It's the same old problem of protecting software. Big companies like M$ have spent billions of dollars trying to control unauthorized use of software. The problem is the same although we are now protecting source code instead of executable code.
Does it mean that we are threading the same path and people (developers) will need to spend so much effort and money to protect their rights?
I believe that a jump from 8% to 40% is very significant. Now if someone can at least translate that to a solar powered cell phone or PDA, that would at least solve most of our problems of having to find a charger as part of our daily lives.;-)
I also think that the availability of choices is a function of time and the need of majority of the users. It would be ideal to have a flexible product with lots of choices on how to use it but if it would take forever to create. People would rather have something now that would satisfy most of their needs now.
The way a product is planned also comes into play. If the "chief" has a limited view during the product's conception, the product's evolution would suffer thus the user suffers.
Let's take Windows and Linux as an example. Windows evolved from a single user OS with a graphical environment tightly coupled to the core of the operating system. This led to a limited choice when using it as a server. Because of the need to load the graphical environment everytime it is used, it required extra resources to run compared to Linux which can run w/o the unnecessary GUI when it is used as a server.
In the end, choices differ from one user to another so FLEXIBILITY is a plus but it is limited by TIME and MONEY.
All this talk about M$ intellectual property being used in Linux. I just wonder how many developers, with prior Unix development experience, Microsoft has hired that have used Unix code / derivatives inside M$ products.;-)
I don't think we need to wait that long. Any web site selling something on the Internet is an "enterprise". Try counting e-commerce sites using the Apache, PHP and MySQL combination and you've got a sizable amount of "enterprises" using an open-source database.
If it were illegal to point to copyrighted content (which a user may or may not download illegally -- similarly pointing to a CD shop which a person may or may not rob) is illegal, then does it mean that a web site or even a newspaper that publishes any story about an "Illegal pointer to copyrighted content" would be illegal.
$300-$400 is a lot of money. I hope a company would make the $100 laptop (http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ a reality. Not only does the device allow you to read electronic books, you can also use it for taking down notes.
There are several million students around the world. If they could do what Apple did to the iPod, provide an online service this time for electronic books now that would be something. Hey, Steve Jobs maybe you're up to the challenge!
Yes, I think it's time to also put all those virus spreading chaos into the fastest computers as well... does this mean we get faster spreading viruses... I wonder....
I live in a country where sending SMS messages is part of the daily life. In the Philippines, SMS traffic averages more than 20 a day. At more than 5 million GSM phone users, SMS traffic amounts to about 100 million SMS messages per day.
I have been a linux user since version 0.9 of the kernel. Although I can freely download Redhat, I have bought copies whenever it is available locally - my first Redhat (i think this is version 4 and i still have the box) was bought online.
The main reason I have been buying redhat all these years was to support the development of Linux.
Now, I read that Redhat is stopping its distribution of a version for users like me. This really sucks because now I have to find some other Linux distribution to use because the low-end version of their enterprise suite is too much money to spend on my part.
I don't think this is good for Redhat in the long haul. If you take a look at the long history of M$, they started out as a Desktop OS (MSDOS). They succeeded simply because they evolved from an OS that almost every computer user is familiar with and this started to trickle into their server business. Most of the issues about M$ (besides cost) has been about security. If they fix this then Windows will be a competitive OS in the enterprise.
What Linux needs right now is to be united, it is spread so thinly (you even have to let an ordinary user decide whether to use GNOME or KDE). If everyone would be more united then we would have the best (if not the perfect) desktop/server OS. If that happens, I hope I don't have to spend so much money just to use an OS on my desktop.
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Is this the dawning of a new era? The obsolescence of the "bookshelf"?
Why not just connect them all together and maximize the use of bandwidth. That way we'll probably have free Internet access wherever we go. :-)
Now, if I could only figure out how to power my computer using candles. :-)
Maybe slashdot can do something about the slasher
all go back to using candles and get rid of all our gadgets (except mine of course). What say you?
The Moral of the Story: Ask permission first!
Wow this is good news! This means that M$ just gave us another reason not to use Windows XP and Windows Vista.
It's the same old problem of protecting software. Big companies like M$ have spent billions of dollars trying to control unauthorized use of software. The problem is the same although we are now protecting source code instead of executable code. Does it mean that we are threading the same path and people (developers) will need to spend so much effort and money to protect their rights?
In that case, everybody needs to disconnect their cables from the Internet to make our computers secure. ;-)
I believe that a jump from 8% to 40% is very significant. Now if someone can at least translate that to a solar powered cell phone or PDA, that would at least solve most of our problems of having to find a charger as part of our daily lives. ;-)
You're right in saying delays doesn't mean forever. Perfect is great if people can use it. ;-)
I also think that the availability of choices is a function of time and the need of majority of the users. It would be ideal to have a flexible product with lots of choices on how to use it but if it would take forever to create. People would rather have something now that would satisfy most of their needs now.
The way a product is planned also comes into play. If the "chief" has a limited view during the product's conception, the product's evolution would suffer thus the user suffers.
Let's take Windows and Linux as an example. Windows evolved from a single user OS with a graphical environment tightly coupled to the core of the operating system. This led to a limited choice when using it as a server. Because of the need to load the graphical environment everytime it is used, it required extra resources to run compared to Linux which can run w/o the unnecessary GUI when it is used as a server.
In the end, choices differ from one user to another so FLEXIBILITY is a plus but it is limited by TIME and MONEY.
I often wonder what "enterprise level" really mean.
Better yet. Just remove the batteries altogether. ;-)
All this talk about M$ intellectual property being used in Linux. I just wonder how many developers, with prior Unix development experience, Microsoft has hired that have used Unix code / derivatives inside M$ products. ;-)
All notebooks are safe just put 4-inch FANS around it for extra cooling.
I don't think we need to wait that long. Any web site selling something on the Internet is an "enterprise". Try counting e-commerce sites using the Apache, PHP and MySQL combination and you've got a sizable amount of "enterprises" using an open-source database.
If it were illegal to point to copyrighted content (which a user may or may not download illegally -- similarly pointing to a CD shop which a person may or may not rob) is illegal, then does it mean that a web site or even a newspaper that publishes any story about an "Illegal pointer to copyrighted content" would be illegal.
Wow, it looks like the whole Internet is illegal.
Well you should watch out for the IP lawyers that handled the 98% of the patents.
Or maybe disbar the IP lawyers that handled the 2% of the patents. :-)
$300-$400 is a lot of money. I hope a company would make the $100 laptop (http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ a reality. Not only does the device allow you to read electronic books, you can also use it for taking down notes. There are several million students around the world. If they could do what Apple did to the iPod, provide an online service this time for electronic books now that would be something. Hey, Steve Jobs maybe you're up to the challenge!
Yes, I think it's time to also put all those virus spreading chaos into the fastest computers as well ... does this mean we get faster spreading viruses ... I wonder ....
I can just imagine the processing speed required for all those computations. How about getting some of those speed in my 3D card!
I'd sell it and buy myself a house, car, ... and all the gadgets i can think of and retire 8-)
I live in a country where sending SMS messages is part of the daily life. In the Philippines, SMS traffic averages more than 20 a day. At more than 5 million GSM phone users, SMS traffic amounts to about 100 million SMS messages per day.
I have been a linux user since version 0.9 of the kernel. Although I can freely download Redhat, I have bought copies whenever it is available locally - my first Redhat (i think this is version 4 and i still have the box) was bought online.
The main reason I have been buying redhat all these years was to support the development of Linux.
Now, I read that Redhat is stopping its distribution of a version for users like me. This really sucks because now I have to find some other Linux distribution to use because the low-end version of their enterprise suite is too much money to spend on my part.
I don't think this is good for Redhat in the long haul. If you take a look at the long history of M$, they started out as a Desktop OS (MSDOS). They succeeded simply because they evolved from an OS that almost every computer user is familiar with and this started to trickle into their server business. Most of the issues about M$ (besides cost) has been about security. If they fix this then Windows will be a competitive OS in the enterprise.
What Linux needs right now is to be united, it is spread so thinly (you even have to let an ordinary user decide whether to use GNOME or KDE). If everyone would be more united then we would have the best (if not the perfect) desktop/server OS. If that happens, I hope I don't have to spend so much money just to use an OS on my desktop.