At this point people who haven't learned and are still purchasing Sony products and are still giving Sony their heard earned dollars truly deserve the shafting that Sony delivers. Sony is a company that has become downright hostile to consumer rights and to their customers. Their arrogance even in the face of the PSN being down and all the hacks is simply breathtaking.
George Bush killed the TPF. The bible says we are the only ones out there. No need to waste money on no stinkin' Terrestrial Planet Finder. I was looking forward to seeing that thing launched. Now this.
When I hear Pelosi and Reid in the same sentence I immediately know you are a rabid Fox News, Sean Hannity. Glen Beck listening partisan hack with a severe lack of critical thinking skills on the matter. What this means is your words about the subject have no credibility.
I guess if you purchase an Andriod phone from one of the MS licensees you have a license to the patents in question and therefore are licensed to download windows phone 7 for TPB. You already payed so no problem.
We have come to this point because we bitch on slashdot while they bitch to congress and the senate. Get it? How about you join us and write a letter to your congressman and senator about this? Explain to them that Microsoft is again abusing their monopoly in the marketplace by running an extortion campaign to drive up the price of competing products to push them out of the marketplace. Point to the statements from Barnes and Noble
Unfortunately that will not work. MS will still claim the patents are violated by Linux and unless you take them to court with millions of dollars there is no way to prove differently. And google wont be doing that. This looks like the beginning of the end for Open Source Sofware and Linux in particular. It was good while it lasted though. I guess its time to start paying Microsoft again or get out of tech altogether. They own tech now. And since the Linux people and the Linux foundation is DOING NOTHING about this then Linux is dead.
Samsung already pays Microsoft a licesne fee.. What you can do though is join us and write your congressman and sentaor a letter explaing this. That will help much more that sticking our heads in the sand.
What would be more effective would be if you write a letter to your conressman and senator and encourage everyone you know to do the same. That is more effective that bitching on slashdot. People on slashdot cannot do a damed thing about it unless they themselves have written a letter to their congressman and senator. I have written 2 letters one to my congressman one to my senator. Maybe you can do the same and get everyone you know to do the same and maybe we can get some traction here.
repeat after me Linus Torvalds could not care any less. He does not care. I don't see him screaming on top of the rooftops about how bad this is. He does not care. Just as long as he can write code he's fine. Even if nobody uses Linux it in the future because Microsoft and other have made it too expensive he'll continue to write code and accept merges. Other than that he does not give a damn.
Microsoft will eventually extract a tax from any successful Linux device/computer sold with Linux installed. This is their goal. Eventually if you purchase a device with Linux installed you will be paying the Microsoft Tax. There will be no way to avoid it. Bitching on slashdot won't help. The greater Linux community is powerless. Linux developers don't seem to care at least they don't seem very vocal about it. They will continue developing software for Microsoft to claim as their own. Everyone has their collective heads buried in the sand. Barnes and Noble are the only ones standing up to this campaign by Microsoft. I wish B&N well. I will no longer recommend Microsoft products to anyone for any reason what so ever.
You are probably correct It is misleading. The communities you mentioned though are typically centered around Linux. I guess like you said some parts overlap I guess Linux is the main overlapping piece.
Microsoft is running and extortion program to extract a tax from anyone that produces a successful Linux device.
They are doing everything in their power to damage Linux in the marketplace.
They are threating manufacturers actively using litigation to increase the cost of deploying Linux on a device/computer above that of Windows. This is a sleazy tactic but Microsoft is proving itself to be one of the sleaziest companies in tech right now.
The racket goes like this. Microsoft enters your store/shop/company
Microsoft: "You know, Its a dangerous neighborhood around here. You need some protection."
You: "Protection? From who?"
Microsoft: "Well.. from us mainly... IF you fail to get protection from us then you will feel the full wrath of our boys in our legal department."
Microsoft: "Oh and by the way. The specifics of our protection deal is under NDA. You cannot talk about it got it?
You::-O
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Close Gitmo and put the prisoners where? Republicans balked at bringing them here. Dreams are different from reality. I agree with u on that.
He did not say he was going to get out of Afghanistan. He said he was going to move troops from Iraq to Afghanistan because that is the just war.
He did say he was going to end the war in Iraq. It is still not ended 5 US soldiers just died yesterday.
Stop the patriot act? no he didn't say that. He did rave against it though but did not promise to stop it. there is a difference actually between badmouthing something and promising to stop it.
Maybe you just didn't pay attention to what he was actually saying and got swept up in the mass hysteria of what many of us wish he actually said or wanted to hear.
The late night liberal lame stream media had a field day with that comment from Obama. And everyone knows that he didn't really believe that. Even me being an Independent can see that.
I am also cognizant that the media is very good at making people that they don't like out to be fools when they are nowhere near as bad as they are portrayed.
I guess that applies to Dukakis, John Kerry and Joe Biden and their endless gaffes eh? Well at least you logic shows the media is not as partisan as some conservatives would like us all to believe. I think its just when you are a gaffe machine the media and late night comedy will have a field day no matter what side of the fence you are on. Unlike Conservative media (which i listen to alot by the way) that will highlight gaffes made by liberals while covering up and explaining away gaffes made by conservatives.
I didn't see them giving Anthony Weiner a break when his shit hit the fan.
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Sean Hannity? What are you doing on Slashdot?
At this point people who haven't learned and are still purchasing Sony products and are still giving Sony their heard earned dollars truly deserve the shafting that Sony delivers. Sony is a company that has become downright hostile to consumer rights and to their customers. Their arrogance even in the face of the PSN being down and all the hacks is simply breathtaking.
George Bush killed the TPF. The bible says we are the only ones out there. No need to waste money on no stinkin' Terrestrial Planet Finder. I was looking forward to seeing that thing launched. Now this.
When I hear Pelosi and Reid in the same sentence I immediately know you are a rabid Fox News, Sean Hannity. Glen Beck listening partisan hack with a severe lack of critical thinking skills on the matter. What this means is your words about the subject have no credibility.
I guess if you purchase an Andriod phone from one of the MS licensees you have a license to the patents in question and therefore are licensed to download windows phone 7 for TPB. You already payed so no problem.
Extortion
Motorola is also fighting back.
This one is If you want to help then recommend the Nook over any other ereader. Amazon caved and payed MS.
We have come to this point because we bitch on slashdot while they bitch to congress and the senate. Get it? How about you join us and write a letter to your congressman and senator about this? Explain to them that Microsoft is again abusing their monopoly in the marketplace by running an extortion campaign to drive up the price of competing products to push them out of the marketplace. Point to the statements from Barnes and Noble
Unfortunately that will not work. MS will still claim the patents are violated by Linux and unless you take them to court with millions of dollars there is no way to prove differently. And google wont be doing that. This looks like the beginning of the end for Open Source Sofware and Linux in particular. It was good while it lasted though. I guess its time to start paying Microsoft again or get out of tech altogether. They own tech now. And since the Linux people and the Linux foundation is DOING NOTHING about this then Linux is dead.
Samsung already pays Microsoft a licesne fee.. What you can do though is join us and write your congressman and sentaor a letter explaing this. That will help much more that sticking our heads in the sand.
What would be more effective would be if you write a letter to your conressman and senator and encourage everyone you know to do the same. That is more effective that bitching on slashdot. People on slashdot cannot do a damed thing about it unless they themselves have written a letter to their congressman and senator. I have written 2 letters one to my congressman one to my senator. Maybe you can do the same and get everyone you know to do the same and maybe we can get some traction here.
repeat after me Linus Torvalds could not care any less. He does not care. I don't see him screaming on top of the rooftops about how bad this is. He does not care. Just as long as he can write code he's fine. Even if nobody uses Linux it in the future because Microsoft and other have made it too expensive he'll continue to write code and accept merges. Other than that he does not give a damn.
Microsoft will eventually extract a tax from any successful Linux device/computer sold with Linux installed. This is their goal. Eventually if you purchase a device with Linux installed you will be paying the Microsoft Tax. There will be no way to avoid it. Bitching on slashdot won't help. The greater Linux community is powerless. Linux developers don't seem to care at least they don't seem very vocal about it. They will continue developing software for Microsoft to claim as their own. Everyone has their collective heads buried in the sand. Barnes and Noble are the only ones standing up to this campaign by Microsoft. I wish B&N well. I will no longer recommend Microsoft products to anyone for any reason what so ever.
Google uses patents to stifle competition....[Citation Needed]
You are probably correct It is misleading. The communities you mentioned though are typically centered around Linux. I guess like you said some parts overlap I guess Linux is the main overlapping piece.
They are doing everything in their power to damage Linux in the marketplace.
They are threating manufacturers actively using litigation to increase the cost of deploying Linux on a device/computer above that of Windows. This is a sleazy tactic but Microsoft is proving itself to be one of the sleaziest companies in tech right now.
The racket goes like this. Microsoft enters your store/shop/company :-O
Microsoft: "You know, Its a dangerous neighborhood around here. You need some protection."
You: "Protection? From who?"
Microsoft: "Well.. from us mainly... IF you fail to get protection from us then you will feel the full wrath of our boys in our legal department."
Microsoft: "Oh and by the way. The specifics of our protection deal is under NDA. You cannot talk about it got it?
You:
Going by your logic Apple clearly copied Samsung F700 which was shown to the public a whole year before the Iphone came out.
I am a member of the EFF I donate. I by EFF gear hats etc. And every time they make news i donate. I urge every slashdot reader to donate to the EFF they do good work.
Apple Growers Association.
He did not say he was going to get out of Afghanistan. He said he was going to move troops from Iraq to Afghanistan because that is the just war.
He did say he was going to end the war in Iraq. It is still not ended 5 US soldiers just died yesterday.
Stop the patriot act? no he didn't say that. He did rave against it though but did not promise to stop it. there is a difference actually between badmouthing something and promising to stop it.
Maybe you just didn't pay attention to what he was actually saying and got swept up in the mass hysteria of what many of us wish he actually said or wanted to hear.
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The late night liberal lame stream media had a field day with that comment from Obama. And everyone knows that he didn't really believe that. Even me being an Independent can see that.
I am also cognizant that the media is very good at making people that they don't like out to be fools when they are nowhere near as bad as they are portrayed.
I guess that applies to Dukakis, John Kerry and Joe Biden and their endless gaffes eh? Well at least you logic shows the media is not as partisan as some conservatives would like us all to believe. I think its just when you are a gaffe machine the media and late night comedy will have a field day no matter what side of the fence you are on. Unlike Conservative media (which i listen to alot by the way) that will highlight gaffes made by liberals while covering up and explaining away gaffes made by conservatives.
I didn't see them giving Anthony Weiner a break when his shit hit the fan.
+5
That would be great if the multitudes were smart enough to know this. Unfortunately only us 10 people on Slashdot know and or care.