You're right, most people aren't going to know the difference between the kernel and a distro or the plethora of licenses and packages out there. I just meant that the SCO case increased awareness of Linux in a crowd that is difficult for the open source community to reach. IBM's Linux commercial is another example (a positive one), but most open source projects don't have the money it takes to generate that kind of advertising. Even though SCO was trying to cast Linux in a bad light with their case, it was still free advertising.
Besides, how many New York Times subscribers know what the latest version of Windows is? They might not know what patches to apply or how to install office, but they know what the products are and what they do. Now some of those people have heard of Linux and have a general understanding of what it is and what it's for.
Sure there could be better things. But there's no such thing as bad publicity, and the more publicity Linux gets, the better.
The SCO case put Linux on the front page. Maybe it wasn't under the best circumstances, but I'll bet it got a lot of people saying "Linux? What's that?" and actually getting an answer.
Judge: "Mr. Griffin, we have indisputable evidence that you've never been in the same room as Clarence Thomas, or even the same state. What do you say to that?"
Peter: "BABA BOOEY BABA BOOEY HOWARD STERN'S PENIS BABA BOOEY!"
The spokesperson said users who are not running Windows XP or Windows 2000 natively can still download updates for Microsoft Office from the Office Update Web site.
The way I read it, this only affects WindowsUpdate and OfficeUpdate.
You can always say "It was someone on my open access point, not me!", but you better have a well-encrypted drive.
Except that with the search warrant, they'll find out how well you encrypted your data and all of a sudden your deniability isn't so plausable anymore.
anybody who has firsthand experience with any negative behavior would be unjustified in sharing that experience with the intent of preventing it in other people because that would be "hypocrisy"
From dictionary.com, hypocrisy is "the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness." The difference here (and what I think the original poster was alluding to) was the fact that MS tells everyone about the evils of software piracy, condemning those who practice it, and then they pirate software anyway.
You're right about that not giving anyone the right to pirate MS software, but it could certainly make one feel better about it!
Anybody out there stick with the Netscape product?
Yep. The US Department of Defense has an enterprise license agreement with Netscape for their browser, directory, and certificate authority products. DoD's public key infrastructure is implemented with netscape's CA and directory products.
I just installed firefox 1.0PR and came back to this page. One of the first differences I noticed was the RSS button in the bottom right. When clicked, it says "Subscribe to Slashdot RSS..." and lets you save a "live" bookmark anywhere you would save a normal bookmark. When I pulled up the live bookmark, it shows up as a folder, the contents of which are titles/links to each of the stories currently on slashdot. Pretty f'ing cool, although I'm still looking forward to trying out the new RSS reader in Thunderbird.
IE is no match for Firefox, but IMHO (and as much as I love it) Thunderbird still needs to catch up to Outlook. Outlook 2003 just has more features and a better interface. Major things I'm waiting on before switching to Thunderbird at work are integration with SynCE and the Novell Connector.
Attempts to test the anomaly using other spacecraft such as Galileo and the Voyager probes have proved unsuccessful
Which means they either can't tell, or the mysterious force isn't affecting them. I'm no physics expert, but I can't see why they wouldn't be able to use the doppler effect on the vgers just like they do with the pioneer probes. But if it's not affecting them, then there's either something close to the pioneer probes exerting the force, or something on or about the probes themselves. Maybe the materials used to build the other probes aren't affected by this force? Maybe it's connected to why (if this is even the case) they can't use the doppler effect? I know I'm probably way off base here...
so that begs the question (and I'm sure a quick google could answer this but I'm too lazy): how much waste does a nuclear power plant generate in comparison to a nuclear weapons plant?
With all the recent news about MS and SCO trying to drag Linux down and spread their FUD, as well as AST's reiteration of the beginning of his interview with Ken Brown, I think it's a safe bet that at least MS is behind this. Sometimes I get the feeling that these guys are the only ones that get press time (the "bad guys"); we're the only ones that read the open emails and find out what really happened, while the CEO's and decision makers believe what they see on TV. But there's one prevailing fact that no amount of FUD or muckraking can change: the hackers writing linux are going to keep writing linux. Microsoft can't stop them; they're writing it because they *want* to, not because they're getting paid to. It's going to keep getting better, and more and more people are going to find out about it and use it.
Now that I've said that, it occurs to me that there is something MS could do to put a significant chink in Linux's armor: submit code that gets distributed in the kernel that was deliberately copied from somewhere else and hope Linus, et al takes the fall for it. Hopefully Linus' new tracking process will mitigate that risk.
maybe a little OT, but this is all I could think of when I read your post:
I am the master of the C.L.I.T. Remember this ficking face. Whenever you see C.L.I.T., you'll see this fucking face. I make that shit work. It does whatever the fuck I tell it to. No one rules the C.L.I.T like me. Not this little fuck [referring to Silent Bob], none of you little fucks out there. I AM THE C.L.I.T. COMMANDER! Remember that, commander of all C.L.I.T.s! When it comes down to business, this is what I do. I pinch it like this. OOH you little fuck. Then I rub my nose with it.
You're right. What I meant was that IBM doesn't necessarily want everyone and their mother to use Linux the way most people use Microsoft products right now. What they do want is, first, for people to have a viable alternative to MS software, and second, for people to be able to choose software for themselves instead of being forced to use some OS or app by a third party. They can accomplish both of these goals without forcing Linux on their own people, but instead by using it where it makes sense to do so.
...IBM blasts Linux commercials on television; one spot likens Linux to an omniscient child prodigy who resembles Eminem.
IBM's next commercial:
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Linus Torvalds please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Linus Torvalds please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here...
If and until IBM adopts Linux across the board themselves, it appears that they're talking out of both sides of their mouth.
If they and everyone else adopt Linux across the board, we'd just have another monopoly (albeit a much better one IMHO). IBM is promoting Linux as a matter of choice -- users should not be monopolized by one company; they should be able to choose what software they want to run.
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I just want to know when we can emerge slammer.
You're right. Microsoft has never been named in a lawsuit and is clearly the safer choice in that respect.
Besides, how many New York Times subscribers know what the latest version of Windows is? They might not know what patches to apply or how to install office, but they know what the products are and what they do. Now some of those people have heard of Linux and have a general understanding of what it is and what it's for.
The SCO case put Linux on the front page. Maybe it wasn't under the best circumstances, but I'll bet it got a lot of people saying "Linux? What's that?" and actually getting an answer.
Judge: "Mr. Griffin, we have indisputable evidence that you've never been in the same room as Clarence Thomas, or even the same state. What do you say to that?"
Peter: "BABA BOOEY BABA BOOEY HOWARD STERN'S PENIS BABA BOOEY!"
The spokesperson said users who are not running Windows XP or Windows 2000 natively can still download updates for Microsoft Office from the Office Update Web site.
The way I read it, this only affects WindowsUpdate and OfficeUpdate.
You must be new here ;)
So... the actual number of female players is double the estimate.
Except that with the search warrant, they'll find out how well you encrypted your data and all of a sudden your deniability isn't so plausable anymore.
Err... no thanks, I'm not into watersports.
Linus made Linux,
Knopper made Knoppix,
Falcone should make Fallix!
From dictionary.com, hypocrisy is "the practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness." The difference here (and what I think the original poster was alluding to) was the fact that MS tells everyone about the evils of software piracy, condemning those who practice it, and then they pirate software anyway.
You're right about that not giving anyone the right to pirate MS software, but it could certainly make one feel better about it!
Yep. The US Department of Defense has an enterprise license agreement with Netscape for their browser, directory, and certificate authority products. DoD's public key infrastructure is implemented with netscape's CA and directory products.
I just installed firefox 1.0PR and came back to this page. One of the first differences I noticed was the RSS button in the bottom right. When clicked, it says "Subscribe to Slashdot RSS..." and lets you save a "live" bookmark anywhere you would save a normal bookmark. When I pulled up the live bookmark, it shows up as a folder, the contents of which are titles/links to each of the stories currently on slashdot. Pretty f'ing cool, although I'm still looking forward to trying out the new RSS reader in Thunderbird.
IE is no match for Firefox, but IMHO (and as much as I love it) Thunderbird still needs to catch up to Outlook. Outlook 2003 just has more features and a better interface. Major things I'm waiting on before switching to Thunderbird at work are integration with SynCE and the Novell Connector.
Noticed that Thunderbird now includes RSS Integration... yay! Now all I need is SynCE support...
Attempts to test the anomaly using other spacecraft such as Galileo and the Voyager probes have proved unsuccessful
Which means they either can't tell, or the mysterious force isn't affecting them. I'm no physics expert, but I can't see why they wouldn't be able to use the doppler effect on the vgers just like they do with the pioneer probes. But if it's not affecting them, then there's either something close to the pioneer probes exerting the force, or something on or about the probes themselves. Maybe the materials used to build the other probes aren't affected by this force? Maybe it's connected to why (if this is even the case) they can't use the doppler effect? I know I'm probably way off base here...
Rusty oil drum: $1M
Digging a big ditch: $8M
Filling it in: $56M
Deciding what to do with the other $49b: priceless.
For some things in life there's mastercard. For everything else, there's misappropriated tax funds.
so that begs the question (and I'm sure a quick google could answer this but I'm too lazy): how much waste does a nuclear power plant generate in comparison to a nuclear weapons plant?
That would be embarrassing, but it wouldn't serve Microsoft's purpose of eliminating Linux as a competitor.
Now that I've said that, it occurs to me that there is something MS could do to put a significant chink in Linux's armor: submit code that gets distributed in the kernel that was deliberately copied from somewhere else and hope Linus, et al takes the fall for it. Hopefully Linus' new tracking process will mitigate that risk.
I am the master of the C.L.I.T. Remember this ficking face. Whenever you see C.L.I.T., you'll see this fucking face. I make that shit work. It does whatever the fuck I tell it to. No one rules the C.L.I.T like me. Not this little fuck [referring to Silent Bob], none of you little fucks out there. I AM THE C.L.I.T. COMMANDER! Remember that, commander of all C.L.I.T.s! When it comes down to business, this is what I do. I pinch it like this. OOH you little fuck. Then I rub my nose with it.
From Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
You're right. What I meant was that IBM doesn't necessarily want everyone and their mother to use Linux the way most people use Microsoft products right now. What they do want is, first, for people to have a viable alternative to MS software, and second, for people to be able to choose software for themselves instead of being forced to use some OS or app by a third party. They can accomplish both of these goals without forcing Linux on their own people, but instead by using it where it makes sense to do so.
IBM's next commercial:
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Linus Torvalds please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Linus Torvalds please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here...
If they and everyone else adopt Linux across the board, we'd just have another monopoly (albeit a much better one IMHO). IBM is promoting Linux as a matter of choice -- users should not be monopolized by one company; they should be able to choose what software they want to run.