already notified Roche that if they cannot produict enough of the bird flu vaccine in the next few weeks, the government will also break the patent and allow generics to be produced by competitors. I don't have a link (picked it up on NPR).
The one piece of TFA I thought was interesting is the part about COM. I am new enough to Linux and open source so am not familiar with the desktop applications but is there a COM-type intereface with OOo and other desktop apps? Has anyone in FOSS mentioned and/or thought about it?
It seems if there is not one, there should be. After all, hundreds if not thousands of applications with the ability to be accessed programmatically would make open source even stronger.
BTW, I am not a troll and not a MS supporter. I stopped buying Windows and Win2K and expect to be 100% open source by the end of the year (4 servers, 3 desktops)
After reading about how the federal government cut the Army Corps of Engineers' budget regarding the New Orleans levies, it explains much on why NASA is less and less effective. Granted, NASA's budget cuts and politicians' interest has been falling for years but it seems in recent years there is much less funding as it supports no neocon cause. Funding for NASA won't help the causes of ID, abstinance, curbing abortion rights or giving tax breaks for the rich. Since it serves no useful purpose to any necon issues, it is slowly gutted.
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already notified Roche that if they cannot produict enough of the bird flu vaccine in the next few weeks, the government will also break the patent and allow generics to be produced by competitors. I don't have a link (picked it up on NPR).
The one piece of TFA I thought was interesting is the part about COM. I am new enough to Linux and open source so am not familiar with the desktop applications but is there a COM-type intereface with OOo and other desktop apps? Has anyone in FOSS mentioned and/or thought about it?
It seems if there is not one, there should be. After all, hundreds if not thousands of applications with the ability to be accessed programmatically would make open source even stronger.
BTW, I am not a troll and not a MS supporter. I stopped buying Windows and Win2K and expect to be 100% open source by the end of the year (4 servers, 3 desktops)
I wish you success in your endeavor. Hopefully this may slow down the RIAA from rolling over individual rights with big money and poltical clout.
he'll be a fine addition to the /. crowd/
After reading about how the federal government cut the Army Corps of Engineers' budget regarding the New Orleans levies, it explains much on why NASA is less and less effective. Granted, NASA's budget cuts and politicians' interest has been falling for years but it seems in recent years there is much less funding as it supports no neocon cause. Funding for NASA won't help the causes of ID, abstinance, curbing abortion rights or giving tax breaks for the rich. Since it serves no useful purpose to any necon issues, it is slowly gutted.
Will they be real scientists or ID scientists?