Great. Thanks, so you manage to put Open Source and anti-American in a sentence. That's the last thing that OSS needs: "OSS developed by terrorists".
Contrary to what Dubya and Darl will have us believe, they're not the same thing. Most foreign readers will probably understand this. Will most Americans?
I've also gotten the impression that the typical American consumer a) is more resistant to change, b) is more concerned (paranoid?) about privacy and c) is less inclined to try out new technology for its own sake -- than the typical Asian or European consumer.
That's why I don't expect this here any time soon.:(
In the U.S. we already have something very similar to this: prepaid credit cards. Apparently they're easier to get than your typical card and are quite popular with visitors to the US and with illegal immigrants.
After reading the article, and Mohan's comments about no one being fired for choosing Oracle, how fitting it is that the fortune that shows up on the bottom of the page is:
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?
While Young's points are very valid, I think the threat to survivors is real; not as revenge on the families of those involved, but more as an effort to intimidate (other) people who might be presently contemplating such actions. Like so many other decisions, every alternative comes with a cost.
As someone who stayed up all night last night making some DHTML pages IE and NS compatible, my initial response was one of great joy.
I, too, think there will be problems in the beginning, but as somone else said, the hackers who thought ahead will have a relatively easier time making their code comply.
On a related note, I've been thinking recently about just how bug-ridden the latest version of Communicator is. I could understand the argument, "Must churn out a new release to prevent getting overwhelmed by Darth Gates."
I've noticed that more commercial software companies are doing this now; releasing new versions sooner at the expense of quality and basic credibility. The scary thing is that I'm beginning to see that sort of indifference in the younger developers coming out of college.
Is mainstream software fostering a culture where the craftsmen (or craftswomen), are no longer taking pride in the code they write? Or do I just have a very limited view of reality?
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The entire 'article' was 8 sentences. That's a lot of bandwidth for 8 sentences. Sheesh.
Charles Cazabon, author of getmail, for showing us how an open source project (and the associated mailing lists) ought to be managed.
Great. Thanks, so you manage to put Open Source and anti-American in a sentence. That's the last thing that OSS needs: "OSS developed by terrorists".
Contrary to what Dubya and Darl will have us believe, they're not the same thing. Most foreign readers will probably understand this. Will most Americans?
I see. You're right.
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I've also gotten the impression that the typical American consumer a) is more resistant to change, b) is more concerned (paranoid?) about privacy and c) is less inclined to try out new technology for its own sake -- than the typical Asian or European consumer.
That's why I don't expect this here any time soon.
In the U.S. we already have something very similar to this: prepaid credit cards. Apparently they're easier to get than your typical card and are quite popular with visitors to the US and with illegal immigrants.
Aijaz.
While Young's points are very valid, I think the threat to survivors is real; not as revenge on the families of those involved, but more as an effort to intimidate (other) people who might be presently contemplating such actions. Like so many other decisions, every alternative comes with a cost.
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As someone who stayed up all night last night making some DHTML pages IE and NS compatible, my initial response was one of great joy.
I, too, think there will be problems in the beginning, but as somone else said, the hackers who thought ahead will have a relatively easier time making their code comply.
On a related note, I've been thinking recently about just how bug-ridden the latest version of Communicator is. I could understand the argument, "Must churn out a new release to prevent getting overwhelmed by Darth Gates."
I've noticed that more commercial software companies are doing this now; releasing new versions sooner at the expense of quality and basic credibility. The scary thing is that I'm beginning to see that sort of indifference in the younger developers coming out of college.
Is mainstream software fostering a culture where the craftsmen (or craftswomen), are no longer taking pride in the code they write? Or do I just have a very limited view of reality?
Aijaz.