As far as I'm concerned, once I buy something, it is *mine*, and I won't pay money for a production which the ex-owners are still attempting to control by proxy.
You aren't buying the song, you just bought the right to listen to this particular embodiment of the song. The copyright to the song still resides with the artist/record company that produced the song
"Should there be a reason to believe that code that comes from a variety of people around the world would be higher-quality than from people who do it professionally? Why is its pedigree better than code done in a controlled fashion? I don't get that," he said.
So, Linus Torvalds, Bruce Perens, Richard Stallman et. al. are not professional software engineers?? hat'll be news to them and a lot of other folks that I know!
Lets assume that Billy-Bob did have enough money to apply for and receive a patent for his work but not enough to commercially implement it right away. Billy-Bob's idea is still protected for n number of years. That's the point of the patent! Billy-Bob now has n number of years to try and capitalize on his patent. And the idea is registered in a public place, the PTO. Joe-Jack comes along with what he thinks is a pretty neat idea only it the same idea that Billy-Bob has already registered. It is incumbent upon Joe-Jack to make sure that his invention is unique by checking with the PTO. If the patent is still protected, n years have not elapsed, then Joe-Jack can either abandon his idea until the protection period has expired, team up with Billy-Bob to implement the idea or implement the idea on his own and risk being sued by Billy-Bob for patent infringement. If, on the other hand, the patent has expired, then Joe_Jack has a free hand to implement the idea.
Back in 1981 I used a system called DNLS at an Air Force base in Alabama. The system was connected to a large DEC mainframe and consisted of a regular terminal with a bulky mechanical 3-button mouse with huge metal wheels on the bottom used t o track X and Y axis movement and accompanied by a device with 5 levers that sat under your non-mouse hand that was used to enter text. The idea roughly was that you could position the cursor anywhere on an 80x24 screen and enter or modify any text on the screen with the keyset using a 5-bit binary code for each letter. It was conceivable to perform work without having to touch the keyboard!
"His novels are excellent as well, but the visual nature of his storytelling lends itself really well to the comic medium."
The visual way in which he writes is the reason that I totally enjoyed the 3 novels of his that I've read, Stardust, Neverwhere and American Gods.
I had always been interested in "Sandman" but never picked them up for some reason. However, after reading these novels, I'm definitely going to read the entire Sandman series!
now say that someone who didn't know linux bought a linux box and just connected it to the net for email. I bet it would be hacked quickly.
I disagree with this statement. All Linux distros that I know of don't come completely open to attack. The user has to open the take specific action to open ports.
If you feel that strongly about it then either do something about the situation or simply quit and go someplace else. You don't contribute anything by making snide comments to people who may not know better. You could help the situation by providing a clear and concise report on the situation with some concrete recommendations on how to correct the problem. They may even put you in charge of the effort.
I too am a contractor to a large company and I feel no compuction about telling the people to whom I report when I see a problem. This normally results in my having to head up the effort that I have identified.
is to have a hate email/phone mail campaign against these bozos. It will confirm to Software Images and probably others that they did the right thing in refusing the order.
Not as long as Microsoft can get your money! I think that this is true of most software packages. I just upgraded some software at a company that was two versions out of support!
Frankly, it might be cheaper for IBM to buy SCO outright than to defend this lawsuit.
But that's precisely what SCO wants. Don't reward Mr. McBride! I personally hope that IBM bides its' time, letting SCO sink deeper and deeper until there is nothing left of SCO.
You make some good points and I'm not advocating getting anything for free. I do however have a problem with a system that primarily lets those with the most money get adequate health care. The people on the fringe get poor health care at best. There are scores of people who get turned away from hospitals because they don't have an insurance plan.
I believe that basic health care is a right and not a priviledge for which one has to pay.
I do have a "real" job. I make 6 figures (not counting the two places to the right of the decimal point). The reason that my premiums are so high is that my sons have had physical conditions which put them, and by extension me, at higher risk. So it's really the insurance companies that drive health care cost to a great extent in the US and not the medical profession.
BTW, if your don't use all of your 125 funds by the end of the year guess who gets to keep the money? That's right, the insurance company.
Like universal health care and education. I for one wouldn't mind paying higher taxes for this kinda stuff. I'm paying ~$950USD per month just for health insurance for my family. Go Sweden!
I kinda like the treatment that this character got in "Bored of the Rings", the Harvard Lampoon parody. A bit more lively if ya know what I mean! The songs are a bit mor topical too!
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As far as I'm concerned, once I buy something, it is *mine*, and I won't pay money for a production which the ex-owners are still attempting to control by proxy.
You aren't buying the song, you just bought the right to listen to this particular embodiment of the song. The copyright to the song still resides with the artist/record company that produced the song
"Should there be a reason to believe that code that comes from a variety of people around the world would be higher-quality than from people who do it professionally? Why is its pedigree better than code done in a controlled fashion? I don't get that," he said.
So, Linus Torvalds, Bruce Perens, Richard Stallman et. al. are not professional software engineers?? hat'll be news to them and a lot of other folks that I know!
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Your example is pretty lame.
Lets assume that Billy-Bob did have enough money to apply for and receive a patent for his work but not enough to commercially implement it right away. Billy-Bob's idea is still protected for n number of years. That's the point of the patent! Billy-Bob now has n number of years to try and capitalize on his patent. And the idea is registered in a public place, the PTO. Joe-Jack comes along with what he thinks is a pretty neat idea only it the same idea that Billy-Bob has already registered. It is incumbent upon Joe-Jack to make sure that his invention is unique by checking with the PTO. If the patent is still protected, n years have not elapsed, then Joe-Jack can either abandon his idea until the protection period has expired, team up with Billy-Bob to implement the idea or implement the idea on his own and risk being sued by Billy-Bob for patent infringement. If, on the other hand, the patent has expired, then Joe_Jack has a free hand to implement the idea.
Boy this takes me back!
Back in 1981 I used a system called DNLS at an Air Force base in Alabama. The system was connected to a large DEC mainframe and consisted of a regular terminal with a bulky mechanical 3-button mouse with huge metal wheels on the bottom used t o track X and Y axis movement and accompanied by a device with 5 levers that sat under your non-mouse hand that was used to enter text. The idea roughly was that you could position the cursor anywhere on an 80x24 screen and enter or modify any text on the screen with the keyset using a 5-bit binary code for each letter. It was conceivable to perform work without having to touch the keyboard!
Talk about being on the leading edge...
So there...
"His novels are excellent as well, but the visual nature of his storytelling lends itself really well to the comic medium."
The visual way in which he writes is the reason that I totally enjoyed the 3 novels of his that I've read, Stardust, Neverwhere and American Gods.
I had always been interested in "Sandman" but never picked them up for some reason. However, after reading these novels, I'm definitely going to read the entire Sandman series!
Is that your penis growing?
now say that someone who didn't know linux bought a linux box and just connected it to the net for email. I bet it would be hacked quickly.
I disagree with this statement. All Linux distros that I know of don't come completely open to attack. The user has to open the take specific action to open ports.
Translation:
Rook! Urtra Ord Man is fighting Mecha Ord Rady! Here comes Gojiro, we must Free!
If you feel that strongly about it then either do something about the situation or simply quit and go someplace else. You don't contribute anything by making snide comments to people who may not know better. You could help the situation by providing a clear and concise report on the situation with some concrete recommendations on how to correct the problem. They may even put you in charge of the effort.
I too am a contractor to a large company and I feel no compuction about telling the people to whom I report when I see a problem. This normally results in my having to head up the effort that I have identified.
is to have a hate email/phone mail campaign against these bozos. It will confirm to Software Images and probably others that they did the right thing in refusing the order.
Not as long as Microsoft can get your money! I think that this is true of most software packages. I just upgraded some software at a company that was two versions out of support!
they're going to pull the plug! Damn!
Frankly, it might be cheaper for IBM to buy SCO outright than to defend this lawsuit.
But that's precisely what SCO wants. Don't reward Mr. McBride! I personally hope that IBM bides its' time, letting SCO sink deeper and deeper until there is nothing left of SCO.
That way, Microsoft will be forced to kill Windows entirely!
You make some good points and I'm not advocating getting anything for free. I do however have a problem with a system that primarily lets those with the most money get adequate health care. The people on the fringe get poor health care at best. There are scores of people who get turned away from hospitals because they don't have an insurance plan.
I believe that basic health care is a right and not a priviledge for which one has to pay.
I do have a "real" job. I make 6 figures (not counting the two places to the right of the decimal point). The reason that my premiums are so high is that my sons have had physical conditions which put them, and by extension me, at higher risk. So it's really the insurance companies that drive health care cost to a great extent in the US and not the medical profession.
BTW, if your don't use all of your 125 funds by the end of the year guess who gets to keep the money? That's right, the insurance company.
Like universal health care and education. I for one wouldn't mind paying higher taxes for this kinda stuff. I'm paying ~$950USD per month just for health insurance for my family. Go Sweden!
I like the part about "Reputable software companies such as Microsoft". NOT!! Spewed coffee all over my nice new 17" Apple Studio display.
The vulnerability is related to javascript and not java. The article is a little misleading!
I kinda like the treatment that this character got in "Bored of the Rings", the Harvard Lampoon parody. A bit more lively if ya know what I mean! The songs are a bit mor topical too!
I wouldn't put him in the class of men. I believe that he is treated more as a spirit from the first age though his origins are a bit cloudy.
The only problem with that is that the virus gets activated on the yahoos computers and spew crap all over the Internet!