After Bill Gates used his brand of capitalism to rape the computer industry, he now wants to go down in history as professing the need for a kinder capitalism.
He should have looked towards a kinder capitalism before he diverted a significant portion of the computer industry's profits into his control, and stiifled the computer innovation of a generation.
I'd stay tuned on this one - Apple has no reason to screw up 3rd party video editors and I certainly wouldn't build a conspiracy theory that its to boost their Video Rentals.
Perhaps as a condition to get the studios to agree to downloads, Apple had to tighten up the DRM constraints to this ridiculous degree.
Because no one teaches courses in C#...except for my freshman-level game programming course using XNA on a grant from MS.
Precisely. Now, with java out of the way, there would be more of a demand for Microsoft's c# to be taught, and Microsoft would not have to bribe people with grant money to teach c#.
Microsoft claims that the decision was made due to 'security concerns'."
Yeah, the security of IE6's place as the monopoly browser is in jeopardy, so Microsoft has to force its customers to install a Microsoft browser that has a chance of competiing with FireFox.
You obviously have not read the Finding of Fact in the Microsoft anti-trust case. The Finding of Fact that was not, by the way, overturned by the Appeals Court. There was little choice involved by the end users in building Microsoft's monopoly.
As tempting as it is for MS-hating, Linux/Apple-loving/.er's to fantasize about a MS-free world, using the laws to strip MS of all its IP
Microsoft knew the consequences of their actions when they engaged in illegal activities.
I'm viewing this page right now in Firefox for a good reason. It's a better product than IE.
And it was the punishment for Microsoft's illegal activities that allowed FireFox to get a foothold and grow. Before that punishment, FireFox would not have had a chance.
The Bill of Rights does not offer any special privileges to journalists.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
MS is a for-profit company. It is not their job to serve you, answer to you, provide you with public service, or unzip their flies and hand you all their trade secrets
Microsoft is a company that has been found guilty of the illegal leveraging of its monopoly. As such, a different set of laws apply to the sharing of Microsoft's intellectual property. We have already seen that Microsoft can be forced to share its protocols with competitors.
I find it difficult to believe that one can get accurate, complete, and passionate reporting by someone who does not get involved in the issues they report.
If someone is passionate about what they report, they are, by definition, emotionally involved. Emotions do not foster an objective reporting environment.
If bloggers want the privileges awarded to journalists by the Bill of Rights, then bloggers need to maintain the professional standards of journalists. Bloggers have fought for such special treatment, this particular blogger has proven that he does not deserve it.
The news couldn't be more welcome to the industries that the FCC regulates.'"
I don't know about that. In a recent action, the FCC gave away the store to "the industries that the FCC regulates". In spite of overwhelming outcry from consumers, the FCC handed industry what they wanted.
who missed the emergence of the Internet for consumers. He had to go back and add the Internet to his The Road Ahead book after the fact. He had to go back and add Internet support to his operating system after the fact.
This is the visionary who missed the digital media revolution, requiring burst.com and Apple to show him how to do it. In the past ten years of the digital media revolution, which stock price appreciated more, Microsoft's or Apple's?
Is Gates a visionary, or a monopolist? Gates' image and PR people want him to be viewed as the former. History will record him as the latter.
Is this the beginning of the end of Microsoft's stranglehold upon the computing industry, or will this further cement Microsoft's stranglehold upon the computing industry?
Will Microsoft leverage its dominance once again to force a sub-standard product upon the computing public?
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... unless and until it removes the draconian, RIAA- and MPAA-friendly DRM from the OS, and returns control of the PC back to the user who bought it.
He should have looked towards a kinder capitalism before he diverted a significant portion of the computer industry's profits into his control, and stiifled the computer innovation of a generation.
Nope. The only things that will collapse are the bloated bureaucracies of the record and movie companies that suck the profits away from the artists.
Perhaps as a condition to get the studios to agree to downloads, Apple had to tighten up the DRM constraints to this ridiculous degree.
Anyone else notice a pattern here? Microsoft has to buy the votes of standards committees, now Microsoft has to buy customers for its software.
Precisely. Now, with java out of the way, there would be more of a demand for Microsoft's c# to be taught, and Microsoft would not have to bribe people with grant money to teach c#.
How much did Microsoft pay this guy? c# is supposed to be just like Java, why doesn't he criticize c#?
Yeah, the security of IE6's place as the monopoly browser is in jeopardy, so Microsoft has to force its customers to install a Microsoft browser that has a chance of competiing with FireFox.
You obviously have not read the Finding of Fact in the Microsoft anti-trust case. The Finding of Fact that was not, by the way, overturned by the Appeals Court. There was little choice involved by the end users in building Microsoft's monopoly.
As tempting as it is for MS-hating, Linux/Apple-loving /.er's to fantasize about a MS-free world, using the laws to strip MS of all its IP
Microsoft knew the consequences of their actions when they engaged in illegal activities.
I'm viewing this page right now in Firefox for a good reason. It's a better product than IE.
And it was the punishment for Microsoft's illegal activities that allowed FireFox to get a foothold and grow. Before that punishment, FireFox would not have had a chance.
Vertica launches database-focused blog: The Database Column.
The column was copyright by Vertica. Wouldn't they be concerned about the type of competition that MapReduce presents?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Microsoft is a company that has been found guilty of the illegal leveraging of its monopoly. As such, a different set of laws apply to the sharing of Microsoft's intellectual property. We have already seen that Microsoft can be forced to share its protocols with competitors.
Correct, as noted in the FreeBSD commit log.
If someone is passionate about what they report, they are, by definition, emotionally involved. Emotions do not foster an objective reporting environment.
Finally, someone who gets it.
I thank you, and I think the responsible bloggers will also thank you.
If bloggers want the privileges awarded to journalists by the Bill of Rights, then bloggers need to maintain the professional standards of journalists. Bloggers have fought for such special treatment, this particular blogger has proven that he does not deserve it.
A journalist should report the news, not create it. Period. Ask any journalist.
It's already available on FreeBSD if you want to play.
A ethical line is crossed when a blogger creates the news instead of reporting it.
I don't know about that. In a recent action, the FCC gave away the store to "the industries that the FCC regulates". In spite of overwhelming outcry from consumers, the FCC handed industry what they wanted.
Excellent. These two, especially, need to be tightened up (and in some cases, fixed) across the browsers.
This is the visionary who missed the digital media revolution, requiring burst.com and Apple to show him how to do it. In the past ten years of the digital media revolution, which stock price appreciated more, Microsoft's or Apple's?
Is Gates a visionary, or a monopolist? Gates' image and PR people want him to be viewed as the former. History will record him as the latter.
... only outlaws will have hacker tools.
Will Microsoft leverage its dominance once again to force a sub-standard product upon the computing public?