During a meeting with the e-Japan task force within the Liberal Democratic Party, Gates said open-source systems would be difficult to use for commercial purposes as their code is freely available.
He urged government leaders to consider using software that required licensing fees for the sake of promoting growth in the software industry.
While somewhat interesting, this is really only a partial plot summary, not a critical (or non-critical) review of the book, writing style, e.t.c.
Perhaps even a "I enjoyed this very much" or "I hated it" would move this into a "review" status.
thanks.
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While getting your main point, I think the "print is dead" just doesn't apply everywhere yet.
Perhaps to tech news, which tends to update faster than the medium its on. But for me, and I'm 32, so take that as what you will, print will always be actually preferable for "longer" reads because of the fact that paper is easier on the eyes than a monitor.
I don't care what your resolution is, how pretty your fonts are, and what theme(s) you are using, a monitor will tire your eyes out much quicker than reading a book.
I'm sure this has to do with the fact that monitors project as opposed to reflect, but it makes a big difference to me.
So I'm one of those guys who still prints out the "HOW-To's" not b/c I dont' know how to find or read the digital copy, but b/c my optical senses prefer the printed one.
This is why we still have books, NYT bestsellers lists, and online booksellers.
Must disagree on some levels here.
I'm not sure that the author's credit status being good or poor is really at issue. At issue is the privacy of the individual. By looking at your credit report, even if it is perfect, I now know quite a bit of your history. I also know your balances, which, as you know, can still be quite high even if your credit score is good.
Your theory about personal money management versus corporate, while on the surface makes sense, in actual application you would be surprised. Something about micro versus macro I'm sure. As well, where did the author insinuate he/she was managaing company money? If I'm a programmer or sysadmin, what company money do I get to manage? Usually none, other than casting my vote for a certain product.
Lastly, on "I never understood bad credit" well congratulations. I've never understood people who claim not to understand that sometimes people make mistakes, get laid off, or have problems with personal finances.
You might as well say that you've never understood speeding, over-eating, alcoholism, drug addiction, clinical depression, e.t.c.
An ex-doctor whose father was a famous cardiologist; a Hollywood production executive; an established Hollywood screenwriter; CFOs, CEOs; guys that sold startups for millions. A PhD marine biologist who "quit and became a dentist." Wowie.
Some of the local papers run these stories too--about people who cashed in on the "hectic dot com lifestyle" to run a bed and breakfast or some sort. Makes it a lot easier to "get out of the rat race" when you have a nice, fat bank account to fall back on.
I am much more impressed, as you note, with those who are not independently wealthy, but chunk the opportunity to become so in order to follow their dreams. Like, say, the teacher I married.
:)
And no, I don't have a problem with those pursuing wealth above all else either...as long as they are fulfilled its their own choice to make.
I know this is a war for the more experienced users, but with my level of linux experience being what it is, I've only used KDE as my desktop, so GNOME is not something I am against, it is just something I've never bothered to try. It follows that I wouldn't be excited about a desktop that sits on top of GNOME, since I am "rooted" (hah) in KDE.
KDE was more "windows-esque" to me, and while I know that's a bad thing for a bunch of people, for me, it helps with the learning curve being greatly reduced for my everyday tasks.
And speaking of everyday tasks, I use evolution exclusively for personal email now (work=Lotus Notes), and it was a great big help in my decision to chunk M$.
"so is that a RFID tag in your pants, or are you just happy..." Sorry.
However, perhaps with this technology the need for a Private Investigator to track your cheating honey is eliminated. Did he/she REALLY stay late at the office, or were they calling you from the forbidden zone?
I didn't notice the price list in the articles, but maybe I missed it.
*wish* they would open some free (as in beer) training centers for some of us. Afterall, I can download the software for free, I can scan news groups and ask questions, but as far as someone testing my knowledge (which would help me know what areas I needed to improve), it looks like I have to pay for it.
And there's nothing wrong with getting money off of this as far as I can tell, I'm just dreaming. And no, most LUG's don't do this...at least not the ones in my area.
"It'd be darn boring eating the same food everyday and watching the same tv show every day."
Not to get too far off topic, but we ARE watching the same tv shows, eating the same food, listening to the same music in the U.S.
When I say "we," I mean the collective. Someone tell me the difference between our pop songs of today, because I don't hear it. Whose.99 cent value meal did I consume today because the ads during the Bachelor, er, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, er, Survivor told me to do so?
How is the latest J-Lo movie different from the old 80's movies with Julia Roberts?
IMO, our entire consumer culture is being sublimated into The Same Thing.
We as a nation are becoming the perfect consumer drones, and these Mac loyalists are exactly what a company desires. (I'm NOT saying anything in terms of whether Macs are better or not, just that blind consumer loyalty is a beaut for the big corps.)
What I couldn't gather from the FAQ was whether or not United Linux becomes the eventual sole distribution from all of these companies, or whether its just a combined Distro. from all of them.
For example, will there still be new releases of Suse Professional, or is 8.0 the stopping point?
What about Suse Personal version? Does the target of business delineate that home versions from these various corporations will still be released?
The online update tool in 7.3 does not automagically update to this version yet, and the 8.0 files aren't present in Suse's ftp server.
So at the moment it would appear that 8.0 is only available for purchase, not for download/online upgrade.
Or you could be like me--I was laid off in the private industry in one of the cities hit hardest by layoffs. Searched in the private industry for almost 3 months for another position with no results.
Finally, through a friend, gained access to a government job. The pay is literally 33% less than what I made in the private industry, and the work is quite menial compared to what I used to do.
However, I now have almost no job related stress whatsoever, which equates to no ulcers, sleepless nights, e.t.c.
The already mentioned strict 8 hour max days are nice as well, in addition to having much more time to spend with my family.
So while I was extremely disappointed to take the pay cut, I have through time come to realize the benefit of being where I am.
You just need to wait for the distros to get their packgaes updated.
I appreciate you not slamming me, and you make very good points. However, can you imagine if I wanted to get ad-aware 5.7 for windows, or updated my anti-virus program, or even get an SP for Windows and was told "wait till the next distro release, which by the way you'll pay for?"
Well, OK, maybe Windows is a bad example. I just think that the next great Linux leap for us who are not experienced Linux users will be to be able to click on something and have the update done for you. IMVHO.
I purchased Suse 7.3 as it seemed to be a good distro. for those of us who are oppposed to M$ and want to use another OS, but don't want to have to spend hours upon hours learning that OS.In other words, a typical "dumb end user" when it comes to operating systems.
For the most part, its pretty intuitive--I can browse, send emails, e.t.c.
But I hate the fonts as opposed to Windows rendering of fonts. KDE is the default GUI, so I thought I would try this KDE 3.0. Here's where the newbie to Linux definitely loses out. I knew that these "RPM thingies" where what I needed to download.
I then used KRPM (?) or something like that which promised to take care of dependencies and all. So, I "installed" (don't know if that's the right term or not) all the RPMS, and boom! Crash.
Boot the computer, and I get some kind of kernel fault thing. Luckily, no serious data on the 'puter, so I reboot and install the distro all over again. No biggie, but makes me sad that I can't "see" the new KDE.
I know to all of you its a piece of cake, but (as has been noted before) if the Linux community really wants us desktop end users en masse, then it should make something like this as simple as it is in windows. In windows, if I want the latest version of something, I download an install file and double click, and I'm done.
It should be that easy for dummies like me. (as an aside, I was hoping Suse's online update would do it automagically for me, but no such luck).
Slashdot Mirror
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e-japan
During a meeting with the e-Japan task force within the Liberal Democratic Party, Gates said open-source systems would be difficult to use for commercial purposes as their code is freely available. He urged government leaders to consider using software that required licensing fees for the sake of promoting growth in the software industry.
Hey, shouldn't that be "it gets a bad wrapper?"
hahahahah.
Allrighty then, I'm sorry.
Perhaps even a "I enjoyed this very much" or "I hated it" would move this into a "review" status. thanks.
Perhaps to tech news, which tends to update faster than the medium its on. But for me, and I'm 32, so take that as what you will, print will always be actually preferable for "longer" reads because of the fact that paper is easier on the eyes than a monitor.
I don't care what your resolution is, how pretty your fonts are, and what theme(s) you are using, a monitor will tire your eyes out much quicker than reading a book.
I'm sure this has to do with the fact that monitors project as opposed to reflect, but it makes a big difference to me.
So I'm one of those guys who still prints out the "HOW-To's" not b/c I dont' know how to find or read the digital copy, but b/c my optical senses prefer the printed one.
This is why we still have books, NYT bestsellers lists, and online booksellers.
Your theory about personal money management versus corporate, while on the surface makes sense, in actual application you would be surprised. Something about micro versus macro I'm sure. As well, where did the author insinuate he/she was managaing company money? If I'm a programmer or sysadmin, what company money do I get to manage? Usually none, other than casting my vote for a certain product.
Lastly, on "I never understood bad credit" well congratulations. I've never understood people who claim not to understand that sometimes people make mistakes, get laid off, or have problems with personal finances.
You might as well say that you've never understood speeding, over-eating, alcoholism, drug addiction, clinical depression, e.t.c.
An ex-doctor whose father was a famous cardiologist; a Hollywood production executive; an established Hollywood screenwriter; CFOs, CEOs; guys that sold startups for millions. A PhD marine biologist who "quit and became a dentist." Wowie.
Some of the local papers run these stories too--about people who cashed in on the "hectic dot com lifestyle" to run a bed and breakfast or some sort. Makes it a lot easier to "get out of the rat race" when you have a nice, fat bank account to fall back on.
I am much more impressed, as you note, with those who are not independently wealthy, but chunk the opportunity to become so in order to follow their dreams. Like, say, the teacher I married.
And no, I don't have a problem with those pursuing wealth above all else either...as long as they are fulfilled its their own choice to make.
KDE was more "windows-esque" to me, and while I know that's a bad thing for a bunch of people, for me, it helps with the learning curve being greatly reduced for my everyday tasks.
And speaking of everyday tasks, I use evolution exclusively for personal email now (work=Lotus Notes), and it was a great big help in my decision to chunk M$.
Thanks for the kind comments.
I see I left out that I do plan to build my competencies in Linux and then do volunteer/non-proft education centers in the area.
I think I would then fulfill what I was asking about.
Again, thanks for the constructive critism and deep thoughts.
"so is that a RFID tag in your pants, or are you just happy..." Sorry.
However, perhaps with this technology the need for a Private Investigator to track your cheating honey is eliminated. Did he/she REALLY stay late at the office, or were they calling you from the forbidden zone?
I didn't notice the price list in the articles, but maybe I missed it.
*wish* they would open some free (as in beer) training centers for some of us. Afterall, I can download the software for free, I can scan news groups and ask questions, but as far as someone testing my knowledge (which would help me know what areas I needed to improve), it looks like I have to pay for it.
And there's nothing wrong with getting money off of this as far as I can tell, I'm just dreaming. And no, most LUG's don't do this...at least not the ones in my area.
"It'd be darn boring eating the same food everyday and watching the same tv show every day."
.99 cent value meal did I consume today because the ads during the Bachelor, er, Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire, er, Survivor told me to do so?
Not to get too far off topic, but we ARE watching the same tv shows, eating the same food, listening to the same music in the U.S.
When I say "we," I mean the collective. Someone tell me the difference between our pop songs of today, because I don't hear it. Whose
How is the latest J-Lo movie different from the old 80's movies with Julia Roberts?
IMO, our entire consumer culture is being sublimated into The Same Thing.
We as a nation are becoming the perfect consumer drones, and these Mac loyalists are exactly what a company desires. (I'm NOT saying anything in terms of whether Macs are better or not, just that blind consumer loyalty is a beaut for the big corps.)
What I couldn't gather from the FAQ was whether or not United Linux becomes the eventual sole distribution from all of these companies, or whether its just a combined Distro. from all of them. For example, will there still be new releases of Suse Professional, or is 8.0 the stopping point? What about Suse Personal version? Does the target of business delineate that home versions from these various corporations will still be released?
At least not according to Suse themselves. http://www.suse.com/us/products/suse_linux/i386/kd e3.html
The online update tool in 7.3 does not automagically update to this version yet, and the 8.0 files aren't present in Suse's ftp server. So at the moment it would appear that 8.0 is only available for purchase, not for download/online upgrade.
I really, really hate that they are using that name.
Or you could be like me--I was laid off in the private industry in one of the cities hit hardest by layoffs. Searched in the private industry for almost 3 months for another position with no results. Finally, through a friend, gained access to a government job. The pay is literally 33% less than what I made in the private industry, and the work is quite menial compared to what I used to do. However, I now have almost no job related stress whatsoever, which equates to no ulcers, sleepless nights, e.t.c. The already mentioned strict 8 hour max days are nice as well, in addition to having much more time to spend with my family. So while I was extremely disappointed to take the pay cut, I have through time come to realize the benefit of being where I am.
Well, OK, maybe Windows is a bad example. I just think that the next great Linux leap for us who are not experienced Linux users will be to be able to click on something and have the update done for you. IMVHO.
For the most part, its pretty intuitive--I can browse, send emails, e.t.c.
But I hate the fonts as opposed to Windows rendering of fonts. KDE is the default GUI, so I thought I would try this KDE 3.0. Here's where the newbie to Linux definitely loses out. I knew that these "RPM thingies" where what I needed to download.
I then used KRPM (?) or something like that which promised to take care of dependencies and all. So, I "installed" (don't know if that's the right term or not) all the RPMS, and boom! Crash.
Boot the computer, and I get some kind of kernel fault thing. Luckily, no serious data on the 'puter, so I reboot and install the distro all over again. No biggie, but makes me sad that I can't "see" the new KDE.
I know to all of you its a piece of cake, but (as has been noted before) if the Linux community really wants us desktop end users en masse, then it should make something like this as simple as it is in windows. In windows, if I want the latest version of something, I download an install file and double click, and I'm done.
It should be that easy for dummies like me. (as an aside, I was hoping Suse's online update would do it automagically for me, but no such luck).