But they WILL sue companies that distribute these patented codecs. This is the real root of the problem is that Ubuntu, Fedora, etc, etc cannot distribute a fully functional multimedia system without paying prohibitive royalties.
It is true that no individual is going to get sued for installing ffmpeg with everything compiled in, it isn't cost effective.
You really should look at how this kind of security software works. AV software is pretty much a root-kit itself, hooking into various system calls, redirecting things through its own code before allowing OS code to execute - this isn't just Norton, but any and every AV software out there.
Just the same as hosting it on private Government information systems and networks. A hacker would probably get in to the government system easier than getting into the Google system since the government runs a vast majority of Microsoft systems, where Google is running custom software base mostly on Linux (I believe).
In order for Capitalism to work, there needs to be a free market. When dealing with natural monopolies (and artificial ones like the telecoms), regulation is needed to keep the market somewhat fair because monopolies cannot self-regulate.
Another big issue is that we need a BALANCE between free market and regulation. Too loose of regulations and we melt down Wall St, too much regulation we stifle innovation and growth due to red tape.
Compare working for a mega corporation vs working for a small company. If you need to buy a software package worth $5000, what do you need to do (assuming the companies have the money):
MegaCorp
Those at MegaCorp will need to fill out purchase requests, cost justifications, cost analysis, route the request through 15 different people, have it rejected 3 times because of typos or missing fields on the request.
Small Company
Talk to the boss, purchase the software on the corporate AMEX.
Drawing the analogy to regulation, the more regulation, the harder it is to get things done, the longer it takes and the greater the bureaucracy.
Moral of the Story: We need a balanced system, just enough regulation to keep people honest but still keep out of the way of doing business.
I would believe that the 5000 layoff is the culling of the 'bad apples' that every organization has in their ranks. The economy is just a good excuse to do it.
The proof is in where the cuts are being made. Are they cutting sales staff? Are they cutting consulting services? Or are they cutting developers? -- THAT is the question.
Somebody needs to take the code home, be playing around with proxies in China, Russia and anywhere else. Maybe throw in a little personal research on some windows machine somewhere in the world, maybe in a honey pot they run. Then accidentially release some code into the wild.
NTFS has always had a problem with fragmentation, the more fragmented, the longer it takes to access files. We lost an Exchange server when trying to defrag the drives using the Microsoft tools, the drives were like 90% capacity and the defrag corrupted the drives. Luckily I wasn't the one who did that defrag...
NTFS also framents the MFT section, which isn't always defragged using the MS tools. The best way to fix MFT fragmentation is to reformat and restore.
I work for a company that thinks like this too. Open source software is crap.
There is no amount of examples or explanations that can get through to these folks. It is kind of funny when there are open source components in these expensive products we buy (thinking of VMware ESX).
Hard to the tune of many, many hours of wasted developer time struggling to get the menagerie of certificates, profiles, and crypto keys to all cooperate.
I have a suggestion, why don't you invest that wasted time into creating a documented procedure, a couple of scripts or some GUI front-end to coordinate the menagerie of certificates, profiles, and crypto keys. Then you could either sell your expertise at a higher rate (you can develop and deploy faster than your competition) or sell your tools. You could probably even OPEN SOURCE your tools and contribute to the community if you are adverse to making money.
It shouldn't always amaze me that the world is full of whiners and people crying because a company or person isn't serving you every day. NEWS FLASH: The Earth does in fact revolve around the Sun, not you!
Except that the drive-by-downloads are using Windows flaws and other malware vectors to install the trojan into Firefox's plugin directory. Firefox isn't being subverted into installing the malware, malware is doing the deed.
Also, you cannot protect users against themselves, so malware will always be present and targeting market share. The difference is being able to sneak something into an OS without the user doing anything - this is Microsoft's share of the problem and why a lot of blame and flame goes against Windows.
Apparently there isn't enough Cheese In Colorado because my Vista machine does nothing BUT crash (Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 run for months on end).
The longest uptime I got with Vista (Home Premium X64) was 8.5 days. Then an update installed, rebooted and I needed to do a DVD recovery to get it to boot again. It has managed to stay running for 4 hours before bedtime, I guess I'll see if it is still running when I get home...
> Would you replace Oracle with PostgreSQL if "all" you had in house were Oracle gurus?
If your in house Oracle people can't quickly adapt to a new OS or new RDBMS then they aren't really gurus.
However an Oracle Guru is going to know a lot about the internals of Oracle and how different queries interact at all levels of the software. As soon as you switch to PostgreSQL, MySQL, or anything else for that matter; that knowledge is now useless.
Now you are dealing with a learning curve which a lot of things are learned by trial and error, new bugs get put into production and it is possible to see less than optimal queries performed now because the DBA is lacking that Guru level knowledge.
Also, keep in mind that there are also NO TPM chips in the production laptops (I checked my C2D Black Macbook from a linux live cd and from OS X also)...
Only the initial Intel dev kits had these chips (and possibly a couple 1st gen Intel kits)...
And if you buy a copy of Mac OS you, if you can, should be able to install it on your toaster if you want to -- just don't expect Apple to support it.
I would never expect Apple to support it. I do expect them, however, not to hinder it, which is what they do. I don't even hate them for it because I want to run their OS--I hate their OS, but this is a matter of principle. Companies should be engaged in a win-win business relationship with their customers, not the win-lose relationship that so many companies are fixated on these days.
The fact of the matter is that an Intel Mac offers you the _most_ choices of supported OS'es out there, bar none.
I won't deny that, but that doesn't change the fact that Apple is arbitrarily using DRM to tie one of their products to another. The action makes sense from the perspective of trying to maximize their profits, but it makes their claimed dislike of DRM sheer bullshit (not to mention the fact that I don't think it should be legal to begin with to tie their OS the way they do).
Right, you can take a copy of Windows XP or Windows Vista and install it on anything besides Intel??? ANYBODY, ANYBODY??? This argument is BS, you cannot trash talk Apple and allude to the fact that Windows doesn't care what hardware it is installed on. (Go NetBSD!) Apple tries to keep it's quality up by designing and developing the entire package as a whole (both hardware and software), just because you don't agree, doesn't make their product strategy non-existent.
Vista works well as long as you can get appropriate drivers and extremely compatible hardware. Certain C-Media audio cards cause Vista (even x64) to crash, even though there aren't drivers running - At least that is what the screen on my Vista x64 install said about my card.
The stability I enjoy in Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 on this same machine (several weeks of uptime) doesn't compare to the inability to get more than 20 HOURS uptime under Vista x64 on the same machine. (Intel Quad Core Q6600, Intel Chipset X38, 4GB RAM, ATI X3870 - no not a crappy machine, and no cheap parts)...
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But they WILL sue companies that distribute these patented codecs. This is the real root of the problem is that Ubuntu, Fedora, etc, etc cannot distribute a fully functional multimedia system without paying prohibitive royalties.
It is true that no individual is going to get sued for installing ffmpeg with everything compiled in, it isn't cost effective.
You really should look at how this kind of security software works. AV software is pretty much a root-kit itself, hooking into various system calls, redirecting things through its own code before allowing OS code to execute - this isn't just Norton, but any and every AV software out there.
Just the same as hosting it on private Government information systems and networks. A hacker would probably get in to the government system easier than getting into the Google system since the government runs a vast majority of Microsoft systems, where Google is running custom software base mostly on Linux (I believe).
Also known as the retail price for Windows Server, Standard Edition I believe...
It is hard to know for sure with how Microsoft does their licensing, if it were a college course, it would be a 500 level class.
Don't forget the ARM rate resets that were going on as well. This seemed to be what started us down this slippery slope.
In order for Capitalism to work, there needs to be a free market. When dealing with natural monopolies (and artificial ones like the telecoms), regulation is needed to keep the market somewhat fair because monopolies cannot self-regulate.
Another big issue is that we need a BALANCE between free market and regulation. Too loose of regulations and we melt down Wall St, too much regulation we stifle innovation and growth due to red tape.
Compare working for a mega corporation vs working for a small company. If you need to buy a software package worth $5000, what do you need to do (assuming the companies have the money):
MegaCorp
Those at MegaCorp will need to fill out purchase requests, cost justifications, cost analysis, route the request through 15 different people, have it rejected 3 times because of typos or missing fields on the request.
Small Company
Talk to the boss, purchase the software on the corporate AMEX.
Drawing the analogy to regulation, the more regulation, the harder it is to get things done, the longer it takes and the greater the bureaucracy.
Moral of the Story: We need a balanced system, just enough regulation to keep people honest but still keep out of the way of doing business.
What! You don't have lynx??
user: ~$ lynx
News Flash!!!!
This just coming in...
It is reported that those using the pirated version downloaded from those illegal torrent sites do not have this flaw!
That is all folks!
The first step is to NOT PISS OFF the administrator or engineer!
I seriously do not understand why management type people do not comprehend that pissing off the people who have the keys to your castle is a BAD THING
I would believe that the 5000 layoff is the culling of the 'bad apples' that every organization has in their ranks. The economy is just a good excuse to do it.
The proof is in where the cuts are being made. Are they cutting sales staff? Are they cutting consulting services? Or are they cutting developers? -- THAT is the question.
Somebody needs to take the code home, be playing around with proxies in China, Russia and anywhere else. Maybe throw in a little personal research on some windows machine somewhere in the world, maybe in a honey pot they run. Then accidentially release some code into the wild.
Keyboarding in HS, bah! I took that in 5th grade, on a Mac SE! In the USA!
Then I took Adventures in Supercomputing, which is an overglorified name for learning UNIX, Fortran and other stuff.
During that class I had the misfortune of sitting at lobo.psd.k12.co.us when it died. (No more running our MUD server.)
Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure!
NTFS has always had a problem with fragmentation, the more fragmented, the longer it takes to access files. We lost an Exchange server when trying to defrag the drives using the Microsoft tools, the drives were like 90% capacity and the defrag corrupted the drives. Luckily I wasn't the one who did that defrag...
NTFS also framents the MFT section, which isn't always defragged using the MS tools. The best way to fix MFT fragmentation is to reformat and restore.
I work for a company that thinks like this too. Open source software is crap.
There is no amount of examples or explanations that can get through to these folks. It is kind of funny when there are open source components in these expensive products we buy (thinking of VMware ESX).
Freedom Fries didn't catch on either...
Hard to the tune of many, many hours of wasted developer time struggling to get the menagerie of certificates, profiles, and crypto keys to all cooperate.
I have a suggestion, why don't you invest that wasted time into creating a documented procedure, a couple of scripts or some GUI front-end to coordinate the menagerie of certificates, profiles, and crypto keys. Then you could either sell your expertise at a higher rate (you can develop and deploy faster than your competition) or sell your tools. You could probably even OPEN SOURCE your tools and contribute to the community if you are adverse to making money.
It shouldn't always amaze me that the world is full of whiners and people crying because a company or person isn't serving you every day. NEWS FLASH: The Earth does in fact revolve around the Sun, not you!
Except that the drive-by-downloads are using Windows flaws and other malware vectors to install the trojan into Firefox's plugin directory. Firefox isn't being subverted into installing the malware, malware is doing the deed.
Also, you cannot protect users against themselves, so malware will always be present and targeting market share. The difference is being able to sneak something into an OS without the user doing anything - this is Microsoft's share of the problem and why a lot of blame and flame goes against Windows.
Apparently there isn't enough Cheese In Colorado because my Vista machine does nothing BUT crash (Ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 run for months on end).
The longest uptime I got with Vista (Home Premium X64) was 8.5 days. Then an update installed, rebooted and I needed to do a DVD recovery to get it to boot again. It has managed to stay running for 4 hours before bedtime, I guess I'll see if it is still running when I get home...
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Jaws III
What are you talking about? There are no such movies, there never was. Stop going around and trying to lie to these people.
> Would you replace Oracle with PostgreSQL if "all" you had in house were Oracle gurus?
If your in house Oracle people can't quickly adapt to a new OS or new RDBMS then they aren't really gurus.
However an Oracle Guru is going to know a lot about the internals of Oracle and how different queries interact at all levels of the software. As soon as you switch to PostgreSQL, MySQL, or anything else for that matter; that knowledge is now useless.
Now you are dealing with a learning curve which a lot of things are learned by trial and error, new bugs get put into production and it is possible to see less than optimal queries performed now because the DBA is lacking that Guru level knowledge.
Do something about it!
Also, keep in mind that there are also NO TPM chips in the production laptops (I checked my C2D Black Macbook from a linux live cd and from OS X also)...
Only the initial Intel dev kits had these chips (and possibly a couple 1st gen Intel kits)...
And if you buy a copy of Mac OS you, if you can, should be able to install it on your toaster if you want to -- just don't expect Apple to support it.
I would never expect Apple to support it. I do expect them, however, not to hinder it, which is what they do. I don't even hate them for it because I want to run their OS--I hate their OS, but this is a matter of principle. Companies should be engaged in a win-win business relationship with their customers, not the win-lose relationship that so many companies are fixated on these days.
The fact of the matter is that an Intel Mac offers you the _most_ choices of supported OS'es out there, bar none.
I won't deny that, but that doesn't change the fact that Apple is arbitrarily using DRM to tie one of their products to another. The action makes sense from the perspective of trying to maximize their profits, but it makes their claimed dislike of DRM sheer bullshit (not to mention the fact that I don't think it should be legal to begin with to tie their OS the way they do).
Right, you can take a copy of Windows XP or Windows Vista and install it on anything besides Intel??? ANYBODY, ANYBODY??? This argument is BS, you cannot trash talk Apple and allude to the fact that Windows doesn't care what hardware it is installed on. (Go NetBSD!) Apple tries to keep it's quality up by designing and developing the entire package as a whole (both hardware and software), just because you don't agree, doesn't make their product strategy non-existent.
It still applies, however...
Vista works well as long as you can get appropriate drivers and extremely compatible hardware. Certain C-Media audio cards cause Vista (even x64) to crash, even though there aren't drivers running - At least that is what the screen on my Vista x64 install said about my card.
The stability I enjoy in Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 on this same machine (several weeks of uptime) doesn't compare to the inability to get more than 20 HOURS uptime under Vista x64 on the same machine. (Intel Quad Core Q6600, Intel Chipset X38, 4GB RAM, ATI X3870 - no not a crappy machine, and no cheap parts)...