Sun's management doesn't have the foresight or intelligent to bring their technology to the consumer market. And now I seriously doubt most consumers would consider it for compatibility reasons.
Too little, too late.
But if you want one I'm sure you can find them on eBay for next to nothing, which is what they're worth.
I bet we could run into the same problems with Linux today if it was as widely deployed as Windows. But that's not even a possibility.
The question is not if Linux is as secure as we think it is, but if the people developing the technology would be willing to step up and make it secure if faults were found. Or would they sit on severe security warnings and attempt to brush them under the table, avoid bad PR and include the patches in the next service pack.
I think with the NSA's security patches being included in the 2.6 kernel along with our collective efforts to build a reputation of security, stability and compatibility with Linux there's nothing really left to worry about.
Similar to a water heater I think all houses should be equiped with a power storage unit that reconditions power for your usage or uploads it back to the network.
If we could create an intelligent power grid maybe it could move power from the places that have it to the places that need it instead of from the server to all the clients model we have today.
Frequent use of profanity is not a mark of civilized behavior and should not be held up as a model for our children.
Neither is frequent use of WMD such as napalm, daisy cutters and depleted uranium.
Oh yeah. You're argument also fails because we as individuals have no direct say concerning whether our government bombs anyone "into the stone age". We do have control over the words we use and allow our young children to use on a regular basis.
That's right. We are out of control. So shut the fuck up.
Better yet let's tax everything. Just raise taxes like 20%. Will that cover your costs? Or should we raise them more?
The current infrastructure was designed poorly and is being overtaxed. Which is probably why people are looking for ways to replace it. Taxing them will only slow down progress. And they will also be a target for replacement. You can't tax everything. But I guess you can try.
I'm sure if any OSS Linux distribution, like Debian or Gentoo, got a worm half as big as Blaster they'd have the entire system auto-updating all security related services off the 'net by default.
Since when do we attribute the most "l33t sk1llz" on earth to the first attacker, and then just assume we're safe to vote happily ever after?
Since we decided that our goal was to make money. Capitalism doesn't allow us to make secure widgets. They would cost too much. But we can never run out of excuses.:)
People have been exploiting people for years to make money. Its it about time we forget about the money and take care of eachother? We could be so much smarter than this, so much more progressive and productive. If only we wanted to encourage eachother to learn and work.
You build it they will come. Work together to build an OSS society, open it up and invite the world. I think the value of any corporation is its employees. The economic force behind any country is its people. Give those people the right environment that encourages education and the means to manage their resources and take care of everyone and let them progress as they naturally would.
That's the way to compete against tired old monopolists.
I think the country that recognises the value of a human, open their boarders, create the right environment and encourages education will eventually come out with the best economy. First they must make everything free and take care of their own people, but once the foundation is built the rest of the world will be forced to compete.
The only reason I can come up with that everyone thinks free software is, well, free, is because they're too lazy to compete in a fair software market.
With free software you can't build a product and sit on it, expecting to make lots of cash for the rest of your life, like patents and current copyright law. You can't get a monopoly on your markets or products. Your customers can turn around and undercut your sales with theirs. So to remain profitable you must continue to improve your products.
Most capitalists complain because they won't be able to get a monopoly in a free software market. And that's too bad.
One of the drawbacks to free software is that it is, well, free.
What? You don't understand free software.
I can sell my Linux distribution for the same price Microsoft sells Windows XP Professional. I am only requied by the GPL license to give my source code to people who buy my software. How is that a drawback? How does that make it "free"? It isn't and it doesn't.
Free software is "free" because it would provide my customers with the source code to make their own modifications. This means if you sell GPL software you are selling the intellectual property you put into that software along with it. It doesn't mean that intellectual property goes away or gets diminished in any way and it doesn't mean you can't make a profit. It just levels the playing field, so all your customers can make an equal profit, if they work at it.
Now if you write your own software, you can license it however you like. There's nothing that says you must use GPL software. If a company wants to compete with Microsoft and Linux they only need to write an OS and a web browser, email client, office suite, etc. and make it all Microsoft or *nix compatible. I'm sure its quite easy and doesn't hardly cost a thing.
But Linux offers people like me without much money all the IP required to build a competitive OS. How is that in any way bad for technical progress or profiteering? I can be just as agressive as Microsoft to price, market and capitalize on Linux, if I wanted to. Or I could care more about doing it right, like most OSS developers. But I don't have to give it away for free. Its easiest to just include the source code with the commercial product.
I never respected them to begin with, but this just confirms my suspicions. However, they have lost a lot of respect from the open source community. There are probably more people in the world who now think WIPO is irrelevant than those who might claim otherwise.
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That's only a temporary solution because money is still part of the picture. Greed will eventually win again. It always does.
We care more about money than we do human life. It has been proven over and over again. But almost nobody will admit it.
Actions speak louder than words.
That's because NASA was too cheap to equip the boat with life vests.
or maybe we could settle for Artistic/Slashdot.
GNU/Slashdot? That's an outrage! We all know it should be Perl/Slashdot!
Sun's management doesn't have the foresight or intelligent to bring their technology to the consumer market. And now I seriously doubt most consumers would consider it for compatibility reasons.
Too little, too late.
But if you want one I'm sure you can find them on eBay for next to nothing, which is what they're worth.
The train hasn't even left the station. Or are you attempting to tell us that 64-bit computing will be bug free from its inception?
I'm going to wait until the second generation of this technology emerges before I put my money on anything.
Yeah, I know, it was a lame attempt. :P
or 1.21 gigowatts.
With this technology we'll finally be able to go back to the future.
I bet we could run into the same problems with Linux today if it was as widely deployed as Windows. But that's not even a possibility.
The question is not if Linux is as secure as we think it is, but if the people developing the technology would be willing to step up and make it secure if faults were found. Or would they sit on severe security warnings and attempt to brush them under the table, avoid bad PR and include the patches in the next service pack.
I think with the NSA's security patches being included in the 2.6 kernel along with our collective efforts to build a reputation of security, stability and compatibility with Linux there's nothing really left to worry about.
What moron would assign hardware to decode video codecs?
Oh, nevermind.
Similar to a water heater I think all houses should be equiped with a power storage unit that reconditions power for your usage or uploads it back to the network.
If we could create an intelligent power grid maybe it could move power from the places that have it to the places that need it instead of from the server to all the clients model we have today.
Sucks when we have a server outage.
Frequent use of profanity is not a mark of civilized behavior and should not be held up as a model for our children.
Neither is frequent use of WMD such as napalm, daisy cutters and depleted uranium.
Oh yeah. You're argument also fails because we as individuals have no direct say concerning whether our government bombs anyone "into the stone age". We do have control over the words we use and allow our young children to use on a regular basis.
That's right. We are out of control. So shut the fuck up.
What happens when the next big thing comes along and all the CS grads are stuck with C# as their sole reference point?
:)
They starve?
I don't really know for sure, its just wishful thinking.
Yeah, its kinda hypocritical of us to say its okay to bomb a people into the stone age, but you can't say the word "Fuck".
We seem to care more about political correctness and money than we do human life or eachother.
I thought in our history a bunch of people died over taxes.
Did we learn anything from their deaths?
Better yet let's tax everything. Just raise taxes like 20%. Will that cover your costs? Or should we raise them more?
The current infrastructure was designed poorly and is being overtaxed. Which is probably why people are looking for ways to replace it. Taxing them will only slow down progress. And they will also be a target for replacement. You can't tax everything. But I guess you can try.
I'm sure if any OSS Linux distribution, like Debian or Gentoo, got a worm half as big as Blaster they'd have the entire system auto-updating all security related services off the 'net by default.
Since when do we attribute the most "l33t sk1llz" on earth to the first attacker, and then just assume we're safe to vote happily ever after?
:)
Since we decided that our goal was to make money. Capitalism doesn't allow us to make secure widgets. They would cost too much. But we can never run out of excuses.
People have been exploiting people for years to make money. Its it about time we forget about the money and take care of eachother? We could be so much smarter than this, so much more progressive and productive. If only we wanted to encourage eachother to learn and work.
Work doesn't have to be work, if we do it right.
deoxy.org/endwork.html
You build it they will come. Work together to build an OSS society, open it up and invite the world. I think the value of any corporation is its employees. The economic force behind any country is its people. Give those people the right environment that encourages education and the means to manage their resources and take care of everyone and let them progress as they naturally would.
That's the way to compete against tired old monopolists.
I think the country that recognises the value of a human, open their boarders, create the right environment and encourages education will eventually come out with the best economy. First they must make everything free and take care of their own people, but once the foundation is built the rest of the world will be forced to compete.
The only reason I can come up with that everyone thinks free software is, well, free, is because they're too lazy to compete in a fair software market.
With free software you can't build a product and sit on it, expecting to make lots of cash for the rest of your life, like patents and current copyright law. You can't get a monopoly on your markets or products. Your customers can turn around and undercut your sales with theirs. So to remain profitable you must continue to improve your products.
Most capitalists complain because they won't be able to get a monopoly in a free software market. And that's too bad.
One of the drawbacks to free software is that it is, well, free.
What? You don't understand free software.
I can sell my Linux distribution for the same price Microsoft sells Windows XP Professional. I am only requied by the GPL license to give my source code to people who buy my software. How is that a drawback? How does that make it "free"? It isn't and it doesn't.
Free software is "free" because it would provide my customers with the source code to make their own modifications. This means if you sell GPL software you are selling the intellectual property you put into that software along with it. It doesn't mean that intellectual property goes away or gets diminished in any way and it doesn't mean you can't make a profit. It just levels the playing field, so all your customers can make an equal profit, if they work at it.
Now if you write your own software, you can license it however you like. There's nothing that says you must use GPL software. If a company wants to compete with Microsoft and Linux they only need to write an OS and a web browser, email client, office suite, etc. and make it all Microsoft or *nix compatible. I'm sure its quite easy and doesn't hardly cost a thing.
But Linux offers people like me without much money all the IP required to build a competitive OS. How is that in any way bad for technical progress or profiteering? I can be just as agressive as Microsoft to price, market and capitalize on Linux, if I wanted to. Or I could care more about doing it right, like most OSS developers. But I don't have to give it away for free. Its easiest to just include the source code with the commercial product.
I never respected them to begin with, but this just confirms my suspicions. However, they have lost a lot of respect from the open source community. There are probably more people in the world who now think WIPO is irrelevant than those who might claim otherwise.
What savings? Are they claiming RFIDs will cut down on the number of razor blade thefts?
As far as I know, 1 widget costs less than 1 widget + 1 RFID tag. Unless I missed something.