"Currently software is exempt from product liability . .."
We've all seen the anti-warranty agreements that state that even if the software formats your hard drive, the company that produced that software isn't liable.
However, what if a company puts out insecure software and that insecure software floods my internet server causing it to crash? I didn't agree to that anti-warranty so I do have the right to sue to recover damages.
The only question is do I sue the person running the insecure software or the company who produced it or both?
"When the price of a PC falls below $350, Microsoft will no longer be viable," Raymond said in an interview with ZDNet UK. "The reason is that if you sell something below that price, you can't afford to pay the Microsoft tax and still make money."
Unfortunately this does ont mean that Microsoft will no longer be viable. It means that the price of PCs will never fall that low. Hardware companies are not paying a Microsoft tax, the consumer is the one paying.
This fact should make it crystal clear that Microsoft's anti-competitive practices are hurting everyone.
>> Anyway, spammers can guess your address even if it has never been published anywhere.
This is very true. When I first got @Home, the tech logged onto my account to test it out. I had two spams waiting for me on an account that I had never used!
If we want Linux to become main stream then we have got to be willing to allow companies to make a profit by supporting us.
One of the main excuses that I hear for not running Linux on the desktop is lack of professional quality software. Sure, there is a lot of good stuff for Linux but it has a low visibility. No ads, not sitting on the shelf in software stores.
I would think that $40.00 for a quality office suite would be worth the money especially if the product gets advertising that mentions Linux.
We really need to work with our ISPs for an "Opt-In" delivery system. That is, everyone would have a list of people from which they are willing to accept mail. That mail goes through directly. Any mail coming from someone not on the list is held and an e-form is emailed back to the sender. The sender then must "fill out" the request to be put on the user's mail acceptance list. The form should be made in such a way that an automated response would not be possible. Since most spammers don't include valid return email addresses they will never get the e-forms and the spam, after being held for a period, could be dumped into a bit bucket.
>>hmm... how are they going to possibly be able to inforce this, since all downloads are anonymous?
I would guess that the CD has a unique identifier of some kind. The person downloading will remain anonymous but the particular cd will not.
What I wonder is if the person sells the CD and part of the agreement is that the download rights go with it, how is the six download limit going to be applied?
...and preventing consumers from spaceshifting songs to portable MP3 players.
LOL! You've got to love the creative use of the English language to avoid using the word "COPYING!"
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I agree with most of what you say but don't be too hard on the Linux community for bashing Miguel. There is a distrust of Microsoft that isn't without reason.
I think that if Microsoft plays fair,.NET could be of great benefit to the Linux community. But I can't help noting that Microsoft has a history of entering into collaborative arrangements when it is advantageous for them and then screwing there partners after they've got what they wanted or needed.
Miguel is whole-heartedly supporting a technology that is controlled by a company that is, at best, untrustworthy. Before going too far down that thorny path, I would like to see realistic risk assessment done.
I think releasing sterilized insects into the wild is an excellent way of eradicating pests. I personally plan on releasing several thousand irradiated politicians into the wild shortly.
Spammers have for a long time made money off of all of us by using up bandwidth that we end up paying for. I say we turn the tables. Here's how:
We make a new unreality TV show called Slam A Spammer. We dump 20 or so spammers dressed up in Porky the Pig costumes onto a deserted island. We give them and hour or so head start.
After that 100 or so victims come on shore wearing Elmer Fud costumes.... You get the idea...
I just copied and pasted part of this story into an outlook email and sent it to our staff warning them of the problem. The address to the masenko-media site came out as a URL.
I wonder how many users will click it?
Here are a couple more things that should be considered.
1. Maintainability - How easy is this project going to be to maintain. The language you choose will affect that.
2. What's the learning curve for the language? C++ fits most of your list but the learning curve can be steep. Do you want to take nine months of doing nothing but learn a complex framework?
Q. Minimum and Maximum download times outside of local network (i.e. How long will it take to send a recording from my home in CA to my mother in NY?)
A.The minimum and maximum receive times depends upon your transfer speed from your broadband connection, which varies by broadband type, provider, location, etc.
For reference purposes, in general, under ideal conditions with 128kbps uplink:
This could be a good thing or a bad thing. If Microsoft chooses to abuse its power it will be bad, if they just use it to keep everyone safe it will be good. You just have to trust that Microsoft has good motives.... I do....
Now if you'll excuse me, Toto and I are going to see the Wizard....
I'm no Microsoft fan but.NET is not as bad as the author makes it out to be.
He lists numerous limitations of the CLR/CTS/CLS. Lets remember that.NET is in its infancy. How great was Java when it first came out?
If Microsoft fails to deliver, we'll all have a great laugh. However, if Microsoft does deliver and MONO succeeds, we'll have an explostion of desperately needed applications that will run on Linux.
The worst thing that I can say about.NET is that it is controlled by the Evil Empire and the worst thing I can say about MONO is the name makes me think of a horrible illness that takes a long time to get over.
Like a lot of people, when I first read that GNOME was going to embrace a Microsoft technology, I was outraged.
The more I read, however, the more it makes sense. If the bytecode is truly portable this could produce an explosion of industrial quality programs that will run on Linux. This could potentially remove one barrier that is slowing Linux's growth as a viable mainstream desktop operating system. One has got to wonder what Microsoft's strategy is to thwart this.
So, I think we should proceed and implement Mono while keeping one eye open for that giant tube of Microsoft Vaseline.
Like so many, I've been slashdotted out of the article so I'll have to make some guesses about the data.
It would be reasonable to assume that more errors are found by the many thousands of eyes pouring over open source code than the few looking at closed source code. So, finding more errors in an open source OS is no proof that Windows is more secure.
The numbers that I would like to see are: Of the Windows vulnerabilities reported, how many of them actually came from Microsoft and how many of them were first reported by a victim who reports "My Windows box has been hacked! There must be a vulnerability!"
Well Miguel, it would be a lot easier to get over our beef if the Beast wasn't still pulling the same ol' crap. And if Gnome starts using.Net all I have to say is: We still have KDE!
"The program will allow companies that send out commercial e-mail to attach a stamp to the mail that will ensure the authenticity of the sender and the validity of content..."
And email I get from my friends, will that also need a "stamp" to get through?
Maybe Microsoft can incorporate this into their Passport strategy. Oh joy...
"What trillian does is not illegal, otherwise AOL would have taken them to court (which they did not do with MS/ATT/Jabber/Odigo et al)."
huh? Seems to me that if what trillian is doing is illegal AOL would simply report the crime.
"It has long been our very public policy that when a service unleashes software that hacks into our system, and endangers the security of our system, we stop it," AOL spokeswoman Kathy McKiernan said.
Trillian does not "hack" into their system; they use the protocols and "standards" used by the AOL service to legitimately access their systems.
This is not about security; it's about market share.
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"Currently software is exempt from product liability . . ."
We've all seen the anti-warranty agreements that state that even if the software formats your hard drive, the company that produced that software isn't liable.
However, what if a company puts out insecure software and that insecure software floods my internet server causing it to crash? I didn't agree to that anti-warranty so I do have the right to sue to recover damages.
The only question is do I sue the person running the insecure software or the company who produced it or both?
"When the price of a PC falls below $350, Microsoft will no longer be viable," Raymond said in an interview with ZDNet UK. "The reason is that if you sell something below that price, you can't afford to pay the Microsoft tax and still make money."
Unfortunately this does ont mean that Microsoft will no longer be viable. It means that the price of PCs will never fall that low. Hardware companies are not paying a Microsoft tax, the consumer is the one paying.
This fact should make it crystal clear that Microsoft's anti-competitive practices are hurting everyone.
Send the EFF a five dollar donation and an email stating that you wish it to be used in this case.
If sites can be slashdoted because of articles here can you imagine the financial power we can generate?
Five bucks is less than the cost of a movie and having the bnetd servers around provide me with a whole lot more entertainment.
>>Tis better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt -- Abraham Lincoln
Just nit picking but Lincon didn't say that. Samuel Johnson did.
>> Anyway, spammers can guess your address even if it has never been published anywhere.
This is very true. When I first got @Home, the tech logged onto my account to test it out. I had two spams waiting for me on an account that I had never used!
If we want Linux to become main stream then we have got to be willing to allow companies to make a profit by supporting us.
One of the main excuses that I hear for not running Linux on the desktop is lack of professional quality software. Sure, there is a lot of good stuff for Linux but it has a low visibility. No ads, not sitting on the shelf in software stores.
I would think that $40.00 for a quality office suite would be worth the money especially if the product gets advertising that mentions Linux.
We really need to work with our ISPs for an "Opt-In" delivery system. That is, everyone would have a list of people from which they are willing to accept mail. That mail goes through directly. Any mail coming from someone not on the list is held and an e-form is emailed back to the sender. The sender then must "fill out" the request to be put on the user's mail acceptance list. The form should be made in such a way that an automated response would not be possible. Since most spammers don't include valid return email addresses they will never get the e-forms and the spam, after being held for a period, could be dumped into a bit bucket.
>>hmm... how are they going to possibly be able to inforce this, since all downloads are anonymous?
I would guess that the CD has a unique identifier of some kind. The person downloading will remain anonymous but the particular cd will not.
What I wonder is if the person sells the CD and part of the agreement is that the download rights go with it, how is the six download limit going to be applied?
...and preventing consumers from spaceshifting songs to portable MP3 players.
LOL! You've got to love the creative use of the English language to avoid using the word "COPYING!"
I agree with most of what you say but don't be too hard on the Linux community for bashing Miguel. There is a distrust of Microsoft that isn't without reason.
.NET could be of great benefit to the Linux community. But I can't help noting that Microsoft has a history of entering into collaborative arrangements when it is advantageous for them and then screwing there partners after they've got what they wanted or needed.
I think that if Microsoft plays fair,
Miguel is whole-heartedly supporting a technology that is controlled by a company that is, at best, untrustworthy. Before going too far down that thorny path, I would like to see realistic risk assessment done.
I think releasing sterilized insects into the wild is an excellent way of eradicating pests. I personally plan on releasing several thousand irradiated politicians into the wild shortly.
Spammers have for a long time made money off of all of us by using up bandwidth that we end up paying for. I say we turn the tables. Here's how:
We make a new unreality TV show called Slam A Spammer. We dump 20 or so spammers dressed up in Porky the Pig costumes onto a deserted island. We give them and hour or so head start.
After that 100 or so victims come on shore wearing Elmer Fud costumes.... You get the idea...
>>Hopefully they won't be smart enough to simply replace @home.com with @comcast.net.
;-)
Oh Great, you've done it now! Thanks jlower!
I just copied and pasted part of this story into an outlook email and sent it to our staff warning them of the problem. The address to the masenko-media site came out as a URL. I wonder how many users will click it?
Here are a couple more things that should be considered.
1. Maintainability - How easy is this project going to be to maintain. The language you choose will affect that.
2. What's the learning curve for the language? C++ fits most of your list but the learning curve can be steep. Do you want to take nine months of doing nothing but learn a complex framework?
Q. Minimum and Maximum download times outside of local network (i.e. How long will it take to send a recording from my home in CA to my mother in NY?)
A.The minimum and maximum receive times depends upon your transfer speed from your broadband connection, which varies by broadband type, provider, location, etc.
For reference purposes, in general, under ideal conditions with 128kbps uplink:
30 minutes @ standard quality = 8 hours
60 minutes @ medium quality = 32 hours
2 hours @ high quality = 96 hours (4 days)
Ouch!
1245 gigabits to cook a thawed weener or 7232 for a frozen one.... Anybody got a long pointy stick... I'm hungry...
This could be a good thing or a bad thing. If Microsoft chooses to abuse its power it will be bad, if they just use it to keep everyone safe it will be good. You just have to trust that Microsoft has good motives.... I do....
Now if you'll excuse me, Toto and I are going to see the Wizard....
I'm no Microsoft fan but .NET is not as bad as the author makes it out to be.
.NET is in its infancy. How great was Java when it first came out?
.NET is that it is controlled by the Evil Empire and the worst thing I can say about MONO is the name makes me think of a horrible illness that takes a long time to get over.
He lists numerous limitations of the CLR/CTS/CLS. Lets remember that
If Microsoft fails to deliver, we'll all have a great laugh. However, if Microsoft does deliver and MONO succeeds, we'll have an explostion of desperately needed applications that will run on Linux.
The worst thing that I can say about
Like a lot of people, when I first read that GNOME was going to embrace a Microsoft technology, I was outraged.
The more I read, however, the more it makes sense. If the bytecode is truly portable this could produce an explosion of industrial quality programs that will run on Linux. This could potentially remove one barrier that is slowing Linux's growth as a viable mainstream desktop operating system. One has got to wonder what Microsoft's strategy is to thwart this.
So, I think we should proceed and implement Mono while keeping one eye open for that giant tube of Microsoft Vaseline.
Like so many, I've been slashdotted out of the article so I'll have to make some guesses about the data. It would be reasonable to assume that more errors are found by the many thousands of eyes pouring over open source code than the few looking at closed source code. So, finding more errors in an open source OS is no proof that Windows is more secure. The numbers that I would like to see are: Of the Windows vulnerabilities reported, how many of them actually came from Microsoft and how many of them were first reported by a victim who reports "My Windows box has been hacked! There must be a vulnerability!"
Well Miguel, it would be a lot easier to get over our beef if the Beast wasn't still pulling the same ol' crap. And if Gnome starts using .Net all I have to say is: We still have KDE!
"The program will allow companies that send out commercial e-mail to attach a stamp to the mail that will ensure the authenticity of the sender and the validity of content..." And email I get from my friends, will that also need a "stamp" to get through? Maybe Microsoft can incorporate this into their Passport strategy. Oh joy...
"What trillian does is not illegal, otherwise AOL would have taken them to court (which they did not do with MS/ATT/Jabber/Odigo et al)." huh? Seems to me that if what trillian is doing is illegal AOL would simply report the crime.
"It has long been our very public policy that when a service unleashes software that hacks into our system, and endangers the security of our system, we stop it," AOL spokeswoman Kathy McKiernan said. Trillian does not "hack" into their system; they use the protocols and "standards" used by the AOL service to legitimately access their systems. This is not about security; it's about market share.