"According to this MSN/ZDNet story, BSD is dying. Overall, the data has not shown a clear trend, but at least one recent study reports that people are deleting BSD's faster than they are downloading them. Linux and SCOnix, meanwhile, are apparently gaining market share. Is this evidence that BSD is being used largely to sample *nix rather than for permanent installs and deployment purposes? They still don't think so. "
Microsoft thus far has been fairly benevolent towards Open Source, despite what this article seems to suggest. It seems to me that the best thing for Microsoft is to keep Open Source around, but on a level playing field.
After all, this has a few major benefits for Microsoft. For one, open source provides a sandbox for new ideas that get public enthusiasm before they are blatently ripped off and incorporated into products with great results.
The R&D/Marketing department at MS is to become a whole lot more redundant in the immediate future, I think; there will no longer be much of a need to come up with BS as any ripped-off improvements will likely sell themselves.
Under normal, closed source projects, this would spell doom for the software.
No. Under normal, closed-source projects, it would spell a windfall for management and a shot at immortality. (No, that wasn't a joke. But it would've made a good one.)
I am wantonly writing on behalf of the Sneider family of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It seems a substantial sum of money has been locked away..."
Hehe...yeah. There's a big hoopla about it true, but in Canada, most of these government organizations are pretty ineffectual. In other words, you can say what you want, and then the government will spend 6 months investigating, writing a report, and delivering it; by this time, people don't care anymore. It's a great system, really; total freedom, and no one has to lose their head to preserve it.
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*grin*.
It begged to be trolled. :)
GREAT post!
Why not? Apparently it holds true for(with) them everywhere else, so...
After all, this has a few major benefits for Microsoft. For one, open source provides a sandbox for new ideas that get public enthusiasm before they are blatently ripped off and incorporated into products with great results.
The R&D/Marketing department at MS is to become a whole lot more redundant in the immediate future, I think; there will no longer be much of a need to come up with BS as any ripped-off improvements will likely sell themselves.
Under normal, closed source projects, this would spell doom for the software.
No. Under normal, closed-source projects, it would spell a windfall for management and a shot at immortality. (No, that wasn't a joke. But it would've made a good one.)
...a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
MS Bob comes to mind....
"Dear Esteemed Sir;
I am wantonly writing on behalf of the Sneider family of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It seems a substantial sum of money has been locked away..."
Simple...Did your car come shrinkwrapped?
Let me put it this way...I hadn't even heard of Kasner before this article. So who's capitalizing on the name, again?
Yeah, but just wait until they get to pi.
It's better than Clippy. *shrug*
Bah. With UDEV I can mount myarse DIRECTLY.
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And the whole essense of a cartel is to make sure that those terms are the only license the content is released under. Capice?
Interesting to note that this is for the most part because of shared libraries. Symantec being the worst example.
So...what you're saying, is that nerds are the biggest culprits relaying these worms?
Oh, the irony!
We knew where he was. We issued him a VISA to work in Utah about a year ago.
Either way it'll be a half-truth.
Crappits. We've caused another SCO DDoS. And this time it was our fault. :)
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If I had mod points, I'd mod you a troll!
Hehe...yeah. There's a big hoopla about it true, but in Canada, most of these government organizations are pretty ineffectual. In other words, you can say what you want, and then the government will spend 6 months investigating, writing a report, and delivering it; by this time, people don't care anymore. It's a great system, really; total freedom, and no one has to lose their head to preserve it.
Sorry, couldn't help it.
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