Your right, there are enforcement techniques that would be quite effective at controlling companies. Bombs, and mustard gas come to mind. But the fact is, that they won't be used. If the aim of Novell or any of these other lawsuits is to stop the defendant from engaging in such practices, their lawsuit will fail. If they want to get money, they might succede.
I remember when NT 4 came out, one of the big deals about it was that it ran on many different platforms. It ran on Mips, PowerPC, Alpha, and x86. That was one of the things that Microsoft touted about it. I think Mips and Power PC NT machines were made for about 6 months, no one bought them.
Anyways the point is, back then, when NT ran on PowerPC the thought of Apple switching to NT wasn't as outlandish.
I have read that too. I think Bill Gates is quoted "We went to all the software shops and asked them to write for Windows, they all declined. Our internal software shop didn't have that option". I read this in "the plot to get Bill Gates"
It doesn't matter if they can prove it. Microsoft will just write them a check that amounts to less than 1% of their war chest. Microsoft will continue breaking laws because no enforcement technique can control them.
The two most important constraints on the size of portable devices these days (that I see), are the amount of information they are able to display, and the input method. This removes the display size issue, you can have a large display size in something really small. cool
I get annoyed at the comparisons between closed source and open source. When people think of closed source, they only think of Microsoft, which does things wrong (and annoyingly). I have had a palm since 2002 and I love it, because it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, it is simple and quick. I first bought a visor pro 16mb, after I dropped and cracked that, I bought a palm IIIx, if I drop and break this one, I'll just buy another one for $40, no big deal.
Its a shame manufacturers don't value durablitiy in their products. They don't build durable products because people don't want them. I do, though. I used to love my Motorola i700, I could throw it at the ground as hard as I wanted and it was fine. Check these products out. http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/mo bile_palm.html
Note: I know I spelled right wrong, I ran out of space
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Your right, there are enforcement techniques that would be quite effective at controlling companies. Bombs, and mustard gas come to mind. But the fact is, that they won't be used. If the aim of Novell or any of these other lawsuits is to stop the defendant from engaging in such practices, their lawsuit will fail. If they want to get money, they might succede.
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I don't think I have ever heard of a court imposing that penalty on a company.
I remember when NT 4 came out, one of the big deals about it was that it ran on many different platforms. It ran on Mips, PowerPC, Alpha, and x86. That was one of the things that Microsoft touted about it. I think Mips and Power PC NT machines were made for about 6 months, no one bought them. Anyways the point is, back then, when NT ran on PowerPC the thought of Apple switching to NT wasn't as outlandish.
I have read that too. I think Bill Gates is quoted "We went to all the software shops and asked them to write for Windows, they all declined. Our internal software shop didn't have that option". I read this in "the plot to get Bill Gates"
It doesn't matter if they can prove it. Microsoft will just write them a check that amounts to less than 1% of their war chest. Microsoft will continue breaking laws because no enforcement technique can control them.
The two most important constraints on the size of portable devices these days (that I see), are the amount of information they are able to display, and the input method. This removes the display size issue, you can have a large display size in something really small. cool
I'd rather have a green laser. Just seems a bit more apealing, I don't ever remember a Red on Black terminal
I get annoyed at the comparisons between closed source and open source. When people think of closed source, they only think of Microsoft, which does things wrong (and annoyingly). I have had a palm since 2002 and I love it, because it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, it is simple and quick. I first bought a visor pro 16mb, after I dropped and cracked that, I bought a palm IIIx, if I drop and break this one, I'll just buy another one for $40, no big deal. Its a shame manufacturers don't value durablitiy in their products. They don't build durable products because people don't want them. I do, though. I used to love my Motorola i700, I could throw it at the ground as hard as I wanted and it was fine. Check these products out. http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/mo bile_palm.html
Note: I know I spelled right wrong, I ran out of space