Here's how it works. If you use the GPL Qt, you need to release your product as GPL. You can still charge for GPL products, you just have to make source available for the cost of media and shipping. But if you don't want to release your product as GPL, you get a commercial license from Qt. Then you aren't under the restritcions of the GPL, because you aren't using the Qt libs under the GPL. That's how every product with a "free for non-commercial use" download licenses the product, although not always with the GPL.
Ok, I have no problem with Microsoft buying Connectix. I do have a problem with them bundling it back into the Windows OS code. It seems like Microsoft's usual tactic to take over a market they see someone else do well in (but competitor, integrate into OS, etc). Who should I write to? Judge Kollar-Kotelly, FCC, my Congressional reps?
I just sent this to public_relations@intuit.com, if other people do the same, InTuit will get the message that the upsets customers. No garauntee they will stop, but at least they'll no it upsets us.
"I'm a potential customer for TurboTax software. A recent discussion held at the Slashdot forum indicates that TurboTax is laden with DRM (Digital Rights Management) components, and even goes so far as to write to the boot sector of the hard drive. I wanted to know how InTuit responds to this. I can't support a company who would include such measures in their software. I understand the need to prevent piracy, but writing to the boot sector is something that only disk partitioning software and operating system installers should do. I'm eager to hear InTuits response on this matter, as it will be the deciding factor in whether I buy InTuit software.
Here are some links to the sites I am obtaining information from.
Original article claiming the action: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,397 3,881243, 00.asp
Pursuant discussion on Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/16/1 549232.shtm l?tid=185
PS - I'm posting a copy of this to the Slashdot forum, and intend to forward the reply to Slashdot as well."
gftp in linux supports sftp. For windows there's SSH.com's workstation, which is free for non-commercial use has a nice sftp GUI. There's also FileZilla for windows, which does both ftp and sftp. They all work quite well and have GUI goodness.
There's a couple of things that could happen. Her case could get dismissed. Maybe the stores will have to carry paper copies that people have to read and agree to. But then what if they have questions? The clerks aren't going to know how to answer legal questions. A new packaging could be introduced, where when you open the box you have a paper copy of the license and a sealed copy of the media, with a big, unmissable note on the media that says read the license, opening this implies you have read and agree it and agree to it. Then you can return the software if the media is still sealed and you have the box and all its contents. More products could follow suit with XP style Activation.
You have fiber-to-the-neighborhood, not fiber-to-the-home. If you have fiber-to-the-home, and the company who put it their doesn't offer data (which in terms of capacity would kick the crap out of DSL and cable like a red-headed step child) then bitch at your provider, not the technology.
Care to post the results? I'd assume that where lots of threading is an issue Solaris would beat Linux. I'd expect running things like Oracle and Weblogic Solaris would be the Shelby Cobra to Linux's Camaro.
you're retarded if you think meat == bad health, as you seem to be implying by stating that no meat == good health. I could just as easily cause myself health problems one a vegan/vegatarian diet as I could on an omnivorous diet. I eat meat with almost every meal and I'm in quite good health.
Not totally related, but still a funny message. I was working on some program for school and the compiler told me the "Constructor is private and has no friends." I was so dumbfounded by such an easy to read message, it took a minute to figure out what it meant.
Are you high? Are you actually saying I can't go buy memory from crucial.com, or any IDE drive (hard drive, CD, CDR, CDRW, DVD, etc) and slap it in? While I'm too lazy to dig up links, and I'm sure someone will respond with them for me, you can build your own Mac, you can even get the boot proms on ebay. There have been/. articles on it. It's just not cheap.
I'll say. At my previous job, all us developers had UPS units on their workstations. We also had mini-fridges in our cubes. As it turns out, all those fridges were believed to have caused a specific scenario where the signal on the power lines resulted in all the UPS units shutting off. Not going to battery backup, actually shutting off. That was a wierd day. Dan, you reading?
Leslie. Ugh. I'm pretty sure the scragly beard would have given him away. It's so frustrating to know he has a book published (after gaining noteriety as a cross-dressing bum on 6th st.), and there was a time when "Leslie for mayor" bumper stickers were going around.
RedHat Network is pretty nice. Does dependencies for you, tells you what dependencies are automatically being installed for you, sends you email when packages you have installed are updated. But if you don't like RHN, there's always apt for RPM, look at freshrpms.net. I take issue with the complaint that ou only get RedHat RPMs through RHN. People can set up their own RHN servers, to get a network of servers like for Debian. In the end it's all about what you're comfortable with. I like RHN so I use it.
an interface that requires relearning can, at least in a sense, be said to be flawed. Time that has to be spent up front learning a new interface is widely perceived as wasted time
I once read, and I agree, that "the only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything after that is learned". So everything other than sucking on nipples is a waste of time. I like the way you think...
You don't even have to build a whole kernel. Here's what I do after installing a new kernel (and the kernel-source).
cd/usr/src/linux-2.4 make mrproper make xconfig ( load a file from/usr/src/linux-2.4/configs ) ( enable NTFS module support ) ( save & exit ) ( set EXTRAVERSION in Makefile to match the kernel rpm ) make dep && clean make _mod_fs mkdir/lib/modules//kernel/fs/ntfs cp fs/ntfs/ntfs.o \/lib/modules//kernel/fs/ntfs depmod -a
I admit it's close to compiling a new kernel, but you still get to run the stock binray kernel RPM and add the one module.
I don't take the posters comments to mean a bonus was expected. Rather that the gift was insulting. I would be insulted by that gift. Consider that the company had to spend money to buy the things to give to employees. Personally, I'd rather have the cash or nothing.
Speakeasy actually offered [reasonably] limited support for linux when I was a customer. I say reasonably limited because they would try and work through configuring your machine but made it clear not to expect them to be familiar with every distro's methodology.
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Here's how it works. If you use the GPL Qt, you need to release your product as GPL. You can still charge for GPL products, you just have to make source available for the cost of media and shipping. But if you don't want to release your product as GPL, you get a commercial license from Qt. Then you aren't under the restritcions of the GPL, because you aren't using the Qt libs under the GPL. That's how every product with a "free for non-commercial use" download licenses the product, although not always with the GPL.
Ok, I have no problem with Microsoft buying Connectix. I do have a problem with them bundling it back into the Windows OS code. It seems like Microsoft's usual tactic to take over a market they see someone else do well in (but competitor, integrate into OS, etc). Who should I write to? Judge Kollar-Kotelly, FCC, my Congressional reps?
I just sent this to public_relations@intuit.com, if other people do the same, InTuit will get the message that the upsets customers. No garauntee they will stop, but at least they'll no it upsets us.
7 3,881243, 00.asp
1 549232.shtm l?tid=185
"I'm a potential customer for TurboTax software. A recent discussion held at the Slashdot forum indicates that TurboTax is laden with DRM (Digital Rights Management) components, and even goes so far as to write to the boot sector of the hard drive. I wanted to know how InTuit responds to this. I can't support a company who would include such measures in their software. I understand the need to prevent piracy, but writing to the boot sector is something that only disk partitioning software and operating system installers should do. I'm eager to hear InTuits response on this matter, as it will be the deciding factor in whether I buy InTuit software.
Here are some links to the sites I am obtaining information from.
Original article claiming the action:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,39
Pursuant discussion on Slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/16/
PS - I'm posting a copy of this to the Slashdot forum, and intend to forward the reply to Slashdot as well."
gftp in linux supports sftp. For windows there's SSH.com's workstation, which is free for non-commercial use has a nice sftp GUI. There's also FileZilla for windows, which does both ftp and sftp. They all work quite well and have GUI goodness.
There's a couple of things that could happen. Her case could get dismissed. Maybe the stores will have to carry paper copies that people have to read and agree to. But then what if they have questions? The clerks aren't going to know how to answer legal questions. A new packaging could be introduced, where when you open the box you have a paper copy of the license and a sealed copy of the media, with a big, unmissable note on the media that says read the license, opening this implies you have read and agree it and agree to it. Then you can return the software if the media is still sealed and you have the box and all its contents. More products could follow suit with XP style Activation.
Saying to vote against a particular set of politicians does not imply voting for the other party, there's always write-ins and independants.
You have fiber-to-the-neighborhood, not fiber-to-the-home. If you have fiber-to-the-home, and the company who put it their doesn't offer data (which in terms of capacity would kick the crap out of DSL and cable like a red-headed step child) then bitch at your provider, not the technology.
Care to post the results? I'd assume that where lots of threading is an issue Solaris would beat Linux. I'd expect running things like Oracle and Weblogic Solaris would be the Shelby Cobra to Linux's Camaro.
you're retarded if you think meat == bad health, as you seem to be implying by stating that no meat == good health. I could just as easily cause myself health problems one a vegan/vegatarian diet as I could on an omnivorous diet. I eat meat with almost every meal and I'm in quite good health.
Not totally related, but still a funny message. I was working on some program for school and the compiler told me the "Constructor is private and has no friends." I was so dumbfounded by such an easy to read message, it took a minute to figure out what it meant.
your sister?! Bring your pussy face to my ass.
Are you high? Are you actually saying I can't go buy memory from crucial.com, or any IDE drive (hard drive, CD, CDR, CDRW, DVD, etc) and slap it in? While I'm too lazy to dig up links, and I'm sure someone will respond with them for me, you can build your own Mac, you can even get the boot proms on ebay. There have been /. articles on it. It's just not cheap.
I'll say. At my previous job, all us developers had UPS units on their workstations. We also had mini-fridges in our cubes. As it turns out, all those fridges were believed to have caused a specific scenario where the signal on the power lines resulted in all the UPS units shutting off. Not going to battery backup, actually shutting off. That was a wierd day. Dan, you reading?
Leslie. Ugh. I'm pretty sure the scragly beard would have given him away. It's so frustrating to know he has a book published (after gaining noteriety as a cross-dressing bum on 6th st.), and there was a time when "Leslie for mayor" bumper stickers were going around.
RedHat Network is pretty nice. Does dependencies for you, tells you what dependencies are automatically being installed for you, sends you email when packages you have installed are updated. But if you don't like RHN, there's always apt for RPM, look at freshrpms.net. I take issue with the complaint that ou only get RedHat RPMs through RHN. People can set up their own RHN servers, to get a network of servers like for Debian. In the end it's all about what you're comfortable with. I like RHN so I use it.
an interface that requires relearning can, at least in a sense, be said to be flawed. Time that has to be spent up front learning a new interface is widely perceived as wasted time
...
I once read, and I agree, that "the only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything after that is learned". So everything other than sucking on nipples is a waste of time. I like the way you think
The risk was highest at the agency's department dealing with volcanic activity, which lacked proper firewalls
If the fire can't get in, how can the volcanologists study it?
You don't even have to build a whole kernel. Here's what I do after installing a new kernel (and the kernel-source).
/usr/src/linux-2.4 /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs ) /lib/modules//kernel/fs/ntfs /lib/modules//kernel/fs/ntfs
cd
make mrproper
make xconfig
( load a file from
( enable NTFS module support )
( save & exit )
( set EXTRAVERSION in Makefile to match the kernel rpm )
make dep && clean
make _mod_fs
mkdir
cp fs/ntfs/ntfs.o \
depmod -a
I admit it's close to compiling a new kernel, but you still get to run the stock binray kernel RPM and add the one module.
Like the 1976 Index Fund from Vanguard. You know, the company with ad banners all over the Forbes website.
To what are you referring with the Cher/censor comment?
I'd like Peace on Earth, Good will toward Men
-How about a clockwork train?
-Oh yes, forget about all that other stuff. I don't care anymore.
They aren't coming anywhere near my girlfriends "analog hole".....
Maybe there aim is off.
I don't take the posters comments to mean a bonus was expected. Rather that the gift was insulting. I would be insulted by that gift. Consider that the company had to spend money to buy the things to give to employees. Personally, I'd rather have the cash or nothing.
All those people in the marketing and sales departments were just canned with no warning.
Speakeasy actually offered [reasonably] limited support for linux when I was a customer. I say reasonably limited because they would try and work through configuring your machine but made it clear not to expect them to be familiar with every distro's methodology.