I took the Computer Science A exam in C++ in '99 and Computer Science AB in C++ in 2000. I don't think that the College Board switches languages quite as frequently as the sumbutter would like to have us think.
I know I haven't kept up with the developments in this area that well, but didn't the FCC decide to impose fees on Internet broadcasters? If that's the case, wouldn't recording a stream be the same as recording off of the radio? Sure, it's better quality, but the principle is the same, and there are royalties being paid. Of course, I don't see that as a reason for the RIAA not to try and shut it down. My two cents.
I paid for my nVidia graphics card, I'd hardly say that they're simply giving away the drivers. Binary or not, I paid for a graphics card that works. It's not charity on nVidia's part. Releasing the source code, however, would be charity.
While this will probably end up so far down as this article has been commented on to death, here's my rant...
This is an excellent opportunity for the Linux community to let Red Hat grow where it needs. Red Hat needs its space to grow for the enterprise market. That's what this announcement seems to boil down to in my eyes. They are not going to over-emphasize those things that desktop users need.
However, there are distributions that will. Mandrake and SuSE come to mind. No one is to say that Red Hat won't reenter the desktop market, but there has to be some need to do so. If SuSE or Mandrake are gaining great marketshare on the desktop, Red Hat will reevaluate it's position on the desktop market.
Furthermore, using desktop-centric distributions for desktop needs means that desktop needs will become a development focus of, say, SuSE or Mandrake.
Of course, that's all assuming that we actually pay for software!
While I can't find the URL, and I haven't used Blogger since 2001, I remember them making a big deal that you own the things that you right and that Blogger does not take ownership of the material on their blogs.
The nice thing about the commercial is that it's advertising an ideology. It's going to be hard for Microsoft to come back with something that says. "Sharing information is bad. Building community is wrong." Unlike they did with their We Have the Way Out campaign which was mostly aimed at Sun, what with the purple paint and all. In the end, it's advantageous to IBM as well: use Linux, promote open exchange of information, make our lives and yours a hell of a lot easier in the end. I'd say that IBM has pulled a good trick out of the old hat this time.
When I was in high school the programming that we did was all done by telnetting into a Linux box and using GCC. This proved to be cheaper for the school district in terms of licenses for compilers (zero cost). This way we were able to keep the costs for computer science courses separate from the costs for maintaining a computer lab. Also, using Linux (and before that some form of UNIX) for computer science put me lightyears ahead of those who had never touched the command line in introductory college CS courses.
But from what I understand, you release the source code WITH the product, period.
But the GPL gives users the right to redistribute that source code in any way that they deem useful. Signing a non-disclosure agreement is the violation of the GPL, because these beta testers can't redistribute the source.
Another great place is the LinuxMall. Go to http://www.linuxmall.com/specials/FreeCD and read up on it. Basically, they're $1.89 plush S&H and they have a few programs that allow you to get discounts by buying osmething like 6 distros at a time or I think if you buy $11(say a Linux t-shirt) from them you can get one of these CDs thrown in for free with your order! Of course there's the waiting period until the 6.1 CDs are made, but a great buy none-the-less.
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I took the Computer Science A exam in C++ in '99 and Computer Science AB in C++ in 2000. I don't think that the College Board switches languages quite as frequently as the sumbutter would like to have us think.
Could you please stop posting this? It's really boring to read the same damned post every time the "G" word comes up in discussion.
I know I haven't kept up with the developments in this area that well, but didn't the FCC decide to impose fees on Internet broadcasters? If that's the case, wouldn't recording a stream be the same as recording off of the radio? Sure, it's better quality, but the principle is the same, and there are royalties being paid. Of course, I don't see that as a reason for the RIAA not to try and shut it down. My two cents.
It sure will sound funny, though. "I was late because the guy in front of me was driving too fast!"
"Windows leaders are meeting through the middle of April to make the hard decisions about which specific features to cut from the operating system."
It's like a peacekeeping operation! The fate of the Windows operating system is at risk!
Slashdot science: If it ain't on Google, it ain't real!
I paid for my nVidia graphics card, I'd hardly say that they're simply giving away the drivers. Binary or not, I paid for a graphics card that works. It's not charity on nVidia's part. Releasing the source code, however, would be charity.
While this will probably end up so far down as this article has been commented on to death, here's my rant...
This is an excellent opportunity for the Linux community to let Red Hat grow where it needs. Red Hat needs its space to grow for the enterprise market. That's what this announcement seems to boil down to in my eyes. They are not going to over-emphasize those things that desktop users need.
However, there are distributions that will. Mandrake and SuSE come to mind. No one is to say that Red Hat won't reenter the desktop market, but there has to be some need to do so. If SuSE or Mandrake are gaining great marketshare on the desktop, Red Hat will reevaluate it's position on the desktop market.
Furthermore, using desktop-centric distributions for desktop needs means that desktop needs will become a development focus of, say, SuSE or Mandrake.
Of course, that's all assuming that we actually pay for software!
It seems that I remember that Enlightenment had a feature like expose back in the day. Has that been squashed in more recent versions?
No, no. You are confused. Sun is bad on Fridays!
While I can't find the URL, and I haven't used Blogger since 2001, I remember them making a big deal that you own the things that you right and that Blogger does not take ownership of the material on their blogs.
The nice thing about the commercial is that it's advertising an ideology. It's going to be hard for Microsoft to come back with something that says. "Sharing information is bad. Building community is wrong." Unlike they did with their We Have the Way Out campaign which was mostly aimed at Sun, what with the purple paint and all. In the end, it's advantageous to IBM as well: use Linux, promote open exchange of information, make our lives and yours a hell of a lot easier in the end. I'd say that IBM has pulled a good trick out of the old hat this time.
When I was in high school the programming that we did was all done by telnetting into a Linux box and using GCC. This proved to be cheaper for the school district in terms of licenses for compilers (zero cost). This way we were able to keep the costs for computer science courses separate from the costs for maintaining a computer lab. Also, using Linux (and before that some form of UNIX) for computer science put me lightyears ahead of those who had never touched the command line in introductory college CS courses.
http://www.vote-smart.org
Click on "Voting Records" ->State -> Your Senator -> Telecommunications 1998 -> "DMCA Passage"
The vote was unanimous, though
But from what I understand, you release the source code WITH the product, period.
But the GPL gives users the right to redistribute that source code in any way that they deem useful. Signing a non-disclosure agreement is the violation of the GPL, because these beta testers can't redistribute the source.
Another great place is the LinuxMall. Go to http://www.linuxmall.com/specials/FreeCD and read up on it. Basically, they're $1.89 plush S&H and they have a few programs that allow you to get discounts by buying osmething like 6 distros at a time or I think if you buy $11(say a Linux t-shirt) from them you can get one of these CDs thrown in for free with your order!
Of course there's the waiting period until the 6.1 CDs are made, but a great buy none-the-less.