I can appreciate your concern, since the recent history with Skype and some other acquisitions left a bit of a bad taste, but this article from ArsTechnica suggests that Microsoft might have been the best option:
The Microsoft of today is not the same Microsoft as in the days of Ballmer and Gates. While Microsoft certainly has as big focus on the corporate world, its open source portfolio is bigger by the day. In many ways pigs are flying.
Are you not aware that Microsoft is still currently "licensing" software patents on devices distributed with the Linux kernel?
Yes... It goes like this... You build a new device and start distributing it with the Linux kernel installed. Microsoft approaches you and says your device violates 200+ Microsoft software patents because it runs Linux. You now have to pay Microsoft money for a software patent license for every device you distribute because you are building and distributing devices that include the Linux kernel which they say violates their software patents.
It's a very sleazy extortion scheme designed to stifle Linux and open source in the marketplace.
that's all nice and dandy but apparently you seem oblivious to the software patent extortion scheme that Microsoft has been running against Linux for nearly a decade now. There are numerous examples of Microsoft threatening companies and forcing them to pay for "Linux Patents" Do your self a favor do a quick google search...even better yet just do a little research in the matter.
The reason why we offer military protection to some countries such as Japan and Germany is because we don't wan't them to develop an advanced military that can compete with ours. It's one of the ways we guarantee that we have the best military in the world. On top of that we don't need competition from countries like Japan and Germany developing and selling advanced arms thereby competing with us in that marketplace. We already have enough competition from the British and French in that space and now Israel is starting to enter that space more aggressively. They buy their arms from us == we profit. So be careful what you ask for and understand the reasons why things are the way they are before you start calling to change the status quo, and know the repercussions of what you are asking for.
Didn't Intel produce processors in Israel at some point in the past? I'm sure there are some shared interests that can be dug up between this company and Intel
What CRISPR creates CRISPR can destroy. There's always a vulnerability in the system. So if the drama you theorized was ever to be realized then I'm confident there will be a way to mitigate it.
Driving a car is a privilege not a right and certainly not a constitutional right. Constitutional rights should not be infringed...Period. If you want to infringe on someone's constitutional right whether it's the 1st or 2nd amendment or any other right enshrined by the constitution then change the constitution. Also cooking or using a swimming pool are not constitutional rights.
Why should the Center for Disease Control study violence That is not an infectious disease. and why specifically "gun violence" and not all violence.
The robot is not fighting back. Watch the damn video. The robot is simply being persistent in completing the task when faced with the obstacle of being blocked by a hockey stick or being dragged away from completing it's task of opening a door. British press sensational bullshit.
My thoughts exactly. Blackmail? really? Maybe if the person is married they can be blackmailed but the chance is greater that their wife/husband's friend is on Tinder and spots them and just rats them out.
well show me and example of this so called great "small government" you crave. because in practise in the absence of government that you hate so much you have warlords. look the fuck around and open your eyes...sheesh Somalia, Afghanistan, the list goes on and on.
I don't even think you have a clue where and how the term "states rights" originated. Maybe you do and if so that's even worse that you are advocating for that tired idea. I can't see any good example on this planet of "small government" either. Somalia has small government. Point to one good example of small government. You spew talking points like an ignorant parrot.
Hopefully you are not that fucking stupid. It is your POLITICIANS that ordered the NSA to do what ever it is you think they are doing. The NSA didn't just get a wild hair up their ass and decided to so-called spy on you. This all started with Republicans in the Bush administration that ordered the NSA to do this illegally. This was revealed when an AT&T employee busted the operation in AT&T's room 614a with the Narus 6400 and the fiber taps. After this came to light the majority of Republicans and the Republican president George W bush aided by a minority of Democrats came out with the PATRIOT Act making it legal to do this shit. Either you wake the fuck up and stop blaming the NSA for following orders of your politicians and blame the politicians and vote them the fuck out or shut your fucking trap. Christ.
bullshit. the cameras on hobby grade drones can't resolve much of person from a distance. People look like ants from 100 feet up in the air. You have no clue what you are talking about and obviously don't own one. how about educating yourself on the topic before you spout garbage. These are not military drones you know? Christ - smh
you have no clue about hobby drones. Here's a fucking clue. These are not military drones with massive zoom lenses in order to resolve someone naked in a back yard swimming pool without being right up in the damn face. How far away can you resolve someone naked with your cell phone type camera or a gopro? Geez what a fucking troll moron.
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I can appreciate your concern, since the recent history with Skype and some other acquisitions left a bit of a bad taste, but this article from ArsTechnica suggests that Microsoft might have been the best option:
https://arstechnica.com/gadget...
The Microsoft of today is not the same Microsoft as in the days of Ballmer and Gates. While Microsoft certainly has as big focus on the corporate world, its open source portfolio is bigger by the day. In many ways pigs are flying.
Are you not aware that Microsoft is still currently "licensing" software patents on devices distributed with the Linux kernel?
Yes... It goes like this... You build a new device and start distributing it with the Linux kernel installed.
Microsoft approaches you and says your device violates 200+ Microsoft software patents because it runs Linux.
You now have to pay Microsoft money for a software patent license for every device you distribute because you are building and distributing devices that include the Linux kernel which they say violates their software patents.
It's a very sleazy extortion scheme designed to stifle Linux and open source in the marketplace.
that's all nice and dandy but apparently you seem oblivious to the software patent extortion scheme that Microsoft has been running against Linux for nearly a decade now. There are numerous examples of Microsoft threatening companies and forcing them to pay for "Linux Patents" Do your self a favor do a quick google search...even better yet just do a little research in the matter.
Meanwhile...
https://www.cio.com/article/30...
https://www.infoworld.com/arti...
http://techrights.org/2017/04/...
Hardly 20 years ago.
The reason why we offer military protection to some countries such as Japan and Germany is because we don't wan't them to develop an advanced military that can compete with ours. It's one of the ways we guarantee that we have the best military in the world. On top of that we don't need competition from countries like Japan and Germany developing and selling advanced arms thereby competing with us in that marketplace. We already have enough competition from the British and French in that space and now Israel is starting to enter that space more aggressively. They buy their arms from us == we profit. So be careful what you ask for and understand the reasons why things are the way they are before you start calling to change the status quo, and know the repercussions of what you are asking for.
Didn't Intel produce processors in Israel at some point in the past? I'm sure there are some shared interests that can be dug up between this company and Intel
And now we have a discussion about the discussion about 10^139 or 10**139 or 10e139
What CRISPR creates CRISPR can destroy. There's always a vulnerability in the system. So if the drama you theorized was ever to be realized then I'm confident there will be a way to mitigate it.
Mobile Eye is not a car company. They are however the leader in computer vision for vehicles. Does that answer your question??
erm...Signal...ever heard of it?
let's hope this goes the way of SOPA and PIPA
Let's hope this goes the way of SOPA and PIPA
Driving a car is a privilege not a right and certainly not a constitutional right. Constitutional rights should not be infringed...Period. If you want to infringe on someone's constitutional right whether it's the 1st or 2nd amendment or any other right enshrined by the constitution then change the constitution. Also cooking or using a swimming pool are not constitutional rights.
Why should the Center for Disease Control study violence That is not an infectious disease. and why specifically "gun violence" and not all violence.
The robot is not fighting back. Watch the damn video. The robot is simply being persistent in completing the task when faced with the obstacle of being blocked by a hockey stick or being dragged away from completing it's task of opening a door. British press sensational bullshit.
THIS!! exactly this 1000 times. And they want the Marsha Blackburn bill fake neutrality bill to pass that waters down everything.
My thoughts exactly. Blackmail? really? Maybe if the person is married they can be blackmailed but the chance is greater that their wife/husband's friend is on Tinder and spots them and just rats them out.
So in other words they created and analog chip
well show me and example of this so called great "small government" you crave. because in practise in the absence of government that you hate so much you have warlords. look the fuck around and open your eyes...sheesh Somalia, Afghanistan, the list goes on and on.
I don't even think you have a clue where and how the term "states rights" originated. Maybe you do and if so that's even worse that you are advocating for that tired idea. I can't see any good example on this planet of "small government" either. Somalia has small government. Point to one good example of small government. You spew talking points like an ignorant parrot.
Hopefully you are not that fucking stupid. It is your POLITICIANS that ordered the NSA to do what ever it is you think they are doing. The NSA didn't just get a wild hair up their ass and decided to so-called spy on you. This all started with Republicans in the Bush administration that ordered the NSA to do this illegally. This was revealed when an AT&T employee busted the operation in AT&T's room 614a with the Narus 6400 and the fiber taps. After this came to light the majority of Republicans and the Republican president George W bush aided by a minority of Democrats came out with the PATRIOT Act making it legal to do this shit. Either you wake the fuck up and stop blaming the NSA for following orders of your politicians and blame the politicians and vote them the fuck out or shut your fucking trap. Christ.
it's this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Here you go. https://www.infoworld.com/arti... And there are lots more examples of Microshaft doing this with software patents.
But....https://lwn.net/Articles/740393/
really sorry to bust your ARM bubble. https://lwn.net/Articles/74039...
bullshit. the cameras on hobby grade drones can't resolve much of person from a distance. People look like ants from 100 feet up in the air. You have no clue what you are talking about and obviously don't own one. how about educating yourself on the topic before you spout garbage. These are not military drones you know? Christ - smh
you have no clue about hobby drones. Here's a fucking clue. These are not military drones with massive zoom lenses in order to resolve someone naked in a back yard swimming pool without being right up in the damn face. How far away can you resolve someone naked with your cell phone type camera or a gopro? Geez what a fucking troll moron.