I agree that the settlement is complete bs in terms of figures. However, don't forget that Sony and other record labels are more cautious about forcing DRM down consumer's throats, and I think it's likely that this rootkit has a lot to do with it. If this ruling means that Amazon can start selling DRM free music under a subscription model (and probably iTunes as well - who knows, Apple might even provide a legal de-DRM tool for existing music you bought), then I think the fact that 'we won the DRM war' should be seen as a good settlement as well.
But I guess we'll have to wait and see what the labels decide.
You know, it never really occured to me until I read this. But an ideal replacement for e-mail could be IM... you'd just need to tweek it a little to make sure that messages from contacts not on your list don't get through, attachments are handled a little easier, encryption support is easy and bob's your uncle. All these features already exist anyway. I't just a matter of using it like e-mail.
Then again, this approach relies on the fact that you simple ignore stuff from unknown people... easyly done in any e-mail client...
Nevermind. It's friday afternoon and I'm rambling. sorry.
OpenGL works on Windows, Linux and (I presume) OSX
You presume correctly... it is part of it. Apple controls, updates and releases the os x implementation of OpenGL. Means its shit fast. Same goes for Java BTW.
> I know users can be stupid, but this one woudl most probably remain a concept, nothing more
I disagree. This 'worm' follws the exact same principle e-mail worms do: in order to be successful, you have to con the user into opening the file. Nothing more, nothing less. Right, surely people won't open files on their files willy nilly? Of course they will. It's happened before, it'll happen again.
wireless: use NDISwrapper. Sure, not the purest way to go but if you have a centrino laptop with an Intel 2200 card, it's the only way you'll get wireless working (unless you use the existing development drivers, and hard code a lot yourself...)
Somehow I don't think apple would go for this. By porting iTunes and iTMS to windows, I have the suspicion that they were not only trying to bring the iPod into a bigger market but also trying to convince people to buy into the mac way of thinking. Granted, this hasn't really happened (yet) but by licensing FairPlay to other companies, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. It may not eat into their profits right now, but they'd loose their presence in the market, and this eventually would eat into profits. Besides, the last time apple licensed something out (Mac OS), they nearly went bust.
... fire is to let them get burnt.
Seriously though. Let them use windows the way they usually would. Every two days, when they get a virus or manage to screw something up, just say 'Shouldn't really be using windows now should you?' If your a nice person, grudgingly fix it every now and again. But not to often. And when you do, swear at the computer as much as possible, and always whine about how this wouldn't happen under Linux/Mac OS X/*BSD.
They'll come around.
This is definitly a good thing. I'm just a little curious if this will be a success like the other live cds out there. In my opinion (so I'm probably wrong) live cds are there to convince potential *desktop* users to go for their distribution or, in this case, OS. Thing that strikes me about the various *BSDs (okay, really I can only speak for FreeBSD here, it being the only one I had installed on my machine for more than a week) is that they are a lot like debian: Very powerful and stable in their own right (so ideal for server use) but not exactly the most user friendly desktop OS out there. I'm just thinking that for someone concidering a distribution/OS change based wholly on live cds, this might not tickle their bellies. But then again, I haven't really tried the cd yet, so who knows. It's still good to see *BSD going into the desktop market too now.
I may be completely wrong here, but from what I can gather, the built-in DHCP server in Panther offers no easy way of allocating fixed addresses to machines using MAC. I know you can install and use the ISC DHCP server and then do it (clicky) but i still think apple should put this in. I think a lot of organisations would find this useful to prevent stray laptops from popping up on the network.
C'mon... these guys are just having a bit of fun. Besides, all projects have to start somewhere (not sure how the the PS2Linux project started, but I'm pretty sure you didn't just have a Linux DVD that booted without a mod chip or some swapping method). These guys (or someone else) found a swap method and decided to play. Who knows... if this method gathers steam, nintendo might very well 'license' a bootable client... once the next GC is out (hey, they gotta make money somehow).
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I agree that the settlement is complete bs in terms of figures. However, don't forget that Sony and other record labels are more cautious about forcing DRM down consumer's throats, and I think it's likely that this rootkit has a lot to do with it. If this ruling means that Amazon can start selling DRM free music under a subscription model (and probably iTunes as well - who knows, Apple might even provide a legal de-DRM tool for existing music you bought), then I think the fact that 'we won the DRM war' should be seen as a good settlement as well.
But I guess we'll have to wait and see what the labels decide.
er... i mean wtf... damn french pirates...
;-P
That's freedom pirates!!
You know, it never really occured to me until I read this. But an ideal replacement for e-mail could be IM... you'd just need to tweek it a little to make sure that messages from contacts not on your list don't get through, attachments are handled a little easier, encryption support is easy and bob's your uncle. All these features already exist anyway. I't just a matter of using it like e-mail. Then again, this approach relies on the fact that you simple ignore stuff from unknown people... easyly done in any e-mail client... Nevermind. It's friday afternoon and I'm rambling. sorry.
OpenGL works on Windows, Linux and (I presume) OSX
You presume correctly... it is part of it. Apple controls, updates and releases the os x implementation of OpenGL. Means its shit fast. Same goes for Java BTW.
> I know users can be stupid, but this one woudl most probably remain a concept, nothing more I disagree. This 'worm' follws the exact same principle e-mail worms do: in order to be successful, you have to con the user into opening the file. Nothing more, nothing less. Right, surely people won't open files on their files willy nilly? Of course they will. It's happened before, it'll happen again.
wireless: use NDISwrapper. Sure, not the purest way to go but if you have a centrino laptop with an Intel 2200 card, it's the only way you'll get wireless working (unless you use the existing development drivers, and hard code a lot yourself...)
Clippy pops up: I see you are crossing the road? Would you like to: Go to starbucks? Go to McDonalds? Walk in front of a bus?
Somehow I don't think apple would go for this. By porting iTunes and iTMS to windows, I have the suspicion that they were not only trying to bring the iPod into a bigger market but also trying to convince people to buy into the mac way of thinking. Granted, this hasn't really happened (yet) but by licensing FairPlay to other companies, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. It may not eat into their profits right now, but they'd loose their presence in the market, and this eventually would eat into profits. Besides, the last time apple licensed something out (Mac OS), they nearly went bust.
... fire is to let them get burnt. Seriously though. Let them use windows the way they usually would. Every two days, when they get a virus or manage to screw something up, just say 'Shouldn't really be using windows now should you?' If your a nice person, grudgingly fix it every now and again. But not to often. And when you do, swear at the computer as much as possible, and always whine about how this wouldn't happen under Linux/Mac OS X/*BSD. They'll come around.
This is definitly a good thing. I'm just a little curious if this will be a success like the other live cds out there. In my opinion (so I'm probably wrong) live cds are there to convince potential *desktop* users to go for their distribution or, in this case, OS. Thing that strikes me about the various *BSDs (okay, really I can only speak for FreeBSD here, it being the only one I had installed on my machine for more than a week) is that they are a lot like debian: Very powerful and stable in their own right (so ideal for server use) but not exactly the most user friendly desktop OS out there. I'm just thinking that for someone concidering a distribution/OS change based wholly on live cds, this might not tickle their bellies. But then again, I haven't really tried the cd yet, so who knows. It's still good to see *BSD going into the desktop market too now.
...Kramerica Industries!
I may be completely wrong here, but from what I can gather, the built-in DHCP server in Panther offers no easy way of allocating fixed addresses to machines using MAC. I know you can install and use the ISC DHCP server and then do it (clicky) but i still think apple should put this in. I think a lot of organisations would find this useful to prevent stray laptops from popping up on the network.
...join us.... (in a really deep zomby voice)
C'mon... these guys are just having a bit of fun. Besides, all projects have to start somewhere (not sure how the the PS2Linux project started, but I'm pretty sure you didn't just have a Linux DVD that booted without a mod chip or some swapping method). These guys (or someone else) found a swap method and decided to play. Who knows... if this method gathers steam, nintendo might very well 'license' a bootable client... once the next GC is out (hey, they gotta make money somehow).
Ah bless... this is why I'm sill employed. ;)