No kidding. Not the worst idea in the world, but 5 minutes of experimentation should have revealed to him (and all the fools who fucking fell for it) that its minor benefits were so completely outweighed by its flaws that it wasn't worth exploration.
Actually, the GPL is on pretty solid legal ground, from what I understand. IBM's legal team seems to think it is, and so do many companies who have violated it and then corrected their errors. In fact, RMS consulted a lawyer when writing the GPL, IIRC.
So far, no corporation has dared take it to court, most likely because they know they would lose. SCO is obviously going out of business, so they have nothing to lose anyway.
Funny, but quite possibly true. I don't know how accurate "Pirates of Silicon Valley" was, but if you think MS buying a competitor's product to look at it is funny...
Anyway, in the movie, Gates lies to Jobs, telling Jobs they want to develop software for the Lisa(?) (the mac's predecessor), but really they were just trying to get an early look at the thing to develop a competing product, ie. Windows.
Car companies, etc., always buy thier competitors' products - that's normal business practice. I wonder why MS took this guy's blog so... personally. Weird.
I won't dispute the U.S.'s involvement, we supplied Iraq with weapons to fight Iran, and turned a blind eye at first when Saddam invaded Kuwait. In fact, I hate my country sometimes, often even, but stop misrepresenting the facts.
So the U.S. supported Iraq in attacking Iran, not without reason, but that's no excuse. So then Iraq invades Kuwait, but the U.N. intervened, it wasn't just the U.S.. Kuwait was, rightly, liberated, but many Iraqi soldiers were unjustly killed while retreating thanks to Bush senior. (go google for that)
This latest war, for absolutely no reason
Perhaps, but at least Saddam's regime is dead and hopefully a more peaceful one will take its place. I seriously doubt Bush Jr.'s sincerity, and no weapons were found. But to be fair, there was evidence of weapons programs, but not nearly enough to justify war. Bush Jr.'s motivation was obviously something else, whether it was money, revenge, freeing Iraq of Saddam, I won't speculate, but I generally hold a very low opinion of politicians.
What's my point? Is the U.S. innocent? No, obviously not - and there's no excuse. But are you full of shit? Hell yes. The U.S. is not solely responsible for the troubles in Iraq, and neither is the rest of the world blameless.
Playing these ridiculous "blame America" games is going to get you nowhere.
Some would say he wasn't that wrong on that either.
Are you serious? I think you need to rethink that after learning a little more about him.
I find it extremely silly that you would post this, considering that IBM's legal team agrees with pretty much everything/. has been saying for months, and in fact their counter-arguments could have been lifted straight from/..
Also, considering that every other country in which SCO operates has told them to STFU...
Just because there aren't many lawyers here, does not mean that/. cannot collectively interpret the law with some degree of accuracy, it is written in English afterall.
A lot of people here have seen other cases and watched court proceedings; it's not as if law is some magical practice only understood by those who practice it.
Furthermore, groklaw seems to agree largely with/..
Anyway, "What the fuck are you going to do if SCO wins?", fuck if I know:) Move to Canada? Seriously, I have future business plans that depend on Linux... so... that's not out of the realm of possibility.
I guess if SCO wins, we fight to take back our court system from the special interests that are currently influencing it. We support Linux in other countries, as they drop MS like a hot rock. We bury our own computer industry.
Etc., etc., etc.
But personally, if SCO wins, I'll probably change my line of work, and I'll continue using Linux (in secret, woooo) as a hobby until this fucking country is fixed or I leave it altogether.
I don't want all that clutter, please leave it out of GNOME!:)
Seriously, GNOME, these days anyway, is all about simplicity. There shouldn't be a zillion buttons everywhere that you really don't need. If a particular apps needs that complex a fileselector, it can have it's own.
I like GNOME better than KDE these days simply because when I use KDE, all the buttons on everything are too distracting, and instead of having nice comfortable defaults, there's configurations for everything, but often those configurations are less useful than GNOME's defaults, in my opinion.
Of course, YMMV.
BTW, it's not "easy" that I enjoy, it is simplicity. There is elegance in simplicity when done right, and IMO, GNOME is starting to "do it right." It is simple, quick, and stays out of my way.
What's next? Legislation, and lots of it. Expect to see more and more legislation to protect these dying business-models.
Like you said, with any piece of software, there's only so much "innovation" you can do, so no matter how long it takes, eventually OSS software will replace all proprietary software.
Of course, our governments can't allow this to happen, politicians need their campaign contributions, so expect to see legislation in the near future designed to slow the spread of OSS.
I mean, we COULD actually just go outside, sit in a hammock and read a book, couldn't we?
Not when all books are electronic, and you're only allowed one reading of a book.
So, perhaps, you COULD go outside with your e-reader, if the wireless authentication mechanism works, and read an e-book in your hammock.
Of course, we (the people) could create all our own entertainment, if all the tools for doing so aren't considered "copyright circumvention devices." Want to write a book? You'll need an e-reader writing license, and all the authorship slots are currently full. Paper is illegal, because it allows easy recording of potentially infringing information.
That may sound insane, but my point is that our rights are being eroded on multiple fronts, specifically, corporate control and legislation.
Honestly, I don't think it will be as bad as some people think, but I imagine it will get Pretty Bad(TM).
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Sheesh, ri-goddam-diculous :)
Interestingly, ie. fucking scarily, our voting system is being replaced by easily hackable electronic systems with no paper trail...
I for one welcome our new Diebold overlords!
Heh, I don't know if I'm really trying to be funny; frankly, I really fear for this country.
The question I have for myself is, have I become paranoid, or was I just naive before?
That was fucking brilliant :)
Personally,
Windows Tablet PC == Stupid
Linux Tablet PC == Stupid
OTOH, I realize that some people are interested in these overpriced pieces of crap, so YMMV.
But, TBH, I think ANYTHING with Windows on it is stupid, so...
So far, no corporation has dared take it to court, most likely because they know they would lose. SCO is obviously going out of business, so they have nothing to lose anyway.
Nice troll though.
That's a really, really, really fucking pathetic argument.
It sounds more like the author of that comment was praising the G5, not degrading Microsoft.
Very mature.
Anyway, in the movie, Gates lies to Jobs, telling Jobs they want to develop software for the Lisa(?) (the mac's predecessor), but really they were just trying to get an early look at the thing to develop a competing product, ie. Windows.
Car companies, etc., always buy thier competitors' products - that's normal business practice. I wonder why MS took this guy's blog so... personally. Weird.
From the BBC
I won't dispute the U.S.'s involvement, we supplied Iraq with weapons to fight Iran, and turned a blind eye at first when Saddam invaded Kuwait. In fact, I hate my country sometimes, often even, but stop misrepresenting the facts.
So the U.S. supported Iraq in attacking Iran, not without reason, but that's no excuse. So then Iraq invades Kuwait, but the U.N. intervened, it wasn't just the U.S.. Kuwait was, rightly, liberated, but many Iraqi soldiers were unjustly killed while retreating thanks to Bush senior. (go google for that)
This latest war, for absolutely no reason
Perhaps, but at least Saddam's regime is dead and hopefully a more peaceful one will take its place. I seriously doubt Bush Jr.'s sincerity, and no weapons were found. But to be fair, there was evidence of weapons programs, but not nearly enough to justify war. Bush Jr.'s motivation was obviously something else, whether it was money, revenge, freeing Iraq of Saddam, I won't speculate, but I generally hold a very low opinion of politicians.
What's my point? Is the U.S. innocent? No, obviously not - and there's no excuse. But are you full of shit? Hell yes. The U.S. is not solely responsible for the troubles in Iraq, and neither is the rest of the world blameless.
Playing these ridiculous "blame America" games is going to get you nowhere.
Some would say he wasn't that wrong on that either.
Are you serious? I think you need to rethink that after learning a little more about him.
Also, considering that every other country in which SCO operates has told them to STFU...
Just because there aren't many lawyers here, does not mean that /. cannot collectively interpret the law with some degree of accuracy, it is written in English afterall.
A lot of people here have seen other cases and watched court proceedings; it's not as if law is some magical practice only understood by those who practice it.
Furthermore, groklaw seems to agree largely with /..
Anyway, "What the fuck are you going to do if SCO wins?", fuck if I know :) Move to Canada? Seriously, I have future business plans that depend on Linux... so... that's not out of the realm of possibility.
I guess if SCO wins, we fight to take back our court system from the special interests that are currently influencing it. We support Linux in other countries, as they drop MS like a hot rock. We bury our own computer industry.
Etc., etc., etc.
But personally, if SCO wins, I'll probably change my line of work, and I'll continue using Linux (in secret, woooo) as a hobby until this fucking country is fixed or I leave it altogether.
Fuck it, why do I bother?
How the fuck am I supposed to know? Heh, :)
There were some technical reasons for not changing the file dialog sooner, hence the reason for this even being a worthy announcement.
Seriously, GNOME, these days anyway, is all about simplicity. There shouldn't be a zillion buttons everywhere that you really don't need. If a particular apps needs that complex a fileselector, it can have it's own.
I like GNOME better than KDE these days simply because when I use KDE, all the buttons on everything are too distracting, and instead of having nice comfortable defaults, there's configurations for everything, but often those configurations are less useful than GNOME's defaults, in my opinion.
Of course, YMMV.
BTW, it's not "easy" that I enjoy, it is simplicity. There is elegance in simplicity when done right, and IMO, GNOME is starting to "do it right." It is simple, quick, and stays out of my way.
Cheers.
I think a lot of /.ers are collectively saying, "I told you so."
I like the idea of having "bookmarks" in my file selector.
Suffice it to say, if I were this guy, I'd be filled with murderous rage :)
Hopefully, it would be a shame for id to lose their standing as the default benchmark for x86 PCs.
Like you said, with any piece of software, there's only so much "innovation" you can do, so no matter how long it takes, eventually OSS software will replace all proprietary software.
Of course, our governments can't allow this to happen, politicians need their campaign contributions, so expect to see legislation in the near future designed to slow the spread of OSS.
Not when all books are electronic, and you're only allowed one reading of a book.
So, perhaps, you COULD go outside with your e-reader, if the wireless authentication mechanism works, and read an e-book in your hammock.
Of course, we (the people) could create all our own entertainment, if all the tools for doing so aren't considered "copyright circumvention devices." Want to write a book? You'll need an e-reader writing license, and all the authorship slots are currently full. Paper is illegal, because it allows easy recording of potentially infringing information.
That may sound insane, but my point is that our rights are being eroded on multiple fronts, specifically, corporate control and legislation.
Honestly, I don't think it will be as bad as some people think, but I imagine it will get Pretty Bad(TM).
That's why I tend to hang out with machines.
Are JonKatz's "sexbots" a reality now? Wow, too cool!
I know I know, that might not be an option - but that's just more fuel for the anti-trust fire :)