My mistake. I read it, incorrectly, as something like "Sun's VM is not backwards compatible with Microsoft's old VM", implying that MS specific extensions to their VM were the problem.
Maybe they shouldn't have coded to Microsoft's VM in the first place. This should sting only those developers who bought into the Microsoft vision of the future in the first place.
Clinton's crimes were crimes for his personal gain, crimes against private citizens to deprive them of their property, sexual propriety, or very life, so he could enrich his power and personal gain.
And after seven years and $70,000,000, the only "crime" proven was that he got blowjobs from an intern.
Clinton's two terms yielded 1 felony conviction. Reagan's two terms yielded 29.
Always nice to see poor reading comprehension on Slashdot.
He didn't say that people contribute to OSS because there's money to be made, he said that companies invest money in OSS because it furthers their business strategy, and pays itself off as a result.
How could you confuse IBM/HP/SUN with Linus/ESR/RMS?
Generally, I agree with everyone's comments: slow to start, epic scenery, mediocre acting, some good moments, Yoda really kicks ass when he gets going.
There's a larger problem, though, that Lucas hasn't managed to deal with. So far, the prequels add very little to Star Wars itself. In the name of filling in the backstory, Lucas has now created two movies that are nothing but Star Wars wankery: funky aliens, lavish sets, obscure details, and retelling old stories.
Think about it: have episode I and II really added anything to the overall story? There's been no surprise twists. There's been no deeper understanding of the forces at work. In other words, they're only backstory. These movies wouldn't matter without episodes 4 through 6. They're the Silmarillion of the Star Wars universe, with whoop-de-doo special effects.
Overall, my $8 wasn't wasted. The worlds themselves are believable, and impressive. The details of the past are somewhat interesting. But if I wasn't one of those people who saw the original three movies in that critical age when I was 8 to 15, I wouldn't really care about Star Wars after seeing these two.
It's a bit more than not liking the licence. Lucent claims that Plan9 is open source software. Stallman pointed out that their licence fails several tests for open source licenced software.
The BSA keeps all monies they obtain through settlements or damages awarded in court. Microsoft, Adobe, et al., get paid for the licences the victim has to purchase--the rest goes to the BSA.
First of all, there's no such thing as "illegal" software where licencing is concerned. "Illegal" implies criminal liability; if you have software installed for which you don't have a licence, you have a civil liability, meaning you can be sued in civil court for damages. This is what the BSA does: audit you, and then threaten to sue you in civil court for any infringements they find.
The BSA keeps all monies they obtain through their actions; ergo, they profit by finding instances of civil liability, and forcing a settlement under threat of a lawsuit. They are an extortion racket.
the people at the BSA would consider the best year to be one in which they have no work at all
The people at the BSA would consider a good year one in which they find a fortune 500 company who forgot to purchase any client access licences for their servers--the settlement would be millions.
they don't get to take home bonuses if they have a "good year."
How do you know that there's no bonus structure for employees who bring in big settlements? Do you work for the BSA?
I don't understand how Oracle or Logicon could have rushed the contract. The state was paying $95 million dollars. If I was told by my Logicon rep that the offer of $95 million was going away next week, I would have said "so long." And he would have said "well, I might be able to squeeze another week out of Oracle..." and I would have said "no, no, you've gone to enough trouble already. On your way out, could you send in the DB2 salesman in the lobby?"
If I'm paying $95 million for something, the salesman will not only wait on my pleasure, he'll be my footstool for a week.
One of the reasons that Apache is so much more secure than IIS is that it's much more mature (version numbers aside). Does anyone have any figures on absolute number of security flaws to date?
Robert Cringely had perhaps the sanest proposal to accomplish this, which was to break up Microsoft into two pieces: the development tools, and everything else. If the development tools used in-house are separate from MS, then MS has to make all those APIs and libraries available to a third party, which can then sell those tools to anyone.
The interview is with Joel Spolsky, a former project manager on Excel. His argument is that rewriting something from scratch is not only uneconomical, but dangerous because it eliminates the collective knowledge built into the code through bugfixes and such.
Spolsky does, however, favor extensive refactoring when time and money are available--he's not saying that you shouldn't fix old code, only that refactoring is pretty much always preferable to a clean sheet rewrite.
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Wow. It could only be more politically correct if the chips were Athlon MPs.
My mistake. I read it, incorrectly, as something like "Sun's VM is not backwards compatible with Microsoft's old VM", implying that MS specific extensions to their VM were the problem.
Maybe they shouldn't have coded to Microsoft's VM in the first place. This should sting only those developers who bought into the Microsoft vision of the future in the first place.
My apologies: he lied under oath.
The score is still 29 to 1.
Does the tinfoil hat still slip over your eyes, or did you cut eyeholes?
Just what do you think happened to Vince Foster?
I can tell you're a conservative because liberals aren't interested in "The Clinton Hit List".
Clinton's time in office yielded exactly one felony conviction.
Reagan's time in office yielded 29.
Fascinating contrast, no?
Clinton's crimes were crimes for his personal gain, crimes against private citizens to deprive them of their property, sexual propriety, or very life, so he could enrich his power and personal gain.
And after seven years and $70,000,000, the only "crime" proven was that he got blowjobs from an intern.
Clinton's two terms yielded 1 felony conviction. Reagan's two terms yielded 29.
Always nice to see poor reading comprehension on Slashdot.
He didn't say that people contribute to OSS because there's money to be made, he said that companies invest money in OSS because it furthers their business strategy, and pays itself off as a result.
How could you confuse IBM/HP/SUN with Linus/ESR/RMS?
Pheh!
Microsoft sued Lindows for trademark infringement and lost; the judge ruled that "windows" is a generic term.
[Head shots of teenagers against a black background, speaking directly to the camera; somber lighting; penitent tone]
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped murder families in Colombia.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I just wanted to play Minesweeper.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped kidnap people's dads.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I just wanted to listen to music with Windows Media Player.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped kids learn how to kill.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I was just browsing with IE6, you know.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped kill a policeman.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I was just having fun.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped a bomber get a fake passport.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Other kids do it.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped kill a judge.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: I helped blow up buildings.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: My computer, my OS.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: It's not like I was hurting anybody else.
Thank God episode one lowered my expectations.
Generally, I agree with everyone's comments: slow to start, epic scenery, mediocre acting, some good moments, Yoda really kicks ass when he gets going.
There's a larger problem, though, that Lucas hasn't managed to deal with. So far, the prequels add very little to Star Wars itself. In the name of filling in the backstory, Lucas has now created two movies that are nothing but Star Wars wankery: funky aliens, lavish sets, obscure details, and retelling old stories.
Think about it: have episode I and II really added anything to the overall story? There's been no surprise twists. There's been no deeper understanding of the forces at work. In other words, they're only backstory. These movies wouldn't matter without episodes 4 through 6. They're the Silmarillion of the Star Wars universe, with whoop-de-doo special effects.
Overall, my $8 wasn't wasted. The worlds themselves are believable, and impressive. The details of the past are somewhat interesting. But if I wasn't one of those people who saw the original three movies in that critical age when I was 8 to 15, I wouldn't really care about Star Wars after seeing these two.
Microsoft also gets a rebuttal phase, don't they?
It's a bit more than not liking the licence. Lucent claims that Plan9 is open source software. Stallman pointed out that their licence fails several tests for open source licenced software.
What's your problem with that?
Kasparov once publicly stated, while he was still world champion, that he believed it would be Kramnik who would unseat him.
If someone with Garry's ego can not only acknowledge, but predict, his successor, I'd say that settles who's the better player.
The BSA keeps all monies they obtain through settlements or damages awarded in court. Microsoft, Adobe, et al., get paid for the licences the victim has to purchase--the rest goes to the BSA.
First of all, there's no such thing as "illegal" software where licencing is concerned. "Illegal" implies criminal liability; if you have software installed for which you don't have a licence, you have a civil liability, meaning you can be sued in civil court for damages. This is what the BSA does: audit you, and then threaten to sue you in civil court for any infringements they find.
The BSA keeps all monies they obtain through their actions; ergo, they profit by finding instances of civil liability, and forcing a settlement under threat of a lawsuit. They are an extortion racket.
the people at the BSA would consider the best year to be one in which they have no work at all
The people at the BSA would consider a good year one in which they find a fortune 500 company who forgot to purchase any client access licences for their servers--the settlement would be millions.
they don't get to take home bonuses if they have a "good year."
How do you know that there's no bonus structure for employees who bring in big settlements? Do you work for the BSA?
Just let me know what your next purchase is so I can avoid it.
I don't understand how Oracle or Logicon could have rushed the contract. The state was paying $95 million dollars. If I was told by my Logicon rep that the offer of $95 million was going away next week, I would have said "so long." And he would have said "well, I might be able to squeeze another week out of Oracle..." and I would have said "no, no, you've gone to enough trouble already. On your way out, could you send in the DB2 salesman in the lobby?"
If I'm paying $95 million for something, the salesman will not only wait on my pleasure, he'll be my footstool for a week.
You should be happy that erotic anime won't be banned.
One of the reasons that Apache is so much more secure than IIS is that it's much more mature (version numbers aside). Does anyone have any figures on absolute number of security flaws to date?
Anytime an argument ends "I'm serious", I read "I'm fucking insane".
Robert Cringely had perhaps the sanest proposal to accomplish this, which was to break up Microsoft into two pieces: the development tools, and everything else. If the development tools used in-house are separate from MS, then MS has to make all those APIs and libraries available to a third party, which can then sell those tools to anyone.
Okay. Why would you say it has nothing to do with the first amendment?
The interview is with Joel Spolsky, a former project manager on Excel. His argument is that rewriting something from scratch is not only uneconomical, but dangerous because it eliminates the collective knowledge built into the code through bugfixes and such.
Spolsky does, however, favor extensive refactoring when time and money are available--he's not saying that you shouldn't fix old code, only that refactoring is pretty much always preferable to a clean sheet rewrite.