I used to work in tech support for a fairly high end manufacturer and we unfortunately had to deal with ATI - we finally gave up on contacting them after their phone number was busy for like 24 hours a day, 2 weeks straight.. I had enough problems with ATI cards over the years that I will never purchase one of their products again, regardless of benchmarks..
RedHat has obviously offered these images a week early so that their subscribers can actually get the images without having to wait until it reaches their local mirror site. The ability to download the images a week early isn't a selling point, but more of a fix for an outstanding complaint from previous releases and RHN service becoming overly crowded. If they had wanted to base a revenue model on releasing software for $$$ earlier than releasing a free version, they would have released hard copy versions to stores to sell a week or two early.
RedHat's income largely depends on services that they sell. The more installations they have out there, the more likely they are to sell these services. I would say anything that helps increase their user base helps RedHat.
...And how can you say this is a 'leak' in any way. It's freely copyable software! You're supposed to copy it! The second they posted it to their network they knew it was going to be all over the place - BECAUSE THE LICENSE ALLOWS COPYING AND REDISTRIBUTION.
According to a rumour on top 'geek' web site Slashdot, Castle have been accused of using GPL'd code in RISC OS 5.
The rumour was originally posted by ARMLinux developer Russell King and there is already a healthy debate running as to the possible implications of GPL breach.
Please note that www.riscos.org is NOT affiliated to ANY RISC OS hardware manufacturers, so if you're a GPL geek, please don't bother inundating me with emails as I don't have time to reply to them all.
www.riscos.org is and will always remain impartial regarding public news items.
Thanks for pointing out the London Drugs website.. Living in Canada I have an opportunity to support companies like them, and now after reading that - I most certainly will.;)
Funny, all of the 'seasoned veterans' I have worked with in the past had certifications out the wazoo. The difference between them and the kid who's parents paid $30,000 to send Billy to ITI is that they have the experience to go along with the certifications.
Certain certifications from certain companies mean squat when it comes to finding a job, however - simply because the market has become saturated with MCSE's, or whatnot.
And... It is most definately who you know. After a six month period of unemployment, and sending out some 500 resumes I heard back from ZERO of the companies I had sent them to cold.
But... 5 or so personal contacts who helped get my resume to the right person at the right company generated multiple interviews - once you get the interview, THAT is when the certifications become important.
So... If you're gonna dump my resume in the trash because I HAVE certifications, you can keep yer stinkin job.. Coz I wouldn't wanna work with ya anyways;)
p.s. You could also check on Ebay to try and find older versions of certain equipment to learn on. There are may be simulator software available.. Just a thought.
Its been my finding that the size of the company does not reflect how they treat their employees. I also worked for a small company who put together and sold 'high end' computers. They paid their so-called A+ Certified MCSE's $7.50 (CDN)/hour to start, and always seemed to have excuses for everyone regarding raises, come review time.
One such example was when they actually told me that they couldn't perform my six month review (which was to include a raise as agreed upon when I was hired). Their reasoning being that the reviews were now being done by the accountant - and he had just started, so had no knowledge of my performance. I think the turnover rate started drastically increasing around that same time.
I knew all my co-workers though... still talk to plenty of them as well.
If anyone could test for these genes without paying royalties, then the guy who made the discovery will not have ANY incentive to do the same in the future!
...with no wire or wireless connection between the computers themselves. That allows copying or moving material between the computers, a task that would otherwise be more difficult.
So.. It copies the material between computers with no wire or wireless connection?...a task that would otherwise be more impossible?
Kleinrock describes how the defendant's file sharing system works and how they could easily control and prevent the massive copyright infringement from occurring.
That would be interesting to read.. Then maybe they could apply the same principles to every other protocol, and the RIAA will live happily ever after...
Slashdot Mirror
I used to work in tech support for a fairly high end manufacturer and we unfortunately had to deal with ATI - we finally gave up on contacting them after their phone number was busy for like 24 hours a day, 2 weeks straight.. I had enough problems with ATI cards over the years that I will never purchase one of their products again, regardless of benchmarks..
I can see why people slag on slashdotters alot. Nothing like good ol fashioned lynch mob mentality...
This is getting really stupid.
...And how can you say this is a 'leak' in any way. It's freely copyable software! You're supposed to copy it! The second they posted it to their network they knew it was going to be all over the place - BECAUSE THE LICENSE ALLOWS COPYING AND REDISTRIBUTION.
RedHat has obviously offered these images a week early so that their subscribers can actually get the images without having to wait until it reaches their local mirror site. The ability to download the images a week early isn't a selling point, but more of a fix for an outstanding complaint from previous releases and RHN service becoming overly crowded. If they had wanted to base a revenue model on releasing software for $$$ earlier than releasing a free version, they would have released hard copy versions to stores to sell a week or two early.
RedHat's income largely depends on services that they sell. The more installations they have out there, the more likely they are to sell these services. I would say anything that helps increase their user base helps RedHat.
May have been an interesting game.. I played Shattered Galaxy in Beta, which sounds kinda similar and it was quite addictive.
A note on a previous link posted
According to a rumour on top 'geek' web site Slashdot, Castle have been accused of using GPL'd code in RISC OS 5. The rumour was originally posted by ARMLinux developer Russell King and there is already a healthy debate running as to the possible implications of GPL breach. Please note that www.riscos.org is NOT affiliated to ANY RISC OS hardware manufacturers, so if you're a GPL geek, please don't bother inundating me with emails as I don't have time to reply to them all. www.riscos.org is and will always remain impartial regarding public news items.
Thanks for pointing out the London Drugs website.. Living in Canada I have an opportunity to support companies like them, and now after reading that - I most certainly will. ;)
Funny, all of the 'seasoned veterans' I have worked with in the past had certifications out the wazoo. The difference between them and the kid who's parents paid $30,000 to send Billy to ITI is that they have the experience to go along with the certifications.
;)
Certain certifications from certain companies mean squat when it comes to finding a job, however - simply because the market has become saturated with MCSE's, or whatnot.
And... It is most definately who you know. After a six month period of unemployment, and sending out some 500 resumes I heard back from ZERO of the companies I had sent them to cold.
But... 5 or so personal contacts who helped get my resume to the right person at the right company generated multiple interviews - once you get the interview, THAT is when the certifications become important.
So... If you're gonna dump my resume in the trash because I HAVE certifications, you can keep yer stinkin job.. Coz I wouldn't wanna work with ya anyways
p.s. You could also check on Ebay to try and find older versions of certain equipment to learn on. There are may be simulator software available.. Just a thought.
Its been my finding that the size of the company does not reflect how they treat their employees. I also worked for a small company who put together and sold 'high end' computers. They paid their so-called A+ Certified MCSE's $7.50 (CDN)/hour to start, and always seemed to have excuses for everyone regarding raises, come review time.
One such example was when they actually told me that they couldn't perform my six month review (which was to include a raise as agreed upon when I was hired). Their reasoning being that the reviews were now being done by the accountant - and he had just started, so had no knowledge of my performance. I think the turnover rate started drastically increasing around that same time.
I knew all my co-workers though... still talk to plenty of them as well.
If anyone could test for these genes without paying royalties, then the guy who made the discovery will not have ANY incentive to do the same in the future!
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How about the University that made the discovery?
Some more info:
http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/ip-health/20
...with no wire or wireless connection between the computers themselves. That allows copying or moving material between the computers, a task that would otherwise be more difficult.
...a task that would otherwise be more impossible?
So.. It copies the material between computers with no wire or wireless connection?
Kleinrock describes how the defendant's file sharing system works and how they could easily control and prevent the massive copyright infringement from occurring.
That would be interesting to read.. Then maybe they could apply the same principles to every other protocol, and the RIAA will live happily ever after...