Does this mean KDE will rename Kmail to Kourriel? And on another subject, do the French (and other countries) say the words "at" and "dot" when saying email addresses?
Now all they have to do is market the CDs like AOL (send everyone 5 copies a day to every mailbox for the next 5 years).
But seriously, The CDs give people full Linux functionality, but without the ability to save anything (including network settings, etc...). This way, they get a "taste" of the OS, like AOL gave people 40/100/10000 free hours. Then people have that free trial and may consider buying the actual install CD so their settings will save and they finally use Linux on their system.
What stops users from "diff"ing the older Linux kernel with the newer Linux kernel that SCO hacked? That would release "their code" indirectly. They may as well just tell us what the hell they think is copied.
"In the past three months, SCO Group, a small software company that owns Unix patents, claimed it had found chunks of its Unix code in Linux."
I thought it was already concluded that SCO doesn't even claim to own UNIX patents. They just claim that they own the copyrights. The Novell escapade brought all of that out. EE Times needs to get their story right.
I wonder how much he gets paid. It can't be much because I would imagine that he is very replacable. Who wouldn't want to do this. All you have to do is think stupid and see how things go.
Actually it could fail because all the memory could be used or the ALU can't increment "i". You should try/catch every statement, because all/most COULD fail. Even printf("\n");
They need to make the movie "Indiana Jones meets Lara Coft". That would be one hell of a movie. Then they can get married at the end of the movie... That would appeal to men and women (action, thought provoking, hot chick, chick flick, etc...).
If you look at Clint Eastwood, he can still play great action characters. Great actors don't need to do difficult physical actions, even in an action movie.
60% of earth's spherical surface area, not earth's volume. So we don't have unlimited amounts.
However we will never run out of water because it is completely renewable. It goes straight through any living thing that drinks/eats it. Some things may boil it, some may freeze it, but I don't know of any natural thing that destroys it.
Plus any (un)natural destruction of the H20 molecule is probably offset by some creation of the molecule. I believe even the basis of fuel cells is:
energy + H2 + O2 = H20 + more_energy
If anything, we may wind up with too much water...:P
What if your own definition of an OS is the kernel (process/memory management, etc...) and its drivers. Or maybe even just the kernel. Then Linux would be the OS. It wouldn't be very useful without GNU, but then again, look at the definition of an OS:
"software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services" -- WordNet
Look at Windows. Do you consider IE has part of the OS? I would imagine that most of us don't. This is the same reason why I and some others don't consider gcc, ls, mkdir, mount, etc.. as part of the OS. These are just merely essential tools.
No matter how you look at it, Microsoft just made $460 million profit. That is considering $11 million in paperwork, marketing to the Army, and paying some government officials off; which is an over-estimation in their expenses. Non-the-less, you see how they sit on $40 billion in cash (soon to be ~$40.5 billion).
Java isn't slow; Java is a language. Since when could languages be slow? It is Java vs C# and JVM vs.NET. But even that isn't a good comparison.
Sun JRE is slow. The JVM runs as another layer on top of the OS, so of course it will be slower than if it were native to the OS. All Sun has to do is make a JM (Java Machine) chip that can be put into motherboards to do the processing at the hardware level, not hardware-os-software level. Then M$ will have a problem competing.
The problem isn't as much as what they are patenting, but who can patent something. It costs an arm and a leg to patent an idea. With that in mind, very few individuals can patent any innovative ideas because of the costs. NetFlix's idea is by no means their idea, but instead the first entity that could afford to claim it their idea. That is truely the problem with the patent system. Strikingly similar to the problem with the political system.
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Does this mean KDE will rename Kmail to Kourriel? And on another subject, do the French (and other countries) say the words "at" and "dot" when saying email addresses?
You could just put it in my printer. It does a pretty darn good job at destroying the paper. That is if you can get it out.
I'm surprised this company hasn't been sued for violating the DMCA because they are attempting to "circumvent a security feature".
...individuals filed fewer tax forms to Accounting offices across the nation during the April 20th - 26th week.
Of course the numbers are going to fall. Americans do enjoy 3 day traveling weekends.
Now all they have to do is market the CDs like AOL (send everyone 5 copies a day to every mailbox for the next 5 years).
But seriously, The CDs give people full Linux functionality, but without the ability to save anything (including network settings, etc...). This way, they get a "taste" of the OS, like AOL gave people 40/100/10000 free hours. Then people have that free trial and may consider buying the actual install CD so their settings will save and they finally use Linux on their system.
Time to see if mailx has a filter...
"In the past three months, SCO Group, a small software company that owns Unix patents, claimed it had found chunks of its Unix code in Linux."
I thought it was already concluded that SCO doesn't even claim to own UNIX patents. They just claim that they own the copyrights. The Novell escapade brought all of that out. EE Times needs to get their story right.
"completely uninstall and reinstall Mozilla/Thunderbird," and/or "completely remove your profile and make a new one."
This reminds me when I had IE and something went wrong, I had to "completely uninstall Windows" because the browser was part of the OS.
My company uses Mozilla/Netscape for all web browsing, development, and email. Even the Pres and VP.
I wonder how much he gets paid. It can't be much because I would imagine that he is very replacable. Who wouldn't want to do this. All you have to do is think stupid and see how things go.
Sounds an awful lot like the Iraqi Minister of Information: "Linux has been beat, destroyed, and will never compete! Ever! It is passing on..."
Actually it could fail because all the memory could be used or the ALU can't increment "i". You should try/catch every statement, because all/most COULD fail. Even printf("\n");
They have the major tradegy of the Challenger in '86, but they don't have Columbia of 2003. Wonder why?
They need to make the movie "Indiana Jones meets Lara Coft". That would be one hell of a movie. Then they can get married at the end of the movie... That would appeal to men and women (action, thought provoking, hot chick, chick flick, etc...).
If you look at Clint Eastwood, he can still play great action characters. Great actors don't need to do difficult physical actions, even in an action movie.
However we will never run out of water because it is completely renewable. It goes straight through any living thing that drinks/eats it. Some things may boil it, some may freeze it, but I don't know of any natural thing that destroys it.
Plus any (un)natural destruction of the H20 molecule is probably offset by some creation of the molecule. I believe even the basis of fuel cells is:
- energy + H2 + O2 = H20 + more_energy
If anything, we may wind up with too much water...I always thought he was fast (delivering to all the homes in one night), but adding the trip to/from Mars on top of that! WOW, he must be Super Santa.
So, did this SP actually install without any errors?
- "software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services" -- WordNet
Look at Windows. Do you consider IE has part of the OS? I would imagine that most of us don't. This is the same reason why I and some others don't consider gcc, ls, mkdir, mount, etc.. as part of the OS. These are just merely essential tools.No matter how you look at it, Microsoft just made $460 million profit. That is considering $11 million in paperwork, marketing to the Army, and paying some government officials off; which is an over-estimation in their expenses. Non-the-less, you see how they sit on $40 billion in cash (soon to be ~$40.5 billion).
Does anyone else, at first glance, think that Cringely looks like the boss in Office Space? Mmmmmm, Yeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh....
Java isn't slow; Java is a language. Since when could languages be slow? It is Java vs C# and JVM vs .NET. But even that isn't a good comparison.
Sun JRE is slow. The JVM runs as another layer on top of the OS, so of course it will be slower than if it were native to the OS. All Sun has to do is make a JM (Java Machine) chip that can be put into motherboards to do the processing at the hardware level, not hardware-os-software level. Then M$ will have a problem competing.
If OSS were developed by someone and no one was there to see them contribute the code, would it still be OSS?
The problem isn't as much as what they are patenting, but who can patent something. It costs an arm and a leg to patent an idea. With that in mind, very few individuals can patent any innovative ideas because of the costs. NetFlix's idea is by no means their idea, but instead the first entity that could afford to claim it their idea. That is truely the problem with the patent system. Strikingly similar to the problem with the political system.