Look at Germany. We basically leveled the country, then the Russians decided they wanted to cut it in half. Did it actually solve any problem?
It certainly rid Europe of the Nazis.
BTW, perhaps your history class neglected to mention this when discussing the period. But that would complicate the "the Russians were the ones who wanted to divide Germany" story that such classes (at least in US schools) like to tell.
Well, it's really China's imperative to do something about the monsters that they create.
Actually, it was the other way round. Kim-Il Sung took power in what was then the Soviet zone, and gave the Chinese Communists refuge across the border, gave them supplies, and contributed troops as well. This is one of the reasons Mao gave his full backing (including the promise of troops) to Kim's invasion of the South a couple of years later.
I fail to see why my rights as a US citizen are disregarded by US intelligence agencies operating overseas. And then there's my family in the US, whose rights are violated every time they communicate with me, or I with them.
And before you start giving me any fast talk about borders and jurisdiction, please bear in mind that I remain liable for US taxes no matter where I live. So, in effect, I'm supposed to pay for these violations of my rights, and those of my family. Nice, huh.
No, it's because both CentOS and Oracle use only the code, which is GPL, and thus their use of it is already covered by the same license which covers Red Hat's use of it. Neither party uses any Red Hat trademarks or IP, so there's nothing left for Red Hat to license.
...a multicultural, diverse, heterogeneous, large (100-200 million+) nation...
That's not a nation you're describing, but rather an empire, which history has shown us tends to be a wellspring of neither political nor economic justice.
The politics at Debian do not interest me much, but I did spend a few hours using Ubuntu several years ago, could honestly not see what all the excitement was about (in fact, I found it clumsy and generally painful to use). Went right back to openSUSE, where I remain today. (CentOS for servers.)
Authoritarian, yes. Totalitarian, no. Words mean things, and these two things are not the same thing at all.
Not sure what you mean by "sanitised". I think you are picking at a nit that doesn't really exist---a bit like that poster who got bent out of shape a few days ago over some imaginary political implications of using "The Ukraine" vs "Ukraine" as if the former hadn't been the norm for centuries in English usage up until about 20 years ago.
Not only that, but he didn't merely download the files, but republished some of the material on his own website. Even in the U.S. that can lead to big fines or lawsuits for copyright infringement.
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I already have one, but thanks just the same.
Look at Germany. We basically leveled the country, then the Russians decided they wanted to cut it in half. Did it actually solve any problem?
It certainly rid Europe of the Nazis.
BTW, perhaps your history class neglected to mention this when discussing the period. But that would complicate the "the Russians were the ones who wanted to divide Germany" story that such classes (at least in US schools) like to tell.
That's "bogart", as in "Humphrey", Grasshopper.
North Koeans are required to worship their leaders as gods. There is nothing Atheistic about that.
Looks familiar .
TFTFY.
Well, it's really China's imperative to do something about the monsters that they create.
Actually, it was the other way round. Kim-Il Sung took power in what was then the Soviet zone, and gave the Chinese Communists refuge across the border, gave them supplies, and contributed troops as well. This is one of the reasons Mao gave his full backing (including the promise of troops) to Kim's invasion of the South a couple of years later.
North Korea is already known to have substantial mineral deposits.
And if they remained anonymous, you'd call them cowards?
I fail to see why my rights as a US citizen are disregarded by US intelligence agencies operating overseas. And then there's my family in the US, whose rights are violated every time they communicate with me, or I with them.
And before you start giving me any fast talk about borders and jurisdiction, please bear in mind that I remain liable for US taxes no matter where I live. So, in effect, I'm supposed to pay for these violations of my rights, and those of my family. Nice, huh.
Your example of the Soviet Union is specious.
Mkay. Whyzat?
Being forced to vote for the Communist party is simply window dressing on a dictatorship.
Which was precisely Opportunist's point. So, no, not specious at all.
You don't seriously believe the two cases have anything substantial in common, yet you invite us to do so.
very little new customers out there.
The customers are all 3 inches tall, or what?
Whence comes this bizarre aversion which Americans seem to have developed to the words "few" and "fewer" recently?
If you don't like Wikimedia's choices, you are absolutely free start your own Wikimedia. With blackjack. And hookers.
No, it's because both CentOS and Oracle use only the code, which is GPL, and thus their use of it is already covered by the same license which covers Red Hat's use of it. Neither party uses any Red Hat trademarks or IP, so there's nothing left for Red Hat to license.
Or if you're looking for a live image to play with...
God told him to write it (or so he says).
Enemies everywhere, I see.
You must either take a lot of sleeping pills or watch a lot of late-night TV.
Hey, look, everybody! It's our old friend Fjord Fairlane!
If you're going to try to move the goalposts like that, Thin White Duke, you'll have to do better than a link to the Daily Ruse.
It's also true that not even all American Slashdotters live in the US. People move around and stuff.
...a multicultural, diverse, heterogeneous, large (100-200 million+) nation...
That's not a nation you're describing, but rather an empire, which history has shown us tends to be a wellspring of neither political nor economic justice.
While communicating with the US, choose Cisco. While communicating with China, choose Huawei.
Do it the other way round. That'll keep everybody extremely honest.
And you are certainly not a member of the Spanish Inquisition. Count yourself even.
Apparently the Grey Men have mod points today. What a pity.
Shame on the fanboi who modded you off-topic.
The politics at Debian do not interest me much, but I did spend a few hours using Ubuntu several years ago, could honestly not see what all the excitement was about (in fact, I found it clumsy and generally painful to use). Went right back to openSUSE, where I remain today. (CentOS for servers.)
Authoritarian, yes. Totalitarian, no. Words mean things, and these two things are not the same thing at all.
Not sure what you mean by "sanitised". I think you are picking at a nit that doesn't really exist---a bit like that poster who got bent out of shape a few days ago over some imaginary political implications of using "The Ukraine" vs "Ukraine" as if the former hadn't been the norm for centuries in English usage up until about 20 years ago.
Not only that, but he didn't merely download the files, but republished some of the material on his own website. Even in the U.S. that can lead to big fines or lawsuits for copyright infringement.
Except that, in the US, most if not all works created by the Federal Government or its agents are automatically placed in the public domain.