Miguel's work for OSS was specifically focused on mono. If you think mono did anything for OSS since ~1999 you're hilarious. He helped with things other people were working on that were important, and then moved on to microsoft where he got crowned as a MVP. Hint: that's not given out for outstanding OSS work.
this is hilarious. This is the "you're creating our jobs" argument except that it's a complete strawman by itself.
The reality is, allowing FM, Enderle, or any of the other folks to just post misleading comments without counter it ends up with more media fiascos such as quoting those posts as facts because "nobody disputed it".
However, what's the alternative? do nothing? Every troll gets marked and mostly ignored, and it doesn't take long to copy + paste the trolling debunks to shut them up. They're not the only ones with templates.
I agree, 100%. It's just not important to them. I didn't mean to tie it to the question of evil-ness or not, I was just trying to de-fud a fudster. Also having such a focus puts them into a *proper* focus for everything else. It's kind of a nice thing. It's like setting your priorities right from the start.
Wow, you really don't put much effort into the pro-MS/anti google posting, huh? Couldn't even hold until the 9th word, doing the first post on the article, *and* couldn't hint about being pro-microsoft about 4 times, right?
using a patent shakedown for extortion with manufacturers is legal and reasonable? Getting a billion a year though would certainly be in the realm of antitrust concerns though. Why do you think MS just settled with B&N for more than B&N was worth? Hint: it wasn't to work with them, and had everything to do with getting B&N to drop the case when they had MS by the balls.
Android vendors were worried google would give preference to Motorola, not "google's plans". As of so far, google is simply carrying on doing what it does day to day and not giving Motorola priority. Had they given Motorola priority you'd hear of every manufacturer aside from Motorola jumping ship faster than you could post an article about it.
I would never use MeeGo or WP7. MeeGo is just not developed enough and WP7 is from a company that violates antitrust on a daily basis (and has been convicted). Why would anyone consider either of those?
slashdot represents actually fairly well informed posters. People who point out shills deliberately, because they detract from the entire posting system and make people waste moderation a little. That's also because that and flagging are all you can and rightly, should, do given the situation on slashdot. They thankfully don't remove posts, so about all you can do is highlight the dreck (such as yours), since anonymous commenting is allowed as well.
I'm not saying any of that is a bad thing - all of it is a good thing,it's just that this is what it takes to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.
Privacy Policies don't exist at the moment in a complicated form to help you or define your rights. it's for legal indemnity for any company that has them if it's more than 8-10 sentences long.
don't forget the cost of migrations are even worse!
It's not just what you pay to put the information in, but just how much of a pain in the ass they make it to get the information out as well. Or that there are continual ongoing costs because guess what? Staying up to date has extra costs! (new OS versions, etc).
I'd be happy to have the e-reader integrate with my PC if 1 specific thing happened:
the DRM was gone. At which point the e-reader functions the way we want and expect it to, aka the way the device is capable, not the way the device is limited to. That way I can back up books, copy purchased books to other devices, etc.
Is it that hard for people and companies such as Microsoft to figure this out in 2012?
I'm surprised the owner of the property actually allowed this, and that the "Journalist" was the only one quoted as questioning it? Must have been one hell of an under the table payment to the property owner or something, because I can't imagine this going over smoothly even in London.
Dude we know you're biased as shit. You submitted the article! Just give up and admit that you either have a clear bias or are paid by or affiliated with Microsoft, directly or indirectly.
However, the difference between Google and MS/Apple is that in MS/Apple's case it'd be a quiet settlement with no details.
With google, what happens? Straight up honesty. 100% un-redacted other than the user's names.
Biased hack at the NYT? How about the fact that it was submitted by Bonch, who has a clear bias against google? He's basically Florian Mueller with a different username.
There's an enormous difference between NSA being a customer of oracle's and looking the other way in regards to oracle.
The latter being what's been happening with Florian and is expected to happen with the NSA in such an example (as we know they're corrupt/abuse NSL's, etc).
There's nothing wrong with commenting and working in the industry.
there's plenty wrong with 100% of your comments having a clear bias (as your does) and quoting misleading or incomplete information, while at the same time denying that you have any connection to them. This is like when the counter to "google doesn't lose in court" is mentioning a case where google only lost before an appeal happened in which case they consequently won. That is the same sort of misleading FUD that you among others are known for - aka lawyering around providing a false answer.
Which, again, you have done here. Why can't you just get the cancer you act like (not unlike Florian) and pass away?
Florian basically admitted he's on the payroll for microsoft and oracle, the two parties of which he magically has posted explicitly positive comments about and explicitly negative comments about their competitors. We've always known this.
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*mono/miguel since 1999
The EEE approach doesn't require extending features within a product. You're looking into some specific product-focused version.
They're at extend with nokia, facebook and yahoo, and yahoo's heading towards "extinguish"
Miguel's work for OSS was specifically focused on mono. If you think mono did anything for OSS since ~1999 you're hilarious. He helped with things other people were working on that were important, and then moved on to microsoft where he got crowned as a MVP. Hint: that's not given out for outstanding OSS work.
this is hilarious. This is the "you're creating our jobs" argument except that it's a complete strawman by itself.
The reality is, allowing FM, Enderle, or any of the other folks to just post misleading comments without counter it ends up with more media fiascos such as quoting those posts as facts because "nobody disputed it".
However, what's the alternative? do nothing? Every troll gets marked and mostly ignored, and it doesn't take long to copy + paste the trolling debunks to shut them up. They're not the only ones with templates.
I agree, 100%. It's just not important to them. I didn't mean to tie it to the question of evil-ness or not, I was just trying to de-fud a fudster. Also having such a focus puts them into a *proper* focus for everything else. It's kind of a nice thing. It's like setting your priorities right from the start.
Wow, you really don't put much effort into the pro-MS/anti google posting, huh? Couldn't even hold until the 9th word, doing the first post on the article, *and* couldn't hint about being pro-microsoft about 4 times, right?
using a patent shakedown for extortion with manufacturers is legal and reasonable? Getting a billion a year though would certainly be in the realm of antitrust concerns though. Why do you think MS just settled with B&N for more than B&N was worth? Hint: it wasn't to work with them, and had everything to do with getting B&N to drop the case when they had MS by the balls.
Android vendors were worried google would give preference to Motorola, not "google's plans". As of so far, google is simply carrying on doing what it does day to day and not giving Motorola priority. Had they given Motorola priority you'd hear of every manufacturer aside from Motorola jumping ship faster than you could post an article about it.
I would never use MeeGo or WP7. MeeGo is just not developed enough and WP7 is from a company that violates antitrust on a daily basis (and has been convicted). Why would anyone consider either of those?
how about the promoted by firehose entirely pro-MS articles or entirely anti-google articles?
That stuff annoys me more than your 1-4 honestly. Bonch posting articles, ever? No thank you, please.
slashdot represents actually fairly well informed posters. People who point out shills deliberately, because they detract from the entire posting system and make people waste moderation a little. That's also because that and flagging are all you can and rightly, should, do given the situation on slashdot. They thankfully don't remove posts, so about all you can do is highlight the dreck (such as yours), since anonymous commenting is allowed as well.
I'm not saying any of that is a bad thing - all of it is a good thing,it's just that this is what it takes to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak.
Dumplings made of Ginger, Apples and Fenugreek, obviously.
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Don't give Apple Fanboys.
Privacy Policies don't exist at the moment in a complicated form to help you or define your rights. it's for legal indemnity for any company that has them if it's more than 8-10 sentences long.
don't forget the cost of migrations are even worse!
It's not just what you pay to put the information in, but just how much of a pain in the ass they make it to get the information out as well. Or that there are continual ongoing costs because guess what? Staying up to date has extra costs! (new OS versions, etc).
embrace extend extinguish? Where are we at again? Oh yeah, Extend.
Maybe one day people will learn about history and stay the hell away from MS.
I'd be happy to have the e-reader integrate with my PC if 1 specific thing happened:
the DRM was gone. At which point the e-reader functions the way we want and expect it to, aka the way the device is capable, not the way the device is limited to. That way I can back up books, copy purchased books to other devices, etc.
Is it that hard for people and companies such as Microsoft to figure this out in 2012?
I'm surprised the owner of the property actually allowed this, and that the "Journalist" was the only one quoted as questioning it? Must have been one hell of an under the table payment to the property owner or something, because I can't imagine this going over smoothly even in London.
Hi Bonch!
Do you have any actual proof to cite, aside from the fact that the title of the article is 100% the opposite of what happened?
Dude we know you're biased as shit. You submitted the article! Just give up and admit that you either have a clear bias or are paid by or affiliated with Microsoft, directly or indirectly.
However, the difference between Google and MS/Apple is that in MS/Apple's case it'd be a quiet settlement with no details.
With google, what happens? Straight up honesty. 100% un-redacted other than the user's names.
Biased hack at the NYT? How about the fact that it was submitted by Bonch, who has a clear bias against google? He's basically Florian Mueller with a different username.
the EU guy?
could you troll more?
IT's a woman named Neelie Kroes. This is not a "do as we say not as we act" this is a "I am directly involved in policies, and this is my statement".
I never started missing them until they started these ridiculous rules.
Now they're more difficult to find online and less valuable to me as a consumer, as their value is being decreased by the IOC.
Way to go, IOC.
There's an enormous difference between NSA being a customer of oracle's and looking the other way in regards to oracle.
The latter being what's been happening with Florian and is expected to happen with the NSA in such an example (as we know they're corrupt/abuse NSL's, etc).
There's nothing wrong with commenting and working in the industry.
there's plenty wrong with 100% of your comments having a clear bias (as your does) and quoting misleading or incomplete information, while at the same time denying that you have any connection to them. This is like when the counter to "google doesn't lose in court" is mentioning a case where google only lost before an appeal happened in which case they consequently won. That is the same sort of misleading FUD that you among others are known for - aka lawyering around providing a false answer.
Which, again, you have done here. Why can't you just get the cancer you act like (not unlike Florian) and pass away?
Florian basically admitted he's on the payroll for microsoft and oracle, the two parties of which he magically has posted explicitly positive comments about and explicitly negative comments about their competitors. We've always known this.
You mean because you have a *router* between you? Or a cable modem that is routable, or a router that is routable?
jesus man, do you know what a network is?
spam and malware are a threat to internet freedom?
uh, no. Nice premise but short on reality or anything to show for your idea here which doesnt' exist. way to strawman though.
apple and microsoft are flip sides of the same coin. both have supported censorship outright before changing their mind when it was a potential publicity disaster.
So I would indeed say that apple and microsoft are pretty much in the same boat entirely, yes.