I do not believe that Microsoft will ever sue Open Source over patents.
A patent lawsuit would force MS to allow inspection of MS source code as part of discovery. MS has used BSD, quite legally, in the past. With the copious amount of open source code written, the chance that a FOSS coder wrote an algorithm that MS has similar code inside Windows is very great. The second issue is that borrowed proprietary code may also exist inside Windows.
MS has already lost patent lawsuits, the dirty hands defense could make case that MS cannot sue because of the past misdeeds.
FUD will continue, but I don't expect any lawsuits.
Chimera browser had limited ability to use an external program to process data that the browser could not handle in 1994-1995. Isn't that what Eolas claims to have invented?
The Email Client Server architecture needs an additional improvement: client white-lists.
The client application should be able to store and share a list of approved and banned mail sources. The Server should apply the individual lists and forward appropriately.
I want to own my own white list. I do not give my ISP the right to decide who can send mail to me.
Once this level of service is built into the idea of the ISP owning the white list and charging for it goes poof!
I suspect that open source will implement this much quicker than proprietary companies.
How to rig a Windows vs. Linux study in 7 easy steps! 1. Choose hardware that has known difficulties with Linux.
2. Plan simulated study over a time period in which the number of patches favors Windows.
3. Compare minor version change - Win2000 to Win2003- against a more complex Linux migration. SLES 8.0 (2.4 Kernel) to SLES 9.0 (2.6 kernel)
4. Deny administrators use of test systems, which is a Linux cost advantage. Test system can be run on available hardware with free license.
5. Run Linux with all available services instead on the needed minimum. This reduces system performance and adds difficulty to patches and migration.
6. Deliver external data from third party in a Windows favorable format.
7. Require several feature changes that are pre-built into Windows but requires customization in Linux
This "study" was designed to show Linux in an unflattering light. Requiring the "feature upgrade" with MySQL before doing the migration SLES 8.0 (2.4 Kernel) to SLES 9.0 (2.6 kernel) skewed this results in favor of Windows. That decision alone biased the study to the point that it is simply F.U.D.
Server, Bandwidth, How much PC do you really need?
The appliance would be a display, a network client and an input device. The OS would likely be embedded Linux or BSD. Simple, cheap and reliable, all under Google's control.
These DRMed "CD" likely violate the Compact Disc licensing standard, and should be returned as defective.
The Compact Disc license means that the disc must be compatible with any licensed CD-rom player. That includes computer CD-roms. This legal position has slapped down DRM in the past and is likely to slow adoption of DRM for years, until a new format has broad appeal.
The proprietary software (corporate) mindset is maximizing profit. The open source mindset is sharing for the greater good. These ideas cannot be reconciled. Both type of software will co-exist, but there will be a certain level of conflict between the proponents of the respective sides.
The project was gathering public data on citizens. The article is titled: "Invading Privacy for School Credit" (Public=Private)
Our society has distorted the values of public, individual, and private as they apply to data. People cry foul at the compiling public data with "Invasion of Privacy".
Much of the furor is mis-directed by well meaning advocates of privacy, who count individual data as private data. How can a public address be private information?
Individuals create MP3 from CD tracks - RIAA does not sue
Individuals swap these MP3 files - RIAA does not sue
Individuals buy 10 billion dollars of MP3 players to play the shared files - RIAA sues
RIAA allowed the infrastructure for the usage of Music files to grow to a usables size then converts it into a profit point without having to spend marketing dollars to convince user to switch to this new music format. RIAA did not lose money to files sharers- They gained millions of addicted customers.
I once read a book that another family member bought, am I a copyright infringer? I still have a local copy- I remember the story.
Commercial music sellers are only able to sell music files because the file sharing movement created the need for a portable music file player. Without the MP3 and MP3 player, the selling of music by file would not exist. The sharing of music files created the next generation music market to be exploited by the re-sellers of music.
Such Cruel Irony
The voting in Florida does not need to be monitored.
The news reporting of the election needs montoring. The premature reporting of the Gore victory in Florida and susquently the nation is the real debacle that we suffered in 2000.
On the basis that mainline news called the 2000 presidental race, Smarty Jone won the Triple Crown. The practice of guestimating the winner of an election should be outlawed. Make everybody wait until the official publication of the results.
Almost any PC could be a banned AP. This should create a massive headache for wireless "cops".
If they are actually going to monitor for rogue APs, build an random sequence of AP time and locations and watch their heads spin.
If they actually remove a rogue AP, point out that all those systems with wireless adapters are in violation of the rule.
Create a your own AP on the universities hardware, Yes the university will need to remove the offending system.
Install a new 802.11 pre-N router that is not part of the banned 802.11b/g routers. Organize several just off campus locations with this new longer range wireless and you could cause a significant civil disobedience event without violating the on campus rules.
This is a great chance for high tech, organized civil disobedience.
He is building the adm8211 driver for wifi, and represents the FOSS developer that sees a problem and builds a solution. Yes, I am using that driver to make this comment.
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I do not believe that Microsoft will ever sue Open Source over patents.
A patent lawsuit would force MS to allow inspection of MS source code as part of discovery. MS has used BSD, quite legally, in the past. With the copious amount of open source code written, the chance that a FOSS coder wrote an algorithm that MS has similar code inside Windows is very great. The second issue is that borrowed proprietary code may also exist inside Windows.
MS has already lost patent lawsuits, the dirty hands defense could make case that MS cannot sue because of the past misdeeds.
FUD will continue, but I don't expect any lawsuits.
Chimera browser had limited ability to use an external program to process data that the browser could not handle in 1994-1995. Isn't that what Eolas claims to have invented?
The Email Client Server architecture needs an additional improvement: client white-lists.
The client application should be able to store and share a list of approved and banned mail sources. The Server should apply the individual lists and forward appropriately.
I want to own my own white list. I do not give my ISP the right to decide who can send mail to me.
Once this level of service is built into the idea of the ISP owning the white list and charging for it goes poof!
I suspect that open source will implement this much quicker than proprietary companies.
Send $1.00 US in unmarked bills or the sig gets it.
IBM has a counterclaim for damages. Read Groklaw.net.
We had this in Trig in High School. The school was too cheap to get a real computer in 1973.
love those punch cards!
Oh! you really had to suck up to teacher to get access!
How to rig a Windows vs. Linux study in 7 easy steps!
1. Choose hardware that has known difficulties with Linux.
2. Plan simulated study over a time period in which the number of patches favors Windows.
3. Compare minor version change - Win2000 to Win2003- against a more complex Linux migration. SLES 8.0 (2.4 Kernel) to SLES 9.0 (2.6 kernel)
4. Deny administrators use of test systems, which is a Linux cost advantage. Test system can be run on available hardware with free license.
5. Run Linux with all available services instead on the needed minimum. This reduces system performance and adds difficulty to patches and migration.
6. Deliver external data from third party in a Windows favorable format.
7. Require several feature changes that are pre-built into Windows but requires customization in Linux
This "study" was designed to show Linux in an unflattering light. Requiring the "feature upgrade" with MySQL before doing the migration SLES 8.0 (2.4 Kernel) to SLES 9.0 (2.6 kernel) skewed this results in favor of Windows. That decision alone biased the study to the point that it is simply F.U.D.
1. Choose hardware that has known difficulties with Linux.
2. Plan simulated study over a time period in which the number of patches favors Windows.
3. Compare minor version change - Win2000 to Win2003- against a more complex Linux migration. SLES 8.0 (2.4 Kernel) to SLES 9.0 (2.6 kernel)
4. Deny administrators use of test systems, which is a Linux cost advantage. Test system can be run on available hardware with free license.
5. Run Linux with all available services instead on the needed minimum. This reduces system performance and adds difficulty to patches and migration.
6. Deliver external data from third party in a Windows favorable format.
7. Require several feature changes that are pre-built into Windows but requires customization in Linux
With just a little planning, you can create and sell your very own Microsoft FUD.
The appliance would be a display, a network client and an input device. The OS would likely be embedded Linux or BSD. Simple, cheap and reliable, all under Google's control.
My God, they could be the next Microsoft!
The Compact Disc license means that the disc must be compatible with any licensed CD-rom player. That includes computer CD-roms. This legal position has slapped down DRM in the past and is likely to slow adoption of DRM for years, until a new format has broad appeal.
Long live backward compatibility!
The proprietary software (corporate) mindset is maximizing profit. The open source mindset is sharing for the greater good. These ideas cannot be reconciled. Both type of software will co-exist, but there will be a certain level of conflict between the proponents of the respective sides.
What an inexpensive way to advertise your product.
The project was gathering public data on citizens. The article is titled: "Invading Privacy for School Credit" (Public=Private)
Our society has distorted the values of public, individual, and private as they apply to data. People cry foul at the compiling public data with "Invasion of Privacy".
Much of the furor is mis-directed by well meaning advocates of privacy, who count individual data as private data. How can a public address be private information?
What is private and what is public?
100% Precincts Reporting
D John F. Kerry 21,114 50%
R George W. Bush 20,916 49%
L Michael Badnarik 552 1%
Looks like they can count above 22,200
This story should be modded -- Fiction
Read the report:
Total Registration 729,575
Total Turnout 547,340 75.02%
Election Day Turnout 404,666 55.47%
Absentee Turnout 141,633 19.41%
Provisional Turnout 1,041 0.14%
142,674 voted before election day.
No discrepancy -- no mystery -- no story
it is good to know to read!
FBI reviews GL,
FBI refers SEC to GL,
SEC starts investigation of TSG,
TSG insiders start to sing,
THE END!
Individuals create MP3 from CD tracks - RIAA does not sue
Individuals swap these MP3 files - RIAA does not sue
Individuals buy 10 billion dollars of MP3 players to play the shared files - RIAA sues
RIAA allowed the infrastructure for the usage of Music files to grow to a usables size then converts it into a profit point without having to spend marketing dollars to convince user to switch to this new music format. RIAA did not lose money to files sharers- They gained millions of addicted customers.
I once read a book that another family member bought, am I a copyright infringer? I still have a local copy- I remember the story.
Commercial music sellers are only able to sell music files because the file sharing movement created the need for a portable music file player. Without the MP3 and MP3 player, the selling of music by file would not exist. The sharing of music files created the next generation music market to be exploited by the re-sellers of music. Such Cruel Irony
Any copyright enforcement bill needs the exception for Senators that use unlicensed software:
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59305
Gee, Hotmail wants a paid account for me to use Hotmail to generate spam... Now where is that stolen credit card list??
The voting in Florida does not need to be monitored.
The news reporting of the election needs montoring. The premature reporting of the Gore victory in Florida and susquently the nation is the real debacle that we suffered in 2000.
On the basis that mainline news called the 2000 presidental race, Smarty Jone won the Triple Crown. The practice of guestimating the winner of an election should be outlawed. Make everybody wait until the official publication of the results.
The copies that the White House released apparently were copies of the documents that CBS sent to the White House for comment.
The only source for these documents has been CBS.
Bush released his military records.
Kerry still refuses to release the full record of his military service.
We cannot evaluate the records fairly if one party fails to allow us access.
Releasing the records would end the swift boat vet issue, one way or the other.
Who wrote "The New Soldier"?
Knoppix + PC + 802.11b adapter =
possible banned AP
Almost any PC could be a banned AP. This should create a massive headache for wireless "cops".
If they are actually going to monitor for rogue APs, build an random sequence of AP time and locations and watch their heads spin.
If they actually remove a rogue AP, point out that all those systems with wireless adapters are in violation of the rule.
Create a your own AP on the universities hardware, Yes the university will need to remove the offending system.
Install a new 802.11 pre-N router that is not part of the banned 802.11b/g routers. Organize several just off campus locations with this new longer range wireless and you could cause a significant civil disobedience event without violating the on campus rules.
This is a great chance for high tech, organized civil disobedience.
He is building the adm8211 driver for wifi, and represents the FOSS developer that sees a problem and builds a solution. Yes, I am using that driver to make this comment.
Michael, this buds for you.