Reset, restart. The problem needs to be dealt with eventually. This is an absolute. You are USA. You lay claim to being the greatest country in the world with the greatest technology in the world. Prove it; unless you believe "rounded corners" is a sufficient standard for innovation.
That someone has the balls and foresight to come up with something more like "As of 2015, vehicles of all types sold, operated and licensed in the US may not be powered directly or indirectly by a non-renewable energy resource.". Engineers..... GO!
If half goes to this and half goes to that, where does the 150% come from that will be needed to cover the cost of administering the tax? Nothing the government does is ever cheap.
I'm unable to understand the logic here. Is the word Ubuntu replacing Linux for marketing use, or is there some compelling reason to support just one distribution? In "the old days" (last year was it?) everything was SUSE. In "the REAL old days" (2 years ago was it?) it was RedHat. Linux is Linux is Linux.
-bigger sigh-
To stay totally on topic, show me the rule that says if you are monopoly you have to be forced to bundle someone else's product with yours.
Ok, if you want to be picky. It would be like Ford having to take their CD player and FM radios out of their cars because it locks Alpine out of the marketplace. Does that make the situation any different for you? Why on earth should Microsoft be forced to provide distribution for another company's product? They pay for the media. They make the deals for distribution of their product. They spend the cash on marketing, promotions and advertising. What does Opera do in this? Just get a free ride?
Right analogy, wrong direction. It would actually be like Ford being forced to take the CD player and FM radio out of all of their cars because it competes with XM or Sirius radio. The idea is ludicrous. Why should Opera get a free (forced) ride for distribution? Next, you'd have to assume, it would be unfair for Toshiba to make a bedroom tv that has a built in DVD player because it locks out all other DVD player manufacturers. I could think of a 1000 examples without even trying.
I'm quite certain that Apple needs AT&T far more than the other way around. Without the iPhone, AT&T still sells phones and does business. Without AT&T, Apple has no carrier.
I'm amazed all of you see this as such dire news for Microsoft. 10 million copies a month. Wouldn't Apple just LOVE to sell 10 million computers a month? That's quite a sales figure for ANY vendor.
Dude... I got myself a Mac mini that you speak of. It's as slow as ass. For the same cost of the mini, you can get a real computer. The mini is over priced and under powered (the traditional Apple motto).
I just LOVE that argument. Ok, I'll bite. You go and price out a Mac that can do browsing, email and a bit of word processing, and I'll do the same with a PC. Let's see how your argument holds up when you're trying to fill a requirement as opposed to a spec sheet comparison chart.
"If you want a Rollsroyce for a Car you are not going to find many off the shelf parts at your local garage."
That's the kicker. When was it decided (and who decided) that a Mac is the Rolls-Royce of computers? Intel, ATI and other parts all from the same suppliers that every other computer manufacturer uses. I guess this is where the reality distortion field kicks in to overdrive.
Someone on the zap2it forums wrote this:
>I suspect part of the situation is due to an agreement with a commercial customer trying to maximize their profit by forcing zap2it to agree not to provide for free what the customer is selling.
I replied:
It's Microsoft (stating the obvious)
Funny that my message was deleted by the mods. The original poster's message remained. I'm not the type of guy that sees Microsoft as the big evil, but they are up to no good these days due to slow Vista sales (MCE, of course, uses zap2it). They want all computer based DVRs to be gone. They want linux gone. They want anything that competes with any of their products to be gone (it's always been this way). I'd start worrying if I was a user of any of the linux distributions that Ms has done a deal with. They won't last very long or will be moulded to crap so nobody will want them anyways.
The problem is Vista Home Premium is the only version that is worth getting, and everyone knows very well that full install, not an upgrade, is the way to go. In Canada, that comes to over $300 with tax. It's just way too much money for an operating system.
I'd disagree that a lot of lawyers is not so good. Legal language can have different interpretations in different jurisdiction. With a document that so many would have to live with for who knows how long, it should be accurate and effective in as many cases as possible and there should be no worry that the lawyers that worked the document are not in their area of expertise.
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I can hear Harry saying.... "50 dollars and time served. next case council?"
O.J. agrees, and says "thank you".
Reset, restart. The problem needs to be dealt with eventually. This is an absolute. You are USA. You lay claim to being the greatest country in the world with the greatest technology in the world. Prove it; unless you believe "rounded corners" is a sufficient standard for innovation.
That someone has the balls and foresight to come up with something more like "As of 2015, vehicles of all types sold, operated and licensed in the US may not be powered directly or indirectly by a non-renewable energy resource.". Engineers..... GO!
Google isn't the great champion of open standards that you think. Just pop www.google.com into the w3c validator.
If half goes to this and half goes to that, where does the 150% come from that will be needed to cover the cost of administering the tax? Nothing the government does is ever cheap.
THAT'S where all my spam went.
My wife was diagnosed with uterine cancer. 3 days after the diagnosis, she was in the operating room. Don't believe all the crap you see on the news.
I'm unable to understand the logic here. Is the word Ubuntu replacing Linux for marketing use, or is there some compelling reason to support just one distribution? In "the old days" (last year was it?) everything was SUSE. In "the REAL old days" (2 years ago was it?) it was RedHat. Linux is Linux is Linux.
-bigger sigh- To stay totally on topic, show me the rule that says if you are monopoly you have to be forced to bundle someone else's product with yours.
Ok, if you want to be picky. It would be like Ford having to take their CD player and FM radios out of their cars because it locks Alpine out of the marketplace. Does that make the situation any different for you? Why on earth should Microsoft be forced to provide distribution for another company's product? They pay for the media. They make the deals for distribution of their product. They spend the cash on marketing, promotions and advertising. What does Opera do in this? Just get a free ride?
Right analogy, wrong direction. It would actually be like Ford being forced to take the CD player and FM radio out of all of their cars because it competes with XM or Sirius radio. The idea is ludicrous. Why should Opera get a free (forced) ride for distribution? Next, you'd have to assume, it would be unfair for Toshiba to make a bedroom tv that has a built in DVD player because it locks out all other DVD player manufacturers. I could think of a 1000 examples without even trying.
I'm quite certain that Apple needs AT&T far more than the other way around. Without the iPhone, AT&T still sells phones and does business. Without AT&T, Apple has no carrier.
I'm amazed all of you see this as such dire news for Microsoft. 10 million copies a month. Wouldn't Apple just LOVE to sell 10 million computers a month? That's quite a sales figure for ANY vendor.
Dude... I got myself a Mac mini that you speak of. It's as slow as ass. For the same cost of the mini, you can get a real computer. The mini is over priced and under powered (the traditional Apple motto).
Oh come on folks.... that's funny (considering the kbuntu, xbuntu etc). Have a sense of humour!
I just LOVE that argument. Ok, I'll bite. You go and price out a Mac that can do browsing, email and a bit of word processing, and I'll do the same with a PC. Let's see how your argument holds up when you're trying to fill a requirement as opposed to a spec sheet comparison chart.
"If you want a Rollsroyce for a Car you are not going to find many off the shelf parts at your local garage." That's the kicker. When was it decided (and who decided) that a Mac is the Rolls-Royce of computers? Intel, ATI and other parts all from the same suppliers that every other computer manufacturer uses. I guess this is where the reality distortion field kicks in to overdrive.
The article is hardly about interpreting the GPL as the title of this story claims. There was a one liner about an aspect of the GPL; no more.
Someone on the zap2it forums wrote this: >I suspect part of the situation is due to an agreement with a commercial customer trying to maximize their profit by forcing zap2it to agree not to provide for free what the customer is selling. I replied: It's Microsoft (stating the obvious) Funny that my message was deleted by the mods. The original poster's message remained. I'm not the type of guy that sees Microsoft as the big evil, but they are up to no good these days due to slow Vista sales (MCE, of course, uses zap2it). They want all computer based DVRs to be gone. They want linux gone. They want anything that competes with any of their products to be gone (it's always been this way). I'd start worrying if I was a user of any of the linux distributions that Ms has done a deal with. They won't last very long or will be moulded to crap so nobody will want them anyways.
The problem is Vista Home Premium is the only version that is worth getting, and everyone knows very well that full install, not an upgrade, is the way to go. In Canada, that comes to over $300 with tax. It's just way too much money for an operating system.
> One word: nukes. The US has them; you don't. Bomb the country next door to you with nukes? Get out the duct tape and don't forget to duck and cover!
I'd disagree that a lot of lawyers is not so good. Legal language can have different interpretations in different jurisdiction. With a document that so many would have to live with for who knows how long, it should be accurate and effective in as many cases as possible and there should be no worry that the lawyers that worked the document are not in their area of expertise.
If you are drafting a legal document, it would be wise to involve a lawyer much in the same way that brain surgery should involve a doctor.
>I assume that you are basing this statement on experience? Unfortunately... yes. :(