On what grounds can a license be banned? The government is still bound by the Constitution and the law of the land, to think otherwise is to buy into Daryl's fantastical view of reality.
Companies based on Open source software are just not going to be as profitable as proprietary software companies with a lock on the market. If they try to be, someone will come along and do it cheaper and just as well.
Microsoft has a purported $50 billion in liquid assets. No company short of the Mafia should make that kind of profit. OSS is the market adjusting to right a wrong.
There have been several recent cases where people were sent to Syria to be tortured even though they were Canadian citizens.
Are you refering to the Canadian citizen sent to Syria by the American government, who detained him (IIRC) when he caught a connecting flight through the States?
Next, it seems the present Canadian government is "rolling back" its plans to legalize small amounts of marijuana.
After discouraging words from south of the border.
It is also slowing down in granting equality to homosexuals.
Didn't we just legalize gay marriages, granting them equal status? It there a second Canada I don't know about?
Can someone point me to the early to mid-eighties research that determined this? Compared to the GUI differences between Enlightenment, Blackbox, Ion, PekWM, etc. the Win desktop hasn't changed much except in detail since the introduction of 95, so this monumental research must have been conducted in the DOS era. And how does MS research beat the "huge resources" and "endless focus groups" of Apple, which arrived at two different granny-friendly desktops?
The most likely answer is, of course, that Microsoft's research goes into providing a better Windows experience for the Windows-experienced. (And frankly, the first thing I do in XP is switch to the classic desktop and turn of personalization, so not everyone agrees each new step is an advance.)
My grandparents couldn't hook up a VCR, work a digital camera, or get comfortable with more than the "defrost" options of a convection microwave. Three more examples of unusable technology for you.
I actually belive that that is an excellent question, and I'll be happy to provide the answer:
Because 90% of all computer users are used to Windows
Replace "Windows" and this is the same refrain heard with every technological shift since before the horseless carriage. People said the same in the transition from typewriters to computers (They did. I "transitioned" more than my share.) A large percentage of the older population still can't hook up a VCR. Or set the clock. They're not stupid, but they adapt or get left behind technologiically. It's the nature of change. You seem to be arguing the world should rest at typewriters or rotary channel selectors because we're accustomed to it.
Agreed. I've installed plenty of broadcast machines using embedded audio (usually ACL650) and never had a fault report about skipping audio. For office and most home use - all those systems with $20 Zoltrix speakers - it's fine.
You're joking right? America's Army is a 600+ meg game, available by download only. People consistently download 700 meg Divx movies, >1.5 gig DVD images and multi-iso Linux distros. 14400 baud was fast ten years ago, my two year old DSL service is 1.5 meg, a friend's newly ordered cable usually hits 5 meg.
Maybe were you live this seems impossible, not here.
The author quite clearly pointed out the evidence for his "slope": freely copyable media with no activation > complete media with activation > incomplete media with activation. Is 'no media with activation' such an unlikely next development? It seems to be to be a natural next step in a linear development. The Internet's infrastructure isn't really up to the level of supporting STEAM - read some of the support forums - but that isn't stopping Valve from making it a mandatory requirement for the sequel to the most popular on-line FPS in history.
Why would I pay Valve for connection rights to a server they don't own, don't manage and don't support? Online game servers are almost universally run by individual enthusiasts on their dime. The presence of these servers adds to the value of the game. Companies such as Valve should be paying server operators for connection rights, not the other way around.
So I don't think they'd have any problems decieving you where you local television personality is broadcasting from..... I've lived all over, from Youngstown, OH to Boston to Los Angeles, and it doesn't matter where you are, because the local news always sucks.
Cause, meet effect. The reason local coverage sucks is those reporting don't live there, know, or perhaps have ever visited the community. And yes, I am in radio and assemble remote voice tracking systems.
Nice simplifiction, valid only for cubical drones who communicate to hundreds of thousands daily. If telecommuting isn't an issue why not be up front about it on air? Why dissemble?
The story is about deception, not telecommuting.
The single most dangerous threat to the success of Linux, especially in the workplace, are the legions of fanboys who show up at the most inopportune times and places to rant and rave irrationally, irreverently, and incessantly; spouting off profanity-filled immature propaganda about how Linux equals the second coming of Christ Almighty.
Do you have an example? I keep reading about this on the 'Dot, but I've yet to read of a single incidence of one company changing their business plan because a bad experience with "Linux zealots". It's starting to sound to me like the hooked arm hanging from a car door.
Well now, if you can just point out this group of people who proclaim all code must be GPL your point is proven. Otherwise, this is the typically depressing all-too-common "anti-zealot" bash so common to Slashdot these days.
By the way, I found plenty of ad hominem zealotry in your rant. And that makes you....?
Most all Linux distros log normal users in with tightly delimited permissions. Users can't run system services. Spyware targeted at such a user yields a low payload, only when that particlar user is logged in could it conceivably do anything. This is diametrically opposed to the typical Windows install which leave spyware free to happily chug away as long as the machine is on.
A dirty little Windows secret: log into your desktop as a regular "User" instead of "Power User" or the almost universal "Administrator" and you'll - in my experience - reap 95% of the trojan/virus/spyware resistance of Linux. Unfortunately some Windows software needs wider permission to work properly so it's not always feasible.
.... it becomes more important to have solid foundation to stop once and for all corporate greed....
That'll happen the day after all human greed stops. A more likely scenario is greedy corporations who adhere to the GPL, finding the license to their advantage, attacking greedy companies that don't. Which is a good thing.
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On what grounds can a license be banned? The government is still bound by the Constitution and the law of the land, to think otherwise is to buy into Daryl's fantastical view of reality.
Microsoft has a purported $50 billion in liquid assets. No company short of the Mafia should make that kind of profit. OSS is the market adjusting to right a wrong.
I suggest they start simple and focus the lawyers on 127.0.0.1 . By the time it's sorted out there'll be no money left to litigate anyone else.
Are you refering to the Canadian citizen sent to Syria by the American government, who detained him (IIRC) when he caught a connecting flight through the States?
Next, it seems the present Canadian government is "rolling back" its plans to legalize small amounts of marijuana.
After discouraging words from south of the border.
It is also slowing down in granting equality to homosexuals.
Didn't we just legalize gay marriages, granting them equal status? It there a second Canada I don't know about?
The most likely answer is, of course, that Microsoft's research goes into providing a better Windows experience for the Windows-experienced. (And frankly, the first thing I do in XP is switch to the classic desktop and turn of personalization, so not everyone agrees each new step is an advance.)
My grandparents couldn't hook up a VCR, work a digital camera, or get comfortable with more than the "defrost" options of a convection microwave. Three more examples of unusable technology for you.
Because 90% of all computer users are used to Windows
Replace "Windows" and this is the same refrain heard with every technological shift since before the horseless carriage. People said the same in the transition from typewriters to computers (They did. I "transitioned" more than my share.) A large percentage of the older population still can't hook up a VCR. Or set the clock. They're not stupid, but they adapt or get left behind technologiically. It's the nature of change. You seem to be arguing the world should rest at typewriters or rotary channel selectors because we're accustomed to it.
Agreed. I've installed plenty of broadcast machines using embedded audio (usually ACL650) and never had a fault report about skipping audio. For office and most home use - all those systems with $20 Zoltrix speakers - it's fine.
Maybe were you live this seems impossible, not here.
The author quite clearly pointed out the evidence for his "slope": freely copyable media with no activation > complete media with activation > incomplete media with activation. Is 'no media with activation' such an unlikely next development? It seems to be to be a natural next step in a linear development. The Internet's infrastructure isn't really up to the level of supporting STEAM - read some of the support forums - but that isn't stopping Valve from making it a mandatory requirement for the sequel to the most popular on-line FPS in history.
When HL2 arrives it will be 100% STEAM. That's the problem.
Why would I pay Valve for connection rights to a server they don't own, don't manage and don't support? Online game servers are almost universally run by individual enthusiasts on their dime. The presence of these servers adds to the value of the game. Companies such as Valve should be paying server operators for connection rights, not the other way around.
Agreed. How about a story about pandemic deception by companies entrusted with the publicly-owned airwaves?
Cause, meet effect. The reason local coverage sucks is those reporting don't live there, know, or perhaps have ever visited the community. And yes, I am in radio and assemble remote voice tracking systems.
Nice simplifiction, valid only for cubical drones who communicate to hundreds of thousands daily. If telecommuting isn't an issue why not be up front about it on air? Why dissemble? The story is about deception, not telecommuting.
Was your post meant as an example of the grandparent's principle?
Do you have an example? I keep reading about this on the 'Dot, but I've yet to read of a single incidence of one company changing their business plan because a bad experience with "Linux zealots". It's starting to sound to me like the hooked arm hanging from a car door.
By the way, I found plenty of ad hominem zealotry in your rant. And that makes you....?
A dirty little Windows secret: log into your desktop as a regular "User" instead of "Power User" or the almost universal "Administrator" and you'll - in my experience - reap 95% of the trojan/virus/spyware resistance of Linux. Unfortunately some Windows software needs wider permission to work properly so it's not always feasible.
The command line is an efficient interface. Who'd have thought? ;)
That'll happen the day after all human greed stops. A more likely scenario is greedy corporations who adhere to the GPL, finding the license to their advantage, attacking greedy companies that don't. Which is a good thing.
Not newbie overclockers, dishonest dealers.
Lowest common denominator business practices courtesy of Utah.
More accurately: "...he knows *exactly* what he intended to put in which licensing agreements." Too bad Daryl INAL.
2) It does far more than a DVD player and doesn't require burning CDs.
3) People with home theater.