Is there a reason that./ is giving front page coverage to SCO's press release spinning an IBM counterclaim, rather than reporting on the counterclaim itself?
There is prima facie evidence that suggests SCO has no case.
It is time for the Attorneys General of several states to get involved here, to get a hold of the code in question here and determine whether this is simply a scheme of extortion or worse.
No, we're talking about fake UI elements.
It's more like having gas stations you pass set your fuel gauge to read empty, activate your oil change light, or muck with your temperature gauge.
Or worse, introduce false images of other cars on the roadway, to influence your navigational choices. How about false images of congestion, sponsored by the local chamber of commerce, so you'll get off at the next exit and spend some dollars?
Cassette adapter, marketing not engineering
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This is a promotion conceived in the marketing department, not the engineering department.
The French Commissions de Terminologie has been imposing words on the information technology industry since at least 1955, the year that "ordinateur" replaced "computer".
Interestingly, the Commission gives IBM-France credit for "ordinateur".
In a revolution compared to 1.0, the new 1.1 OpenOffice RC apps open almost instantaneously, offer much improved Word import, and process some of my day-to-day recursive spreadsheets about 10x faster than before.
The minions of the DHS will defend the homeland by ensuring that the worst M$ bugs plague them, before they can infest the American people and the world.
These dapper heros are falling on the M$ grenade, to save us.
Under this analogy, M$ owns all the land and, as the only entity offering "sharecropping", is setting monopsonistic terms. (A monopsonist is a monopoly purchaser of employment services, like the owner of a "company town").
Result? Worse conditions for sharecroppers than in a world with a multitude of landowners.
Any candidate calling for an end to so-called "business method" patents, and anything else that scotches the simple transfer of methods from brick/morter as patentable, would get my attention.
OSAF will out in force be at OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Conference, July 7-11. We'll have a session "Chandler: An Open Source Personal Information Manager" with Mitchell Baker, Katie Capps Parlante, Andy Hertzfeld, and Chao Lam on Thursday, July 10 at 2:30 (my keynote is Thursday morning).
We'll also be having a BOF Thursday evening "Chandler -- An Open Source Personal Information Manager" at 7:00pm. If you're at OSCON, come see us.
I wondered whether an allergic reaction might be the cause if the instantaneous response to "infection".
The way I figured it, the immediate insanity was a manifestation of an acute allergic response. While longer term, over a plausible time period, the aggression of "infection" was sustained by the virus, producing the same allergen internally.
My 2 cents.
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A new release of OS/2 ???
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Gnumeric is significantly faster for certain types of spreadsheet applications. I'd be happier if I could pick and choose among Open/StarOffice and Gnumeric. The best tool for the best job.
However, while they both support all sorts of Windows formats and predecessor Linux formats (OLEO, e.g.), they don't support each other's file format!
You raise first the case, I believe, of the minor, non-core patent affecting Linux, and point out rightly that developers are not likely to react swiftly.
With relatively easy workarounds in many cases, as well as the likelihood of prior art, such patents are unlikely to pose a grave, long-term risk to Linux.
You next raise the case of a patent on the "heart of some new technology". I disagree vigorously that such a patent would be published with the community unawares.
To the contrary, I would not only expect swift counteraction after the fact, but also early anticipation that such a patent is pending, and an effort to pre-empt the "gaping hole" it would leave in Linux once issued.
You then shift to arguing "armies of patent lawyers" and "strategically placed land mines", which I suppose means you're back to shotgun patents, the minor, non-core patents -- again, not likely to cause major, long-term problems.
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You left Lotus123 out of your "history".
Massive virus attacks the internet. Over several days, computers compromised across the country. Massive power outages occur.
Nuclear holocaust and the nightmarish Rise of the Machines to follow.
Is there a reason that ./ is giving front page coverage to SCO's press release spinning an IBM counterclaim, rather than reporting on the counterclaim itself?
Spock continued, "Annihilation, Jim. Total, complete, absolute annihilation." "Of everything, everywhere." Kirk clenched his jaw.
Also, Linux use is ongoing, including large chunks of code that are derivative works, meaning that infringement is ongoing.
That's SCO's argument. T
No doubt the license will have you indemnify and hold them harmless for any liability that might arise from for their doings of the past 6 months.
It is time for the Attorneys General of several states to get involved here, to get a hold of the code in question here and determine whether this is simply a scheme of extortion or worse.
Time to Borg-i-fy the SCO icon
No, we're talking about fake UI elements. It's more like having gas stations you pass set your fuel gauge to read empty, activate your oil change light, or muck with your temperature gauge. Or worse, introduce false images of other cars on the roadway, to influence your navigational choices. How about false images of congestion, sponsored by the local chamber of commerce, so you'll get off at the next exit and spend some dollars?
This is a promotion conceived in the marketing department, not the engineering department.
Interestingly, the Commission gives IBM-France credit for "ordinateur".
see http://www.cfwb.be/franca/pg011.htm
>"ordinateur" a remplacé "computer" depuis 1955 à
> la demande d'IBM-France.
Don't judge OpenOffice besed on 1.0.
These dapper heros are falling on the M$ grenade, to save us.
Bloogle, anyone?
Result? Worse conditions for sharecroppers than in a world with a multitude of landowners.
Any candidate calling for an end to so-called "business method" patents, and anything else that scotches the simple transfer of methods from brick/morter as patentable, would get my attention.
Indeed, it's not that surprising that it's older than the universe. This universe.
Dry Ice is the hot tip. Place a block in a remote corner of the area of your next outdoor grilling event, and you'll suffer nary a bite.
OSAF will out in force be at OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Conference, July 7-11. We'll have a session "Chandler: An Open Source Personal Information Manager" with Mitchell Baker, Katie Capps Parlante, Andy Hertzfeld, and Chao Lam on Thursday, July 10 at 2:30 (my keynote is Thursday morning).
We'll also be having a BOF Thursday evening "Chandler -- An Open Source Personal Information Manager" at 7:00pm. If you're at OSCON, come see us.
Please report to the Redmond Campus. Building 12.
The password is, Shlurgmite.
Welcome aboard.
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A movie where the zombies run faster than you can.
Not your typical limping, sedentary zombies. More like track runners on crack.
I wondered whether an allergic reaction might be the cause if the instantaneous response to "infection".
The way I figured it, the immediate insanity was a manifestation of an acute allergic response. While longer term, over a plausible time period, the aggression of "infection" was sustained by the virus, producing the same allergen internally.
My 2 cents.
A new release of OS/2 ???
However, while they both support all sorts of Windows formats and predecessor Linux formats (OLEO, e.g.), they don't support each other's file format!
With relatively easy workarounds in many cases, as well as the likelihood of prior art, such patents are unlikely to pose a grave, long-term risk to Linux.
You next raise the case of a patent on the "heart of some new technology". I disagree vigorously that such a patent would be published with the community unawares.
To the contrary, I would not only expect swift counteraction after the fact, but also early anticipation that such a patent is pending, and an effort to pre-empt the "gaping hole" it would leave in Linux once issued.
You then shift to arguing "armies of patent lawyers" and "strategically placed land mines", which I suppose means you're back to shotgun patents, the minor, non-core patents -- again, not likely to cause major, long-term problems.