Google is bidding in that upcoming spectrum auction. They do operate wifi stations in select locations. And they do like putting a half-assed effort into everything. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
I'm more suspicious of your "facts". NBC is owned by GE (market cap 427 billion vs MSFT's 268 billion). Maybe you're thinking of MSNBC (a stupid idea), which Microsoft is no longer interested in.
static bool CheckTrayIconShowing ()
{ // Check to make sure the tray icon is showing. If it's not, // it's likely that the Notification Area isn't available. So // instead, launch the Search All Notes window so the user can // can still use Tomboy. // NOTE: this infringes on Microsoft IP.
gnumeric is yet another one of miguel de Icaza's half assed MS knockoffs (like mono, moonlight, gnome. etc). It's like getting a handjob from a smelly hobo when you could be dropping a 3-roper in Natalie Portman's cunt.
It is also incompatible with the existing ISO standard ISO 26300:2006, the Open Document Format (ODF), which already offers a high degree of interoperability, wide support, and offers the level playing field the world needs. Google is a supporter of ODF and has successfully integrated this open format into Google Docs and Spreadsheets. ODF also enjoys implementation in over twelve other products.
Looking at that list, I see primarily open office derivatives and web-based text editors. ODF was designed for Open Office, and web-based text editors have very limited capabilities.
What if MS used ODF? I'm betting the slashdot crowd would complain that they don't keep MacWord95Margins when saving in ODF format because they want you to keep using proprietary.doc files. Just because ODF made it through ISO first doesn't mean it's all that.
I don't smoke marijuana. However, I don't think people should be thrown in jail for it. Likewise, I don't use closed source software, but I don't think it's morally wrong (as does, RMS, for example).
When someone close sources BSD licensed code, they don't pretend to do it under the guise of protecting your freedom. Placing BSD (MIT, etc) licensed code under the GPL is hypocritical.
JVM was designed for Java -- and only java. jpython, etc, are suboptimal hacks. the.net CIL is an improvement, but it's still made with VB/C# in mind. For script languages, parrot looks to be a much better fit.
Maybe because it works? Look at slashdot: Every pump n dump story features dozens of people suggesting you buy the stock in question early Monday morning before all the other suckers do.
Had he chosen the BSD, MS would've swallowed it like Kerberos or the TCP/IP stack and bastardised them, and Linux would've been kicked dead before it started breathing.
And yet OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD were not kicked dead.
I met the "can you hear me now?" dude (Paul, I think it was) about a year or 2 ago. On more than one occasion, I've vowed to kick his ass if I ever met him, but I didn't. It's like he said, "hey, they pay me and I don't have to do anything." Hell, I wouldn't turn the job.
What's the underlying premise of the Free Software? It's that you should share your code. Some people don't want to, so the GPL/copyleft exists to force people to do so. Sharing your code. Think about it for a moment. Relicensing *BSD software as GPL is legal but it violates the entire point of Free Software since it prevents sharing your changes back.
A lot of people bring up the issue of closed source software "stealing" BSD code. I personally don't care; that's their right.
Consider this: Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 people. That doesn't mean it's ok for you (or Hans Resier) to kill someone. If you believe in the GPL, you (to an extent) believe that closed source software is immoral and wrong. If it's wrong for Microsoft to place restrictions on BSD code, it's wrong for the GPL to place restrictions on BSD code the fact that it's still "FREE" (for a narrow definition of FREE which is incompatible with the rest of the world) doesn't mean you're not sharing.
Sun has mentioned the possibility of licensing OpenSolaris under GPL v3 (conspiracy theorists claim this is to intentionally be non compatible with Linux). Linus responded by saying he would consider trying to move Linux to v3 if Solaris was GPL v3.
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That's available in XP (maybe even 2k) as a free download from MS... It's called powertoys.
Google is bidding in that upcoming spectrum auction. They do operate wifi stations in select locations. And they do like putting a half-assed effort into everything. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
Reading comprehension is important. You wrote: Microsoft has a HUGE stake in NBC.
I'm more suspicious of your "facts". NBC is owned by GE (market cap 427 billion vs MSFT's 268 billion). Maybe you're thinking of MSNBC (a stupid idea), which Microsoft is no longer interested in.
if executives are anything like slashdot editors, I'd wager none.
static bool CheckTrayIconShowing ()
{
I wish my girlfriend had an option to wake up and poll my dick every 100 seconds :-)
What's the best SKU for smacking you upside the head with a baseball bat?
it's like driving an el cadillaco instead of a cadillac.
gnumeric is yet another one of miguel de Icaza's half assed MS knockoffs (like mono, moonlight, gnome. etc). It's like getting a handjob from a smelly hobo when you could be dropping a 3-roper in Natalie Portman's cunt.
It is also incompatible with the existing ISO standard ISO 26300:2006, the Open Document Format (ODF), which already offers a high degree of interoperability, wide support, and offers the level playing field the world needs. Google is a supporter of ODF and has successfully integrated this open format into Google Docs and Spreadsheets. ODF also enjoys implementation in over twelve other products.
Looking at that list, I see primarily open office derivatives and web-based text editors. ODF was designed for Open Office, and web-based text editors have very limited capabilities.
What if MS used ODF? I'm betting the slashdot crowd would complain that they don't keep MacWord95Margins when saving in ODF format because they want you to keep using proprietary .doc files. Just because ODF made it through ISO first doesn't mean it's all that.
I don't smoke marijuana. However, I don't think people should be thrown in jail for it. Likewise, I don't use closed source software, but I don't think it's morally wrong (as does, RMS, for example).
When someone close sources BSD licensed code, they don't pretend to do it under the guise of protecting your freedom. Placing BSD (MIT, etc) licensed code under the GPL is hypocritical.
JVM was designed for Java -- and only java. jpython, etc, are suboptimal hacks. the .net CIL is an improvement, but it's still made with VB/C# in mind. For script languages, parrot looks to be a much better fit.
what's the FOSS equivalent to logic studio?
let me repeat: the yro color scheme sucks. Particularly the part where comment titles are a slightly darker shade of red than the background box.
Maybe because it works? Look at slashdot: Every pump n dump story features dozens of people suggesting you buy the stock in question early Monday morning before all the other suckers do.
which proprietary format? AAC? (oops, not proprietary) MP3? (oops, not proprietary). AIFF? (oops, not proprietary) WAV? (oops, not proprietary).
And yet OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and NetBSD were not kicked dead.
I met the "can you hear me now?" dude (Paul, I think it was) about a year or 2 ago. On more than one occasion, I've vowed to kick his ass if I ever met him, but I didn't. It's like he said, "hey, they pay me and I don't have to do anything." Hell, I wouldn't turn the job.
What's the underlying premise of the Free Software? It's that you should share your code. Some people don't want to, so the GPL/copyleft exists to force people to do so. Sharing your code. Think about it for a moment. Relicensing *BSD software as GPL is legal but it violates the entire point of Free Software since it prevents sharing your changes back.
A lot of people bring up the issue of closed source software "stealing" BSD code. I personally don't care; that's their right.
Consider this: Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 people. That doesn't mean it's ok for you (or Hans Resier) to kill someone. If you believe in the GPL, you (to an extent) believe that closed source software is immoral and wrong. If it's wrong for Microsoft to place restrictions on BSD code, it's wrong for the GPL to place restrictions on BSD code the fact that it's still "FREE" (for a narrow definition of FREE which is incompatible with the rest of the world) doesn't mean you're not sharing.
Sun is the 5 windows server OEM (that's an upward trend).
and miguel is the goatse.
Sun has mentioned the possibility of licensing OpenSolaris under GPL v3 (conspiracy theorists claim this is to intentionally be non compatible with Linux). Linus responded by saying he would consider trying to move Linux to v3 if Solaris was GPL v3.
3. It runs on linux.