I fail to see how theft and murder on the high seas can be done over a computer network, but I doubt anyone condones such heinous acts.
Dude, the english language does change quite a bit. Piracy is short for "software piracy" and means: The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material.
That is the dictionary definition. At one time, piracy meant to cannonball someone's ship and loot all the stuff. After that it meant to operate communications gear on someone elses frequency. Now, it means to make unauthorized copies of stuff. Blame the early warez d00ds for this since they are the ones who started it.
Dear Tivo,
The second you start displaying invasive advertising while I'm skipping invasive advertising the the second I cancel my tivo subscriptions. There are plenty of other DVRs out there. Don't be idiots!!!
Scary stuff, and yet it's evem scarier how little the general public has caught on.
Even scarier is how the original poster thinks the general public can catch on to anything. This is the country where we need to put car seat instructions in 5th grade english so parents can understand them.
Yeah, thats true. Torrent was around for a long time and was pretty much under the radar until about the time the RIAA was on its 2nd or 3rd round of lawsuits. It was kinda like people moved from right from Kazaa to torrent sites.
ACtually it does. Now, anyone who wants to use a single XML file to store data in their word processing program cannot do so, hence, access to a n open standard control by W3C (JAVA is controlled by a for profit corporation) is being limited by the patent office.
I think any patent that mentions specific open standard technology should be invalidated.
I would think the simplier method came first and probably turned into the clumsy zip file. Even so, a word processor storing its data in a single file is not new,why does the format matter? Even then, how do you patent XML schema? My other example still holds true. If you allow patents that mention XML then you are granting bits and pieces of an open standard to a single company.
Here is my question, the MS patent on this XML format has not been fully accept right? The patent office is awaiting public comment. Has anyone gone to make a comment?
Also, I don't even see how you can patent using open standard. I mean, XML was designed as method of storing data,amoung other things. How could the patent office possibly accept a patent where XML is simply being used to do what it was designed to do?
I mean, to draw a parallel. The 110w outlet in the US is an industry standard right? I mean, everyone can make plugs and outlets royalty free and all the appliances and devices can plug into them for power. MS patenting XML to store a word processing file is like Sony patenting a TV that uses the 110w outlet, thereby blocking anyone else from doing it even though they didn't invent the outlet or the TV. The same holds true here. MS didn't invent XML, they didn't invent the word processor, nor did they invent storing a word processing file in XML. So, how in the hell can they apply for a patent on it? Just by paying money?
IE has developers? What a bunch of lazy bitches. Where is tabbed browsing, popup blocker, css2, a javascript console, extentions ala Firefox? Seems like they haven't been developing crap for the last 4 years.
Maybe I'm wrong or just stupid but to me, a fork is forking an existing source tree to take it another direction.
Some examples: Xorg is an Xfree fork Cedega is Wine fork
I don't think a fork means to follow some specs and write some code, for example:
GJC is not a Java fork, its an implementation.
Nor is a fork downloading patches for your windows machine. (someone mentioned it)
I don't know where all these people are getting these crazy definitions of fork, my only guess is that some "informative" posts are spreading false information.
I mean, a lot of people talk about forks like if they exist, they creep their way into the servers at night and fuck things up. You don't have to use a fork if it exists and it will probably live and died without you even knowing about it.
Forking the code in another direction is good for open source because those developers who forked the code can now work under their own terms and when a developer does that, he usually does his best work. Are all forks successful? Hell no, but its possible some of the code will find its way back to the original project, or other projects, and thats how open source lives on and flourishes. Its the most insane code reuse technique ever created.
Nobody is trying to fork kaffe or gcj - they're already open source, so there's no particular reason to fork them.
And how would one go about forking software that is not open source to which they don't have the source code to? Kind of hard to fork a source tree with no source code.
For enterprises and organizations, yeah, forks are bad things. They take up time and resources to manage and maintain. What happens if an organization chooses the wrong fork for the base OS? That is a very tough call.
ASP.NET might be faster but it only runs on 1 platform and its not even close to as widley deplpoyed as PHP nor is there that many free applications available written in ASP.NET to push adoption. For your own personal stuff or internal
applications, sure ASP.NET is nice but if you want to write a web app for the masses, PHP is basically the only way to go.
Also, In the last 6 months I've made close to $30,000 porting Access applications to the LAMP platform. Almost enough for a Mercedes!! Npting like telling a customer they don't have to buy any new servers or software. They usually end up spending more money adding features to the application.
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Thats because they are waiting for the new version of PearPC to fix those bugs.
Dude, the english language does change quite a bit. Piracy is short for "software piracy" and means: The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material.
That is the dictionary definition. At one time, piracy meant to cannonball someone's ship and loot all the stuff. After that it meant to operate communications gear on someone elses frequency. Now, it means to make unauthorized copies of stuff. Blame the early warez d00ds for this since they are the ones who started it.
You don't add all the features at one time, it has taken years.
Tivo has a subscription based revenue model you fool. They take a loss on the hardware.
Dear Tivo, The second you start displaying invasive advertising while I'm skipping invasive advertising the the second I cancel my tivo subscriptions. There are plenty of other DVRs out there. Don't be idiots!!!
Thats funny because it wasn't till 7 that Photoshop was supported by Wine. Remember, Disney dontated the code.
Even scarier is how the original poster thinks the general public can catch on to anything. This is the country where we need to put car seat instructions in 5th grade english so parents can understand them.
Yeah, thats true. Torrent was around for a long time and was pretty much under the radar until about the time the RIAA was on its 2nd or 3rd round of lawsuits. It was kinda like people moved from right from Kazaa to torrent sites.
ACtually it does. Now, anyone who wants to use a single XML file to store data in their word processing program cannot do so, hence, access to a n open standard control by W3C (JAVA is controlled by a for profit corporation) is being limited by the patent office. I think any patent that mentions specific open standard technology should be invalidated.
They've infiltrated our schools!!!
I would think the simplier method came first and probably turned into the clumsy zip file. Even so, a word processor storing its data in a single file is not new,why does the format matter? Even then, how do you patent XML schema? My other example still holds true. If you allow patents that mention XML then you are granting bits and pieces of an open standard to a single company.
Your mom goes to college.
Here is my question, the MS patent on this XML format has not been fully accept right? The patent office is awaiting public comment. Has anyone gone to make a comment?
Also, I don't even see how you can patent using open standard. I mean, XML was designed as method of storing data,amoung other things. How could the patent office possibly accept a patent where XML is simply being used to do what it was designed to do?
I mean, to draw a parallel. The 110w outlet in the US is an industry standard right? I mean, everyone can make plugs and outlets royalty free and all the appliances and devices can plug into them for power. MS patenting XML to store a word processing file is like Sony patenting a TV that uses the 110w outlet, thereby blocking anyone else from doing it even though they didn't invent the outlet or the TV. The same holds true here. MS didn't invent XML, they didn't invent the word processor, nor did they invent storing a word processing file in XML. So, how in the hell can they apply for a patent on it? Just by paying money?
IE has developers? What a bunch of lazy bitches. Where is tabbed browsing, popup blocker, css2, a javascript console, extentions ala Firefox? Seems like they haven't been developing crap for the last 4 years.
"Obfuscated C Code"
He went through all that trouble to built a great PC and put WindowsXP on it!!! Bleh. Linux man!! Linux!
Because the patent office is smoking pot. The good shit too.
Find a clue stick and hit yourself, many many many times.
Maybe I'm wrong or just stupid but to me, a fork is forking an existing source tree to take it another direction.
Some examples:
Xorg is an Xfree fork
Cedega is Wine fork
I don't think a fork means to follow some specs and write some code, for example:
GJC is not a Java fork, its an implementation.
Nor is a fork downloading patches for your windows machine. (someone mentioned it)
I don't know where all these people are getting these crazy definitions of fork, my only guess is that some "informative" posts are spreading false information.
I mean, a lot of people talk about forks like if they exist, they creep their way into the servers at night and fuck things up. You don't have to use a fork if it exists and it will probably live and died without you even knowing about it.
Forking the code in another direction is good for open source because those developers who forked the code can now work under their own terms and when a developer does that, he usually does his best work. Are all forks successful? Hell no, but its possible some of the code will find its way back to the original project, or other projects, and thats how open source lives on and flourishes. Its the most insane code reuse technique ever created.
And how would one go about forking software that is not open source to which they don't have the source code to? Kind of hard to fork a source tree with no source code.
Do you know what a fork is?
this would be the perfect case for setting a legal precendent with the GPL.
I know because those back, forward, and reload buttons are so complicated normal people can't figure them out.
Thats just weekends, not counting my day job.
ASP.NET might be faster but it only runs on 1 platform and its not even close to as widley deplpoyed as PHP nor is there that many free applications available written in ASP.NET to push adoption. For your own personal stuff or internal applications, sure ASP.NET is nice but if you want to write a web app for the masses, PHP is basically the only way to go.
Also, In the last 6 months I've made close to $30,000 porting Access applications to the LAMP platform. Almost enough for a Mercedes!! Npting like telling a customer they don't have to buy any new servers or software. They usually end up spending more money adding features to the application.