but thas because software patents benefit large corporations
what they damage is the actual quality of software
If we have software patents thrown out here in europe then we should start to enjoy a higher quality of software
because software sold in europe wont have to abide by software patents so developers can use all the software methods they know of to make the best possible software without any worry of being sued or anything
while in american you will still have software restricted because companies have to abide by patents in the design of it
Im not a business man so im not sure if european software companies will make more money than american ones
but on the consumer end it will be alot better in europe because out software will be free of patent restrictions
that would be hilariouse
id love to see IBMs lawyer stand up with his stern lawyer face and say "we are sueing SCO for 5 billion dollers because they are dorks":)
You realise that what your saying would bankrupt all MMORPG companies
If you know even the slightest thing about programming you will know that it is imposible to rid a program of bugs and even getting close to bug free software takes alot of time and money which is why only places like hospitals use that kind of software
so they cannot stop things like this
and they cannot give the items back because if they do so then they will get thousands of people yelling "i lost my uber sword of killing give me a new one" and they will be forced to do so because they gave the other guy his stuff back
This article includes details on how long they have been warning about this
fact is you guys have been this vulnerable since the 70s and acording to the article it aint likely they are going to get the money to fix it untill 2005
"Can MS never include any other piece of their own software with the OS because there's a market for it?"
yep
thats how the law works
there quite free to compete in other markets the way everyone else does by selling it in shops or putting it up for download. They could even ship WMP with a linux distribution if they really wanted to
they just cant bundle it with there monopoly products - windows and office
because that is using there monopoly to enter another market which is illegal
however GTA does not have the same sort of competition halo is facing
there are very few games that are at all like GTA and none that really follow the same exact theme
however Halo is facing up against HL2 Doom3 Tron 2.0 DeusEx 2 and more being 2 years old i think it will probably get vastly outclassed and depend upon its reputation from the Xbox for sales
ill probably buy it but i think i will be waiting for its price to go down a bit before i do so
Slashdot Mirror
Because people who write this stuff are americans/europeans
Gamecube may be dying over here in the west
but nintendo have japan securely under here control and that is why they make a huge profit with gamecube while microsoft make a 33% loss on xbox
heh
:)
Looks like they are just gonna bleed SCO dry by tying up the court for a few years
Yeh but which direction do they go in?
:)
either way they lose
if they continue with sueing the girl they are seen as monsters
if they back off they basicaly say "as long as your an inocent looking kid download all you like"
There fucked eithr way
aint it great?
As far as i know the mother takes legal responcibility
though there are perks to it
:)
you have an excuse for whenever you lose to anyone who has broardband
and when you beat people on broardband its that much more satisfying
you do realise that over 50% of people dont have access to broardband right?
you forgot
"I welcome our new reverse engineered overlords"
America has a strong software business yes
but thas because software patents benefit large corporations
what they damage is the actual quality of software
If we have software patents thrown out here in europe then we should start to enjoy a higher quality of software
because software sold in europe wont have to abide by software patents so developers can use all the software methods they know of to make the best possible software without any worry of being sued or anything
while in american you will still have software restricted because companies have to abide by patents in the design of it
Im not a business man so im not sure if european software companies will make more money than american ones
but on the consumer end it will be alot better in europe because out software will be free of patent restrictions
that would be hilariouse id love to see IBMs lawyer stand up with his stern lawyer face and say "we are sueing SCO for 5 billion dollers because they are dorks" :)
While you have a good point
at this point copying windows is a good idea
simply because linux companies are trying to convert people sitting in offices behind desks
all these people care about when converting to somthing is not needing to learn anything new otherwise they will complain about the switch
Once linux has successfully got a decent foothold in the desktop market is when inovation will be the primary goal
I think one of the main driving forces of the game will be finding out exactly what the hell is going on
from sounds of it when you are droped into the game its all going to be very vague other than the fact people want to kill you
ill want to play through the game just to find out who the director is and such
You realise that what your saying would bankrupt all MMORPG companies
If you know even the slightest thing about programming you will know that it is imposible to rid a program of bugs and even getting close to bug free software takes alot of time and money which is why only places like hospitals use that kind of software
so they cannot stop things like this
and they cannot give the items back because if they do so then they will get thousands of people yelling "i lost my uber sword of killing give me a new one" and they will be forced to do so because they gave the other guy his stuff back
Your right but we win on that acount as well because we have IBM fighting on our side and they have about 100x the amount of cash SCO does :)
Up untill now i thought this whole lawsuit had been a scam to pump the stock up and then sell it off at huge profit
i changed my mind
Darl and co are just fucking morons who have no clue about what they do and dont own
This is to be expected
you cant really expect there to be that much creativity when 90% of the ideas for that technology were used up a decade age
Because these predictions are at least semi accurate
people cant see into the future but they can make educated guesses which have merit
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60057, 00.html
This article includes details on how long they have been warning about this
fact is you guys have been this vulnerable since the 70s and acording to the article it aint likely they are going to get the money to fix it untill 2005
Your right
iv learnt a valuable lesson
never ever underestimate the incompetance of politicians - no matter were you live
i still say "lorry" and im only 18 :)
and the english version of the language aint confined to england
it covers pretty much every area of the world that speaks english other than america
making it the majority
Actualy i think they could stop them trading in the EU all together if they really wanted to
though dout they will because windows is so widespread
if MS ignore them they will probably just make the fines so rediculously high thaat even MS cant aford to ignore it
such as 1 billion for every day they ignore the commission
the best example of why its in place is the Netscape vs IE affair
IE beat netscape for one reason and one reason only - it was packaged with windows
that is using a monopoly to dominate a market
because most people will use what comes with there computer rather than the better product
As far as i know WMP is embedded in windows like IE
if they are forced to remove it how much time and money do you think its going to cost in redevelopment work?
"Can MS never include any other piece of their own software with the OS because there's a market for it?"
yep
thats how the law works
there quite free to compete in other markets the way everyone else does by selling it in shops or putting it up for download. They could even ship WMP with a linux distribution if they really wanted to
they just cant bundle it with there monopoly products - windows and office
because that is using there monopoly to enter another market which is illegal
they cant do anything about that
its not illegal for MS to have there office monopoly
its illegal for them to leverage that monopoly to try and gain a monopoly in media players
thats why they take action against the media player and not office
True
however GTA does not have the same sort of competition halo is facing
there are very few games that are at all like GTA and none that really follow the same exact theme
however Halo is facing up against HL2 Doom3 Tron 2.0 DeusEx 2 and more
being 2 years old i think it will probably get vastly outclassed and depend upon its reputation from the Xbox for sales
ill probably buy it but i think i will be waiting for its price to go down a bit before i do so