He was convicted of a computer crime. How likely is it that, if he does something similar in the future, it will be of any help to the authorities that they have his DNA on file? I suppose, though, the same goes for fingerprints. If the law is not specific on the subject, I think he has a right to refuse.
In the future, before insulting someone else's intelligence, ensure that you understand the post you are criticising. He clearly stated that the real list was bad enough, but at least not as hard as the spoof list.
Microsoft has had over two billion downloads of its malicious software removal tool in the last year, which tells us something about the overall size of the malicious software problem.
Yep: it tells us exactly nothing about the overall size of the malicious software problem. It does, however, indicate that users are using Windows Update (either automatically or manually). [The malicious software removal tool is a critical update.] It is good news that Microsoft has persuaded users to keep up to date on critical updates, I guess.
How would Commisso react if some large men with crowbars appeared and asked for revenue sharing if they did not want their infrastructure degraded? I am guessing they would be asking for intervention against such criminal conduct.
I do not speak Portuguese, so I cannot comment on Redo Globo. All the others (except Fox) are quality news organisations. Aljazeera (for Internet coverage, see english.aljazeera.net, not aljazeera.com which is some kind of strange attempt to discredit them) has shown great courage in trying to present the news objectively and fully. The cost has gone beyond general pressure and censorship from repressive governments who want to hide the truth. Several Aljazeera journalists have paid with their lives. It is sad that the US administration also wants to hide the truth, and Americans have generally been told to believe that Aljazeera is some kind of wild terrorist mouthpiece.
If Microsoft presses hard to eliminate software piracy in China, they will end up out of the race. Their products are already looked at with a jaundiced eye in government circles. Meanwhile, Chinese private businesses are very price conscious. Linux is slowly making headway, and could experience an explosion of use. The question is: will the companies offering server based applications be able to overcome the privacy concerns? If so, the economies of such solutions are likely to be irresistible and Google could end up doing very well.
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It's not free, it's $20/year for the CNR system to install them.
Read their announcement carefully. Much of the proprietary stuff is provided as standard and does not require the $20/year CNR system to download. I know such things as binary only drivers are not welcome, but to most users they are far better than nothing, and it seems Freespire is making such drivers directly available in their new distro.
Many of the comments so far are to the effect that Freespire is just another "me too" free distro. I think a careful review shows that this is not quite true. The most important difference is that it comes, out of the box, with proprietary software when necessary because there is no viable free alternative. One can argue whether this is a good thing, but it is a difference.
The indications are that they have thought this through quite thoroughly. The initial announcement and the web site are quite well done, I think. Considering it is still four months until the first beta, they have a good FAQ (here) which is worth a read. I intend to at least give it a try when the time comes.
I have always thought Linspire was trying to position itself as the Linux easy enough for grandma to use. Whether they had succeeded, and whether they were the only valid option, is arguable. What is clear is that, by asking for money up front, they were putting themselves as a disadvantage, compared to such desktop distros as Ubuntu, Mandriva and Slackware.
Freespire is designed to get Linspire onto people's machines so they can sell their CNR service. I reserve judgment on whether it will work, but it seems a plausible business plan.
Does anyone know a good server based calendar solution that works with smart phones as well as regular computers.
Synchonization is an ugly hack that needs to be retired. It makes shared calendars almost impossible.
Yahoo! is the best option I have found to date, that has a useable smart phone option. They at least provide a WAP interface. Overall, though, I am still looking for something better.
I really like the concepts and general UI in the Google Calendar but, until they have a WAP interface or similar, it does not fit the bill. The same goes for 30boxes and some other promising solutions.
I hate the kind of comments that carry out character assassination based on flimsy evidence. Mr Goodfellow was retained by NTP's lawyers to provide consulting services. He probably did not even fully understand the situation when he signed the nondisclosure agreement. Sleazy lawyers silenced him for peanuts when he could (if he was that kind of a guy) have negotiated a lot more from RiM.
What puzzles me is how RiM failed to get in touch with him anyway. According to TFA, RiM was part of the partnership that brought RadioMail to market.
Since most people do not need the full power of the latest and greatest machines, one wonders why so many are buying upgrades. I suspect that many customers have the impression their current computers are "too slow" because of all the spyware and viruses they are choked with. I wonder how long it will be until their new machines suffer the same fate.
It is ironic that the architectural faults in MS Windows may be good for the bottom line of computer manufacturers and of MS itself.
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Frustration is not being able to complain about unannounced database maintenance.
Twenty years ago, Japanese companies were the best run, and we know the end of that story: stagnation and dissatisfaction at virtually all levels, and an economy full of bad debt.
I have some sympathy for your post as a whole, but the relative problems of the Japanese economy must be put into perspective. Given Japan's lack of natural resources, their economic performance from 1950 through 1985 was truly remarkable. They benefited from a homogeneous and disciplined workforce, management with generally long term perspectives, good industry and government cooperation, focus on understanding the needs of foreign customers, and protected local markets in certain key areas. Some of these advantages still hold. However, the cream of the executives has aged: mostly they are now dead or retired. Japan has a serious general problem of an aged population. The younger Japanese do not have the work ethic of their parents.
Much can be learnt from the work practices of Japanese companies of the 1970s and 1980s. However, Japan itself faces a difficult future.
Interestingly enough, while osteopathy has only been a discipline in Western medicine for around 100 years, some branches of Eastern medicine are based on similar principles. I keep an open mind on their efficacy. However, placebo effect or not, traditional Thai massage (by an expert) definitely improves my general sense of well-being when recovering from general illnesses.
The real need is for a law to force corporations to retain evidence of their misdeeds. Right now, some corporations deliberately infringe laws and then have email retention policies that tell employees to destroy all email over 30 days old. In the rare cases where any attempt is made to bring these companies to book, it is very difficult to find the evidence to convict.
While the number of customers LIC has is not directly relevant to the number of Linux computers LIC will use, it serves to make one valid point: there will be some large, complex applications that need to be handled and Linux is up to the task. Having dealt with some applications for a company with around 12 million customers, I can well imagine that LIC has some truly demanding computing problems.
As I understand it, there is a timing component to the flaw and I could imagine you not being vulnerable if the SWF file is too small or you have an extremely fast Internet connection.
It is now three years since The SCO Group (then called Caldera) first initiated a baseless lawsuit against IBM. In that time, they have produced no credible evidence. They have, however, spread all kinds of lies aimed at damaging Linux in the marketplace, hiking their stock price and trying to press IBM into a settlement as cheaper than dealing with absurd discovery demands (mostly granted).
How can it be possible to put a corporation to tens of millions of dollars of direct legal costs and hard to estimate indirect damages without ever needing to demonstrate any evidence of a case to answer? Judge Kimball, himself, stated in his decision on summary judgment (over 18 months after the case was originally initiated) that it was "astonishing" that SCO had provided no evidence, in spite of all their public pronouncements, but then said it was premature to render a decision because SCO might still be able to find some evidence somewhere of some wrongdoing through the discovery process. This has been explained as necessary to avoid the risk of SCO later making a successful appeal.
It seems to me that the US legal system is designed to make money for lawyers and the interests of the parties themselves is purely secondary. I fear comparison with the 19th century British system lampooned so sucessfully by Dicken's Bleak House is not kind to the current US legal system.
Although it is technically true that "he can be sued", it is also true that anyone can be sued at any time for anything. The point is, the case would be dismissed.
As others have pointed out, infringing a single claim of the patent may be enough for you to lose the case. More important, the costs of litigation are such that most cannot afford to defend the case anyway. By the time you "won", you would have needed to spend millions of dollars (likely unrecoverable).
Patents are like nuclear weapons. Major corporations need them to use as a counter threat to others. Small organizations cannot afford the cost of developing and maintaining a patent arsenal.
Using the POP interface to Gmail, by default keeps a copy on the server. If you override this default, it then becomes deleted email that Google's privacy policy states 'may remain in our offline backup systems' in perpetuity.
Encryption would be the way to go with email if all your correspondents would agree to cooperate. In my case, there are perhaps two people I correspond with regularly via email who might consider making the effort.
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He was convicted of a computer crime. How likely is it that, if he does something similar in the future, it will be of any help to the authorities that they have his DNA on file? I suppose, though, the same goes for fingerprints. If the law is not specific on the subject, I think he has a right to refuse.
In the future, before insulting someone else's intelligence, ensure that you understand the post you are criticising. He clearly stated that the real list was bad enough, but at least not as hard as the spoof list.
So, are Microsoft's problems with Windows Vista because it is based on a micro, a monolithic, or a hybrid kernel?
How would Commisso react if some large men with crowbars appeared and asked for revenue sharing if they did not want their infrastructure degraded? I am guessing they would be asking for intervention against such criminal conduct.
I do not speak Portuguese, so I cannot comment on Redo Globo. All the others (except Fox) are quality news organisations. Aljazeera (for Internet coverage, see english.aljazeera.net, not aljazeera.com which is some kind of strange attempt to discredit them) has shown great courage in trying to present the news objectively and fully. The cost has gone beyond general pressure and censorship from repressive governments who want to hide the truth. Several Aljazeera journalists have paid with their lives. It is sad that the US administration also wants to hide the truth, and Americans have generally been told to believe that Aljazeera is some kind of wild terrorist mouthpiece.
If Microsoft presses hard to eliminate software piracy in China, they will end up out of the race. Their products are already looked at with a jaundiced eye in government circles. Meanwhile, Chinese private businesses are very price conscious. Linux is slowly making headway, and could experience an explosion of use. The question is: will the companies offering server based applications be able to overcome the privacy concerns? If so, the economies of such solutions are likely to be irresistible and Google could end up doing very well.
... so why does NEC seem so upset?
The indications are that they have thought this through quite thoroughly. The initial announcement and the web site are quite well done, I think. Considering it is still four months until the first beta, they have a good FAQ (here) which is worth a read. I intend to at least give it a try when the time comes.
Freespire is designed to get Linspire onto people's machines so they can sell their CNR service. I reserve judgment on whether it will work, but it seems a plausible business plan.
Synchonization is an ugly hack that needs to be retired. It makes shared calendars almost impossible.
Yahoo! is the best option I have found to date, that has a useable smart phone option. They at least provide a WAP interface. Overall, though, I am still looking for something better.
I really like the concepts and general UI in the Google Calendar but, until they have a WAP interface or similar, it does not fit the bill. The same goes for 30boxes and some other promising solutions.
What puzzles me is how RiM failed to get in touch with him anyway. According to TFA, RiM was part of the partnership that brought RadioMail to market.
It is ironic that the architectural faults in MS Windows may be good for the bottom line of computer manufacturers and of MS itself.
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Frustration is not being able to complain about unannounced database maintenance.
I have some sympathy for your post as a whole, but the relative problems of the Japanese economy must be put into perspective. Given Japan's lack of natural resources, their economic performance from 1950 through 1985 was truly remarkable. They benefited from a homogeneous and disciplined workforce, management with generally long term perspectives, good industry and government cooperation, focus on understanding the needs of foreign customers, and protected local markets in certain key areas. Some of these advantages still hold. However, the cream of the executives has aged: mostly they are now dead or retired. Japan has a serious general problem of an aged population. The younger Japanese do not have the work ethic of their parents.
Much can be learnt from the work practices of Japanese companies of the 1970s and 1980s. However, Japan itself faces a difficult future.
Microsoft lawsuit leads to e-mail destruction questions
Interestingly enough, while osteopathy has only been a discipline in Western medicine for around 100 years, some branches of Eastern medicine are based on similar principles. I keep an open mind on their efficacy. However, placebo effect or not, traditional Thai massage (by an expert) definitely improves my general sense of well-being when recovering from general illnesses.
The real need is for a law to force corporations to retain evidence of their misdeeds. Right now, some corporations deliberately infringe laws and then have email retention policies that tell employees to destroy all email over 30 days old. In the rare cases where any attempt is made to bring these companies to book, it is very difficult to find the evidence to convict.
Does the Wayback Machine archive Amazon? Tempting to see if they had something similar predicting September 29, 2005 a year ago.
While the number of customers LIC has is not directly relevant to the number of Linux computers LIC will use, it serves to make one valid point: there will be some large, complex applications that need to be handled and Linux is up to the task. Having dealt with some applications for a company with around 12 million customers, I can well imagine that LIC has some truly demanding computing problems.
As I understand it, there is a timing component to the flaw and I could imagine you not being vulnerable if the SWF file is too small or you have an extremely fast Internet connection.
How can it be possible to put a corporation to tens of millions of dollars of direct legal costs and hard to estimate indirect damages without ever needing to demonstrate any evidence of a case to answer? Judge Kimball, himself, stated in his decision on summary judgment (over 18 months after the case was originally initiated) that it was "astonishing" that SCO had provided no evidence, in spite of all their public pronouncements, but then said it was premature to render a decision because SCO might still be able to find some evidence somewhere of some wrongdoing through the discovery process. This has been explained as necessary to avoid the risk of SCO later making a successful appeal.
It seems to me that the US legal system is designed to make money for lawyers and the interests of the parties themselves is purely secondary. I fear comparison with the 19th century British system lampooned so sucessfully by Dicken's Bleak House is not kind to the current US legal system.
As others have pointed out, infringing a single claim of the patent may be enough for you to lose the case. More important, the costs of litigation are such that most cannot afford to defend the case anyway. By the time you "won", you would have needed to spend millions of dollars (likely unrecoverable).
Patents are like nuclear weapons. Major corporations need them to use as a counter threat to others. Small organizations cannot afford the cost of developing and maintaining a patent arsenal.
Encryption would be the way to go with email if all your correspondents would agree to cooperate. In my case, there are perhaps two people I correspond with regularly via email who might consider making the effort.