...I kinda wish we could just "fork" Oracle (in the a**) and move on. If you know what I mean;)
Amazing how much of a bad rap they managed to get themselves over the years.
Data compatibility "reasonable efforts" law?
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We need a law to be able to sue large monopolies for damages when incurring undue wasted time, costs and labor as a direct result from from intentionally-designed features to lock users into their products. Software companies must make a "reasonable" effort to make data formats documented, understandable and compatible. "Reasonable", of course, is at least somewhat compatible with the size and resources of the company, the market, and the budgets for the products. It is understood that the company owns the software they create, and the client owns the data they create.
It's simple to understand if you try. Nobody can complain of or sue Microsoft effectively. Microsoft can use the law to bust someone's balls for something. End of legal theory.
If you don't want to pay for Windows, don't buy a machine with Windows.
Linux-preinstalled machines are still available, but there were a majority of the budget machines for a while. It was sad when people just wanted to format it and install that OS everyone else uses. They didn't even know what an OS was, but they wanted the one everyone else has.
If you describe it just the right way, you can patent anything. For example, I just invented a vehicle that is 100% cellulose-and-water-powered, manufactured in a process using zero carbon and waste products, which parks and drives itself in many conditions, and self-replicates too.
The game continues and changes each day. Android is open source, and doing very well. Open source is still evolving. IPV6 may greatly increase people's interest in p2p type projects, which open standards and source are very good at. Internet censorship is also growing, and nobody really knows what's coming with that, it could be a call for more and more open standards to combat it. Funding sources are also evolving, apparently the Humble Bundle guys invented a new format. The pledge system is becoming more popular.
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To give a real world example: see WordPerfect.
Example of what? WordPerfect is still around...
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1207676528492#tabview=tab0
Amazing how much of a bad rap they managed to get themselves over the years.
We need a law to be able to sue large monopolies for damages when incurring undue wasted time, costs and labor as a direct result from from intentionally-designed features to lock users into their products. Software companies must make a "reasonable" effort to make data formats documented, understandable and compatible. "Reasonable", of course, is at least somewhat compatible with the size and resources of the company, the market, and the budgets for the products. It is understood that the company owns the software they create, and the client owns the data they create.
It's simple to understand if you try. Nobody can complain of or sue Microsoft effectively. Microsoft can use the law to bust someone's balls for something. End of legal theory.
If you don't want to pay for Windows, don't buy a machine with Windows.
Linux-preinstalled machines are still available, but there were a majority of the budget machines for a while. It was sad when people just wanted to format it and install that OS everyone else uses. They didn't even know what an OS was, but they wanted the one everyone else has.
That's all that's really needed.
FUCK ZUCKERBERG!
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The real revolution-causing leak will be the naked pics leaks.
I wonder how they're going to fix it now that the passwords are all stolen already.
If they are doing it, I would be surprised if lots of others aren't too.
Come to think of it, I guess one of the mandatory hacks would be to add a regular ethernet interface to the phone hardware.
Any links for that test? Couldn't find any.
Their App was rejected from the App store.
No kernel source, no space rides.
So Microft and HP joined up to hype some stuff. Big news.
Can you even patent a shape?
If you describe it just the right way, you can patent anything. For example, I just invented a vehicle that is 100% cellulose-and-water-powered, manufactured in a process using zero carbon and waste products, which parks and drives itself in many conditions, and self-replicates too.
It's called "horse".
If every part of anyone's body can be replaced, and even completely transfigured and upgraded for various other better parts, what is a human being?
Umm... Is this news to anyone? Ok, perhaps the exact figure of 20x, but otherwise?
I'm sure there are many who still think DVD-over-net is expensive.
But if they act quick maybe they can run some fiber along their pipelines. Oh, wait...
Oil is going nowhere fast, no matter where all the replacements come from.
...for the articles.
The subscription comes with a waterproof cover for the Ipad. Just in case you find the pictures, well, interesting.
flash plugin container freezing or crashing constantly.
Doesn't surprise me. There's a reason for isolating the thing in it's own little box.
But, you know, P2P is evil pirate.... thing
That should guarantee widespread adoption...
Chrome may be open source too
No, it isn't. Chromium is open source and Chrome is based on Chromium but Chrome itself is not open source.
Indeed, good point.
The game continues and changes each day. Android is open source, and doing very well. Open source is still evolving. IPV6 may greatly increase people's interest in p2p type projects, which open standards and source are very good at. Internet censorship is also growing, and nobody really knows what's coming with that, it could be a call for more and more open standards to combat it. Funding sources are also evolving, apparently the Humble Bundle guys invented a new format. The pledge system is becoming more popular.
How do you say "proxy" in Persian?
I think it's something like "traceable"