Sure, but the PHBs have heard Steve Balmer calling OSS/GPL "a cancer". Imagine the BSA kicking down your door and busting you for all those illegal copies of Firefox.
Sure, and while you're there, check out their page about "indemnification".
Why Is Indemnification Important?
There are many benefits to using open source software, but in some cases there are lingering legal concerns around deploying open source in the enterprise. In order for enterprises to fully embrace a broad range of open source software, they need to be able to deploy, manage and control open source while limiting the associated legal and compliance risks. For the first time, enterprises can now access indemnification coverage for a broad range of open source products from a single vendor.
The FBI is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W Roman Legion is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W Gestapo is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W KGB is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W CIA is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W FBI is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
There, fixed that for you, asshole.
The law is what "Big Brother" says it is. Try to pay attention, will you??
..you must necessarily support Uri Geller....you cannot oppose Uri Geller's stance and remain consistent.
That just isn't true. This isn't "if you support free speech you must allow Larry Flint". There's also the minor quibble as to who actually owns the copyrights, if anyone. Abusing the DMCA to purge something unflattering is not the same thing as being a legitimate copyright holder excersising their rights. I just can't work up a lot of sympathy for a supposed copyright by a participant in a public event.
I'd be curious to see how many Java developers use desktop Linux. After all, they're not tied to any particular platform. I've got this growing suspicion that people who don't have to use the latest Windows (XP or Vista) are either using Win2K or Linux.
Agreed. And TFA itself is a little confused itself about the differences between the "Hive Mind" and swarming/schooling/flocking/herding behavior; which are really two completely different things.
Described this in 1975. As you add more people to a project, communication takes up more time than coding. From Wikipedia:
Assigning more programmers to a project running behind schedule will make it even later, due to the time required for the new programmers to learn about the project, as well as the increased communication overhead. When N people have to communicate among themselves (without a hierarchy), as N increases, their output M decreases and can even become negative (i.e. the total work remaining at the end of a day is greater than the total work that had been remaining at the beginning of that day, such as when many bugs are created).
* Group Intercommunication Formula: n(n 1) / 2
* Example: 50 developers -> 50(50 1) / 2 = 1225 channels of communication
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Sure, but the PHBs have heard Steve Balmer calling OSS/GPL "a cancer". Imagine the BSA kicking down your door and busting you for all those illegal copies of Firefox.
The FBI^W Gestapo is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W KGB is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W CIA is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
The FBI^W FBI is trying to find people breaking the law? This must be stopped!!!
There, fixed that for you, asshole.
The law is what "Big Brother" says it is. Try to pay attention, will you??
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
The (former) Surgeon General is a liberal??? Really?? Why do you suppose George W. Bush appointed a liberal to a cabinet level post?
When the movie came out, the IBM XT hadn't been released yet.
...reading a review of TRON in InfoWorld. The headline was (I am not making this up) "The Disney Empire Strikes Back".
Brilliant. Sad but true.
(thumps both tails on floor)
Your "Why Linux Sucks" link is from April 2003. Is that the best you can do?
A massive explosion has been detected at 3849'4.40"N, 12129'39.82"E. Further information as it becomes available.
I'd be curious to see how many Java developers use desktop Linux. After all, they're not tied to any particular platform. I've got this growing suspicion that people who don't have to use the latest Windows (XP or Vista) are either using Win2K or Linux.
No, it's not a "convenience". It's a workaround for knucklehead site designers.
They already have one - for the Shuttle. I've seen it on Discovery or something.
Thanks. I just couldn't beleive that somebody modded the GGP "offtopic".
"Offtopic". Fucking mods. That was funny. I'm offtopic.
Remember, any sufficiently advanced sarcasm is indistinguishable from offtopic.
I think everything should be done as derived units from Planck Units.
Agreed. And TFA itself is a little confused itself about the differences between the "Hive Mind" and swarming/schooling/flocking/herding behavior; which are really two completely different things.
(checks again)
developers.slashdot.org
(pounds head on desk)
Ah, but the perjuring White House aide was a hero just like Cap. He fell on a grenade to save his boss. Then his boss'es boss brought him back to life