"open source developers will be able to use the documentation to develop implementations of these protocols without paying for a patent license", Brad Smith
Companies that subsequently engage in commercial distribution of these protocol implementations will be able to obtain a patent license from Microsoft", Brad Smith.
"with respect to companies that are engaged in commercial distribution, or use internally, there is a need to obtain a patent license where there are applicable patent rights", Brad Smith
"We have valuable intellectual property in our patents.. and we will monetize from.. all users of that patented technology, all commercial developers, and all commercial users of that patented technology", Steve Ballmer
"a pledge not to sue open source developers who use the APIs"
"Microsoft is providing a covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols."
"Gates said students will want to try Microsoft's tools because they're more powerful than the open-source combination of Linux-based operating systems, the Apache Web server, the MySQL database and the PHP scripting language used to make complex Web site"
Like, isn't there a more powerfull development environment in 'open-source' than LAMP and what's not powerful about LAMP and doesn't Apples' WebObjects or Suns Java Platform count..:)
I just showed that to my roommate who is also doing a computing degree. He said "What the fuck does that all mean?
Do you seriously expect us to believe that someone who is doing a 'computing degree' showed absolutly no interest in a new and novel system. Come off it, I suspect the only kind of MSCP he will be suitably qualified in, is as a 'sandwich artist'..:)
The real reason is you can't go into a shop and buy it already installed. That reason being the unreasonable and restrictive 'per system' contracts Microsoft has with the OEMs. Linux has been growing in the Embedded market, precicely because these reasons don't apply there.
As distingt from an anonymous coward like youself who spends 24 hours a day trolling slashdot and modding his own shit up Score:5, Insightful. You're probably the same turd that's been stalking Schestowitz over on Usenet.
If what Schestowitz has to say is valueless then why the relentless effort being spent in trashing his personal reputation. CmdrTaco, do you have to give space to anonymous fucks like the above?
"there has got to be a better hardware vendor to choose than Dell.. - not what I want in a phone builder"
Does Dell get its chips and hardware assembled in different Chinese factories than Nokia or Moto, if not then your whole point is void. A big plus for such a deal would be Dells consumer and distribution channels..:)
"Google tends to buy out a company instead of partnership with it. especially after the wi-max fiasco"
Do you have any sources for how many companies Google bought out as compared to those they signed a partnership agreement? What WiMax fiasco are you refering to?
Well in our innovative company there was such a huge turnover of staff, we were reduced to rumaging round in old emails to find out how or why a particular configuration was done that way.
We once got a contract to put a fashion house on the Internet only management forgot to tell us techies about it. They did remember to organize a big do for the designers and models to which we weren't invited to the do. We had to read the trade press to find out in which 'direction' our company was going in. Talk about a lack of communication, I know.. straight out of Dilbert..:)
'Fraudsters.. are distinguished from hijackers who compromise your machine for local data or to make it part of a "bot farm"'
Would this machine be a Microsoft Windows machine or any other kind of 'computer'?
"Chapter 3.. discusses the basics of Internet Protocol (IP), and what firewalls can and can't do"
Does it say they don't work, especially the software ones. They are ineffectual as things like RPC over HTTP and SOAP are designed to - bypass the firewall.
'The following two chapters cover the various forms of "malware" (viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and Trojans).. "Use a firewall" and "Don't Open Strange E-Mail")'
What OS does this malware predominatly run on, give examples. Does Symantec say how to tell if an email is 'strange' without opening it. Wouldn't you have to be psychic?
"The authors state that for most people "spam is an annoyance rather than a plague"
A hundred spam emails a day isn't an annoyance. Why the f*** in 2008 can't you innovators design an email system that provides security, identity and protects against viruses/spam/malware, come on, where is it?
"The thinking is that Firefox and Opera will be more secure because fewer exploits are targeted towards them"
No, the thinking is that they are more secure because they don't use activeX and they aren't welded to the OS like IExplorer.
'I believe that anyone with a computer connected to the Internet would benefit from reading this book'
Since when did Microsoft Windows become synonymous with 'a computer'. A better advice would be to upgrade to a real 'computer' like a Mac or Linux. If you must do online transactions use the Knoppix CD and reboot after each online transaction. Finally my advice garnered from years of experience, if you want to stay safe online and you have to use Windows is:
Anything relying on the home user doing or not doing something is bound to fail. Click here to have all your bank account details sent to the Russian mafia and your computer reduced to a doorstop.
"Make the browser highlight the domain part of the url in bold"
Anything that relies on the end user doing or not doing something is bound to fail. You're dealing with idiots that can't prevent themselves in clicking on anything. For instance click here to see Britney Spears nude.
As a test send an email with the subject: clicking on this attachment will steal your bank details and render your computer unusable:- guess how many of the idiots will still open it.
"What started as a simple examination of phishing sites, turned into an extraordinary view of the ecosystem that supports the phishing effort that plagues modern day financial institutions and their customers"
The real story is who built such an 'ecosystem' that makes phishing such a sucessfull enterprise and what imdemnification does the maker of such systems offer the end user."
"They have collectively caused billions of dollars in losses, and ruined the lives of many citizens whose identities they have stolen and abused"
What end user Operating System do these phishing efforts require in order to me sucessfull. For instance how many phising efforts have been sucessfull on the current Apple Mac OS?
"Everytime I read about a new form of server malware, I try to check a LAMP server that I run. So far I've come up clean but I've hardly done a full inspection"
The only way to be sure is to run it from a CD image and reboot nightly..
"Anyone know of a good way to scan a set up? Sophos says that they are detecting thousands of new sites - how are they scanning them?"
They're not, they just need a little boost to the stock price, please buy our PRODUC~1..:)
But I thought all these sites were validated and certified and IP imdemnified, else what was the point of paying huge wads of dosh to all the lawyers, oh wait, now I get it..:)
Why would Diebold fix it for Clinton to win, when everyone knows an African American Democratic candidate isn't going to get elected. Also, I thought Diebold worked for the Republican party, so the best way for the Republicans to get in is to have Obama on the ticket...
'Uh - this attack didn't involve the execution of any "code"'
"Tens of thousands of websites belonging to Fortune 500 corporations, state government agencies and schools have been infected with malicious code that attempts to engage in click fraud and steal online game credentials from people who visit the destinations"
"The injections included javascript that redirected end users to the rogue site, which then attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities to install key-logging software that stole passwords for various online games"br> was: Re:dumb or troll ? (Score:4, Excuse~1))
"Tens of thousands of websites belonging to Fortune 500 corporations, state government agencies and schools have been infected with malicious code that attempts to engage in click fraud and steal online game credentials from people who visit the destinations, security researches say"
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"open source developers will be able to use the documentation to develop implementations of these protocols without paying for a patent license", Brad Smith
.. and we will monetize from .. all users of that patented technology, all commercial developers, and all commercial users of that patented technology", Steve Ballmer
Companies that subsequently engage in commercial distribution of these protocol implementations will be able to obtain a patent license from Microsoft", Brad Smith.
"with respect to companies that are engaged in commercial distribution, or use internally, there is a need to obtain a patent license where there are applicable patent rights", Brad Smith
"We have valuable intellectual property in our patents
"a pledge not to sue open source developers who use the APIs"
"Microsoft is providing a covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols."
"Gates said students will want to try Microsoft's tools because they're more powerful than the open-source combination of Linux-based operating systems, the Apache Web server, the MySQL database and the PHP scripting language used to make complex Web site"
.. :)
Like, isn't there a more powerfull development environment in 'open-source' than LAMP and what's not powerful about LAMP and doesn't Apples' WebObjects or Suns Java Platform count
01. Don't build solid fuel boosters in sections.
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02. Don't build them out of state so they have to be sectioned to transport by rail.
03. Don't compromise design so as to get some politians vote for funding, forcing you to site the solid rocket booster in his state.
04. Don't ignore safety concerns from your own engineers
05. It don't take a nuclear physicist to figure this out
"Q: I am a developer/distributor/user of software that is licensed under the GPL, does the Open Specification Promise apply to me?"
.. the only time Microsoft can withdraw its promise .. is if that person or company brings .. a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft .."
"A:
So the whole motive in this legalistic shell game is to protect MS from being sued over claiming IP ownership in Open Source software.
translation: by signing this agreement you acknowledge Microsofts IP claims against Open Source.
I just showed that to my roommate who is also doing a computing degree. He said "What the fuck does that all mean?
.. :)
Do you seriously expect us to believe that someone who is doing a 'computing degree' showed absolutly no interest in a new and novel system. Come off it, I suspect the only kind of MSCP he will be suitably qualified in, is as a 'sandwich artist'
Re:Or it is not spreading
The real reason is you can't go into a shop and buy it already installed. That reason being the unreasonable and restrictive 'per system' contracts Microsoft has with the OEMs. Linux has been growing in the Embedded market, precicely because these reasons don't apply there.
"Harvard makes a copy of the article freely available. What about those journals (Nature and Science, maybe?) that do not allow this"
How would Havard publishing online prevent them getting published in Nature or Science. Do you have any citations that say this?
"the author grants AAAS exclusive rights to use and authorize use of the work, but retains actual copyright and substantial reuse rights"
"Nature Publishing Group offers a range of reprints and permissions services for authors, readers, writers and commercial companies"
The spelling erors and general incoherance were a nice touch .. ;)
As distingt from an anonymous coward like youself who spends 24 hours a day trolling slashdot and modding his own shit up Score:5, Insightful. You're probably the same turd that's been stalking Schestowitz over on Usenet.
If what Schestowitz has to say is valueless then why the relentless effort being spent in trashing his personal reputation. CmdrTaco, do you have to give space to anonymous fucks like the above?
If web sites don't want to appear in Google search results just put up 'User-agent: * Disallow: /' in your robots.txt file.
"there has got to be a better hardware vendor to choose than Dell .. - not what I want in a phone builder"
.. :)
Does Dell get its chips and hardware assembled in different Chinese factories than Nokia or Moto, if not then your whole point is void. A big plus for such a deal would be Dells consumer and distribution channels
"Google tends to buy out a company instead of partnership with it. especially after the wi-max fiasco"
Do you have any sources for how many companies Google bought out as compared to those they signed a partnership agreement? What WiMax fiasco are you refering to?
Well in our innovative company there was such a huge turnover of staff, we were reduced to rumaging round in old emails to find out how or why a particular configuration was done that way.
.. straight out of Dilbert .. :)
We once got a contract to put a fashion house on the Internet only management forgot to tell us techies about it. They did remember to organize a big do for the designers and models to which we weren't invited to the do. We had to read the trade press to find out in which 'direction' our company was going in. Talk about a lack of communication, I know
'Fraudsters .. are distinguished from hijackers who compromise your machine for local data or to make it part of a "bot farm"'
.. discusses the basics of Internet Protocol (IP), and what firewalls can and can't do"
.. "Use a firewall" and "Don't Open Strange E-Mail")'
..
Would this machine be a Microsoft Windows machine or any other kind of 'computer'?
"Chapter 3
Does it say they don't work, especially the software ones. They are ineffectual as things like RPC over HTTP and SOAP are designed to - bypass the firewall.
'The following two chapters cover the various forms of "malware" (viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and Trojans)
What OS does this malware predominatly run on, give examples. Does Symantec say how to tell if an email is 'strange' without opening it. Wouldn't you have to be psychic?
"The authors state that for most people "spam is an annoyance rather than a plague"
A hundred spam emails a day isn't an annoyance. Why the f*** in 2008 can't you innovators design an email system that provides security, identity and protects against viruses/spam/malware, come on, where is it?
"The thinking is that Firefox and Opera will be more secure because fewer exploits are targeted towards them"
No, the thinking is that they are more secure because they don't use activeX and they aren't welded to the OS like IExplorer.
'I believe that anyone with a computer connected to the Internet would benefit from reading this book'
Since when did Microsoft Windows become synonymous with 'a computer'. A better advice would be to upgrade to a real 'computer' like a Mac or Linux. If you must do online transactions use the Knoppix CD and reboot after each online transaction. Finally my advice garnered from years of experience, if you want to stay safe online and you have to use Windows is:
don't use Internet Explorer
don't use Outlook Express
don't use msOffice
Anything relying on the home user doing or not doing something is bound to fail. Click here to have all your bank account details sent to the Russian mafia and your computer reduced to a doorstop.
"Make the browser highlight the domain part of the url in bold"
:- guess how many of the idiots will still open it.
Anything that relies on the end user doing or not doing something is bound to fail. You're dealing with idiots that can't prevent themselves in clicking on anything. For instance click here to see Britney Spears nude.
As a test send an email with the subject: clicking on this attachment will steal your bank details and render your computer unusable
"What started as a simple examination of phishing sites, turned into an extraordinary view of the ecosystem that supports the phishing effort that plagues modern day financial institutions and their customers"
The real story is who built such an 'ecosystem' that makes phishing such a sucessfull enterprise and what imdemnification does the maker of such systems offer the end user."
"They have collectively caused billions of dollars in losses, and ruined the lives of many citizens whose identities they have stolen and abused"
What end user Operating System do these phishing efforts require in order to me sucessfull. For instance how many phising efforts have been sucessfull on the current Apple Mac OS?
hit it with a hammer
"Everytime I read about a new form of server malware, I try to check a LAMP server that I run. So far I've come up clean but I've hardly done a full inspection"
..
.. :)
The only way to be sure is to run it from a CD image and reboot nightly
"Anyone know of a good way to scan a set up? Sophos says that they are detecting thousands of new sites - how are they scanning them?"
They're not, they just need a little boost to the stock price, please buy our PRODUC~1
But I thought all these sites were validated and certified and IP imdemnified, else what was the point of paying huge wads of dosh to all the lawyers, oh wait, now I get it .. :)
"See: Moonies, Scientology, any number of local Jesus franchises in USA, and yes, even the Mormons"
Yea, those Mormons are really dangerous, they knock on your door and say 'would you like to talk about Jesus' and if you say no - they leave.
Why would Diebold fix it for Clinton to win, when everyone knows an African American Democratic candidate isn't going to get elected. Also, I thought Diebold worked for the Republican party, so the best way for the Republicans to get in is to have Obama on the ticket ...
'==' != '='
'Uh - this attack didn't involve the execution of any "code"'
"Tens of thousands of websites belonging to Fortune 500 corporations, state government agencies and schools have been infected with malicious code that attempts to engage in click fraud and steal online game credentials from people who visit the destinations"
"The injections included javascript that redirected end users to the rogue site, which then attempted to exploit multiple vulnerabilities to install key-logging software that stole passwords for various online games"br>
was: Re:dumb or troll ? (Score:4, Excuse~1))
"Tens of thousands of websites belonging to Fortune 500 corporations, state government agencies and schools have been infected with malicious code that attempts to engage in click fraud and steal online game credentials from people who visit the destinations, security researches say"