From: http://www.linspire.com/builder/builder_overview.p hp
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Revenue Share Eligibility
For Gold Builders -- To become a Gold Builder, you must agree to sell Linspire as your company's exclusive Linux-based operating system. Gold Builders are eligible to participate in our Revenue Share Program which pays you commission from add-on purchases made by your customers at the Linspire.com web site. Commission percentages are based on a sliding scale - the larger your Linspire customer base, the higher your commission percentage. You will earn commission from each of your customers from the moment they turn on their new Linspire computer up to 18 months.
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Isn't this what Microsoft was doing? Doesn't seem right.
I'm an avid reader of Google news and sometimes I wonder if Google is doing a similar thing to Microsoft.
It seems every day in Sci/Tech there is either a negative story about Microsoft or a positive one about Linux.
Microsoft Windows has problems and does get a lot of negative press, but I don't think I've ever seen a positive article. This seems to reflect the views of the Google editors more than it does the online press at large.
The book review mentions several prominent A.I. supporters, but what about the other opinions? Roger Penrose has written a couple of great books on the subject. He gets down to the nitty gritty definition of exactly what is meant by artificual intelligence. Is playing chess different than playing the trombone? How about writing music for the trombone?
He talks about Godel's work showing how mathimatical systems are inheriently incomplete. He talks about the quantum phenomenon that might be responsible for consciousness, and how there's a large missing piece before any of it makes any sense.
If you read this book, also check out "Shadows of the Mind".
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From: http://www.linspire.com/builder/builder_overview.p hp
(snip)
Revenue Share Eligibility
For Gold Builders -- To become a Gold Builder, you must agree to sell Linspire as your company's exclusive Linux-based operating system. Gold Builders are eligible to participate in our Revenue Share Program which pays you commission from add-on purchases made by your customers at the Linspire.com web site. Commission percentages are based on a sliding scale - the larger your Linspire customer base, the higher your commission percentage. You will earn commission from each of your customers from the moment they turn on their new Linspire computer up to 18 months.
(snip)
Isn't this what Microsoft was doing? Doesn't seem right.
You couldn't sell a googol of something because there are not enough atoms in the known universe.
I'm an avid reader of Google news and sometimes I wonder if Google is doing a similar thing to Microsoft. It seems every day in Sci/Tech there is either a negative story about Microsoft or a positive one about Linux. Microsoft Windows has problems and does get a lot of negative press, but I don't think I've ever seen a positive article. This seems to reflect the views of the Google editors more than it does the online press at large.
The book review mentions several prominent A.I. supporters, but what about the other opinions? Roger Penrose has written a couple of great books on the subject. He gets down to the nitty gritty definition of exactly what is meant by artificual intelligence. Is playing chess different than playing the trombone? How about writing music for the trombone? He talks about Godel's work showing how mathimatical systems are inheriently incomplete. He talks about the quantum phenomenon that might be responsible for consciousness, and how there's a large missing piece before any of it makes any sense. If you read this book, also check out "Shadows of the Mind".