The last time someone told me that it made no difference to sites that because they never clocked on ads, I as able to ask him if he was sure they would not click on ads for courses for the professional exams they were planning to take. The answer was obviously that he was quite likely to click on the ads.
A lot of ads are content targetted (Google for example). If you are interested in the content there is a very good chance that you will see ads that interest you (in the context, very good chance might only mean a fraction of a percent chance that you will actually click on an ad).
Can you document any actual problems? I find that most people barely notice the difference between one word processor and another.
Most use of word processors is to write short letters and the average user barely notices if you substitute something else.
This is not true when people work collaboratively on large documents and use features like tracking changes heavily. Better alternatives for this case is exactly what the article is about.
To put it another way, the GPL 3 exists to cover this perceived loophole in GPL3.
The question is, was the objection to charging at all, or was it suggesting that not charging would be a reasonable compromise given that free-as-i-speech is not allowed by the platform?
You mean you were using it for mission critical stuff while they had this dependency on one person, but now that the problem is being fixed you are going to stop using it for mission critical stuff?
There is no evidence that MS is interested in porting Windows to ARM, the only thing anyone from ARM has said is that they would like WIndows to be available from ARM. They have not said that they will make any particular effort to get it ported.. This is all pure speculation.
From the letter it appears that the other developers were trying to put some structures into place, and to get him to account for project funds when he became unavailable.
He also runs an ISP called UK Linux that promises that all profits go to open source projects. It also has a website that sells text link ads (i.e. search engine spam) and seems to be badly out of date.
Note that having a monopoly is not illegal - abusing it is. The fines and other actions taken against different companies reflect the extent to which they abused monopolies.
Can you explain how KDE have (or even could) exploited this monopoly you claim they have to distort the market for web browsers?
MS are being treated in exactly the same way as other monopolists who bundle in both the US and the EU. For example, 3M with regard to both sticky tape and post-it notes for example. It is one of a range of ways if exploiting a monopoly, most of which MS has used, none of any of the others are in a position to use in the browser market.
I assume that crack has similar effects to other forms of cocaine. That means that it will make people feel energetic and wakeful - it is often taken by people doing jobs that require long hours or constant fast reaction.
Sounds to me like "on crack" is a very good analogy.
The AGPL requires you to make the source code available to people who use the software over a network - so you cannot use AGPL code in a web app on the public internet without releasing the source.
The stuff about inspecting premises is FUD. I think this is a new version of an old troll comment.
In Europe, it is increasingly becoming accepted that people have a right not to be offended. In addition it is thought that religious belief is a matter of belonging to a community rather than an acceptance of certain facts, so it become a type ethnicity - and ceases to be a matter of debate.
It is already very widespread - British broadcasters cannot offend any religion - so Christians cannot say (on air) that they think Satanism is bad.
Now most people who are actually religious, would rather religion is a matter of debate - we want people to accept a belief, rather than belong to a club, and (in general at least) you cannot really believe without questioning and thinking, which open debate helps
The people who want this law are like a so-called Muslim I once met who said he would kill Salman Rushidie given a chance, but who said he never prayed (prayer is a serious obligation in Islam). He did not really believe there was a God (or he did not care), he was only upset that because he perceived his tribe as being insulted - a bit like an American getting upset about their flag being burned.
This is also, of a piece with attitudes in countries that penalise people who choose a different religion from their parents - Malaysia and some Indian states have moved in that direction recently, for example, and there are lobby groups in Sri Lanka for anti-conversion laws. If it a matter of belonging, someone who opts out is a traitor.
Incidentally, I am a British-Sri Lankan Christian (officially a Catholic, although I believe that denominations do not matter), I was agnostic for many years, and my wife is an Anglican who used to be a Buddhist. I am also obviously a member of an ethnic minority in both countries.
My children will be taught about Christianity, but they will also be taught that it is dishonest to believe anything other than what your reasoning and experience lead you to. I am also opposed to laws that restrict racist speech (except when it is a direct incitement to violence).
1) Surely if I say "I am licensing this image under a CC license" it does not mean "I am also licensing the image I made it from as well"? 2) the high quality image would not be on WIkipedia, the photographer would have it and only give copies to paying customers.
The English, Greek and hieroglyphs are fine, but when you need that data, you will not be able to find any software than can read either your media or Word 97 docs.
To do it properly you need to engrave it on stone. A robot arm and a chisel should do the trick....
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It is not as if EULA writer was Yahveh
Shh. He thinks he his.
The last time someone told me that it made no difference to sites that because they never clocked on ads, I as able to ask him if he was sure they would not click on ads for courses for the professional exams they were planning to take. The answer was obviously that he was quite likely to click on the ads.
A lot of ads are content targetted (Google for example). If you are interested in the content there is a very good chance that you will see ads that interest you (in the context, very good chance might only mean a fraction of a percent chance that you will actually click on an ad).
The decent middle ground would be to block only annoying ads, thus giving sites a very strong motive to carry ads that are not annoying.
Unfortunately people either do not block at all, or the block all ads.
Droid fonts are non-free.
http://www.droidfonts.com/info/droid-fonts-eula/
....it is probably not her own fault that she grew up with such a sense of entitlement.
Her family/school are likely very much to blame though, for not teaching her how the world works.
She should sue them.
You should. It is well written and has good ideas in it.
Can you document any actual problems? I find that most people barely notice the difference between one word processor and another.
Most use of word processors is to write short letters and the average user barely notices if you substitute something else.
This is not true when people work collaboratively on large documents and use features like tracking changes heavily. Better alternatives for this case is exactly what the article is about.
You could just use Lyx. Simpler than MS Word, beautiful Latex typesetting, formatting to publisher's requirements just by selecting a class etc.
Not all latex classes work though.
Lyx now as integrated RCS support
To put it another way, the GPL 3 exists to cover this perceived loophole in GPL3.
The question is, was the objection to charging at all, or was it suggesting that not charging would be a reasonable compromise given that free-as-i-speech is not allowed by the platform?
You mean you were using it for mission critical stuff while they had this dependency on one person, but now that the problem is being fixed you are going to stop using it for mission critical stuff?
That is why you should rely on reliable news sources written by journalists who check their facts, not random blogs......
Opps, I got that the wrong way round.
Of course its + interesting. This is Slashdot, the home of such fanatical atheists that they make Dawkins look reasonable.
Facts like the preservation of knowledge in monasteries after the collapse of the Roman Empire are inconvenient truths that are best forgotten.
There is no evidence that MS is interested in porting Windows to ARM, the only thing anyone from ARM has said is that they would like WIndows to be available from ARM. They have not said that they will make any particular effort to get it ported.. This is all pure speculation.
[quote]Aside from a few driver conflict issues, I haven't had many problems since Win2k (and XP).[/quote]
Aside from a few recurring issues that the average user would not have a clue how to fix, would probably just live with?
From the letter it appears that the other developers were trying to put some structures into place, and to get him to account for project funds when he became unavailable.
He also runs an ISP called UK Linux that promises that all profits go to open source projects. It also has a website that sells text link ads (i.e. search engine spam) and seems to be badly out of date.
Google is, so Apple and so does Intel
Note that having a monopoly is not illegal - abusing it is. The fines and other actions taken against different companies reflect the extent to which they abused monopolies.
A vertical monopoly is still a monopoly.
It is not
Can you explain how KDE have (or even could) exploited this monopoly you claim they have to distort the market for web browsers?
MS are being treated in exactly the same way as other monopolists who bundle in both the US and the EU. For example, 3M with regard to both sticky tape and post-it notes for example. It is one of a range of ways if exploiting a monopoly, most of which MS has used, none of any of the others are in a position to use in the browser market.
The majority of these sorts of investments are made by corporations, so you can invest in them indirectly.
That is the point of corporations, to allow individuals to pool money to undertake bigger investments than they could as individuals.
We still work much, much longer hours than hunter-gatherers did...
The average person also does very boring work - whether in an office or a factory, and has done since mass-production became the norm.
I assume that crack has similar effects to other forms of cocaine. That means that it will make people feel energetic and wakeful - it is often taken by people doing jobs that require long hours or constant fast reaction.
Sounds to me like "on crack" is a very good analogy.
The AGPL requires you to make the source code available to people who use the software over a network - so you cannot use AGPL code in a web app on the public internet without releasing the source.
The stuff about inspecting premises is FUD. I think this is a new version of an old troll comment.
That is what is good about the US constitution,
In Europe, it is increasingly becoming accepted that people have a right not to be offended. In addition it is thought that religious belief is a matter of belonging to a community rather than an acceptance of certain facts, so it become a type ethnicity - and ceases to be a matter of debate.
It is already very widespread - British broadcasters cannot offend any religion - so Christians cannot say (on air) that they think Satanism is bad.
Now most people who are actually religious, would rather religion is a matter of debate - we want people to accept a belief, rather than belong to a club, and (in general at least) you cannot really believe without questioning and thinking, which open debate helps
The people who want this law are like a so-called Muslim I once met who said he would kill Salman Rushidie given a chance, but who said he never prayed (prayer is a serious obligation in Islam). He did not really believe there was a God (or he did not care), he was only upset that because he perceived his tribe as being insulted - a bit like an American getting upset about their flag being burned.
This is also, of a piece with attitudes in countries that penalise people who choose a different religion from their parents - Malaysia and some Indian states have moved in that direction recently, for example, and there are lobby groups in Sri Lanka for anti-conversion laws. If it a matter of belonging, someone who opts out is a traitor.
Incidentally, I am a British-Sri Lankan Christian (officially a Catholic, although I believe that denominations do not matter), I was agnostic for many years, and my wife is an Anglican who used to be a Buddhist. I am also obviously a member of an ethnic minority in both countries.
My children will be taught about Christianity, but they will also be taught that it is dishonest to believe anything other than what your reasoning and experience lead you to. I am also opposed to laws that restrict racist speech (except when it is a direct incitement to violence).
1) Surely if I say "I am licensing this image under a CC license" it does not mean "I am also licensing the image I made it from as well"?
2) the high quality image would not be on WIkipedia, the photographer would have it and only give copies to paying customers.
The English, Greek and hieroglyphs are fine, but when you need that data, you will not be able to find any software than can read either your media or Word 97 docs.
To do it properly you need to engrave it on stone. A robot arm and a chisel should do the trick....
The problem is that no one is going to switch to another language unless all the major browsers support it.
People have tried to promote alternatives before (TCL and VBScript at least, probably a lot more I do not know about), but they never got anywhere.