The RIAA should have worked with Napster (like they do with radio) when they had the chance rather than killing them off. Instead of losing money as they are now, they'd be raking it in. But how could they forsee their situation becoming this bad?
Right now, they should be finding some other way other than suing (AKA killing off) their customers. But how could they forsee that suing their customers would lead them to bankruptcy?
One thing's for sure. They can't say they didn't see it coming.
Come on, I'm waiting for someone who doesn't *OWN* or *USE* a computer to get sued.
Wait no longer! A quote from this article (emphasis mine):
The first crop of lawsuits included a Texas grandfather who didn't even know he was being sued until contacted by The Associated Press. Durwood Pickle said his teenage grandchildren downloaded the music onto his computer during visits to his home.
"I'm not a computer-type person," the 71-year-old Pickle told AP. "They come in and get on the computer. How do I get out of this?"
Nowhere is it written in any constitution nor holy book that every citizen is entitled to music.
But you get to listen to the radio don't you? And you get to listen to it for FREE (heaven forbid!). How is downloading music, which RIAA has equated with "theft," different from taping music off the radio?
Welcome to the next generation of Geek, where a jock and a geek can be one and the same. Soon, you will see geek bullies beating up... err, other geeks!
And your analogy doesn't quite fit. Beer companies don't advertise on Oprah because they aren't targeting women. IBM is advertising with the NFL because they aren't targeting just geeks.
thunderbird 0.2 uses the same profile (i.e. mail folders) as thunderbird 0.1. since profiles are located separately from the main program (i.e. what you download and install), you can just simply replace thunderbird 0.1 with 0.2 without fear of losing your folders.
I don't follow this distro (Im a RedHat user) but I would like to know what warrants a RC release story on the front of Slashdot.
I don't follow your posts, but I would like to know what warrants a comment like yours on a story you don't even think should be on the front page of Slashdot.
Seriously, some people simply just want to know when a new Mandrake comes out (even if it is a pre-final release). If you don't care for the story, just ignore it. I wouldn't say your comment was un-insightful. Just maybe a tad unnecessary.
Statements made by Vector Capital in this article
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Does anyone have references to statements or whatever else by Vector Capital on their plans for Corel?
"At this point, nothing has been contemplated that would change [as a result of] this transaction," Alex Slusky, Vector Capital managing partner, said in an interview yesterday. "Current Corel management continues to run Corel."
[Slusky] believes Corel is going to be "very successful" if it doesn't have to worry about all the costs and complexities of maintaining its public status.
Quoted from the article: CNET News.com sat down at SCO Forum earlier this week with attorney Mark Heise, a partner with Boies Schiller & Flexner, which is representing SCO, to talk about how the case is affecting the company, the open-source community, and public licenses that require sharing such as the General Public License, or GPL.
This interview happened right before before SCO made themselves look like fools.
All the ICQ users use ICQ because no-one here had heard of AIM until last year, presumably due to AOL's lack of local marketing.
AOL actually owns ICQ. Maybe it wasn't so much a lack of marketing as it was just focusing on ICQ. And if I'm not mistaken, they've been working for a while on getting AIM and ICQ to interoperate.
Mandrake is most certainly a company. In fact, I remember reading somewhere that they've been doing quite well recently and may even be able to drop the Chapter 11 status by the end of the year.
The restriction was that AOL needed to make their instant messaging network interoperable BEFORE they could begin including video conferencing technology into AIM. It was suppose to be an incentive for them to open up their monopoly on instant messaging.
I think what he really means is if anyone from/. is willing to do this for him. In other words, he's saying: "if someone dies, please let it be you and not me."
If an employee has a linux workstation at the office, and gets used to their particular interface, then they'll be much more likely to ask for Linux when they purchase their next new home computer.
Of course, the same argument was used with Macs in schools, and look how much that helped them.
Different entry costs. Not only was a Mac a different operating system, but it required different hardware as well. I can see a Linux distro becoming more successful with it being able to be installed on their existing home computers that already run Windows as well as not require them to shell out any more money.
why bother with zip anymore,.RAR on windoze is far better
Because practically every windows user uses ZIP (with the exception of you I guess). It's even built into Windows XP. And though this is sort of obvious, just because something is better doesn't mean everyone will use it. I've heard that 7z is better than RAR. Why don't you use that instead?
What's easier, writing on a napkin or booting up your laptop?
Neither. Use a Palm. It's specifically designed to do this kind of stuff quickly and easily. Scribble on the memo pad. Keep all your notes in one place instead of on 1,000 napkins. Even easier, just record a voice memo.
Doesn't always happen, but sometimes a technology will come around that actually makes life easier. Yes, people will always need to jot things down. But why is it absurd to believe that people will use technology instead of a "napkin", considering the rapidly dropping prices of PDAs recently (Pricegrabber shows a new Zire for $77.98 including shipping and tax)?
The ABC article states: "ChewPlastic.com is asking for donations to help recover the $12,000 settlement. As of June 6, the site has collected more than $1,700."
"New bugs were discovered in Netscape's implementation of Java has been found which allows a remote site to read any file on the client machine and to set up a Java server which anyone can connect to. Brown Orifice HTTPD starts a Java server which allows others to read files on your machine." Fix: Disable Java immediately
Netscape does not have an implemention of Java. It does, however, have an implementation of JavaScript.
If any 19 year old in the US can get a fake ID for a few hundred, what makes you think a terrorist couldn't do the same.
True. Though I pray/hope getting in with a fake ID at an major consumer airport would be much more difficult than, say, getting in at your local bar with a fake id.
Aren't you required to show a valid legal ID at several checkpoints before you able to board the plane? So it isn't as simple as just using an alias I would think.
Sun didn't "provide" StarOffice. They acquired it by buying a German company (StarDivision)at a good price, and made a few improvements.
Sun only RELEASED THE SOURCE CODE to a fairly mature office suite. So yeah, I would say that Sun DID "provide" an open source office suite. Sorry, you're wrong.
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The RIAA should have worked with Napster (like they do with radio) when they had the chance rather than killing them off. Instead of losing money as they are now, they'd be raking it in. But how could they forsee their situation becoming this bad?
Right now, they should be finding some other way other than suing (AKA killing off) their customers. But how could they forsee that suing their customers would lead them to bankruptcy?
One thing's for sure. They can't say they didn't see it coming.
Sounds a bit too well put-together for a 12 year old... well, she is an honor student. :)
Wait no longer! A quote from this article (emphasis mine):
Nowhere is it written in any constitution nor holy book that every citizen is entitled to music.
But you get to listen to the radio don't you? And you get to listen to it for FREE (heaven forbid!). How is downloading music, which RIAA has equated with "theft," different from taping music off the radio?
I believe their English site went online just very recently. I wonder what they'll think of their first slashdotting. Awww, virgins.
Welcome to the next generation of Geek, where a jock and a geek can be one and the same. Soon, you will see geek bullies beating up ... err, other geeks!
And your analogy doesn't quite fit. Beer companies don't advertise on Oprah because they aren't targeting women. IBM is advertising with the NFL because they aren't targeting just geeks.
you shouldn't have to "upgrade" from 0.1.
thunderbird 0.2 uses the same profile (i.e. mail folders) as thunderbird 0.1. since profiles are located separately from the main program (i.e. what you download and install), you can just simply replace thunderbird 0.1 with 0.2 without fear of losing your folders.
I don't follow this distro (Im a RedHat user) but I would like to know what warrants a RC release story on the front of Slashdot.
I don't follow your posts, but I would like to know what warrants a comment like yours on a story you don't even think should be on the front page of Slashdot.
Seriously, some people simply just want to know when a new Mandrake comes out (even if it is a pre-final release). If you don't care for the story, just ignore it. I wouldn't say your comment was un-insightful. Just maybe a tad unnecessary.
Interesting quotes from this article:
Quoted from the article: CNET News.com sat down at SCO Forum earlier this week with attorney Mark Heise, a partner with Boies Schiller & Flexner, which is representing SCO, to talk about how the case is affecting the company, the open-source community, and public licenses that require sharing such as the General Public License, or GPL.
This interview happened right before before SCO made themselves look like fools.
All the ICQ users use ICQ because no-one here had heard of AIM until last year, presumably due to AOL's lack of local marketing.
AOL actually owns ICQ. Maybe it wasn't so much a lack of marketing as it was just focusing on ICQ. And if I'm not mistaken, they've been working for a while on getting AIM and ICQ to interoperate.
Mandrake is most certainly a company. In fact, I remember reading somewhere that they've been doing quite well recently and may even be able to drop the Chapter 11 status by the end of the year.
The restriction was that AOL needed to make their instant messaging network interoperable BEFORE they could begin including video conferencing technology into AIM. It was suppose to be an incentive for them to open up their monopoly on instant messaging.
I think what he really means is if anyone from /. is willing to do this for him. In other words, he's saying: "if someone dies, please let it be you and not me."
If an employee has a linux workstation at the office, and gets used to their particular interface, then they'll be much more likely to ask for Linux when they purchase their next new home computer.
Of course, the same argument was used with Macs in schools, and look how much that helped them.
Different entry costs. Not only was a Mac a different operating system, but it required different hardware as well. I can see a Linux distro becoming more successful with it being able to be installed on their existing home computers that already run Windows as well as not require them to shell out any more money.
Who modded this as "offtopic"? Did that moderator even bother to find out what ADHD even means? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Hellooooo?
Uhhh, he successfully defended IBM in the antitrust case of United States vs IBM. You'll find a very short wikipedia article on him here
I go to the bar to try to get laid. The Internet doesn't belong in a bar. It doesn't impress drunk chicks.
a google search of kama sutra might.
why bother with zip anymore, .RAR on windoze is far better
Because practically every windows user uses ZIP (with the exception of you I guess). It's even built into Windows XP. And though this is sort of obvious, just because something is better doesn't mean everyone will use it. I've heard that 7z is better than RAR. Why don't you use that instead?
What's easier, writing on a napkin or booting up your laptop?
Neither. Use a Palm. It's specifically designed to do this kind of stuff quickly and easily. Scribble on the memo pad. Keep all your notes in one place instead of on 1,000 napkins. Even easier, just record a voice memo.
Doesn't always happen, but sometimes a technology will come around that actually makes life easier. Yes, people will always need to jot things down. But why is it absurd to believe that people will use technology instead of a "napkin", considering the rapidly dropping prices of PDAs recently (Pricegrabber shows a new Zire for $77.98 including shipping and tax)?
The ABC article states: "ChewPlastic.com is asking for donations to help recover the $12,000 settlement. As of June 6, the site has collected more than $1,700."
The article is incorrect. It states:
"New bugs were discovered in Netscape's implementation of Java has been found which allows a remote site to read any file on the client machine and to set up a Java server which anyone can connect to. Brown Orifice HTTPD starts a Java server which allows others to read files on your machine." Fix: Disable Java immediately
Netscape does not have an implemention of Java. It does, however, have an implementation of JavaScript.
If any 19 year old in the US can get a fake ID for a few hundred, what makes you think a terrorist couldn't do the same.
True. Though I pray/hope getting in with a fake ID at an major consumer airport would be much more difficult than, say, getting in at your local bar with a fake id.
Aren't you required to show a valid legal ID at several checkpoints before you able to board the plane? So it isn't as simple as just using an alias I would think.
Sun didn't "provide" StarOffice. They acquired it by buying a German company (StarDivision)at a good price, and made a few improvements.
f lash.20000719.1.html
Sun only RELEASED THE SOURCE CODE to a fairly mature office suite. So yeah, I would say that Sun DID "provide" an open source office suite. Sorry, you're wrong.
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-07/sun