public opinion is not a quality indicator of most things.
I mean, we're writing software not competing for miss america or american idol.
The masses are fickle and any project worth something will not base its future direction on the immediate attractability of certain features.
Havoc, Miguel, Michael, Daniel, etc are very good, high-quality programmers and we, as the users of open source software, should be thankful they're writing code and giving it back to the community and not working in an environment where such comradery is frowned upon.
I have a great deal of respect for the core GNOME team and I disagree on the motives that the GNOME team is headed. Its a good thing for more and more people in the corporate setting to use GPL'd software. Will Ximian or RedHat see a profit because of this? Yes, of course, but so what?
Have you ever been around MS Windows users in the corporate offices? Let me tell you, these aren't the type of people that hack the kernel - in fact, I'd say 95% of them don't know what a kernel is and, more importantly, they don't care.
If computers are to make our lives easier then that includes those for whom computers are not a passion but simply a tool that should enable them to be more productive at the tasks they excel in. Our job as computer professionals is to help them achieve their goals by giving them an easy-to-use, powerful, and non-buggy tool.
uhm, no. They allege something
before going to court to prove it (the "before proof" part). Compared with the vast majority of countries, this is very good.
When someone is charged with a crime, before the trial, they allegedly committed the crime. If they are found guilty by a jury, they are found guilty by a jury or if they confess to the crime, they are found guilty by confession.
We've all been found guilty by God, however, and our only hope is Jesus.
I used to have a Safari account and it was nice, but since I could only check out 5 or so books, when I was done with a book and it wasn't in my on-line book shelf, I could not go to it for reference later on, as where my physical books stay on the shelf and I may refer to them at a much later time, possibly even years.
so, you know, he probably should be charged with the crime. The weird thing about this incident, though, is if the partiers had just turned down the music and been kind to the officers, they probably would not have been arrested even.
Yes, I do recall the aforementioned messages but I do agree with Linus' position. A patent holder *must* protect its patent early on by contacting anyone that appears to violate the patent. Further, they need to provide specific details on how the patent was used by one that has not been licensed to use it.
Developers simply cannot spend all of their time worrying about whether or not something has violated some patent somewhere. To ask that is ridiculous. That is the job of the patent holder and since the software is open source, the patent holder must quickly assert that its patents have been violated. After a certain period of time, if the patent holder fails to assert its rights, it can be reasonably assumed that they have no desire to assert said rights.
I find your comments toward Mr. Torvalds rather nasty in speculating that he thinks he is above the law. Sometimes, Mr. Coward, the law is wrong and unfair and needs to be challanged.
Slashdot Mirror
Perhaps my ability to replace letters with numbers isn't quite up to par with others, but it seems that there are too many 3's in there.
public opinion is not a quality indicator of most things. I mean, we're writing software not competing for miss america or american idol. The masses are fickle and any project worth something will not base its future direction on the immediate attractability of certain features.
Havoc, Miguel, Michael, Daniel, etc are very good, high-quality programmers and we, as the users of open source software, should be thankful they're writing code and giving it back to the community and not working in an environment where such comradery is frowned upon.
Its a good operating system that, with the proper tools, anyone can use.
I cannot think of a rational response to what you wrote as its just so horribly asinine.
I have a great deal of respect for the core GNOME team and I disagree on the motives that the GNOME team is headed. Its a good thing for more and more people in the corporate setting to use GPL'd software. Will Ximian or RedHat see a profit because of this? Yes, of course, but so what?
Have you ever been around MS Windows users in the corporate offices? Let me tell you, these aren't the type of people that hack the kernel - in fact, I'd say 95% of them don't know what a kernel is and, more importantly, they don't care.
If computers are to make our lives easier then that includes those for whom computers are not a passion but simply a tool that should enable them to be more productive at the tasks they excel in. Our job as computer professionals is to help them achieve their goals by giving them an easy-to-use, powerful, and non-buggy tool.
oops
oh well. I hope they don't charge me for it, I'm still -$5.90 in my bank account.
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the "skip to page number" at bottom of pages don't work - you'll need to hit back on your browser
osnews mirror, XPde front page, and screenshots page.
The screen shots only are at this place
Lets see a show of hands for those whom worked in the IT industry only to be driven out because we wouldn't play our supervisor's stupid games.
*raises hand*
uhm, no. They allege something before going to court to prove it (the "before proof" part). Compared with the vast majority of countries, this is very good.
When someone is charged with a crime, before the trial, they allegedly committed the crime. If they are found guilty by a jury, they are found guilty by a jury or if they confess to the crime, they are found guilty by confession.
We've all been found guilty by God, however, and our only hope is Jesus.
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P.S. don't bet on the ragheads.
Sounds as though you've already lost.
or "stop killing your own people" or "live up to the treaty you signed"?
is sad enough already. People fighting for democracy seems like a step in the right direction.
etc.
I used to have a Safari account and it was nice, but since I could only check out 5 or so books, when I was done with a book and it wasn't in my on-line book shelf, I could not go to it for reference later on, as where my physical books stay on the shelf and I may refer to them at a much later time, possibly even years.
so, you know, he probably should be charged with the crime. The weird thing about this incident, though, is if the partiers had just turned down the music and been kind to the officers, they probably would not have been arrested even.
Their Net Statistics page.
it looks like the seller was just trying to sell it and then this happened.
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That needs to be challanged because it is neither fitting nor fair to allow such practices.
Yes, I do recall the aforementioned messages but I do agree with Linus' position. A patent holder *must* protect its patent early on by contacting anyone that appears to violate the patent. Further, they need to provide specific details on how the patent was used by one that has not been licensed to use it.
Developers simply cannot spend all of their time worrying about whether or not something has violated some patent somewhere. To ask that is ridiculous. That is the job of the patent holder and since the software is open source, the patent holder must quickly assert that its patents have been violated. After a certain period of time, if the patent holder fails to assert its rights, it can be reasonably assumed that they have no desire to assert said rights.
I find your comments toward Mr. Torvalds rather nasty in speculating that he thinks he is above the law. Sometimes, Mr. Coward, the law is wrong and unfair and needs to be challanged.
sounds a little far-fetched