Yesterday, MS and AOL settle for MS illegally using it's
Monopoly position to crush Netscape throught bundling
the IE with the OS.
The next day, I am reading about how they plan to
integrate it even tighter to the extent that you will no longer
be able to install or upgrade to the new IE without installing
or upgrading Windows.
The whole DOJ action has proved to be a monumental failure. The only value it has was that it temporarily restrained MS just enought to give Linux and OSS a chance to grow. It was a window ( another good word ruined) of
opportunity that with the perverse synergy DRM,Palladium, Trusted Computing,Microsoft Computers,Server/Client and of course.Nyet, MS is hoping to slam shut.
These are dark days.
"If a distro needs anything faster than a 533 Celeron and/or more than 128MB RAM, it's got to be ranked as useless. From a Linux standpoint, though."
According to the Libranet System Requirements page http://www.libranet.com/system _requirements.html It can run as meagre a setup as Pentium processor with 16 mb ram.( altho they do recommend at least 32 mb ram. That sound pretty low-end to me even when you round up a bit ( generally a good idea)
I have run it just fine on P 200.
The fact is that since they use Icewm as the default Window Manager, Libranet is more likely not less to install on older low resource hardware.
Billg's rsponse to a query about whether the combination of Athena , Palladium and the like will prevent 3rd party software from running on this new Windows architecture tells all.
from http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/sto ry/RTGAM.20030507.gtgatesmay7/BNPrint/Technology/?mainhub= GT
ome critics and competitors have raised concerns that the technology could be used to reinforce Microsoft's dominance.
Secure documents created in Microsoft Office, for instance, could be unusable on other operating systems or with other office productivity suites.
In the interview, Mr. Gates said it's up to other companies to ensure interoperability.
"I don't know what's going to be capable there. I don't do the software on those systems," he said. "I don't hold the keys. If they do the implementation, then it's like saying they have the same features as every other thing we do in Windows. It's up to them."
Just like at the DOJ testimony , poor Bill he don't know "nuthin".
aka It's all about the Back Catalouge.
This is not just a business model for an era
when promotion aside the costs of recording
and distributing music have dramatically shrunk.
We are entering the _th decade of recorded music.
With that much music out there and a global market it makes more sense to charge a dime a tune. Or at the very least charge this rate
for the older music. It will encourage people
to expand there musical boundaries.
Copyright aside why pay the same for a 30 years
old Door tune as the latest Dave Matthews song?
Perpetual copyright doesn't encourage anything
but sitting on your arse on a beach and collecting money for something you did eons go.
My point is that not only will they sell more
music with a lower price point,but as the body
of recorded music grows you will have no
choice but to sell for less.
"Things could get very interesting when a critical mass of Microsoft's customer start realizing that something like MySQL is actually superior to SQL Server, and look Ma, no price tag!"
It is a race between people realizing that an
ever improving Linux can replace MS in many
situations, and MS closing the door with
an unholy mix of Palladium, DMCA, EULA, DRM
Server-client tie in and now this.
Sure there may be some benefits from these
besides Lockdown, but if they also allow MS to
regain and extend it's iron-grip on software
and now Hardware they will go for it.
That is being generous and assuming that lockdown and lockout is not the primary reason
for this stuff in the first place.
MS should be barred from the hardware space
since they have a monopoly in the software
space.
Exactly. If the 50 Billion that was spent on the Iraq war was used to subsidize fuel cells, solar and other energy til it reached volumes of usage where economies of scale could kick in, then all the Oil Supported Terrorism would collapse pretty quickly. And not just in Iraq but all over the Mideast.
Of course, American dominated Oil Multinationals wouldn't like that very much. But it would give you more "bang" for your buck in the fight against Terrorism. It would also help clean up the environment and curb Global Warming.
US is afraid new Canadian Pot Policy might work and not that as they are warning Canada that it is doomed to fail.
Because if it works then Canada can add itself to the list of Countries that have tried something a little less Draconian than the US way and are doing just fine.
After six decades there is enough of a record to say that the US War on Drugs is a monumental failure and waste of valuable resources.
It is no longer enough to whine "If we just had more money, more resources, more training , more intelligence, " then we could win. Even Republican's like New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson are in favour of facing the obvious.
Interesting that they chose Debian as their starting point. After Redhat , there are more distros based on Debian than anything else. According to Distrowatch there are some 13, 14 if you count pure Debian itself. It's funny how some of the more conventional companies Corel, Xandros, Lindows choose non-commercial Debian to base their Distros on. Knoppix as well. Now this great effort. Good things come from.... Debian
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Yesterday, MS and AOL settle for MS illegally using it's Monopoly position to crush Netscape throught bundling the IE with the OS. The next day, I am reading about how they plan to integrate it even tighter to the extent that you will no longer be able to install or upgrade to the new IE without installing or upgrading Windows. The whole DOJ action has proved to be a monumental failure. The only value it has was that it temporarily restrained MS just enought to give Linux and OSS a chance to grow. It was a window ( another good word ruined) of opportunity that with the perverse synergy DRM,Palladium, Trusted Computing,Microsoft Computers,Server/Client and of course .Nyet, MS is hoping to slam shut.
These are dark days.
"but what about countries besides Poland?"
Funny, that's what a lot of people were asking
the US,Britain,and Australia about the rest of
the Coalition of the Willing.
especially these days its all about selling the same old soap as something new. Damn. They were into recycling before anyone.
"If a distro needs anything faster than a 533 Celeron and/or more than 128MB RAM, it's got to be ranked as useless. From a Linux standpoint, though."
m _requirements.html .( altho
According to the Libranet System Requirements
page
http://www.libranet.com/syste
It can run as meagre a setup as Pentium processor with 16 mb ram
they do recommend at least 32 mb ram.
That sound pretty low-end to me even when you round up a bit ( generally a good idea)
I have run it just fine on P 200.
The fact is that since they use Icewm as the
default Window Manager, Libranet is more likely
not less to install on older low resource hardware.
Billg's rsponse to a query about whether the combination of Athena , Palladium and the like
o ry/RTGAM .20030507.gtgatesmay7/BNPrint/Technology/?mainhub= GT
will prevent 3rd party software from running
on this new Windows architecture tells all.
from
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/st
ome critics and competitors have raised concerns that the technology could be used to reinforce Microsoft's dominance.
Secure documents created in Microsoft Office, for instance, could be unusable on other operating systems or with other office productivity suites.
In the interview, Mr. Gates said it's up to other companies to ensure interoperability.
"I don't know what's going to be capable there. I don't do the software on those systems," he said. "I don't hold the keys. If they do the implementation, then it's like saying they have the same features as every other thing we do in Windows. It's up to them."
Just like at the DOJ testimony , poor Bill he
don't know "nuthin".
"... instead of gumming up the software industry"
...
Exactly. Patents as currently employed in the USA lead to "innovation gridlock".
Strangely , Jim Morrison may have said it best.
When the still sea conspires an armor,
And her sullen and aborted currents
breed tiny (IP) monsters,
True sailing is dead.
- Jim Morrison, From Horse Latitudes
------------------
Shakespeare wrote
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair "
Sadly in the Modern World it may be the only
paradigm you'll ever need.
aka It's all about the Back Catalouge. This is not just a business model for an era when promotion aside the costs of recording and distributing music have dramatically shrunk. We are entering the _th decade of recorded music. With that much music out there and a global market it makes more sense to charge a dime a tune. Or at the very least charge this rate for the older music. It will encourage people to expand there musical boundaries. Copyright aside why pay the same for a 30 years old Door tune as the latest Dave Matthews song? Perpetual copyright doesn't encourage anything but sitting on your arse on a beach and collecting money for something you did eons go. My point is that not only will they sell more music with a lower price point,but as the body of recorded music grows you will have no choice but to sell for less.
"Things could get very interesting when a critical mass of Microsoft's customer start realizing that something like MySQL is actually superior to SQL Server, and look Ma, no price tag!" It is a race between people realizing that an ever improving Linux can replace MS in many situations, and MS closing the door with an unholy mix of Palladium, DMCA, EULA, DRM Server-client tie in and now this. Sure there may be some benefits from these besides Lockdown, but if they also allow MS to regain and extend it's iron-grip on software and now Hardware they will go for it. That is being generous and assuming that lockdown and lockout is not the primary reason for this stuff in the first place. MS should be barred from the hardware space since they have a monopoly in the software space.
thanks for the glib comment. I'll pass it on to the Drug Czar. They might be able to use it. Wonder if it will work for Booze,Cigs,Microsoft and Oil?
" To fight terrorism america should look within"
Exactly. If the 50 Billion that was spent on the Iraq war was used to subsidize fuel cells, solar and other energy til it reached volumes of usage where economies of scale could kick in, then all the Oil Supported Terrorism would collapse pretty quickly. And not just in Iraq but all over the Mideast.
Of course, American dominated Oil Multinationals wouldn't like that very much.
But it would give you more "bang" for your buck
in the fight against Terrorism. It would also
help clean up the environment and curb Global
Warming.
US is afraid new Canadian Pot Policy might work and not that as they are warning Canada that it is doomed to fail.
Because if it works then Canada can add itself to the list of Countries that have tried something a little less Draconian than the US way and are doing just fine.
After six decades there is enough of a record to say that the US War on Drugs is a monumental failure and waste of valuable resources.
It is no longer enough to whine "If we just had more money, more resources, more training , more intelligence, " then we could win.
Even Republican's like New Mexico Governor
Bill Richardson are in favour of facing the
obvious.
Interesting that they chose Debian as their starting point. .... Debian
After Redhat , there are more distros based on
Debian than anything else. According to Distrowatch there are some 13, 14 if you count
pure Debian itself.
It's funny how some of the more conventional
companies Corel, Xandros, Lindows choose non-commercial Debian to base their Distros on.
Knoppix as well.
Now this great effort.
Good things come from