Somehow not suprised. Though, IE 5.1.7 (?) for OS 9 worked better than Netscape (At least IMHO.) Will MS then stop offering Office for OS X? I doubt it, as that is their last real in as it relates to X.
Somehow, this does not come as a big suprise to me. Either from the standpoint of their past and how little regard they most likely have for copyright, or even just from DRM in general. I personally am an iTunes user, but their DRM at least allows you to play your music without a subscription, unlike Napster (or at least that is what it looked like.)
..."What you would hope for is that press gets its facts straight and cut down on "OMG -- you HAVE TO read this!!!" type articles."
Funny you should mention that, as it would appear that you have not been following the case that closely. SCO is now saying that most of the cases are contract related, but Darl Mc"I can't keep my mouth shut"Bride and others for SCO have, at the onset of the case, been spouting so much "we have millions of lines of offending code" trash, and yet cannot produce any, even after two court orders. (In the IBM case, not the DCC case.) SCO has a habit of speaking out of both sides of its mouth. Telling one court one thing, and then telling another court (different case) a different thing. They've been doing the same thing with the media and the courts, but now it's coming back to haunt them, as what they've said is being used against them. If you are going to tell people that the press is misrepresenting the case, make sure that you truely understand all of it.
Heaven forbid that people infringing on their sacred "IP" know exactly what it is, thus allowing it's removal. If it were removed, then SCO would not be able to charge their extor.. err.. sorry, licensing fee.
"Why I'm of a mind to give them a piece of my mind, but I seem to have lost my mind."
"Caldera/SCO may or may not have any legal basis for when they're doing now, but they've certainly got a better plan that Love's gang of Underpants Gnomes did..."
I'm going to assume that you meant "then", rather than "that." Nitpicking aside, how is SCO's current legal stragety better than who Love's gang did? SCO's plan: a. Sue anyone who is in anyway associated with Linux. b. pick businesses with 3 letter acronyms and sue them. c. Chose an industry giant to sue, thus appearing the underdog to the uninformed. d. (most importantly) not check you facts completely, stretch the truth to fit you needs (even if it means completely fabricating it). e. Threaten to send out invoices to people / businesses using linux.
There's so much more that I could add that shows how this "plan" is sooo bad. But most of those that read this already know it.
Is this a sucessful business model? Put out a new OS every year? Sorry, I should say an "upgrade" every year, and charge users $129 every time? Yes, I know that Apple offers updates periodically throughout the year as errors pop-up, and does not charge for them. Though, as costly as the hardware to run it is, somehow I don't know that this works. Perhaps this explains why Apple is relagated to a somewhat niche market. (Read: Education (though less now than before), Graphics Design, Desktop Publishing, some Web Design, and some Music. (Sorry if I missed any.)) This may also be why businesses are willing to put up with Microsoft's flaws, and are now looking to Open Source. (No not OS X!, OS X is only slightly open source. But that's an argument for another time and another post.)
Manhole covers are round, at least in part I would think, because of the fact that if they were square, triangle, or rectangle there would be a point that could puncture tires driving over them.
If youre going to go so far as to break it down into certain applications, why not use OS X for people use?
I'll give you the usability, if only because that is what people have been force fed for their learning environment.
I'd give linux the edge over windows in functionality, if only because you can actually do more in a pure linux environment. Linux comes with so many apps bundled in with the system. (Allowing you many choices for what you use. Now just one, ala MS.)
I'd also go with linux or OS X for the GUI. Again, more options.
And lastly, I'd go with Unix or Novell for the stability, hands down. (More of an edge to Novell, as I've had more experience with it.)
Superior software? Ah yes, and all those "bugs" and "security holes" that people refer to? Ignore those, those are just added benefits. They are "product enhancements."
I would disagree quite strongly with your statement.
Having only worked for a short period in the commercial side of IT (ISP that covered good portion of the state), and having worked for about 5 years in the academic IT field, my views are somewhat skewed. None-the-less, there is a reason that I've worked in the academic side. I've find that it's more relaxed, less heirarchy or bowing to bosses. This is not to say that there's not politics to deal with (all too much) or that there aren't ego's to stroke and massage (plenty abound), but the IT here side is much less stressful then the IT side in business or commercial. Budgets tend to be small, yes, but you also have the chance to put newer technology in place sooner than a business might.
Who knows if this addresses your question completely, but it's an attempt.
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Somehow not suprised. Though, IE 5.1.7 (?) for OS 9 worked better than Netscape (At least IMHO.) Will MS then stop offering Office for OS X? I doubt it, as that is their last real in as it relates to X.
Somehow, this does not come as a big suprise to me. Either from the standpoint of their past and how little regard they most likely have for copyright, or even just from DRM in general. I personally am an iTunes user, but their DRM at least allows you to play your music without a subscription, unlike Napster (or at least that is what it looked like.)
..."What you would hope for is that press gets its facts straight and cut down on "OMG -- you HAVE TO read this!!!" type articles."
Funny you should mention that, as it would appear that you have not been following the case that closely.
SCO is now saying that most of the cases are contract related, but Darl Mc"I can't keep my mouth shut"Bride and others for SCO have, at the onset of the case, been spouting so much "we have millions of lines of offending code" trash, and yet cannot produce any, even after two court orders. (In the IBM case, not the DCC case.)
SCO has a habit of speaking out of both sides of its mouth. Telling one court one thing, and then telling another court (different case) a different thing. They've been doing the same thing with the media and the courts, but now it's coming back to haunt them, as what they've said is being used against them.
If you are going to tell people that the press is misrepresenting the case, make sure that you truely understand all of it.
Nah, not them. They'd never be drastically wrong on anything! /sarcasm
Ah, training for the masses that none will probabley ever use. (FP?)
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Heaven forbid that people infringing on their sacred "IP" know exactly what it is, thus allowing it's removal. If it were removed, then SCO would not be able to charge their extor.. err.. sorry, licensing fee. "Why I'm of a mind to give them a piece of my mind, but I seem to have lost my mind."
First post?
"Caldera/SCO may or may not have any legal basis for when they're doing now, but they've certainly got a better plan that Love's gang of Underpants Gnomes did..." I'm going to assume that you meant "then", rather than "that." Nitpicking aside, how is SCO's current legal stragety better than who Love's gang did? SCO's plan: a. Sue anyone who is in anyway associated with Linux. b. pick businesses with 3 letter acronyms and sue them. c. Chose an industry giant to sue, thus appearing the underdog to the uninformed. d. (most importantly) not check you facts completely, stretch the truth to fit you needs (even if it means completely fabricating it). e. Threaten to send out invoices to people / businesses using linux. There's so much more that I could add that shows how this "plan" is sooo bad. But most of those that read this already know it.
Is this a sucessful business model? Put out a new OS every year? Sorry, I should say an "upgrade" every year, and charge users $129 every time? Yes, I know that Apple offers updates periodically throughout the year as errors pop-up, and does not charge for them. Though, as costly as the hardware to run it is, somehow I don't know that this works. Perhaps this explains why Apple is relagated to a somewhat niche market. (Read: Education (though less now than before), Graphics Design, Desktop Publishing, some Web Design, and some Music. (Sorry if I missed any.)) This may also be why businesses are willing to put up with Microsoft's flaws, and are now looking to Open Source. (No not OS X!, OS X is only slightly open source. But that's an argument for another time and another post.)
Manhole covers are round, at least in part I would think, because of the fact that if they were square, triangle, or rectangle there would be a point that could puncture tires driving over them.
If youre going to go so far as to break it down into certain applications, why not use OS X for people use? I'll give you the usability, if only because that is what people have been force fed for their learning environment. I'd give linux the edge over windows in functionality, if only because you can actually do more in a pure linux environment. Linux comes with so many apps bundled in with the system. (Allowing you many choices for what you use. Now just one, ala MS.) I'd also go with linux or OS X for the GUI. Again, more options. And lastly, I'd go with Unix or Novell for the stability, hands down. (More of an edge to Novell, as I've had more experience with it.)
Superior software? Ah yes, and all those "bugs" and "security holes" that people refer to? Ignore those, those are just added benefits. They are "product enhancements."
I would disagree quite strongly with your statement.
Having only worked for a short period in the commercial side of IT (ISP that covered good portion of the state), and having worked for about 5 years in the academic IT field, my views are somewhat skewed. None-the-less, there is a reason that I've worked in the academic side. I've find that it's more relaxed, less heirarchy or bowing to bosses. This is not to say that there's not politics to deal with (all too much) or that there aren't ego's to stroke and massage (plenty abound), but the IT here side is much less stressful then the IT side in business or commercial. Budgets tend to be small, yes, but you also have the chance to put newer technology in place sooner than a business might. Who knows if this addresses your question completely, but it's an attempt.