I hope he regroups and comes back. FSJ is one of the most entertaining reads on the web. Would it be so hard to pretend the genie didn't come out of the bottle? Does it really make a difference? Well, I guess it does, because everyone will always be analyzing it for ulterior motives now...
Thanks, but I know that. As I said in the original post (and every post since) it is the "well, good for them for trying" attitude that sucks. They didn't try to do the stupid thing.
Most slashdot readers would agree that evil lawyering is... well, evil. It's bad to get people bound to something they didn't actually agree to. Frequently we hear about scummy cellphone or cable operators pulling something like this.
But when the FSF tries it, we moan. It's even "a nice try." Because, you know, it's the FSF and it's Microsoft. The particular situation doesn't matter as much as the companies involved. Situational ethics.
Instead of bemoaning this, we should be cheering. I expect the FSF itself has little problem with this, since the evil lawyering was intended to prevent future deals, not retroactively change existing ones. Poisoning a well doesn't mean hunting down everyone who's drunk from it and shooting them.
(For extra points, guess what the EFF's response would be.)
Yes, it would. Although if this was a Microsoft product, it would probably also be infused with enough poison that your hands would go splotchy every time you touched the "Microsoft Windows Mobile Phone Center."
Some of Apple's Mac OS X binaries are encrypted. However, if you're really talking about an open source clone, you have no business trying to use Apple's binaries.
Sorry, but Linux will never dominate the market. That 10% will never be added, because its uninteresting to the geeks.
As a hard core geek myself, I used Ubuntu for over a year before it decided it hated the particular combination of my video card and monitor (neither of which changed). Four days of troubleshooting later, I still have no picture.
Sure, I'm doing something wrong. Sure, someone can come along and tell me how stupid I'm being, and explain the right modeline to put into my xorg.conf file. (Although nobody has, yet.) The point is that the driver for my monitor was right in 6.06, and somewhere between there and 7.04 got broken. End users won't put up with this. It isn't a case of "if I can't solve it, nobody can." It's a case of "if there's a problem, most won't even try."
There are some fundamental installation and usability problems. They're not that much worse than Microsoft Windows' installation and usability problems, but (and I can't believe I'm saying this) the support is better there. Questions get answered.
(Meanwhile, my 1GHz PowerBook continues to chug along. Too bad it's a lowly 1GHz PowerBook.)
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Probably doesn't support -N. I don't see anything in the new Mini that implies any motherboard improvements.
I hope he regroups and comes back. FSJ is one of the most entertaining reads on the web. Would it be so hard to pretend the genie didn't come out of the bottle? Does it really make a difference? Well, I guess it does, because everyone will always be analyzing it for ulterior motives now...
That I'll concede. Enough people are interpreting it wrong that it's clearly me and not them... :)
Thanks, but I know that. As I said in the original post (and every post since) it is the "well, good for them for trying" attitude that sucks. They didn't try to do the stupid thing.
Yes, I think I allowed the submitter's spin on the story to color my perception of other peoples' reactions.
Most slashdot readers would agree that evil lawyering is... well, evil. It's bad to get people bound to something they didn't actually agree to. Frequently we hear about scummy cellphone or cable operators pulling something like this.
But when the FSF tries it, we moan. It's even "a nice try." Because, you know, it's the FSF and it's Microsoft. The particular situation doesn't matter as much as the companies involved. Situational ethics.
Instead of bemoaning this, we should be cheering. I expect the FSF itself has little problem with this, since the evil lawyering was intended to prevent future deals, not retroactively change existing ones. Poisoning a well doesn't mean hunting down everyone who's drunk from it and shooting them.
(For extra points, guess what the EFF's response would be.)
Wasn't there a $25,000 USD fee associated with getting full access to the standard a few years ago?
Yes, it would. Although if this was a Microsoft product, it would probably also be infused with enough poison that your hands would go splotchy every time you touched the "Microsoft Windows Mobile Phone Center."
Some of Apple's Mac OS X binaries are encrypted. However, if you're really talking about an open source clone, you have no business trying to use Apple's binaries.
Thanks; that was, in fact, my only unanswered question. :)
I am so stupid. STUUUPID!
What's in the box, what's in the box!
Sorry, but Linux will never dominate the market. That 10% will never be added, because its uninteresting to the geeks.
As a hard core geek myself, I used Ubuntu for over a year before it decided it hated the particular combination of my video card and monitor (neither of which changed). Four days of troubleshooting later, I still have no picture.
Sure, I'm doing something wrong. Sure, someone can come along and tell me how stupid I'm being, and explain the right modeline to put into my xorg.conf file. (Although nobody has, yet.) The point is that the driver for my monitor was right in 6.06, and somewhere between there and 7.04 got broken. End users won't put up with this. It isn't a case of "if I can't solve it, nobody can." It's a case of "if there's a problem, most won't even try."
There are some fundamental installation and usability problems. They're not that much worse than Microsoft Windows' installation and usability problems, but (and I can't believe I'm saying this) the support is better there. Questions get answered.
(Meanwhile, my 1GHz PowerBook continues to chug along. Too bad it's a lowly 1GHz PowerBook.)
No, I believe what's being pointed out is that Mac OS X is considered one OS, whereas Vista and XP are considered two separate OSes.
mDNSResponder is open source.
I don't see any suggestions this be buried, only that it be kept in perspective. (Which, I'll grant, is impossible.)
Obviously, your CPU would run at 198%...
Wait. Something's wrong here.
iPod: HD based, $249 for 30 GB.
iPod Nano: Flash based, $249 for 8 GB.
iPhone: Flash based, $499 for 4 GB, or $599 for 8 GB.
iPhone Out-of-Warranty Battery Replacement Program
Isn't that the way SMTP does passwords, too?
/me shifts uncomfortably
C'mon, it was the early 90s, I was new at this programming thing, and my boss told me to do it...
At least I changed the constant away from 0x7F.
Yeah, Apple just doesn't understand the cell phone market. I heard the same complaint with the iPod. Have they sold two digits worth of those yet?
That could easily be libstdc++, which is GPL but without the copyleft. Or does it say which libraries are GPL?
Great, that was fun (and completely useless). Can we have one talk about the internal motivations of Microsoft next?
Well, that was definitely true. The game's cast was outstanding.