Until broadband providers halt their bait and switch tactics, there are no usage limits as per all of their advertising. When you advertise unlimited, that's exactly what they are selling.
Perens has yet IMO given the real reason to splinter and divide such a large group of developers and users. He talks a similar sounding game as the proprietary folks. What research was his basis to conclude the business world wanted Gnome over KDE? I saw nothing in his white paper to support it, just a lot of speculation.
IMO he has also failed to adequately explain the exclusion of KDE. Yes I know what he has said about Debian and AFAICS is not a relevant excuse. I could easily say Gnome rules over KDE on Mandrake or any other distro.
Another point I find disturbing is this secret group of supporters. When will we know who they are and why do they need to hide? One of the greatest strengths of open source is it's transparency, I see none of this with Perens proposal, I see only deception. So I would really like to know his real motivations.
Nothing new here. Just a veiled FUD attempt to support Micrsoft.
Forking is a good thing, it gives users more choice but more importantly the better software wins out on merit instead of marketing hype and ponderous corporate greed.
The only thing that annoys me about BitTorment is it's tendency to lock up my router and I've no idea why. When I use BT I will have to power cycle the router at least once during a download.
Hmmmmm yes Microsoft in the mirror.
Mirror, mirror on the wall..........
you'll say what I want to hear.......
your in my wallet after all.........
the sound of lies are a sweet to the ear.
Your right integration is good for some things like maybe databases and things of that scale. For everyday work processing, spreadsheeting that is done in a business environment "integration" isn't really needed.
At my last place of employment they had 500 users and of course Office. Out of all those I never saw a user have any more need than the 20 or 30 so basic uses of a word processor, spreadsheet and access.
No what it really amounts to for Microsoft is they feel the need to keep the waters churned (muddy) so they can create some new buzz words to hook everyone on why they need this new gizmo.
Of course Microsoft would say " increased integration will cut down ongoing costs, maintenance and what not".
Ever since the dawn of Windows 95 they have been saying pretty much the same marketing non-sense. Yet with every new issue of a Microsoft OS you almost have to or HAVE TO upgrade the hardware.
In any business environment hardware costs can run into serious coinage.
So now that Win2003 is the next best thing to sliced bread I suppose all the hype and non-sense about how great their past OS's were was nothing but a bunch of marketing bull.
I remember during that circus the Feds put on called a monoploy trial. That either Billy boy or one of his minions said realasing their source code would be a national security risk.
what a bunch of lying bashturds.
Man the MPAA and RIAA has their heads so far up their arse it would take a D9 cat to pull it out.
Now they are not satisfied with making as many of their customers criminals. They now accuse those people who make their products they sell of being criminals.
Ok, so now the MPAA and RIAA are against those who give them money and those who make the things so other CAN give them their money.
Man talk about misrepresenting the facts about Unix history and just plain out lying on Mcbrides part. He sure did snooker those guys.
I always figured Mcbribe a carpet-bagger and snake oil salesman.
"Ironically, Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows with legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment in which Microsoft's program interoperate efficiently only with Internet viruses," said Geer. "
That's a load of crap. Who are all these people asking for this fake insurance? I suspect no one and its the usual SCO non-sense being repeated on a repetitive basis.
another technology we really dont need. If Award, AMI and Phonix would clean up their BIOS code you could get those faster boot times.
The Linux BIOS project has mobos bootin into a full OS in less than 10 seconds.
This is just more hoopla non-sense from MCBribe because to date they have NOT PROVEN conclusively they TRULY own the code they lay claim to. Even Novell has questioned McBribes claims.
Again McBribe demonstates he does not understand open source claiming it needs a business model for sustainablility. That could not be further from the truth and is not how GNU/Linux and open source has gotten to its present state.
Businesses has picked up on open source because its current development and "business" model has created reliable and useful software. Some thing SCO needs to go back to the drawing board on.
This statement here is exactly why the RIAA is nothing more than mobsters, carpet-baggers, thugs and vigilanties. They are nothing but hypocrites. They cite the "illegality" of file sharing and yet resort to mobster tactics all the while beleiving they are immune to US law and the Constitution.
For a lawyer to state in effect they will follow those laws that only support their position is typical of vigilanties. He over looks one fact. What they are doing in no more and no less than hacking into anothers system. It matters not at all what they do once inside. The fact remains they have hacked into someones system.
"Mr Oppenheim also said the RIAA was immume from rules on unreasonable searches on the internet, because it did not have links with law enforcement agencies."
Lol a marketing gimmick? Given Intel is doing some quick engineering shuffling with their latest processor because 100 watts + on the die has them concerned.
Ternary data manipulation is noting really all that new. Putting the concept into a CPU is, though IMO the engineering aspect shouldn't be all that unsurmountable.
I worked on (20 yrs ago) system that used the notion of ternary data for sending commands to satellites. The equipment used then was built when a HP2114 mimi-computer with 8k of core memory was hot to trot. Nevertheless, it worked extremly well. So the idea of 00=0, 01=1, 10=1 and 11=1 quite feasable.
The real trick will be writting compilers to take full advantage of the configuration.
To think it won't initially cost more being short-sighted. Any new technology bears such costs. As for dumb customers, sometimes I think computerdom should be like autos. That is you have to pass some sort of test to use them.
With the dumb arses that are so unaware they have sobig after billyg made a patch available before it hit, they deserve to pay 2x as much simply for being so ignorant.
as soap operas should take some cues from SCO and Mcbribe. Doh!
The good thing is the more Mcbribe spouts off his mouth before engaging his brain, by the time this "case" does get into court, the judge will throw it out with prejudice against SCO.
It is clear SCO legal beagles are either clueless about how to handle law suits or Mcbribe has his head so far up his ass that he ignores what his lawyers are telling him.
That's fine with me. Let the knuckle heads spew whatever garbage they like. In the end SCO will barely be a foot note in history and Mcbribe will be known the world round as a buffon, carpetbagger, liar and schister.
Finally, just for you Mcbribe....no I do not work for IBM nor has said company coerced or in any other way urged me to state the above opinoins.
Slashdot Mirror
Perfect, those will go right along with my X-Ray glasses.
Until broadband providers halt their bait and switch tactics, there are no usage limits as per all of their advertising. When you advertise unlimited, that's exactly what they are selling.
IMO he has also failed to adequately explain the exclusion of KDE. Yes I know what he has said about Debian and AFAICS is not a relevant excuse. I could easily say Gnome rules over KDE on Mandrake or any other distro.
Another point I find disturbing is this secret group of supporters. When will we know who they are and why do they need to hide? One of the greatest strengths of open source is it's transparency, I see none of this with Perens proposal, I see only deception. So I would really like to know his real motivations.
The RIAA has run rampant long enough violating all kinds of rights. Time for them to get a taste of their own music.
Nothing new here. Just a veiled FUD attempt to support Micrsoft. Forking is a good thing, it gives users more choice but more importantly the better software wins out on merit instead of marketing hype and ponderous corporate greed.
Good someone needs to sue the racketeers.
Well if the spammers are pleased by the bill it most certainly means our legislators wasted a bunch of our money for nothing.
The only thing that annoys me about BitTorment is it's tendency to lock up my router and I've no idea why. When I use BT I will have to power cycle the router at least once during a download.
Hmmmmm yes Microsoft in the mirror. Mirror, mirror on the wall.......... you'll say what I want to hear....... your in my wallet after all......... the sound of lies are a sweet to the ear.
You said it.
I think this guy just writes inflammetory, flame bait articles to get page hits.
At my last place of employment they had 500 users and of course Office. Out of all those I never saw a user have any more need than the 20 or 30 so basic uses of a word processor, spreadsheet and access.
No what it really amounts to for Microsoft is they feel the need to keep the waters churned (muddy) so they can create some new buzz words to hook everyone on why they need this new gizmo.
Ever since the dawn of Windows 95 they have been saying pretty much the same marketing non-sense. Yet with every new issue of a Microsoft OS you almost have to or HAVE TO upgrade the hardware.
In any business environment hardware costs can run into serious coinage. So now that Win2003 is the next best thing to sliced bread I suppose all the hype and non-sense about how great their past OS's were was nothing but a bunch of marketing bull.
I remember during that circus the Feds put on called a monoploy trial. That either Billy boy or one of his minions said realasing their source code would be a national security risk. what a bunch of lying bashturds.
Now they are not satisfied with making as many of their customers criminals. They now accuse those people who make their products they sell of being criminals.
Ok, so now the MPAA and RIAA are against those who give them money and those who make the things so other CAN give them their money.
Man talk about misrepresenting the facts about Unix history and just plain out lying on Mcbrides part. He sure did snooker those guys. I always figured Mcbribe a carpet-bagger and snake oil salesman.
"Ironically, Microsoft's efforts to deny interoperability of Windows with legitimate non-Microsoft applications have created an environment in which Microsoft's program interoperate efficiently only with Internet viruses," said Geer. "
That's a load of crap. Who are all these people asking for this fake insurance? I suspect no one and its the usual SCO non-sense being repeated on a repetitive basis.
Way to go Ozzie!
another technology we really dont need. If Award, AMI and Phonix would clean up their BIOS code you could get those faster boot times. The Linux BIOS project has mobos bootin into a full OS in less than 10 seconds.
Again McBribe demonstates he does not understand open source claiming it needs a business model for sustainablility. That could not be further from the truth and is not how GNU/Linux and open source has gotten to its present state.
Businesses has picked up on open source because its current development and "business" model has created reliable and useful software. Some thing SCO needs to go back to the drawing board on.
For a lawyer to state in effect they will follow those laws that only support their position is typical of vigilanties. He over looks one fact. What they are doing in no more and no less than hacking into anothers system. It matters not at all what they do once inside. The fact remains they have hacked into someones system.
"Mr Oppenheim also said the RIAA was immume from rules on unreasonable searches on the internet, because it did not have links with law enforcement agencies."
The extra bonus..... plug said machine into a strong Brownian motion device and presto! You have the Heart of Gold.
Ternary data manipulation is noting really all that new. Putting the concept into a CPU is, though IMO the engineering aspect shouldn't be all that unsurmountable.
I worked on (20 yrs ago) system that used the notion of ternary data for sending commands to satellites. The equipment used then was built when a HP2114 mimi-computer with 8k of core memory was hot to trot. Nevertheless, it worked extremly well. So the idea of 00=0, 01=1, 10=1 and 11=1 quite feasable.
The real trick will be writting compilers to take full advantage of the configuration.
To think it won't initially cost more being short-sighted. Any new technology bears such costs. As for dumb customers, sometimes I think computerdom should be like autos. That is you have to pass some sort of test to use them. With the dumb arses that are so unaware they have sobig after billyg made a patch available before it hit, they deserve to pay 2x as much simply for being so ignorant.
The good thing is the more Mcbribe spouts off his mouth before engaging his brain, by the time this "case" does get into court, the judge will throw it out with prejudice against SCO.
It is clear SCO legal beagles are either clueless about how to handle law suits or Mcbribe has his head so far up his ass that he ignores what his lawyers are telling him. That's fine with me. Let the knuckle heads spew whatever garbage they like. In the end SCO will barely be a foot note in history and Mcbribe will be known the world round as a buffon, carpetbagger, liar and schister.
Finally, just for you Mcbribe....no I do not work for IBM nor has said company coerced or in any other way urged me to state the above opinoins.