... [6 months pass, eula change]...I promise you free sex only with these mammals (see reference for complete list)... ... [6 months pass, eula change]...I promise you free beer only if you pay for it, the beer we are delivering conducts to all these terms... ...[6 months pass, eula change]...I promise you free rock'n'roll but only if you agree to listen to 23 hours of "partner messages daily...
And there you are, 1.5 years later you find yourself fucking an opossum, drinking disgusting beer and listeting to it-anthems on background 23 hours a day.
And yes, this is perfectly legal. Or can you spot a difference between this story and how Hotmail treated their "customers" after Microsoft took control.
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Offtopic it may be, this is why the Slashdot System is so brilliant. You don't post anything that might criticize your humble and goodwilling intentions. And when someone mentions that your articles are crap and only serve your own needs, then it is naturally off-topic, because it wasn't posted under the thread "Slashdot, News for Nerds, Stuff that VAtters".
Face it. Slashdot is turning into a propaganda tool for VA, which is whole lot of smaller community than "the Nerds" which used to be your community, or atleast I thought so.
Well, actually, I now have exactly the same feeling as when someone points you and says "hey your zipper is open, I see your weenie!".
I have spelled forty wrong, maybe 21 years now. We finns start learning english at school when we are around 8 years or so. Can you imagine that I passed the highschool with highest grade in english;) Luckily I am not alone with my fourty.
> As for an 'easy to set up Linux computer', please.. Do you really think tons of
> people are going to rush out and buy an X-box to put Linux on it?
Well, firstly, I said I like this "scenario", I did not say I think it has high probability to actually happen.
Secondly, yes - I believe it's much easier to create a "easy-to-set-up Linux homecomputer" based on Xbox than a normal PC. Why? Because it is a fixed set of hardware. You can deliver a package which does not basically require any configuration - or even installation. The only "little";) problem there is the need for modchip - but it is just a temporary item, which will be overcome at some date.
I like this scenario:
Microsoft sells Xbox underpriced - making a loss per each sold product. Meanwhile as the modchips have already been released, Microsoft is digging another hole for themselves: they have created the perfect platform for cheap Linux based homecomputer, again, project(s) already going. Once this evolvs into a easy-to-setup Linux home computer: voila!
Summasummarum, Microsoft's bully tactics may well prove as the ultimate bullet to their own head. They will end up loosing both because of hardware and because of lost Windows license fees. Eventually, loosing around $200 because of every sold Xbox. Thanks.
Firstly, I do not believe you would be asking this question, if you knew yourself why you want to opensource it.If you know it, really know - and the reason really is that opensource based development benefits the customer - then I do not believe you have any problem in convincing the customer.
To answer the first question, think:
- If the software that you are developing is "generic" and publishing it yields no losses in the competitive edge of your client. Good.
- If the software is "just" for a support process of your client's organisation. Good.
- If you have clear plans on how the software you will develop could be enhanced so that it benefits the customer. Good
- If you quess the total price will be cheaper. He gives out something, that grows into something bigger. Good.
- If your customer has too much money and is an opensource evangelist:)
Seriously, it should not be that hard, if you can show clear benefits.
agreed, I also believe that EJB is good in your toolbox. You just have to first do the boring stuff, analysis, requirements, design, and detailed design. Then if EJB is the tool that it points to, then fine, otherwise. Just pick the tool at correct time, I quess:)
I have seen way too many JBoss and Tomcat things jammed, that it makes me ill. Some people use EJBs just to print out "Hello World".
Why don't they just use static HTML, and parse those 42 bytes using a custom apache module written in C, so things might keep trolling better.:)
Frankly;) my current opinion on Caldera is not very flattering. Frankly, I do not know anything concrete about them, I just have the image, that they have tried to knock multiple doors to enter the desktop. Now, I read that they are not aiming to hit the desktop. Frankly, I do not have any hunch on why buy something from Caldera.... I just think that they decided to choose "business customers" to have better change to survive only by effective lobbying and no realworld evidence.
I have not used any time to find out what Caldera really is, or wants to be, but this is what they have been able to communicate to me so far - not very convincing. By looking at their financial figures I assume they have been able to communicate the same image to others as well.
Redhat, instead, might not be "that" different, but they have been able to create an image, that they are thriving to do something concrete and something that might become beneficial - Caldera just is - atleast for now.
>This means you get to easily identify, then remove, the buggers who are screwing your bandwidth distribution and forcing you to spend tons in extra capacity. A minor short-term risk for long-term gain.
This means, you can easily get rid of your customers? I mean, in private households, who would you quess is the leading marketing power pushing the buy DSL button? The Kazaasses, I would quess. Even though it's dad or mom who pays it, it might be the immature 13 year old w4r3z d00d who the ISP can thank for the sale:)
So, no - the long term plan is not to use a weak solution and ban your customers, instead the long term plan is to fix it.
The way the bandwidth limiting has been done in these modems, is completely similar to telling 5 year old kids to take only one candy, and then go yourself watch football to another room (or as a fin, Icehockey) - when you return after the match you can be sure that there is no candies - or bandwidth - left.
IMHO, the operators were just asking for this. NEVER trust the client.
I do not have any experience with their products, but the solution offered by this company seems simple and functional. Their system consists of an apparatus that turns pages of your book automatically, scans, turns, scans, turns. The result you can naturally pass to OCR.
Now, if I was to digitize all my books, I would try to create te the 4DigitalBooks kind of solution myself. The only tricky part is to find a cheap enough way to turn pages automatically, see also Kris Mckenzie's automatic page turner, still the best start is this document which is a proposal and overview on how to create an automatic page turner from pieces, the total cost is $459.
Hehe:) yes, their system leaks like horse's %& but still, there is many people fiddling and turning papers around. They even all the number you give to check that "someone" answers.;)) I only said the price is justified by the amount of work - I did not say the quality is good - it is not!:)
If we consider that Thawte is selling their 128-but SuperCerts at the price of US $300 per year, which is not even the highest price on the market (Verisign, $348, then:
it is completely understandable that the price is similar, as they are supposed to go into similar actions to verify the authentity of the registrant - or atleast this is what their marketing speach makes you think - that they only give this domain name for fully qualified registrants, this they can verify only by same procedures, as Thawte or Verisign. They sell different product, but need to do similar procedures to deliver the product
What is not understandable, is if their price for renewals is as high - as the work involved in renewal is minimal compared to first time granting. This is also the case with Thawte and Verisign, they charge way too much for the renewals too (Thawte, $300 Verisign $249 )
>It does not imply that they can take 10% of your CPU and then use it to crack encryption codes or whatever...
Actually, what is "cracking encryption using brute force" ? It IS a search engine. You are just searching for the correct key, from for example 2^56 alternatives. What is Kazaa then? You are just searching for the correct piece of pirated data, from for example 2^56 alternatives:)
Yes, the virus is ok, if you sign the EULA associated with the virus before the virus gets installed on your computer.
Similarly, it's illegal to cut the liver out from your stomach if it's done by a stranger on the street but it is very legal to take it out if you first sign an agreement regarding this act. In some countries, you can even sign an agreement which makes it legal to kill you.
Software is a product or service such as anything else, why is it so hard for people to understand this.
Which part stuns you?
They have found a potential source of income. People don't care. They'll install anything on their machine. In their privacy statement they clearly state that they collect any information they can, and use much of that information any way they want. In their resource usage page they say that they also can steal 10% of your CPU power.
They have said it all loud and clear, and if you install the software, you practically give them the right to use your computer and information gathered for anything they want. No-one has to install this piece of software, it's your own choice.
Sometime someone said, "think before you type"... you should also "think before you download".
I strongly believe that such organisations represent only a very minimal minority. I have only experience on Oracle, Sybase, Solid,PostgreSQL and Mysql - and yes, Oracle has lots of features. So many features, that you can hire a gazillion support persons.
When all of these features are really needed, then I also believe Oracle is a good choice.
But, I also know two companies that entered the IT business, started developing all kinds of cool new services with the coolest stuff they could find from the shelf - and have the Company fall down because they never got their development done. Instead, if they had chosen the correct artillery for their target, their development would have been done "in a minute". But no, investors tend to like hype. In a sense, I see governmental organisations somehow in the same position as these messed up companies - they buy something that fills their every need, but is the best suit for only a marginal slice of the need.
No, I did not work for the above mentioned companies:)
It would be interesting to know what exactly were they supposed to license and if there are competetitive OSS replacement available. $95 million is a lot of money. And if you could save this by taking a collection of opensource solution instead, maybe paying just $20 million for product support (which might have be included in the Oracle deal licenses)...
I mean, sincerely they must also have some real need for the licenses, some company should recognise this great change to make big money using OSS derivates and support. With all the fuss in the air, the climate could be perfect to hit using OSS artillery and reasoning.
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Which part of the parent was the trolly part? Maybe you cannot spell "anagram" or maybe you just "released your inner nerd." I found the anagrammy comment by Tattva the best part of this article's thread. An article that got slashdotted faster than you can say sloth sad.
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Name your horror scenario:
What incidents would compose a paralyzing blow to the Linux "momentum". Do you believe Linux is immune for the loss or sudden mental illness of 10 key persons for example? Why? Or could, these core people, including you, deliver a killing blow by poisoned decisions, for example?
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I promise you free sex, beer and rock'n'roll!
... [6 months pass, eula change]...I promise you free sex only with these mammals (see reference for complete list) ...
... [6 months pass, eula change]...I promise you free beer only if you pay for it, the beer we are delivering conducts to all these terms ...
...[6 months pass, eula change]...I promise you free rock'n'roll but only if you agree to listen to 23 hours of "partner messages daily ...
And there you are, 1.5 years later you find yourself fucking an opossum, drinking disgusting beer and listeting to it-anthems on background 23 hours a day.
And yes, this is perfectly legal. Or can you spot a difference between this story and how Hotmail treated their "customers" after Microsoft took control.
Score:0 Offtopic.
Offtopic it may be, this is why the Slashdot System is so brilliant. You don't post anything that might criticize your humble and goodwilling intentions. And when someone mentions that your articles are crap and only serve your own needs, then it is naturally off-topic, because it wasn't posted under the thread "Slashdot, News for Nerds, Stuff that VAtters".
Face it. Slashdot is turning into a propaganda tool for VA, which is whole lot of smaller community than "the Nerds" which used to be your community, or atleast I thought so.
Well, actually, I now have exactly the same feeling as when someone points you and says "hey your zipper is open, I see your weenie!".
;) Luckily I am not alone with my fourty.
;)
I have spelled forty wrong, maybe 21 years now. We finns start learning english at school when we are around 8 years or so. Can you imagine that I passed the highschool with highest grade in english
Thanks for pointing at my zipper!
> As for an 'easy to set up Linux computer', please.. Do you really think tons of
;) problem there is the need for modchip - but it is just a temporary item, which will be overcome at some date.
> people are going to rush out and buy an X-box to put Linux on it?
Well, firstly, I said I like this "scenario", I did not say I think it has high probability to actually happen.
Secondly, yes - I believe it's much easier to create a "easy-to-set-up Linux homecomputer" based on Xbox than a normal PC. Why? Because it is a fixed set of hardware. You can deliver a package which does not basically require any configuration - or even installation. The only "little"
I like this scenario:
Microsoft sells Xbox underpriced - making a loss per each sold product. Meanwhile as the modchips have already been released, Microsoft is digging another hole for themselves: they have created the perfect platform for cheap Linux based homecomputer, again, project(s) already going. Once this evolvs into a easy-to-setup Linux home computer: voila!
Summasummarum, Microsoft's bully tactics may well prove as the ultimate bullet to their own head. They will end up loosing both because of hardware and because of lost Windows license fees. Eventually, loosing around $200 because of every sold Xbox. Thanks.
> The stupid fucks couldn't use repeaters or use current technology to stretch the line
;)
If the arguments for using different aproach came from the same pool as the previous line, I bet the customer chose wlan just to play with you
Firstly, I do not believe you would be asking this question, if you knew yourself why you want to opensource it.If you know it, really know - and the reason really is that opensource based development benefits the customer - then I do not believe you have any problem in convincing the customer.
:)
To answer the first question, think:
- If the software that you are developing is "generic" and publishing it yields no losses in the competitive edge of your client. Good.
- If the software is "just" for a support process of your client's organisation. Good.
- If you have clear plans on how the software you will develop could be enhanced so that it benefits the customer. Good
- If you quess the total price will be cheaper. He gives out something, that grows into something bigger. Good.
- If your customer has too much money and is an opensource evangelist
Seriously, it should not be that hard, if you can show clear benefits.
agreed, I also believe that EJB is good in your toolbox. You just have to first do the boring stuff, analysis, requirements, design, and detailed design. Then if EJB is the tool that it points to, then fine, otherwise. Just pick the tool at correct time, I quess :)
I have seen way too many JBoss and Tomcat things jammed, that it makes me ill. Some people use EJBs just to print out "Hello World". Why don't they just use static HTML, and parse those 42 bytes using a custom apache module written in C, so things might keep trolling better. :)
Frankly ;) my current opinion on Caldera is not very flattering. Frankly, I do not know anything concrete about them, I just have the image, that they have tried to knock multiple doors to enter the desktop. Now, I read that they are not aiming to hit the desktop. Frankly, I do not have any hunch on why buy something from Caldera.... I just think that they decided to choose "business customers" to have better change to survive only by effective lobbying and no realworld evidence.
I have not used any time to find out what Caldera really is, or wants to be, but this is what they have been able to communicate to me so far - not very convincing. By looking at their financial figures I assume they have been able to communicate the same image to others as well.
Redhat, instead, might not be "that" different, but they have been able to create an image, that they are thriving to do something concrete and something that might become beneficial - Caldera just is - atleast for now.
>This means you get to easily identify, then remove, the buggers who are screwing your bandwidth distribution and forcing you to spend tons in extra capacity. A minor short-term risk for long-term gain. :)
This means, you can easily get rid of your customers? I mean, in private households, who would you quess is the leading marketing power pushing the buy DSL button? The Kazaasses, I would quess. Even though it's dad or mom who pays it, it might be the immature 13 year old w4r3z d00d who the ISP can thank for the sale
So, no - the long term plan is not to use a weak solution and ban your customers, instead the long term plan is to fix it.
The way the bandwidth limiting has been done in these modems, is completely similar to telling 5 year old kids to take only one candy, and then go yourself watch football to another room (or as a fin, Icehockey) - when you return after the match you can be sure that there is no candies - or bandwidth - left.
IMHO, the operators were just asking for this. NEVER trust the client.
I do not have any experience with their products, but the solution offered by this company seems simple and functional. Their system consists of an apparatus that turns pages of your book automatically, scans, turns, scans, turns. The result you can naturally pass to OCR.
Now, if I was to digitize all my books, I would try to create te the 4DigitalBooks kind of solution myself. The only tricky part is to find a cheap enough way to turn pages automatically, see also Kris Mckenzie's automatic page turner, still the best start is this document which is a proposal and overview on how to create an automatic page turner from pieces, the total cost is $459.
It was not a joke.
Hehe :) yes, their system leaks like horse's %& but still, there is many people fiddling and turning papers around. They even all the number you give to check that "someone" answers. ;)) I only said the price is justified by the amount of work - I did not say the quality is good - it is not! :)
If we consider that Thawte is selling their 128-but SuperCerts at the price of US $300 per year, which is not even the highest price on the market (Verisign, $348, then:
it is completely understandable that the price is similar, as they are supposed to go into similar actions to verify the authentity of the registrant - or atleast this is what their marketing speach makes you think - that they only give this domain name for fully qualified registrants, this they can verify only by same procedures, as Thawte or Verisign. They sell different product, but need to do similar procedures to deliver the product
What is not understandable, is if their price for renewals is as high - as the work involved in renewal is minimal compared to first time granting. This is also the case with Thawte and Verisign, they charge way too much for the renewals too (Thawte, $300 Verisign $249 )
>It does not imply that they can take 10% of your CPU and then use it to crack encryption codes or whatever...
:)
Actually, what is "cracking encryption using brute force" ? It IS a search engine. You are just searching for the correct key, from for example 2^56 alternatives. What is Kazaa then? You are just searching for the correct piece of pirated data, from for example 2^56 alternatives
Yes, the virus is ok, if you sign the EULA associated with the virus before the virus gets installed on your computer.
Similarly, it's illegal to cut the liver out from your stomach if it's done by a stranger on the street but it is very legal to take it out if you first sign an agreement regarding this act. In some countries, you can even sign an agreement which makes it legal to kill you.
Software is a product or service such as anything else, why is it so hard for people to understand this.
Which part stuns you? They have found a potential source of income. People don't care. They'll install anything on their machine. In their privacy statement they clearly state that they collect any information they can, and use much of that information any way they want. In their resource usage page they say that they also can steal 10% of your CPU power.
They have said it all loud and clear, and if you install the software, you practically give them the right to use your computer and information gathered for anything they want. No-one has to install this piece of software, it's your own choice.
Sometime someone said, "think before you type"... you should also "think before you download".
When did Slashdot turn into a woodwork site? Or maybe this was just a step in your way to minimize global losses resulting from Slashdot effects?
I know, my karma is soon below zero, but Hello!
I strongly believe that such organisations represent only a very minimal minority. I have only experience on Oracle, Sybase, Solid,PostgreSQL and Mysql - and yes, Oracle has lots of features. So many features, that you can hire a gazillion support persons.
:)
When all of these features are really needed, then I also believe Oracle is a good choice.
But, I also know two companies that entered the IT business, started developing all kinds of cool new services with the coolest stuff they could find from the shelf - and have the Company fall down because they never got their development done. Instead, if they had chosen the correct artillery for their target, their development would have been done "in a minute". But no, investors tend to like hype. In a sense, I see governmental organisations somehow in the same position as these messed up companies - they buy something that fills their every need, but is the best suit for only a marginal slice of the need.
No, I did not work for the above mentioned companies
It would be interesting to know what exactly were they supposed to license and if there are competetitive OSS replacement available. $95 million is a lot of money. And if you could save this by taking a collection of opensource solution instead, maybe paying just $20 million for product support (which might have be included in the Oracle deal licenses)...
I mean, sincerely they must also have some real need for the licenses, some company should recognise this great change to make big money using OSS derivates and support. With all the fuss in the air, the climate could be perfect to hit using OSS artillery and reasoning.
Which part of the parent was the trolly part? Maybe you cannot spell "anagram" or maybe you just "released your inner nerd." I found the anagrammy comment by Tattva the best part of this article's thread. An article that got slashdotted faster than you can say sloth sad.
is it:
...dumb pillbox bee...or
...limped ox bubble...or
...piled box bumble...or
...mild expo bubble...or
or maybe it's just a deluxe bomb blip?
Name your horror scenario:
What incidents would compose a paralyzing blow to the Linux "momentum". Do you believe Linux is immune for the loss or sudden mental illness of 10 key persons for example? Why? Or could, these core people, including you, deliver a killing blow by poisoned decisions, for example?