This article just scratches the surface of a story that is reminiscent of "Tucker" and how Pan Am (airlines) went after TWA. There are incredible connections between SCO's adversaries, US Congressmen, the FTC and a whole cadre of politicans, judges, government officials and law firms working in concert against SCO. It's the story of a $30 billion dollar industry of multi-billion dollar, multi-national corporations out to steal the assets of and destroy a tiny 200-person company. SCO's legal bills fighting this mess have been a quarter-billion dollars, far more than their total annual revenue. SCO has managed to fight this battle while prospering and remaining profitable the entire time, but it's a sad tale of corruption and power politics at their very worst...
Either TuxRacer is the first and last chapter of your PC gaming experience or you're paying the Microsoft tax.
That would assume that people a) bought their PC's with Windows preinstalled or b) bought their copy of Windows. I can assure you, neither is the case for quite a lot of PC gamers:)
I watched season one like 1000 time (I have downloaded the episodes after giving up on the DVD release anytime soon) on laptop on my daily commute, and still can watch it more.
Heh, you'll be happy to know that the Season 1 Boxed Set has been out in Region 2 since March 28th;)
If it was a scam, wouldn't you think that a good set of lawyers would be able to litigate out that point? Wouldn't you say that Sony might have some of the best damn lawyers in the whole world on the payroll?>
Face it, if it was a scam, then Sony would have been able to prove it with their unlimited funding for their all-powerful lawyers. They couldn't. So therefore, it wasn't a scam.
So, going on that logic, how come IBM haven't been able to litigate their way out of the SCO scam? (And yes, I'm fully aware that SCO v IBM isn't a patent case.) I daresay IBM's legal team is on a par, if not better than Sony's, and SCO's claims are far more insubstantial than Immersion's.
If people actually bothered to read the info regarding the Win32 port on the xchat website, instead of making assumptions, you'd see that it's a storm in a tea cup.
Q. If I register, will I get future versions for free? A. Yes, absolutely.
Q. Why isn't the Windows version free? A. Building X-Chat for Windows is a difficult process, it requires quite some skill and expertise to accomplish. It takes time, and is by no means automated.
Q. Has the license for X-Chat changed? A. The Windows version is shareware, however, you may still download the source code, released under the G.P.L.
Q. What if I compile my own version from the source code? A. You are quite welcome to do so, and redistribute it under the terms of the G.P.L. license.
Q. What about the LGPL libraries you link with? A. The source code is here if you wish to download it. The bugs I've fixed have already been submitted to the relevant bugzillas with patches.
As you can see, there's absolutely no GPL infringement taking place (or anything close to an infringement). The source code for the Win32 port is still available for downloading. All the author/builder is charging for, is the time and effort required to compile the Win32 binary - nothing else.
Right, and you're not capable of copy and pasting the link into a new browser window?
More to the point, since when is a demonstration of the png fault been considered a new version of anything? (ie, your "NEW RELEASE link?)
Whatever:)
If you own more than fifty CD/DVDs, it can be a daunting task to find a file.
That's only the case if you fail to a) label your media and b) use a decent piece of cataloging software and c) keep your media in some semblence of order;).
Using something like SuperCat in conjunction with basic media labelling (disc 1, disc 2, etc) makes finding files a breeze, in my experience at least.
I'm all for new and shiny, but at some point id needs to come up with something fresh. Their last new series was 8 years ago.
It seems as though some id employees feel the same as you.
Taken from a GameSpy interview with John Carmack :
GameSpy: I am surprised that you do not see Quake IV using this next generation engine.
John Carmack: Wolfenstein worked out so spectacularly well. Inside id there is a group that really, really does not want to do another sequel. Our next game is not going to be a DOOM, Quake, or Wolfenstein sequel, it's going to be something new and that is a foregone conclusion.
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This article just scratches the surface of a story that is reminiscent of "Tucker" and how Pan Am (airlines) went after TWA. There are incredible connections between SCO's adversaries, US Congressmen, the FTC and a whole cadre of politicans, judges, government officials and law firms working in concert against SCO. It's the story of a $30 billion dollar industry of multi-billion dollar, multi-national corporations out to steal the assets of and destroy a tiny 200-person company. SCO's legal bills fighting this mess have been a quarter-billion dollars, far more than their total annual revenue. SCO has managed to fight this battle while prospering and remaining profitable the entire time, but it's a sad tale of corruption and power politics at their very worst...
And how exactly is Dell instilling this FUD?
What FUD would that be?
Paste and Go extension : http://tecwizards.de/mozilla/
They're going to have to figure out how to make 64nm chips.
I believe they've already done this and are now figuring out the 45nm process.
Either TuxRacer is the first and last chapter of your PC gaming experience or you're paying the Microsoft tax.
That would assume that people a) bought their PC's with Windows preinstalled or b) bought their copy of Windows. I can assure you, neither is the case for quite a lot of PC gamers :)
So I ask you, what Microsoft tax? :P
Heh, you'll be happy to know that the Season 1 Boxed Set has been out in Region 2 since March 28th ;)
You do of course mean Chip and PIN. Credit cards in the UK have always had PIN #s to allow card holders to withdraw cash from ATMs.
Prejudiced, even :)
Such a shame :)
Sorry Bill. Hope you like working at McDonald's
Why would he need to consider working again? He has more money than you or I are ever likely to amass during our lifetime :P
If it was a scam, wouldn't you think that a good set of lawyers would be able to litigate out that point? Wouldn't you say that Sony might have some of the best damn lawyers in the whole world on the payroll?>
Face it, if it was a scam, then Sony would have been able to prove it with their unlimited funding for their all-powerful lawyers. They couldn't. So therefore, it wasn't a scam.
So, going on that logic, how come IBM haven't been able to litigate their way out of the SCO scam? (And yes, I'm fully aware that SCO v IBM isn't a patent case.) I daresay IBM's legal team is on a par, if not better than Sony's, and SCO's claims are far more insubstantial than Immersion's.
More importantly, who cares? :)
Actually, doesn't the Prescott P4 core have a 31 stage pipeline?
XP's shell is far faster on my machine (P4 2.8) than any DE/WM that I've tried on my FreeBSD install on the same box. /shrug
Yawn - much ado about nothing.
If people actually bothered to read the info regarding the Win32 port on the xchat website, instead of making assumptions, you'd see that it's a storm in a tea cup.
Taken from the Win32 download page of xchat.org
As you can see, there's absolutely no GPL infringement taking place (or anything close to an infringement). The source code for the Win32 port is still available for downloading. All the author /builder is charging for, is the time and effort required to compile the Win32 binary - nothing else.
Right, and you're not capable of copy and pasting the link into a new browser window? More to the point, since when is a demonstration of the png fault been considered a new version of anything? (ie, your "NEW RELEASE link?) Whatever :)
New builds of Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird have been released to patch four potential security vulnerabilities including the libpng issue
If you own more than fifty CD/DVDs, it can be a daunting task to find a file.
That's only the case if you fail to a) label your media and b) use a decent piece of cataloging software and c) keep your media in some semblence of order ;).
Using something like SuperCat in conjunction with basic media labelling (disc 1, disc 2, etc) makes finding files a breeze, in my experience at least.
I think you'll find that CSS is a set of W3C defined standards ;)
It seems as though some id employees feel the same as you.
Taken from a GameSpy interview with John Carmack :
GameSpy: I am surprised that you do not see Quake IV using this next generation engine.
John Carmack: Wolfenstein worked out so spectacularly well. Inside id there is a group that really, really does not want to do another sequel. Our next game is not going to be a DOOM, Quake, or Wolfenstein sequel, it's going to be something new and that is a foregone conclusion.