Regarding your (presumed) rant about RPM being specified in the LSB, it's not really that bad, since nobody IS forcing you (even though some RPM-based-distro users would have you believe otherwise). IIRC, all the LSB specifies is that distros should have some way of installing RPM packages. Slack users can install RPM, and Debian users can use alien.
I once ran an iptables script that had "set -x" in it over SSH. The script blocks all traffic while it's running, so the buffer ran out and it hung there waiting for the terminal... %-(
Luckily, the server was in the next room, so I just went in and re-ran the script from the console.
Can you provide me with some insight into the excuses IT/management people use to justify this? It doesn't make any sense to me, and I'd like to have my arguments ready for if it happens to me.
Just because MS hasn't done something doesn't mean it won't. In 1995, who thought MS would try to coerce its users to rent Windows instead of buying it?
The USA is not a good example, because in many ways, it is the Microsoft of the world (pushy/bullying -- even to friends... but I guess US products don't suck as much as MS products.:)
Isn't there some mechanism where you can pay a one-time fee of ~$1000 to register a 'public-domain patent'? Wouldn't that solve the "what if someone else patents it?" scenario?
You're right. Terminal services is faster than VNC because it's based on RDP (see http://www.rdesktop.org/ for more info), but there's nothing particularly new or innovative about it.
Don't call it "DRM", call it "copy prevention" or "access restriction", depending on which is more accurate. DRM is the Direct Rendering Module for DRI.
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I think I see the confusion: I believe you mentioned "private ownership of property", as opposed to state ownership of property. However, if you are going to make such a bold statement that freedom depends "first and foremost" on private ownership, you also need to consider societies that have a complete lack of property ownership by anyone?
You're implying that property ownership, individual or otherwise, is an absolute necessity for a successful social organization, but I doubt that type of thinking is universally accepted.
It's still a good philosophy. The problem here is not that the frontend is separate, but that there are few (if any?) frontends.
That said, using PGP-style crypto properly requires some background knowledge, and I won't be recommending it to the masses until that is addressed (by an interface or otherwise).
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Freedom depends, first and foremost, upon the concept of private ownership of property.
Could you clarify that point? The relationship is not clear.
This is why. RMS isn't the "insane" person you seem to think he is.
For instance, has it occurred to you that every time something like this makes the news, it's extra publicity for the FSF? Even if people think RMS is a bit of a nut (most would anyway), it still serves to inform people.
Regarding your comment that "Linux is Linus Torvalds' brainchild", nobody is suggesting that Linus call the *kernel* "GNU/Linux", but the operating system that it runs has GNU at its core. gcc and glibc are certainly not Linus' brainchildren.
Besides, "GNU/Linux" serves as a good distinction between itself, "GNU/HURD", "Linux" (the kernel), and other non-GNU-running Linux systems.
Without GNU, Linux wouldn't even have compiled, and assuming another compiler was used, the kernel would never have gained any popularity, since it would have been useless in the real world.
Personally, I write "GNU/Linux" in order to distinguish it (the generic Linux-based GNU OS), from "Linux" (the kernel), "GNU/Hurd" (the generic HURD-based GNU OS), and Linux-based non-GNU systems (IIRC, there are a few). Even if you don't like RMS, the name he proposes is useful in its own sense.
As a side note, "BSD" stands for Berkeley System Distribution, which somewhat implies the use of other people's software. "Linux" doesn't.
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Regarding your (presumed) rant about RPM being specified in the LSB, it's not really that bad, since nobody IS forcing you (even though some RPM-based-distro users would have you believe otherwise). IIRC, all the LSB specifies is that distros should have some way of installing RPM packages. Slack users can install RPM, and Debian users can use alien.
I once ran an iptables script that had "set -x" in it over SSH. The script blocks all traffic while it's running, so the buffer ran out and it hung there waiting for the terminal... %-(
Luckily, the server was in the next room, so I just went in and re-ran the script from the console.
It seems like the ..AA are just pushing for every stupid idea that pops into their heads, regardless of feasibility.
As an interesting side note, Workbench called them "drawers".
Can you provide me with some insight into the excuses IT/management people use to justify this? It doesn't make any sense to me, and I'd like to have my arguments ready for if it happens to me.
Heh. Except speed and small memory footprint... which are the whole point of Opera.
Does anyone know if Mozilla has a low-memory (i.e. only-load-the-browser-not-the-whole-kitchen-sink) mode, or if one is planned?
Just because MS hasn't done something doesn't mean it won't. In 1995, who thought MS would try to coerce its users to rent Windows instead of buying it?
The USA is not a good example, because in many ways, it is the Microsoft of the world (pushy/bullying -- even to friends... but I guess US products don't suck as much as MS products. :)
I would think that "everyone" means "everyone".
Isn't there some mechanism where you can pay a one-time fee of ~$1000 to register a 'public-domain patent'? Wouldn't that solve the "what if someone else patents it?" scenario?
Perhaps no good media players exist for Windows because they can't compete against Microsoft.
You're right. Terminal services is faster than VNC because it's based on RDP (see http://www.rdesktop.org/ for more info), but there's nothing particularly new or innovative about it.
What I'd like to see is some sort of open-source RDP server.
Don't call it "DRM", call it "copy prevention" or "access restriction", depending on which is more accurate. DRM is the Direct Rendering Module for DRI.
You're implying that property ownership, individual or otherwise, is an absolute necessity for a successful social organization, but I doubt that type of thinking is universally accepted.
That said, using PGP-style crypto properly requires some background knowledge, and I won't be recommending it to the masses until that is addressed (by an interface or otherwise).
Could you clarify that point? The relationship is not clear.
There are still ways around that. Better not give them the incentive at all.
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Perhaps you could clarify your point?
For instance, has it occurred to you that every time something like this makes the news, it's extra publicity for the FSF? Even if people think RMS is a bit of a nut (most would anyway), it still serves to inform people.
Regarding your comment that "Linux is Linus Torvalds' brainchild", nobody is suggesting that Linus call the *kernel* "GNU/Linux", but the operating system that it runs has GNU at its core. gcc and glibc are certainly not Linus' brainchildren.
Besides, "GNU/Linux" serves as a good distinction between itself, "GNU/HURD", "Linux" (the kernel), and other non-GNU-running Linux systems.
Personally, I write "GNU/Linux" in order to distinguish it (the generic Linux-based GNU OS), from "Linux" (the kernel), "GNU/Hurd" (the generic HURD-based GNU OS), and Linux-based non-GNU systems (IIRC, there are a few). Even if you don't like RMS, the name he proposes is useful in its own sense.
As a side note, "BSD" stands for Berkeley System Distribution, which somewhat implies the use of other people's software. "Linux" doesn't.
No, there aren't. Open Source is defined by the Open Source Definition (which is basically the Debian Free Software Guidelines, by the way).
Whaa?
+1, Funny? I'm serious!