You might be right about the EU having pushed too far, I'm not certain one way or another.
I don't think the 'boundaries' is the only question though. What I am interested in finding out is how does the EU come up with these sorts of ideas? Is there someone in particular there that hates Microsoft and is in a position to initiate these sorts of inquiries? Or is it just because MS is such a large company and hence an easy target?
Is the EU also swinging similar mallets at other (non-tech) companies that we at Slashdot would not hear about?
I don't live in the US, but I'm aware the corn farmers a lot of political power there. What I don't understand is why it is so hard for them to switch at least part of their crop to sugarcane or soybeans? Is the climate or soil composition unsuitable?
Do the math. Calculate out how many hours it's taking you guys to merge new updates into your code and how much money per month/year it's costing you. Then tell management you can cut that by 90% by contributing code back, and ask them whether it's worth that much to keep that "edge" they're talking about. Unfortunately this won't help if the changes are seen to be part of a 'competitive advantage'.
What would help get things started is isolating that code that most definitely does NOT give any sort of competitive advantage, and encouraging the company to release those changes. Don't push to release everything, just a few 'insignificant' bits. Some is better than none.
The parent's point is a good argument to help you get started.
People also need to understand that exposing something (aka meat) to radiation does not make it radioactive or dangerous in any wayPerhaps there are people who already do understand all of this, and instead choose to not eat irradiated meat because they are not convinced that the treatment leaves the nutritional value of the meat intact.
Yes, they did get to eat it: the chick shared the pizza with the pool cleaner guy. I didn't actually see them eating the pizza (apparently edited out due to time constraints) but there was part of a scene where the chick and the pool were smiling at each other and there was cheese dripping from the corner of her mouth.
(It must have been really good pizza, they were both making 'mmmm-mmmm' sounds.)
I take your point, but I think the GPP was groaning more about the apps that expect admin access but don't really need it, not just the fact they expect to have admin access. Kodak Easyshare is one example I have come across - why should a photo album manager need admin privileges to my box? I run as a regular user all the time, using Administrator account only to install/upgrade software, and the Easyshare program came up EVERY TIME with a WARNING!!!! THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY blahblah BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ADMINISTRATOR. What it was really complaining about was that it couldn't catalogue all the photos in some directories under 'Documents and Settings' because regular users can't see in other users folders.
The other example from the GPP was Windows Media Player 10. Why does that need to run as admin? Maybe it's like my HP Printer software - it likes to check the internet and upgrade itself when I'm not looking.
Absolutely spot on. I'll give you another example - I saw an ad late last year that I enjoyed so much that I specifically went out and bought the product. Normally I would say 'heh, nice ad' but this time - for the first time ever - I decided that I would buy a product specifically because of a good ad. It was an ad for beer; I bought a six-pack, decided I liked the beer and I have bought more since.
Much like you, I enjoy watching a good ad.
(For the Aussies - it was Carlton Draught: "it's a big ad, very big ad,...")
Sid Meirs Civilisation was a great game, but to progress you had to kill a few indians, or worse infiltrate their camps and 'civilise' them. I don't remember seing a petition about that.
I assume here you mean Colonization, not Civilization.
For those who haven't played it, if you killed the natives, or stole their land, they got upset and attacked you. If you paid them for their land, educated them and embraced them, your towns prospered.
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You might be right about the EU having pushed too far, I'm not certain one way or another.
I don't think the 'boundaries' is the only question though. What I am interested in finding out is how does the EU come up with these sorts of ideas? Is there someone in particular there that hates Microsoft and is in a position to initiate these sorts of inquiries? Or is it just because MS is such a large company and hence an easy target?
Is the EU also swinging similar mallets at other (non-tech) companies that we at Slashdot would not hear about?
By the same logic, could you not publish the source code for download on a website? Source code doesn't actually do anything until you compile it...
It's still a 'technological measure' though, so I don't know that printing in a book would help.
I thought the 'vain' part was funny... If I had moderator points I would have modded it up too!
Mods on crack again. First comment of the topic, and it is marked as redundant.
Meta-Moderator Inigo Montoya to mods: "You keep modding posts redundant. I do not think it means what you think it means."
He meant he'll be watching pr0n on a DVD playing on his PS3, and by 'cocktail' he didn't mean a drink.
I don't live in the US, but I'm aware the corn farmers a lot of political power there. What I don't understand is why it is so hard for them to switch at least part of their crop to sugarcane or soybeans? Is the climate or soil composition unsuitable?
What would help get things started is isolating that code that most definitely does NOT give any sort of competitive advantage, and encouraging the company to release those changes. Don't push to release everything, just a few 'insignificant' bits. Some is better than none.
The parent's point is a good argument to help you get started.
People also need to understand that exposing something (aka meat) to radiation does not make it radioactive or dangerous in any wayPerhaps there are people who already do understand all of this, and instead choose to not eat irradiated meat because they are not convinced that the treatment leaves the nutritional value of the meat intact.
Enough already! Ohm my god!
They are also not pressurised.
Yes, they did get to eat it: the chick shared the pizza with the pool cleaner guy. I didn't actually see them eating the pizza (apparently edited out due to time constraints) but there was part of a scene where the chick and the pool were smiling at each other and there was cheese dripping from the corner of her mouth.
(It must have been really good pizza, they were both making 'mmmm-mmmm' sounds.)
Yes, that's all very well, but will it play my OGG files?
It's Free Trade Agreement.
Perhaps you are more familiar with "RTFA"?
Executive to Worker Ratio 3:1
They are aiming for a 3.14159 : 1 ratio eventually.
It's not stealing. It's copyright infringement.
By what metric?
Flavour, obviously. And nutritional content. Oh, and presentation.
Damn, commenting someones bad spelling of the name of my country, and I manage to get it misspelled myself. Hehe.. Ofcourse it's "Norwegian". :)
Oh, you are from Norwegia? I hear that the climate there is similar to that in some parts of Canadia.
I take your point, but I think the GPP was groaning more about the apps that expect admin access but don't really need it, not just the fact they expect to have admin access. Kodak Easyshare is one example I have come across - why should a photo album manager need admin privileges to my box? I run as a regular user all the time, using Administrator account only to install/upgrade software, and the Easyshare program came up EVERY TIME with a WARNING!!!! THIS PROGRAM MAY NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY blahblah BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ADMINISTRATOR. What it was really complaining about was that it couldn't catalogue all the photos in some directories under 'Documents and Settings' because regular users can't see in other users folders.
The other example from the GPP was Windows Media Player 10. Why does that need to run as admin? Maybe it's like my HP Printer software - it likes to check the internet and upgrade itself when I'm not looking.
Absolutely spot on. I'll give you another example - I saw an ad late last year that I enjoyed so much that I specifically went out and bought the product. Normally I would say 'heh, nice ad' but this time - for the first time ever - I decided that I would buy a product specifically because of a good ad. It was an ad for beer; I bought a six-pack, decided I liked the beer and I have bought more since.
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Much like you, I enjoy watching a good ad.
(For the Aussies - it was Carlton Draught: "it's a big ad, very big ad,
How many people have to get bagged and toe tagged in local E.R. rooms before the government WAKES THE F' UP and makes common sense a Law?
Unfortunately, common sense isn't really all that common.
Oracle's rich feature?
You have to be rich to buy Oracle. That's the feature.
The only race left is to deliver the best support and management tools.
Who is winning that race? From what I've heard, the VMWare management tools are far superior.
(Someone with experience in that space pls comment)
Maybe Zonk is running windows?
Sid Meirs Civilisation was a great game, but to progress you had to kill a few indians, or worse infiltrate their camps and 'civilise' them. I don't remember seing a petition about that.
I assume here you mean Colonization, not Civilization.
For those who haven't played it, if you killed the natives, or stole their land, they got upset and attacked you. If you paid them for their land, educated them and embraced them, your towns prospered.
But yes, there were no petitions
does this mean that Disney's movies will improve, or that Pixar's will become worse?
My Guess: both.
We shall see.