Uh, that is not the responsibilty of the software authors. It's up to the user not to install stupid stuff. It's like blaming a gun for murder when it takes the shooter to pull the trigger.
Until there is an obvious exploit that requires no action taken by the user, such as hidden spyware or such, I dont think the Mozilla team is responsible for users being stupid and installing malware plugins.
I think that there is a major disadvantage when it comes to attacking the Mozilla series of applications -- they are all on multiple operating systems.
It's worth noting that this bug was only found on Windows systems operating Mozilla, and while this may be the largest base of people using the program, I get the impression that a lot Linux and OSX folks are using them as well. Yet everyone is so eager to jump on Mozilla for having a bug, even though it only affected one of the operating systems. I think that's a pretty good track record, espically with the speed that it's been fixed in. I'd like to see that with IE.
I'm really hoping that RPM does not become the new packaged standard. Debian packages tied in with apt are just so much more powerful and have a much better chance for future expansion. I seriously think that more distros should support apt-get, it's a much better tool.
Also, as mentioned before, alien works fairly decent on debian machines for using RPM packages, it would just be a lot easier for everyone if some sort of common ground was found between the different methods of packaging.
Personally, I think it all can be attributed to a visible decline in society's moral standards. When music first became availible online, most people did not hesitate to download it because for the most part, it is guilt and worry free.
Until there is some sort of legal safeguard put in place that will cause people to think about voliating copyrights, the numbers of people downloading will continue to rise. In real life, people will think twice before stealing from a store because there is a known punishment for being caught (and even this is happening more). Fileswapping doesn't have such rigid rules and regulations, or at least it's hard to enforce them online. Not to mention that industries trying to enforce them currently are going about the wrong way in the first place.
Think about it though, my sister who is middle school is downloading movies. I think that it shows either lack of education about what can/cannot be done online legally, or simply not caring about those laws either way.
Yeah, at first I was also misled by the title of the article.
Either way though, I think that the steam engine is horribly flawed. I really dislike "launcher" engines for games. I really wish that they could have the old WON servers for playing, however, I suppose this is their way of battling piracy for their games. I'm not sure how much it's worth to protect from piracy when it creates problems for legitimate users, but then again, since when has any company really cared about the end user?
Honestly, I don't think that these losses can all be attributed to software piracy. That's not to say that the industry isn't loosing money from pirated downloads, but I think there are a lot more things going on than simply P2P piracy.
I think that open source and freeware programs are also contributing to this, as people see that there are alternatives to the "mainstream" programs that are used today, some of which are better than software that can be purchased out in the market today. I wouldn't be suprised if we're going to see companies trying to blaim their losses on Open Software as well. Sheesh.
Oh, and what's that saying? Every time they arrest a pirate two more take their pace? Something like that. Pirating isn't going to be stopped just as much as other illegal content on the web hasn't been fully stopped. All they are doing is forcing people to swap files in digital dark alleys; oh wait, it's spread out further than that now. No amount of legislature is going to stop that. Just like they cant stop drug traffic in real life.
Yeah, the one which now everyone has to switch from because of the huge amount of exploits that affect not only the browser but the filesystem viewer too.
I don't think that intergrating everything is ever a good move.
I'm not sure, I'm kinda of weary of the way that KDE goes around and does things. I was always under the impression that Linux was built up of smaller tools to make a useable operation system, yet KDE seems intent on combining many programs into larger ones to manage the system.
I'm not saying that this approach is wrong, it's just something that I don't really think is beneficial. Something that really pops out at me is the fact that the browser and filesystem viewer are combined into one. Sounds a little familiar, and we all know what happened with the other one..
I think that it should be taken into consideration that almost every major project of construction was deemed impossible. Very good examples of these are the famous Golden Gate Bridge and the EuroTunnel. Everyone said it was impossible, yet they were completed.
As technologoy in this area continues to develop, I think that this may be able to become a real and practical idea sometime down the road. It may not be possible now, but in ten years, who knows?
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Uh, that is not the responsibilty of the software authors. It's up to the user not to install stupid stuff. It's like blaming a gun for murder when it takes the shooter to pull the trigger. Until there is an obvious exploit that requires no action taken by the user, such as hidden spyware or such, I dont think the Mozilla team is responsible for users being stupid and installing malware plugins.
I think that there is a major disadvantage when it comes to attacking the Mozilla series of applications -- they are all on multiple operating systems. It's worth noting that this bug was only found on Windows systems operating Mozilla, and while this may be the largest base of people using the program, I get the impression that a lot Linux and OSX folks are using them as well. Yet everyone is so eager to jump on Mozilla for having a bug, even though it only affected one of the operating systems. I think that's a pretty good track record, espically with the speed that it's been fixed in. I'd like to see that with IE.
I'm really hoping that RPM does not become the new packaged standard. Debian packages tied in with apt are just so much more powerful and have a much better chance for future expansion. I seriously think that more distros should support apt-get, it's a much better tool.
Also, as mentioned before, alien works fairly decent on debian machines for using RPM packages, it would just be a lot easier for everyone if some sort of common ground was found between the different methods of packaging.
Personally, I think it all can be attributed to a visible decline in society's moral standards. When music first became availible online, most people did not hesitate to download it because for the most part, it is guilt and worry free. Until there is some sort of legal safeguard put in place that will cause people to think about voliating copyrights, the numbers of people downloading will continue to rise. In real life, people will think twice before stealing from a store because there is a known punishment for being caught (and even this is happening more). Fileswapping doesn't have such rigid rules and regulations, or at least it's hard to enforce them online. Not to mention that industries trying to enforce them currently are going about the wrong way in the first place. Think about it though, my sister who is middle school is downloading movies. I think that it shows either lack of education about what can/cannot be done online legally, or simply not caring about those laws either way.
If our culture is headed down the path of having high esteem for people who appear and do successfully on game shows--boy are we screwed.
Oh, wait. We already do that with reality tv people. Whoops, my bad.
Yeah, at first I was also misled by the title of the article. Either way though, I think that the steam engine is horribly flawed. I really dislike "launcher" engines for games. I really wish that they could have the old WON servers for playing, however, I suppose this is their way of battling piracy for their games. I'm not sure how much it's worth to protect from piracy when it creates problems for legitimate users, but then again, since when has any company really cared about the end user?
Honestly, I don't think that these losses can all be attributed to software piracy. That's not to say that the industry isn't loosing money from pirated downloads, but I think there are a lot more things going on than simply P2P piracy. I think that open source and freeware programs are also contributing to this, as people see that there are alternatives to the "mainstream" programs that are used today, some of which are better than software that can be purchased out in the market today. I wouldn't be suprised if we're going to see companies trying to blaim their losses on Open Software as well. Sheesh. Oh, and what's that saying? Every time they arrest a pirate two more take their pace? Something like that. Pirating isn't going to be stopped just as much as other illegal content on the web hasn't been fully stopped. All they are doing is forcing people to swap files in digital dark alleys; oh wait, it's spread out further than that now. No amount of legislature is going to stop that. Just like they cant stop drug traffic in real life.
Yeah, the one which now everyone has to switch from because of the huge amount of exploits that affect not only the browser but the filesystem viewer too. I don't think that intergrating everything is ever a good move.
I'm not sure, I'm kinda of weary of the way that KDE goes around and does things. I was always under the impression that Linux was built up of smaller tools to make a useable operation system, yet KDE seems intent on combining many programs into larger ones to manage the system. I'm not saying that this approach is wrong, it's just something that I don't really think is beneficial. Something that really pops out at me is the fact that the browser and filesystem viewer are combined into one. Sounds a little familiar, and we all know what happened with the other one..
I think that it should be taken into consideration that almost every major project of construction was deemed impossible. Very good examples of these are the famous Golden Gate Bridge and the EuroTunnel. Everyone said it was impossible, yet they were completed. As technologoy in this area continues to develop, I think that this may be able to become a real and practical idea sometime down the road. It may not be possible now, but in ten years, who knows?
Wow, it's so awesome to know that my money is going towards a ship that can drill holes in the middle of nowhere.