In addition, there have been various sketchy issues, including a promise (unfulfilled) of opening their codebase when they get a bunch of subscribers. They also damaged sales of a native linux port by wine-porting it redundantly (kohan), have used linux-subscriber funds to port games to macintosh instead of linux which were not made available to linux subscribers.
The source code is open (CVS) and Loki is dead,there are no more Kohan Linux sales. The product is unavailable from any retailer and even if there was 1 or 2 copies around, the game is like 90 years old.
There is also the contestable issue that they may be helping to prevent the growth of the native Linux games market by diverting demand to windows games, while also providing a poor linux gaming experience (look at the list of fully supported games, it's quite small).
How do you....prevent the growth of the Linux market for native games...by providing a poor emulation experience? That doens't make any sense at all. You would think demand for native binaries would increase. WineX brings gamers to Linux. Do gamers like to use WineX? Hell No, we hate it. Would we rather have native versions. Of couse. The point is every gamer running Linux raises demand for native binaries, not demand for poor emulation. Its 1 more person posting in developer forums for a Linux version, its 1 more person sending in their registration card with the Linux box checked, its more 1 voice we have.
Without Cedega bringing in those desktop users that were 'on the fringe' of Linux and Windows but switched to Linux because Steam worked or because EQ did, each person brings with him/her a unit of demand for native Linux software. Its impossible to have more Linux gamers but less demand for native binaries.
What cracks me up is that the 'boycotters' complain the source is not open, then on the same FUD PAGE, complain that Transgaming asked Getoo to pull the CVS Ebuild. If the source code is published in CVS, how is the source not open?
Most boycotters are way way way misinformed of the facts and should be ignored.
Arnold is what a rebublican should be. Spend less, tax less, and liberal on social issues. To bad he is a dying breed. Now all we have is neo-conservatives, who basically, spend more, lie more, are racists and homophobes.
Recently, the number of attempted intrusions has jumped from about one every week to several per day - and these are only the really obvious attempts, like idiots who try to log in as root from the outside.
When this happens, the only thing you should be seeing is a firewall log stating someone was denied access to port 22, so they don't event get to attempt to login. I can't believe this guy keeps SSH wide open.
I know how to drive pretty well and I've gotten really tired of idiots who insist on doing 60 whenever everyone else is doing 80
Many people have tires that cannot handle 80, even 75 MPH safely. Not that they are worn or damaged but there are a lot of cheap 'R' rated tires (102 MPH rated) that just become unstable at those speeds when changing lanes or braking. I'm talking $30 specials people pick up from price club.
Plus, I don't really want grandma with her coke bottle glasses doing 80 MPH with me on the road.
Thats why I think for most normal people that live in high speed areas with like 8 lane highways they should choose Z or V speed rated tires no matter what they are driving. This is because likelyhood of having to stop fast or dodge something on the road is high. A quick jerk of the wheel on a cheap R rated tire and you can loose control.
Is that a legal 'intern' has no clue about US Copyright law, if indeed it was actually a legal intern who started harrasing PocketPCTools. I mean, you would think that someone in Law school would know about fair fucking use. I guess not.
If they only were using the time to catch real criminals like rapists and robbers, I could live with this. But since the money is used to catch potsmokers and the people driving 4mph too fast, I say fsck it.
They do use money and time to catch real criminals....unfortunately society has deemed pot smokers and speeders 'real criminals'.
If Penguin was to sue the real katie, and win, then it would set a precedent that all you need to take over a domain name is write a book entitled with the particular domain name.
Shit, I hope it happens because I already started work on my new novel, slashdot.org. Its novel filled with greed, power, lust, set in the computer hacker underground.
Heh, well, I don't see Linux as a 'major bonus' against the US Military. Its not going to even begin to close the gap between US weapons and and what *most* other countries can field.
I know a few people who work on capital hill. Your assuming writing a letter to your Senator actually does something. Even if his office was flooded with letters, he wouldn't even know, and if he did know and on an off chance bothered to read one, he wouldn't give a flying dick fuck. Why? Because non of those hippies are going to get him reelected. Basically, an aid reads your letters, selects the appropriate canned response, and sends it off.
Congratulations, in about 30 days you'll be the proud owner of a form letter that doesn't even respond to a single one of your points.
A menuing system that loose you choose something? Wow, how novel.
I wish they would get rid of patents that merge two things that have already been invented. i.e., the fork with the fork on one side and knife on the other. Forks and knives have already been invented. Welding them together is not an invention.
Menus have existed for a long time, downloading software has existed for a long time. Using a menu to download software has existed since the 300baud BBSs I used to call.
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The source code is open (CVS) and Loki is dead,there are no more Kohan Linux sales. The product is unavailable from any retailer and even if there was 1 or 2 copies around, the game is like 90 years old.
There is also the contestable issue that they may be helping to prevent the growth of the native Linux games market by diverting demand to windows games, while also providing a poor linux gaming experience (look at the list of fully supported games, it's quite small).How do you....prevent the growth of the Linux market for native games...by providing a poor emulation experience? That doens't make any sense at all. You would think demand for native binaries would increase. WineX brings gamers to Linux. Do gamers like to use WineX? Hell No, we hate it. Would we rather have native versions. Of couse. The point is every gamer running Linux raises demand for native binaries, not demand for poor emulation. Its 1 more person posting in developer forums for a Linux version, its 1 more person sending in their registration card with the Linux box checked, its more 1 voice we have.
Without Cedega bringing in those desktop users that were 'on the fringe' of Linux and Windows but switched to Linux because Steam worked or because EQ did, each person brings with him/her a unit of demand for native Linux software. Its impossible to have more Linux gamers but less demand for native binaries.
What cracks me up is that the 'boycotters' complain the source is not open, then on the same FUD PAGE, complain that Transgaming asked Getoo to pull the CVS Ebuild. If the source code is published in CVS, how is the source not open?
Most boycotters are way way way misinformed of the facts and should be ignored.
Arnold is what a rebublican should be. Spend less, tax less, and liberal on social issues. To bad he is a dying breed. Now all we have is neo-conservatives, who basically, spend more, lie more, are racists and homophobes.
I've never seen a paper written with L337 terminology before.
When this happens, the only thing you should be seeing is a firewall log stating someone was denied access to port 22, so they don't event get to attempt to login. I can't believe this guy keeps SSH wide open.
Maybe SCO will hire the same astro-turfers that tried to pump up the Nokia N-gauge. I heard they rock.
Check it out!
Nasty isn't it?
err, what does Darl look like a porn star?
In Virgina, those contracts are illegal I think. Something about being a "right to work" state.
Ah yes,thats the patent I based my "internal cubustion engine, ON THE INTERNET" patent. Big bucks I tell you.
ahah, he lied! What an asshole.
Many people have tires that cannot handle 80, even 75 MPH safely. Not that they are worn or damaged but there are a lot of cheap 'R' rated tires (102 MPH rated) that just become unstable at those speeds when changing lanes or braking. I'm talking $30 specials people pick up from price club.
Plus, I don't really want grandma with her coke bottle glasses doing 80 MPH with me on the road.
Thats why I think for most normal people that live in high speed areas with like 8 lane highways they should choose Z or V speed rated tires no matter what they are driving. This is because likelyhood of having to stop fast or dodge something on the road is high. A quick jerk of the wheel on a cheap R rated tire and you can loose control.
Is that a legal 'intern' has no clue about US Copyright law, if indeed it was actually a legal intern who started harrasing PocketPCTools. I mean, you would think that someone in Law school would know about fair fucking use. I guess not.
They do use money and time to catch real criminals....unfortunately society has deemed pot smokers and speeders 'real criminals'.
Only 3849812312328372900 solor systems to go and we'll have checked then all!!
If Penguin was to sue the real katie, and win, then it would set a precedent that all you need to take over a domain name is write a book entitled with the particular domain name.
Shit, I hope it happens because I already started work on my new novel, slashdot.org. Its novel filled with greed, power, lust, set in the computer hacker underground.
Linux Community, smoking guns found: 2032
SCO, smoking guns found: 1
Oh yeah, we're in big trouble.
I venture to say...hello no. This move stinks of SCO as well. Maybe Sun will try to position itself as the only 'Legal' Linux compatable OS.
About 99% of software patents are invalid anyway.
Now they'll be able to afford decent systems...which will probably bring about their retirement from CS.
I see, but who says the US should be the only one with this technology? Basically, who died and made us emperor of the world?
Heh, well, I don't see Linux as a
'major bonus' against the US Military. Its not going to even begin to close the gap between US weapons and and what *most* other countries can field.
I know a few people who work on capital hill. Your assuming writing a letter to your Senator actually does something. Even if his office was flooded with letters, he wouldn't even know, and if he did know and on an off chance bothered to read one, he wouldn't give a flying dick fuck. Why? Because non of those hippies are going to get him reelected. Basically, an aid reads your letters, selects the appropriate canned response, and sends it off.
Congratulations, in about 30 days you'll be the proud owner of a form letter that doesn't even respond to a single one of your points.
It has been like this for a long time now, at least 100 years maybe more but,it gets worse and worse every year.
Every so often the supreme court saves us but lately is seems they have been assimilated as well.
Then there wouldn't be any signals floating around in peoples homes.
A menuing system that loose you choose something? Wow, how novel.
I wish they would get rid of patents that merge two things that have already been invented. i.e., the fork with the fork on one side and knife on the other. Forks and knives have already been invented. Welding them together is not an invention.
Menus have existed for a long time, downloading software has existed for a long time. Using a menu to download software has existed since the 300baud BBSs I used to call.