Hi there, I am the OP.
I guess the difference to earlier times is that you do not have a CD anymore, Vista is on the HD and only on the HD. So no returning of CDs. In addition Vista AFAIK needs to be activated/registered online after 30 days -- if you do not then it gets deactivated or at least reduced in functionality (this is with no warranty: I have never installed/used Windows Vista!). So, I guess if Dell/Microsoft will find out 40 days from now that my serial number got activated I will get problems. But, that will never happen, trust me.:-)
how does it garuntee the correctness of the articles?
It does not. It is the same as-good-as-it-gets-mechanism which works in "real" encyclopedias: peer-review. That is other people are proof-reading your stuff.
But there is a difference between an ordinary encyclopedia and WikiPedia: The size of the peer group. There are literally thousands of brains proof-reading... Cool!:-)
I am quite disappointed about that article, which contains nothing substantial but keeps on making
a direct connection between the MyDoom attack and the GNU/Linux users. That is, excuse me, not what I am used from BCC. I do not even want to go into the sensational language and expressions used throughout.
Rather I would like to point out that you have not mentioned:
- anything about SCOs current shape and motives to go for that legal battle;
- anything about the calls of Open Source
leading figures like Bruce Perens not to join
in these kind of attacks;
- anything to separate the discussion about a
virus and the discussion around software being free or not (which has not a lot in common);
This is attracting readers to your website,
nothing more. In the long-term they keep away,
if the articles continue on that level.
People are free to choose their media as well,
you know.
Best regards, M Dapp
PS. Believe it or not, I am not even a GNU/Linux user, let alone geek.
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Hi there, I am the OP. I guess the difference to earlier times is that you do not have a CD anymore, Vista is on the HD and only on the HD. So no returning of CDs. In addition Vista AFAIK needs to be activated/registered online after 30 days -- if you do not then it gets deactivated or at least reduced in functionality (this is with no warranty: I have never installed/used Windows Vista!). So, I guess if Dell/Microsoft will find out 40 days from now that my serial number got activated I will get problems. But, that will never happen, trust me. :-)
how does it garuntee the correctness of the articles? :-)
It does not. It is the same as-good-as-it-gets-mechanism which works in "real" encyclopedias: peer-review. That is other people are proof-reading your stuff.
But there is a difference between an ordinary encyclopedia and WikiPedia: The size of the peer group. There are literally thousands of brains proof-reading... Cool!
I am quite disappointed about that article, which contains nothing substantial but keeps on making a direct connection between the MyDoom attack and the GNU/Linux users. That is, excuse me, not what I am used from BCC. I do not even want to go into the sensational language and expressions used throughout.
Rather I would like to point out that you have not mentioned:
- anything about SCOs current shape and motives to go for that legal battle;
- anything about the calls of Open Source leading figures like Bruce Perens not to join in these kind of attacks;
- anything to separate the discussion about a virus and the discussion around software being free or not (which has not a lot in common);
This is attracting readers to your website, nothing more. In the long-term they keep away, if the articles continue on that level.
People are free to choose their media as well, you know.
Best regards, M Dapp
PS. Believe it or not, I am not even a GNU/Linux user, let alone geek.