How long before the Auto Update is exploited and chaos runs amok in yet another direction?
Oh yeah, we'll lock up another 18 year old and everyone will sleep better.
Never mind. Silly thought.
Hey Squawk Box, what gives!
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Had to dash a note off to the guys on Squawk Box on CNBC, a favorite of mine in the morning. They usually comment on stuff like this. Perhaps they'll give it some air time. They have been seriously anti stock weasel with the Jack Grubman types. Hope I can stir things up a little.
I try to keep reviewing all of this in the perspective of someone who would be more inclined to watch CNBC, or read the Wall Street Journal and, 'shudder', consistantly vote Republican-Conservative, rather than read/.. They, for the most part would tend to believe that the Microsoft business model is a sound one, and our community consists of anti-capitalists and socialists and this SCO must be onto a valid premise.
SCO seems to me and many others, to be singularly working to keep the stock bubble elevated for as long a period as possible. Perhaps some of the price sustain is some assurance that they are winning the game of approval in the public investor mainstream. This mainstream is probably a significant voter/economic influence in the US. Perhaps there is some hope this mainstream public opinion is perceived to be of value beyond the stock price manipulation. If I had some money to burn, why not put some on a long shot like SCO. We all hope justice will prevail. Quite often it does not. Oklahoma pursueing MCI today in light of little else occurring to punish the wrong perpetuated to date, the New York Attorney General's actions in light of utter SEC failure to regulate, Microsoft's protection by the DOJ, show us the business of the day is BIG Business in the US.
SCO's business appears to be simply based on litigation and stock manipulation as we've seen demonstrated and documented nearly everyday. Their value is definately a perverse benefit to the software giant that has effectively become a primary power and influence in the US and their benefactor to a purpose. Their daily responses are absurd to many of us, but seem to be effective in sustaining the stock bubble. They appear well prepared to sustain public opinion in their selected forum. Our discussions probably assist them in determining their next move. Fortunatly there are those in the Open Source community with the resources, knowledge and training to keep forcing the issues to the surface.
Ultimately, the actions of those who have been in the Open Source movement for the duration to document and rebut the daily FUD, strengthen the eventuality that the GPL will have to sustain an 'ultimate' test in a court of law and will prevail. Isn't that where this all ends up? At the end of the day Microsoft wants to force this issue to a vote, and hopes it will prevail.
I become determined everyday, to do everything in my power to do as little as possible to continue perpetuating anything related to a Microsoft solution.
I benefit as a relative newcomer to all the analysis and historical review of Unix and Linux.
What the hell am I going to read after this is all resolved!? I'm afraid...:-)
A very inspiring article for those of us who would have to home-build our own was published in 'Wired Magazine' several years ago:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/drag.html? pg=1&topic=&topic_set=
Suck Amps!
How a bunch of speed-hungry, rubber-burning, adrenaline-pumped environmentalists get their kicks.
By Charles Platt
FYI
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How long before the Auto Update is exploited and chaos runs amok in yet another direction? Oh yeah, we'll lock up another 18 year old and everyone will sleep better. Never mind. Silly thought.
Had to dash a note off to the guys on Squawk Box on CNBC, a favorite of mine in the morning. They usually comment on stuff like this. Perhaps they'll give it some air time. They have been seriously anti stock weasel with the Jack Grubman types. Hope I can stir things up a little.
I seriously think this one got by someone there.
#1 laugh today so far!
Thanks!
I made a long winded attempt to say the same thing in an earlier post. They do seem to be good at all of this capitalist stuff.
I try to keep reviewing all of this in the perspective of someone who would be more inclined to watch CNBC, or read the Wall Street Journal and, 'shudder', consistantly vote Republican-Conservative, rather than read /.. They, for the most part would tend to believe that the Microsoft business model is a sound one, and our community consists of anti-capitalists and socialists and this SCO must be onto a valid premise.
SCO seems to me and many others, to be singularly working to keep the stock bubble elevated for as long a period as possible. Perhaps some of the price sustain is some assurance that they are winning the game of approval in the public investor mainstream. This mainstream is probably a significant voter/economic influence in the US. Perhaps there is some hope this mainstream public opinion is perceived to be of value beyond the stock price manipulation. If I had some money to burn, why not put some on a long shot like SCO. We all hope justice will prevail. Quite often it does not. Oklahoma pursueing MCI today in light of little else occurring to punish the wrong perpetuated to date, the New York Attorney General's actions in light of utter SEC failure to regulate, Microsoft's protection by the DOJ, show us the business of the day is BIG Business in the US.
SCO's business appears to be simply based on litigation and stock manipulation as we've seen demonstrated and documented nearly everyday. Their value is definately a perverse benefit to the software giant that has effectively become a primary power and influence in the US and their benefactor to a purpose. Their daily responses are absurd to many of us, but seem to be effective in sustaining the stock bubble. They appear well prepared to sustain public opinion in their selected forum. Our discussions probably assist them in determining their next move. Fortunatly there are those in the Open Source community with the resources, knowledge and training to keep forcing the issues to the surface.
Ultimately, the actions of those who have been in the Open Source movement for the duration to document and rebut the daily FUD, strengthen the eventuality that the GPL will have to sustain an 'ultimate' test in a court of law and will prevail. Isn't that where this all ends up? At the end of the day Microsoft wants to force this issue to a vote, and hopes it will prevail.
I become determined everyday, to do everything in my power to do as little as possible to continue perpetuating anything related to a Microsoft solution.
I benefit as a relative newcomer to all the analysis and historical review of Unix and Linux.
What the hell am I going to read after this is all resolved!? I'm afraid...:-)
A very inspiring article for those of us who would have to home-build our own was published in 'Wired Magazine' several years ago: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.03/drag.html? pg=1&topic=&topic_set=
Suck Amps!
How a bunch of speed-hungry, rubber-burning, adrenaline-pumped environmentalists get their kicks.
By Charles Platt
FYI