This is absolutely correct analysis of Stallmans motives. The idea isn't to support "freedom", not to destroy the idea that software IP should be sold "for profit". This is very significant and should be considered carefully by those that presume to support the GPL. Stallman is a Marxist.
It is interesting to note that all the corporations that claim to support the concepts of the GPL keep their own bits of IP hidden away and locked up. However they do encourage you to keep donating your IP to the "community", since they are reaping millions in profits from that IP.
Actually, yes one IS better than the other. With one, you plug in the printer and it works. With the other, it doesn't without some arcane command line configuration. The "value-system" here is getting your printer to print, not learning CUPS configuration or how to use "aptitude" (whatever that is).
What are you talking about? Each one of those dialogs are HORRENDOUS!!! For instance, look at this one: http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules/NS-artic les/HO WTO/6454f1.png
"Configurator novice Controls" with a "Save" "Help" "Quit" button underneath? What the HELL does that mean? Why isn't novice capitalized? What am I saving by clicking the Save button? A configurator novice controls? Why arent the buttons at the bottom like every other dialog box in the planet?
I won't even comment on this one: http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules/NS-artic les/HO WTO/6454f3.png
I would agree with this except for the fact it is well known that Dubya orders the FDA to add chemical preservatives (which are incidentally designed in a secret chemical warfare lab) into our food which increases the number and fatality of car accidents all in an attempt to reduce the amount of social security payouts but really serves to increase the number of grammatical errors on web blogs.
No, we don't see the difference because the Open Source zealots claim that you can make more money by open sourcing a product than you can by keeping it closed. Of course this isn't borne out in reality, but that is another issue.
It is NOT only the MS exec who is saying this. In the same article Symantec confirms this: "It's a myth that hackers find the holes," said Nigel Beighton, who runs a research project for security firm Symantec that attempts to predict which vulnerabilities will be exploited next.
He said in many cases the appearance of a patch was the spur that kicked off activity around a particular vulnerability"
The facts are that.NET is an extremely capable platform for both small and large solutions. The combination of dev tools + languages + framework + documentation is UNMATCHED in the industry. Sun should be damn worried, since.NET is only in its second generation.
Its no wonder that Sun is bringing back all of their founders that have brains. They are concerned about the direction that Java tech is going.
What? You must be doing something wrong. Just see an example of how good Linux installs are here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=97912&cid=8364 504
Plus that comment is modded +5 Informative so it must be true!
I don't know why this would be. According to this article the ENTIRE GOAL is to get the customer off the phone. Customer service has no place, according to this.
Oh, I see. You mean that customer satisfaction plays some role as well? Funny how the "article" didn't mention this at all.
I agree with the premise of keeping call lengths down. Otherwise the users will try to get the tech to answer every possible tech question they may have while they are on the line.
"Women [...] can physically exert themselves for longer periods. All else being equal, in a long-distance race between a man and a woman, the woman will win"
I don't know where you possibly heard this, but it simply is not true, in fact men have greater endurance on average. Of course "All else being equal" makes no sense in this context - because it simply isn't equal.
Well then please answer my question: why not just hang up on the caller immediately? Your average call time will be 1 second, and apparently (accouding to the article) there are no repercussions to doing this.
Could it be that the article *gasp* SENSATIONALIZED this in order to get page views???
Yes, I agree with you. You DO need to strike a balance. This sensational fictional article doesn't mention this at all. This is my point. I don't know why I would get marked as a 'troll' for pointing this out.
If this anecdotal tale is actually true, and the whole idea is to make the call length as short as possible, and their are no reprocussions to providing bad support - why not just hang up on the caller after one second? Why even bother talking to the user at all?
Sounds like someone just wants us to view a 5 second ad, because the article is "worth it".
I think we should mandate that every american should live in a 10'x10' box with one toilet and eat soylent green. Then the third world would seem like a paradise. Ah, liberal logic...
Huh? In the above scheme there is only one picture that matters. The picture that was taken of the picture. The original gets tossed. The new MD5 matches the new picture.
Of course there is no way to prevent such a scheme which makes the whole idea worthless.
So you think that only "monkey-work" is being offshored? How insulting of you to think that the "monkeys" in India and Eastern Europe can only take on "money-work".
I am sure that you are doing the important stuff that those "monkeys" wouldn't possibly grasp, and so you are safe.
My concern with all of this crap, is the fact that someone hasn't forced SCO to shut the hell up. It reminds me of the Bully in grade school. He would consistantly beat up on kids every day. Some even to the point of actual damage, and he was NEVER suspended. Never. Ever. I think that is what needs to be really focused on. Not so much as "When will all of this madness end?", but rather "How can we prevent this from ever getting this far, if history repeats itself?"
Also, from the article: "[Darl]I've been pounding the table here for a year or so saying there's no free lunch, and there is going to be a day of reckoning for every company that thinks they are going to try and sell a free model."
What is with this messianic attitude? Perhaps what Darl does not realize is that folks contribute to Linux and other open source projects through a variety of reasons. Notably, some contributions to open source have happened via tax-payer funded projects from a variety of nations throughout the world. Other contributions are made from the generous and charitable contributions of others who simply want to make a difference. Darl wants to exploit those contributions and leverage his band of merry lawyers to "liberate" Linux from the rest of us. Only his liberation is not for anything other than selfish desires (like any criminal who sees nothing wrong with theft) with no respect to the common good.
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Comrade, you are morally bankrupt. Please report immediately to the nearest GNU reeducation center.
On your way to the center, repeat the following: "Our business is your business. Your business is our business."
This is absolutely correct analysis of Stallmans motives. The idea isn't to support "freedom", not to destroy the idea that software IP should be sold "for profit". This is very significant and should be considered carefully by those that presume to support the GPL. Stallman is a Marxist.
It is interesting to note that all the corporations that claim to support the concepts of the GPL keep their own bits of IP hidden away and locked up. However they do encourage you to keep donating your IP to the "community", since they are reaping millions in profits from that IP.
"One is not better than the other"
Actually, yes one IS better than the other. With one, you plug in the printer and it works. With the other, it doesn't without some arcane command line configuration. The "value-system" here is getting your printer to print, not learning CUPS configuration or how to use "aptitude" (whatever that is).
That would make sense if he was being sarcastic and not serious.
Screw the people? Its a publically traded company, the stockholders ARE the company.
You hit the nail on the head, and this is why volunteer OSS project will never succeed without some organizational backing.
Nobody wants to do anything boring, especially for free and for ungrateful anonymous users.
What are you talking about? Each one of those dialogs are HORRENDOUS!!! For instance, look at this one:c les/HO WTO/6454f1.png
c les/HO WTO/6454f3.png
http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules/NS-arti
"Configurator novice Controls" with a "Save" "Help" "Quit" button underneath? What the HELL does that mean? Why isn't novice capitalized? What am I saving by clicking the Save button? A configurator novice controls? Why arent the buttons at the bottom like every other dialog box in the planet?
I won't even comment on this one:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/modules/NS-arti
I would agree with this except for the fact it is well known that Dubya orders the FDA to add chemical preservatives (which are incidentally designed in a secret chemical warfare lab) into our food which increases the number and fatality of car accidents all in an attempt to reduce the amount of social security payouts but really serves to increase the number of grammatical errors on web blogs.
No, we don't see the difference because the Open Source zealots claim that you can make more money by open sourcing a product than you can by keeping it closed. Of course this isn't borne out in reality, but that is another issue.
It is NOT only the MS exec who is saying this. In the same article Symantec confirms this:
"It's a myth that hackers find the holes," said Nigel Beighton, who runs a research project for security firm Symantec that attempts to predict which vulnerabilities will be exploited next.
He said in many cases the appearance of a patch was the spur that kicked off activity around a particular vulnerability"
As usual everyone is going off half-cocked.
The facts are that .NET is an extremely capable platform for both small and large solutions. The combination of dev tools + languages + framework + documentation is UNMATCHED in the industry. Sun should be damn worried, since .NET is only in its second generation.
Its no wonder that Sun is bringing back all of their founders that have brains. They are concerned about the direction that Java tech is going.
Oh, I see. So customer satisfaction plays some role here. I didn't see that mentioned in the "article".
What? You must be doing something wrong. Just see an example of how good Linux installs are here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=97912&cid=8364 504
Plus that comment is modded +5 Informative so it must be true!
I don't know why this would be. According to this article the ENTIRE GOAL is to get the customer off the phone. Customer service has no place, according to this.
Oh, I see. You mean that customer satisfaction plays some role as well? Funny how the "article" didn't mention this at all.
I agree with the premise of keeping call lengths down. Otherwise the users will try to get the tech to answer every possible tech question they may have while they are on the line.
"Women [...] can physically exert themselves for longer periods. All else being equal, in a long-distance race between a man and a woman, the woman will win"
I don't know where you possibly heard this, but it simply is not true, in fact men have greater endurance on average. Of course "All else being equal" makes no sense in this context - because it simply isn't equal.
Well then please answer my question: why not just hang up on the caller immediately? Your average call time will be 1 second, and apparently (accouding to the article) there are no repercussions to doing this.
Could it be that the article *gasp* SENSATIONALIZED this in order to get page views???
Yes, I agree with you. You DO need to strike a balance. This sensational fictional article doesn't mention this at all. This is my point. I don't know why I would get marked as a 'troll' for pointing this out.
If this anecdotal tale is actually true, and the whole idea is to make the call length as short as possible, and their are no reprocussions to providing bad support - why not just hang up on the caller after one second? Why even bother talking to the user at all? Sounds like someone just wants us to view a 5 second ad, because the article is "worth it".
I think we should mandate that every american should live in a 10'x10' box with one toilet and eat soylent green. Then the third world would seem like a paradise. Ah, liberal logic...
Huh? What wires? He just took a picture of the picture.
Huh? In the above scheme there is only one picture that matters. The picture that was taken of the picture. The original gets tossed. The new MD5 matches the new picture.
Of course there is no way to prevent such a scheme which makes the whole idea worthless.
So you think that only "monkey-work" is being offshored? How insulting of you to think that the "monkeys" in India and Eastern Europe can only take on "money-work".
I am sure that you are doing the important stuff that those "monkeys" wouldn't possibly grasp, and so you are safe.
And he should still be in prison, given his attitude and continued cracking lifestyle.
My concern with all of this crap, is the fact that someone hasn't forced SCO to shut the hell up. It reminds me of the Bully in grade school. He would consistantly beat up on kids every day. Some even to the point of actual damage, and he was NEVER suspended. Never. Ever. I think that is what needs to be really focused on. Not so much as "When will all of this madness end?", but rather "How can we prevent this from ever getting this far, if history repeats itself?" Also, from the article: "[Darl]I've been pounding the table here for a year or so saying there's no free lunch, and there is going to be a day of reckoning for every company that thinks they are going to try and sell a free model." What is with this messianic attitude? Perhaps what Darl does not realize is that folks contribute to Linux and other open source projects through a variety of reasons. Notably, some contributions to open source have happened via tax-payer funded projects from a variety of nations throughout the world. Other contributions are made from the generous and charitable contributions of others who simply want to make a difference. Darl wants to exploit those contributions and leverage his band of merry lawyers to "liberate" Linux from the rest of us. Only his liberation is not for anything other than selfish desires (like any criminal who sees nothing wrong with theft) with no respect to the common good.