The first thing that springs to my mind is that it is now possible for something like MPlayer to examine the helix libraries, etc. and tighten up their support for Real Media?
or have i missed the bus and this has happened already?
Yes, apply will lose money over to Real selling shit, but I think the biggest issue here is the approach Real took. They did not try licence the technology from apple, they hacked it.
As hardened geeks i am sure the reply will be a GNU-stallmanesc "It is my right". Yes, it is your right, but unethical behaviour between two parties aiming for the same slice of market is not cool.
I think Apple is being quite hypersensitve (and quite silly) in their treating of the iPod and iPod technology, but when you realise they are trying to move their profits to media.
Kids play in the street all the time, even though they could be hit by a car. There are laws which attempt to minimise the risk (speed limits, speed bumps, really soft bumpers) but it is still risky. Responsible parents teach their kids road safety, and in a similar vain, parents should be responsible in what they let their children use the internet for.
I think sexual deviancy is more prolific (or considered to be) in this modern age where we are told what we can and cannot do with our naughty bits.
I think we should all take a step back and examine whose responsibility keeping our kids safe is.
p.s. even with good road safety, etc. kids still get hit by cars.
I suffered because of windows. When i woke up on the morning of the epidemic, my internet connection was up to sh17, not because my FBSD router was broken, not because any of the fibre had broken, and none of the switches had popped, the firewall was running fine, the proxy had plenty of space to stretch out in, my university's 8600 was running great, at 100%, literally, 100%, now, for something which kind of tips the scale at 5% on a normal day, 100% means a lot of traffic.
Now, for two days internet access was terrible, due to sodding windows machines flo0ding the network due to an outbreak of two worms, due to some sod who plugged an infected windows box behind our firewall.
Noi matter how much nice companies like Red Hat and SuSe help the effort, the damage to Linux's (considered in some circles) bad reputation, has been done.
Joe "Unix? Wha?" Average already is wearing his microsoft distributed OSS protected sun glasses, and will only see the bad PR from SCO.
It just sucks that now for every bad vibe that SCO has sent out regarding linux, it means we have to send out ten good vibes. So grab your friendly joe Avergae and explain to them what SCO really repreasents, just try not be too fanatical, people get wierded out by that.
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The first thing that springs to my mind is that it is now possible for something like MPlayer to examine the helix libraries, etc. and tighten up their support for Real Media?
or have i missed the bus and this has happened already?
Yes, apply will lose money over to Real selling shit, but I think the biggest issue here is the approach Real took. They did not try licence the technology from apple, they hacked it.
As hardened geeks i am sure the reply will be a GNU-stallmanesc "It is my right". Yes, it is your right, but unethical behaviour between two parties aiming for the same slice of market is not cool.
I think Apple is being quite hypersensitve (and quite silly) in their treating of the iPod and iPod technology, but when you realise they are trying to move their profits to media.
As a _South African_ i am offended that we get lumped in with the whole of Africa. It is our achievemnt Dammit!
Go ZA!
Kids play in the street all the time, even though they could be hit by a car. There are laws which attempt to minimise the risk (speed limits, speed bumps, really soft bumpers) but it is still risky. Responsible parents teach their kids road safety, and in a similar vain, parents should be responsible in what they let their children use the internet for. I think sexual deviancy is more prolific (or considered to be) in this modern age where we are told what we can and cannot do with our naughty bits. I think we should all take a step back and examine whose responsibility keeping our kids safe is. p.s. even with good road safety, etc. kids still get hit by cars.
I suffered because of windows. When i woke up on the morning of the epidemic, my internet connection was up to sh17, not because my FBSD router was broken, not because any of the fibre had broken, and none of the switches had popped, the firewall was running fine, the proxy had plenty of space to stretch out in, my university's 8600 was running great, at 100%, literally, 100%, now, for something which kind of tips the scale at 5% on a normal day, 100% means a lot of traffic.
Now, for two days internet access was terrible, due to sodding windows machines flo0ding the network due to an outbreak of two worms, due to some sod who plugged an infected windows box behind our firewall.
I hate windows.
I advocate gnu should change its name to something which more accurately reflects its nature : Gnubile is not unicks but isnt linux either
Noi matter how much nice companies like Red Hat and SuSe help the effort, the damage to Linux's (considered in some circles) bad reputation, has been done.
Joe "Unix? Wha?" Average already is wearing his microsoft distributed OSS protected sun glasses, and will only see the bad PR from SCO.
It just sucks that now for every bad vibe that SCO has sent out regarding linux, it means we have to send out ten good vibes. So grab your friendly joe Avergae and explain to them what SCO really repreasents, just try not be too fanatical, people get wierded out by that.