Let those bastards try to explain to their kids why people around town hate them enough to put those on their cars.
You've got 3 seconds or 7 words, whichever comes first. That's all you get when trying to explain an issue like this to the average American. Good luck trying to make a difference this way.:/
Last time I checked, there weren't any imminent linux virus threats.
I'd bet good money that there are more viruses active and in the wild without Norton or McAffee recognition at any given time than there are UNIX/Linux viruses in total.
Viruses are yet another area where we find UNIX software to be lacking! Go Redmond!!!
If I were a telemarketer, I'd be overjoyed at the prospect of a national do-not-call list.
I don't think you would be. The majority of telemarketing purchases are made by people too submissive or timid to say "no" to a caller. These people are probably signing up in droves, as it's a nice, non-confrontational way of dealing with their weakness.
Ditto here. I keep remembering "idiot pc." But at the same time, I've remembered the name and pointed a few people at their cheap boxes now. So I guess it works.:-)
Yeah, I call bullshit. There's no way this can work unless (a) it comes with a $100/month subscription, or (b) it's not coming out for another five years.
Pick any two components in the box and you're up to the cost of the box.
Someone [who the board believes to be] capable of driving a company isn't a commodity worker. Pretty much everybody in the middle class in the US is a commodity worker however.
Thanks to globalization, the middle class will find themselves increasingly distanced from the wealthy. The IBM situation is merely one example of this.
The music industry took on piracy much sooner than the movie industry, primarily because copying smaller music files has been - legal issues aside - a viable alternative to buying CDs for so much longer.
Will the movie industry learn from the music industry's mistakes?
The solution to unlawful movie distribution is for the movie industry to get busy on providing the infrastructure to enable lawful (for-pay) online movie watching. Many users already have the bandwidth to watch DivX encodes in streaming form, and with buffering software, others could gain the ability to prebuffer for an hour or so before enjoying a film. Provide a place for users to pay to see the film of their choice for $2-3, and you can cut out the theaters and DVD distributors out of a lot of showings while netting a nice profit. Make it more convenient than hunting down bittorrent links.
Fight the 'net and try to suppress online film distribution, and you'll only push the technology forward and drive the pirates further underground. Take a good long look at the RIAA, flailing about and trying random things to no effect... don't turn out like your brother.
A "How to prepare for 2.2 -- Just in case" article would be a great thing for eWeek and similar to run.
Why do you think this?
Who is going to read eWeek?
CTOs and IT officers read rags like eWeek. The reason I'd like to see articles like that is to help convince execs that contingency plans exist and Linux without an SCO license is as safe a route as ever.
Read some of the other comments to this story, and I think you'll see that the 2.2 vs 2.4 issue still isn't clear to a lot of folks.:/
Much of the tech media reads SlashDot, so hopefully this will contribute to bringing it onto their radar as well: A "How to prepare for 2.2 -- Just in case" article would be a great thing for eWeek and similar to run.
SCO has acknowledged that they make claims against 2.4, not 2.2. They also haven't yet made the specific claims public.
For desktops and servers, stay the course, but do your research now and be sure you're able to step back to 2.2 should SCO's claims prove valid. With 2.2, you give up some performance and compatibility with a few newer peripherals. But ducking down to 2.2 while the allegedly offending code is removed from 2.4 will cover your business. Be very surprised if it takes more than just a few weeks for an untainted 2.4 branch to be released.
The one thing you should not do is to purchase an SCO license without your legal department fully reviewing the terms of the license. By entering into a license agreement with SCO, your company could find itself vulnerable in all kinds of new ways. If SCO is turning into a pure litigation company, you don't want to be on their customer list!
Linux may be GPL, but it's not GNU -- leading to absurdities like "GNU/Linux" and the bitkeeper jack-off sessions.
Point of clarification: RMS isn't asking people to call Linux GNU/Linux. He's asking people to call Linux distributions incorporating GNU userland "GNU/Linux."
He'd like Red Hat to distribute "GNU/Linux," but he isn't asking for references to the kernel itself to acknowledge GNU.
An Ogg-only player dropped onto the market today would be a complete no-op, and nobody's going to want to make a player that takes an extra chip for something only a fraction of a percent of the users are asking for right now.
I want this, and I want it badly... but I don't think the device manufacturers will care.
There aren't many women making games. It's not because it's some kind of a boy's club... women just aren't applying to these positions. So riddle me this... what guy wants to work on Barbie Hair Stylist 2004, Nurture the Bad Boy 3D, or My Non-Violent Pet Friend Super Tea Party?
"McGroarty, these are terrible examples of girl games. You haven't a clue what women want to play."
And that's my second point: As a guy, I haven't a clue. If you want to see more girl games, get more women into making games.
Worse, Overture's already been gobbling up smaller search engines left and right.
Fortunately, Google isn't publicly held. As the founders seem to be doing exceptionally well for themselves while enjoying what they do, there isn't much reason to sell. Unless they start to fear that they can't compete anymore or suddenly get itchy to retire, I don't think Google's going anywhere.
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Seriously, why is this a front page story? If this were a new model from Sanyo or Daiwu, this would be a non-event.
You've got 3 seconds or 7 words, whichever comes first. That's all you get when trying to explain an issue like this to the average American. Good luck trying to make a difference this way. :/
Well, that's what you get for hiring an MCSE...
"That damned fine mouse maker in Redmond."
Suddenly I'm just starting to love IBM more and more these days :-)
The actual complaint, not linked from the story, can be found here.
I'd bet good money that there are more viruses active and in the wild without Norton or McAffee recognition at any given time than there are UNIX/Linux viruses in total.
Viruses are yet another area where we find UNIX software to be lacking! Go Redmond!!!
I don't think you would be. The majority of telemarketing purchases are made by people too submissive or timid to say "no" to a caller. These people are probably signing up in droves, as it's a nice, non-confrontational way of dealing with their weakness.
Ditto here. I keep remembering "idiot pc." But at the same time, I've remembered the name and pointed a few people at their cheap boxes now. So I guess it works. :-)
Pick any two components in the box and you're up to the cost of the box.
See if you're singing the same song when countries are lowering labor standards to stay price-competitive with each other.
Thanks to globalization, the middle class will find themselves increasingly distanced from the wealthy. The IBM situation is merely one example of this.
Wouldn't it have made more sense to publish this story at a time when folks in these countries would still be awake? :-)
Will the movie industry learn from the music industry's mistakes?
The solution to unlawful movie distribution is for the movie industry to get busy on providing the infrastructure to enable lawful (for-pay) online movie watching. Many users already have the bandwidth to watch DivX encodes in streaming form, and with buffering software, others could gain the ability to prebuffer for an hour or so before enjoying a film. Provide a place for users to pay to see the film of their choice for $2-3, and you can cut out the theaters and DVD distributors out of a lot of showings while netting a nice profit. Make it more convenient than hunting down bittorrent links.
Fight the 'net and try to suppress online film distribution, and you'll only push the technology forward and drive the pirates further underground. Take a good long look at the RIAA, flailing about and trying random things to no effect... don't turn out like your brother.
CTOs and IT officers read rags like eWeek. The reason I'd like to see articles like that is to help convince execs that contingency plans exist and Linux without an SCO license is as safe a route as ever.
If that's not the sign of a pure litigation company's emergence, I'm not sure what is!
Much of the tech media reads SlashDot, so hopefully this will contribute to bringing it onto their radar as well: A "How to prepare for 2.2 -- Just in case" article would be a great thing for eWeek and similar to run.
For desktops and servers, stay the course, but do your research now and be sure you're able to step back to 2.2 should SCO's claims prove valid. With 2.2, you give up some performance and compatibility with a few newer peripherals. But ducking down to 2.2 while the allegedly offending code is removed from 2.4 will cover your business. Be very surprised if it takes more than just a few weeks for an untainted 2.4 branch to be released.
The one thing you should not do is to purchase an SCO license without your legal department fully reviewing the terms of the license. By entering into a license agreement with SCO, your company could find itself vulnerable in all kinds of new ways. If SCO is turning into a pure litigation company, you don't want to be on their customer list!
Point of clarification: RMS isn't asking people to call Linux GNU/Linux. He's asking people to call Linux distributions incorporating GNU userland "GNU/Linux."
He'd like Red Hat to distribute "GNU/Linux," but he isn't asking for references to the kernel itself to acknowledge GNU.
Will Apple PLEASE hurry up and link GPL'd code against their lickability??!?!??
We WILL have it!!!1!
An Ogg-only player dropped onto the market today would be a complete no-op, and nobody's going to want to make a player that takes an extra chip for something only a fraction of a percent of the users are asking for right now.
I want this, and I want it badly... but I don't think the device manufacturers will care.
"McGroarty, these are terrible examples of girl games. You haven't a clue what women want to play."
And that's my second point: As a guy, I haven't a clue. If you want to see more girl games, get more women into making games.
Fortunately, Google isn't publicly held. As the founders seem to be doing exceptionally well for themselves while enjoying what they do, there isn't much reason to sell. Unless they start to fear that they can't compete anymore or suddenly get itchy to retire, I don't think Google's going anywhere.
It could be fun to share his private life with the world.