'Novell is actually just a proxy for its customers, and it's only for its customers,' he added. 'This does not apply to any forms of Linux other than Novell's SUSE Linux. And if people want to have peace and interoperability, they'll look at Novell's SUSE Linux. If they make other choices, they have all of the compliance and intellectual property issues that are associated with that.'
Microsoft should be made to eat those words, and sooner rather than later. It's a shot across the bow, claiming that they now own Linux as well as Windows. Is OSX next?
That sounds like an E-Ticket[tm] ride to be sure. How long before Journey to Mars becomes Escape From the Journey to Mars at EPCOT (Every Person Comes Out Tired)?
if someone could get a legit version of OSX running on a PC, I'd be using a PC and OSX rather than splashing out the extra cash for an Apple.
All Apple has to do is unbundle their hardware/software, price the MacBook at a comparable cost to the PC, and price OSX at the difference between the current cost and the hardware only cost. You'd still pay the same overall, yet get your hardware at Dell/HP/IBM prices. Would that make you happier?
This headline does more than suggest, it actually states, that the system under benchmark has two Core 2 processors. That would be a total of four processing cores spread over two chips, and quite a burden on the poor system's batteries.
WRONG! What it has is a Core 2 Duo dual-processor chip.
It's bad enough the the submitter can't properly write the headline. That the Slashdot editor let it through in this form deserves having him (or her) sent back to Remedial English, and not allowed near a keyboard until they pass it.
People who suffer actual damages from these programs should start bringing lawsuits against them.
The problems here are:
1: It's hard to prove actual damages.
2: It's hard to identify the company to sue.
3: It's hard sue a company in small claims court that isn't in your county, let alone your state.
4: It's hard to serve them properly.
5: It's hard to defeat their argument that you agreed to a click-through license in allowing the install.
6: It's hard to collect, even if you win!
If it had been easy, all this would have already been done on a daily basis.
If they were innocent they would make an easy and safe removal tool as widely available as possible. And this tool should block any further attempts to reinstall the software as part of the removal process. Also...
'Zango's executives pointed a finger elsewhere, claiming that the federal violations were due to third-party distributors rather than the software manufacturer itself.
Oh, isn't that clever. Point the finger. Not our fault. Get a clue stick folks. Nobody works to sneak software onto a user's system that they're not getting paid for doing. If Zango were to actually stop paying for any further installs by anyone this problem would quickly go away. In addition, the software certainly has to contact Zango servers for updates and ads to display. Have your servers refuse to accept connections from any previous versions of your software, rendering it effectively toothless before you give me your poor me tales of woe.
Better yet, use your software to advertise the removal tool referenced above to all current users.
And Dear FCC, go after the advertisers who have used Zango to flog their wares. A few hundred thousand in fines here, and a few hundred thousand there, and the message will get out while you're reducing the government deficit in the process.
The plain truth is, there are some business models that DO NOT DESERVE to survive.
Can anyone spell MONOPOLY? That's what they're trying to make it. And the funny thing is that I don't recall either MS or Novell/Suse having any hand in the writing of the original Linux.
That is certainly a weird idea of "free". Is anybody really going to buy this newspeak?
This whole article sux for saying "Free Music" when it's anything but. The editors should have put the $15/month fee in the first sentence, not the last one.
Okay, FCC. You got this one right. Now how about municipal broadband networks to compete with the telecoms and cablecos, especially in underserved areas?
Top-end gaming PCs (Core Duo machines included) can easily suck down 400 watts or more under load,
What do you mean gaming systems? There are graphic cards that draw 75W from the slot, and have two more 75W/ea additional power connectors on them. Do that math!
Maybe this is why there will be so few PS3's on launch day. Sony struck a deal with the world's power companies to not overtax the world-wide power grid by attaching PS3's too quickly.
Can't you just see all the kids getting up on Christmas morning, plugging in their brand new PS3's and browning out the USA?
This is about the best example of a bad idea, with terrible implementation, that I have seen all day.
Well, the day ain't over yet, so why not cause as much trouble as possible by publicizing this on a slow news day? I blame the editor for letting this one through.
Get off your high horses about already having this facility in some other, already existing, manner and see the benefits. This is another arrow in the quiver of those fighting DRM and the right to use your music as you wish. So what if there are other methods available. Some day those may be closed off, while this still works. There are a lot of people out there being paid to work full-time on shutting down every method of unlocking DRM for fair use.
Anything that shows the futility of the whole idea of DRM is a good thing!
Anything that may still work the day everything else stops working is a good thing!
Anything that makes their job harder by forcing them to divert their efforts to yet another hole in the dike to plug is a good thing!
So quick being fsking pseudo-geek snobs and rejoice that yet another method has been found.
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Steve: We have all the guys who wrote Vista. I think they could do it.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Both of them fall out of their chairs in the Diary Room.
Microsoft should be made to eat those words, and sooner rather than later. It's a shot across the bow, claiming that they now own Linux as well as Windows. Is OSX next?
If we can count them, why can't we shut them down?
That sounds like an E-Ticket[tm] ride to be sure. How long before Journey to Mars becomes Escape From the Journey to Mars at EPCOT (Every Person Comes Out Tired)?
All Apple has to do is unbundle their hardware/software, price the MacBook at a comparable cost to the PC, and price OSX at the difference between the current cost and the hardware only cost. You'd still pay the same overall, yet get your hardware at Dell/HP/IBM prices. Would that make you happier?
This headline does more than suggest, it actually states, that the system under benchmark has two Core 2 processors. That would be a total of four processing cores spread over two chips, and quite a burden on the poor system's batteries.
WRONG! What it has is a Core 2 Duo dual-processor chip.
It's bad enough the the submitter can't properly write the headline. That the Slashdot editor let it through in this form deserves having him (or her) sent back to Remedial English, and not allowed near a keyboard until they pass it.
The problems here are:
1: It's hard to prove actual damages.
2: It's hard to identify the company to sue.
3: It's hard sue a company in small claims court that isn't in your county, let alone your state.
4: It's hard to serve them properly.
5: It's hard to defeat their argument that you agreed to a click-through license in allowing the install.
6: It's hard to collect, even if you win!
If it had been easy, all this would have already been done on a daily basis.
tried to prevent them from uninstalling it.
If they were innocent they would make an easy and safe removal tool as widely available as possible. And this tool should block any further attempts to reinstall the software as part of the removal process. Also...
'Zango's executives pointed a finger elsewhere, claiming that the federal violations were due to third-party distributors rather than the software manufacturer itself.
Oh, isn't that clever. Point the finger. Not our fault. Get a clue stick folks. Nobody works to sneak software onto a user's system that they're not getting paid for doing. If Zango were to actually stop paying for any further installs by anyone this problem would quickly go away. In addition, the software certainly has to contact Zango servers for updates and ads to display. Have your servers refuse to accept connections from any previous versions of your software, rendering it effectively toothless before you give me your poor me tales of woe.
Better yet, use your software to advertise the removal tool referenced above to all current users.
And Dear FCC, go after the advertisers who have used Zango to flog their wares. A few hundred thousand in fines here, and a few hundred thousand there, and the message will get out while you're reducing the government deficit in the process.
The plain truth is, there are some business models that DO NOT DESERVE to survive.
It's not enough. It's not nearly enough!
Can anyone spell MONOPOLY? That's what they're trying to make it. And the funny thing is that I don't recall either MS or Novell/Suse having any hand in the writing of the original Linux.
I never realized that Google was Al Gore in disguise.
Two words: Compulsory Licensing. It's been done before.
Okay, now how do I get a Spanish IP address?
This whole article sux for saying "Free Music" when it's anything but. The editors should have put the $15/month fee in the first sentence, not the last one.
Okay, FCC. You got this one right. Now how about municipal broadband networks to compete with the telecoms and cablecos, especially in underserved areas?
Run over here doggie. Now run over here. Good doggie!! Now pay me.
What do you mean gaming systems? There are graphic cards that draw 75W from the slot, and have two more 75W/ea additional power connectors on them. Do that math!
Can't you just see all the kids getting up on Christmas morning, plugging in their brand new PS3's and browning out the USA?
Yes, and Vista is taking the other 99.5%.
Microsoft may consider their latest DRM a Feature, however I consider it a Bug.
Of course, dowloading this image will be the MOASD (Mother of all SlashDotting).
Well, the day ain't over yet, so why not cause as much trouble as possible by publicizing this on a slow news day? I blame the editor for letting this one through.
Sounds like an excellent argument for the Paperless Office. Yeah, that's not a perfect solution, but it could sure put an end to dumpster diving.
Anything that shows the futility of the whole idea of DRM is a good thing!
Anything that may still work the day everything else stops working is a good thing!
Anything that makes their job harder by forcing them to divert their efforts to yet another hole in the dike to plug is a good thing!
So quick being fsking pseudo-geek snobs and rejoice that yet another method has been found.
C:\>DEL *.* /S /Y