There's no ANSI-standard JAVA, or ISO Java; so you're not really sure what language you are writing in, whether it will mean the same thing in a year's time. Or whether there are defects in the interpreter (of course there are).
Also, it's less environmentally friendly; in these 'carbon-conscious' days you would do well to remember that it will take more electricity to run an interpreted program...
I have no intent of redistributing the music and films that they represent. But I would like to be assures that if I create something... be it a song, a video, or a piece of software... that I'm free to distribute my creation to all who will take it; and if I want to allow them to build on it, that the RIAA will keep out of my way.
I have other ways of getting money. Not as much as she gets, but enough. Writing software to order, teaching people to use it, and guaranteeing it, mostly.
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None, really. 'Business' needs commercial freedom, therefore Linux; 'Home Entertainment' needs ability to play commercial DVDs, therefore Windows.
IBM can flip its 'internals' to Sony Playstation 3 with the IBM supercomputer-on-a-chip any time it feels like.
IBM can also try to interest Lenovo in putting these chips in their personal computers.
The 'layering' is finally right, and we can move on.
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IBM donates stuff (like the OS/2 file system) to Linux. IBM supports 'commercial' operating systems and 'free' operating systems on its hardware. Windows and Linux, AIX and Linux, MVS and Linux, OS400 and Linux.
IBM doesn't develop or manufacture personal computers. They have gone the way of the typewriter and punch card.
High growth now is chips for game consoles. Get an Xbox360, a Playstation 3, or a 'Wii'.
I don't think that will stop anything ...
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Lenovo's like a restauranteur, and Microsoft is like a wine waiter. Of course the the restauranteur sends the wine waiter round to see if the clients would like the wine; and lots of them do.
However, if you force everyone to take the wine, some of them throw it on the floor and fill the glass up with water.
They're the Linux users; the freedom-loving kinds.
No, I'll still write it and distribute it. If you want me to take responsibility for what it does, then we'll have to negotiate a specification, a contract, and a price. I'll make the software do what I want; if you want me to make it do what you want, that's extra.
A low-bid Internet will blow a fuse, just like the low-bid power system on the Eastern Seaboard blew a fuse and cut off elecricity to several states for a few days; and a low-bid levee system allowed New Orleans to be wiped out by a hurricane last year.
It will be mended, of course.
A higher investment in the Internet could prevent the problem, of course, just like a higher investment in power grid and levees could prevent the other problems.
I'm not the one to say what the appropriate place to put the tradeoff is.
The largest program proven correct with respect to its specification is 140000 lines, which is 'tiny'. Anything larger contains a defect; if you fix it, it still contains another defect.
Software on public Internet has to be fixed, otherwise the defect will be found and exploited. Generally not to the bill-payer's liking. You have to have someone who can diagnose the problem and make the change to correct it.
Main problem is, not enough kids are learning how to program computers. Requiring a 'computer programming licence' is going to get in the way of 'computer literacy'. Threatening people with jail and financial ruin likewise.
Bridges aren't engineered to last forever. They have design lifetimes, too.
My employer isn't investing in 'developing commercial operating systems for personal computers'. He is investing in 'developing free operating systems for personal computers'. He sells service, always has, always will. Want a guarantee ?
I work for a business which makes its living supporting other businesses. Used to be time clocks, typewriters, and so on; it's moved on a bit now. Some of what it does is 'software' Inside the badgelock, all sorts of strange software wanders around. Gets written, tested, revised, ported to Z sometimes, used for all kinds of purposes. Before it goes out, it has to have its copyrights put on. Then we have to decide. Is it 'Object Code Only, All Rights Reserved' ? Or is it 'Source Code Only, Change All You Like' ? A sort-of polarisation. But actually, we support businesses. We're not 'Home Entertainment'; we do the supercomputers-on-a-chip so that others can do the games consoles and the games. And businesses need their software serviced.
One should know how to use 'dog software' (in the UK, to own a dog, you have to buy a dog licence). And 'cat software' (there is no such thing as a cat licence, cats are free). And 'no software' (pencil and paper)
'stray cat' free software is not going away any time soon, or ever. Neither is 'pedigree cat' commercial software.
They are two sides of the same coin.
Hang on; there's 2 ways of dealing commercially with IBM for software. Either you pay the licence fee up front and get the bugs fixed under warranty (like Websphere); or you don't pay a licence fee up front and you make whatever deal suits both parties to get the bugs fixed later (like GlueCode).
IBM doesn't really sell software. IBM sells professional services.
If I was Microsoft, I probably would be upset if someone started using a million copies of my software without paying.
If I was IBM, I probably wouldn't. I'd just wait until they called for a bug to be fixed, or wanted a feature. Then I'd negotiate a mutually-agreeable price for the work, and sign a contract.
How is your average German policeman going to know if the download is 'with permission' or 'without permission' ?
What does your average German taxpaer think, if he or she is asked to foot the bill for two years' jail time for someone 'downloading without permission'.
It will be Sony, or Disney, or AOL-TimeWarner, who can grant or deny permission; and they will not be footing the bill for the jail time.
It will be interesting to see what kind of evidence of permission is acceptable, and what happens if someone turns out to be falsely accused of this 'crime'
I am very glad the Germans have strict privacy laws; so that even if you know the IP address the DVD went to, you will not be able to find out who is paying the bill for the access.
I'm sure it will be patented. If you have an interesting patent to trade with IBM, you will get a licence for free. Likewise if you intend to use the invention for 'medical' or 'educational' ends.
IBM's budget for prosecuting patent infringement cases is rather small. Even SCO got let off.
Microsoft want supercomputer-on-a-chip for games console, IBM develop and manufacture it for them.
It was Linux that caused IBM to sell OS/2 on to some little Dutch company. Not Windows.
There are some things that I would expect to be able to do
Move my applications and data around between Windows/Intel, Apple Mac, Sony Playstation 3, and any more serious computers I might have around. (Yes, it would be nice to move Word around too)
Be able to understand the contents of a Word document from an application which wasn't Word.
Have a choice of more than one software publisher. If your field was... say... Geography Teaching, and there was only one publisher of Geography textbooks in the world, you'd think you were getting a bit of a restricted picture.
Be able to use a computer until it wears out. The current 3-to-4-year lifetime is environmentally unfriendly.
Also, I get somewhat intimidated by Microsoft and their legal threats. I don't mind what software other people use, but I do object to anyone stopping me using what software I want. The important thing for me is that I should have the right to take my software apart, change and fix it, and put it back together again.
For all you know, they might like to sell the things to Linux users, and just be waiting for someone to show up who could help them.
There is no way they will sue an employee. It is the safest place to be, if that is what you fear.
It depends whether the end-game is a 'commercial' education or a 'free' education.
If you have in mind that the purpose of education is to enrich the education providers, then you should stick with commercial software.
If you have in mind the the purpose of education is to enable those being educated to be self-sufficient in all respects, then you should aim for free software; and you should view non-free software as a stepping-stone to 'free'
The commercial providers will move on to other things; in this case, doing whatever will really support the school districts and the teachers in what they want to do. Probably, some kind of 'education services'.
School districts will have just as much money to spend as they do now; but instead of 'licence fees' it could be spent on something more productive.
IBM doesn't ship personal computers any more, just like it doesn't ship typewriters, or card punches.
It moves on, to shipping supercomputers-on-a-chip for Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to put in their games consoles.
However, the IBMers need to use personal computers, to get on with IBM's business ('Support the commercial clients in their businesses'); and the IBMers need a huge amount of freedom to be able to do that effectively. So the IBMers are likely to need the 'free' computers, just the way RMS would like them.
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There's no ANSI-standard JAVA, or ISO Java; so you're not really sure what language you are writing in, whether it will mean the same thing in a year's time. Or whether there are defects in the interpreter (of course there are). Also, it's less environmentally friendly; in these 'carbon-conscious' days you would do well to remember that it will take more electricity to run an interpreted program ...
Oh. Best so far is here , or direct torrent link here .
I have no intent of redistributing the music and films that they represent. But I would like to be assures that if I create something ... be it a song, a video, or a piece of software ... that I'm free to distribute my creation to all who will take it; and if I want to allow them to build on it, that the RIAA will keep out of my way.
I have other ways of getting money. Not as much as she gets, but enough. Writing software to order, teaching people to use it, and guaranteeing it, mostly.
IBM can flip its 'internals' to Sony Playstation 3 with the IBM supercomputer-on-a-chip any time it feels like.
IBM can also try to interest Lenovo in putting these chips in their personal computers.
The 'layering' is finally right, and we can move on.
IBM doesn't develop or manufacture personal computers. They have gone the way of the typewriter and punch card.
High growth now is chips for game consoles. Get an Xbox360, a Playstation 3, or a 'Wii'.
However, if you force everyone to take the wine, some of them throw it on the floor and fill the glass up with water.
They're the Linux users; the freedom-loving kinds.
No, I'll still write it and distribute it. If you want me to take responsibility for what it does, then we'll have to negotiate a specification, a contract, and a price. I'll make the software do what I want; if you want me to make it do what you want, that's extra.
It will be mended, of course.
A higher investment in the Internet could prevent the problem, of course, just like a higher investment in power grid and levees could prevent the other problems.
I'm not the one to say what the appropriate place to put the tradeoff is.
The largest program proven correct with respect to its specification is 140000 lines, which is 'tiny'. Anything larger contains a defect; if you fix it, it still contains another defect.
Software on public Internet has to be fixed, otherwise the defect will be found and exploited. Generally not to the bill-payer's liking. You have to have someone who can diagnose the problem and make the change to correct it.
Main problem is, not enough kids are learning how to program computers. Requiring a 'computer programming licence' is going to get in the way of 'computer literacy'. Threatening people with jail and financial ruin likewise.
Bridges aren't engineered to last forever. They have design lifetimes, too.
QCDOC people ended up making BlueGene
My employer isn't investing in 'developing commercial operating systems for personal computers'. He is investing in 'developing free operating systems for personal computers'. He sells service, always has, always will. Want a guarantee ?
IBM or Lenovo, of course !
That link is a 'torrent'. You might want more details from here first; but then again, you might just want to go for it ...
I work for a business which makes its living supporting other businesses. Used to be time clocks, typewriters, and so on; it's moved on a bit now. Some of what it does is 'software'
Inside the badgelock, all sorts of strange software wanders around. Gets written, tested, revised, ported to Z sometimes, used for all kinds of purposes.
Before it goes out, it has to have its copyrights put on. Then we have to decide. Is it 'Object Code Only, All Rights Reserved' ? Or is it 'Source Code Only, Change All You Like' ?
A sort-of polarisation.
But actually, we support businesses. We're not 'Home Entertainment'; we do the supercomputers-on-a-chip so that others can do the games consoles and the games. And businesses need their software serviced.
One should know how to use 'dog software' (in the UK, to own a dog, you have to buy a dog licence). And 'cat software' (there is no such thing as a cat licence, cats are free). And 'no software' (pencil and paper)
'stray cat' free software is not going away any time soon, or ever. Neither is 'pedigree cat' commercial software. They are two sides of the same coin.
IBM doesn't really sell software. IBM sells professional services.
It will be Sony, or Disney, or AOL-TimeWarner, who can grant or deny permission; and they will not be footing the bill for the jail time.
It will be interesting to see what kind of evidence of permission is acceptable, and what happens if someone turns out to be falsely accused of this 'crime'
I am very glad the Germans have strict privacy laws; so that even if you know the IP address the DVD went to, you will not be able to find out who is paying the bill for the access.
I'm sure it will be patented. If you have an interesting patent to trade with IBM, you will get a licence for free. Likewise if you intend to use the invention for 'medical' or 'educational' ends. IBM's budget for prosecuting patent infringement cases is rather small. Even SCO got let off.
Microsoft want supercomputer-on-a-chip for games console, IBM develop and manufacture it for them. It was Linux that caused IBM to sell OS/2 on to some little Dutch company. Not Windows.
Also, I get somewhat intimidated by Microsoft and their legal threats. I don't mind what software other people use, but I do object to anyone stopping me using what software I want. The important thing for me is that I should have the right to take my software apart, change and fix it, and put it back together again.
For all you know, they might like to sell the things to Linux users, and just be waiting for someone to show up who could help them. There is no way they will sue an employee. It is the safest place to be, if that is what you fear.
If you have in mind that the purpose of education is to enrich the education providers, then you should stick with commercial software.
If you have in mind the the purpose of education is to enable those being educated to be self-sufficient in all respects, then you should aim for free software; and you should view non-free software as a stepping-stone to 'free'
The commercial providers will move on to other things; in this case, doing whatever will really support the school districts and the teachers in what they want to do. Probably, some kind of 'education services'.
School districts will have just as much money to spend as they do now; but instead of 'licence fees' it could be spent on something more productive.
IBM doesn't ship personal computers any more, just like it doesn't ship typewriters, or card punches. It moves on, to shipping supercomputers-on-a-chip for Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to put in their games consoles. However, the IBMers need to use personal computers, to get on with IBM's business ('Support the commercial clients in their businesses'); and the IBMers need a huge amount of freedom to be able to do that effectively. So the IBMers are likely to need the 'free' computers, just the way RMS would like them.