Exactly. Let's be honest, this is fair.
No it isn't. They own the patents on mp3, and in this country they have a right to charge licensing fees.
Only because of our broken "intellectual property" schemes. They're only charging people who are making money off this, which is also fair.
No it isn't. If one doesn't like this, then use a different format.
But mp3 is a monopoly format. I cannot think of any other music format that is supported on pretty much every platform. But it's not like we're all going to be prosecuted for using our shoutcast servers or anything.
There's no guaruntee. They have the legalright to do so. Let's relax a bit.
Fuck off.
When you build a house, do you hand-forge the nails from iron that you mined yourself? Do you cut down your own forests for building material? Do you insulate your own electric wires with petrochemicals you refined and drilled for on your own?
The corporation must serve the workers only to the extent that they will stay with the corporation. Any more serving of the workers, and profits go down.
Likewise, customers must be given the minimum service to keep them. Because the RIAA is basically a monopoly (yes, yes, it's a consortium of corporations, probably not technically a monopoly), it doesn't need to serve customers much as long as it can knock out things such as napster and gnutella before they do any damage.
If we remove too many regulations from corporations, behavior such as this can begin to run rampant. Manufacturing industries won't need to check for environmental impact, for example.
In addition, without an equalizing force such as government, it can be incredibly hard for those with less stuff to rise in the hierarchy. The purpose of wellfare programs is to help level the playing field.
Although MacOS has gone through ten major revisions,
Actually, MacOS went through 9 revisions before they killed it and replaced it with NeXT, whose fifth revision has been renamed to MacOS X and whose fourth revision was named OpenStep for Mach. Sorry to pick nits, but DAMN it's fun!
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What advantages does Qt have over OpenStep? OpenStep is a cross-platform (ported to Windows, GNUStep will have Windows and presently has *nix) OO development system that kicks Qt's ass any day! No bloated C++ for me, Objective C is a far more trim and lean language.
Microsoft's motive is to produce a product which people want to buy.
This is a common myth of capitalism. Actually, Microsoft's motive is to produce people that want to buy the product. Hence the advertisements and manipulative (if you buy the article's conclusion) statements.
What does piracy have to do with this? Are there a lot of cases of Microsoft shipping by aquatic means? How does a country by country introduction prevent their shipping lines from being attacked?
Oh wait, you meant "copyright infringement".
Someone else has mentioned GNUSTEP already, but that seems to be advancing about as quickly as GNU/HURD.
Actually, GNUStep just released the FoundationKit v1.0, it is making real progress.
it is far less sophisticated than even X Windows, which is also a Mac copy.
Actually, the X Window System (NOT X Windows!! Read man X) is a system for sending graphics over a network. Perhaps you are referring to applications that use the X Window System for display?
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The freedom you get with the GIMP is the freedom to modify, copy, and otherwise share the program and the source.
The freedom you lose with Photoshop is the very freedom you gain with Free software. I consider such freedom to be of far more importance than a program being closer to meeting my needs.
An analogy: Even if I have nothing to say against the government, I would still like to have the right to speak against the government.
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I just told you what is wrong with it. The users don't have certain essentail liberties, such as the freedom to copy it, to modify it, and to redistribute the modifications. If a program does not pass the license test, I abstain from it, even if it would otherwise be suitable. The Photoshop license fatally flaws an otherwise good program.
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Dude, it's a MAC! squid is for *nix!
Actually, they cost ~$18 for me. No big difference there.
Exactly. Let's be honest, this is fair.
No it isn't.
They own the patents on mp3, and in this country they have a right to charge licensing fees.
Only because of our broken "intellectual property" schemes.
They're only charging people who are making money off this, which is also fair.
No it isn't.
If one doesn't like this, then use a different format.
But mp3 is a monopoly format. I cannot think of any other music format that is supported on pretty much every platform.
But it's not like we're all going to be prosecuted for using our shoutcast servers or anything.
There's no guaruntee. They have the legalright to do so.
Let's relax a bit. Fuck off.
When you build a house, do you hand-forge the nails from iron that you mined yourself? Do you cut down your own forests for building material? Do you insulate your own electric wires with petrochemicals you refined and drilled for on your own?
Nah, Che was a communist, and slash is an EXTREMELY right-wing place. Also, it's full of idiots. Che would be at k5!
The corporation must serve the workers only to the extent that they will stay with the corporation. Any more serving of the workers, and profits go down. Likewise, customers must be given the minimum service to keep them. Because the RIAA is basically a monopoly (yes, yes, it's a consortium of corporations, probably not technically a monopoly), it doesn't need to serve customers much as long as it can knock out things such as napster and gnutella before they do any damage. If we remove too many regulations from corporations, behavior such as this can begin to run rampant. Manufacturing industries won't need to check for environmental impact, for example. In addition, without an equalizing force such as government, it can be incredibly hard for those with less stuff to rise in the hierarchy. The purpose of wellfare programs is to help level the playing field.
Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look.
Actually, it is BOTH alive AND dead.
Although MacOS has gone through ten major revisions,
Actually, MacOS went through 9 revisions before they killed it and replaced it with NeXT, whose fifth revision has been renamed to MacOS X and whose fourth revision was named OpenStep for Mach. Sorry to pick nits, but DAMN it's fun!
What advantages does Qt have over OpenStep? OpenStep is a cross-platform (ported to Windows, GNUStep will have Windows and presently has *nix) OO development system that kicks Qt's ass any day! No bloated C++ for me, Objective C is a far more trim and lean language.
"...stolen...stolen...IP theft..."
There is no such thing as stolen data. Perhaps when you say theft, you mean copyright infringement?
Microsoft's motive is to produce a product which people want to buy. This is a common myth of capitalism. Actually, Microsoft's motive is to produce people that want to buy the product. Hence the advertisements and manipulative (if you buy the article's conclusion) statements.
What does piracy have to do with this? Are there a lot of cases of Microsoft shipping by aquatic means? How does a country by country introduction prevent their shipping lines from being attacked?
Oh wait, you meant "copyright infringement".
That's so it can send power too, without having another cord. Kind of like imacs only being one piece, and the mouse plugging into the keyboard.
Red Hat gets paid for a product they provide, but I do not lose my liberty with Red Hat's product (by the way, I run Debian!)
What about fiber, for paper and clothes? Which plant is better?
Someone else has mentioned GNUSTEP already, but that seems to be advancing about as quickly as GNU/HURD.
Actually, GNUStep just released the FoundationKit v1.0, it is making real progress.
Quartz isn't a window manager. It is a display system, analogous to DPS on NeXT or X on Unix.
Have you tried Slack?
I've actually had REALLY good experiences with Konqueror.
it is far less sophisticated than even X Windows, which is also a Mac copy. Actually, the X Window System (NOT X Windows!! Read man X) is a system for sending graphics over a network. Perhaps you are referring to applications that use the X Window System for display?
Watashi wa Nihongo o hanashimasu!
The freedom you get with the GIMP is the freedom to modify, copy, and otherwise share the program and the source.
The freedom you lose with Photoshop is the very freedom you gain with Free software. I consider such freedom to be of far more importance than a program being closer to meeting my needs.
An analogy: Even if I have nothing to say against the government, I would still like to have the right to speak against the government.
I just told you what is wrong with it. The users don't have certain essentail liberties, such as the freedom to copy it, to modify it, and to redistribute the modifications. If a program does not pass the license test, I abstain from it, even if it would otherwise be suitable. The Photoshop license fatally flaws an otherwise good program.
The license strips you of your freedom.
How about a bsdlicensed yacc?