If you were ever lucky enough to encounter someone who was stupid enough to involve you in a start-up, you'd realise that at the beginning of a start-up, you have nothing except the founders, the money and the idea.
not your credibility - what did i do to get you so damn defensive?
You have to think about this though. People have the tendancy to prove that they're right - they're going to watch the show regardless of if they know what's going to happen or if they think they'll know what's going to happen. It's a win-win situation for CBS regardless of what might happen.
Consider the ratings - as long as CBS keeps pumping out what people want to see, they're going to remain high in the ratings, it's that simple. A website that has only been seen by 20% of the shows viewers (and I'm saying that being entirely optimistic) is not going to see 20% drop in viewers, maybe 2%, if the shit hits the fan.
Win-win - why can't more things be like that.
With plastic wrap issues, Matthew _____________________________________
Also, re: the lack of posts. Most people are probably so ashamed to admit that they like this slop that they won't post about it:)
It's far from slop.. mmmmmmmm.. way to go, I wasn't hungry until I read SlashDot. Someone on a diet might read/. just to get their mind off of food, and now it's plaguing it's way into regular posts. Hehe, 1, 2, 3, success!
With Jenny Craig Issues, Matthew _____________________________________
Sheila: No, blame Canada Everyone: Blame Canada Sheila: With all their beady little eyes And flappin heads so full of lies Everyone: Blame Canada, Blame Canada
Well, I've heard people say bad things about Celiné Dion but that's just the limit.
With tissue paper issues, Matthew _____________________________________
I think this article is nice, but definitley not up to standards on a person working with the company for a long time, nor a person who reads Slashdot regularly.
Just some random thoughts: - using software boxes as dividers, hell, I think that's better than just buying crap from a company - I hate taking notes hehe
With feeble attempt issues, Matthew _____________________________________
Isn't it just amazing what scientists can do with a million dollar project? What makes this project different from any other failure that has happened is the fact that this one was all sponsored by US citizens - what a thought!
I agree that it is a hard task to assume what the lander will do, or what it will not do once it reaches the surface, but shouldn't there be some sort of un-breakable module (or something of that nature) that plays the role of a black box, or just an emergency transponder? I don't know.. maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but I think it could've been more planned.
Looking up to the sky for the second time this week, Matthew _____________________________________
I heard this morning on a local radio station that the local government in the Chatham-Kent region of Ontario, Canada is writing another letter to protest the deadly 401 (major highway) accident that happened in early September, and to make sure the Ontario Government implements Photo Radar along the entire stretch of highway. I don't like this idea one bit, even though it might save lives.
I don't like it because it won't have enough of a leighway as police officers do. If I was going 112 km. in a 100km zone, most police officers would laugh at how slow I was going.. 100km is just too slow for most drivers, and if you don't plan to be ran off the road for driving too slow, you have to go over the speed limit. The police do not stop people for doing 120km sometimes, let alone 112km.
Getting back to what I was saying, the leighway is different. I'm assuming that this "photo radar" or even this satellite in the UK will have a certain setting where "if this driver is over the speed limit, ticket him". Ok, that makes no sense, it's going to be ticketing about 300 out of 310 drivers that pass through the area at an increased speed. This is not my idea of getting people to slow down.. it's the actual pull-over from the police that scares most people to not do it again. It's embarassing, that's what it is.
I'm not saying that trying to slow people down and consequentley save lives is a bad thing, I'm just saying that satellites, or photo radar, will ever take the place of a good, old-fashioned police officer with lights and sirens.
Looking up to the sky, Matthew _____________________________________
I don't think it's hard to say that some company invented this whole Y2K fear as a cheap shot at getting exposure. Sure, there was a problem from the original coders but it was blown way out of proportion - and that's not hard to see.
I don't think we could expect anything else though, companies are in the business to gain a large audience by a shock factor, and basically doing what they do to make money. _____________________________________
Not only was I shocked to see Andover buy Slashdot from the geeks, but I am even more shocked to see the amount of money they're putting into it. Sure, Slashdot is good publicity for Andover, as we all know Slashdot has a large, and somewhat dedicated following. Having looked at the pictures of Andover's area at a few conferences / events in the Linux world, and couldn't help but laugh at the Slashdot sign, tilted up for all to see. It's quite interesting that a website that started as a fun way for Malda to show the world about Linux, and the news that surrounded it, became a website that is sponsored by a huge company with lots of money, and a website that is gaining more and more attention everyday.
Don't get me wrong, I love Slashdot, and I commend each and every person who's put work into the Slash code and who has made Slashdot into what it is today, but I think that if Andover can afford $100,000 for a simple contest, the amount Malda, Bates and Oostendorp (sorry if I spelt that wrong) are getting should also be remotely close to that high figure. By the way the authors post on Slashdot, this high figure is not being received.. unless they just don't want us to know that they make 3 times the amount of the prizes in the "Beanie Awards".
Slashdot for me used to be a place where I didn't have to worry about commercializing everything available, but now I see it as a de-sensitized company jumping on the bandwagon of all the other profitable websites. Too bad this one story changed my point of view.
If you're from the greatest country in the world (according to the United Nations) then you'll already be prepared for the wrath we're calling Y2K. How, you may ask.. but it's quite simple. Living in the cold tundara that inhabits everything Canadian, we have already been accustomed to the cold, dry air that will imminentley cover the rest of the world due to lack of electricity (let me remind you that Detroit, less than 0.1 mile away from Canada across the river, is considered a moderate climate and not included in the Y2K Compatibility. Sorry Detroit.).
In my Igloo I have no power, no running water, and no indoor toilets. I use the good old Canadian Maple Leaf as toilet paper, and Moose (or Caribou, depending on the migration patterns for that particular time of year) as Canadian bacon, a source of food. I'm doubting these animals will explode due to the Y2K bug, and hopefully neither will the leaves. I have a fresh supply of water underneath my house that will never run dry as long as the United States keeps flushing their toilets (which brings a new meaning to "free trade"), and as a bonus, the water also includes a good amount of fibre due to obvious reasons. The basics of shelter, food, and water are covered quite comfortably.
But we must not forget the need of entertainment to keep Canadians happy and content with themselves. A few Canadian beauties are known to take off their parka's at the local (and local I'm meaning 60miles away) strip club - where the Molson Canadian tree beer is always cold, and the women only have long underwear on! Yeehaw! Don't forget though: No snowshoes, No service.
And with that being said, I'm not afraid of Y2K what-so-ever.. and I have no reason to believe any other Canadian should. I'll have my basics and a little added entertainment.. and if all else fails, the Molson Canadian Beer Tree to get piss drunk and not remember what the year is anyway.
Giving into the stereotypes of Canada, Matthew _____________________________________
I saw the previews for Galaxyquest and was immeadiatley appauled by the movie, just by the preview. It looked incredibly low budget, and in no way did it look any funnier than a Little Ceasers "Pleasure Pleasure" commercial, let alone a full blown movie. Sure, I hate it when companies give away the whole plot / funny lines in the trailer of the movie, but their marketing strategy works, and lots of people go and see the movie, regardless of how much, or how little, they know.
If it were not for this article, I would have not even thought that this movie was worth the $9 some-odd dollars Canadian to go to the theatre and see it. I probably still won't, simply because I can't stand lame comedies - something that the trailor has showed me.
I know there's going to be contradicting points, but please keep them down to a low growl.
With spoof issues, Matthew _____________________________________
Straight from the website: We had a sudden influx of script kiddies. Page temporarily offline until the machine is fixed. This machine resecured courtesy of drow.
Interesting.. maybe it wasn't truely cracked after all. Hehe, that would be neat.
With karma issues, Matthew _____________________________________
"You should keep in mind we don't do Windows, we don't have disks and we don't do Internet," Hubble program director John Campbell joked.
We don't do Internet Well, there goes my chance in space. Unless I can get a powerful transmitter down here that will let me read Slashdot with about a 40 second delay. Oh well, can't be worse than my connetion now.
We don't have disks Disks that are able to endure an incredible amount of G force and an incredible amount of cold/heat. Interesting.. no wonder why they are not feasible, my disks don't even last from home school.
With not even going to touch the Windows issues, Matthew _____________________________________
Since Canadian people always envy the US people, I can see your point regarding the US government.
That's a blind statement, to say the least, about all Canadians envying the US government. Not only am I happy to be Canadian, but also happy to have paid health coverage, and the chance at a good life in Canada. In the US, however, fear accompanies sickness because of the bills that will follow the treatment. Pretty sad if you ask me.
I do wonder what it is you don't like about the UK government (I even wonder if you know where the UK is !;-)
Isn't it that big mass of land across the ocean who has a Queen with a (now fixed) broken hip and who still has a major say in what Canada does? Yea, I think I know them.. they want that.eu domain don't they. Well, it's pretty bad to say that Canadians do not know where the UK is, after all, we've had British rule here for quite some time, and we're quite patriotic to them.
I don't blame you though for saying these things, the stereotype of Canada is alive and well as we can all see.
Speaking of stereotypes, anyone know how to keep a fire going in an igloo without melting your home? Comments appreciated.
With heat issues, Matthew _____________________________________
And my faith in the U.S Government goes up a notch. Interesting article isn't it? Too bad I'm Canadian and can't claim the good words to come from my own Government.
With citizenship issues, Matthew _____________________________________
As long as the community are idiots who are going to pay 60 bucks (in finland it's actually 100 !) for a Linux distro that doesn't install correctly. OK, it will install fine as long as you want to use GNOME and don't mind about security.
I highly disagree with this statement - not only can you simply download it yourself, I've never had a problem installing it.. and no, I didn't use Gnome.
What? Someone is daring to use another distro? Fool!!!! Don't you know the big guys ain't gonna support your distro?
Do we have a bunch of newbies that are totally clueless on what to do be totally lost in something they *might* have understanding in? Is it not in the best interest of Linux, as a general operating system, to gain exposure, and be known as "easy" to use as Windows?
Yes, it is a fact that not many distributions are supported by companies, but still.. they can't worry about all 20 some odd distro's, simply because it's not cost effective. The truth of it is, until distributions begin mingling with each other a lot more effectively, there will be nothing released except for the main distribution - which happens to be RedHat.
This is really good for the community, let's just make sure they all use RedHat. If they don't, duh, they are losers. Good that RedHat is only giving RedHat-specific courses. Linux == RedHat, let's not forget it. The others should disappear. Don't you agree with me?
Actually no, I don't agree with you. Once again, we need a friendly distribution that helps aid in the understanding of Linux to new users, not confuse, frustrate, and generally piss-off newbies trying to use it. As for the courses content, what the hell else do you expect them to cover? RedHat is their company, therefore don't you think they should support their software? I think so - and I'm sure there's marketing specialists that would agree with me, and state that anything else would simply be pathetic.
Get me -1 quick! I know you have RHAT shares, protect your investment!
Actually, I enjoy your difference of opinion because it makes my respect for RedHat grow even more from where it was. I've run RedHat on two seperate occasions, and although it wasn't my cup of tea, I didn't have any problems with it.
And lastly, no, I don't have any RedHat shares. _____________________________________
Well this is just great news, and I'm not being sarcastic. Of course though, you have to examine the actual business part of this. There has to be something good in it for Matthew to say this, whether it be even more support from the Linux Community or maybe even for the real thing. I don't doubt that he's truthfully stating this, I just happen to wonder about the business side of things.
With business issues, Matthew _____________________________________
That's right, I agree with you totally. It seems the world has just turned from the Black and White it used to be to a somewhat colourful world. Interesting.. but remember, keep those Ruby slippers - They're the only thing that will protect you from Microsoft counter-suits.
What I find amusing is that it's taken all this time for someone other than a *nix lover (and a few Microsoft followers) to put blame on Microsoft in actual writing. "Wake up sleepy heads, roll your eyes, get out of bed" definitley does apply to a certain few select people around the legal system. Oh well, at least something's trying to be done about it.
Wondering where Judge Judy is on this issue, Matthew
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psst, i was questioning this:
If you were ever lucky enough to encounter someone who was stupid enough to involve you in a start-up, you'd realise that at the beginning of a start-up, you have nothing except the founders, the money and the idea.
not your credibility - what did i do to get you so damn defensive?
wow, where were you in my four years of business at university?
despite your rhetoric, caching system is an interesting idea.. anyone got any ideas?
and more important, i'm sure it's been discussed before. anyone wanna direct me to a prev thread?
fascinating! remember the url?
You have to think about this though. People have the tendancy to prove that they're right - they're going to watch the show regardless of if they know what's going to happen or if they think they'll know what's going to happen. It's a win-win situation for CBS regardless of what might happen.
Consider the ratings - as long as CBS keeps pumping out what people want to see, they're going to remain high in the ratings, it's that simple. A website that has only been seen by 20% of the shows viewers (and I'm saying that being entirely optimistic) is not going to see 20% drop in viewers, maybe 2%, if the shit hits the fan.
Win-win - why can't more things be like that.
With plastic wrap issues,
Matthew
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Also, re: the lack of posts. Most people are probably so ashamed to admit that they like this slop that they won't post about it :)
/. just to get their mind off of food, and now it's plaguing it's way into regular posts. Hehe, 1, 2, 3, success!
It's far from slop.. mmmmmmmm.. way to go, I wasn't hungry until I read SlashDot. Someone on a diet might read
With Jenny Craig Issues,
Matthew
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Sheila: No, blame Canada
Everyone: Blame Canada
Sheila: With all their beady little eyes
And flappin heads so full of lies
Everyone: Blame Canada, Blame Canada
Well, I've heard people say bad things about Celiné Dion but that's just the limit.
With tissue paper issues,
Matthew
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I think this article is nice, but definitley not up to standards on a person working with the company for a long time, nor a person who reads Slashdot regularly.
Just some random thoughts:
- using software boxes as dividers, hell, I think that's better than just buying crap from a company
- I hate taking notes hehe
With feeble attempt issues,
Matthew
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Isn't it just amazing what scientists can do with a million dollar project? What makes this project different from any other failure that has happened is the fact that this one was all sponsored by US citizens - what a thought!
I agree that it is a hard task to assume what the lander will do, or what it will not do once it reaches the surface, but shouldn't there be some sort of un-breakable module (or something of that nature) that plays the role of a black box, or just an emergency transponder? I don't know.. maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but I think it could've been more planned.
Looking up to the sky for the second time this week,
Matthew
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I agree, it's not that New Years comes every year or something like that..
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I heard this morning on a local radio station that the local government in the Chatham-Kent region of Ontario, Canada is writing another letter to protest the deadly 401 (major highway) accident that happened in early September, and to make sure the Ontario Government implements Photo Radar along the entire stretch of highway. I don't like this idea one bit, even though it might save lives.
I don't like it because it won't have enough of a leighway as police officers do. If I was going 112 km. in a 100km zone, most police officers would laugh at how slow I was going.. 100km is just too slow for most drivers, and if you don't plan to be ran off the road for driving too slow, you have to go over the speed limit. The police do not stop people for doing 120km sometimes, let alone 112km.
Getting back to what I was saying, the leighway is different. I'm assuming that this "photo radar" or even this satellite in the UK will have a certain setting where "if this driver is over the speed limit, ticket him". Ok, that makes no sense, it's going to be ticketing about 300 out of 310 drivers that pass through the area at an increased speed. This is not my idea of getting people to slow down.. it's the actual pull-over from the police that scares most people to not do it again. It's embarassing, that's what it is.
I'm not saying that trying to slow people down and consequentley save lives is a bad thing, I'm just saying that satellites, or photo radar, will ever take the place of a good, old-fashioned police officer with lights and sirens.
Looking up to the sky,
Matthew
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I don't think it's hard to say that some company invented this whole Y2K fear as a cheap shot at getting exposure. Sure, there was a problem from the original coders but it was blown way out of proportion - and that's not hard to see.
I don't think we could expect anything else though, companies are in the business to gain a large audience by a shock factor, and basically doing what they do to make money.
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Not only was I shocked to see Andover buy Slashdot from the geeks, but I am even more shocked to see the amount of money they're putting into it. Sure, Slashdot is good publicity for Andover, as we all know Slashdot has a large, and somewhat dedicated following. Having looked at the pictures of Andover's area at a few conferences / events in the Linux world, and couldn't help but laugh at the Slashdot sign, tilted up for all to see. It's quite interesting that a website that started as a fun way for Malda to show the world about Linux, and the news that surrounded it, became a website that is sponsored by a huge company with lots of money, and a website that is gaining more and more attention everyday.
Don't get me wrong, I love Slashdot, and I commend each and every person who's put work into the Slash code and who has made Slashdot into what it is today, but I think that if Andover can afford $100,000 for a simple contest, the amount Malda, Bates and Oostendorp (sorry if I spelt that wrong) are getting should also be remotely close to that high figure. By the way the authors post on Slashdot, this high figure is not being received.. unless they just don't want us to know that they make 3 times the amount of the prizes in the "Beanie Awards".
Slashdot for me used to be a place where I didn't have to worry about commercializing everything available, but now I see it as a de-sensitized company jumping on the bandwagon of all the other profitable websites. Too bad this one story changed my point of view.
Matthew
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If you're from the greatest country in the world (according to the United Nations) then you'll already be prepared for the wrath we're calling Y2K. How, you may ask.. but it's quite simple. Living in the cold tundara that inhabits everything Canadian, we have already been accustomed to the cold, dry air that will imminentley cover the rest of the world due to lack of electricity (let me remind you that Detroit, less than 0.1 mile away from Canada across the river, is considered a moderate climate and not included in the Y2K Compatibility. Sorry Detroit.).
In my Igloo I have no power, no running water, and no indoor toilets. I use the good old Canadian Maple Leaf as toilet paper, and Moose (or Caribou, depending on the migration patterns for that particular time of year) as Canadian bacon, a source of food. I'm doubting these animals will explode due to the Y2K bug, and hopefully neither will the leaves. I have a fresh supply of water underneath my house that will never run dry as long as the United States keeps flushing their toilets (which brings a new meaning to "free trade"), and as a bonus, the water also includes a good amount of fibre due to obvious reasons. The basics of shelter, food, and water are covered quite comfortably.
But we must not forget the need of entertainment to keep Canadians happy and content with themselves. A few Canadian beauties are known to take off their parka's at the local (and local I'm meaning 60miles away) strip club - where the Molson Canadian tree beer is always cold, and the women only have long underwear on! Yeehaw! Don't forget though: No snowshoes, No service.
And with that being said, I'm not afraid of Y2K what-so-ever.. and I have no reason to believe any other Canadian should. I'll have my basics and a little added entertainment.. and if all else fails, the Molson Canadian Beer Tree to get piss drunk and not remember what the year is anyway.
Giving into the stereotypes of Canada,
Matthew
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I saw the previews for Galaxyquest and was immeadiatley appauled by the movie, just by the preview. It looked incredibly low budget, and in no way did it look any funnier than a Little Ceasers "Pleasure Pleasure" commercial, let alone a full blown movie. Sure, I hate it when companies give away the whole plot / funny lines in the trailer of the movie, but their marketing strategy works, and lots of people go and see the movie, regardless of how much, or how little, they know.
If it were not for this article, I would have not even thought that this movie was worth the $9 some-odd dollars Canadian to go to the theatre and see it. I probably still won't, simply because I can't stand lame comedies - something that the trailor has showed me.
I know there's going to be contradicting points, but please keep them down to a low growl.
With spoof issues,
Matthew
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Hmm, seems their machine is being flooded.
Straight from the website:
We had a sudden influx of script kiddies. Page temporarily offline until the machine is fixed.
This machine resecured courtesy of drow.
Interesting.. maybe it wasn't truely cracked after all. Hehe, that would be neat.
With karma issues,
Matthew
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"You should keep in mind we don't do Windows, we don't have disks and we don't do Internet," Hubble program director John Campbell joked.
We don't do Internet
Well, there goes my chance in space. Unless I can get a powerful transmitter down here that will let me read Slashdot with about a 40 second delay. Oh well, can't be worse than my connetion now.
We don't have disks
Disks that are able to endure an incredible amount of G force and an incredible amount of cold/heat. Interesting.. no wonder why they are not feasible, my disks don't even last from home school.
With not even going to touch the Windows issues,
Matthew
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Since Canadian people always envy the US people, I can see your point regarding the US government.
;-)
.eu domain don't they. Well, it's pretty bad to say that Canadians do not know where the UK is, after all, we've had British rule here for quite some time, and we're quite patriotic to them.
That's a blind statement, to say the least, about all Canadians envying the US government. Not only am I happy to be Canadian, but also happy to have paid health coverage, and the chance at a good life in Canada. In the US, however, fear accompanies sickness because of the bills that will follow the treatment. Pretty sad if you ask me.
I do wonder what it is you don't like about the UK government (I even wonder if you know where the UK is !
Isn't it that big mass of land across the ocean who has a Queen with a (now fixed) broken hip and who still has a major say in what Canada does? Yea, I think I know them.. they want that
I don't blame you though for saying these things, the stereotype of Canada is alive and well as we can all see.
Speaking of stereotypes, anyone know how to keep a fire going in an igloo without melting your home? Comments appreciated.
With heat issues,
Matthew
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Whoops. I meant UK.. honestly :-)
With keyboard issues,
Matthew
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And my faith in the U.S Government goes up a notch. Interesting article isn't it? Too bad I'm Canadian and can't claim the good words to come from my own Government.
With citizenship issues,
Matthew
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How come I can only think of one quote when I think of this actually happening with Stevie.
"Mr. Laforge to the bridge"
Nothing against him, but if he wears anything like in Star Trek, I'm going to start wearing a lead apron around town.
With Star Trek issues,
Matthew
As long as the community are idiots who are going to pay 60 bucks (in finland it's actually 100 !) for a Linux distro that doesn't install correctly. OK, it will install fine as long as you want to use GNOME and don't mind about security.
I highly disagree with this statement - not only can you simply download it yourself, I've never had a problem installing it.. and no, I didn't use Gnome.
What? Someone is daring to use another distro? Fool!!!! Don't you know the big guys ain't gonna support your distro?
Do we have a bunch of newbies that are totally clueless on what to do be totally lost in something they *might* have understanding in? Is it not in the best interest of Linux, as a general operating system, to gain exposure, and be known as "easy" to use as Windows?
Yes, it is a fact that not many distributions are supported by companies, but still.. they can't worry about all 20 some odd distro's, simply because it's not cost effective. The truth of it is, until distributions begin mingling with each other a lot more effectively, there will be nothing released except for the main distribution - which happens to be RedHat.
This is really good for the community, let's just make sure they all use RedHat. If they don't, duh, they are losers. Good that RedHat is only giving RedHat-specific courses. Linux == RedHat, let's not forget it. The others should disappear. Don't you agree with me?
Actually no, I don't agree with you. Once again, we need a friendly distribution that helps aid in the understanding of Linux to new users, not confuse, frustrate, and generally piss-off newbies trying to use it. As for the courses content, what the hell else do you expect them to cover? RedHat is their company, therefore don't you think they should support their software? I think so - and I'm sure there's marketing specialists that would agree with me, and state that anything else would simply be pathetic.
Get me -1 quick! I know you have RHAT shares, protect your investment!
Actually, I enjoy your difference of opinion because it makes my respect for RedHat grow even more from where it was. I've run RedHat on two seperate occasions, and although it wasn't my cup of tea, I didn't have any problems with it.
And lastly, no, I don't have any RedHat shares.
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Well this is just great news, and I'm not being sarcastic. Of course though, you have to examine the actual business part of this. There has to be something good in it for Matthew to say this, whether it be even more support from the Linux Community or maybe even for the real thing. I don't doubt that he's truthfully stating this, I just happen to wonder about the business side of things.
With business issues,
Matthew
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"Follow the Legal Code Road.."
That's right, I agree with you totally. It seems the world has just turned from the Black and White it used to be to a somewhat colourful world. Interesting.. but remember, keep those Ruby slippers - They're the only thing that will protect you from Microsoft counter-suits.
What I find amusing is that it's taken all this time for someone other than a *nix lover (and a few Microsoft followers) to put blame on Microsoft in actual writing. "Wake up sleepy heads, roll your eyes, get out of bed" definitley does apply to a certain few select people around the legal system. Oh well, at least something's trying to be done about it.
Wondering where Judge Judy is on this issue,
Matthew
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Thanks Matt, however I'm already subscribed and enjoying the bountiful help from all sorts of people on the mailing list.
:)
Thanks anyway
Matthew
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