I think the main reason for this is that the quality of admins is dropping. I say this not because they are using a Microsoft product, but because more and more my interactions with supposed sysadmins are quite depressing.
You know, these kind of things seem inevitable in our future. Dogooders will always attempt to do good, which often requires stopping stupid people. Unfortunately, dogooders are often non confrontational, and will always prefer a technological, blanket solution - because lets face it, what can be an easier way to stop drunk driving that having the car tell if you're drunk and just not letting you drive. But I just can't see these things ultimately turning out to be good: sooner or later their will be no more drunk drivers, pedophiles, pirates, etc. and then what? Maybe I'm just to cynical, but I don't think it's going to be a rosy world of freedom and peace then.
Which only benefits the RIAA/MPAA. Which doesn't benefit the American middle-class, lower-class, or anyone outside of America. I know how this will all turn out though, just as smokers how nice it is that the rest of America is turning on their habit, sure they never thought that that would happen (not the best example though).
The students or the cooperations? I kinda would have thought that Universities would do everything in their power to aid thei students en masse. Or do they somehow see a logically connection between aiding the blunt actions of these cooperations and the overall positive development of the students.
It seems inuitive that having zero copyright law would be a bad thing, and rarely is any extreme action a good thing. But unless you are feeding young mouths with the revenue generated by these aggressive tatics, what possible good can come of this? It doesn't help the students, and it doesn't seem to me to help society.
Don't at least a significant percentage of these radio stations rely on advertising revenue? Putting DRM will invariably lead to loss of some percentage of the audience.
I have. It really isn't that hard. They're products are often comparatively expensive, and they do not produce any life critical devices that I need. So from CD-Rs and headphones, to HD televisions and their Playstation3, I have been actively _not_ purchasing their products - gone into SonyStyle, never bought a thing.
Let MS do exactly what they want, they seem quite successful at it, if it bites them in the butt, so be it. I would just like our own software freedoms to be preserved. I have no intention on producing anything with their format, I'm sure I'll eventually have to read it, but the chances that the receiver of a document is liable for inaccurate content within that document seems very low.
What is the motivation, since I'm sure there must be a good one, to do this free work for MS?
If they roll out a package for Fedora, I'll be installing this soon. I like the idea of Gimp, but I always fumble around the interface, and rarely use it when I am not in a hurry.
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Please explain to me how what big business wants is good for you as an individual, I am curious.
That seems to be less about being in IT, and more about cognitive dissonance.
I think the main reason for this is that the quality of admins is dropping. I say this not because they are using a Microsoft product, but because more and more my interactions with supposed sysadmins are quite depressing.
You know, these kind of things seem inevitable in our future. Dogooders will always attempt to do good, which often requires stopping stupid people. Unfortunately, dogooders are often non confrontational, and will always prefer a technological, blanket solution - because lets face it, what can be an easier way to stop drunk driving that having the car tell if you're drunk and just not letting you drive. But I just can't see these things ultimately turning out to be good: sooner or later their will be no more drunk drivers, pedophiles, pirates, etc. and then what? Maybe I'm just to cynical, but I don't think it's going to be a rosy world of freedom and peace then.
No. I wouldn't pay $66 for it, even at American wage standards.
I kinda like the ability to forget or lose my PIN number. I can't exactly lose my face.
Good! Now we can be sure that crackers will never have this, and that only professionals will.
Four reasons to not pay for a product aren't enough I take it.
People gamble obsessively, people do hard narcotics, why do they do those?
It matters because nothing Microsoft does benefits anyone but them in the long run. You've got to have noticed this by now.
Which only benefits the RIAA/MPAA. Which doesn't benefit the American middle-class, lower-class, or anyone outside of America. I know how this will all turn out though, just as smokers how nice it is that the rest of America is turning on their habit, sure they never thought that that would happen (not the best example though).
What I would like to see MS do is come up with fullproof piracy protection.
What about WordPerfect and Borland? Both had superior products.
But having OOXML might near exclude ODF
it is possible then for developers to include support for each
Yes, but what MS says in the computer world is Law
or, would you rather the MS Office document standard to remain closed?
From what I read, it isn't opening very much, or at least enough to consider it "open"
Perhaps that is what those whose goal in life is to bitch endlessy about MS want?
Do you really find that makes sense
I thought all you need are the kernel headers and you just compile (not recompile) the module alone.
The students or the cooperations? I kinda would have thought that Universities would do everything in their power to aid thei students en masse. Or do they somehow see a logically connection between aiding the blunt actions of these cooperations and the overall positive development of the students.
It seems inuitive that having zero copyright law would be a bad thing, and rarely is any extreme action a good thing. But unless you are feeding young mouths with the revenue generated by these aggressive tatics, what possible good can come of this? It doesn't help the students, and it doesn't seem to me to help society.
Don't at least a significant percentage of these radio stations rely on advertising revenue? Putting DRM will invariably lead to loss of some percentage of the audience.
I am of the understanding that they can can barely do television right, why are they not concentrating on that first?
contact the editors about it politely.
I guess you couldn't read the article, huh.
Yes they are paying themselves. This was discussed in a previous article.
I'm sure you see how it immediately brings up the mental image of a malaware scanner, right?
I have. It really isn't that hard. They're products are often comparatively expensive, and they do not produce any life critical devices that I need. So from CD-Rs and headphones, to HD televisions and their Playstation3, I have been actively _not_ purchasing their products - gone into SonyStyle, never bought a thing.
Let MS do exactly what they want, they seem quite successful at it, if it bites them in the butt, so be it. I would just like our own software freedoms to be preserved. I have no intention on producing anything with their format, I'm sure I'll eventually have to read it, but the chances that the receiver of a document is liable for inaccurate content within that document seems very low.
What is the motivation, since I'm sure there must be a good one, to do this free work for MS?
If they roll out a package for Fedora, I'll be installing this soon. I like the idea of Gimp, but I always fumble around the interface, and rarely use it when I am not in a hurry.