6. Why doesn't SCO just simply publish this code so that it can be taken out of Linux if it is indeed infringing? And why do you require a non-disclosure agreement to view some of this infringing code?
Intellectual property forms the basis of the value of any software vendor. IP is confidential throughout the industry to protect competitive advantages one vendor has over another.
This is why I do not believe SCO has a case.
If code they own has been stolen and put into linux it is no longer a secret
If there is anything lacking in the gnu/linux desktop in for an everday office environment the use of it by such a big company will smoke those deficencies out
IBM also has the resources to code away any deficiencies they find.
I hope they make that cool stuff GPL
For years I have been asking myself why do people tolerate microsoft. Their power comes from their desktop and technically it is nothing special. Many companies could make something
The answer has always been some sort of cost/benefit. IBM and others decided it would be too costly to take on microsoft
Not so with the Free(dom) software model. The GNU/Linux desktop has been mostly built by others.
All IBM will do is use it an polish.....very little risk on their part....a lot to gain.
I read another article on slashdot that said that a "put or shut up" order to SCO ( for showing evidence for their claims) comes due on January 12th 2004.
Is attacking google one last spank "on the monkey" to get a few more pennies out of SCO's artificially inflated stock before the judge puts an end to it?
The other slashdot article warned about being over confident is SCO's lack of a case
The SCO executives are supposedly doing all of this for the money......not to get a free ticket to jail.
Prosecuting them for knowingly making fallicious claims will be the thought of several big companies they have antagonized after the alleged lack of evidence is made public.
Could it really be that the SCO executives have something then? If not evidence, at least a plan to escape prosecution when the bubble pops?
Everything I have read about other reusable space craft has been along the lines of "neat idea, some prototypes, but death traps.....ie vaporware"
The military having its hand in NASA is not a good thing unless you consider a presence in space for any reason to be a good end in itself. Translation: the space race will become another avenue for the pentagon to spend billions on white elephant weapons
If I get to drive my SUV, mini van, or hummer when I could otherwise drive a car.
After all, I am too fat from my supersized meals and 3 quarts a day of soft drinks to comfortably climb climb into a car instead of a truck.
I also have to keep up with fashion. Driving a car is just not fashionable. I know its an inanimate object but it is just not "masculine" the way a hummer is. Who I am as a person has nothing to do with my qualities or accomplishments. Its about how fashionable my vehicale is.
If the planet is turned into a shit hole for my children and grand children then so be it.
I was once in an obscenley well funded dot.com. My manager spent large amounts of money where he did not have to. He told me that if you want to be big you have to make people think you are big so you have to "show big"
This isn't the first time a presidential canidate has proposed a Mars trip
Its a nifty trick. You talk about something *positive* that everyone finds uplifting and that gets associated with your image.
Bush has been in office over 3/4 of his term. Why bring this up now? Am I being being cynical in my appraisal of this situation and thinking that the Mars trip is not a serious proposal?
The headline I want to see is:
Bush signs bill into law that will prevent American IT jobs from moving overseas....Democratic canidates propose similar measures
Whenever I read a thread about American corporations firing American workers to increase their profits by giving those jobs to foriegners there is always one point that comes up.
Someone always asks "Well, wouldn't you want to get a cheaper deal on the same thing if you could get it?...Its their right to do the same?"
Why apply the same ethical( or other ) expectations to corporations with vast resources and without the same legal responsibility as individual people?
Is there a religion somewhere that sets it as a moral law that corporations or obscenely rich people have the right to pursue profit regardless of consequences?
Is it in the constitution that corporations have the right to pursue profits at the expenese of the country?
Watch what the current administration does to protect the number of jobs for Americans in IT from American IT companies.
If they do nothing, or make a symbolic gesture with no teeth I will vote for someone else.
I see no reason to give someone his job back when he will not protect mine.
Steve
In fact, a file selector box is nothing but a miniature replica of a graphical file manager (like the MacOS finder, the Windows Explorer, konqueror, nautilus, rox etc.). The more "functional" file selectors got, the more bloated and redundant vis-a-vis the file manager they became.
It would make more sense IMHO to abolish file selectors altogether and instead throw users into their preferred file manager for opening files. All it would need is a freedesktop.org standard protocol for file manager/application interaction and perhaps a $FILEMANAGER environment variable. (Theoretically, $FILEMANAGER could then also be a shell in a terminal.)
Do you really want to have to boot up konqueror in the KDE, Nautilus in Gnome, or Explorer in Windoze everytime you want to open/save/rename a file from an app?
I save a lot of stuff from mozilla and I usually want to rename or create the directory where I put those files.
xterm is blazingly fast compared to those file managers, yet having to bring up xterm is frequent(albeit small ) nuisance
By minimizing caffiene useand doing a healthy lifestyle thing..nothing extreme.... just good meals, exercise etc
People eat themselves into type II diabetes.
Steve
One of the best ways to promote free(dom) software, would be for the government to mandate standard goverment document formats under a GPL.
If someone wants the government to use their software then their software must be capable of saving to the government standard GPL format.
Government documents will always be accessible.
Goverments will be free to switch software and not worry about format incompatibility.
They can choose to use the best software for their formats...free(dom) software or proprietary.
The playing field will be leveled. No document lock. A software package will compete on its pricing and merits.
Chances are all of these benefits will transfer to the private sector as the sheer volume of government documentation will force the inclusion of government standard gpl formats into software made for the private sector.
As a bonus the GPL will get a shot in the arm as far as legitimacy go.
The government formats will also spread and be improved being GPL as anyone will be free to use or change it.
If the government sees a nice modification they can make it the standard.
As nice as it is to have choice one things Windows brings it is a constant. Things normally work on most PC's. With each distro of Linux things aren't the same from one point to another which can be seen as a strength
Frustration with inconsistencies is one ( just one ) of the things that helped sink Java Applets.
People got fed up wondering if they had the right browser with the right jvm, the right browser version, the right jvm plugin, the right plugin version etc etc.
I'm curious about the other side of the coin. I do about a six-pack of Diet Coke a day, but I don't seem to show any signs of addiction if I don't get my caffeine. No headaches, no jitters, nothing. In addition, it doesn't seem to affect my ability to sleep. The only difference I can tell between the caffeinated and non-caffeinated versions is taste.
Its been proven that the phosphoric acid is soda accelerates osteoporosis.
A six pack a day has a lot of calories in it. If you reduce your caloric intake by 250 calories a day you can lose 25lbs in a year. A can of soda is between 80 - 100 calories. Think about it.
You might not be sick from caffiene dependence, but there are other reasons to stop soda.
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How can SCO drag it out if they have no evidence to support making claims?
If they have no evidence how can they get a legal right to demand that IBM show code?
Steve
If code they own has been stolen and put into linux it is no longer a secret
Steve
If so will not this issue be dieing soon..?
( assuming they really do not have a claim )
Steve
If there is anything lacking in the gnu/linux desktop in for an everday office environment the use of it by such a big company will smoke those deficencies out
IBM also has the resources to code away any deficiencies they find.
I hope they make that cool stuff GPL
For years I have been asking myself why do people tolerate microsoft. Their power comes from their desktop and technically it is nothing special. Many companies could make something
The answer has always been some sort of cost/benefit. IBM and others decided it would be too costly to take on microsoft
Not so with the Free(dom) software model. The GNU/Linux desktop has been mostly built by others.
All IBM will do is use it an polish.....very little risk on their part....a lot to gain.
Steve
Steve
Is attacking google one last spank "on the monkey" to get a few more pennies out of SCO's artificially inflated stock before the judge puts an end to it?
The other slashdot article warned about being over confident is SCO's lack of a case
The SCO executives are supposedly doing all of this for the money......not to get a free ticket to jail.
Prosecuting them for knowingly making fallicious claims will be the thought of several big companies they have antagonized after the alleged lack of evidence is made public.
Could it really be that the SCO executives have something then? If not evidence, at least a plan to escape prosecution when the bubble pops?
Steve
Thanks for posting this.
Despite there being better options I get stuck doing some *.bat scripting at work.
Now I can practice some of this at home
Cool Beans
Thanks again
Steve
Steve
Steve
The military having its hand in NASA is not a good thing unless you consider a presence in space for any reason to be a good end in itself. Translation: the space race will become another avenue for the pentagon to spend billions on white elephant weapons
We can elect someone ___else___ who will also plan a trip to mars.
Maybe it can be a canidate who cares about IT jobs being shipped overseas
That we can really enjoy a successful Mar's landing. We will be employed while we watch it
Steve
If I get to drive my SUV, mini van, or hummer when I could otherwise drive a car.
After all, I am too fat from my supersized meals and 3 quarts a day of soft drinks to comfortably climb climb into a car instead of a truck.
I also have to keep up with fashion. Driving a car is just not fashionable. I know its an inanimate object but it is just not "masculine" the way a hummer is. Who I am as a person has nothing to do with my qualities or accomplishments. Its about how fashionable my vehicale is.
If the planet is turned into a shit hole for my children and grand children then so be it.
</sarcasm>
Steve
This isn't the first time a presidential canidate has proposed a Mars trip
Its a nifty trick. You talk about something *positive* that everyone finds uplifting and that gets associated with your image.
Bush has been in office over 3/4 of his term. Why bring this up now? Am I being being cynical in my appraisal of this situation and thinking that the Mars trip is not a serious proposal?
The headline I want to see is:
Bush signs bill into law that will prevent American IT jobs from moving overseas....Democratic canidates propose similar measures
SteveSomeone always asks "Well, wouldn't you want to get a cheaper deal on the same thing if you could get it?...Its their right to do the same?"
Why apply the same ethical( or other ) expectations to corporations with vast resources and without the same legal responsibility as individual people?
Is there a religion somewhere that sets it as a moral law that corporations or obscenely rich people have the right to pursue profit regardless of consequences?
Is it in the constitution that corporations have the right to pursue profits at the expenese of the country?
Steve
However, in the 19th century the Supreme Court gave corporations the legal protection of personhood
So corporations have the rights of person, but not the responsibilities of a person by definition
Does anyone else think that is wrong?
Steve
Watch what the current administration does to protect the number of jobs for Americans in IT from American IT companies. If they do nothing, or make a symbolic gesture with no teeth I will vote for someone else. I see no reason to give someone his job back when he will not protect mine. Steve
Its about more then managing costs and maitaining profits........its about increasing profits.
They are paying foriegn wages, but asking for American prices.
Steve
Steve
Steve
By minimizing caffiene useand doing a healthy lifestyle thing..nothing extreme.... just good meals, exercise etc People eat themselves into type II diabetes. Steve
If someone wants the government to use their software then their software must be capable of saving to the government standard GPL format.
Government documents will always be accessible.
Goverments will be free to switch software and not worry about format incompatibility.
They can choose to use the best software for their formats...free(dom) software or proprietary.
The playing field will be leveled. No document lock. A software package will compete on its pricing and merits.
Chances are all of these benefits will transfer to the private sector as the sheer volume of government documentation will force the inclusion of government standard gpl formats into software made for the private sector.
As a bonus the GPL will get a shot in the arm as far as legitimacy go.
The government formats will also spread and be improved being GPL as anyone will be free to use or change it.
If the government sees a nice modification they can make it the standard.
Steve
People got fed up wondering if they had the right browser with the right jvm, the right browser version, the right jvm plugin, the right plugin version etc etc.
Steve
A six pack a day has a lot of calories in it. If you reduce your caloric intake by 250 calories a day you can lose 25lbs in a year. A can of soda is between 80 - 100 calories. Think about it.
You might not be sick from caffiene dependence, but there are other reasons to stop soda.
Steve