"John C. Dvorak's modus operandi is to instigate. He is a
button-pusher, seldom if ever trying to inform, preferring instead to
inflame. And he's pretty good at that. A decade ago, he was the
back-page columnist for the now-defunct MacUser magazine; almost every
month, the MacUser letters-to-the-editor page contained at least one
angry message asking "Why do you publish this guy's column?" The
answer, of course, was because it was the sort of column that inspired
people to write letters-to-the-editor.
"Dvorak is a pundit, not a reporter. When he makes a prediction, it is
usually based on nothing more than his own conjecture, not actual
sources. And looking at his track record, his conjecture usually has
more to do with what he thinks will be controversial, rather than what
might actually happen. (E.g. he's often predicted that Apple was about
to go out of business, a prediction which never ceases to get a rise
out of the easily incensed.) There's nothing wrong or dishonest about
that, but it's something you need to keep in mind with everything he
writes. To the best of my knowledge, he's never had a serious scoop
regarding Apple -- a significant prediction that turned out to be
right -- and he's been on the job for at least two decades."
Not so, at least not quite. It is now allowed to reveal gross income, which is all this chap has done. It is still against the TOS to go into detail, though.
I see what happened with Mosaic is happening again. RMS is not part of any "open source" movement, and Linux is Free Software. (No prizes for guessing who the "Imposter boy" is).
Well, that's the death of the US manned spaceflight effort right there.
The strange thing is, I'll bet the astronauts themselves would
willingly take risks; after all, as Americans, they are in a sense descendants
of one of the greatest risk-takers ever.
Congratulations on missing the point. Bonus points for stating that I'm accusing O'Reilly of astroturfing (do you work hard at being so obtuse, or does it come naturally?)
Seems like an astroturf story to me i.e. a story planted in the media by certain interests who don't want any anonymity on the Internet, or anywhere else.
Well, I must confess that although I call it "slackware", it might be more accurate to call at least my main machine a "slackian" or "debware" box. The basic install is 100% slackware (actually, I do believe there's still the odd corner here and there left over from SLS 1.03, but that's another story); but my first reaction if I need to install something extra is, go to www.debian.org and look for the debian package. For sheer range of packages and for ease of finding just what you want on the wbesite, Debian is unbeatable.
OK, OK... I had my tongue in my cheek when I wrote that, you know? Of course there isn't "one true distribution". BUT... I do still wonder what exactly is the point at this stage of introducing Yet Another Linux Distribution. It looks to me like a more or less desperate attempt to regain lost market share.
Strictly speaking, it's not new, but a merger of three distros, no? Can't for the life of me see why anyone would ever use anything other than the one true distro, mind. Why reinvent the wheel?
Don't be put off by the somewhat tendentious write-up; the interview itself is interesting, if brief. I think the case against "OSS" from a purely business point of view is quite strong; but this doesn't worry me, since I'm not in the business, and I prefer Free Software anyway.
They've blocked the *search*, as they have that for Star Wars III. So, do an advanced search for "tiger" in the applications category, and guess what? The torrent files are still there, and still downloadable.
"They start with a single *stolen* file and pump out bootleg games and
movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are *terrorizing*
the entertainment business."
(My emphasis). Now there's a sub-editor that needs to be fired. Or is Wired just a propaganda organ for the mass media industry? (OK, OK, sorry I asked... I'll get me coat...)
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Did you happen to read mine?
Memo to self: RTFA...
remind -- you'll regret you don't thave a life complicated enough to take full advantage of it ;-)
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Next!
Not so, at least not quite. It is now allowed to reveal gross income, which is all this chap has done. It is still against the TOS to go into detail, though.
Funnily enough, I wrote up my experiences with BitTorrent only the other day, and it might be of some help to you: Using BitTorrent on Linux.
I see what happened with Mosaic is happening again. RMS is not part of any "open source" movement, and Linux is Free Software. (No prizes for guessing who the "Imposter boy" is).
Either you are wilfully pretending to be stupid, or you really are that dumb. Either way, I can't help you. Goodbye.
Well, that's the death of the US manned spaceflight effort right there. The strange thing is, I'll bet the astronauts themselves would willingly take risks; after all, as Americans, they are in a sense descendants of one of the greatest risk-takers ever.
Oh, well: maybe China can do better.
Congratulations on missing the point. Bonus points for stating that I'm accusing O'Reilly of astroturfing (do you work hard at being so obtuse, or does it come naturally?)
Seems like an astroturf story to me i.e. a story planted in the media by certain interests who don't want any anonymity on the Internet, or anywhere else.
Behave yourself, or I'll come round your house,
delete all your editors, and install TECO.
Then you'll have something to complain about.
Well, I must confess that although I call it "slackware", it might
be more accurate to call at least my main machine a "slackian"
or "debware" box. The basic install is 100% slackware (actually,
I do believe there's still the odd corner here and there left over
from SLS 1.03, but that's another story); but my first reaction if
I need to install something extra is, go to www.debian.org and look
for the debian package. For sheer range of packages and for ease
of finding just what you want on the wbesite, Debian is unbeatable.
OK, OK... I had my tongue in my cheek when I wrote that, you know?
Of course there isn't "one true distribution". BUT... I do still
wonder what exactly is the point at this stage of introducing Yet
Another Linux Distribution. It looks to me like a more or less
desperate attempt to regain lost market share.
Strictly speaking, it's not new, but a merger of three distros,
no? Can't for the life of me see why anyone would ever use anything
other than the one true distro, mind.
Why reinvent the wheel?
Don't be put off by the somewhat tendentious write-up; the interview
itself is interesting, if brief. I think the case against "OSS" from a
purely business point of view is quite strong; but this doesn't worry
me, since I'm not in the business, and I prefer Free Software
anyway.
Steady on there; there may be hope for Linuxfund yet.
This newsforge report on LInuxfund,
which I found via Linux Weekly News,
appears to be the most up-to-date report on the project.
Seems a pretty good place for his question to me. After all, /. readers these days are
it seems clear that the majority of
Windows users.
You've got the derivation the wrong way round: Goebbels borrowed the technique from Madison Avenue.
"most of these are from Open Source."
Actually, most of them are from Free Software. The distinction
matters.
Many a true word spoken in jest!
They've blocked the *search*, as they have that for Star Wars III.
So, do an advanced search for "tiger" in the applications category,
and guess what? The torrent files are still there, and still downloadable.
The blurb at the head of the Wired article reads:
"They start with a single *stolen* file and pump out bootleg games and
movies by the millions. Inside the pirate networks that are *terrorizing*
the entertainment business."
(My emphasis). Now there's a sub-editor that needs to be fired. Or is
Wired just a propaganda organ for the mass media industry? (OK, OK,
sorry I asked... I'll get me coat...)