If he wasn't willing to make a commitment to continuing a series, maybe he shouldn't have taken on the project? There is no one else at BBC capable of directing a Sci-Fi show? And what's with this mass-resignation? Some kind of ideology statement? It must be designed to say something, most people when they tire of a job simply find another without dropping bombs on the way out the door. Disappointing.
"Troll", eh? There it is again, the Slashdot Sheep Effect preventing consideration of opposing views as haveing any basis in reality. Perhaps OSS's biggest handicap.
There are a number of web servers that are fairly tiny and run on PCs... Nothing stopping a stand-alone browser application from installing it's own web server...
Than you can not realistically expect wide acceptance from commercial companies. And that means that society as a whole will never widely use OSS outside a narrow niche of networking and server applications. Beyond that, OSS will be rejected for specialized embedded applications (or, as happens, companies will ignore the GPL and use and lock down OSS anyway).
If you're demand perfect adherence to your idealistic political purpose (socialism) you'll have to accept that OSS will never be widely used in Enterprise applications outside networking and servers.
On the other hand, they surely took that into consideration before building the project and chose the GPL'd software anyway (Right...?).
Exactly. And they will continue to take it into consideration as the migrate to proprietary solutions, and away from OSS. Isn't this counter productive?
That is a really relevant point. Is anyone actually publishing software under the GPL 3?
Why would they be? It's "beta". But that's not the point. Of course anyone can publish their intellectual property under any license they feel like. But obviously, companies that are invested in the dreaded DRA and have associations with other companies that do, will be nervous.
I think that hardware companies that use embedded OSS have the most to fear, as it opens up a huge can of worms for product liability and support, especially with the so-called "mission critical" applications. Many such companies feel the need to standardize and lock in on a specific set of often specially modified code that has been customized and tuned to their specific hardware. Allowing unrestricted modifications to the underlying software presents a spectrum of potential problems.
Try physically impossible. You can't list what isn't there.
Linux and other Open Source software projects almost unquestionably transgress patents owned both by Microsoft and others. This is not the real issue. The real question is, are these patents defensible? Or would they fall due to "prior art" or other well known / common patent flaws? And, if Microsoft and other patent holders revealed OSS patent transgression, would there be practical work arounds? Probably many of the patents would fail if challenged.
One reason Microsoft and other patent holders might not want to reveal the specific patents is that the OSS movement will challenge them rather than licene them, while many commercial groups will be inclined to do the opposite, license them and pay the patent holders a fee.
Number one rule when dealing with cops: Never volunteer information that was not specifically asked for.
Question: "What are you doing" (cop probably thought he was looking at porn and masturbating in public)
Answer: "I'm working on my computer. How's your day going?"
Question: "Great. Have a nice day."
This is the standard anecdotal gripe that the Linux Fan Boys continually screech, but it's a red herring for the real grip which is about Microsoft business practices. User-based security issues *may* have been true for *most* Windows user in the past, but that ratio is changing. More and more Windows users *are* educated on how to avoid spy-ware / ad-ware, and the various other vectors. And the small advances that EI7 has made in this area are moving that line even more. Soon, the day will come when Linux Fan Boys will have to come up with a different Windows bitch to bleat about.
This is all a distraction. When asked to address Linux usability issues, Linux Fan Boys are quick change the subject and point out Windows flaws instead, managing to avoid the issue. The fact is, for the average user who is not a computer guru and just wants to use the tool, not understand how it was made, Linux doesn't cut it. Average users don't want to have to "manage" their computer, they want to install and use applications to get work done.
Maybe Linux Fan Boys need to get away from the idea of Linux for the average user, and stop spending time bitching about Windows.
But with Microsoft having shown themselves willing to do whatever the *IAA want to restrict users from their fair rights (such as fast-forwarding through commercials on legally-purchased DVDs) there is a need to change the situation.
So really, it comes down to the fact that you don't like the licencing aggrement that you have to agree to when purchasing the rights to listen to the intelectual property controlled by the RIAA. Well, thems the breaks, but it has little to do with Windows as an OS.
What's interesting about this is how Nortel's approach to Open Source competition is similar in ways to Microsoft's: Rather than compete based on true values of real innovation and service, they will put "strong-arm" pressure on customers and associates to get their way. Clearly such dinosaurs are unwilling to make the paradigm shift and running scared. I expect this sort of thing to go one with a number of Old-School industry giants, before they either buy into the OSS concept, or wither up and die.
...many of them are associated with projects like Apache and PostgreSQL that don't even use the GPL......given the small sample size of the study and the number of respondents who contribute to non-GPL projects.
This prevents them from having a valid opinion of the GPLv3? Maybe they have good reasons for not using the GPL that should be taken into account?
I mean honestly, if you survey 2000 GPL fan boys, what do you suppose they will say about the GPLv3?
Well then submit a story on it. News for nerds, right? Does he run embedded *nix, or that other OS? Can he be hacked to play XBox games? Do tell, do tell...
No. People who listen to RIAA dominated radio stations listen to them because that's what's there.
And *why* is it there? Because that's what lots of people want. Perhaps not you, perhaps not most Slashdotters. Pop is around because lots of people like pop.
If you think without Clear Channel, huge numbers of people would start listening to more "inde" rock (or as I call it, noise), you're wrong. All that would happen (and it's actually a good "all") is that more stations would have real DJs and Program Directors who would give their listeners what they like, which in many, many, many cases is... pop music.
Judge Lasker scheduled sentencing for May 24, 2007. SEAN BUCCI faces a maximum term of life in prison, and a potential mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 10 years, to be followed by 8 years of supervised release, and a $4 million fine.
The site is already "down", and I'll bet it's not coming back for, oh, maybe 10 to life...
That's a pretty stout conviction, I can't see him not doing time. Wonder who will update the site while he's "away"? Unless the government seizes it, the Web site should bring in good cigarette money while he's serving time in the federal pen...
This would drive radio stations to playing non-RIAA music...
No, no it wouldn't. Don't fool yourself. People who listen to radio, for the most part listen to music the RIAA controls because they like the music. That's why people pirate the music the RIAA controls. Clear Channel exists because there are lots of people that like its product. Sad? Perhaps, but no less true.
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If he wasn't willing to make a commitment to continuing a series, maybe he shouldn't have taken on the project? There is no one else at BBC capable of directing a Sci-Fi show? And what's with this mass-resignation? Some kind of ideology statement? It must be designed to say something, most people when they tire of a job simply find another without dropping bombs on the way out the door. Disappointing.
"Troll", eh? There it is again, the Slashdot Sheep Effect preventing consideration of opposing views as haveing any basis in reality. Perhaps OSS's biggest handicap.
Exactly. A cheap hosting account and WordPress. Problem solved. NEXT.
There are a number of web servers that are fairly tiny and run on PCs... Nothing stopping a stand-alone browser application from installing it's own web server...
If you're demand perfect adherence to your idealistic political purpose (socialism) you'll have to accept that OSS will never be widely used in Enterprise applications outside networking and servers.
Exactly. And they will continue to take it into consideration as the migrate to proprietary solutions, and away from OSS. Isn't this counter productive?
Why would they be? It's "beta". But that's not the point. Of course anyone can publish their intellectual property under any license they feel like. But obviously, companies that are invested in the dreaded DRA and have associations with other companies that do, will be nervous.
I think that hardware companies that use embedded OSS have the most to fear, as it opens up a huge can of worms for product liability and support, especially with the so-called "mission critical" applications. Many such companies feel the need to standardize and lock in on a specific set of often specially modified code that has been customized and tuned to their specific hardware. Allowing unrestricted modifications to the underlying software presents a spectrum of potential problems.
Or... Maybe the hoax was a hoax...
Not everyone is a Libertarian. Some people are Socialists.
RMS and sex toys. What a visual.
Linux and other Open Source software projects almost unquestionably transgress patents owned both by Microsoft and others. This is not the real issue. The real question is, are these patents defensible? Or would they fall due to "prior art" or other well known / common patent flaws? And, if Microsoft and other patent holders revealed OSS patent transgression, would there be practical work arounds? Probably many of the patents would fail if challenged.
One reason Microsoft and other patent holders might not want to reveal the specific patents is that the OSS movement will challenge them rather than licene them, while many commercial groups will be inclined to do the opposite, license them and pay the patent holders a fee.
I thought when people put food in the office frig without their name on it, it was fair game. Untill I schnorffed down that tray of Exlax brownies...
Question: "What are you doing" (cop probably thought he was looking at porn and masturbating in public) Answer: "I'm working on my computer. How's your day going?" Question: "Great. Have a nice day."
This is the standard anecdotal gripe that the Linux Fan Boys continually screech, but it's a red herring for the real grip which is about Microsoft business practices. User-based security issues *may* have been true for *most* Windows user in the past, but that ratio is changing. More and more Windows users *are* educated on how to avoid spy-ware / ad-ware, and the various other vectors. And the small advances that EI7 has made in this area are moving that line even more. Soon, the day will come when Linux Fan Boys will have to come up with a different Windows bitch to bleat about.
This is all a distraction. When asked to address Linux usability issues, Linux Fan Boys are quick change the subject and point out Windows flaws instead, managing to avoid the issue. The fact is, for the average user who is not a computer guru and just wants to use the tool, not understand how it was made, Linux doesn't cut it. Average users don't want to have to "manage" their computer, they want to install and use applications to get work done.
Maybe Linux Fan Boys need to get away from the idea of Linux for the average user, and stop spending time bitching about Windows.
So really, it comes down to the fact that you don't like the licencing aggrement that you have to agree to when purchasing the rights to listen to the intelectual property controlled by the RIAA. Well, thems the breaks, but it has little to do with Windows as an OS.
What's interesting about this is how Nortel's approach to Open Source competition is similar in ways to Microsoft's: Rather than compete based on true values of real innovation and service, they will put "strong-arm" pressure on customers and associates to get their way. Clearly such dinosaurs are unwilling to make the paradigm shift and running scared. I expect this sort of thing to go one with a number of Old-School industry giants, before they either buy into the OSS concept, or wither up and die.
This prevents them from having a valid opinion of the GPLv3? Maybe they have good reasons for not using the GPL that should be taken into account?
I mean honestly, if you survey 2000 GPL fan boys, what do you suppose they will say about the GPLv3?
They like their jobs. They decided that being asked to quit to "spend more time with family" a la a US Attorney was not the way they wanted to go...
Well then submit a story on it. News for nerds, right? Does he run embedded *nix, or that other OS? Can he be hacked to play XBox games? Do tell, do tell...
And *why* is it there? Because that's what lots of people want. Perhaps not you, perhaps not most Slashdotters. Pop is around because lots of people like pop.
If you think without Clear Channel, huge numbers of people would start listening to more "inde" rock (or as I call it, noise), you're wrong. All that would happen (and it's actually a good "all") is that more stations would have real DJs and Program Directors who would give their listeners what they like, which in many, many, many cases is... pop music.
The site is already "down", and I'll bet it's not coming back for, oh, maybe 10 to life...
IANAL. Wonder if that's a crime?
Prob exceeded his bandwidth quota.
That's a pretty stout conviction, I can't see him not doing time. Wonder who will update the site while he's "away"? Unless the government seizes it, the Web site should bring in good cigarette money while he's serving time in the federal pen...
No, no it wouldn't. Don't fool yourself. People who listen to radio, for the most part listen to music the RIAA controls because they like the music. That's why people pirate the music the RIAA controls. Clear Channel exists because there are lots of people that like its product. Sad? Perhaps, but no less true.