Probably because this has a lot to do with making useful software available without requiring abusive costs to use it. Or perhaps because a hatchet job should not go unpunished. Or perhaps because we don't like those who seem to be untruthful while those who don't 'know any better' take these so called 'facts' as truth.
Win## is expensive to buy and maintain, partially because it is expensive to develop, and possibly due to corporate greed -- not good corporate stewardship, but greed. Good corporate stewardship means providing goods and services at a price that stimulates further goods and services while making respectable money for the corporation, and not getting more than fair value from the transaction. 'Fair value' is up for argument, but open source is a good 'buy' if you have the administrators to take care of it -- and please note that you need those administrators for closed source too!
It's pretty clear that Mr. Browns arguments against Linus are refuted by Mr. Tanenbaum concisely and clearly. It's also pretty clear that Mr. Brown will continue his efforts. It should therefore be clear that those of us who disagree with Mr. Brown as well as others who also seem largely to be purveyors of FUD have a job to do, and hackles to smooth.
Had a 28.8 back in the day, and was coding web pages for NS2.x (tables -- woohoo) and was getting less than 1k per second throughput. Called the ISP, and they identified the modem as being a "problem part." So I went to the store where I bought the modem the previous week, and got a wonderful bit of nonsense:
sales tech-"It can't be your modem, it runs at 28.8 and the internet isn't even that fast." me-"excuse me?" sales tech-"Yessir, the internet only runs at 300 baud, which is a measurement of how fast the bits can go through the pins in the cable connector. You see, the wires are actually faster, they run at 9600 baud, but the pins can only go 300 because they are hollow and electrons, which is what electricity is made of, won't go through hollow pins, so they have to go around the edges. Since there are hundreds of these pins hooking up the internet the internet is limited to 300 baud, and I apologize for whoever sold you the 28.8 modem."
me-*looks dazed* sales tech-"as an apology, let me give you $5 off on a soundcard upgrade, and I'll throw in a cable connector with solid pins for your modem so that you will know the speed issues are not at your end." (remember this was in the serial port days)
The guy had little kernels of almost truth in there, but I think it was luck:)
Methinks you missed the point. It has nothing to do with software licenses and everything to do with using legal means to torpedo something/someone that has done nothing wrong (as far as we can tell) and profit from it.
If SCO thought they could make a buck by jumping BSD they would.
If Microsoft thought they could make a buck by jumping Free Software they . . . oh wait, they already did.
See what I mean?
It's about the money. (Yeah yeah, stop saying, "Duh.") Not about Linux, SCO, code, printf(), or any other of the supposed issues in the case.
What's wrong with being about the money? Nothing. At least, nothing until you start stepping on people and or institutions who have done no wrong. Worse, it's by legal means! E-T-H-I-C-S seems hard to spell.
"It's a tissue of lies," say some, "Silly silly claims" say others. Like the post said, "you may be next." and frankly, when they jump your case and you are busy treading water whether or not there is truth in the accusation doesn't help you -- it just makes you madder that anyone could believe them.
Oh, and no wonder the poster was anonymous, a little 'Big Brother' paranoia is normal these days, don't you think:)
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Why do we care?
Probably because this has a lot to do with making useful software available without requiring abusive costs to use it. Or perhaps because a hatchet job should not go unpunished. Or perhaps because we don't like those who seem to be untruthful while those who don't 'know any better' take these so called 'facts' as truth.
Win## is expensive to buy and maintain, partially because it is expensive to develop, and possibly due to corporate greed -- not good corporate stewardship, but greed. Good corporate stewardship means providing goods and services at a price that stimulates further goods and services while making respectable money for the corporation, and not getting more than fair value from the transaction. 'Fair value' is up for argument, but open source is a good 'buy' if you have the administrators to take care of it -- and please note that you need those administrators for closed source too!
It's pretty clear that Mr. Browns arguments against Linus are refuted by Mr. Tanenbaum concisely and clearly. It's also pretty clear that Mr. Brown will continue his efforts. It should therefore be clear that those of us who disagree with Mr. Brown as well as others who also seem largely to be purveyors of FUD have a job to do, and hackles to smooth.
Had a 28.8 back in the day, and was coding web pages for NS2.x (tables -- woohoo) and was getting less than 1k per second throughput. Called the ISP, and they identified the modem as being a "problem part." So I went to the store where I bought the modem the previous week, and got a wonderful bit of nonsense:
sales tech-"It can't be your modem, it runs at 28.8 and the internet isn't even that fast."
me-"excuse me?"
sales tech-"Yessir, the internet only runs at 300 baud, which is a measurement of how fast the bits can go through the pins in the cable connector. You see, the wires are actually faster, they run at 9600 baud, but the pins can only go 300 because they are hollow and electrons, which is what electricity is made of, won't go through hollow pins, so they have to go around the edges. Since there are hundreds of these pins hooking up the internet the internet is limited to 300 baud, and I apologize for whoever sold you the 28.8 modem."
me-*looks dazed*
sales tech-"as an apology, let me give you $5 off on a soundcard upgrade, and I'll throw in a cable connector with solid pins for your modem so that you will know the speed issues are not at your end." (remember this was in the serial port days)
The guy had little kernels of almost truth in there, but I think it was luck:)
BitKeeper is a fine product. Check out the other fine products in the same product line:
*BitCreeper debugging tool
*BitSleeper archiving tool
*BitDeeper anti-anti-enhancement spam tool
*BitPeeper anti-anti-porn tool
uh. . . a good book?
--It's a special device that requires no memory cards, no special power cells, and can be used with simple sunlight.
But then that might be pushing too far for today's geek:)
(Say something in an Umberto Eco)
Methinks you missed the point. It has nothing to do with software licenses and everything to do with using legal means to torpedo something/someone that has done nothing wrong (as far as we can tell) and profit from it. If SCO thought they could make a buck by jumping BSD they would. If Microsoft thought they could make a buck by jumping Free Software they . . . oh wait, they already did. See what I mean? It's about the money. (Yeah yeah, stop saying, "Duh.") Not about Linux, SCO, code, printf(), or any other of the supposed issues in the case. What's wrong with being about the money? Nothing. At least, nothing until you start stepping on people and or institutions who have done no wrong. Worse, it's by legal means! E-T-H-I-C-S seems hard to spell. "It's a tissue of lies," say some, "Silly silly claims" say others. Like the post said, "you may be next." and frankly, when they jump your case and you are busy treading water whether or not there is truth in the accusation doesn't help you -- it just makes you madder that anyone could believe them. Oh, and no wonder the poster was anonymous, a little 'Big Brother' paranoia is normal these days, don't you think:)