This is ridiculous:-) I mean, at what point does a performance become music? Some raps these days could be likened to talking in ghetto areas... 'dont step to me!' 'you just took yer last breath mofo'
Do they have to pay royalties to SPEAK? The greed of some artists/beurocrats is totally out of hand.
Didn't the recent Eminem album launch with a DVD in it? That's pretty damn cool.
That's the last resort tactic they use for a rapper who's so spent he's resorting to doing a shite film about how fucked up his life is and how fucked up his daughter's life is; not for most artists:-)
Really? I didn't know that a CEO could be sued for that. That explains a *lot* about America these days. It's really stupid; if all states had law more like Vermont, America would be a much nicer place.
The thing about e-mail is that if you send it from a non-personal computer (work, college?), it's virtually *guarenteed* also to be dropping into the mailbox of a few network admins. I dunno about you, but that pisses me off.
That's not my opinion, I don't really have an opinion on the stock market. I was just simply stating the way in which other people seem to treat the stock market, from watching stuff like Fox News:-)
That's why I don't waste me time or money with it.
I said what was holding me back; I like IE6. I have downloaded and used Netscape, but I simply prefer IE's interface and speed. I have tried tab browsing and I loathe it. I far prefer a seperate window for each seperate browser. And IE has far LESS bloat than Netscape (and that's saying something).
But I believe the parent was referring to Microsoft's possible obliteration of many more software companies. As they're very profitable for the US, losing them would greatly hurt the economy.
I have to disagree with you there. I don't know if you're some kind of robot, but I do like to see data presented in a 'nice' way, as in, with (appropriate) colours, fonts, formatting, layout, etc. It's what gives presentations character. Without this, websites would hardly be recognisable from each other. Why do you think HTML and XML have formatting capabilities? Would the web be as easy to use, interpret, and understand if it was similar to Gopher? I don't think so. Formatting is good, and applies to most forms of presentation.
But Adobe doesn't make money off someone's writing some bit of code that reads/writes PDFs
I read above that that's precisely what they do, through licensing... certainly for some code which is able to write a PDF. Adobe aren't the kind of company to be generous.
What planet {Gates whine or not} do you live on? A day does not go by that I don't get a fsking word document e-mailed to me.
Planet Earth. A Word document is NOT in the same genre as a PDF - it's not intended to be useable on a wide variety of platforms, or saveable by a wide variety of software. Nor is it intended to be able to represent a document which has been scanned in an accurate manner.
Microsoft will go 100% MSN Explorer in future releases of Windows
This seems unlikely, although I wouldn't put it pas them. However, I tend to base what quite a lot of users will do on what I do, certainly when it comes to browsers. And if they went 100% MSN Explorer, i'd stick with IE6 until newer technology was needed then switch to Netscape or Mozilla. I really can't see a large number of (non-MSN) people wanting to switch to a piece of utter bloatware for everyday browsing. As much as people criticise MS, IE6 is a pretty good browser, that's why I use it.
But that was what the stock market was always for... getting rich. People never bought shares in a company because they liked the company. Maybe because they thought it would perform well, yes, but the only only people who own shares in a company because they like it are possibly the company's owners/workers.
Actually, if Microsoft went off to dominate the PDA area and PCs got opensource OSes as the standard, i'd be quite happy. The main battle would have been won, and whilst still important, portable computers lend themselves FAR more to proprietory OSes anyway.
Does it worth 49$ to do it yourself ? How much does your time cost ?
Your time probably costs significantly more than $49. However, if this tool is ANYTHING like Microsoft's 'upgrade to Windows version x' tools, the only chance you have of not having a completely messed up system is to do it yourself, rather than letting a piece of software automate it.
Very good point. However, as software has the ability (and Microsoft uses it) to *force* people to use one app or another exclusively, by not defining open standards, it's less a case of whether the US companies WANT to change to Linux (if the rest of world uses it), and more a case of whether they MUST.
I think there may be another angle which hasn't been mentioned which causes problems for Linux. It's not just Microsoft that doesn't want it to succeed. All the companies that are pushing for Digital Rights Management and prosecutions under the DMCA are going to be against Linux. Why? Because it will open up the code, so that it is ALWAYS modifiable not to support DRM. This means that companies will complain that they can't profit without DRM (yeah right, like that's stopped them for the last 20 years) and will want a closed-source, non-modifiable OS. There will be many big corps/companies pushing against Linux, IMHO.
It'd be a wonderful thing if the roadblock was broken down, though, because it would be a one-off roadblock. As Linux mandates open code, and therefore open standards, this kind of barrier could never rise again if GPL operating systems became mainstream, and we'd not have to worry about (at least the operating system having) proprietary protocols and/or standards.
"Demolish competition by knowing everything they do and thwarting their every move in the relevant spaces"
That's called business. Every other decent business does the same thing, or at least try to. There's nothing unusual about Microsoft except for the fact that they're very successful.
Not necessarily. A regional business like a shop would not be trying to obliterate its competition, and many businesses are more than happy to co-exist with competition, acception it as a good way to have a healthy free market; I'm sure Adam Smith would agree.
And even more ruthless businesses might put it a bit less 'ruthlessly' than Microsoft. An executioner isn't expected to go around shouting from the rooftops that he electrocutes people every day.
Microsoft and its supporters have vigorously lobbied against any laws or policies that dictate what software a government can or cannot buy. The software company's advocates argue that such policies stifle innovation.
Funny. The exact same could be said about Microsoft's policies of lobbying the US government to create laws preventing consumers from using their own property in the way that they want.
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This is ridiculous :-) I mean, at what point does a performance become music? Some raps these days could be likened to talking in ghetto areas... 'dont step to me!' 'you just took yer last breath mofo'
Do they have to pay royalties to SPEAK? The greed of some artists/beurocrats is totally out of hand.
Didn't the recent Eminem album launch with a DVD in it? That's pretty damn cool.
:-)
That's the last resort tactic they use for a rapper who's so spent he's resorting to doing a shite film about how fucked up his life is and how fucked up his daughter's life is; not for most artists
what do you think would happen if reporters did the same thing all the time?
Reporters DO do the same thing all the time. When was the last time you read the biased press?
Really? I didn't know that a CEO could be sued for that. That explains a *lot* about America these days. It's really stupid; if all states had law more like Vermont, America would be a much nicer place.
The thing about e-mail is that if you send it from a non-personal computer (work, college?), it's virtually *guarenteed* also to be dropping into the mailbox of a few network admins. I dunno about you, but that pisses me off.
That's not my opinion, I don't really have an opinion on the stock market. I was just simply stating the way in which other people seem to treat the stock market, from watching stuff like Fox News :-)
That's why I don't waste me time or money with it.
I said what was holding me back; I like IE6. I have downloaded and used Netscape, but I simply prefer IE's interface and speed. I have tried tab browsing and I loathe it. I far prefer a seperate window for each seperate browser. And IE has far LESS bloat than Netscape (and that's saying something).
I agree, Adobe prices are horriffic.
But I believe the parent was referring to Microsoft's possible obliteration of many more software companies. As they're very profitable for the US, losing them would greatly hurt the economy.
I have to disagree with you there. I don't know if you're some kind of robot, but I do like to see data presented in a 'nice' way, as in, with (appropriate) colours, fonts, formatting, layout, etc. It's what gives presentations character. Without this, websites would hardly be recognisable from each other. Why do you think HTML and XML have formatting capabilities? Would the web be as easy to use, interpret, and understand if it was similar to Gopher? I don't think so. Formatting is good, and applies to most forms of presentation.
But Adobe doesn't make money off someone's writing some bit of code that reads/writes PDFs
I read above that that's precisely what they do, through licensing... certainly for some code which is able to write a PDF. Adobe aren't the kind of company to be generous.
What planet {Gates whine or not} do you live on? A day does not go by that I don't get a fsking word document e-mailed to me.
Planet Earth. A Word document is NOT in the same genre as a PDF - it's not intended to be useable on a wide variety of platforms, or saveable by a wide variety of software. Nor is it intended to be able to represent a document which has been scanned in an accurate manner.
Microsoft will go 100% MSN Explorer in future releases of Windows
This seems unlikely, although I wouldn't put it pas them. However, I tend to base what quite a lot of users will do on what I do, certainly when it comes to browsers. And if they went 100% MSN Explorer, i'd stick with IE6 until newer technology was needed then switch to Netscape or Mozilla. I really can't see a large number of (non-MSN) people wanting to switch to a piece of utter bloatware for everyday browsing. As much as people criticise MS, IE6 is a pretty good browser, that's why I use it.
But that was what the stock market was always for... getting rich. People never bought shares in a company because they liked the company. Maybe because they thought it would perform well, yes, but the only only people who own shares in a company because they like it are possibly the company's owners/workers.
I'd like to discuss the 3GB/month thing with you... please send me a private message from your registered Slashdot account!!
Actually, if Microsoft went off to dominate the PDA area and PCs got opensource OSes as the standard, i'd be quite happy. The main battle would have been won, and whilst still important, portable computers lend themselves FAR more to proprietory OSes anyway.
Oh come on. Microsoft called Linux a 'cancer' - they're hardly about to emulate its GPL with Windows, are they?
My prediction is that within three years time, Microsoft will `give away' its operating system to preserve its revenue in the applications business.
In other news, Microsoft announced that it will 'give away' its operating system to schools in Namibia to preserve their education system.
Does it worth 49$ to do it yourself ? How much does your time cost ?
Your time probably costs significantly more than $49. However, if this tool is ANYTHING like Microsoft's 'upgrade to Windows version x' tools, the only chance you have of not having a completely messed up system is to do it yourself, rather than letting a piece of software automate it.
It's great to see that people aren't judging others based on stereotypes anymore.
Very good point. However, as software has the ability (and Microsoft uses it) to *force* people to use one app or another exclusively, by not defining open standards, it's less a case of whether the US companies WANT to change to Linux (if the rest of world uses it), and more a case of whether they MUST.
I think there may be another angle which hasn't been mentioned which causes problems for Linux. It's not just Microsoft that doesn't want it to succeed. All the companies that are pushing for Digital Rights Management and prosecutions under the DMCA are going to be against Linux. Why? Because it will open up the code, so that it is ALWAYS modifiable not to support DRM. This means that companies will complain that they can't profit without DRM (yeah right, like that's stopped them for the last 20 years) and will want a closed-source, non-modifiable OS. There will be many big corps/companies pushing against Linux, IMHO.
It'd be a wonderful thing if the roadblock was broken down, though, because it would be a one-off roadblock. As Linux mandates open code, and therefore open standards, this kind of barrier could never rise again if GPL operating systems became mainstream, and we'd not have to worry about (at least the operating system having) proprietary protocols and/or standards.
"Demolish competition by knowing everything they do and thwarting their every move in the relevant spaces"
That's called business. Every other decent business does the same thing, or at least try to. There's nothing unusual about Microsoft except for the fact that they're very successful.
Not necessarily. A regional business like a shop would not be trying to obliterate its competition, and many businesses are more than happy to co-exist with competition, acception it as a good way to have a healthy free market; I'm sure Adam Smith would agree.
And even more ruthless businesses might put it a bit less 'ruthlessly' than Microsoft. An executioner isn't expected to go around shouting from the rooftops that he electrocutes people every day.
Microsoft and its supporters have vigorously lobbied against any laws or policies that dictate what software a government can or cannot buy. The software company's advocates argue that such policies stifle innovation.
Funny. The exact same could be said about Microsoft's policies of lobbying the US government to create laws preventing consumers from using their own property in the way that they want.
linex.org appears to be using Slash for their website interface :-) Nice co-incidence!