FIRST is a great program. There is a similar program in Canada called Canada FIRST inspired by FIRST and when I was in High School I had a blast. As an older person, we can mentor the students, though I have not been close to my school and have not asked to mentor.
You know it really seems like this we intended to be leaked. Wether or not it was intended for his staff it was carefully written for others then the MS group. Perhaps The media, government/courts, and the Linux/Sun/competitors.
I've seen many companies give to all sorts of charties. Where I used to work we'd rasie monies for Breast Cancer and the company would match it.
Why couldn't they donate to Apache, FSF, Debian, etc... In fact if they use opensource, and their or even a small part of their business relies on it, wouldn't donating help to improve the software, and their business. Something I don't think the shareholders would complain about, especially if it is cost effective and helps them make more money (Revenue - Cost) = Profit
Russians *are* subject to US laws while in the US, and likewise *Americans* are subject to Russian laws while in Russia. But I would hesitate to say Russians are subject to US laws while in Russia. Isn't this what the american legal system is saying?
I don't know Russian law, but for discussion purposes suppose selling crack in Russia gets you a death sentance.(This probably happens in some contries like Saudi Arabia) Now suppose a young man either conviced or not of selling crack *in the US* goes for a trip in Russia. Do Russians have the right to arrest him, have a trial, convict him and put him to death for commiting this crime? Isn't this what was meant in the editorial?
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FIRST is a great program. There is a similar program in Canada called Canada FIRST inspired by FIRST and when I was in High School I had a blast. As an older person, we can mentor the students, though I have not been close to my school and have not asked to mentor.
You know it really seems like this we intended to be leaked. Wether or not it was intended for his staff it was carefully written for others then the MS group. Perhaps The media, government/courts, and the Linux /Sun/competitors.
I've seen many companies give to all sorts of charties. Where I used to work we'd rasie monies for Breast Cancer and the company would match it.
Why couldn't they donate to Apache, FSF, Debian, etc... In fact if they use opensource, and their or even a small part of their business relies on it, wouldn't donating help to improve the software, and their business. Something I don't think the shareholders would complain about, especially if it is cost effective and helps them make more money (Revenue - Cost) = Profit
I agree. This *is /. afterall. Lately it does seem like there are more pro MS / Corp. types around telling me not to bitch and accept things?
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Russians *are* subject to US laws while in the US, and likewise *Americans* are subject to Russian laws while in Russia. But I would hesitate to say Russians are subject to US laws while in Russia. Isn't this what the american legal system is saying?
I don't know Russian law, but for discussion purposes suppose selling crack in Russia gets you a death sentance.(This probably happens in some contries like Saudi Arabia) Now suppose a young man either conviced or not of selling crack *in the US* goes for a trip in Russia. Do Russians have the right to arrest him, have a trial, convict him and put him to death for commiting this crime? Isn't this what was meant in the editorial?