At least try to educate the "non-geeks" about the dangers of giving up rights to the corporations. Maybe then the politicians would take notice
I'm not necessarily a grassroots type of guy. And, no, more than just geeks read slashdot. Therefore what I have posted HAS made a difference (I despise wasting time). As someone else said on this thread, if the MPAA outlaws everything, people will circumvent it anyways. Perhaps people WILL learn how to build their own music and video copiers.
The next step will be placing a chip in all audio devices to detect copyright watermarks. The next step will be to make it illegal to create any device which can copy sound. Then it's Big Brother time.
At least not until a third-party DVD player becomes available for Linux for free (yeah right), although this will only put the real problem here on hold.
As much as Microsoft controls the media, it's a bit odd that the author of this post offers no link to a news bulletin about this.
Why do you think that the news would report this? Many newscasters like Microsoft and want to stay on good terms with them. Many reporters and editors also get invited to nice Micorosoft parties every year. The incident with Microsoft getting caught pirating software in France wasn't reported by the press either.
Microsoft still has some of the most talented minds in the industry - they know what they're doing with this tactic. What they're doing seems to be the equivalent of reverse psychology. "No, don't make us show the world our source code. Anything but that" - **snicker**. The world doesn't gain a whole lot from being able to go through Microsoft's code (this "punishment" is just a slap on the wrist). Microsoft could even remove all of the most critical proprietary components of the Windows source code and it would take thousands of man hours to even be able to tell the difference.
Microsoft may be where everyone else wants to be. The irony of this is that Microsoft also wants to be where everyone else (with innovation) is. For example, Windows for the longest time had its own look and feel, but with the advent of Windows XP, suddenly jumped from looking 10% like the Mac and 90% original - to looking 70% like the Mac and 30% original.
At the same time, the jump to the Windows XP interface had the unintended sideeffect of making Windows look like a few KDE configurations (which is dangerous for Microsoft). With the advent of Lindows, it and Windows XP will be indistinguishable to technophobes. Enough of the UI bugs which Linux previously had either were fixed or will be fixed within the next year - including replacements for utilities which technophobes can't handle - such as fsck. Two years ago, hundreds of tasks took forever to learn on Linux. But as of today, I can perform all these tasks with no prior knowledge using various utilities which come pre-installed (and other tasks, such as mounting a CD, are automatic). After Linux is functionally equivalent or more functional, adoption of Linux is no longer a choice but rather a necessity, because Linux is a disruptive technology (a technology which allows lower classes to perform the same tasks as the financial elite. Look at what kind of money you had to pay for a Unix workstation 10 years ago, and it makes sense).
I know that this post may start a large discussion, but I just absolutely feel like saying something. Caldera was definitely in the game a few years ago, but the momentum which they had has been usurped by RedHat and some other distros. Caldera is now a large company which will soon be a small one. It seems that the main reason that Caldera is hurting right now is they simply lack vision. Love talks about selling to server-side clients and Unix clients, but it seems that this focus has changed from his mentioned graphical install and the desktop presence of Linux, something which he once thought that Linux could achieve. This interview shouldn't have taken place. If he doesn't have a business plan, he should do something about it or step down and find someone who can get a vision for Caldera. The last thing we need is to hear of another Linux company which isn't on the ball. Especially with the successes of new releases of OpenOffice, KDE, Mozilla, WineX, etc. (although WineX could arguably be a failure for Linux strategically).
I've got 40 strong reasons why Linux will have a powerful desktop presence in the near future and Microsoft is running scared, and Caldera needs to wake up and stop trying to market to the wrong target. And no, I'm not biased about Linux, I've just done my research. I'm prepared to remain in the top of the software industry no matter what curve balls come my way.
I know this might be redundant and all -- and i KNOW people here don't go around installing XP for sh*ts and giggles... but in case that you ever did install XP, you would remember that it requires a total of 2.7 clicks of the mouse and absolutely no choices are given.
SuSE, on the other hand...
definitely philosophical extremes here.
Of all my installation experiences (Mac OS X, Windows XP, and RedHat 7.2, LinuxPPC) Mac OS X was infinitely faster and easier (with 15 minute installation), but not better than Linux RedHat and LinuxPPC, since they provided me with the ability to really customize the system, hard drive partitions, software bundles, firewall, etc. Windows XP on the other hand took 2 hours to install. Waiting for 2 hours isn't painless! I didn't count mouse clicks, does clicking the mouse really matter? I probably click it more than a million times when I play Age of Empires II. RedHat took 40 minutes to install, longer if I had chosen to install EVERYTHING it had on the cds, which in my book is a definite plus, much better than spending 100x that time downloading the equivalent freeware for Mac OS and Windows. My main troubles installing most Linux distros come to the lack of good User Interface for the disk partitioning software, but now I know that software like the back of my hand.
reminds me of a commercial. I gave my email address to a friend. And they gave it to a friend.... And they gave it to a friend... One way to block spam that works for me is to filter "good" emails instead if bad ones. i.e. all your friends emails will wind up in one inbox, all the more uncommon emails will end up in another. Then deletion is much easier. Separate the wheat from the chaff.
Makes you wonder if these things aren't being spun out to get people to use the latest version of MS's products - if for no other reason than to make their systems secure.
Well, one thing is sure. People will become just a little more uncomfortable with Windows. I think some of the major viruses made them more uncomfortable, though. Incidents like this raise the question of why your underlying OS, which is in ultimate control over what you do, should be allowed to be hidden. A few years from now, Windows will be a much larger animal and going through the source code will be fruitless if you're trying to unearth sneaky behavior on Microsoft's part. Having the OS open (or the kernel at the very least) is quickly becoming critical.
He was a chemist! - no wonder Mathematica was the only piece of software that I still couldn't figure out how to operate after 10 minutes of tinkering with it. (hey, in my book, if it fails the 10 minute test, it's in dire need of a UI rewrite)../cwide
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At least try to educate the "non-geeks" about the dangers of giving up rights to the corporations. Maybe then the politicians would take notice
I'm not necessarily a grassroots type of guy. And, no, more than just geeks read slashdot. Therefore what I have posted HAS made a difference (I despise wasting time). As someone else said on this thread, if the MPAA outlaws everything, people will circumvent it anyways. Perhaps people WILL learn how to build their own music and video copiers.
The next step will be placing a chip in all audio devices to detect copyright watermarks. The next step will be to make it illegal to create any device which can copy sound. Then it's Big Brother time.
After all, black and white television. I **would** be impressed though if you could run Linux on it. j/k! ;-)
At least not until a third-party DVD player becomes available for Linux for free (yeah right), although this will only put the real problem here on hold.
security? we don' need no stinkin' security!
***huge rant deleted****
Tell you what. Go back to sleep. Wake up on the other side of the bed. Come post again on slashdot.
./cwide
Much better than a franchise.
./cwide
As much as Microsoft controls the media, it's a bit odd that the author of this post offers no link to a news bulletin about this.
Why do you think that the news would report this? Many newscasters like Microsoft and want to stay on good terms with them. Many reporters and editors also get invited to nice Micorosoft parties every year. The incident with Microsoft getting caught pirating software in France wasn't reported by the press either.
./cwide
true, but when they were saying "Terrorists", I think they were referring to their competition!
./cwide
Microsoft still has some of the most talented minds in the industry - they know what they're doing with this tactic. What they're doing seems to be the equivalent of reverse psychology. "No, don't make us show the world our source code. Anything but that" - **snicker**. The world doesn't gain a whole lot from being able to go through Microsoft's code (this "punishment" is just a slap on the wrist). Microsoft could even remove all of the most critical proprietary components of the Windows source code and it would take thousands of man hours to even be able to tell the difference.
./cwide
Let
There
Be
Light
Microsoft may be where everyone else wants to be. The irony of this is that Microsoft also wants to be where everyone else (with innovation) is. For example, Windows for the longest time had its own look and feel, but with the advent of Windows XP, suddenly jumped from looking 10% like the Mac and 90% original - to looking 70% like the Mac and 30% original.
At the same time, the jump to the Windows XP interface had the unintended sideeffect of making Windows look like a few KDE configurations (which is dangerous for Microsoft). With the advent of Lindows, it and Windows XP will be indistinguishable to technophobes. Enough of the UI bugs which Linux previously had either were fixed or will be fixed within the next year - including replacements for utilities which technophobes can't handle - such as fsck. Two years ago, hundreds of tasks took forever to learn on Linux. But as of today, I can perform all these tasks with no prior knowledge using various utilities which come pre-installed (and other tasks, such as mounting a CD, are automatic). After Linux is functionally equivalent or more functional, adoption of Linux is no longer a choice but rather a necessity, because Linux is a disruptive technology (a technology which allows lower classes to perform the same tasks as the financial elite. Look at what kind of money you had to pay for a Unix workstation 10 years ago, and it makes sense).
./cwideI know that this post may start a large discussion, but I just absolutely feel like saying something. Caldera was definitely in the game a few years ago, but the momentum which they had has been usurped by RedHat and some other distros. Caldera is now a large company which will soon be a small one. It seems that the main reason that Caldera is hurting right now is they simply lack vision. Love talks about selling to server-side clients and Unix clients, but it seems that this focus has changed from his mentioned graphical install and the desktop presence of Linux, something which he once thought that Linux could achieve. This interview shouldn't have taken place. If he doesn't have a business plan, he should do something about it or step down and find someone who can get a vision for Caldera. The last thing we need is to hear of another Linux company which isn't on the ball. Especially with the successes of new releases of OpenOffice, KDE, Mozilla, WineX, etc. (although WineX could arguably be a failure for Linux strategically).
I've got 40 strong reasons why Linux will have a powerful desktop presence in the near future and Microsoft is running scared, and Caldera needs to wake up and stop trying to market to the wrong target. And no, I'm not biased about Linux, I've just done my research. I'm prepared to remain in the top of the software industry no matter what curve balls come my way.
./cwide
I know this might be redundant and all -- and i KNOW people here don't go around installing XP for sh*ts and giggles... but in case that you ever did install XP, you would remember that it requires a total of 2.7 clicks of the mouse and absolutely no choices are given. SuSE, on the other hand... definitely philosophical extremes here.
Of all my installation experiences (Mac OS X, Windows XP, and RedHat 7.2, LinuxPPC) Mac OS X was infinitely faster and easier (with 15 minute installation), but not better than Linux RedHat and LinuxPPC, since they provided me with the ability to really customize the system, hard drive partitions, software bundles, firewall, etc. Windows XP on the other hand took 2 hours to install. Waiting for 2 hours isn't painless! I didn't count mouse clicks, does clicking the mouse really matter? I probably click it more than a million times when I play Age of Empires II. RedHat took 40 minutes to install, longer if I had chosen to install EVERYTHING it had on the cds, which in my book is a definite plus, much better than spending 100x that time downloading the equivalent freeware for Mac OS and Windows. My main troubles installing most Linux distros come to the lack of good User Interface for the disk partitioning software, but now I know that software like the back of my hand.
reminds me of a commercial. I gave my email address to a friend. And they gave it to a friend.... And they gave it to a friend... One way to block spam that works for me is to filter "good" emails instead if bad ones. i.e. all your friends emails will wind up in one inbox, all the more uncommon emails will end up in another. Then deletion is much easier. Separate the wheat from the chaff.
Makes you wonder if these things aren't being spun out to get people to use the latest version of MS's products - if for no other reason than to make their systems secure.
Well, one thing is sure. People will become just a little more uncomfortable with Windows. I think some of the major viruses made them more uncomfortable, though. Incidents like this raise the question of why your underlying OS, which is in ultimate control over what you do, should be allowed to be hidden. A few years from now, Windows will be a much larger animal and going through the source code will be fruitless if you're trying to unearth sneaky behavior on Microsoft's part. Having the OS open (or the kernel at the very least) is quickly becoming critical.
As a matter of fact, I was. I already was proficient in Pascal and Basic at the time.
Some of us didn't **go** to college.
He was a chemist! - no wonder Mathematica was the only piece of software that I still couldn't figure out how to operate after 10 minutes of tinkering with it. (hey, in my book, if it fails the 10 minute test, it's in dire need of a UI rewrite). ./cwide