I know I'll get "troll" for this, but in truth, it's too bad that no one listens to RMS who counts for anything in business. The press will never pick up this little comment of Gates. If RMS ever meant anything at all to business, he's certainly passe now.
how is policing Government networks the same as policing the entire Internet???
It's not, but this is Slashdot, home of the paranoid tinfoil hat crowd. Most people not only do not read the story, they don't read the Slash dot summary either. So, they missed: "overseeing data sharing among US government agencies".
Al Qaeda could never do someting like this, we have too many security checks. Al Qaeda? No, just spammers and thieves... And that 14 year old kid down the block.
This is a huge mistake of an assumption, I think. I base this on having worked for and known several very rich people. In truth, most rich people (with the exception of rappers and such) are cheap, that's part of how they got rich. At one time in the distant past, I was Loyal Nordstrom's personal chef (in a previous life, I was a chef for a few rich people and at a restaurant in the Seattle Sheraton as well as the Esplanade in Portland). One year she gave all us little people designer toilet paper for Christmas... I'm sure that many of these people shop and sell on Ebay all the time. Or perhaps they have their "people" do it for them, but it gets done.
So where do we find a balance between all the companies that want to use the intellectual properties of linux for their own gain without contributing anything back?
If they are not using GPLed code in their applications, unfortunately, there is nothing we "can do".
But let's look at this trend to make non-OSS software for Linux. Do they give anything back? Sure they do, and it's called increasing the mainstream enterprise acceptance of Linux over Winblows. So are they giving something back? Perhaps.
Don't get off on some persecution trip... RH will "deal" with the others in time. They have a legitimate worry about product confusion, as really they are not selling an OS, but rather they are selling support for a spacific distro of a free OS. Confusion about CentOS and others made from RHAS source could hurt their real product, support.
...every time anybody tries to come anywhere close to developing a product that runs on Linux, leeches appear out of nowhere demanding that the company cough up all their valuable IP.
There is no law or rule that says everything (or anything) written for Linux has to be GPL or any other Open Source license (the GPL is not the only Open Source license, you did know, right?). In fact, there are huge amounts of expensive proprietary (closed source) application software written expressly for Linux.
Want to fix Linux? Start by getting rid of the "you can change everything" aspect of it.
Supposedly, Windows has this type of "interoperability" too, at least that's what Redmond has been tooting of late. And, I'm sure there are quite a few applications that run on specially tweaked Windows as well.
Even for very high bandwidth needs (which is where subscription multi-media such as TV and Internet are going) in densely populated high usage areas? Wireless is nice, but not for everything.
Yes. Jesus was well aware of "high technology" like GPS. While quite a few early modern societies like the Romans and Egyptians didn't fully understand who the "Gods" where, they did understand that they where extraterrestrial, and today we call these non-Earthlings, aliens. Jesus knew this because he is the Son of God. So, yes, he would us GPS, and in fact, does so everyday.
Actually, if you think about it, while this as a still a lame joke, it's not offtopic, just lame (and, shouldn't Slashdot have "lame" as a mod possibility?). OK, here it is... Hubble is a big _EYE_ with a vision problem, and the Anonymous Coward says "Nothing for you to see here..."
Slashdot is making a bold new move in its use of story formatting.
I also "suggest" the liberal use of bold and italics in user posts as well. While I have been actively lobbying Slashdot to support scroll and blink as a way to improve the level of communications in user posts, we are still with only the bold and italic tags (and good use of lists, now and then...)
You know what, he's right. Can we do something about this, or just bleat like the underdog cat at the door that knows you give out food. OSS needs to get aggressive to be able (yes able) to play with Bill Gates. Are you up to it, or do you just post socialist garbage at Slashdot?
For OSS to succeed, it will require not being blind. Yes, it smarts a bit having Bill "I masturbated in a closet until I was 30" Gates tell us that most OSS projects don't scale well or transition good over Linux platforms. But that does not mean it isn't true.
What a jackass, you think that since you dont like something it has no purpose or use? What a freaking waste of oxygen.
What's with kids like you today. A disagreement, a misunderstanding, and you are already out with the insults. Jackass? What happened to meaningful discussion. Ah, to be 14 again, like Wolfgang.
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How does a company charging for USENET make it dead or dieing? IF *ALL* companies charged for usenet, maybe ther would be less USENET SPAM.
I know I'll get "troll" for this, but in truth, it's too bad that no one listens to RMS who counts for anything in business. The press will never pick up this little comment of Gates. If RMS ever meant anything at all to business, he's certainly passe now.
Sooo... Geneticly altered plant are good? Bad? No comment on Roland...
Hey now! didn't you know Muslims are peace-loving?
It's not, but this is Slashdot, home of the paranoid tinfoil hat crowd. Most people not only do not read the story, they don't read the Slash dot summary either. So, they missed: "overseeing data sharing among US government agencies".
Al Qaeda could never do someting like this, we have too many security checks. Al Qaeda? No, just spammers and thieves... And that 14 year old kid down the block.
This is a huge mistake of an assumption, I think. I base this on having worked for and known several very rich people. In truth, most rich people (with the exception of rappers and such) are cheap, that's part of how they got rich. At one time in the distant past, I was Loyal Nordstrom's personal chef (in a previous life, I was a chef for a few rich people and at a restaurant in the Seattle Sheraton as well as the Esplanade in Portland). One year she gave all us little people designer toilet paper for Christmas... I'm sure that many of these people shop and sell on Ebay all the time. Or perhaps they have their "people" do it for them, but it gets done.
If they are not using GPLed code in their applications, unfortunately, there is nothing we "can do".
But let's look at this trend to make non-OSS software for Linux. Do they give anything back? Sure they do, and it's called increasing the mainstream enterprise acceptance of Linux over Winblows. So are they giving something back? Perhaps.
Don't get off on some persecution trip... RH will "deal" with the others in time. They have a legitimate worry about product confusion, as really they are not selling an OS, but rather they are selling support for a spacific distro of a free OS. Confusion about CentOS and others made from RHAS source could hurt their real product, support.
There is no law or rule that says everything (or anything) written for Linux has to be GPL or any other Open Source license (the GPL is not the only Open Source license, you did know, right?). In fact, there are huge amounts of expensive proprietary (closed source) application software written expressly for Linux.
Want to fix Linux? Start by getting rid of the "you can change everything" aspect of it.
Supposedly, Windows has this type of "interoperability" too, at least that's what Redmond has been tooting of late. And, I'm sure there are quite a few applications that run on specially tweaked Windows as well.
Even for very high bandwidth needs (which is where subscription multi-media such as TV and Internet are going) in densely populated high usage areas? Wireless is nice, but not for everything.
Exactly. I think that the cable companies are the ones that should be afraid right now. Fiber to the door will blow them away.
Matt, your link does not work.
Very, very, true. Except maybe that very few students "respect" their teachers anyway, so it really does not make much difference, eh?
I suspect that a student that received a lower grade for this reason could have it reversed very easily.
I did crappy on my SATs and couldn't make it into a college, but hey, it's because I'm smart! But let's get real, dude, do you want fries with that?
Read the grand parent.
Yes. Jesus was well aware of "high technology" like GPS. While quite a few early modern societies like the Romans and Egyptians didn't fully understand who the "Gods" where, they did understand that they where extraterrestrial, and today we call these non-Earthlings, aliens. Jesus knew this because he is the Son of God. So, yes, he would us GPS, and in fact, does so everyday.
Actually, if you think about it, while this as a still a lame joke, it's not offtopic, just lame (and, shouldn't Slashdot have "lame" as a mod possibility?). OK, here it is... Hubble is a big _EYE_ with a vision problem, and the Anonymous Coward says "Nothing for you to see here..."
So lame it's funny!
Well, it does say he tried to contact Cincinnati Bell, but it says nothing about GuestBOX or the train people.
I also "suggest" the liberal use of bold and italics in user posts as well. While I have been actively lobbying Slashdot to support scroll and blink as a way to improve the level of communications in user posts, we are still with only the bold and italic tags (and good use of lists, now and then...)
You know what, he's right. Can we do something about this, or just bleat like the underdog cat at the door that knows you give out food. OSS needs to get aggressive to be able (yes able) to play with Bill Gates. Are you up to it, or do you just post socialist garbage at Slashdot?
For OSS to succeed, it will require not being blind. Yes, it smarts a bit having Bill "I masturbated in a closet until I was 30" Gates tell us that most OSS projects don't scale well or transition good over Linux platforms. But that does not mean it isn't true.
Yeh, OK, friend. Does your mom give good head? You should know!
What's with kids like you today. A disagreement, a misunderstanding, and you are already out with the insults. Jackass? What happened to meaningful discussion. Ah, to be 14 again, like Wolfgang.