I am a big fan of iTunes. I would much rather buy there than in a store (yes it is my CHOICE). I like the selection of songs that they have and I like that there is uncensored music there. However, some of that music is not appropriate for my 12 year old. Some added controls for me would be nice. I know he would get a kick out of having a monthly allowance.
Looks like they have gone after former employees as well.
Sep. 2003 Optima Technology files multi-million dollar lawsuit against Network Solutions
Jul. 2003 Optima Technology Settles Federal Patent case in California
May 2003
Optima Technology Corporation took an innovative action today and offered a $1 Million bounty
Apr. 2003 Optima approved by court to be excluded from EZ-Datatech's Bankruptcy and now continues to push forward in both its State and Federal Courts regarding patent and trademark infringement against EZ-Datatech, Michael Decorte as well as others.
Feb. 2003 Optima partners with the Lava Group www.lavagroup.net to enforce Optima patents, trademarks, copyrights and intellectual property
Feb. 2003 Optima seeks Federal Court's approval to void Michael Decorte/EZ-Data bankruptcy on grounds of Fraud
Nov. 2002 Michael Decorte/EZ-Data whom Optima sued for fraud and stealing of trade secrets avoids multi-million dollar Federal Court judgment by filing Chapter 7 in Bankruptcy court
Oct. 2002 Optima files for default judgment in Federal court
May 2002 Optima ships CDR-Access Pro(TM)v4.7 for Macntosh OS 9.2
Apr. 2002 Optima ships DeskTape Pro(TM) v5.7 for Macintosh OS 9.2
Mar. 2002 Optima files Federal lawsuit against EZ-Data, Michael Decorte, alleging patent and trademark violations on its software's: DeskTape Pro(TM), CDR-Access Pro(TM), DiskArray Pro(TM) and Xchange(TM) and Xchange Pro(TM)
Feb. 2002 Optima Technology Corporation hires law firm Cox Castle Nicholson www.coxcastle.com with key attorney Frederick "Rick" Kranz to protect Optima's Intellectual Property from company's unwilling to respect Optima's Royalty rights on patents and trademarks.
Dec. 2001 Optima Technology Corporation hires Los Angeles based law firm Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman www.kmzr.com to take over State Patent and trademark lawsuit against former employees and companies.
Jun. 2001 Optima files lawsuit for patent and trademark violations against EZ-Data and former employees Michael Decorte and Raymond Martin
May 2001 Optima reopens its Irvine, CA office and moves its corporate office to USA
Apr. 2001 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro (TM) for Macintosh OS 8.5
Feb. 2001 Announced release of DeskTape Pro (TM) v5.5 for Macintosh OS 9.1
Dec. 1999 Optima ships DeskTape Pro(TM) v5.1 for Macintosh OS 9.0
Jun. 1999 Optima moves corporate office to Paris France
Mar.1999 Optima reorganizes its office's and closes Irvine, CA
Jan. 1999 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro v3.6 for Macintosh OS 8.5
Nov. 1998 Announced release of DeskTape Pro(TM) v4.6 for Macintosh OS 8.5
Mar. 1998 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro v3.1 for Macintosh OS 8.1
Feb. 1998 Announced release of DiskArray(TM) v2.0 for Macintosh OS 8.1
Jan. 1998 Announced release of DeskTape Pro(TM) v4.5 for Macintosh OS 8.1
Dec.1997 Released CDWriter(TM), the world's only super fast rewritable DVD/CD drive with up to 21.9 GB capacity
Nov. 1997 Released GigaBank(TM) Fibre Channel and Ultra Wide SCSI RAID subsystems
Nov. 1997 Release Award-Winning RAID Bundles for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP
Nov. 1997 Released SCSI Inspector(TM) for remote configuration, testing and monitoring of RAID systems
Sep. 1997 Patent 5,666,531 awarded to Optima Tehnology on Recordable CD ROM Accessing System
Jul. 1997 Announced release of DeskTape Pro(TM) v4.0 for MAC OS 8.0
Jul. 1997 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro v2.3 for MAC OS 8.0
Jul. 1997 Released DeskTape(TM) video, enabling QuickTime movie playback direct from tape
Jul. 1997 Matthew Bahrami is elected as Optima's new Chief Executive Officer
Jan. 1997 Released DisKovery (TM) 7300 CDR and CD-R Access Pro to enable write/read of 7.3 GB of data onto a standard CD
The updated third edition has been revised to include updated information on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, etc. I use it constantly and have never been stuck with a problem I couldn't solve.
The real issue here is that the computer should be held as a tool. It is not a replacement for any of the techniques in the classroom. It cannot be held as a golden chalice of education. A desktop box will never be able to replace knowledgable, motivated, breathing educaters on the classroom floor.
It is not a fair comparison to compare the open source solutions against commercial variants, especially in the spam war. Yes, it is nice to have a small army working against your spam (like in the commercial products), but you have rendered your control to someone else. That is the beauty of open source. You are the captain of your own ship. Maybe that is the problem, if it sinks, you have to go down with it. With a commercial product there is someone else to lay the blame. Spamassassin is very easy to configure and tweak. I change settings as the flow of spam changes. We recieve a lot of e-mail from over seas and Spamassassin does a wonderful job of sorting out the unwanted mail.
It seems to me since they have sued before, that they are trying to prove that the internet is a 'communication' system. I am sure that they have more patents involving them locked away in the vault.
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ICAT classified 67% of Microsoft's vulnerabilities as high severity, placing Microsoft dead last among the platform maintainers by this metric.
This guy lives in LA county. They sprot some of the highest taxes in the country.
That is your choice. For someone that WANTS to learn how to do it a book like this can point them in the right direction.
I am a big fan of iTunes. I would much rather buy there than in a store (yes it is my CHOICE). I like the selection of songs that they have and I like that there is uncensored music there. However, some of that music is not appropriate for my 12 year old. Some added controls for me would be nice. I know he would get a kick out of having a monthly allowance.
Sep. 2003 Optima Technology files multi-million dollar lawsuit against Network Solutions
Jul. 2003 Optima Technology Settles Federal Patent case in California
May 2003 Optima Technology Corporation took an innovative action today and offered a $1 Million bounty
Apr. 2003 Optima approved by court to be excluded from EZ-Datatech's Bankruptcy and now continues to push forward in both its State and Federal Courts regarding patent and trademark infringement against EZ-Datatech, Michael Decorte as well as others.
Feb. 2003 Optima partners with the Lava Group www.lavagroup.net to enforce Optima patents, trademarks, copyrights and intellectual property
Feb. 2003 Optima seeks Federal Court's approval to void Michael Decorte/EZ-Data bankruptcy on grounds of Fraud
Nov. 2002 Michael Decorte/EZ-Data whom Optima sued for fraud and stealing of trade secrets avoids multi-million dollar Federal Court judgment by filing Chapter 7 in Bankruptcy court
Oct. 2002 Optima files for default judgment in Federal court
May 2002 Optima ships CDR-Access Pro(TM)v4.7 for Macntosh OS 9.2
Apr. 2002 Optima ships DeskTape Pro(TM) v5.7 for Macintosh OS 9.2
Mar. 2002 Optima files Federal lawsuit against EZ-Data, Michael Decorte, alleging patent and trademark violations on its software's: DeskTape Pro(TM), CDR-Access Pro(TM), DiskArray Pro(TM) and Xchange(TM) and Xchange Pro(TM)
Feb. 2002 Optima Technology Corporation hires law firm Cox Castle Nicholson www.coxcastle.com with key attorney Frederick "Rick" Kranz to protect Optima's Intellectual Property from company's unwilling to respect Optima's Royalty rights on patents and trademarks.
Dec. 2001 Optima Technology Corporation hires Los Angeles based law firm Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman www.kmzr.com to take over State Patent and trademark lawsuit against former employees and companies.
Jun. 2001 Optima files lawsuit for patent and trademark violations against EZ-Data and former employees Michael Decorte and Raymond Martin
May 2001 Optima reopens its Irvine, CA office and moves its corporate office to USA
Apr. 2001 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro (TM) for Macintosh OS 8.5
Feb. 2001 Announced release of DeskTape Pro (TM) v5.5 for Macintosh OS 9.1
Dec. 1999 Optima ships DeskTape Pro(TM) v5.1 for Macintosh OS 9.0
Jun. 1999 Optima moves corporate office to Paris France
Mar.1999 Optima reorganizes its office's and closes Irvine, CA
Jan. 1999 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro v3.6 for Macintosh OS 8.5
Nov. 1998 Announced release of DeskTape Pro(TM) v4.6 for Macintosh OS 8.5
Mar. 1998 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro v3.1 for Macintosh OS 8.1
Feb. 1998 Announced release of DiskArray(TM) v2.0 for Macintosh OS 8.1
Jan. 1998 Announced release of DeskTape Pro(TM) v4.5 for Macintosh OS 8.1
Dec.1997 Released CDWriter(TM), the world's only super fast rewritable DVD/CD drive with up to 21.9 GB capacity
Nov. 1997 Released GigaBank(TM) Fibre Channel and Ultra Wide SCSI RAID subsystems
Nov. 1997 Release Award-Winning RAID Bundles for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP
Nov. 1997 Released SCSI Inspector(TM) for remote configuration, testing and monitoring of RAID systems
Sep. 1997 Patent 5,666,531 awarded to Optima Tehnology on Recordable CD ROM Accessing System
Jul. 1997 Announced release of DeskTape Pro(TM) v4.0 for MAC OS 8.0
Jul. 1997 Announced release of CD-R Access Pro v2.3 for MAC OS 8.0
Jul. 1997 Released DeskTape(TM) video, enabling QuickTime movie playback direct from tape
Jul. 1997 Matthew Bahrami is elected as Optima's new Chief Executive Officer
Jan. 1997 Released DisKovery (TM) 7300 CDR and CD-R Access Pro to enable write/read of 7.3 GB of data onto a standard CD
Jan. 1997
I like the Miller High Life box! What a classic!
The updated third edition has been revised to include updated information on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, etc. I use it constantly and have never been stuck with a problem I couldn't solve.
The real issue here is that the computer should be held as a tool. It is not a replacement for any of the techniques in the classroom. It cannot be held as a golden chalice of education. A desktop box will never be able to replace knowledgable, motivated, breathing educaters on the classroom floor.
It is not a fair comparison to compare the open source solutions against commercial variants, especially in the spam war. Yes, it is nice to have a small army working against your spam (like in the commercial products), but you have rendered your control to someone else. That is the beauty of open source. You are the captain of your own ship. Maybe that is the problem, if it sinks, you have to go down with it. With a commercial product there is someone else to lay the blame. Spamassassin is very easy to configure and tweak. I change settings as the flow of spam changes. We recieve a lot of e-mail from over seas and Spamassassin does a wonderful job of sorting out the unwanted mail.
It seems to me since they have sued before, that they are trying to prove that the internet is a 'communication' system. I am sure that they have more patents involving them locked away in the vault.