You can distribute modified GPL'ed code within a corporation when the use of that code is related to the corporation.
If I modify a piece of GPL'ed code at work and we are using it internally for the goals of our business, that is kosher. On the other hand, if I write a piece of code at work and I decide to give it to my coworkers and they take it home and use it for personal purposes or in separate businesses it is not kosher. In the second case, the code is distributed because it is taken out of the business.
I've had several of my relatives ask me about linux. They heard about it because they follow the stock market. RHAT and LNUX got more than a little attention.
In the computer world, though, linux is hip. I have been approached by many people who are computer people but not hard-core geeks who want to learn about and install Linux.
XML is a killer technology in business to business / server to server communications. Example? I'm involved in a project designing a website selling widgets and widget service plans. (The product name has been changed to protect the innocent.) We use XML to:
communicate with the order fulfilment organization to check on inventory
gather shipping information from the fulfilment organization
submit order requests to the fulfilment organization
The widget order fulfilment organization has a server that speaks XML over HTTP. We created a widget on our server to talk XML over HTTP to it. Instead of spending weeks to work out how to communicate with some proprietery server in proietary format we spent a few days interfacing our servers.
XML = server to server / business to business killer technology
The consumer may someday directly use XML but I don't see that coming soon on a broad scale. HTML (with Java, Javascript, CSS, etc.) will (IMHO) be the way consumers work the web for the near future.
Top reasons the slash source hasn't been released:
Rob & crew are delaying the slash source code release because it is full of bugs... security through obsurity
Rob & crew have been corrupted by money and fame and no longer care about Open Source ideas
Andover is pressuring/. to delay the code release for some reason
Rob & crew are simply too lazy to gather up the bits of source and release them to the public
Rob & crew are part of a global conspiracy to brainwash geeks all over the world in order to prepare for the New World Order and important parts of The Plan are embedded in the slash source code so the UN has issued a secret order restricting release of the slash source
There is some sci-fi spacey movie coming out this year (I can't rembember the name) and one of the premises of the movie is that life on Earth originated on Mars. I wouldn't doubt it too much if there is some stealth marketing going on here.
I don't know what that citifi.com thing is, but I know that Citibank's regular online banking is platform neutral. I was very relieved when they brought this out because before I could only use a Windows-based program to do online Citibank banking and it was one of the few reasons I had to boot into Windows.
Part of the beauty of the web is that it is so platform neutral. I hate to see this changing!
John Copeland has 42 patents on things as obvious as "Functionally Static Type Semiconductor Shift Register with Half Dynamic-Half Static Stages" and "Magnetic Bubble Enhanced Propagation Pulse Write for Lateral Displacement Coding". I'm all for patents and all, but not for obvious ones like these. This is as bad as Amazon! I think we should boycott him!
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Close... but the first key sequence is "ctrl-esc" or "windows key".... "ctrl-alt-esc" is minimize or something goofy like that. Otherwise, it looks right.
I used to man the tech support lines for a leading Linux distributor and we would occasionally get calls from customers asking to uninstall Linux. It wasn't frequent, I maybe took a half dozen of these types of calls a month, but it happened.
Usually it was people who don't know a lot about computers but just wanted to try something new. Learning to use Linux can be a daunting task to newbies. I really felt bad for them because if somebody would just sit down with them for an hour and explain the differences between Windows and Linux they'd probably be all set.
I do web stuff and a lot of clients insist on doing stupid things like Flash splash screens and stupid animated gifs. We urge them to reconsider and explain to them that we have their users' best interests (which means their best interests) at heart but they ignore us. In the end, they control the purse strings. I wouldn't be surprised if that is what happenend here.
I meant that I don't see why it is suddenly such a big deal. It has been possible (and not all that difficult) since the dawn of HTML email. Nothing has changed.
It doesn't matter that Netscape doesn't know your email address. If it checks your email, the hole is there.
Check this scenario:
I send HTML email to you@you.com with an image at the URL http://me.com/emailtrack/4321
You read your email and Netscape loads the image at the URL http://me.com/emailtrack/4321
My server says "oh,/emailtrack/4321 was sent to you@you.com so now I'll put a cookie on that machine that relates to you@you.com
So now, any time (unless you clean your cookies or whatever) that you visit me.com you will send a cookie to my server and my server will know that you are you@you.com
See... I don't know why this is a big deal. It is actually pretty easy to implement.
Not all "MIS majors" are just out there to make a buck. Some of us are in it because we love it. Maybe we realize that knowing a thing or two about business will allow us to work on the really cool projects.
I do know what you mean about IT pro-fess-ion-als. I know a lot of them, some of whom do happen to be "MIS majors." But the two are definitely not mutually exclusive.
I'm also at RIT. If ISC notices that you're running a public ftp site with any mp3s they will cut off your net connection. And they do it more than you'd think.
I think RIT does it as much to prevent wasted bandwidth as to comply with the law.
About a year ago some administrative group sent out a letter to every student stating RIT's policy on mp3s. Basically, mp3s, regardless of their legality, are prohibited from RIT computer systems. Unfortunately, I don't see this listed with other policies regarding computer us at RIT on the website... odd.
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Every one of them doesn't make every one of the mistakes you listed.
You can easily put the menus at the top of the screen with KDE.
You can also move the Maximize/Close/Minimize buttons in KDE.
Not that I disagree with your overall premise, that the UI's you mentioned are not as intuitive and easy to use as that of MacOS....
Huh? It looks fine to me.
I heard that they caught one off the coast of Madagascar.
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You can distribute modified GPL'ed code within a corporation when the use of that code is related to the corporation.
If I modify a piece of GPL'ed code at work and we are using it internally for the goals of our business, that is kosher. On the other hand, if I write a piece of code at work and I decide to give it to my coworkers and they take it home and use it for personal purposes or in separate businesses it is not kosher. In the second case, the code is distributed because it is taken out of the business.
There is no loophole (here.)
I've had several of my relatives ask me about linux. They heard about it because they follow the stock market. RHAT and LNUX got more than a little attention.
In the computer world, though, linux is hip. I have been approached by many people who are computer people but not hard-core geeks who want to learn about and install Linux.
The widget order fulfilment organization has a server that speaks XML over HTTP. We created a widget on our server to talk XML over HTTP to it. Instead of spending weeks to work out how to communicate with some proprietery server in proietary format we spent a few days interfacing our servers.
XML = server to server / business to business killer technology
The consumer may someday directly use XML but I don't see that coming soon on a broad scale. HTML (with Java, Javascript, CSS, etc.) will (IMHO) be the way consumers work the web for the near future.
Of course, I could be wrong.
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There is some sci-fi spacey movie coming out this year (I can't rembember the name) and one of the premises of the movie is that life on Earth originated on Mars. I wouldn't doubt it too much if there is some stealth marketing going on here.
2. Short LINX at 10
3. Wait for bubble to burst
4. Buy To Cover at
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Reliance on facts and not dramatic emotional ravings!
Wow, when was the last time you saw that on /.?
Girl, what have you been smoking?
- people who call because they're lonely?
Like Justin Kaufman! What a silly little runt.
(Inside Joke.)
Part of the beauty of the web is that it is so platform neutral. I hate to see this changing!
John Copeland has 42 patents on things as obvious as "Functionally Static Type Semiconductor Shift Register with Half Dynamic-Half Static Stages" and "Magnetic Bubble Enhanced Propagation Pulse Write for Lateral Displacement Coding". I'm all for patents and all, but not for obvious ones like these. This is as bad as Amazon! I think we should boycott him!
Close... but the first key sequence is "ctrl-esc" or "windows key".... "ctrl-alt-esc" is minimize or something goofy like that. Otherwise, it looks right.
Usually it was people who don't know a lot about computers but just wanted to try something new. Learning to use Linux can be a daunting task to newbies. I really felt bad for them because if somebody would just sit down with them for an hour and explain the differences between Windows and Linux they'd probably be all set.
I do web stuff and a lot of clients insist on doing stupid things like Flash splash screens and stupid animated gifs. We urge them to reconsider and explain to them that we have their users' best interests (which means their best interests) at heart but they ignore us. In the end, they control the purse strings. I wouldn't be surprised if that is what happenend here.
I meant that I don't see why it is suddenly such a big deal. It has been possible (and not all that difficult) since the dawn of HTML email. Nothing has changed.
Check this scenario:
So now, any time (unless you clean your cookies or whatever) that you visit me.com you will send a cookie to my server and my server will know that you are you@you.com
See... I don't know why this is a big deal. It is actually pretty easy to implement.
Not all "MIS majors" are just out there to make a buck. Some of us are in it because we love it. Maybe we realize that knowing a thing or two about business will allow us to work on the really cool projects.
I do know what you mean about IT pro-fess-ion-als. I know a lot of them, some of whom do happen to be "MIS majors." But the two are definitely not mutually exclusive.
I think RIT does it as much to prevent wasted bandwidth as to comply with the law.
About a year ago some administrative group sent out a letter to every student stating RIT's policy on mp3s. Basically, mp3s, regardless of their legality, are prohibited from RIT computer systems. Unfortunately, I don't see this listed with other policies regarding computer us at RIT on the website... odd.
Actually, if you middle click on a link, it will open in a new window.
I don't know who came up with that, MS or Netscape... either way, it is stupid. Next thing you know we'll have HTML ping.
ftp://128.253.254.56/upload/lwn.html