It says that it will halt the CUSTOMER LAWSUITS. Not the IBM LAWSUIT.
SCO's claim to charge customers for copyright infringement has been 'iffy' at best. IANAL, but, if an author is plagiarized in another authors book, the original author cannot sue people who BOUGHT the book. They really can only pursue the author and/or the publish company that actually COMMITTED the plagiarism, because thats where the crime is (allegedly).
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OK.. so, what IS about:bloat? It just generated a blank page for me...
Courier IMAP mailbox view finally fixed
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I'm so happy, I could just SPIT.
IMAP servers like Courier that store everything under INBOX (INBOX. namespace) FINALLY get displayed as a flat tree structure!
Thank you, Mozilla Team!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Ok. If I'm to be likened to a drug user, then it seems only fair to liken software developers to drug pushers.
In UNIX, SCO is the pusher. They charge us real money for their software. You could even go so far as to say that SCO, in offering their own distribution of Linux, and subsequently suing customers over it makes them the ultimate pusher.
Linux, then, would also be a pusher. But, the Linux pusher is different. First, they don't CHARGE for their product. Second, the principle behind the model that develops the software is one focused on "people, not software".
So, who's the worse? The pusher that charges and consumes for their own personal gain, or the pusher that doesn't charge, and wants to people like ME to be able to do what I do best...
When you get out of your car, you should lock your doors.
When you leave your house, you should also lock your door.
You should keep your gun in a locked cabinet.
So why the HELL would you leave your server open?
It's not about YOU. It's about what you enable OTHERS to do. I get SO TIRED of people who claim that security is counter-productive to business.
Exchange is a COLLABORATION TOOL. To use it as a OPEN FORUM is like driving a screw with a hammer. Any collaboration should be done between known people. If you are interacting with a large audience, then pick a better tool, like the Web. Or even a LIST SERVER.
But a interactive collaboration tool should NOT be open to the public.
Perhaps SCO has forgotten what their lawsuit is about... I mean, what do 'the biggest names in Linux' have to do with IBM violating their license agreement with SCO? None of them work for IBM. SCO isn't suing Linux, or these guys. Hell, they're not even directly challenging the GPL in this lawsuit.
Who's next? Rush Limbaugh? Cher? My MOM!?!?!
So, could Linus, Richard, Bruce, or even the FSF file a "one beeellion dollar" defamation of character lawsuit against SCO for alledging that they where somehow implicated in this lawsuit with IBM...
There is an entire class of industry that revolves around the fact that their products are disposable.
Batteries, Light Bulbs are two of the oldest members. Neither set of manufacturers have any kind of incentive to make their products last SIGNIFICANTLY longer. Their revenue streams are BASED on the fact that you have to replace them.
The faster you go through them, the cheaper they are.. (carbon batteries are cheap compared to Alkaline, which are cheap compared to NiMH), becase they can make up the different in volume. But they still have to make money.
So, what incentive do they have to make a battery that lasts substantially longer? I shy away from replacing my laptop batteries until the absolute last moment, because they run about $120 each, and most people that have one will tell you that a used laptop battery (charge/discharge, lather rinse repeat) will only last about a year, maybe 2 before your runtime is in fractions of an hour..
Microsoft goal has always been integration. Integration and Security are opposing goals.
DING!
Thank you VERY much! I would also translate that to 'ease of administration' is also contrary to security. UNIX has a foundation that doesn't present all of your options to you in a nice gui, and therefore, you have to understand MORE about your operating system. Windows approaches things from a 'default' configuration, and you only need to do a 'seek and destroy' on the system change you want to make.
No matter what anyone says... when you have to figure something out you learn way more along the way than just what you set out to learn. Pretty GUI administration tools remove a big chunk of that.
...to force all these printer manufacturers to support their printers longer than the time to the next product cycle..
I'd rather pay $300 for a printer and have it supported for 5 or 6 years across multiple generations of my OS, than have a $60 printer, with $60 cartridges that are 1/2 full and won't work on the next release of my OS.
they are using the shockwaves resulting from mach speeds in air as a speculative analogy to the shockwaves resulting from warp speeds in space
Ever wonder why they called it a "DEFLECTOR DISC"?
It's designed to deflect the space particles, and other stellar matter during warp.
I can only assume that shields somehow interfere with a warp bubble, so they needed an alternate technology.
I'm not certain that the deflector was designed to work in the atmosphere. Of course, since they aren't at warp when they enter an atsmosphere, they can use shields at that point, as they move through the heavier layers of atmosphere.
SCO said: The General Public License ('GPL') is unenforceable, void and/or voidable which is, to the best of my knowledge an assumption, as the GPL has never been challenged in court.
Next, SCO said: "The GPL is selectively enforced by the Free Software Foundation ", which is a falsehood, as the FSF has enforced it's copyright, but, again, it has never made it to court because of the reasonable courses of action followed by the FSF.
And next, SCO laughingly said: "The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution together with copyright, antitrust and export control laws" which is funny, because the GPL was FOUNDED on the principles of copyright. Antitrust is typically reserved for monopolies, of which the GPL is not. Lastly, what 'export controls' and 'copyright' have to do with each other amounts to nothing. A copyright notice cannot overrule export law, no matter what it says.
I would probably give up a lot of different things in exchange for being rich, but honestly, I can't see myself giving up my dignity or my intelligence the way DarylCo has..
Windows NT4 had no utility to show the uptime of a running server. It was stored in the kernel, but there was no tool that came with the operating system that would display that information.
But, Microsoft DID release a unsupported set of tools called the Resource Kit. The Resource Kit was, as you would expect, all the tools that would be of USE to a system administrator, like a remote shutdown tool, a remote command tool, just to name a couple.
In there, there was a utility you could use to display the uptime of the server.
The format that the server displayed was:
HH:MM:SS.s
So, much like the 'no one would EVER need more than 640KB of memory', whoever wrote that tool couldn't even comprehend a system that was up for more than 99 hours, and 59 seconds.
My server at home has been up for 68 days, 11 hours, 26 minutes.
The adminsitrative overhead along of customers/partners/suppliers changing ISPs, moving mail servers, and etc.. will pretty much insure that AT&T mail will NOT be reliable.
So.. did you get PAID for that product endorsement? I mean... aside from the fact that this software removes a driver for MS to write good code (because of the TCO for the patch management), you would want to install this on a central server that would, of course, require a Windows 2k(2k3?) license.
"We balance feedback from all our customers and make our development decisions based on meeting the requirements of all of our customers, not just a few of them," Sullivan said.
Gee... the customers of a general purpose operating systems aren't web savvy enough to know that they want to take advantage of current standards.
Morons.
Of course, I'm sure they're spending all their time and money on that 'Securing Windows' thing...
Bullshit. Microsoft USED to have a very consistant UI. Gradually, they are corrupting individual packages to make them INCONSISTANT.
Example: Word vs. Excel.
Open 2 word documents. You get 2 items on the task bar. And each window is totally seperate. Use the upper-right close button to close one window, then then other.
Now, open 2 EXCEL documents.. Two windows... Two icons on the task bar. Click the upper-right close button on one of the windows... BOTH WINDOWS CLOSE>
Excel has always had a dependent window model, each spreadsheet was a sub window of the master window (a la program manager in Windows 3.1), but, users complained because each sheet didn't show up in the task bar.. So they completely trashed the dependent window model for Excel, and now window-management between Word and Excel have different behaviors.
There are other consistancies in double-clicking in windows explorer, and etc..
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It says that it will halt the CUSTOMER LAWSUITS. Not the IBM LAWSUIT.
SCO's claim to charge customers for copyright infringement has been 'iffy' at best. IANAL, but, if an author is plagiarized in another authors book, the original author cannot sue people who BOUGHT the book. They really can only pursue the author and/or the publish company that actually COMMITTED the plagiarism, because thats where the crime is (allegedly).
OK.. so, what IS about:bloat? It just generated a blank page for me...
I'm so happy, I could just SPIT.
IMAP servers like Courier that store everything under INBOX (INBOX. namespace) FINALLY get displayed as a flat tree structure!
Thank you, Mozilla Team!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
When did the RIAA become a law enforcement agency where they can 'bust' and 'hassle' people?
I thought that was called "Vigilanteism"?
That's a good idea... and then we could add an expansion slot for more memory or maybe a 802.11b card..
Hey.. I wonder if this would sync with Outlook? Or all the songs could be stored in an ACCESS database, with an Excel interface to my song list...
Hello! IT A POCKET PC WITH LARGER STORAGE.
Big deal.
MS will do what they always do, and add TOO MANY features that make it slow, and don't add any real value.
Plus, why would I want to Internet Enable a portable Microsoft Device? It'd just be ONE MORE TARGET for a WORM.
instead of making FASTER DVD recorders, how about fixed this whole 'this burner only works with these media'.
For CDRW's, I can get any media and it will work...
But DVD-RW/+RW drives (especially the newer ones) seem to only have a limited number of types of media that work on them...
How 'bout we fix THAT before we go for Speed?
Can't I just smear lambs blood around the edges of my router? That's how passover worked last time...
Ok. If I'm to be likened to a drug user, then it seems only fair to liken software developers to drug pushers.
In UNIX, SCO is the pusher. They charge us real money for their software. You could even go so far as to say that SCO, in offering their own distribution of Linux, and subsequently suing customers over it makes them the ultimate pusher.
Linux, then, would also be a pusher. But, the Linux pusher is different. First, they don't CHARGE for their product. Second, the principle behind the model that develops the software is one focused on "people, not software".
So, who's the worse? The pusher that charges and consumes for their own personal gain, or the pusher that doesn't charge, and wants to people like ME to be able to do what I do best...
Oh, WHERE are my mod points when I need them.
This is such a TROLL.
When you get out of your car, you should lock your doors.
When you leave your house, you should also lock your door.
You should keep your gun in a locked cabinet.
So why the HELL would you leave your server open?
It's not about YOU. It's about what you enable OTHERS to do. I get SO TIRED of people who claim that security is counter-productive to business.
Exchange is a COLLABORATION TOOL. To use it as a OPEN FORUM is like driving a screw with a hammer. Any collaboration should be done between known people. If you are interacting with a large audience, then pick a better tool, like the Web. Or even a LIST SERVER.
But a interactive collaboration tool should NOT be open to the public.
Perhaps SCO has forgotten what their lawsuit is about... I mean, what do 'the biggest names in Linux' have to do with IBM violating their license agreement with SCO? None of them work for IBM. SCO isn't suing Linux, or these guys. Hell, they're not even directly challenging the GPL in this lawsuit.
Who's next? Rush Limbaugh? Cher? My MOM!?!?!
So, could Linus, Richard, Bruce, or even the FSF file a "one beeellion dollar" defamation of character lawsuit against SCO for alledging that they where somehow implicated in this lawsuit with IBM...
There is an entire class of industry that revolves around the fact that their products are disposable.
Batteries, Light Bulbs are two of the oldest members. Neither set of manufacturers have any kind of incentive to make their products last SIGNIFICANTLY longer. Their revenue streams are BASED on the fact that you have to replace them.
The faster you go through them, the cheaper they are.. (carbon batteries are cheap compared to Alkaline, which are cheap compared to NiMH), becase they can make up the different in volume. But they still have to make money.
So, what incentive do they have to make a battery that lasts substantially longer? I shy away from replacing my laptop batteries until the absolute last moment, because they run about $120 each, and most people that have one will tell you that a used laptop battery (charge/discharge, lather rinse repeat) will only last about a year, maybe 2 before your runtime is in fractions of an hour..
It's simple economics.
but their ability to "borrow" technology and ideas is slightly disturbing
No.. what's disturbing is they think it's 'innovation'. Why can't they just call it what it is: Integration.
(and there's room for improvement there, too)
Microsoft goal has always been integration. Integration and Security are opposing goals.
DING!
Thank you VERY much! I would also translate that to 'ease of administration' is also contrary to security. UNIX has a foundation that doesn't present all of your options to you in a nice gui, and therefore, you have to understand MORE about your operating system. Windows approaches things from a 'default' configuration, and you only need to do a 'seek and destroy' on the system change you want to make.
No matter what anyone says... when you have to figure something out you learn way more along the way than just what you set out to learn. Pretty GUI administration tools remove a big chunk of that.
"I rue the day..."
RUE THE DAY?!?!?!
Who says RUE THE DAY !?!?!
...to force all these printer manufacturers to support their printers longer than the time to the next product cycle..
I'd rather pay $300 for a printer and have it supported for 5 or 6 years across multiple generations of my OS, than have a $60 printer, with $60 cartridges that are 1/2 full and won't work on the next release of my OS.
they are using the shockwaves resulting from mach speeds in air as a speculative analogy to the shockwaves resulting from warp speeds in space
Ever wonder why they called it a "DEFLECTOR DISC"?
It's designed to deflect the space particles, and other stellar matter during warp.
I can only assume that shields somehow interfere with a warp bubble, so they needed an alternate technology.
I'm not certain that the deflector was designed to work in the atmosphere. Of course, since they aren't at warp when they enter an atsmosphere, they can use shields at that point, as they move through the heavier layers of atmosphere.
Hmm... Maybe I need a better hobby...
SCO said: The General Public License ('GPL') is unenforceable, void and/or voidable which is, to the best of my knowledge an assumption, as the GPL has never been challenged in court.
Next, SCO said: "The GPL is selectively enforced by the Free Software Foundation ", which is a falsehood, as the FSF has enforced it's copyright, but, again, it has never made it to court because of the reasonable courses of action followed by the FSF.
And next, SCO laughingly said: "The GPL violates the U.S. Constitution together with copyright, antitrust and export control laws" which is funny, because the GPL was FOUNDED on the principles of copyright. Antitrust is typically reserved for monopolies, of which the GPL is not. Lastly, what 'export controls' and 'copyright' have to do with each other amounts to nothing. A copyright notice cannot overrule export law, no matter what it says.
I would probably give up a lot of different things in exchange for being rich, but honestly, I can't see myself giving up my dignity or my intelligence the way DarylCo has..
Anecdote time.
Windows NT4 had no utility to show the uptime of a running server. It was stored in the kernel, but there was no tool that came with the operating system that would display that information.
But, Microsoft DID release a unsupported set of tools called the Resource Kit. The Resource Kit was, as you would expect, all the tools that would be of USE to a system administrator, like a remote shutdown tool, a remote command tool, just to name a couple.
In there, there was a utility you could use to display the uptime of the server.
The format that the server displayed was:
HH:MM:SS.s
So, much like the 'no one would EVER need more than 640KB of memory', whoever wrote that tool couldn't even comprehend a system that was up for more than 99 hours, and 59 seconds.
My server at home has been up for 68 days, 11 hours, 26 minutes.
The adminsitrative overhead along of customers/partners/suppliers changing ISPs, moving mail servers, and etc.. will pretty much insure that AT&T mail will NOT be reliable.
Sure.. NOW I find the link...
Deutch Bank also changed SCOs rating from 'no opinion' to 'buy'...
I'm guessing that something big is going to happen financially for SCO.. Either they actually HAVE a case, or IBM is about to by/settle w/ SCO.
So.. did you get PAID for that product endorsement? I mean... aside from the fact that this software removes a driver for MS to write good code (because of the TCO for the patch management), you would want to install this on a central server that would, of course, require a Windows 2k(2k3?) license.
Well, Mr. Doubting Thomas, if you look at the #1 highest modded reply, it says "Great, now where are the numbers".
That's is this groups way of calling "FUD".
"We balance feedback from all our customers and make our development decisions based on meeting the requirements of all of our customers, not just a few of them," Sullivan said.
Gee... the customers of a general purpose operating systems aren't web savvy enough to know that they want to take advantage of current standards.
Morons.
Of course, I'm sure they're spending all their time and money on that 'Securing Windows' thing...
MS has a very consistant standard for UI.
Bullshit. Microsoft USED to have a very consistant UI. Gradually, they are corrupting individual packages to make them INCONSISTANT.
Example: Word vs. Excel.
Open 2 word documents. You get 2 items on the task bar. And each window is totally seperate. Use the upper-right close button to close one window, then then other.
Now, open 2 EXCEL documents.. Two windows... Two icons on the task bar. Click the upper-right close button on one of the windows... BOTH WINDOWS CLOSE>
Excel has always had a dependent window model, each spreadsheet was a sub window of the master window (a la program manager in Windows 3.1), but, users complained because each sheet didn't show up in the task bar.. So they completely trashed the dependent window model for Excel, and now window-management between Word and Excel have different behaviors.
There are other consistancies in double-clicking in windows explorer, and etc..