Why would it be a shock that Java is not licensed under the GPLv3? GPLv2 is well understood now in the legal community, and GPLv3 is going to be examined under a fine toothed comb for a long time even after it is published. It could be a long time before you see major software from large companies published under GPLv3 if at all.
It looked like Novell needs the cash like a certain other company years ago did such as Apple when they got a $100 million investment from MS. Look where Apple is now. Overall, this will be a good deal for both short-term cash and the inherent 'safeness' in buying a Novell platform in your Enterprise environment. The world isn't turning upside down here folks.
This article is short on details about the encryption, and it says nothing at all about the current Homeland Security opinion on said technology. I sure know people care about having their data safe and that is a huge problem. Ask the FTC about that. Discussing this further without more facts could just be a waste of time. This is a simple technology "We done it!" announcement. Nothing more.
Happens all the time when women are pregnant who are abusing drugs or smoking. Its well know what disabilities a baby could have due to excesses of drugs or alcohol.
DB2 main attractiveness for being free is its feature set. PostgreSQL already has a well developed feature set for a 'free' offering so you may not get as much from it unlike if you migrated from MySQL. No offense to MySQL, but for now its claim to greatness is being 'free' and speed, not having a fully developed feature set.
Bottom line is that this free DB2 should be considered an evaulation kit for a larger deployment more than anything else since its way more than you need for a small system.
Maybe I am the one trapped in a time warp? This article is odd. Could it be April 1st already?
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It would be pretty logical that google would like to control something that is comparable to sun and microsoft's bigtime server languages. Python has moderately fast bytecode (google stuff could improve a lot here) and it's got a decent oop model and a threading api. i/o is also usable. i think zope fans can hype their favourite thing in the responding posts too.
Microsoft hasn't been asleep either when it comes to Python. They hired the original guy who worked on the Iron Python project http://www.ironpython.com/ which brought Python to.NET.
The question is whether the right BPL solutions which generate the least amount of interference are being presented to the people deploying these networks, and whether they are purposedly ignoring the pleas of Ameteur radio operators or ignorant of the choices in the solution?
Why should I go to a service that 1) requires me to own a computer, 3) requires me to have a broadband conection, 3) is dependent on my electricity not going out, and 3) requires me to purchase an expensive phone when I could simply get Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS - with better sound quality and no dropouts) for a mere $8 monthly (yes, that's really what I pay)?
Well lets see:
1. Skype is free with other skype users so that means unlimited worldwide calls. How much do you think your $8 phone plan with the default long distance provider is going to charge for a call from the US to India?
2. Your local plan will probably still charge you for local extended calls so enjoying calling the place across the street from you for free but you'll get charged in 6 second increments for everything else.
3. Most people own a computer that has USB support
4. A lot of people have broadband.
5. A one time cost of $130 is not excessive.
6. Skypeout is extremely cheap when you need to call regular folk with their own line. I bet I can call a lot of far off places for awhile on that $8 you spend just keeping the phone line active.
And the obscene amount of taxes Americans have been paying for education has yielded excellent results. Right...... There is a solution for better education but saying more money is the easy solution without thinking about it properly.
Splitting up the company in such a fashion seems like a good idea to me. Stockholders have the potential to be well rewarded by such a move. The Motorola Freescale split-up was a good deal for everyone involved. Freescale's stock is up (from $14 to $22) and they are doing fine on their own. If some stuff dies then it dies. Products that fail the test don't need to be on life support indefinately.
It may not be FREE software in the GNU sense, but it is good enough for me right now:).
For those who wonder how the company stays afloat after this, the majority of their revenue comes from versions of Opera for embedded devices and phones.
Looks like this could be a move to unlock devices like Gamesharks that have both a software and hardware piece to them.
Sony and Microsoft have never especially approved of them for single player gaming and using it for online playing is a big NO-NO!
Of course I hope this new licensing has a positive component to it. For the royalty I would hope that maybe third party accesories would be tested before release. How many people have been burned by third party memory cards in the past?
Except that there is antivirus software on Windows for free, firewall software for free, and open source repair and imaging tools that are FREE and I can run OpenOffice on Windows for all my word processing needs.
You need to recheck your facts sir or at least do a better analysis.
Linux going forward may be the only OS that will continue to run on non-DRM and open hardware. Expect the Apple Intel boxes to be locked down tight, and MS is definitely going in that direction.
Longhorn and Mac OS X ( Tiger, Leopard) may still have many more appealing features, but from a freedom and open use perspective, you better start looking at that Linux box.
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Why would it be a shock that Java is not licensed under the GPLv3? GPLv2 is well understood now in the legal community, and GPLv3 is going to be examined under a fine toothed comb for a long time even after it is published. It could be a long time before you see major software from large companies published under GPLv3 if at all.
It looked like Novell needs the cash like a certain other company years ago did such as Apple when they got a $100 million investment from MS. Look where Apple is now. Overall, this will be a good deal for both short-term cash and the inherent 'safeness' in buying a Novell platform in your Enterprise environment. The world isn't turning upside down here folks.
This article is short on details about the encryption, and it says nothing at all about the current Homeland Security opinion on said technology. I sure know people care about having their data safe and that is a huge problem. Ask the FTC about that. Discussing this further without more facts could just be a waste of time. This is a simple technology "We done it!" announcement. Nothing more.
Clean up your act, and you make things worse. Is it time to set off a few nukes and see if nuclear winter can cool things down?"
We only have to destroy the planet to save it! Lets do it!
Happens all the time when women are pregnant who are abusing drugs or smoking. Its well know what disabilities a baby could have due to excesses of drugs or alcohol.
Looks like someone is using Weapons of Mass Destruction in a far away galaxy! We must stop them!
Lets get that space program ramped up to save the galaxy!
Symantec's Genesis is owned in only seven days and then the world reboots.
DB2 main attractiveness for being free is its feature set. PostgreSQL already has a well developed feature set for a 'free' offering so you may not get as much from it unlike if you migrated from MySQL. No offense to MySQL, but for now its claim to greatness is being 'free' and speed, not having a fully developed feature set.
Bottom line is that this free DB2 should be considered an evaulation kit for a larger deployment more than anything else since its way more than you need for a small system.
Maybe I am the one trapped in a time warp? This article is odd. Could it be April 1st already?
It would be pretty logical that google would like to control something that is comparable to sun and microsoft's bigtime server languages. Python has moderately fast bytecode (google stuff could improve a lot here) and it's got a decent oop model and a threading api. i/o is also usable. i think zope fans can hype their favourite thing in the responding posts too.
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Microsoft hasn't been asleep either when it comes to Python. They hired the original guy who worked on the Iron Python project http://www.ironpython.com/ which brought Python to
The latest updates on the Iron Python is right here
http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.asp
Motorola appears to have a solution that is the most 'acceptable' to the Ham guys.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT
I think this solution using only low voltage wires will achieve that 100 percent home penetration while creating the least amount of interference. It beats everyone having a WiMax modem in their house.
The question is whether the right BPL solutions which generate the least amount of interference are being presented to the people deploying these networks, and whether they are purposedly ignoring the pleas of Ameteur radio operators or ignorant of the choices in the solution?
Why should I go to a service that 1) requires me to own a computer, 3) requires me to have a broadband conection, 3) is dependent on my electricity not going out, and 3) requires me to purchase an expensive phone when I could simply get Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS - with better sound quality and no dropouts) for a mere $8 monthly (yes, that's really what I pay)?
Well lets see:
1. Skype is free with other skype users so that means unlimited worldwide calls. How much do you think your $8 phone plan with the default long distance provider is going to charge for a call from the US to India?
2. Your local plan will probably still charge you for local extended calls so enjoying calling the place across the street from you for free but you'll get charged in 6 second increments for everything else.
3. Most people own a computer that has USB support
4. A lot of people have broadband.
5. A one time cost of $130 is not excessive.
6. Skypeout is extremely cheap when you need to call regular folk with their own line. I bet I can call a lot of far off places for awhile on that $8 you spend just keeping the phone line active.
And the obscene amount of taxes Americans have been paying for education has yielded excellent results. Right...... There is a solution for better education but saying more money is the easy solution without thinking about it properly.
Splitting up the company in such a fashion seems like a good idea to me. Stockholders have the potential to be well rewarded by such a move. The Motorola Freescale split-up was a good deal for everyone involved. Freescale's stock is up (from $14 to $22) and they are doing fine on their own. If some stuff dies then it dies. Products that fail the test don't need to be on life support indefinately.
It may not be FREE software in the GNU sense, but it is good enough for me right now :).
For those who wonder how the company stays afloat after this, the majority of their revenue comes from versions of Opera for embedded devices and phones.
"Microsoft is trying to address what it believes is a legitimate and longstanding problem in the design market."
What is that problem again? That Borg Cubes and Spheres aren't sexy enough for you?
Don't worry. Sam Beckett will jump back in time and stop the evil DMCA police in the body of an old woman who is currently being sued by them.
Quantum Link Quantum leap whatever. close enough
Formally the adoptive first cousin of Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia stands for everything Wikipedia cannot have: misinformation, satire, and lies.
So the Uncyclopedia will be a lot like Slashdot, right? Nothing new here people!
No , Nintendo has the Sanity patent. I am the one who has the Insanity patent.
Looks like this could be a move to unlock devices like Gamesharks that have both a software and hardware piece to them.
Sony and Microsoft have never especially approved of them for single player gaming and using it for online playing is a big NO-NO!
Of course I hope this new licensing has a positive component to it. For the royalty I would hope that maybe third party accesories would be tested before release. How many people have been burned by third party memory cards in the past?
I say buy the laptop as early as possible for the kid. Make him into a man as soon as possible.
:)
With an Internet connection, it is like browsing one big picture book
AND WE LIKE IT
:)
You mean instead , AND WE LIKES IT!
If you are trying to make fun of Southern Drawl, you have to do it right
Except that there is antivirus software on Windows for free, firewall software for free, and open source repair and imaging tools that are FREE and I can run OpenOffice on Windows for all my word processing needs.
You need to recheck your facts sir or at least do a better analysis.
Linux going forward may be the only OS that will continue to run on non-DRM and open hardware. Expect the Apple Intel boxes to be locked down tight, and MS is definitely going in that direction.
Longhorn and Mac OS X ( Tiger, Leopard) may still have many more appealing features, but from a freedom and open use perspective, you better start looking at that Linux box.
If they would have stuck with the original name LiveScript that would have been okay too. It still is.