Its not really a threat, well not until the Great Shaitan catches you outside your sietch and devours you in his fiery maw. Then it's a bit of an issue.
Thing is, even though some of those changes were done by programmers in the course of their paid jobs, isn't the work still being "volunteered,"
No because large corporations like Oracle, and in particular IBM do little or nothing which does not benefit them somehow. So the work is not volunteered, it is a component of an agenda.
Going on Safari is supposed to be a chill out vacation isn't it. And because nature is so balanced, life speeds up for all the wildlife who have to run like fuck when they see you approach with your high powered rifle.
I spend the latter half of my teen years living at a Christian Retreat center. From those years I've come to the conclusion that Christian's can tend to overreact.
Apocalypse is not overreacting, its just Gods way of letting you know you are not part of the food chain any more.
And despite judgement after judgement where MS get taken to the cleaners over patents without actually suing anyone (OSS) over patents Slashdot will continue to insist this is MS strategy. This is IBM mana.
I can only assume you consider OSS to be in the what you pay for is what you get category, a zero sum gane of zero. And interestingly after paying and getting nothing, a lot of people would rather willingly commit a criminal act and pirate the supposedly useless commercial offerings than continue to use OSS because it fits their needs better.
How can we make the manufacturers take better responsibility?
From the bastion of a community where release early, release often is the motto, regardless of the state. Doesn't have a feature you want? Write it yourself. Wrecked your system? Sorry we have a take it as you find it license.
That's the whole point. I would prefer a clear and informative website rather than someone elses interpretation of 'beautiful', because we all know beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Lol. Microsoft has been doing it and is still doing it for years. People don't stop using Microsoft products do the
I knew someone would come up with this. The difference is, and its a massive difference is that Google can deny you access to your data at any time they choose. With MS you still have physical access to your files, free viewers and converters, Open Office.org etc to access the information contained within so while incovenienced you can still carry on your business. Google shutting out your account leaves you with nothing.
Any company prepared to trust the bulk of their communication and data to a third party with those terms of service is nuts anyway. Everybody seems to be overlooking the 'we can rip this service out from under you at anytime we feel like it' and the 'we can impose arbitrary restrictions on your use at anytime we choose'.
How hard would it be for them to tack an SQL service to this? My guess: Not too hard at all.
You probably guess correctly. But how hard will it be for Google to persuade companies to upload their databases to Google servers? My guess: Seriously difficult to sell.
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I always said they would be the downfall of humanity.
Its not really a threat, well not until the Great Shaitan catches you outside your sietch and devours you in his fiery maw. Then it's a bit of an issue.
Going on Safari is supposed to be a chill out vacation isn't it. And because nature is so balanced, life speeds up for all the wildlife who have to run like fuck when they see you approach with your high powered rifle.
with a few smaller ewes instead?
Vista?
fucked over for US sales tax.
And despite judgement after judgement where MS get taken to the cleaners over patents without actually suing anyone (OSS) over patents Slashdot will continue to insist this is MS strategy. This is IBM mana.
Would that frowned upon someone be General Education?
God what a devastatingly witty repartee.
I can only assume you consider OSS to be in the what you pay for is what you get category, a zero sum gane of zero. And interestingly after paying and getting nothing, a lot of people would rather willingly commit a criminal act and pirate the supposedly useless commercial offerings than continue to use OSS because it fits their needs better.
Or just incinerate my brain and explosively detach the back of my skull?
Worked for Tom Cruise.
That's the whole point. I would prefer a clear and informative website rather than someone elses interpretation of 'beautiful', because we all know beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Anyday
Their function is to seek consenus, bring us all up to speed, get everyone reading from the same page, allocate division of labour etc.
And tell them to cause more damage next time or I will tell everyone they secretly admire Steve Ballmers commitment to developers.
Any company prepared to trust the bulk of their communication and data to a third party with those terms of service is nuts anyway. Everybody seems to be overlooking the 'we can rip this service out from under you at anytime we feel like it' and the 'we can impose arbitrary restrictions on your use at anytime we choose'.
actually controls the rail gun which will be used to 'eliminate' obstacles
MS were just uploading all their documentation to Google Apps.
Na, theres nothing pretty about PHP
Its the only way to be sure.