"By making Avalon and Indigo work on older machines, Microsoft hopes more developers will want to write software that takes advantage of the new technologies"
I guess.Net isn't selling fast enough.
The thing that Notes does (and apparently Groove's Virtual Office does) that MS does not do well is replicate. Ozzie knows replication so it sounds to me like MS has decided to hire in someone to help them figure it out.
I lived for a few years near a reservation in New York. The reservation has a major road through it and the store was located right by the highway. They sold cigarettes with no federal or state tax applied. I don't remember how it played out but I do remember the state police stopping everyone as they exited the reservation to the east or west to check if they had purchased anything. This was in the early 1990's on the Shinecock reservation on eastern Long Island.
MS Antispyware should count as a patch. Until (and a big IF) they address the problem of spyware at an OS and program level then it is little more than a security update.
Disclaimer: I am NOT a lawyer. Anyone who really knows about this stuff please correct any errors.
"how people use p2p to break some new laws that the big corporations passed recently in Washington DC that protected their soi disant intellectual property."
US Copyright law has it's roots in the Constitution and the first copyright act was passed in 1790. Copyright Timeline
I think that you were referring more to 1998's Copyright Term Extension Act and Digital Millenium Copyright Act and 1999's Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999.
While the more recent acts are (IMHO) jusifiably vilified, the fact remains that "sharing" recorded music, movies, computer programs, etc that do not specifically allow it (ex: CopyLeft) is forbidden under earlier copyright law.
Since TechTV was the ONLY reason I got digital cable I dropped it after the G4 buy out. Now I have more time for my wife and kids and I'm saving a few bucks on my cable bill. Thank you G4! (not really).
"A highly modular OS written in completely new code (and not based on UNIX, a common misconception due to Be's inclusion of the Bash command shell and some similarities in its directory structure)"
So it looks like PalmSource can release the whole thing under GPL! Good memory!
You're right that Palm bought Be and all of it's intellectual property. What I don't know is if Be licensed some of the code they used in BeOS. If there are parts licensed from BSD, SCO, etc. then those parts couldn't be released under GPL. Palm could still release the code that was owned by Be, but that might not encompass the whole of the OS.
I agree that GPLing BeOS would be great, I just don't know if it can be. They may have code that is under license in the OS which would make it impossible. If that isn't the case I agree that PalmSource should release it. As well as helping out the Haiku project it would show some commitment to open source and the community.
I used to run BeOS on an upgraded PowerMac 7500 and had high hopes that it would take off.... which it did... into oblivion. I'm not sure if it can be put into GPL, but there is an OpenBeOS project. Check them out at OpenBeOS Project
I work for a WISP and we use BlueSocket for authentication and security. Combine it with AirPath and it should fit the bill...although of course it's not free.
Style, chops and a wisdom beyond his years. Mose is great.
btw. You're the first person to ever mention that they know who he is. It's nice to meet another Jazz fan.
One of my in-laws is a general contractor so I pick up some extra cash helping side barns, roof houses, do tiling, etc. It's a nice change of pace and pays OK.
Well, as a coder with 9 years experience and 7 certifications I found myself off-shored last July. I couldn't find anything in my field in Ohio and re-locating wasn't much of an option. I did find a job... but at 1/3 of what I was making before working for a local startup. With all that I am the lucky one. The four others that we hit at about the same time are still unemployed.
Working at a WISP we have had issues with the SP2 firewall and our BlueSocket installation. With the SP2 firewall active users will have thier BlueSocket sessions dropped. Logging back in works sometimes... sometimes they don't get an IP address assigned when they log back into the system. The "fix" for this is beyond the average user even with a tech walking them through it over the phone. Most often we have them download Sygate or ZoneAlarm and turn the XP firewall off.
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"By making Avalon and Indigo work on older machines, Microsoft hopes more developers will want to write software that takes advantage of the new technologies" I guess .Net isn't selling fast enough.
Just because something was tried and the implementation failed does not necessarily imply that the idea is bad or unworkable.
The thing that Notes does (and apparently Groove's Virtual Office does) that MS does not do well is replicate. Ozzie knows replication so it sounds to me like MS has decided to hire in someone to help them figure it out.
Which blog were we talking about?
I lived for a few years near a reservation in New York. The reservation has a major road through it and the store was located right by the highway. They sold cigarettes with no federal or state tax applied. I don't remember how it played out but I do remember the state police stopping everyone as they exited the reservation to the east or west to check if they had purchased anything. This was in the early 1990's on the Shinecock reservation on eastern Long Island.
MS Antispyware should count as a patch. Until (and a big IF) they address the problem of spyware at an OS and program level then it is little more than a security update.
Disclaimer: I am NOT a lawyer. Anyone who really knows about this stuff please correct any errors. "how people use p2p to break some new laws that the big corporations passed recently in Washington DC that protected their soi disant intellectual property." US Copyright law has it's roots in the Constitution and the first copyright act was passed in 1790. Copyright Timeline I think that you were referring more to 1998's Copyright Term Extension Act and Digital Millenium Copyright Act and 1999's Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999. While the more recent acts are (IMHO) jusifiably vilified, the fact remains that "sharing" recorded music, movies, computer programs, etc that do not specifically allow it (ex: CopyLeft) is forbidden under earlier copyright law.
Yikes! $819 for a PDA? I'll just stick with my 12" PowerBook at that price point.
Since TechTV was the ONLY reason I got digital cable I dropped it after the G4 buy out. Now I have more time for my wife and kids and I'm saving a few bucks on my cable bill. Thank you G4! (not really).
heehee...Python rocks!
The funniest and truest chronology I've seen on this subject to date. Kudos!
"A highly modular OS written in completely new code (and not based on UNIX, a common misconception due to Be's inclusion of the Bash command shell and some similarities in its directory structure)"
So it looks like PalmSource can release the whole thing under GPL! Good memory!
You're right that Palm bought Be and all of it's intellectual property. What I don't know is if Be licensed some of the code they used in BeOS. If there are parts licensed from BSD, SCO, etc. then those parts couldn't be released under GPL. Palm could still release the code that was owned by Be, but that might not encompass the whole of the OS.
I agree that GPLing BeOS would be great, I just don't know if it can be. They may have code that is under license in the OS which would make it impossible. If that isn't the case I agree that PalmSource should release it. As well as helping out the Haiku project it would show some commitment to open source and the community.
I used to run BeOS on an upgraded PowerMac 7500 and had high hopes that it would take off.... which it did... into oblivion. I'm not sure if it can be put into GPL, but there is an OpenBeOS project. Check them out at OpenBeOS Project
I work for a WISP and we use BlueSocket for authentication and security. Combine it with AirPath and it should fit the bill...although of course it's not free.
"the ability to switch to the Internet Explorer rendering engine from within the browser using an IE ActiveX control" Great.
Style, chops and a wisdom beyond his years. Mose is great. btw. You're the first person to ever mention that they know who he is. It's nice to meet another Jazz fan.
One of my in-laws is a general contractor so I pick up some extra cash helping side barns, roof houses, do tiling, etc. It's a nice change of pace and pays OK.
A great live distro just for fun! http://www.morphix.org/
Well, as a coder with 9 years experience and 7 certifications I found myself off-shored last July. I couldn't find anything in my field in Ohio and re-locating wasn't much of an option. I did find a job... but at 1/3 of what I was making before working for a local startup. With all that I am the lucky one. The four others that we hit at about the same time are still unemployed.
Working at a WISP we have had issues with the SP2 firewall and our BlueSocket installation. With the SP2 firewall active users will have thier BlueSocket sessions dropped. Logging back in works sometimes... sometimes they don't get an IP address assigned when they log back into the system. The "fix" for this is beyond the average user even with a tech walking them through it over the phone. Most often we have them download Sygate or ZoneAlarm and turn the XP firewall off.