"If successful, maybe in a decade, this could yield new sources of energy or novel drugs."
Or perhaps biological weapons or a killer virus? It's amazing to me how people only discuss the upside of things like this without mentioning the bad that can come of it as well.
I think that it is interesting that this site is so pro-stealing. The write up for this article makes it sound like the person sharing files is an innocent victim but we all know that probably isn't the case.
Jerks who share media that they have no right to share are making it harder on those of us who do obey the law. In my opinion, raids are a completely legal option and probably should happen.
with the US Government being involved in this. I don't feel that it is their job to determine when I should hear about a security vunderability. Plus, I feel that this gives the US Government an unfair advantage on citizens and foreign governments that might be using the effected software.
I normally don't respond to ACs but I have to admit to having a fondness for the GNU userland tools. Maybe its because I started out with Linux in the beginning?
Even on my NetBSD box, I still use the Bash shell. And I miss the GNU's date command, which has plenty of nice switches for things such as the Julian date.
If you read the article, it says that RedHat is starting to aquire patents as well.
Now, I have no doubt that Redhat is doing this for the good of the Linux community but Redhat is a publicly traded company, is it not? All it would take is a corporate takeover/merger and all those good intentions could be out the window.
It would be wise to keep GNU/Linux patent free, even if the patent is owned by Redhat.
These Mpeg4 people are whiners, in my opinion. And I think it is funny that Mpeg4 is considered an "open" standard; any technology encumbered by patents is hardly open.
I think that it will be hard to do. The free-Unix crowd is used to having their cake for free and even if you came up with something unique, some developer would probably create a free clone of it.
Since you mentioned MacOS X, I would suggest developing for them as your primary audience. Offer a version for Unixes as well, provided you can do so without killing yourself, as paying users on those platforms will probably be few.
I wanted to say Happy Anniversery to Tim and O'Reilly books. I have really enjoyed the content and quality of the O'Reilly books I have purchased. The books I have so far:
Learning The Vi Editor MP3, The Definitive Guide Learning The Bash Shell (Bash on NetBSD is great!) Practical C Programming HTML & XHTML TCP/IP Network Administration Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet
Now if he would just print a book on NetBSD! (Oops, I forgot; BSD is dying!)
I think a MP3 player with dual compact-flash slots would be cool. With the space on compact flash, you could have a lot of memory. Of course, the battery drain would be considerable.:)
What I don't understand is why doesn't anybody make an extendable player, where the user can add support for additional codecs via third party plugins?
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but doubtful. It would seem to me that any DRM where the source is available would be easily hacked. Maybe I'm wrong.
but I wish that Apple would sell ATX-compatable motherboards to the public. I would love to be able to select my own components.
They would post on Slashdot about how BSD is dying.
I am totally underwhemled by this turn of events.
"If successful, maybe in a decade, this could yield new sources of energy or novel drugs."
Or perhaps biological weapons or a killer virus? It's amazing to me how people only discuss the upside of things like this without mentioning the bad that can come of it as well.
"But I don't think ISPs should be punished for the actions of a bunch of jerks"
You are right about that, I think. That would be like holding the phone company responsible for a crime committed or planned via the phone.
I think that it is interesting that this site is so pro-stealing. The write up for this article makes it sound like the person sharing files is an innocent victim but we all know that probably isn't the case.
Jerks who share media that they have no right to share are making it harder on those of us who do obey the law. In my opinion, raids are a completely legal option and probably should happen.
with the US Government being involved in this. I don't feel that it is their job to determine when I should hear about a security vunderability. Plus, I feel that this gives the US Government an unfair advantage on citizens and foreign governments that might be using the effected software.
I normally don't respond to ACs but I have to admit to having a fondness for the GNU userland tools. Maybe its because I started out with Linux in the beginning?
Even on my NetBSD box, I still use the Bash shell. And I miss the GNU's date command, which has plenty of nice switches for things such as the Julian date.
What's better does not always win, for example:
Betamax over VHS
Windows over Macintosh
Internet Explorer over Netscape
Linux over BSD
sue all of those trolls who falsely claimed that BSD was dying, and for causing mental distress to those of us who actually use BSD.
--
"Here's a nickel kid, get yourself a real operating system."
Things get interesting if you go to this page and read what Marshall Kirk McKusick has to say about this in his piece on the history of BSD:
"The lawsuit settlement also stipulated that USL would not sue any organization using 4.4BSD-Lite as the base for their system."
Of course, I can't tell if this would apply to this situation to SCO or not.
the point where some asshole pipes in about how he could buy a 100Ghz P4 for the same about of money?
If Palladium is designed to provide a secure environment then how come it lets the user run Windows?
Truer words were never spoken, IMO. GNU/Linux and the BSDs have probably replaced more Unix servers then Windows servers.
If you read the article, it says that RedHat is starting to aquire patents as well.
Now, I have no doubt that Redhat is doing this for the good of the Linux community but Redhat is a publicly traded company, is it not? All it would take is a corporate takeover/merger and all those good intentions could be out the window.
It would be wise to keep GNU/Linux patent free, even if the patent is owned by Redhat.
I am interested in Tivo but I really do not like the fact the Tivo requires a subscription. Will the Tivo operate with no subscription?
These Mpeg4 people are whiners, in my opinion. And I think it is funny that Mpeg4 is considered an "open" standard; any technology encumbered by patents is hardly open.
> This is a work in progress right?
That's probably true for any OS, though more so for Windows.
I think that it will be hard to do. The free-Unix crowd is used to having their cake for free and even if you came up with something unique, some developer would probably create a free clone of it.
Since you mentioned MacOS X, I would suggest developing for them as your primary audience. Offer a version for Unixes as well, provided you can do so without killing yourself, as paying users on those platforms will probably be few.
I wanted to say Happy Anniversery to Tim and O'Reilly books. I have really enjoyed the content and quality of the O'Reilly books I have purchased. The books I have so far:
Learning The Vi Editor
MP3, The Definitive Guide
Learning The Bash Shell (Bash on NetBSD is great!)
Practical C Programming
HTML & XHTML
TCP/IP Network Administration
Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet
Now if he would just print a book on NetBSD! (Oops, I forgot; BSD is dying!)
I think a MP3 player with dual compact-flash slots would be cool. With the space on compact flash, you could have a lot of memory. Of course, the battery drain would be considerable. :)
What I don't understand is why doesn't anybody make an extendable player, where the user can add support for additional codecs via third party plugins?
This looks like something that could be interesting, as building Intel PCs is so easy that it is boring.
Still, even if I bought one, I have no idea how what to mount it in or how to power it. You can't just throw it into an ATX case, can you?
"for treatment of brain cancers, Alzheimers and other neurological disorders. Problem solved! Yipee! New spinal column, anyone?"
Yeah, as if the world isn't populated enough already, let cure every fucking disease in the world.
From what I seen, RiscOS is mainly used in England and other European countries. Can anyone share what they like about it?