There was a lot of simultaneous development going on here, Hitler had read much of Henry Ford's success, and was quite a car enthusiast.
Henry Ford had also read much of Hitler and was quite a Nazi enthusiast.
As an aside (somewhat) Ford and Fordisms were no minor theme in Huxley's book 'Brave New World.' Mass production of humans and the worship of "Ford's T" (which replaced the cross) were subtle but significant themes in the book.
If by 'Standard OS functionality' you mean it isn't exactly like a Windows app should act to get the Windows Mark on it's shrinkwrapped box, I guess ummm....
Some of them are the (former) OS/2 and Mac zealots. And some of us were around to notice when all that bitterness flowed into 'the community.' Hell, I can remember when Apple products were considered a joke by a lot of people in the Freenix communities (they still are by a lot of people, but Apple marketing is very good).
but what is the point when the compiler itself isn't Free?
The microcode in the bulk of the processors on the market is not 'Free,' never has been, and never will be. So why aren't you frantically haranguing us about that? It seems like just as valid a fear.
Sometimes GPL advocates cross over into an almost religious, and very preachy, zeal.
And one of the not-so-nice things about Linux is that everybody can innovate with a new project, forking the needs of the OSS community into dozens and dozens of little incomplete pieces, with massive duplicated efforts. Which dissipates a lot of energy and scatters the 'needs' of the community for a few good, complete applications.
When my father started programming on the IBM 650 in the late 1950's the task was:
Put assembler/compiler card deck in reader.
Machine loads assembler into memory.
Run Assembler.
Put source code card deck in machine.
Assembler outputs object card deck.
Load object card deck in reader.
Machine loads and runs application program.
This sequence was necessary because the machine had very limited storage. Every 'pass' of the assembler required punching a new deck of cards, because the primary output of the machine was a high speed card punch. So if you had a lot of debug cycles while programming, you chewed up a lot of cards generating object decks.
Printouts were generated by printing one line per card, putting the card deck into a printer which transfered the lines from card deck to paper.
This was an evolution of the IBM Data Processing technology, which consisted of punched cards that could be sorted and printed, and WERE sorted and printed with elaborate machines, for many decades before being used with computers.
Filing a Trademark is cheap and easy. Defending a Trademark means that each and every time that somebody violates your trademark you have to take legal action to defend it.
The first time you don't legally defend your trademark, you lose it.
So it's cheap to file, very expensive to maintain.
You're going to rattle off a long line of stereotypes and slams about what Americans are and add on the implication that they're 'pretentious.' All from your 'Euroculture is superior perch?'
Just reinforces what I said. Stop hanging out with a goofy crowd, guy.
Most of the people in the United States are not the descendents of the few who came over two centuries ago. That slice of the American populace is fairly small. Most people came here for the economic opportunities that are provided by the freedom in the U.S. and most weren't persecuted in their ancestral homeland.
And your assertion that they have NEVER been free is ridiculous. Have you traveled overseas?
Actually, AOL/Netscape will be there, too, getting their piece of the pie too. And all the other entities who are involved in Internet-related business, like ISPs, content providers, 'publishers' like hAndover.net, or whatever the Slashdot hive is called now. .. .
Though it's more adventurous to point the finger only at MS.
Whoops. Sorry about you forgetting your key. I guess the info on your drive is useless now. We'll reformat it for you before returning it and even put a free copy of Windows on the drive for ya.
Well, it can be said that the SSN makes it easier for the Credit Reporting Agency to track individuals. But that was explicitly not supposed to be the purpose of the SSN index. And there's no reason why their job has to be made easier by the existence of the SSN. I mean, requiring SSNs to be tattooed on the forearm would make it far easier and cheaper to secure airports, but it's not gonna happen. Why give the Credit Agencies a free ride? Just because they have the politcal clout to force it on us?
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There was a lot of simultaneous development going on here, Hitler had read much of Henry Ford's success, and was quite a car enthusiast.
Henry Ford had also read much of Hitler and was quite a Nazi enthusiast.
As an aside (somewhat) Ford and Fordisms were no minor theme in Huxley's book 'Brave New World.' Mass production of humans and the worship of "Ford's T" (which replaced the cross) were subtle but significant themes in the book.
Switch to it from what?
I run it on my Slackware and NetBSD boxes.
If by 'Standard OS functionality' you mean it isn't exactly like a Windows app should act to get the Windows Mark on it's shrinkwrapped box, I guess ummm....
Some of them are the (former) OS/2 and Mac zealots. And some of us were around to notice when all that bitterness flowed into 'the community.' Hell, I can remember when Apple products were considered a joke by a lot of people in the Freenix communities (they still are by a lot of people, but Apple marketing is very good).
I can't understand why the author of the article wishes to leverage this tired, old zealotry.
Because her fifteen minutes of fame are almost over.
but what is the point when the compiler itself isn't Free?
The microcode in the bulk of the processors on the market is not 'Free,' never has been, and never will be. So why aren't you frantically haranguing us about that? It seems like just as valid a fear.
Sometimes GPL advocates cross over into an almost religious, and very preachy, zeal.
If the license is invalid then the kernel source tarball breaks up like a big chunk of sandstone in an earthquake.
There are forces in the software market who wouldn't mind Linux being broken up into a huge mess of litigation.
She's making noise because her fifteen minutes of fame is almost up and she's trying to get an extension.
C) sounds as intrusive and annoying as the old 'obnoxious advertising clause' that a certain political band used to rant about.
You made that anecdote up, didn't you?
We all know that BSD licensed code has made it into a lot of products and projects.
But you made your little story up, didn't you?
And one of the not-so-nice things about Linux is that everybody can innovate with a new project, forking the needs of the OSS community into dozens and dozens of little incomplete pieces, with massive duplicated efforts. Which dissipates a lot of energy and scatters the 'needs' of the community for a few good, complete applications.
Of course, if you use Mozilla, you can middle-click and have your history saved in a separate tab so you don't have to 'back up' to it.
I see a lot of people explaining 'features' of IE who don't seem to have used anything else.
And because IE is 'integrated' when it crashes, it often takes the whole desktop with it.
When my father started programming on the IBM 650 in the late 1950's the task was:
Put assembler/compiler card deck in reader.
Machine loads assembler into memory.
Run Assembler.
Put source code card deck in machine.
Assembler outputs object card deck.
Load object card deck in reader.
Machine loads and runs application program.
This sequence was necessary because the machine had very limited storage. Every 'pass' of the assembler required punching a new deck of cards, because the primary output of the machine was a high speed card punch. So if you had a lot of debug cycles while programming, you chewed up a lot of cards generating object decks.
Printouts were generated by printing one line per card, putting the card deck into a printer which transfered the lines from card deck to paper.
This was an evolution of the IBM Data Processing technology, which consisted of punched cards that could be sorted and printed, and WERE sorted and printed with elaborate machines, for many decades before being used with computers.
Three years later and Linux would have been built using the BSD tools.
BSD is built with GCC.
The userland is non-GNU, but it's all built with GCC.
Filing a Trademark is cheap and easy. Defending a Trademark means that each and every time that somebody violates your trademark you have to take legal action to defend it.
The first time you don't legally defend your trademark, you lose it.
So it's cheap to file, very expensive to maintain.
Wow.
You're going to rattle off a long line of stereotypes and slams about what Americans are and add on the implication that they're 'pretentious.' All from your 'Euroculture is superior perch?'
Just reinforces what I said. Stop hanging out with a goofy crowd, guy.
When [verb/noun] are outlawed, only outlaws will have [noun/verb].
Generalized further:
When dogs get wet, only wet dogs are wet.
You've really gotta get out more.
And I'm not talking about getting out of your dorm room and going out to talk to the Trotskyites at the next lit table on the campus mall.
Go out and meet some real people. Maybe at a bowling alley, or a public park.
Most of the people in the United States are not the descendents of the few who came over two centuries ago. That slice of the American populace is fairly small. Most people came here for the economic opportunities that are provided by the freedom in the U.S. and most weren't persecuted in their ancestral homeland.
And your assertion that they have NEVER been free is ridiculous. Have you traveled overseas?
You misspelled ACLU fundraisers in your link. Yeah. Look out. The bad big gummint is coming. Send in donations. We'll protect you.
Actually, AOL/Netscape will be there, too, getting their piece of the pie too. And all the other entities who are involved in Internet-related business, like ISPs, content providers, 'publishers' like hAndover.net, or whatever the Slashdot hive is called now. . .
.
Though it's more adventurous to point the finger only at MS.
You forgot to include the bit on the end where we're supposed to:
1. Join your church or organization.
2. Send in donations so you can 'fight the madness'
or
3. Go to your consipracy-theory website so we can learn more about your insights into the peril our freedom is in.
Whoops. Sorry about you forgetting your key. I guess the info on your drive is useless now. We'll reformat it for you before returning it and even put a free copy of Windows on the drive for ya.
I don't see why 'discriminate' has turned into such a bad word.
Discriminating on the basis of a person's face is also known as recognizing them.
Please unlearn what your P.C. 7th grade Social Studies teacher drilled into your head. 'Discrimination' is not bad.
Well, it can be said that the SSN makes it easier for the Credit Reporting Agency to track individuals. But that was explicitly not supposed to be the purpose of the SSN index. And there's no reason why their job has to be made easier by the existence of the SSN. I mean, requiring SSNs to be tattooed on the forearm would make it far easier and cheaper to secure airports, but it's not gonna happen. Why give the Credit Agencies a free ride? Just because they have the politcal clout to force it on us?