Well, you quoted my posts out of context(I provided a *lot* of context).
I did provide a link to the blog containing the quoted posts. Perhaps you could explain what I got wrong regarding this:
Moonlight does not have the same policy that Mono does in terms of us working around to remove infringing code. For one, we do not know what it could be (that is how the patent system works) and two we have agreed and have obtained permission from any patents that might exist in Moonlight to implement it.
This policy makes any software released under it a patent trap.
Will I have to suffer
> the shadow of Microsoft patents over Silverlight when using or
> developing Moonlight?
Miguel de Icaza answers:
Not as long as you get/download
Moonlight from Novell which will include patent coverage.
Then, in a later post, when asked about Novell not shipping code that infringes on Microsoft patents, Miguel responds with the chilling statement:
First of all, am not aware of such Novell promise to "never ship code that
infringes MS patents".
Miguel de Icaza then goes on to explain that Novell doesn't care if they ship any infringing code since Novell has a patent agreement with Microsoft, and Novell isn't going to bother working around or removing infringing code (if it ever is identified) for the same reason.
Thanks, Miguel. You make it very clear: all code downloaded from Novell must now be regarded as (Microsoft) patent encumbered.
Not even close. I hate Windows as much as the next guy, but the simple fact is that Linux is not appropriate to 80+% of people's usage.
The modern distributions of linux beat windows (any flavor) hands-down. It's easier to install a kubuntu system from a DVD/CD than it is to install any version of windows. Kubuntu is also easier to update, more secure, and more reliable than windows. It also works better with most users existing peripherals (cellphones/PDAs, printers, etc) than Vista does. It's also easier to switch from XP to a kde-based linux distribution than it is to switch from XP to Vista.
Things have changed, and you should really get updated yourself.
I'm not saying that is the case, I am not a document expert and I haven't looked at either...
You could have saved an awful lot of electronic ink if you would have just stopped right there. It's readily apparent why you don't think 6000 pages is too long.:)
That's how long it would take to read the 6000 page spec, let alone to write it out. How is it that Microsoft and the ISO could reasonably expect the spec to be thoroughly examined in the fast-track time period alloted? It's absurd. The sheer size of the spec should have disqualified it for fast-track approval.
Not even Microsoft believes in the technical merit of their own spec, which is why they are resorting to their usual underhanded and corrupt tactics.
For a business with thousands, or tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of MS Office documents, these kinds of tools are essential.
Sun will also be in a position to provide Star Office certification for tech support personnel. This in turn could lend credibility to a possible Google certification for Google Pack expertise. Major vendor certifications make business/corporate managers less queasy about recommending new software.
If you look at the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King encouraged all to be non-violent, not carry weapons, and not give any excuse for others to even mistake them for wanting to possibly even slightly exhibit any negative behaviour or thoughts.
Boyfriend asks girlfriend to suck his cock. Girlfriend says she won't because then he won't respect her. Boyfriend promises to respect her and take her out for a big dinner at expensive restaraunt if she does. She sucks his cock, and later they go out for dinner. The waiter arrives and the boyfriend orders for both. He orders lobster for himself, and for her: "...and bring us a steak for the cocksucker here. She loves to eat meat."
Zemlin is a cocksucker. Microsoft is his meal ticket.
It looks like you're trying to argue with him, but really you're just agreeing with him, though it doesn't seem like you're aware of it.
I disagree with the assertion that the shuttle is safer now than ever before. I also assert that NASA chooses personnel based as much on political correctness and public relations as on technical qualifications and experience. Just look at the crew roster for this flight for a quick example. Woo-hoo, we've got another teacher-in-space!
Just because I'm critical of NASA doesn't mean I'm technically unsophisticated. It just means that I'm not in the elitist group of NASA apologists who try dance around the fact that critical safety issues have not only NOT been resolved, but (as in the case of the foam insulation) have gotten WORSE.
but on the whole, the Shuttle is safer now than it has ever been;
So, the new "environmentally friendly" freon-free adhesive's problems have been fixed? How come "In all, nine pieces of debris, mostly foam, came off the fuel tank during Wednesday evening's liftoff, and three were believed to have struck the shuttle."?
A staple-gun and patchwork repair of thermal insulation makes the shuttle safer than ever?
Seems like nothing's really getting fixed, just hacked and patched with staples, threads, and Wal-Mart brushes. If that's "safer now than it has ever been," then the shuttle has always been a death-trap.
I hope they brought up a case of silver duct-tape this time. That'll really boost the safety factor.
Loss of institutional knowledge and experience at NASA and the Michoud plant because of "lots of old-timers retiring or taking buyouts" as the shuttle program reduced its workforce throughout the latter half of the 1990s.
These experienced people were replaced with appointees and engineers based on how well they fit the politically correct demographic model instead of ability.
Environmental requirements requiring removal of freon from the process for spraying the foam insulation onto the tank. NASA has said that the freon-free application method resulted in foam that initially did not adhere to the tank as well, but changes were later made to strengthen the bond of the environmentally friendly foam.
The shuttle has become a death trap because NASA has placed image before technological reality.
The title does not accurately reflect the summary or the real state of affairs.
You are right. A better title would be:
MySQL Bugs Community Edition Users
Releasing bugs with the community edition and fixing them for the enterprise edition doesn't say much for MySQL technically, or ethically, take your pick.
...judging one group differently than another for the same infraction because you dont like them for whatever reason.
Too hard for you to grasp on the second time around? Here it is again:
...judging one group differently than another for the same infraction because you dont like them for whatever reason.
So quit spinning with bogus outrage like this:
But again, what on EARTH does any of this have to do with it being acceptable for one company to use your bandwidth when you are streaming files from them but when another does it they are 'stealing' your bandwidth or whatever?
So what you are doing is prettymuch the classic example of a double standard, judging one group differently than another for the same infraction because you dont like them for whatever reason.
There are three big reasons among many others why microsoft is judged differently than businesses which are not convicted monopolists (as if that's not enough in itself).
1. Embrace.
2. Extend.
3. Extinguish.
You elevate rogue prison abuse cited in the Taguba report to levels not justified. And the humming you hear might just be an electric drill if you were a captive of an organization that really condones torture as a routine, approved method of policy (and they don't care if you talk, they want you to scream).
You just need to realize that people really are being tortured in facilities operated by the US Government, right now, as I type this.
Where, precisely? What evidence do you have? Or is an accusation alone enough for you?
Reid's methods are warrantless surveillance, but the surveillance is conducted by Universities and the entertainment industry that sends out copyright violation notices. The violations are defined by the same RIAA et al that sues dead people and threatens children in grade school. Reid's methods force legal requirements on Universities based on these often baseless accusations. So what good is habeus corpus if you can be legally burdened or punished solely on the basis of an accusation? And I don't know what your definition of torture is, but I do know that terrorizing parents with threats to subpeona young children and calling up their schools to find out when they can nab them without the parents being there, or de-facto telling parents of college kids, "pay us $3000 or we'll have your kid expelled from college," fits my definition of mental torture.
The Democrats are throwing out constitutional protections for a song, and the Republicans are humming along. So are you.
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Thanks, Miguel. You make it very clear: all code downloaded from Novell must now be regarded as (Microsoft) patent encumbered.
Things have changed, and you should really get updated yourself.
Not even Microsoft believes in the technical merit of their own spec, which is why they are resorting to their usual underhanded and corrupt tactics.
Boyfriend asks girlfriend to suck his cock. Girlfriend says she won't because then he won't respect her. Boyfriend promises to respect her and take her out for a big dinner at expensive restaraunt if she does. She sucks his cock, and later they go out for dinner. The waiter arrives and the boyfriend orders for both. He orders lobster for himself, and for her: "...and bring us a steak for the cocksucker here. She loves to eat meat."
Zemlin is a cocksucker. Microsoft is his meal ticket.
Just because I'm critical of NASA doesn't mean I'm technically unsophisticated. It just means that I'm not in the elitist group of NASA apologists who try dance around the fact that critical safety issues have not only NOT been resolved, but (as in the case of the foam insulation) have gotten WORSE.
A staple-gun and patchwork repair of thermal insulation makes the shuttle safer than ever?
Seems like nothing's really getting fixed, just hacked and patched with staples, threads, and Wal-Mart brushes. If that's "safer now than it has ever been," then the shuttle has always been a death-trap.
I hope they brought up a case of silver duct-tape this time. That'll really boost the safety factor.
MySQL Bugs Community Edition Users
Releasing bugs with the community edition and fixing them for the enterprise edition doesn't say much for MySQL technically, or ethically, take your pick.
1. Embrace.
2. Extend.
3. Extinguish.
You elevate rogue prison abuse cited in the Taguba report to levels not justified. And the humming you hear might just be an electric drill if you were a captive of an organization that really condones torture as a routine, approved method of policy (and they don't care if you talk, they want you to scream).
Where, precisely? What evidence do you have? Or is an accusation alone enough for you?
Reid's methods are warrantless surveillance, but the surveillance is conducted by Universities and the entertainment industry that sends out copyright violation notices. The violations are defined by the same RIAA et al that sues dead people and threatens children in grade school. Reid's methods force legal requirements on Universities based on these often baseless accusations. So what good is habeus corpus if you can be legally burdened or punished solely on the basis of an accusation? And I don't know what your definition of torture is, but I do know that terrorizing parents with threats to subpeona young children and calling up their schools to find out when they can nab them without the parents being there, or de-facto telling parents of college kids, "pay us $3000 or we'll have your kid expelled from college," fits my definition of mental torture.
The Democrats are throwing out constitutional protections for a song, and the Republicans are humming along. So are you.
You want some copyrighted lyrics? How about this, from The Who: