Switch to something that's AlwaysActivated(TM): Linux, OS X, BSD, Solaris 10.
I just know I'm gonna get modded down for this, but who cares?
Wait. Who said that OS X is 'always activated'? That's true if you run OS X on only Apple hardware, but switch to some non-Apple hardware and your 'AlwaysActivated(TM)' turns into 'NeverActivated(TM)'. OS X should work with any hardware, just as Solaris does. (And, yes, Solaris Sparc will work on Sparc-based clones that are not manufactured by Sun)
Why do people want to give Apple a break for exhibiting the same behavior that Microsoft gets lambasted for?
The laws have been written in specific contexts this way for centuries. It's nothing new.
In my state, the crime is still a crime (soliciting sex from a minor), but there are additional penalties assessed if the crime occurs over Internet. The crime by itself is punishable by a maximum sentence of 4 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $4,000; do it on the Net and it becomes a crime punishable by a maximum sentence of 10 years and/or a fine of up to $10,000.
Big difference.
The Florida statute is probably similar. The crime is still a crime, and the guy goes to jail regardless of whether we call it e-mail or instant messaging. It's just that if they get to call IMs 'e-mail,' then the stiffer penalty kicks.
he only thing I can think of is to understand as much of the issue as we can for ourselves rather than from the media. That's something I definitely need to work harder on.
You mean you're actually saying that people should *gasp*think for themselves?
Of course, all it would take for the web publisher to be sued for libel is for this article to be tracked back to the publisher through the process of discovery.
If you've ever been through a discovery process, you'll know that people get deposed, evidence is gathered, and almost anything is fair game to ask for, within reason. E-mails, memos, files. Maybe the shredder does wonderful things, but e-mails are forever these days.
Therein lies Microsoft's problem -- each new iteration of their software all of a sudden must render their older generation software "not good enough", giving the lie to all earlier claims about previous generations of product. This is the classical Microsoft business model. Microsoft is about selling a product, not providing customer satisfaction.
And it's the same thing that causes a lukewarm PC market. You only need the new PCs if you need the new software. You only need the new software if it has something the old software didn't have that you need. Except that Microsoft Office has progressed to the point where the new features don't matter to anyone. Office XP is good enough for most users. OpenOffice.org has some room for improvement (mostly because it is a much less mature product), but is also good enough for enough people that it's taken a foothold.
The combination of this and the fact that operating systems and operating systems are quickly becoming commodity products gives Microsoft as limited a shelf life as IBM had when they came out with the PS/2. I give it 5-7 before Microsoft has we know it becomes irrelevant. Maybe they'll reinvent themselves. But it won't be through subscription software, something corporates and end-users have already shown a distaste for.
No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement of copyright based on the manufacture, importation, or distribution of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio recording medium, an analog recording device, or an analog recording medium, or based on the noncommercial use by a consumer of such a device or medium for making digital musical recordings or analog musical recordings.
(Emphasis mine). It says "no action". The use of a digital audio recorder by a consumer for non-commercial purposes is pretected. Note that the definition of "digital audio recorder" seem to include MP3 players or iPods. The grey area in this case is that it's not the consumer who's doing the transfer, it's the company selling the equipment.
...following the principles of Heisenburger's Uncertain Cat...
That has gotta be a reference to a reference to this post, right?
I remember that post. And so does my keyboard and monitor, which continue to this day to have bits of my breakfast from that morning.
still think this is odd since he did back Grokster during their failed legal attempts.
(Emphasis mine) Actually it makes perfect sense. To a legal simpleton anyway.
Grokster was sued by copyright holders over illegal distribution of copyrighted material. Google/YouTube is being sued by copyright holders over allegedly illegal distribution of copyrighted material.
Grokster lost, therefore Google/YouTube will lose. Cuban is backing the horse that he thinks will win, and he believes he'll cash in.
If they can squeeze the market down to a few Linux vendors that either play well with Windows or don't...
There, you said it. If.
While there are a lot of shops that might actually care to use something that's officially 'blessed' by Microsoft, there are actually very few all-Microsoft shops, and the most of the rest don't actually care whether they have Microsoft's blessing or not.
Samba 3 supports ActiveDirectory as fileserver just fine, thank you very much, and Samba 4 will be able to run an ActiveDirectory without any Microsoft software at all. As for.NET, as if anyone actually cared, there's always Mono. But, really, from where I sit, Java is still alive and strong in the areas that.NET seeks to control. I know of at least 5 Fortune 500 companies that have standardized on J2SE and J2EE for that type of development, including the one I work for
Wake up and smell the dead, rotting carcass that is Microsoft. Microsoft is not the 800 lb. Gorilla it once was. They are running scared. They don't have anything close to the stranglehold on the server market they thought they were gonna get, and they are not far off from losing their stranglehold on the desktop market.
I'm sure if the PC revolution occurred WITHOUT Windows being forcefully bundled with EVERY SINGLE PC we'd see a different history here.
Yeah, we'd be about a decade behind where we are, because each manufacturer would have to either create their own OS and applications, or they'd have to spend 10x as long developing compatibility with dozens of OSes.
I doubt we'd about a decade behind. If DOS and Windows after it hadn't have been forcefully bundled, some other operating system would have become the 'defacto standard'. Probably CP/M or maybe Unix or some variant. Who knows?
Sorry for the fanboyish response, but I think releaseing various parts of Open Solaris under the GNU license would lead to some great developments. As I understand it, that would enable a lot of features of the Solaris kernel to be imported into Linux and vice-versa.
Only $1 billion? Well, that's about how much a conventional 1GW power plant costs (more for nuclear), not including land.
Land? 2-square miles is pretty close to the size of that 1 GW power plant.
Cost of cleaning some plastic lenses? Well, I'll bet it's cheaper than hiring all of the engineers, technicians, maintenance workers, etc. it takes for a conventional coal or petroleum plant. And much cheaper than the staff of a nuclear power plant, especially when you consider how expensive the waste is to 'dispose' of.
They can't just strike deals with everonye that distributes linux and add their 'touch' to it. You can't 'buy' Linux. You can have all the companies in your pocket that you want, but at the end of the day, it's still going to be free and maintained by developers from all over.
Right. But unfortunately, I don't have Linus Tovalds' or Alan Cox's phone number to call up for tech support. Nor can I sue them when their code breaks costing me millions.
Buy up all the companies doing 'supported' Linux and there will be no supported Linux.
480 burst... i have NEVER seen usb actually get any where close to a rate of 480mb/s or anywhere close to that (100 mb/s but thats about the max)... on the otherhand i have seen firewire work at 350mb/s on a chain to the last device on the chain...
Hence the reason Firewire is universally applauded by people do digital audio editing/mixing/composing while USB 2.0 hasn't made any significant inroads. Also one of the main reasons why audio guys use Macs: all Macs have Firewire standard. Most other PCs don't. And Mac OS X support for Firewire is rock solid.
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So?
I buy a MacIntel. This gives me a legitmate copy of OS X.
3 years goes by, the MacIntel is beginning to become obsolete and I need something newer.
I could either whitebox the machine and save money, or buy Apple's latest offering.
With OS X's DRM, I'm locked into Apple hardware. That's right vendor lock-in. Without OS X, I won't be able to get at my data, either.
Now what's the difference between Apple's behavior and Microsoft's, except that Apple happens to sell hardware?
I just know I'm gonna get modded down for this, but who cares?
Wait. Who said that OS X is 'always activated'? That's true if you run OS X on only Apple hardware, but switch to some non-Apple hardware and your 'AlwaysActivated(TM)' turns into 'NeverActivated(TM)'. OS X should work with any hardware, just as Solaris does. (And, yes, Solaris Sparc will work on Sparc-based clones that are not manufactured by Sun)
Why do people want to give Apple a break for exhibiting the same behavior that Microsoft gets lambasted for?
The laws have been written in specific contexts this way for centuries. It's nothing new.
In my state, the crime is still a crime (soliciting sex from a minor), but there are additional penalties assessed if the crime occurs over Internet. The crime by itself is punishable by a maximum sentence of 4 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $4,000; do it on the Net and it becomes a crime punishable by a maximum sentence of 10 years and/or a fine of up to $10,000.
Big difference.
The Florida statute is probably similar. The crime is still a crime, and the guy goes to jail regardless of whether we call it e-mail or instant messaging. It's just that if they get to call IMs 'e-mail,' then the stiffer penalty kicks.
You mean you're actually saying that people should *gasp* think for themselves?
Oh, my. You are so going to get shot!
It's a 15-story building made of tubes and supported by a brick basement, on a flatbed truck headed down the information superhighway.
With freedom comes personal responsibility.
Of course, all it would take for the web publisher to be sued for libel is for this article to be tracked back to the publisher through the process of discovery.
If you've ever been through a discovery process, you'll know that people get deposed, evidence is gathered, and almost anything is fair game to ask for, within reason. E-mails, memos, files. Maybe the shredder does wonderful things, but e-mails are forever these days.
change the first instance of 'operating systems' to 'office suites'. Damned preview button...
And it's the same thing that causes a lukewarm PC market. You only need the new PCs if you need the new software. You only need the new software if it has something the old software didn't have that you need. Except that Microsoft Office has progressed to the point where the new features don't matter to anyone. Office XP is good enough for most users. OpenOffice.org has some room for improvement (mostly because it is a much less mature product), but is also good enough for enough people that it's taken a foothold.
The combination of this and the fact that operating systems and operating systems are quickly becoming commodity products gives Microsoft as limited a shelf life as IBM had when they came out with the PS/2. I give it 5-7 before Microsoft has we know it becomes irrelevant. Maybe they'll reinvent themselves. But it won't be through subscription software, something corporates and end-users have already shown a distaste for.
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
It doesn't need to be. The Legislature has already spoken. See Title 17 Section 1008 of the U.S. Code:
(Emphasis mine). It says "no action". The use of a digital audio recorder by a consumer for non-commercial purposes is pretected. Note that the definition of "digital audio recorder" seem to include MP3 players or iPods. The grey area in this case is that it's not the consumer who's doing the transfer, it's the company selling the equipment.
Hey! That's MSGooHoo to you, bub!
(Emphasis mine) Actually it makes perfect sense. To a legal simpleton anyway.
Grokster was sued by copyright holders over illegal distribution of copyrighted material.
Google/YouTube is being sued by copyright holders over allegedly illegal distribution of copyrighted material.
Grokster lost, therefore Google/YouTube will lose. Cuban is backing the horse that he thinks will win, and he believes he'll cash in.
There, you said it. If.
While there are a lot of shops that might actually care to use something that's officially 'blessed' by Microsoft, there are actually very few all-Microsoft shops, and the most of the rest don't actually care whether they have Microsoft's blessing or not.
Samba 3 supports ActiveDirectory as fileserver just fine, thank you very much, and Samba 4 will be able to run an ActiveDirectory without any Microsoft software at all. As for
Wake up and smell the dead, rotting carcass that is Microsoft. Microsoft is not the 800 lb. Gorilla it once was. They are running scared. They don't have anything close to the stranglehold on the server market they thought they were gonna get, and they are not far off from losing their stranglehold on the desktop market.
Good news: chances are good that all or most of those 900 16-bit applications would run under Wine without any modification at all.
And I'm sure that there wouldn't be any little companies from Utah that wouldn't just LOVE to see that Unix code REALLY get imported into the Linux kernel.
Where's those guys with their "itsatrap" tags when you need them?
Yep. Microsoft doesn't make any money from hardware sales at all. No siree. Not a dime. And Novell never made anything from hardware sales either.
Yep. That's autotrader. See this thread from rec.autos.misc and this from ripoffreport.com
Only $1 billion? Well, that's about how much a conventional 1GW power plant costs (more for nuclear), not including land.
Land? 2-square miles is pretty close to the size of that 1 GW power plant.
Cost of cleaning some plastic lenses? Well, I'll bet it's cheaper than hiring all of the engineers, technicians, maintenance workers, etc. it takes for a conventional coal or petroleum plant. And much cheaper than the staff of a nuclear power plant, especially when you consider how expensive the waste is to 'dispose' of.
$1 billion is a bargain!
Right. But unfortunately, I don't have Linus Tovalds' or Alan Cox's phone number to call up for tech support. Nor can I sue them when their code breaks costing me millions.
Buy up all the companies doing 'supported' Linux and there will be no supported Linux.
Hence the reason Firewire is universally applauded by people do digital audio editing/mixing/composing while USB 2.0 hasn't made any significant inroads. Also one of the main reasons why audio guys use Macs: all Macs have Firewire standard. Most other PCs don't. And Mac OS X support for Firewire is rock solid.
Does this mean that Slashdot is going to denegrate into Digg now?
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