I think Radiohead has proven that the artists can live without the RIAA. With the release of their recent album, they did a "name your own price" to download it, no record label or DRM attached. It is estimated that they made upwards to $10M in doing so!
Although I don't know if the "name your own price" concept would work long term, bands with who already have a name for themselves can profit greatly at this model. It is the new "no name" bands that would struggle IMO.
It might be out there, but I personally haven't seen it. Ubuntu doesn't have it. I am talking about proxy management. I am behind a proxy at work and I cannot get all applications to respond to the system proxy settings. Not to mention that when I go home for the day, I have to undo all the settings so that I can use my home network.
Are there better options to managing this within linux?
One thing we have now however that wasn't prevalent in the beta/vhs days is units that are both blue ray/hd dvd compatible on one drive.
It will be interesting to see how that affects the market. We see something similar now with Microsoft's proprietary audio/video and iTunes audio/video. Both are used, yet we don't really talk about which format will win here.
Businesses aren't in business to give people a job. They are in business to make money. As crappy as it is for people to lose their jobs (sometimes), their prosperity is in their own hands. And if this was a bad decision on IBM's part, it's their responsibility to learn from it and accept the consequences.
There are always employment opportunities available, even if you have to scrub toilets or flip burgers until you find a better one. Instead of marching up and down the block complaining, why not start that job search? I think monster and flipdog have EU sites too:-)
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I think Radiohead has proven that the artists can live without the RIAA. With the release of their recent album, they did a "name your own price" to download it, no record label or DRM attached. It is estimated that they made upwards to $10M in doing so!
Although I don't know if the "name your own price" concept would work long term, bands with who already have a name for themselves can profit greatly at this model. It is the new "no name" bands that would struggle IMO.
http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/10/estimates-radio.html
It might be out there, but I personally haven't seen it. Ubuntu doesn't have it. I am talking about proxy management. I am behind a proxy at work and I cannot get all applications to respond to the system proxy settings. Not to mention that when I go home for the day, I have to undo all the settings so that I can use my home network.
Are there better options to managing this within linux?
One thing we have now however that wasn't prevalent in the beta/vhs days is units that are both blue ray/hd dvd compatible on one drive.
It will be interesting to see how that affects the market. We see something similar now with Microsoft's proprietary audio/video and iTunes audio/video. Both are used, yet we don't really talk about which format will win here.
BMW has had them on the road for at least 6 years with the 750hL.
See the Milestones section of http://www.bmw.com/com/en/index_highend.html
Businesses aren't in business to give people a job. They are in business to make money. As crappy as it is for people to lose their jobs (sometimes), their prosperity is in their own hands. And if this was a bad decision on IBM's part, it's their responsibility to learn from it and accept the consequences.
:-)
There are always employment opportunities available, even if you have to scrub toilets or flip burgers until you find a better one. Instead of marching up and down the block complaining, why not start that job search? I think monster and flipdog have EU sites too