Whether it's a skirmish or not, the victor ought to be "open source", not just Linux since Linux represents open source. Microsoft and Oracle taking part in Linux-based software business does not necessarily mean a victory for open source if they just use Linux and open source for further locking in their customers - open source would indeed have lost then.
There probably can be a "middle ground" where violence need not be comical, and, at the same, need not be so gory either. If the central theme of a game is killing and the rest of the plot is centered around it, then it's time that gamers started thinking about what it is they like - the violence or the story?
This case assumes importance since, whatever be the result, a precedent will have been set. Let's hope that anti-piracy (assuming that indeed is the case here) prevails. tl.
American workers have certain legal protections that drive up the cost of our wages. Do Indians have similar protections in the workplace? Are you allowed to organize into unions? How long is your work week? What are your working conditions like? What kind of benifits do you have? Vacation? Medical? Dental? Profit sharing? Stock options? I find myself wondering, if the playing field were truly level, would your labor still be so inexpensive?
So far as I know, we Indians lack this kind of legal protection. Union exist, but mostly among the blue-collar workers. I haven't seen one among the techies. We do get medical and dental insurance coverage, although we need to foot the major portion of that charge. Besides, medical expenses are way "lower" than those in the USA. Stock options, yes. But then again, Indian stocks have lower values than American ones. Now figure for yourself if you're indeed playing on the same field.
Well, in China it's different. China is not a democracy. So, they can't really "demand" more wages. Any such "collective" demands will be crushed with the required force. The Tianenmen Square is evidence.
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Whether it's a skirmish or not, the victor ought to be "open source", not just Linux since Linux represents open source. Microsoft and Oracle taking part in Linux-based software business does not necessarily mean a victory for open source if they just use Linux and open source for further locking in their customers - open source would indeed have lost then.
There probably can be a "middle ground" where violence need not be comical, and, at the same, need not be so gory either. If the central theme of a game is killing and the rest of the plot is centered around it, then it's time that gamers started thinking about what it is they like - the violence or the story?
This case assumes importance since, whatever be the result, a precedent will have been set. Let's hope that anti-piracy (assuming that indeed is the case here) prevails.
tl.
I guess it requires a certain kind of bent of one's mind..to bend the circuits
Well this time around a product of M$ actually came in handy!
American workers have certain legal protections that drive up the cost of our wages. Do Indians have similar protections in the workplace? Are you allowed to organize into unions? How long is your work week? What are your working conditions like? What kind of benifits do you have? Vacation? Medical? Dental? Profit sharing? Stock options? I find myself wondering, if the playing field were truly level, would your labor still be so inexpensive?
So far as I know, we Indians lack this kind of legal protection. Union exist, but mostly among the blue-collar workers. I haven't seen one among the techies. We do get medical and dental insurance coverage, although we need to foot the major portion of that charge. Besides, medical expenses are way "lower" than those in the USA. Stock options, yes. But then again, Indian stocks have lower values than American ones. Now figure for yourself if you're indeed playing on the same field.
Well, in China it's different. China is not a democracy. So, they can't really "demand" more wages. Any such "collective" demands will be crushed with the required force. The Tianenmen Square is evidence.
Yeah Right.
How many techies do in fact have a poster of Lara on their walls? I am yet to see/meet one..