1) The U.S. gov't. Why? Because embedded Linux is used in the radar systems of the FA-18 being sold on Ebay (reported recently on/. ) which the U.S. gov't probably didn't have a SCO license for and which would put an unlicensed copy of proprietory code (Linux... at least according to SCO) into the public domain. Then all the taxpayers could ante up the money. Surely the taxpayers can afford more than the 5 billion they're asking of IBM before damages... after all our national deficit is in the trillions.
2) Burlington. Why? Because they were the first, early Linux adoptee and led the way for all the others to follow. They set a trend and should be taught a lesson.
3) Germany. Why? Because they have the largest Linux role-out to date. And according to recent news their Linux roll-out cost more than sticking with Windows which means they have money to throw away anyway.
4) Google. Why? Isn't it obivious? Google is the largest and most popular search engine *AND* they use Linux. M$ wants a piece of the pie. M$ is already funding SCO, though not directly. If SCO sues Google, M$ can step in and have more market dominance. Sure they'll get sued again, but the judge will bend over for them again, and that's assuming they can even find a judge to pursue M$.
5) Lindows. Why? Because they're in everyone's faces. Sue them and you solve the M$ vs. Lindows problem, get money from Mr. MP3.com that the RIAA and MPAA couldn't get and give it back to M$ to fund more monopolistic practices and to pay all the new coders M$ will need to patch the vulnerabilities that are about to flood the internet.
Considering the lack of *technical* judges out there, this is an ideal time for M$ to start monopolizing more than ever. With technical judges busy with IBM vs. SCO, SCO vs. Novell, RedHat vs. SCO, M$ vs. Lindows, etc they'll be hard pressed to find a judge with enough competence to understand things. This is the ideal time for M$ to step up make the movie AntiTrust a reality.
"The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
A bogus email address is the best spam filter around.:) Honestly, though, considering the amount of spam I started receiving after using the Google Ad-Words, the little bit I get from this post will be all but inconsequential.
"The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
It's worth pointing out that today isn't SCO's deadline to sue Linux users. Today's is the deadline imposed by SCO for all Linux users to ante up the money or face possible lawsuits from SCO. All things considered, I'd love to see them try. Considering the recent news of AT&T and Novell documents, I'd love for SCO to sue me, then lose their case(s) to Novell/IBM and let me sue back for extortion, loss of income, etc.
Hey SCO. I use Linux. I install Linux for 100's of companies a year. I failed to pay for any SCO licenses. Please sue me! My email is andrew@nccomp.com.
"The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
My bad... as many have pointed out, Massive won for my main rant... they won for rendering in ROTK. I guess I sped read a bit too fast. As the saying goes, "the devil is in the details".
You need to get a life *AND* learn to read. You didn't make the first post, for one. And you need to find something better to do with your time then hitting SHIFT-REFRESH and trying to make the first post. I mean, come on, have you hit puberty yet? I know I'll get flame-baited for this, but really... is getting the rights to claim *first post* really all that important? Perhaps "most replied to, logical, informative comment* would be a more lofty goal. As the saying goes, "Even a fool is esteemed wise when he keeps his mouth shut".
Too bad they make no mention of the rendering software(s), etc. used in films like LOTR and ROTK. Many times its the softwares that drive the new hardware discoveries and advancements as was the case with the movie Titanic. And with all the Linux rendering farms being used these days, I'd expect at least some mention of the softwares powering them.
AMD is the only X86 chipset manufacturer offering 64bit notebook chips. They're clearly seeing the light and hitting a market that Intel's been struggling in for close to 4 years. Intel's claims of no need for 64-bit personal computing is just a smokescreen for their 64-bit failures. As technology advances we will have 64-bit personal computing... and a few years or decades later we'll 128-bit personal computing. Intel just doesn't want to lose face to AMD since AMD is first to market and posting profits.
While it sounds like something out of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, one must wonder exactly what he meant by that comment. MS just recently released the beta of XP for the 64-bit Athlon. If there's going to be '... one operating system that will support all (64-bit) extended systems' are they referring Linux which to my knowledge is the *only* OS/kernel that supports almost every danged chipset/platform out there? To date, no one has seen an MS offering for 64-bit x86 other than the beta Athlon released already mentioned.
Well, looks like the server that got linked couldn't handle all the/. traffic. But just based on the post, did we not all think this would happen sooner or later? Knowing M$, they'll probably use this is proof as to why they shouldn't show their code. After all... governments use it. What if it gets out? Heaven forbid some Linux guys take it apart and make it better.:)
I emailed the project manager for the A760 at Motorola a few months ago asking about plans to release it in the U.S. He said it *was planned* but offered no ETA. Searching around google for "Motorola A760" will list quite a few reviews and articles, many of which mention its availability in Europe and Asia.
One *big* thing you're missing is the size. The Motorola A760 and A768 are the size of the T720/730 series but with a PDA. These phones are no where near as bulky as the Visor's or Treo's.
UM, the A760 (which has Linux OS base just like the A768) has been released in all of Europe and Asia. Its that neither are available in the US. And considering that there are so few Windows-based phones available in the U.S., Microsoft is probably happy to just have them. Sure... they won't like Motorola doing Linux phones anymore than they like Dell selling Linux instead of Windows, but they're not in a position to be dominant in the cell phone market right now. Studies have proven that embedded Linux is better than embedded Windows and nobody wants their cell phone to blue screen on them. The best cell phones are Java and Linux based. MS will have to fight hard to dominate that market. Of course, knowing them, they're probably about to release a MS Cell Phone that needs a 200 character license key to activate.
Perhaps you should have taken the time to read the links in the article before rushing to post a comment. The linked review of the A760 shows that it fully supports Bluetooth, and the spec sheet for the newer A768 lists Bluetooth as well.
You're trapped by your own ignorance. *If* SCO has a valid case and were to win both the copyright issues with Novell and the contract dispute issues with IBM, they would have legal ground to pursue any organization using Linux, and not just limited to U.S. based companies. So their choice to not release it in the U.S. is not at all based on their fear of reprecussions from SCO.
300+ submissions and one was finally accepted. Time to tell the wife and kiddies...:) I've finally made it to the ranks for geekdom. Now, if only someone would sell me their extremely low/. number... something under 5000 perhaps?
If they do, then there's some potentially very happy men out there. If they don't, then they're missing out. When I met my wife, I had two loves: billiards and Linux. I met her in a poolhall. After the first conversation, I discovered she was a Comp-sci major and was using Linux for most of programming work cause she couldn't afford the MS dev tools. I fell in love when she told me she had successfully compiled LiVid for DVD playing functionality (this was a few years ago, mind you). We were married 3 months later and sleep under a Tux blanket each night (the fleece one you used to be able to get on ThinkGeek.com). So yes, some hot women *do* use computers and *do* run Linux on them.
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So does this mean the recent Pentium suits will be thrown out too???
The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
"This certainly is more funny than insightful". Is there a smiley for *tongue in cheek*?
1) The U.S. gov't. Why? Because embedded Linux is used in the radar systems of the FA-18 being sold on Ebay (reported recently on /. ) which the U.S. gov't probably didn't have a SCO license for and which would put an unlicensed copy of proprietory code (Linux... at least according to SCO) into the public domain. Then all the taxpayers could ante up the money. Surely the taxpayers can afford more than the 5 billion they're asking of IBM before damages... after all our national deficit is in the trillions.
2) Burlington. Why? Because they were the first, early Linux adoptee and led the way for all the others to follow. They set a trend and should be taught a lesson.
3) Germany. Why? Because they have the largest Linux role-out to date. And according to recent news their Linux roll-out cost more than sticking with Windows which means they have money to throw away anyway.
4) Google. Why? Isn't it obivious? Google is the largest and most popular search engine *AND* they use Linux. M$ wants a piece of the pie. M$ is already funding SCO, though not directly. If SCO sues Google, M$ can step in and have more market dominance. Sure they'll get sued again, but the judge will bend over for them again, and that's assuming they can even find a judge to pursue M$.
5) Lindows. Why? Because they're in everyone's faces. Sue them and you solve the M$ vs. Lindows problem, get money from Mr. MP3.com that the RIAA and MPAA couldn't get and give it back to M$ to fund more monopolistic practices and to pay all the new coders M$ will need to patch the vulnerabilities that are about to flood the internet.
Considering the lack of *technical* judges out there, this is an ideal time for M$ to start monopolizing more than ever. With technical judges busy with IBM vs. SCO, SCO vs. Novell, RedHat vs. SCO, M$ vs. Lindows, etc they'll be hard pressed to find a judge with enough competence to understand things. This is the ideal time for M$ to step up make the movie AntiTrust a reality.
"The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
A bogus email address is the best spam filter around. :) Honestly, though, considering the amount of spam I started receiving after using the Google Ad-Words, the little bit I get from this post will be all but inconsequential.
"The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
It's worth pointing out that today isn't SCO's deadline to sue Linux users. Today's is the deadline imposed by SCO for all Linux users to ante up the money or face possible lawsuits from SCO. All things considered, I'd love to see them try. Considering the recent news of AT&T and Novell documents, I'd love for SCO to sue me, then lose their case(s) to Novell/IBM and let me sue back for extortion, loss of income, etc.
Hey SCO. I use Linux. I install Linux for 100's of companies a year. I failed to pay for any SCO licenses. Please sue me! My email is andrew@nccomp.com.
"The only thing necessary for Micro$oft to triumph is for a few good programmers to do nothing". North County Computers
My bad... as many have pointed out, Massive won for my main rant... they won for rendering in ROTK. I guess I sped read a bit too fast. As the saying goes, "the devil is in the details".
You need to get a life *AND* learn to read. You didn't make the first post, for one. And you need to find something better to do with your time then hitting SHIFT-REFRESH and trying to make the first post. I mean, come on, have you hit puberty yet?
I know I'll get flame-baited for this, but really... is getting the rights to claim *first post* really all that important? Perhaps "most replied to, logical, informative comment* would be a more lofty goal. As the saying goes, "Even a fool is esteemed wise when he keeps his mouth shut".
Does the first *on topic* post count for claiming FP? :)
I need a new job. I want to spend Valentine's Day with Jennifer Garner.
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Too bad they make no mention of the rendering software(s), etc. used in films like LOTR and ROTK. Many times its the softwares that drive the new hardware discoveries and advancements as was the case with the movie Titanic. And with all the Linux rendering farms being used these days, I'd expect at least some mention of the softwares powering them.
AMD is the only X86 chipset manufacturer offering 64bit notebook chips. They're clearly seeing the light and hitting a market that Intel's been struggling in for close to 4 years. Intel's claims of no need for 64-bit personal computing is just a smokescreen for their 64-bit failures. As technology advances we will have 64-bit personal computing... and a few years or decades later we'll 128-bit personal computing. Intel just doesn't want to lose face to AMD since AMD is first to market and posting profits.
While it sounds like something out of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, one must wonder exactly what he meant by that comment. MS just recently released the beta of XP for the 64-bit Athlon. If there's going to be '... one operating system that will support all (64-bit) extended systems' are they referring Linux which to my knowledge is the *only* OS/kernel that supports almost every danged chipset/platform out there? To date, no one has seen an MS offering for 64-bit x86 other than the beta Athlon released already mentioned.
My source code was *leaked* the day it was made. Of course, I use Linux.
Well, looks like the server that got linked couldn't handle all the /. traffic. But just based on the post, did we not all think this would happen sooner or later? Knowing M$, they'll probably use this is proof as to why they shouldn't show their code. After all... governments use it. What if it gets out? Heaven forbid some Linux guys take it apart and make it better. :)
How perfect... I had just stumbled across this article which mentions BitTorrent and has some interesting insight on legally circumventing the RIAA.
You can have the kids... all of them. ;) The wife I get to keep. She uses Linux. I'll never let her go.
I emailed the project manager for the A760 at Motorola a few months ago asking about plans to release it in the U.S. He said it *was planned* but offered no ETA. Searching around google for "Motorola A760" will list quite a few reviews and articles, many of which mention its availability in Europe and Asia.
One *big* thing you're missing is the size. The Motorola A760 and A768 are the size of the T720/730 series but with a PDA. These phones are no where near as bulky as the Visor's or Treo's.
UM, the A760 (which has Linux OS base just like the A768) has been released in all of Europe and Asia. Its that neither are available in the US. And considering that there are so few Windows-based phones available in the U.S., Microsoft is probably happy to just have them. Sure... they won't like Motorola doing Linux phones anymore than they like Dell selling Linux instead of Windows, but they're not in a position to be dominant in the cell phone market right now. Studies have proven that embedded Linux is better than embedded Windows and nobody wants their cell phone to blue screen on them. The best cell phones are Java and Linux based. MS will have to fight hard to dominate that market. Of course, knowing them, they're probably about to release a MS Cell Phone that needs a 200 character license key to activate.
Perhaps you should have taken the time to read the links in the article before rushing to post a comment. The linked review of the A760 shows that it fully supports Bluetooth, and the spec sheet for the newer A768 lists Bluetooth as well.
You're trapped by your own ignorance. *If* SCO has a valid case and were to win both the copyright issues with Novell and the contract dispute issues with IBM, they would have legal ground to pursue any organization using Linux, and not just limited to U.S. based companies. So their choice to not release it in the U.S. is not at all based on their fear of reprecussions from SCO.
300+ submissions and one was finally accepted. Time to tell the wife and kiddies... :) I've finally made it to the ranks for geekdom. Now, if only someone would sell me their extremely low /. number... something under 5000 perhaps?
If they do, then there's some potentially very happy men out there. If they don't, then they're missing out.
When I met my wife, I had two loves: billiards and Linux. I met her in a poolhall. After the first conversation, I discovered she was a Comp-sci major and was using Linux for most of programming work cause she couldn't afford the MS dev tools. I fell in love when she told me she had successfully compiled LiVid for DVD playing functionality (this was a few years ago, mind you). We were married 3 months later and sleep under a Tux blanket each night (the fleece one you used to be able to get on ThinkGeek.com). So yes, some hot women *do* use computers and *do* run Linux on them.
Package? Ha! No one pre-compiled her for any specific architecture. She was built purely from source and just for *my* architecture. ;)
Now why couldn't I have met any of those obviously linux-loving women *before* I settled on marrying the slut from the poolhall?
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