people think love is.
You mean like LOTR:FOTR:
F"rodo's been stabbed! He's going to die!
No... wait, he'll be fine.
Frodo's been skewered with a spear! He's going to die!
No... wait, he's fine.
Gandalf fell down a big pit! He died!"
Or LOTR: TTT
"No... wait, Gandalf's fine. And white.
Aragorn fell off a cliff! He died!
No... no wait, he's fine."
I think Palladium was the wrong term for top poster to use.
But the scenario s/he describes is certainly not pie-in-the-sky.
Read a Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or Windows XP EULA sometime. They grant themselves the right to apply 'updates' without your consent. It could be argued that deactivating your OS due to a licensing conflict is an update.
Another good reason to steer clear of such licences.
Except that Red Hat is a legally operating business entity.
Microsoft isn't.
"And another one gone, another one gone,
Another one bites the dust.
Hey, I'm gonna get you too,
Another one bites the dust"
Until IE fully supports the format, it might as well be dead.
Agreed.
Try this, or this instead.
It's a little like MP3 vs OGG, except PNG is far closer to acceptance in general applications than OGG is for music.
True, but Ogg (Vorbis in particular) is very popular in my neck of the woods. MP3 is all but forgotten, except when required for the occasional hardware player.
You want to know what REALLY held PNG back? It was Internet Explorer that STILL doesn't do the transparency right.
I don't see that as a reason to avoid PNGs. Recall that GIFs at best can only do 8-bit colour, which is only really acceptable for the most basic icons.
I just see it as yet another reason to avoid IE like the plague.
Take the PNG transparency test.
Whether Time is a dimension (or even exists as our temporal cortexes perceive it) is questionable.
I am indeed thinking of the method Sharp calls "handwriting". According to reviews there was a large jump in HWR accuracy between the 5500 and 5600 models.
Is it not considered proper handwriting recognition what the Zaurus does? I was under the impression this was handwriting recognition on a character basis? (ala Palm Pilots).
The Sharp Zaurus (5600, not the 5500) has good HWR and runs Linux.
No, this is just the 'latest and greatest'.
You can get a Zaurus 5500 at amazon.com for US $341.99, or the 5600 for US $454.99. I'm sure other places will be able to do it cheaper.
The 5600, with 400MHz processor and 64MB flash is still a perfectly respectable machine.
To see if your browser is up-to-date with PNGs, take this test
FWIW, Samsung still do a 3-year warranty on their drives.
The drives are nice and fast too, if a bit louder than equivalent Seagate models.
A good case for sticking with 5400rpm models.
Have you ever tried to move around using H, J, K and L in a dvorak layout?!
uh, isn't that what the cursor keys are for?
1. If that company that now holds the SCO tradename (I refuse to call them SCO) is threatening to withdraw the AIX licence from IBM, isn't IBM going to have to make a choice?
a. Keep supporting Linux and dump AIX, or
b. Keep supporting AIX and dump Linux
In which of them does IBM have the most invested?
2. If it is found that Novell owns the Unix trademarks, what's to stop them from pulling the same "Hey Linux, you're stealing our IP" stunt as that other company? How much do we trust Novell (I honestly don't know them that well, so I can't say either way)?
... how many people here are still using Office?
Anyone?
I made the switch to OO.o two years ago and haven't looked back. The only thing I miss is third party plugins, which isn't a merit of the product itself.
Erm, the point is that the game Halo was very nearly ready for PC release just before Bungie was bought out by Microsoft.
The reason it was so difficult to port to XBox within the tight schedule was because they had to seriously dumb the game down to fit into a limited 64MB/PIII-700 configuration. This means at the simplest level at least seriously reducing the resolution of most textures, among other things.
Check out some screenshots of the initial PC release, and then go play it on the XBox, you'll see what I mean.
Now they are doing a PC port from the XBox port so that it doesn't make the crappy XBox version look bad. Releasing the original version would not be "hard to do", but prohibited by Microsoft marketing.