Exactly! It's worse in software patents. In hardware you can do something that a competitor does but do it with different hardware but in software if you do some function that a competitor does it doesn't matter that you did it with different code. It's the function that is patented in software patents not the code. The code is of course covered by copyright which renders the entire matter insane to start with. Lets just use copyright to protect software design! How simple! Not to mention fair. We can't have that though it would interfere with stifling innovation.
I'm with you on this one. NVidia did produce a linux driver when ATI spit on linux users. I haven't bought a single computer with ATI since NVidia started producing a linux driver. I remember how grateful I was to actually have the ability to use my graphics cards 3d capability. I tend to hold grudges a long time too.
I understand that most users lack the skill set to fix a driver. Some people do possess this skill however and if the driver is open there is a chance someone will take up the challenge to fix it. If the driver is proprietary there is no chance whatsoever.
I can understand your annoyance, I've often felt that one of the reasons linux suffers from so few malware incidents is that the users are generally more technically proficient and security conscious. I always notice where my software is coming from and take care to notice when I'm redirected by a site. I always check to make sure that I don't allow anything to be installed I didn't ask for. Not saying I'm a genius but I've noticed most windows users seem to download and just click okay buttons indiscriminately without reading anything.
And when it's more important for you to set up your big contractor job after retirement than to watch out for the public's money. I've seen that time and again where officers get seduced by contractors for a big 6 figure post retirement check.
I think the problem I have with this isn't that he got in trouble, it's that the Secret Service showed up. Normally you would think the local police would handle this kind of thing but here we have the feds getting involved. That automatically moves it into toontown level stupidity. He's liable to serv a concurrent life sentence for every violation when they get around to making an example of him. Can't they limit themselves to finding Bin Laden's minions and leave this kind of stuff to the locals?
Anti-Trust litigation is not likely now that Microsoft is donating millions of dollars to politicians. They learned their lesson from before when they didn't donate hardly anything at all to political candidates and got dragged into court for their anti-competitive activities. Soon after that happened the campaign donation checks started getting processed and magically all their problems with the department of justice started to melt away. Even Microsoft can learn.
McDonalds in particular has contracts with beef suppliers and provide their own QA inspectors. These contracts are very lucrative and the inspection standards very tough due to problems McDonalds had in the past with contaminated meat. Their requirements are much stricter than the USDA and it produces a superior product and a steady supply which is why big companies like this utilize this method.
I don't think most people want to do away with the patent system but the patent trolls are way out of hand. The patent system, particularly in regards to software patents, is broken and is in desperate need of repair.
Oh come on. A device doesn't have to be proprietary and locked down to avoid rootkits. It does help with technologically challenged people but it's not the best way to avoid it.
I think the main reason all these corporations go to china for manufacturing is so they "wont" be responsible for treatment of workers and environmental damage.
So you think Apple's manufacturing is being subsidized with taxpayer money or under the table with a bribe? I think you missed the whole thing somewhere. This whole thing is legal and it's upfront.
The problem with this delusion of yours is that for the most part the Apple products are working better, sometimes much better, than their competitor's products. As for overpriced, that's strictly opinion. I've run Apple hardware and software for almost a decade now in addition to linux. One thing I've noticed is that Apple hardware is superior to every PC I have owned. I've mostly been using linux since 1999 when I migrated from the Amiga platform due to the lack of modern hardware and the changes in Linux over the last decade have been Amazing. I've also really enjoyed using OS X, especially after Tiger (10.4) arrived. I keep a windows machine around and currently have one running Win7 and one with XP Pro. Truthfully I can say that they aren't bad operating systems but OS X is far easier to use and Linux is more powerful and efficient. I don't own a smartphone but from looking at the Droids and iPhones that people at work use I'd say iOS is better than Android and in fact most of the Droid owners seem to think so too. Now that the iPhone is on Verizon a couple of guys I know went from a droid to an iphone. I can't comment on Windows phone as of the hundred plus people that I know in my building I don't know of a single one of them that own one but it's possible they exist. I do own a gentouch android tablet and it's a piece of junk but then I know their are better examples of Android tablets around though I don't think any of them are any better than the iPad. So while it's possible that you are right about Apple prices are too high it seems a lot of people disagree with you. But you go on hating all you want. Apple keeps making money and their customers keep being happy. You meanwhile are bitter and pathetic.
SCO was suing people bigger than them. That's a recipe for hard times. If you're suing a company with deeper pockets than you then you need to actually have a real case. If you're suing smaller companies you can use a lame ass case and bluff them out because they can't afford the ante. It sucks to know your opponent has a pair of 5's but you can't match the pot.
MS is suing the smaller fish first to set a precedent and build some kind of case for going after the big phone makers. You notice they aren't in any crushing hurry to take on the hundreds of google or Apple lawyers.
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So it looks like the Blackberry infringes as well. Imagine that.
Nope, you're disqualified by your sig.
Exactly! It's worse in software patents. In hardware you can do something that a competitor does but do it with different hardware but in software if you do some function that a competitor does it doesn't matter that you did it with different code. It's the function that is patented in software patents not the code. The code is of course covered by copyright which renders the entire matter insane to start with. Lets just use copyright to protect software design! How simple! Not to mention fair. We can't have that though it would interfere with stifling innovation.
No one wants to here that. You take all the fun out of everything.
I always thought of myself as a fundamentalist but apparently not. I have to admit to watching Thomas the Train with my grandson.
I'm with you on this one. NVidia did produce a linux driver when ATI spit on linux users. I haven't bought a single computer with ATI since NVidia started producing a linux driver. I remember how grateful I was to actually have the ability to use my graphics cards 3d capability. I tend to hold grudges a long time too.
I understand that most users lack the skill set to fix a driver. Some people do possess this skill however and if the driver is open there is a chance someone will take up the challenge to fix it. If the driver is proprietary there is no chance whatsoever.
I can understand your annoyance, I've often felt that one of the reasons linux suffers from so few malware incidents is that the users are generally more technically proficient and security conscious. I always notice where my software is coming from and take care to notice when I'm redirected by a site. I always check to make sure that I don't allow anything to be installed I didn't ask for. Not saying I'm a genius but I've noticed most windows users seem to download and just click okay buttons indiscriminately without reading anything.
And when it's more important for you to set up your big contractor job after retirement than to watch out for the public's money. I've seen that time and again where officers get seduced by contractors for a big 6 figure post retirement check.
Oh man. You nailed that dead center. Too bad you posted anon 'cause that was a plus 5 informative if ever I saw one.
I think the problem I have with this isn't that he got in trouble, it's that the Secret Service showed up. Normally you would think the local police would handle this kind of thing but here we have the feds getting involved. That automatically moves it into toontown level stupidity. He's liable to serv a concurrent life sentence for every violation when they get around to making an example of him. Can't they limit themselves to finding Bin Laden's minions and leave this kind of stuff to the locals?
Anti-Trust litigation is not likely now that Microsoft is donating millions of dollars to politicians. They learned their lesson from before when they didn't donate hardly anything at all to political candidates and got dragged into court for their anti-competitive activities. Soon after that happened the campaign donation checks started getting processed and magically all their problems with the department of justice started to melt away. Even Microsoft can learn.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=d000000115
http://www.campaignmoney.com/microsoft.asp
Well, if Apple is first rate hardware and Android is third rate with windows phones being fourth rate.....who's the second rate company?
McDonalds in particular has contracts with beef suppliers and provide their own QA inspectors. These contracts are very lucrative and the inspection standards very tough due to problems McDonalds had in the past with contaminated meat. Their requirements are much stricter than the USDA and it produces a superior product and a steady supply which is why big companies like this utilize this method.
I don't think most people want to do away with the patent system but the patent trolls are way out of hand. The patent system, particularly in regards to software patents, is broken and is in desperate need of repair.
Oh come on. A device doesn't have to be proprietary and locked down to avoid rootkits. It does help with technologically challenged people but it's not the best way to avoid it.
I think the main reason all these corporations go to china for manufacturing is so they "wont" be responsible for treatment of workers and environmental damage.
So you think Apple's manufacturing is being subsidized with taxpayer money or under the table with a bribe? I think you missed the whole thing somewhere. This whole thing is legal and it's upfront.
Considering where the dollar is heading they better buy gold with it before it's just green toilet paper.
Look up sarcasm in the dictionary dude.
The problem with this delusion of yours is that for the most part the Apple products are working better, sometimes much better, than their competitor's products. As for overpriced, that's strictly opinion. I've run Apple hardware and software for almost a decade now in addition to linux. One thing I've noticed is that Apple hardware is superior to every PC I have owned. I've mostly been using linux since 1999 when I migrated from the Amiga platform due to the lack of modern hardware and the changes in Linux over the last decade have been Amazing. I've also really enjoyed using OS X, especially after Tiger (10.4) arrived. I keep a windows machine around and currently have one running Win7 and one with XP Pro. Truthfully I can say that they aren't bad operating systems but OS X is far easier to use and Linux is more powerful and efficient. I don't own a smartphone but from looking at the Droids and iPhones that people at work use I'd say iOS is better than Android and in fact most of the Droid owners seem to think so too. Now that the iPhone is on Verizon a couple of guys I know went from a droid to an iphone. I can't comment on Windows phone as of the hundred plus people that I know in my building I don't know of a single one of them that own one but it's possible they exist. I do own a gentouch android tablet and it's a piece of junk but then I know their are better examples of Android tablets around though I don't think any of them are any better than the iPad. So while it's possible that you are right about Apple prices are too high it seems a lot of people disagree with you. But you go on hating all you want. Apple keeps making money and their customers keep being happy. You meanwhile are bitter and pathetic.
The dickheads who voted this into legislation are evil. Sold out whores will do anything for a dollar.
SCO was suing people bigger than them. That's a recipe for hard times. If you're suing a company with deeper pockets than you then you need to actually have a real case. If you're suing smaller companies you can use a lame ass case and bluff them out because they can't afford the ante. It sucks to know your opponent has a pair of 5's but you can't match the pot.
Damn, that was pretty good.
MS is suing the smaller fish first to set a precedent and build some kind of case for going after the big phone makers. You notice they aren't in any crushing hurry to take on the hundreds of google or Apple lawyers.