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Now lets see, how many stupid comments did you make here.
list of features...what list of features, all I've see are a few hand picked features out of over 100. Perhaps you should actually watch the keynote and get a clue.
You can buy OEM....yes you can, and Microsoft could turn around and tell you they don't support your copy as OEM copies come with computers and are not for seperate sale.
You can buy...Windows XP. Oh and does that work natively on a Mac.
Windows XP for $99... that will be the home version, the one that you're not allowed to use as a web server or a terminal server, or any type of server that isn't a file and print server (hint read the EULA). A cut down version of a more expensive 2 year old OS.
Windows XP for $99. And how much did it cost on the day of release before M$ realised no one wanted it.
$1 per recording every 5 years. I think that that would stack up to a large amount of money.
Think about this, how many of those works of art are actually
available after 5 years. There are DVD's that are no longer in print and they've hardly been available for more than 5 years. Copyrights are not much use for the artist if no one can buy their work, not much use to a publisher to hold on to the copyrights for 200 years just in case. If a publishing company no longer thinks they can make money on a artists recordings wouldn't it be a good idea to either let it lapse or give the artist copyright back to their work so they can find a publisher that can. I sure most artists wouldn't mind paying a dollar to keep the rights to their work as its going to add up to a lot less than a publisher's fees would.
It's called OLAP or multidimensional analysis and its been here for a long time, thing is hardly anyone uses it. Various figure suggest 90% of Business analysists have never used OLAP tools to any degree.
As someone who spends to much time using Cognos' stuff and BusinessObjects, the one thing I can tell these things lack is decent charting. Excel has them both beat here and in the end its charts the bosses look at not the tables.
Multi-byte integers are serialized in the byte-order of the topmost packet. Little-endian is the default byte-order; however big-endian byte order can be selected for those who want it.
What so now I have to guess byte order? Why don't people just stick to network order? Is there an OS out there that doesn't have a ntohl equivalent!
After finding the relevelant section, its still all a bit muddy especially the claim that sockets are okay unless "the semantics of the communication are intimate enough". I guess thats an attempt at stopping 'local' rpc an easy way to work around the GPL e.g. rewrite dlcompat as a server.
Hey AC I've read the GPL (and released software under it) and it does not define a "derived work", and as far as I'm aware a FAQ is not a legal document and the one on the GNU website also fails to define a derived work except informing a reader it believes that subclassing is included.
Perhaps you should read the post I was replying too. Especially this bit...
When you link dynamically... you are effectively including the code when you run the program.
A statement I totally disproved.
Doesn't matter. What matters is the library the author coded against
So if I engineer a library so my library is binary compatable with a GPL'd one but non functional, and compile against my program against my program would not be GPL'd ?
Come to think of it, I believe that for Linux, GCC's default setting is to allow for missing symbols, so I wouldn't have to go that far I can just use the API, and not link any library in at all.
The GPL doesn't require that a program which just runs another GPLd program is licensed under the GPL. Pipes are O.K., too, as long as you don't try to circumvent the GPL and use interna of the GPLd program at runtime
How is piping any different to dynamically loading a library image at run time? Both ways I'm passing data to it at run time, letting it process data and retriving the results.
I haven't modified the GPL'd code. nor have I linked against the library at compile time, and a different library could be used at run time.
To me this means I can use libdl with abandon.
When you link dynamically... you are effectively including the code when you run the program.
No you're not though, the program could be linking in a different library at run time to the one it was coded against. Take wine as an example, if you run a program compiled against a M$ dll, kernel32.dll for example, but it runs against the wine equivalent.
Are all windows programs now covered by the LGPL,
which IIRC is Wines licence) because they could potentially link in Wine libraries?
Now if Wine had been GPL instead of LGLP would have have ment that all windows programs under through Wine would then become GPL?
What if you use piping? Can a program pipe through a GPL program without being absorbed by the GPL licence?
Now do you see why this matter needs to be tidied up?
So when you, want to open that DRM protected document or play that DRM proctected game with its DRM protected soundtrack and DRM protected graphics, just how are you going to be able to choose to switch of your DRM OS.
Peets said the SID would be helpful in two ways. "First, it would be easier to identify illegitimate products -- CDs that don't have a code would raise a red flag. Second, would be easier to trace the source if each code is linked to the plant where it was made."
So these illegal discs which have no SID can be traced to their source using the SID they do not have.
If Windows is all that bad, how come Windows NT is voted the most productive Java development environment on
multiple occasions?
Because most of the people who voted only ever used NT.
Becasue most of the people who voted have no clue that the Java programmed IDE they use will run on other OS's.
I could continue but I thnik you should be getting the idea by now.
ermm....Hello...did you read what you answered too. If files store the MIME type, then your files get opened by what ever application your setup has associated with your MIME type. Note the magic words MIME type. A realplayer file would be something like audio/x-pn-realaudio, a RPM would be something like application/rpm perhaps even you could set up appropriate applications for those.
If they store the prefered application then, well if the files an RPM and it opens in realplayer you're either getting the files from an idiot or what you think is an RPM is a realplayer file.
The chances are the application creating the file set the prefered app for viewing it which means the prefered app will be a suitable application even if its one you do not have. If you haven't got it then it should fall back to the MIME setting.
Get a copy of BeOS and see it in action, then critise the MIME / prefered application setup once you've got a clue.
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Now lets see, how many stupid comments did you make here.
list of features...what list of features, all I've see are a few hand picked features out of over 100. Perhaps you should actually watch the keynote and get a clue.
You can buy OEM....yes you can, and Microsoft could turn around and tell you they don't support your copy as OEM copies come with computers and are not for seperate sale.
You can buy...Windows XP. Oh and does that work natively on a Mac.
Windows XP for $99... that will be the home version, the one that you're not allowed to use as a web server or a terminal server, or any type of server that isn't a file and print server (hint read the EULA). A cut down version of a more expensive 2 year old OS.
Windows XP for $99. And how much did it cost on the day of release before M$ realised no one wanted it.
I'll stick with $129 Thankyou!
Think about this, how many of those works of art are actually available after 5 years. There are DVD's that are no longer in print and they've hardly been available for more than 5 years. Copyrights are not much use for the artist if no one can buy their work, not much use to a publisher to hold on to the copyrights for 200 years just in case. If a publishing company no longer thinks they can make money on a artists recordings wouldn't it be a good idea to either let it lapse or give the artist copyright back to their work so they can find a publisher that can. I sure most artists wouldn't mind paying a dollar to keep the rights to their work as its going to add up to a lot less than a publisher's fees would.
It's called OLAP or multidimensional analysis and its been here for a long time, thing is hardly anyone uses it. Various figure suggest 90% of Business analysists have never used OLAP tools to any degree.
As someone who spends to much time using Cognos' stuff and BusinessObjects, the one thing I can tell these things lack is decent charting. Excel has them both beat here and in the end its charts the bosses look at not the tables.
Multi-byte integers are serialized in the byte-order of the topmost packet. Little-endian is the default byte-order; however big-endian byte order can be selected for those who want it.
What so now I have to guess byte order? Why don't people just stick to network order?
Is there an OS out there that doesn't have a ntohl equivalent!
Actually its more like putting the EULA on two sides of a page, but having the signature area on the first page.
After finding the relevelant section, its still all a bit muddy especially the claim that sockets are okay unless "the semantics of the communication are intimate enough". I guess thats an attempt at stopping 'local' rpc an easy way to work around the GPL e.g. rewrite dlcompat as a server.
Hey AC I've read the GPL (and released software under it) and it does not define a "derived work", and as far as I'm aware a FAQ is not a legal document and the one on the GNU website also fails to define a derived work except informing a reader it believes that subclassing is included.
Perhaps you should read the post I was replying too. Especially this bit...
When you link dynamically... you are effectively including the code when you run the program.
A statement I totally disproved.
Doesn't matter. What matters is the library the author coded against
So if I engineer a library so my library is binary compatable with a GPL'd one but non functional, and compile against my program against my program would not be GPL'd ?
Come to think of it, I believe that for Linux, GCC's default setting is to allow for missing symbols, so I wouldn't have to go that far I can just use the API, and not link any library in at all.
The GPL doesn't require that a program which just runs another GPLd program is licensed under the GPL. Pipes are O.K., too, as long as you don't try to circumvent the GPL and use interna of the GPLd program at runtime
How is piping any different to dynamically loading a library image at run time? Both ways I'm passing data to it at run time, letting it process data and retriving the results.
I haven't modified the GPL'd code. nor have I linked against the library at compile time, and a different library could be used at run time.
To me this means I can use libdl with abandon.
Remember to pick up a copy of Wings3d from
www.wings3d.com for a great little free subdivision modeller.
To put it simply.
Renderman is a specification for an API for a Renderer. I bit like a scene description language.
Photorealistic Renderman is Pixar's Renderer with follows the Renderman API it is often call Renderman by people who should know better.
Just type renderman into google to find loads of links
Be Inc was a company, and could be sued. Although Be probably would have won the law suit the cost of fighting it would have took them under.
So when you, want to open that DRM protected document or play that DRM proctected game with its DRM protected soundtrack and DRM protected graphics, just how are you going to be able to choose to switch of your DRM OS.
$29 for a GUI for zip....You could knock one up in VB in 5 minutes so I'd say yes it is to expensive.
And why does anyone pirate WinZip anyway, its not like the thing stops working is it.
Hard to believe but true, you wouldn't believe the poor quality prints we get in the UK.
You missed this part of the quote...
"... except no one actually believes this to be enforceable, if I distribute my source code rather than binaries. "
There's no way you can enforce the GPL if you distribute source that says
#include "kernal.h"
because you can't prove the header is GPL'd source unless its included in the distribution.
But it increases the sales figures, you know the ones they show when getting software produces to create exclusive software, which sells more XBox's.
Vorbis files decode to the exact same length as the original data.
As far as Q2 goes Fred can do number 1 but it doesn't fulfill Fred's obligation regarding his modified version of Joans code.
And the question asked which of the options fulfilled Fred's GPL obligations.
To quote the article.
Peets said the SID would be helpful in two ways. "First, it would be easier to identify illegitimate products -- CDs that don't have a code would raise a red flag. Second, would be easier to trace the source if each code is linked to the plant where it was made."
So these illegal discs which have no SID can be traced to their source using the SID they do not have.
Can I have some of that crack please.
If Windows is all that bad, how come Windows NT is voted the most productive Java development environment on multiple occasions?
Because most of the people who voted only ever used NT.
Becasue most of the people who voted have no clue that the Java programmed IDE they use will run on other OS's.
I could continue but I thnik you should be getting the idea by now.
Everyone with Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 get the SVG plugin installed as a freebie, so more people have it than people who downloaded it from the
webpage.
ermm....Hello...did you read what you answered too. If files store the MIME type, then your files get opened by what ever application your setup has associated with your MIME type. Note the magic words MIME type. A realplayer file would be something like audio/x-pn-realaudio, a RPM would be something like application/rpm perhaps even you could set up appropriate applications for those.
If they store the prefered application then, well if the files an RPM and it opens in realplayer you're either getting the files from an idiot or what you think is an RPM is a realplayer file.
The chances are the application creating the file set the prefered app for viewing it which means the prefered app will be a suitable application even if its one you do not have. If you haven't got it then it should fall back to the MIME setting.
Get a copy of BeOS and see it in action, then critise the MIME / prefered application setup once you've got a clue.
Tell me about it, that message delayed my first posting to USENET by 4 years.
The number of platforms it will work on...
I've never tried Delphi, can you point me towards the versions for these OS's please...
Amiga V2.x/3.x
Apple OS9
Apple OSX
BeOS R5 (x86 and PPC)
BSDi
Free BSD
NetBSD
OpenBSD
HP-UX
AIX
SCO Open server
IRIX
Solaris
Taken from the platform list for REBOL/View