How many people work at software development companies that sacrifice quality to meet a deadline that sales or marketing proposed to the customer?
How about a company thats taken a new and possibly bad direction because one of the executives or a newly appointed CEO wants to impress shareholders and make money for themselves?
Point being, OSS projects are typically written on a timeline based on one requirement, is the project ready for the release?
It has always been my opinion that publicly traded companies are ruined by their shareholders.
Who would benefit the most from a virus that would slam sco and make the Linux community look bad? Also keep in mind that Microsoft is so virus prone that it's just accepted, so its no dirt on their shirt.
My thoughts/hopes weren't so much as a directive business move from IBM to make a new DE (which would be cool) but from one or more developers not finding a happy place with what DE's exist today..
You've got to remember, necessity is the mother of invention.. and just about all popular and widely accepted software projects exist out of the want for something better or more custom fit to your needs.
Think about how meticulous the true geek crowd is (not the wannabe's). You force a large group of technically inclined people to use something that just doesn't settle with them right and who knows what happens in the "off-hours". Before long you have a movement for a new DE and a strongly supported project =]
Wtf is wrong with you people whining about govt keeping track of your fingerprint and even dna.. you think they want to clone your sorry asses? Yeah just what we need..
Seriously, if you have issues with the government trying to protect its citizens then piss off and move to another country where they just cut off your fucking fingers and keep THAT on file..
I'm tired of seeing all of these critics who slam every protective measure put into place without suggesting a viable alternative..
If it were up to YOU people (you know who you are) we'd open our borders wide and slap targets on our backs..
Maybe so.. but you're doing a fiscal comparison instead of a volume comparison.. The online music stores are selling tracks/albumns for an average of HALF the price of what the RIAA makes you cough up. If you'd like to argue that $$ is all that matters, then I'm sure the artists would argue with you there.. seeing that in most contracts artists hold with the labels, they end up making more from the online stores then they ever would through cd distribution..
This is such an awesome concept. I hope they didn't do too much R&D though.. seeing that the soundbug has been around for a while doing the same thing based off the same concept..
oh well..
Wouldn't this warrant all of the linux developers to now come together and file a class action suit against SCO for violating their copyright? Or does this indeed have to be done by the FSF and FSF alone since the copyright is turned over to them? In either case isn't it one more suit that we can hit SCO with?
If you feel all of this publicity by SCO is simply grandstanding to inflate their stock so they can dump and run, file a complaint with the SEC. Here's the url http://www.sec.gov/complaint/selectconduct.shtml .
I think something of this nature might fall under "Manipulation of security price or volume" but maybe there's a more relevant complaint. Since McBride has made it clear that the only thing that's important to SCO is revenue and obtaining it, instead of the advance of technology for the good of everyone.
Also, if you feel that SCO's Linux licensing program is a form of extortion and are threatened, file a complaint with the FTC at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_C ODE=PU01
Anyone else have Ideas how we can put our government agencies to work?
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_C ODE=PU01
Why doesn't everyone approached to pay for a license just file a complaint with the FTC? Enough complaints should lead to an investigation. Maybe antitrust?
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How many people work at software development companies that sacrifice quality to meet a deadline that sales or marketing proposed to the customer?
How about a company thats taken a new and possibly bad direction because one of the executives or a newly appointed CEO wants to impress shareholders and make money for themselves?
Point being, OSS projects are typically written on a timeline based on one requirement, is the project ready for the release?
It has always been my opinion that publicly traded companies are ruined by their shareholders.
Who would benefit the most from a virus that would slam sco and make the Linux community look bad? Also keep in mind that Microsoft is so virus prone that it's just accepted, so its no dirt on their shirt.
I don't think thats the case..
;)
I think you're just too inept to get these things working..
I've been seeing awesome linux laptop setups since 2001
Personally.. I run debian on an ibook.. wireless works awesome.. my suspend kicks ass and never had better disk access times with a standard desktop..
I just think you need to join a LUG so someone can teach you how to configure and use linux
My thoughts/hopes weren't so much as a directive business move from IBM to make a new DE (which would be cool) but from one or more developers not finding a happy place with what DE's exist today..
;)
You've got to remember, necessity is the mother of invention.. and just about all popular and widely accepted software projects exist out of the want for something better or more custom fit to your needs.
Think about how meticulous the true geek crowd is (not the wannabe's). You force a large group of technically inclined people to use something that just doesn't settle with them right and who knows what happens in the "off-hours". Before long you have a movement for a new DE and a strongly supported project =]
Well that's me day dreaming anyway
you'd think with all those developers using KDE or GNOME or whatever.. there'll be someone who re-invents the wheel again =P
Wtf is wrong with you people whining about govt keeping track of your fingerprint and even dna.. you think they want to clone your sorry asses? Yeah just what we need..
Seriously, if you have issues with the government trying to protect its citizens then piss off and move to another country where they just cut off your fucking fingers and keep THAT on file..
I'm tired of seeing all of these critics who slam every protective measure put into place without suggesting a viable alternative..
If it were up to YOU people (you know who you are) we'd open our borders wide and slap targets on our backs..
Maybe so.. but you're doing a fiscal comparison instead of a volume comparison.. The online music stores are selling tracks/albumns for an average of HALF the price of what the RIAA makes you cough up. If you'd like to argue that $$ is all that matters, then I'm sure the artists would argue with you there.. seeing that in most contracts artists hold with the labels, they end up making more from the online stores then they ever would through cd distribution..
just some food for thought..
This is such an awesome concept. I hope they didn't do too much R&D though.. seeing that the soundbug has been around for a while doing the same thing based off the same concept..
oh well..
Wouldn't this warrant all of the linux developers to now come together and file a class action suit against SCO for violating their copyright? Or does this indeed have to be done by the FSF and FSF alone since the copyright is turned over to them? In either case isn't it one more suit that we can hit SCO with?
If you feel all of this publicity by SCO is simply grandstanding to inflate their stock so they can dump and run, file a complaint with the SEC. Here's the url http://www.sec.gov/complaint/selectconduct.shtml . I think something of this nature might fall under "Manipulation of security price or volume" but maybe there's a more relevant complaint. Since McBride has made it clear that the only thing that's important to SCO is revenue and obtaining it, instead of the advance of technology for the good of everyone. Also, if you feel that SCO's Linux licensing program is a form of extortion and are threatened, file a complaint with the FTC at https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_C ODE=PU01
Anyone else have Ideas how we can put our government agencies to work?
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_C ODE=PU01
Why doesn't everyone approached to pay for a license just file a complaint with the FTC? Enough complaints should lead to an investigation. Maybe antitrust?