The point is not exactly being missed...it was discussed a few days ago here and here.
As far as the court case goes...Our legal system is doing the best they can to deal with this problem, for which the trial started...I believe 3 years ago.
We want M$ to get more than a slap on the wrist...unfortunately this takes time. I'm sure if the.NET goes through as planned and causes the projected troubles, there will be another court case, and it will take more time. In the end, I think that untimely justice is better than no justice at all. And remember...if you were innocent, you wouldn't want to be proven guilty cause some fat judge needed his big mac fix.
-Corwin StormSinger
I don't think that Microsoft should be forbidden from using 3rd-party components.
I mean really - how many people write any kind of program without using some kind of outside support, be it an interpreter, a compiler, or someone else's program (with GPL)
What should be required (IMHO) is that any agreement microsoft makes to using said 3rd party protocols should have to include the release of the protocol to the public in the same manner the other protocols are released.
In other words, anything licensed to M$ has to be treated in the same way something they own is. Which means that in their agreement with the company, they have to get that permission, or they can't use it. Which probably means they have to pay more for it. I know I would charge more if I had to release something to Microsoft that would allow them to write me out of the loop by writing their own program to deal with my protocol. I might not even let them use it at all.
"The company has also prototyped light-emitting fabrics based on a four-layer organic light-emitting diode that can scroll dot-matrix-style characters in the manner of the Times Square news display. It expects to advance that work to a full 400 x 500-pixel fabric-based display in two years. " Fabric Monitors? Can you imagine camping in a tent that has 4 of those screens pasted around the inside, and headphone jacks in the window zippers?? Or how about all the computer companies who will be taking advantage of this to make "cool" t-shirts that give them some free advertising. I Know! Throw in a keyboard belt with a wireless modem in the belt buckle and I can be a walking/. lookup!! HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!!! Not that this is a bad thing, all in all, but I never thought I would see the day when things like this were feasible, much less actually in progress. Props to America and the technological world in general.
Hrm...maybe we have some priorities
maybe we know that life must go on
Maybe we will keep complaining about Intel and Micro$haft Winbl0ws and looking at lego porn until Afghanistan (or Bill Gates) drops a nuke on us, but we will damn well have done our part. Not everyone is needed to fight a war - people are needed at home to keep the country running smoothly, the economy up, and the bastard monopolies from buying america while the general public isn't looking.
I know if someone like me was holding a gun on the front lines, I'd be worried about america, cause I couldn't hit Shamu from 10 yards.
Personally, if i can't die in my old age by being stepped on by an elephant while having sex (i believe thats from a Zelazney book), I hope to die directly after winning a game of ID software's latest hit, or finishing the conclusion of the Wheel of Time saga.
Then again, you probably don't read novels...I'm kind of suprised you know enough to post a troll.
--Corwin StormSinger, supporting america from the desktop.
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I like opera
But no matter what you say, this [www.tucows.com] is scary
hrm
you agree to censorship in the user creation i believe
anyway, you're certainly not the brightest bulb in the box. hrm...I bet you work for microshaft or something. Although maybe you're not smart enough for that, either...
God Bless our Free Country, where it takes so long to get through all the appeals courts that Microshaft will have already shut the competitor down by the time the supreme court gives them a slap on the wrist and says "pay them $100 million of the $3 billion you have earned while waiting on appeals, sorry that you had to spend another $100 million on lawyers - that only leaves you with $2.8 billion. Life must be so hard. Oh yeah - don't do this again"
Some of us don't get paid very often.
Like me: I get paid on the 10th for the previous month. So really, if they weren't going to pay me, it could be 41 days before I even found out. Then I might give them some week or so to pay me before I just give up on it...
so that's 48 days...
I agree...
Take for example...if you're working for a company where you make web documents, you should be allowed to use HTML with whatever editor you so desire, so long as you get the job done. You should be allowed to use ASP or CGI or javascript. The only problem with this being if others have to work on the same pages you do. Then the workers should be allowed to agree on the standard.
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The point is not exactly being missed...it was discussed a few days ago here and here.
.NET goes through as planned and causes the projected troubles, there will be another court case, and it will take more time. In the end, I think that untimely justice is better than no justice at all.
As far as the court case goes...Our legal system is doing the best they can to deal with this problem, for which the trial started...I believe 3 years ago.
We want M$ to get more than a slap on the wrist...unfortunately this takes time. I'm sure if the
And remember...if you were innocent, you wouldn't want to be proven guilty cause some fat judge needed his big mac fix. -Corwin StormSinger
I don't think that Microsoft should be forbidden from using 3rd-party components.
I mean really - how many people write any kind of program without using some kind of outside support, be it an interpreter, a compiler, or someone else's program (with GPL)
What should be required (IMHO) is that any agreement microsoft makes to using said 3rd party protocols should have to include the release of the protocol to the public in the same manner the other protocols are released.
In other words, anything licensed to M$ has to be treated in the same way something they own is. Which means that in their agreement with the company, they have to get that permission, or they can't use it. Which probably means they have to pay more for it. I know I would charge more if I had to release something to Microsoft that would allow them to write me out of the loop by writing their own program to deal with my protocol. I might not even let them use it at all.
"The company has also prototyped light-emitting fabrics based on a four-layer organic light-emitting diode that can scroll dot-matrix-style characters in the manner of the Times Square news display. It expects to advance that work to a full 400 x 500-pixel fabric-based display in two years. " /. lookup!!
Fabric Monitors? Can you imagine camping in a tent that has 4 of those screens pasted around the inside, and headphone jacks in the window zippers??
Or how about all the computer companies who will be taking advantage of this to make "cool" t-shirts that give them some free advertising.
I Know! Throw in a keyboard belt with a wireless modem in the belt buckle and I can be a walking
HEY! DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!!!
Not that this is a bad thing, all in all, but I never thought I would see the day when things like this were feasible, much less actually in progress.
Props to America and the technological world in general.
Hrm...maybe we have some priorities
maybe we know that life must go on
Maybe we will keep complaining about Intel and Micro$haft Winbl0ws and looking at lego porn until Afghanistan (or Bill Gates) drops a nuke on us, but we will damn well have done our part. Not everyone is needed to fight a war - people are needed at home to keep the country running smoothly, the economy up, and the bastard monopolies from buying america while the general public isn't looking.
I know if someone like me was holding a gun on the front lines, I'd be worried about america, cause I couldn't hit Shamu from 10 yards.
Personally, if i can't die in my old age by being stepped on by an elephant while having sex (i believe thats from a Zelazney book), I hope to die directly after winning a game of ID software's latest hit, or finishing the conclusion of the Wheel of Time saga.
Then again, you probably don't read novels...I'm kind of suprised you know enough to post a troll. --Corwin StormSinger, supporting america from the desktop.
I like opera
But no matter what you say, this [www.tucows.com] is scary
hrm you agree to censorship in the user creation i believe anyway, you're certainly not the brightest bulb in the box. hrm...I bet you work for microshaft or something. Although maybe you're not smart enough for that, either...
God Bless our Free Country, where it takes so long to get through all the appeals courts that Microshaft will have already shut the competitor down by the time the supreme court gives them a slap on the wrist and says "pay them $100 million of the $3 billion you have earned while waiting on appeals, sorry that you had to spend another $100 million on lawyers - that only leaves you with $2.8 billion. Life must be so hard. Oh yeah - don't do this again"
Some of us don't get paid very often. Like me: I get paid on the 10th for the previous month. So really, if they weren't going to pay me, it could be 41 days before I even found out. Then I might give them some week or so to pay me before I just give up on it... so that's 48 days...
I agree... Take for example...if you're working for a company where you make web documents, you should be allowed to use HTML with whatever editor you so desire, so long as you get the job done. You should be allowed to use ASP or CGI or javascript. The only problem with this being if others have to work on the same pages you do. Then the workers should be allowed to agree on the standard.