Surely if I have to buy a book to learn how to install and use something that is simply a module then there's something fundamentaly broken with the documentation for it ?
Is this a sign of thing to come where projects stop doing real documentation and sell books instead in the same way that Microsoft Press titles have replaced the manuals that used to come with MS software ?
"No release date or pricing information yet as this unit is still heavily in production/testing phases"
Nice that they're being given some free market research here isn't it ?
For something that may not actually exist, possibly not quite as transparent as the MS Courier but until I can buy one I'm not in the slightest bit interested
(Seriously; why is it whenever a PS3 or Sony story comes up on/. there's a horde of people bitching about that rootkit but no one ever gets up in arms with the fact that Microsoft has rooted billions of computers around the world with some of the most useless, inefficient and insecure software on earth?)
Because it's totally irrelevant, if it was a discussion about Microsoft then it would be relevant otherwise it's just needless Microsoft bashing and serves no purpose other than to inflame the rabid fanboys
Ahh, a fellow denizen of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society !
The numbered bottles is indeed a marketing thing, the distilleries they come from do not want them being marketed under their brand name so the Society number them to keep them semi-anonymous
Works out exactly the same as the Microsoft anti trust things work for Apple.
It makes absolutely no difference to AMD because they haven't been investigated for anti trust issues and currently have such a low percentage of the overall market for PC chips that they are unlikely to ever get investigated.
The rules change for the abusive monopolists, not for their illegally stifled competitors
But if you happen to buy a piece of hardware at the store that's not on the distribution's hardware compatibility list, it probably won't include a Linux driver on a disc either.
You mean that you haven't noticed that Windows has a hardware compatibility list as well ?
If it was genuinely the artists who were getting the money I'd be quite happy to cough up the cash.
As long as such a massive percentage of what I might pay goes to the companies rather than the artists that create the work (composer, lyricist, performer) then I'll just stick with downloading.
Besides, I've already paid for most of my music twice already. Bought on vinyl or tape cassette and then replaced with CD. Why should I have to pay for it a third time to put it on my iphone ?
House has never been broken into, I live in the middle of nowhere and have half a dozen geese as watchdogs.
I don't bother locking my door when I leave, often don't bother locking the car.
Last night I was putting oil into the car and got distracted doing something else, left the bonnet up and the keys on top of the engine. Next morning, everything still exactly where I'd left it.
As far as I can read it, the corresponding source definition in clause 1, GPLv3 covers that situation
The "Corresponding Source" for a work in object code form means all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to control those activities. However, it does not include the work's System Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available free programs which are used unmodified in performing those activities but which are not part of the work. For example, Corresponding Source includes interface definition files associated with source files for the work, and the source code for shared libraries and dynamically linked subprograms that the work is specifically designed to require, such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those subprograms and other parts of the work.
My reading of "all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work" would cover the build environment. They could arguing that the build tools and environment are general purpose tools, etc used unmodified. I'd have to think that if that were the case you wouldn't be having any problems trying to make modifications though.
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Just wait until the ancient Carthaginians get in on the act and start suing for people misusing their founders name.....
In case anybody is wondering what a Norwich Pharmacal order is
http://whereismydata.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/civil-law-norwich-pharmacal-order/
In the past Microsoft was the one screwing over its "partner" and stealing mobile phone technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendo
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/01/06/microsofts_masterplan_to_screw_phone/
So having based their smartphone stuff on stolen tech, they're now turning round claiming other people are stealing their tech ?
Oddly enough, it looks like Motorola were the ones who ended up with the Sendo tech.
That's what they are doing.
For a fixed speed/bandwidth to speed someone elses traffic up the only way to do it when you're at capacity is to slow something else down.
Don't believe anyone who says that they're speeding anything up
One argument they should include is that Windows would be better had Gates stayed in school.
I suspect Windows would be better if it was written by illiterate chimps on acid
Surely if I have to buy a book to learn how to install and use something that is simply a module then there's something fundamentaly broken with the documentation for it ?
Is this a sign of thing to come where projects stop doing real documentation and sell books instead in the same way that Microsoft Press titles have replaced the manuals that used to come with MS software ?
I live in Aberdeen (North of London).
So does my ex wife, I wish you condolonces
"No release date or pricing information yet as this unit is still heavily in production/testing phases"
Nice that they're being given some free market research here isn't it ?
For something that may not actually exist, possibly not quite as transparent as the MS Courier but until I can buy one I'm not in the slightest bit interested
(Seriously; why is it whenever a PS3 or Sony story comes up on /. there's a horde of people bitching about that rootkit but no one ever gets up in arms with the fact that Microsoft has rooted billions of computers around the world with some of the most useless, inefficient and insecure software on earth?)
Because it's totally irrelevant, if it was a discussion about Microsoft then it would be relevant otherwise it's just needless Microsoft bashing and serves no purpose other than to inflame the rabid fanboys
Refuses to install on my quad core intel with 4 gig ram and windows 7 x64.
Perhaps I don't have a beefy enough system to run it ?
Ahh, a fellow denizen of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society !
The numbered bottles is indeed a marketing thing, the distilleries they come from do not want them being marketed under their brand name so the Society number them to keep them semi-anonymous
You aren't speeding some traffic up, you're slowing the rest down.
Works out exactly the same as the Microsoft anti trust things work for Apple.
It makes absolutely no difference to AMD because they haven't been investigated for anti trust issues and currently have such a low percentage of the overall market for PC chips that they are unlikely to ever get investigated.
The rules change for the abusive monopolists, not for their illegally stifled competitors
My most sincere apologies good sir !
Had I realised that you were randomly redefining terms to advance your own point of view I wouldn't have wasted my time replying to you.
That's 2 minutes of my life wasted that I'll never get back.
I'm sure if you look at the HCL http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx you'll find that including a driver on a CD doesn't magically add a piece of hardware to the list.
But if you happen to buy a piece of hardware at the store that's not on the distribution's hardware compatibility list, it probably won't include a Linux driver on a disc either.
You mean that you haven't noticed that Windows has a hardware compatibility list as well ?
If you don't mind then don't licence the images under a licence that says you do.
Licencing things and then not enforcing the licence just means that people aren't going to take it seriously.
I'm too lazy to sit swapping over all the CDs
If it was genuinely the artists who were getting the money I'd be quite happy to cough up the cash.
As long as such a massive percentage of what I might pay goes to the companies rather than the artists that create the work (composer, lyricist, performer) then I'll just stick with downloading.
Besides, I've already paid for most of my music twice already. Bought on vinyl or tape cassette and then replaced with CD. Why should I have to pay for it a third time to put it on my iphone ?
Might even use it if I'm forced to.
Still boycotting Sony over their rootkit fiasco.
House has never been broken into, I live in the middle of nowhere and have half a dozen geese as watchdogs.
I don't bother locking my door when I leave, often don't bother locking the car.
Last night I was putting oil into the car and got distracted doing something else, left the bonnet up and the keys on top of the engine. Next morning, everything still exactly where I'd left it.
Yup, cheap and high capacity.
Besides, they're easy to take offsite in a pocket and if a backup isn't off site then it's just a copy.
Exclusive is the antithetis of the purpose of copyrights.
Actually, exclusive is EXACTLY what copyrights are about, you should look up the definition sometime.
As far as I can read it, the corresponding source definition in clause 1, GPLv3 covers that situation
The "Corresponding Source" for a work in object code form means all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work, including scripts to control those activities. However, it does not include the work's System Libraries, or general-purpose tools or generally available free programs which are used unmodified in performing those activities but which are not part of the work. For example, Corresponding Source includes interface definition files associated with source files for the work, and the source code for shared libraries and dynamically linked subprograms that the work is specifically designed to require, such as by intimate data communication or control flow between those subprograms and other parts of the work.
My reading of "all the source code needed to generate, install, and (for an executable work) run the object code and to modify the work" would cover the build environment. They could arguing that the build tools and environment are general purpose tools, etc used unmodified. I'd have to think that if that were the case you wouldn't be having any problems trying to make modifications though.
See, the problem is you're searching on Google.
Try Bing, I'm sure it will be full of wonderful Microsoft innovations