Skype, much like DVDs prior to CSS getting cracked, wasn't useful.
Hear that, everyone?
If you're one of the millions who found a ton of value in Skype before it was cracked, you were very, very wrong, because this anonymous Internet jackass has said so. No matter how valuable you think Skype was before, it really wasn't.
You know all the money you saved on long distance calling since Skype dropped the fees behind North American calls? That didn't happen either.
But, as you'll guess, now Skype will become useful, as it will become interoperable with some piece of garbage OSS code that will be orphaned within five seconds of its Alpha version being released. Now that's value.
That's odd, I've actually been recommending that people shove their mouse into various body openings (or use it to create new ones). I guess I learn something new every single day.
Hey there,
Thanks for doing this interview. The character of Zapp Brannigan was apparently created specifically for Phil Hartman, and the style of voice that you use for this character has a ton of similarities to how Hartman performed his Simpsons character voices. Did you purposely take on Hartman's swaggery vocal style as a tribute or something, or is it just what suited the Brannigan character the best?
Thanks again.
Many companies aren't monopolistic, because they believe they have the best product and don't need to cheat.
OK, then please, name TWO successful companies that wouldn't step over their metaphorical mothers' prone carcasses to acquire and keep ten extra customers.
And I mean actual successes -- idealistic fantasies (Red Hat or anything else linux oriented) don't count. Just two.
Slashdot really, really wants to believe everything Google says, and it would be pretty easy to lead such a gullible group down the garden path. Considering the number of pies in which Google has its thumbs these days, it could be a pretty massive problem if they turn out to be like everyone else.
I damn well do expect to have the kernel source. I get it for Linux. Why not for every OS?
Because some OS developers don't share your political beliefs in the value in providing a free product just so that it can be attacked by every basement code monkey who has no other outlet for his meaningless opinions?
When was the last time you saw a piece of junkmail that asked for an e-mail response? They all try to send you to an embarrassingly shitty web site of some kind. I'd be stunned if 1% of all spam features an e-mail address that the spammer could check even if he so desired.
And since you're waving goodbye, maybe save some of that sugar for the clients that you'll lose when you decide to "take a stand" against the most popular product by a wide, wide, WIDE margin.
I think your principles are absolutely darling, but in the real world (look it up), you follow what your visitors want, not the opposite.
Oh, would you wake the fuck up. Do you think that the liquor store or its employee really cared what you were going to do with the bottle? Of course not. The ONLY reason why he or she prevented you from buying it is that the West has become so litigous that even those who have no rational reason to fear lawsuits fear lawsuits.
So, if you want someone to blame, point your self-righteous finger at your neighbor who has a new big-screen TV because the host of a party he once attended didn't stop him from drinking and driving.
Would be nice to have grub look this nice (but grub has too much hardware to support I guess)
Yeah, THAT's the problem. You know, the Kooky OSS Klub is such an awesome psychological case study that it's almost too perfect. People really do see only what they wish to see.
Doesn't matter, a patent is a patent. If you want to blame someone, blame those who allow such patents to exist.
A successful public business has a responsibility to its shareholders to use every available avenue to maximize corporate value. I know that in your idealistic world, a "good company" just wouldn't register these patents, but that's not reality.
There has to be PR from the linux side that's almost as dirty as FUD
Do you actually read this damned web site? Do you? Pro-Linux FUD, in this very article, is as thick as pea-soup, not to mention the countless thousands of others here and in the other areas of the "community."
If you truly believe that it's now time to fire up the OSS FUD Machine and that the past has seen no such activity, there is literally no point in bothering to discuss it, because objectivity is clearly beyond you.
Yeah, you're right, Microsoft should sit around and allow its IP to be stolen, if that's the case, by a bunch of self-satisfied nerds.
Maybe once you're old enough to have a job, you'll understand the ways of the real world.
OK, this one is wrong. History has shown that most "consumers," despite pissing and moaning about this type of thing relentlessly, won't actually stop patronizing Hollywood -- God knows that its latest craptacular offering is more important than principles.
Need evidence? Sure! Watch what happens around Slashdot, notorious for its nasal hatred of the MPAA, when the next Star Wars/Harry Potter/any other goofball sci-fi or fantasy movie comes out.
What kind of LOSER would want to watch porn on an inch-and-a-half screen? Other than, of course, those majestic shitheads who proclaim loudly and consistently that they love porn and then expect me to be impressed because they're rebelling against societal acceptability.
Look -- Apple has the complete, unfettered right to define the usage parameters of its product in the licence. You, as a presumably autonomous human, have the right to discontinue your use of these products if you disagree. That's it -- there's no grey here, despite the OBVIOUS statements of those who aren't very good at arguing.
I do, however, think that it's absolutely precious that you're willing to state that Apple may see a sales increase in OS X DVDs if the topic of this discussion was allowed to continue, since, as you're UNQUESTIONABLY aware, hacker nerds are famous for their willingness to pay for things that they could get for free.
Oh sure, I may be "violating" the license by trying to run it on Non-Apple hardware, however am I going to be calling Apple's support line? NO!
Awesome! Then, I guess you'd have no concerns with me completely ignoring the GPL as I see fit if I have no intention of ever using OSS "support?"
It's funny that a group who causes it to rain at the mere hint of a license violation that works against its own political agenda is able to essentially laugh the same thing off when it works in the group's favour. There's a word for that, but I can't remember what it is. Hypacro... No. Uh, hipocra... closer, but no.
Let me guess -- you live at home? Call it a hunch. How nice that you're chasing your financially worthless goal while your parents get stuck with an overeducated adult child living in the basement. Should I also guess who paid for your education?
I am ALL for doing what one enjoys, but there's no excuse for laying your lack of professional motivation on the backs of others. I HATE working, but I do it anyway because there's a time in life where one has to step up and be a self-sustaining adult.
But, maybe I'm just living in an earlier generation where being autonomous was a source of pride. A quick look around (certainly beyond the parent post) will quickly show that it ain't the case anymore.
Slashdot Mirror
Hear that, everyone?
If you're one of the millions who found a ton of value in Skype before it was cracked, you were very, very wrong, because this anonymous Internet jackass has said so. No matter how valuable you think Skype was before, it really wasn't.
You know all the money you saved on long distance calling since Skype dropped the fees behind North American calls? That didn't happen either.
But, as you'll guess, now Skype will become useful, as it will become interoperable with some piece of garbage OSS code that will be orphaned within five seconds of its Alpha version being released. Now that's value.
That's odd, I've actually been recommending that people shove their mouse into various body openings (or use it to create new ones). I guess I learn something new every single day.
Shiver Metimbers (a fake identity)
Hang on just a damned second here. It's fake?
Hey there, Thanks for doing this interview. The character of Zapp Brannigan was apparently created specifically for Phil Hartman, and the style of voice that you use for this character has a ton of similarities to how Hartman performed his Simpsons character voices. Did you purposely take on Hartman's swaggery vocal style as a tribute or something, or is it just what suited the Brannigan character the best? Thanks again.
OK, then please, name TWO successful companies that wouldn't step over their metaphorical mothers' prone carcasses to acquire and keep ten extra customers.
And I mean actual successes -- idealistic fantasies (Red Hat or anything else linux oriented) don't count. Just two.
Slashdot really, really wants to believe everything Google says, and it would be pretty easy to lead such a gullible group down the garden path. Considering the number of pies in which Google has its thumbs these days, it could be a pretty massive problem if they turn out to be like everyone else.
Because Slashdot is a linux fan-zine, and linux isn't smooth and polished.
The most insightful comment Slashdot has ever seen.
Because some OS developers don't share your political beliefs in the value in providing a free product just so that it can be attacked by every basement code monkey who has no other outlet for his meaningless opinions?
Can you imagine the nerve of self-preservation?
When was the last time you saw a piece of junkmail that asked for an e-mail response? They all try to send you to an embarrassingly shitty web site of some kind. I'd be stunned if 1% of all spam features an e-mail address that the spammer could check even if he so desired.
I think your principles are absolutely darling, but in the real world (look it up), you follow what your visitors want, not the opposite.
So, if you want someone to blame, point your self-righteous finger at your neighbor who has a new big-screen TV because the host of a party he once attended didn't stop him from drinking and driving.
Yeah, THAT's the problem. You know, the Kooky OSS Klub is such an awesome psychological case study that it's almost too perfect. People really do see only what they wish to see.
There is absolutely no point responding to what you wrote.
A successful public business has a responsibility to its shareholders to use every available avenue to maximize corporate value. I know that in your idealistic world, a "good company" just wouldn't register these patents, but that's not reality.
Sorry, fella.
Do you actually read this damned web site? Do you? Pro-Linux FUD, in this very article, is as thick as pea-soup, not to mention the countless thousands of others here and in the other areas of the "community."
If you truly believe that it's now time to fire up the OSS FUD Machine and that the past has seen no such activity, there is literally no point in bothering to discuss it, because objectivity is clearly beyond you.
Yeah, you're right, Microsoft should sit around and allow its IP to be stolen, if that's the case, by a bunch of self-satisfied nerds. Maybe once you're old enough to have a job, you'll understand the ways of the real world.
Yeah, but how do you breathe?
Holy crap.
Exaggerate much?
So, basically, my bots overwhelm yours. Still no good.
Need evidence? Sure! Watch what happens around Slashdot, notorious for its nasal hatred of the MPAA, when the next Star Wars/Harry Potter/any other goofball sci-fi or fantasy movie comes out.
What kind of LOSER would want to watch porn on an inch-and-a-half screen? Other than, of course, those majestic shitheads who proclaim loudly and consistently that they love porn and then expect me to be impressed because they're rebelling against societal acceptability.
I do, however, think that it's absolutely precious that you're willing to state that Apple may see a sales increase in OS X DVDs if the topic of this discussion was allowed to continue, since, as you're UNQUESTIONABLY aware, hacker nerds are famous for their willingness to pay for things that they could get for free.
Awesome! Then, I guess you'd have no concerns with me completely ignoring the GPL as I see fit if I have no intention of ever using OSS "support?"
It's funny that a group who causes it to rain at the mere hint of a license violation that works against its own political agenda is able to essentially laugh the same thing off when it works in the group's favour. There's a word for that, but I can't remember what it is. Hypacro... No. Uh, hipocra... closer, but no.
Meh, it will come to me.
I am ALL for doing what one enjoys, but there's no excuse for laying your lack of professional motivation on the backs of others. I HATE working, but I do it anyway because there's a time in life where one has to step up and be a self-sustaining adult.
But, maybe I'm just living in an earlier generation where being autonomous was a source of pride. A quick look around (certainly beyond the parent post) will quickly show that it ain't the case anymore.