This brings up an interesting line of questioning. Are OSS projects that rely so heavily on a single person able to be trusted for widespread use? OSS and Linux zealots scream the advantages of using that kind of software, but is it a smart business decision to deploy something that could potentially lose all support if its project manager is in a fatal car accident?
I'm the first to admit my own ignorance on a lot of the heirarchy of OSS projects. Are concerns like this valid or is the community able to pick up where someone left off with minimal interruption to clients?
And these computers form some sort of bond to each other... a network of sorts. Hey, what if this "network" went to computers beyond those that are in close proximity. An international network of sorts. An "Internet" for short. Consider it patented, kids. I'm gonna be rich.
Read my comment again. I said revenue, not profit. It doesn't matter where the revenue goes, it's still considered revenue. And Burst wants a piece of the revenue, not a piece of the profits.
Oh, man. I just heard of this thing that would be perfect for someone like you. Apple has this thing called Boot Camp that will let you actually dual boot between Windows and Mac OS X. That way if you're sitting on the fence because you're not absolutely sure Mac OS X can take over all of your jobs, but you'd still like to play with OS X, you won't have a piece of hardware that locks you into an OS you're not sure you want to move to. Great idea, huh?
That's exactly the GP's point. The 1st Amendment does NOT let you assist others in breaking their NDAs. It's against the law to publish trade secrets and this blogger is trying to get sympathy from people who think Apple is picking on him. He's not being sued for money or anything like that. Apple just wants to know who gave him the information so they can plug the leak.
He's hardly a martyr for civil rights as he'd like us to believe.
I think we all know that "patching the kernel" of your girlfriend can mean only one thing... your girlfriend is a robot running a modified linux distro as her OS. Nice job, man. Where can I download the iso?
Yeah... I realized the "are you stupid" line was a bit harsh and immediately regretted putting it, but alas I could not edit. Oh well. Anyway, I see your point about the value being inflated, but people buy adobe products all the time so they obviously think it is worth the cost. So a 66% discount on a product for students seems fair to me. IMO $400 is not really too much to ask for students to obtain a legal copy of the entire Creative Suite.
I think it was in reference to the nano. This list was written way before the nano, however. I fully expect next year's list to have the iPod nano in the top 5.
While I agree with your fundamental point, the results would not be the same. See, the thing is, nobody cares about a KOffice developer sounding off on a slashdot message board. It's not as if everyone saw him being rude and then banded together to not use KOffice. Nobody really ever saw it and even fewer people probably cared. If an Apple developer sounded off he would most likely be fired. But there's also a significant chance that more people would take interest in it, because people actually use iTunes.
The point I'm going for is that even if insulting your customers/users is bad, which I agree it is, in this incident very few people saw it and even fewer could give a damn.
They published this in June, actually. So they were confident that nothing would come out July-December... What's that? A new iPod? Shit. Xbox? More shit.
Seriously? What's the point of writing a list so freaking early in the year?
Just because someone called you an idiot who also happened to develop open source software, doesn't mean that he's a "rogue open source developer" who's tarnishing "the image of our community." Someone called you an idiot. Big whoop. Get over it.
I don't like Bush, but I have to agree that you're the one who looks like an idiot. The responses to your posts have been thought out and well written and you respond with "Your response was that of a boy who's spent too much time in his mommy's basement..."? Sorry, but you lose.
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This brings up an interesting line of questioning. Are OSS projects that rely so heavily on a single person able to be trusted for widespread use? OSS and Linux zealots scream the advantages of using that kind of software, but is it a smart business decision to deploy something that could potentially lose all support if its project manager is in a fatal car accident? I'm the first to admit my own ignorance on a lot of the heirarchy of OSS projects. Are concerns like this valid or is the community able to pick up where someone left off with minimal interruption to clients?
And these computers form some sort of bond to each other... a network of sorts. Hey, what if this "network" went to computers beyond those that are in close proximity. An international network of sorts. An "Internet" for short. Consider it patented, kids. I'm gonna be rich.
Good idea! Let's throw Microsoft in prison. Er... wait...
Read my comment again. I said revenue, not profit. It doesn't matter where the revenue goes, it's still considered revenue. And Burst wants a piece of the revenue, not a piece of the profits.
But the settlement wants revenue from the iTMS, not profit, and Apple has lots of that.
If the inventors would like to send me a few kegs, I will consume them. Purely in the name of science, of course.
Oh, man. I just heard of this thing that would be perfect for someone like you. Apple has this thing called Boot Camp that will let you actually dual boot between Windows and Mac OS X. That way if you're sitting on the fence because you're not absolutely sure Mac OS X can take over all of your jobs, but you'd still like to play with OS X, you won't have a piece of hardware that locks you into an OS you're not sure you want to move to. Great idea, huh?
The courts disagree. Ever heard of slander or libel?
That's exactly the GP's point. The 1st Amendment does NOT let you assist others in breaking their NDAs. It's against the law to publish trade secrets and this blogger is trying to get sympathy from people who think Apple is picking on him. He's not being sued for money or anything like that. Apple just wants to know who gave him the information so they can plug the leak. He's hardly a martyr for civil rights as he'd like us to believe.
I think we all know that "patching the kernel" of your girlfriend can mean only one thing... your girlfriend is a robot running a modified linux distro as her OS. Nice job, man. Where can I download the iso?
There's something even better. In Safari, try hovering your cursor over a word and then ctrl+cmd+click. It's pretty nifty.
Unless he logged in from a different computer/browser/account.
I love that we slashdotters spend our Friday night debating on how cool it is to be geeks. Mmmmm.... that's delicious irony.
The mod just wanted to meet your sister. They rarely get to interact with "females"
That was probably the most unfunny thing I've ever read. Just so you know.
Yeah... I realized the "are you stupid" line was a bit harsh and immediately regretted putting it, but alas I could not edit. Oh well. Anyway, I see your point about the value being inflated, but people buy adobe products all the time so they obviously think it is worth the cost. So a 66% discount on a product for students seems fair to me. IMO $400 is not really too much to ask for students to obtain a legal copy of the entire Creative Suite.
Are you stupid? Education pricing on the Premium Creative Suite is $400 compared to $1200 normally. Seems like a significant discount to me...
I think it was in reference to the nano. This list was written way before the nano, however. I fully expect next year's list to have the iPod nano in the top 5.
While I agree with your fundamental point, the results would not be the same. See, the thing is, nobody cares about a KOffice developer sounding off on a slashdot message board. It's not as if everyone saw him being rude and then banded together to not use KOffice. Nobody really ever saw it and even fewer people probably cared. If an Apple developer sounded off he would most likely be fired. But there's also a significant chance that more people would take interest in it, because people actually use iTunes. The point I'm going for is that even if insulting your customers/users is bad, which I agree it is, in this incident very few people saw it and even fewer could give a damn.
They published this in June, actually. So they were confident that nothing would come out July-December... What's that? A new iPod? Shit. Xbox? More shit. Seriously? What's the point of writing a list so freaking early in the year?
Just because someone called you an idiot who also happened to develop open source software, doesn't mean that he's a "rogue open source developer" who's tarnishing "the image of our community." Someone called you an idiot. Big whoop. Get over it.
Everyone calm down. The post is a little thing called 'satire.' Take a deep breath, look up the definition, and then read the post again.
I think Occam's Razor is pretty much considered blasphemy on /.
"Clearly Google is doing this so that they can recreate iPhoto..."
Have you heard of a little thing called Picasa?
I don't like Bush, but I have to agree that you're the one who looks like an idiot. The responses to your posts have been thought out and well written and you respond with "Your response was that of a boy who's spent too much time in his mommy's basement..."? Sorry, but you lose.