It's taking a vitally important piece of software out of the hands of a commercial company which has not shown a great deal of respect for the principles of free, libre, open source software.
If you RFTA, it states that they have asked Oracle to donate the OpenOffice.org name to the project. Oracle's response to this request will really define Oracle's relationship with the FLOSS community.
See, "your fired" is the possessive, whereas "you're fired" is an abbreviation for "you are fired": so, my fired what? Ceramics? Weapons? Inquiring minds want to know!
I work as part of a desktop support / application development / database team (don't ask!) of 10 people.
Not one person on the team has any sort of IT degree. I come the closest, but that's because I did a bunch of professional IT certs that allow me to claim the equivalent of a BS in I.T. Networking and Security.
Come see my anecdata - it's just as good as yours;)
From a software Freedom perspective, how is that any different than dual booting Windows?
that is a good question. Consoles are, if anything, even more proprietary than the MS Windows OS. But if I played games, I would rather restrict my proprietary software to one device, than infest my general purpose computer with DRM, NSA backdoors, or what have you.
It was an open question (as it were!). I have not had my hands on one, have not read any reviews of the final product, and don't know anyone who has one.
For me, the deciding issue on anything I buy is the licence. What meets my needs is open standards, non-proprietary hardware, and free software. For me, the deciding issue with the OpenMoko is the fact that *I* will own the device, *I* can replace defective components, and that there will be software hackers out there who will provide the extra functionality that *I* will find useful.
I do not like proprietary software or closed hardware, but that is a personal thing for me: I don't tell people they are dumb for liking Apple or Microsoft. I may ask them some questions to clarify why they like it, but I accept that everyone has different things that float their boats and won't flame people (or call them "fanbois") for liking Apple or MS products.
So there you go:)
Web sites like those - "you must see our ads before you can see our content" for me are in the same category as sites who want to set "immortal cookies" *cough*google*cough* - I block 'em or boycott 'em.
Adblock, filterset.g, and "only allow session cookies" make web browsing much more pleasant:)
assuming I use my Gmail account more than, say, once a month... there is a good reason why I don't use Gmail for anything other than some mailing list subscriptions;)
I use Google, I use Gmail, I use Firefox, I only ever allow Google to set session cookies. That way I simply close my web browser and my searches become just so much noise.
Why is everyone making such a big fuss about this? Session cookies are the answer:)
"So who's really at fault here? The students? The hospital for not securing their computers and network? Or the adware companies for providing the incentive?"
In order, I would rank:
the student
the adware companies
the hospital IT staff
THE STUDENT (80% blame)
has no excuse for his actions. He deserves the prison sentence he will no doubt get.
THE ADWARE COMPANIES (15% blame)
Just when I thought they could not be any more despicable, they prove me wrong. (One of the tasks I deal with is cleaning up, or even re-imaging, spyware infested Windows PCs.)
THE HOSPITAL IT STAFF (5% blame)
Come on! What were they thinking of when they exposed such critical, sensitive systems to the internet! I have previously worked in a company where some people had two PCs on their desks - one with internet access, and the one with the sensitive info was NOT exposed to the internet, even via a firewall!
Hopefully the hosital will have a "lessons learned" roundup in a non-confrontational manner, looking at the mistakes made, and revise their IT security policy accordingly. Hopefully, there will also be no firings - it is more important to learn the lessons than to fire a scapegoat.
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Thank you for your take on that, paid shill.
People still use web browsers that permit adverts to display?
Wow....
From Groklaw:
"LibreOffice is being welcomed by Red Hat, Canonical, Google, and Novell, among others, and by both FSF and OSI."
They will not lack for resources with that backing.
As it's just in the beta stage, maybe they'll resolve the UI issues.
Maybe they won't... who knows :)
You're kind of... wrong.
It's taking a vitally important piece of software out of the hands of a commercial company which has not shown a great deal of respect for the principles of free, libre, open source software.
If you RFTA, it states that they have asked Oracle to donate the OpenOffice.org name to the project. Oracle's response to this request will really define Oracle's relationship with the FLOSS community.
See, "your fired" is the possessive, whereas "you're fired" is an abbreviation for "you are fired": so, my fired what? Ceramics? Weapons? Inquiring minds want to know!
check some of the recent posts here, about super secure networks being hacked... then use Netcraft (heh!) to show which OS they run.
That should prove your point.
I work as part of a desktop support / application development / database team (don't ask!) of 10 people.
Not one person on the team has any sort of IT degree. I come the closest, but that's because I did a bunch of professional IT certs that allow me to claim the equivalent of a BS in I.T. Networking and Security.
Come see my anecdata - it's just as good as yours ;)
Wrong. They come in two triband models: GSM850/1800/1900 and GSM900/1800/1900 http://shop.koolu.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5&zenid=1mkafqj1ka0tv8tl78u8k3a0f7
as it says in the article, AT&T has issues with the Freerunner. If you are not on AT&T, it won't be an issue for you.
If I want to play games, I can get a console.
From a software Freedom perspective, how is that any different than dual booting Windows?
that is a good question. Consoles are, if anything, even more proprietary than the MS Windows OS. But if I played games, I would rather restrict my proprietary software to one device, than infest my general purpose computer with DRM, NSA backdoors, or what have you.
It was an open question (as it were!). I have not had my hands on one, have not read any reviews of the final product, and don't know anyone who has one. For me, the deciding issue on anything I buy is the licence. What meets my needs is open standards, non-proprietary hardware, and free software. For me, the deciding issue with the OpenMoko is the fact that *I* will own the device, *I* can replace defective components, and that there will be software hackers out there who will provide the extra functionality that *I* will find useful. I do not like proprietary software or closed hardware, but that is a personal thing for me: I don't tell people they are dumb for liking Apple or Microsoft. I may ask them some questions to clarify why they like it, but I accept that everyone has different things that float their boats and won't flame people (or call them "fanbois") for liking Apple or MS products. So there you go :)
so, let me get this straight... asking a question is "misleading and do(es) a disservice to the consumer". Please explain how this works?
When an OpenMoko is cheaper and has better hardware specifications?
the article was referring to a total of 3GW of solar power. Not a 3GW power plant - that is absurd.
but this time, with a Democrat-controlled Congress, things may be different! .. thank you folks, I'll be here all week!
Web sites like those - "you must see our ads before you can see our content" for me are in the same category as sites who want to set "immortal cookies" *cough*google*cough* - I block 'em or boycott 'em. Adblock, filterset.g, and "only allow session cookies" make web browsing much more pleasant :)
assuming I use my Gmail account more than, say, once a month... there is a good reason why I don't use Gmail for anything other than some mailing list subscriptions ;)
I use Google, I use Gmail, I use Firefox, I only ever allow Google to set session cookies. That way I simply close my web browser and my searches become just so much noise. Why is everyone making such a big fuss about this? Session cookies are the answer :)
In order, I would rank:
the student
the adware companies
the hospital IT staff
THE STUDENT (80% blame)
has no excuse for his actions. He deserves the prison sentence he will no doubt get.
THE ADWARE COMPANIES (15% blame)
Just when I thought they could not be any more despicable, they prove me wrong. (One of the tasks I deal with is cleaning up, or even re-imaging, spyware infested Windows PCs.)
THE HOSPITAL IT STAFF (5% blame)
Come on! What were they thinking of when they exposed such critical, sensitive systems to the internet! I have previously worked in a company where some people had two PCs on their desks - one with internet access, and the one with the sensitive info was NOT exposed to the internet, even via a firewall!
Hopefully the hosital will have a "lessons learned" roundup in a non-confrontational manner, looking at the mistakes made, and revise their IT security policy accordingly. Hopefully, there will also be no firings - it is more important to learn the lessons than to fire a scapegoat.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin