What this'll likely cause is mass panic, and rapid market fluxuations... from all the people buying stuff they don't need to (8 months of refried beans).... and then selling it back once they don't need it.
The perception of reality here is more important than reality itself!
I don't think it would fly. In much the same way charities are setup today, there is no central authority - yet good comes of it. It may not be the most efficient, but it's better than the alternatives - turning control over to a central authority (government for example).
OSS needs as little centralization as possible. And, funding is a non-issue - if people really need the feature, they'll find a way. If enough people want IrDR support, they'll post to usenet, search out other people - make the connection.
It has always been this way.
As to the possibility of losing money, all I can say is, welcome to the real world.
Since WHEN did we care what the version was? As soon as a new one comes out we update! You can tell what the average linux system uptime is by simply looking at when the last kernel patch was released...
This release is just for the normals to say "it's not development". The word "stable" has special meaning to biologists - dead.
Any organization that still uses gopher to disseminate information is incapable of making the DNS system any better.
Microsoft inventing ActiveDNS would get further than the UN trying to do DNS stuff. Leave it alone, fools! We already have a working system! and BAN intellectual property if you wanna be useful.
I admire the attempt. Unlike the above-anonymous cowards...
It would be nice to make a client that could do AIM, ICQ, dynamic DNS, etc. Put that in a 32x32 icon and stick it in wharf, and you got one kick-ass project.
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Nice to see some support out there.
:)
When will the RIAA realize they won't win?
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I can't put it any better way.
Get a better mug shot and post it. You guys looked like crazed sex-depraved college kids.
Wait..
DOH!
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'nuff said.
Some of us live up here you know.
We can wear T-shirts in december too.
Can YOU?
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What this'll likely cause is mass panic, and rapid market fluxuations... from all the people buying stuff they don't need to (8 months of refried beans).... and then selling it back once they don't need it.
The perception of reality here is more important than reality itself!
RUN LEMMINGS RUN!
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I agree with the poster above -
Why can't we have more articles on the community, and less flame-bait?
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I don't think it would fly. In much the same way charities are setup today, there is no central authority - yet good comes of it. It may not be the most efficient, but it's better than the alternatives - turning control over to a central authority (government for example).
OSS needs as little centralization as possible. And, funding is a non-issue - if people really need the feature, they'll find a way. If enough people want IrDR support, they'll post to usenet, search out other people - make the connection.
It has always been this way.
As to the possibility of losing money, all I can say is, welcome to the real world.
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Cool. Can someone post a review? Does it have anything we don't know? Anything NEW ?
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So much for credibility. Go ZDNet.
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That's just plain sick.
/. them for this imputence!
IGNORE those kinds of laws and patents - any idiot can make a law, and any idiot will abide by it.
Now, go
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Sorry, quake is better.
Go play it. And while you're at it - get Star Craft running *well* under linux...
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What'll happen when the
btw- to the above-poster - grow up.
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Anyone else not see the connection here?
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Since WHEN did we care what the version was? As soon as a new one comes out we update! You can tell what the average linux system uptime is by simply looking at when the last kernel patch was released...
This release is just for the normals to say "it's not development". The word "stable" has special meaning to biologists - dead.
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Any organization that still uses gopher to disseminate information is incapable of making the DNS system any better.
Microsoft inventing ActiveDNS would get further than the UN trying to do DNS stuff. Leave it alone, fools! We already have a working system! and BAN intellectual property if you wanna be useful.
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Excellent idea!
Now, where can I scrape up enough money to get a new PIII-500, *and* donate...
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I admire the attempt. Unlike the above-anonymous cowards...
It would be nice to make a client that could do AIM, ICQ, dynamic DNS, etc. Put that in a 32x32 icon and stick it in wharf, and you got one kick-ass project.
Keep up the good work...
g'luck
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