It's going to get to 3 eventually, but they are going to cut the claims down gradually. I read TFA but I'll shamelessly post this excerpt from AC's above post:
"The first reduction will follow claim construction. Within SEVEN DAYS after the finalized claim construction order issues, Oracle shall narrow its patent infringement case to 40 asserted claims. Within SEVEN DAYS after that, Google shall narrow its invalidity case to 120 prior art references."
"The second reduction will follow expert disclosures. By AUGUST 24 (five days after reply expert reports must be served), Oracle shall narrow its patent infringement case to 20 asserted claims. By AUGUST 29 (five days later), Google shall narrow its invalidity case to 60 prior art references."
"The third reduction will follow summary judgment. Between the date on which the summary-judgment order issues and the final pretrial conference, Oracle shall select no more than three asserted claims and Google shall select no more than eight prior art references for trial. All others will be forsaken."
Ah, I didn't think your comment made much sense, but now that I've read the context, I see the problem. I wasn't the one that suggested that Apple were going this direction, I just pointed out that MS have always actually been more open than Apple with regards to letting you do what you want with your personal computing devices.
There is Xbox, but I don't really count that since consoles have traditionally been a locked down market, whereas before the iPhone, you could do whatever the hell you wanted with your smartphone.
I'm not taking anything for granted. I don't even run OSX. I just don't see how the ability to download OSX on the App Store rather than buying a disc has any bearing at all on closed vs open. Ubuntu is extremely open, and yet I can also upgrade my distro without having to burn a disc.
I did actually start setting up an "Open xchange" server until it became apparent that the instant mobile email synching on Exchange 2003 would be really useful for our sales team (some already had Blackberries, but they're awful, and I hadn't given in to installing BES back then, not sure if the free version was available at the time).
I just meant that it's the standard "single sign in" deal in a Windows domain. You can actually register Linux machines on Active Directory though. I think you can even set things up so that you can log into Linux with your Windows domain account if you set up Kerberos or somesuch, but seeing as it's only me that uses Linux at work, there's not much point.
Well, the Exchange server is ticking along fine, and I'm not as fanatically ideological as I used to be, but I think I will look into some alternatives again this year. Have been wanting to upgrade recently since Exchange 2003 has a 70GB limit per Exchange DB (of which we only have licenses for one, which is meant to do maybe 70 email users right now, and growing), and that's absurdly low these days.
IIRC, Sony removed OtherOS after GeoHot announced he was working on cracking the PS3.
Sony first removed hardware emulation to cut back on hardware costs (to help turn a profit). I'm guessing they then removed software emulation to cut back on software development costs.
Yes, I'm slowly coming round to the general consensus..
What servers does it work on? At the time that I set up Exchange 2003, no open source equivalents were available. I wouldn't mind switching again if something good were available, but compared to our other business costs, Exchange server is pretty minor really.. and any OSS servers tend to charge for the good stuff too.
Evolution "works" with Exchange. It used to work fine with Exchange but bomb out from time to time when I tried to use the search function. Now the search function is solid, but I occasionally lose connection with no notification other than a lack of emails. Then I have to force close Evolution before I can re-open it. Perhaps I shouldn't be using the version from the Ubuntu repos..
What OS and email server do they use at your work? In our setup, Outlook/Exchange just use standard Windows NTLM authentication, so to change your password you just change your domain password (ctrl-alt-delete, Change Password).
Well, I like Exchange because of the DirectPUSH functionality which means our employees can get their mail immediately on WinMobile/iOS/Android, no need for a CrackBerry (RIM make awful, awful software). Unfortunately I haven't yet found a Linux email client that works reliably with Exchange, which is why I mention Outlook. Evolution is fine a lot of the time, but then randomly loses connection occasionally without notifying you, so you end up missing emails. If there was a truly reliable and free Exchange client for Linux, there would be real potential to move a lot of our basic office and offshore workers to Linux and avoid a whole heap of licensing costs..
I've already lost functionality (OtherOS) and had my CC number potentially compromised (I just cancelled it and had a new one sent out). I already have my PS3 though so I'm not going to do anything about it right now. With the OtherOS thing, they were just trying to (foolishly) protect themselves from GeoHot, and them being hacked is hardly malicious either. I will suck it up as long as I feel that the benefits of their hardware and games outweigh the negatives of their bumbling. Sony make great hardware, but they could really do with hiring people who actually know something about software.
I already got over some of my hatred for MS and bought an Xbox 360 last year, I may just not buy the PS4 when it comes out (though I enjoy Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet, and don't like Halo or Gears of War.. Limbo is the only Xbox exclusive I've really enjoyed so far). Then again, I do indeed hope that Sony have the capability to learn and improve, just as MS have slowly been doing over the last decade.
Well, anyone who actually cares about using OSS either wouldn't have bought an iPhone in the first place, or would jailbreak it.
I don't really care one way or the other, I'm never going to own an iOS device. If people want to fuck themselves over like that, they're free to do so.
Yeah, I was never one for running the software that comes on music CDs, and I had autorun disabled anyway, so I didn't fall victim to it even if I have one of the infected disks somewhere..
I have the same issue with MS, apart from Outlook/Exchange and I guess Excel. Also the first Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick was awesome (though the second was shit due to lack of buttons).
Microsoft have a history of being evil, but they have never actually stopped people running any software they want on their PCs. In fact, that's a lot of the problem with Windows.
Sure, I want to be able to install my own software without having to jailbreak/hack/crack/whatever my devices... But I'm in the minority these days.
It's not that people are begging for it, it's just that a lot of people are not that bothered. When they do get bothered, and if they have the guts to void their warranty or risk bricking their device, they jailbreak it.
Having an app store has nothing to do with being locked down. I'm pretty sure Ubuntu had its "Software Centre" before the iPhone came out. Steam definitely existed long before iOS. You can still install other stuff if you want. Android has an official app market, but still lets you install other stuff if you want. MS will have to still let people install their own software - there isn't really any way around it. BlackBerry seem to love their DRM so I wouldn't be surprised if they go the Apple route.
Anyway, I've always loved Steam, and the Software Center in Ubuntu, and I'm glad that more companies are seeing the merit in digital distribution. Still not going to buy another Mac for a long time (I grew up with them and loved them, but I tried an MBP around 2009 and it sucked big time - hot and noisy as hell if you actually tried using it for anything serious).
List of Open Source VOIP Software. Feel free to verify or modify the source to your liking. I think Ekiga sounds like a nice starting point, though I don't know how secure it is. It even supports calls to normal phones, so it seems I was wrong about that being a massive barrier.
Personally I don't care about trustworthiness or security in voice/video chat, since I've only ever used it for chatting to friends. For business use then being assured of confidentiality is more important of course.
What's so hard to achieve? One iOS app, one Android app, sorted for the majority of smartphone users. I think the real barrier to a true OSS competitor would be setting up servers and doing deals to allow calls to normal phone networks.
Yep, uPNP sucks. Even just playing back from media on the device sucks, the browser is awful. It's not so bad when using attached storage with your own folder structure, but still not great.
I've switched to mostly using Spotify for music now, though there is no PS3 client. There is a LoveFilm streaming client on PS3, which caused me to start a LoveFilm subscription, but I haven't even been able to access that with the recent PSN outage and switched to using my Xoom instead now that it's got full Flash 10.2. I think Sony should be providing more than just one month of free PSN plus after all the recent BS.
Whoever mines the fuel should own it, assuming that nobody really owns land on the moon yet. The US probably have some claim to their landing zone, but it's a bit tenuous considering they haven't been back for 40 years. I think whoever actually colonises it should stake their claim at the time (it's not like they'll be able to claim the whole Moon at first, they won't have enough people and resources), and until then it's a free for all.
Some of what they said what accurate, but only mixed with half truths and closed minded thinking. Not all PS3 hackers want access to the RSX to "pirate games". I'd love to be able to use my PS3 as a PS2 emulator for example, with otherOS++ I suspect this may be possible now. I have PS2 discs that I bought legally. However I can't be assed installing non-authorised ROMs because I actually like having access to PSN (not that I've had any for the last couple of weeks anyway.
If you think the hack was by Anonymous, you're an idiot. Do you also think that all spam and viruses are created by Anonymous? There are plenty of hackers out there who are just in it for the money, Anonymous are not. For one thing, who would you even know to give the money to if everyone is anonymous?
You could say the PS3s have "hardware rootkits", but these have now been broken, otherwise otherOS++ would not be possible.
I think Sony make some good products. I think people like to blow the CD rootkit thing out of proportion in relation to the PS3 considering it was by a different branch of Sony. The guy who launched the PS3 was a great guy, even including other OS, etc. But, ever since he was replaced and they removed OtherOS, and especially with the PSN being hacked, I've lost a lot of respect for Sony. Having said that, I still enjoy my PS3.
If Sony do keep shitting all over us, I might actually just decide not to get a PS4 though. I really didn't expect that I'd ever choose a Microsoft product over any other, but if the only serious gaming choice is between Windows (and potentially OSX), PS and Xbox, I might end up going Xbox.
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The release date was always just "when it's done" before.
It would appear that the judge knows fine that they're just trolling, and has acted accordingly.
It's going to get to 3 eventually, but they are going to cut the claims down gradually. I read TFA but I'll shamelessly post this excerpt from AC's above post:
"The first reduction will follow claim construction. Within SEVEN DAYS after the finalized claim construction order issues, Oracle shall narrow its patent infringement case to 40 asserted claims. Within SEVEN DAYS after that, Google shall narrow its invalidity case to 120 prior art references."
"The second reduction will follow expert disclosures. By AUGUST 24 (five days after reply expert reports must be served), Oracle shall narrow its patent infringement case to 20 asserted claims. By AUGUST 29 (five days later), Google shall narrow its invalidity case to 60 prior art references."
"The third reduction will follow summary judgment. Between the date on which the summary-judgment order issues and the final pretrial conference, Oracle shall select no more than three asserted claims and Google shall select no more than eight prior art references for trial. All others will be forsaken."
Ah, I didn't think your comment made much sense, but now that I've read the context, I see the problem. I wasn't the one that suggested that Apple were going this direction, I just pointed out that MS have always actually been more open than Apple with regards to letting you do what you want with your personal computing devices.
There is Xbox, but I don't really count that since consoles have traditionally been a locked down market, whereas before the iPhone, you could do whatever the hell you wanted with your smartphone.
I'm not taking anything for granted. I don't even run OSX. I just don't see how the ability to download OSX on the App Store rather than buying a disc has any bearing at all on closed vs open. Ubuntu is extremely open, and yet I can also upgrade my distro without having to burn a disc.
Ahem.
Hint: try scrolling down. It's probably already in the repository for your distro if you use Linux.
I did actually start setting up an "Open xchange" server until it became apparent that the instant mobile email synching on Exchange 2003 would be really useful for our sales team (some already had Blackberries, but they're awful, and I hadn't given in to installing BES back then, not sure if the free version was available at the time).
I just meant that it's the standard "single sign in" deal in a Windows domain. You can actually register Linux machines on Active Directory though. I think you can even set things up so that you can log into Linux with your Windows domain account if you set up Kerberos or somesuch, but seeing as it's only me that uses Linux at work, there's not much point.
Well, the Exchange server is ticking along fine, and I'm not as fanatically ideological as I used to be, but I think I will look into some alternatives again this year. Have been wanting to upgrade recently since Exchange 2003 has a 70GB limit per Exchange DB (of which we only have licenses for one, which is meant to do maybe 70 email users right now, and growing), and that's absurdly low these days.
IIRC, Sony removed OtherOS after GeoHot announced he was working on cracking the PS3.
Sony first removed hardware emulation to cut back on hardware costs (to help turn a profit). I'm guessing they then removed software emulation to cut back on software development costs.
Yes, I'm slowly coming round to the general consensus..
If your house is holding many people's credit card details, and more, in a supposedly secure fashion, then it makes you look a bit more than foolish.
What servers does it work on? At the time that I set up Exchange 2003, no open source equivalents were available. I wouldn't mind switching again if something good were available, but compared to our other business costs, Exchange server is pretty minor really.. and any OSS servers tend to charge for the good stuff too.
Evolution "works" with Exchange. It used to work fine with Exchange but bomb out from time to time when I tried to use the search function. Now the search function is solid, but I occasionally lose connection with no notification other than a lack of emails. Then I have to force close Evolution before I can re-open it. Perhaps I shouldn't be using the version from the Ubuntu repos..
Are you also not keeping it up to date? It's the combination that makes it really bad.
What OS and email server do they use at your work? In our setup, Outlook/Exchange just use standard Windows NTLM authentication, so to change your password you just change your domain password (ctrl-alt-delete, Change Password).
Well, I like Exchange because of the DirectPUSH functionality which means our employees can get their mail immediately on WinMobile/iOS/Android, no need for a CrackBerry (RIM make awful, awful software). Unfortunately I haven't yet found a Linux email client that works reliably with Exchange, which is why I mention Outlook. Evolution is fine a lot of the time, but then randomly loses connection occasionally without notifying you, so you end up missing emails. If there was a truly reliable and free Exchange client for Linux, there would be real potential to move a lot of our basic office and offshore workers to Linux and avoid a whole heap of licensing costs..
I've already lost functionality (OtherOS) and had my CC number potentially compromised (I just cancelled it and had a new one sent out). I already have my PS3 though so I'm not going to do anything about it right now. With the OtherOS thing, they were just trying to (foolishly) protect themselves from GeoHot, and them being hacked is hardly malicious either. I will suck it up as long as I feel that the benefits of their hardware and games outweigh the negatives of their bumbling. Sony make great hardware, but they could really do with hiring people who actually know something about software.
I already got over some of my hatred for MS and bought an Xbox 360 last year, I may just not buy the PS4 when it comes out (though I enjoy Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet, and don't like Halo or Gears of War.. Limbo is the only Xbox exclusive I've really enjoyed so far). Then again, I do indeed hope that Sony have the capability to learn and improve, just as MS have slowly been doing over the last decade.
Well, anyone who actually cares about using OSS either wouldn't have bought an iPhone in the first place, or would jailbreak it.
I don't really care one way or the other, I'm never going to own an iOS device. If people want to fuck themselves over like that, they're free to do so.
Yeah, I was never one for running the software that comes on music CDs, and I had autorun disabled anyway, so I didn't fall victim to it even if I have one of the infected disks somewhere..
I have the same issue with MS, apart from Outlook/Exchange and I guess Excel. Also the first Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick was awesome (though the second was shit due to lack of buttons).
Then people would stick with Windows 7 forever.
Microsoft have a history of being evil, but they have never actually stopped people running any software they want on their PCs. In fact, that's a lot of the problem with Windows.
Please explain this, or are you just trolling?
Sure, I want to be able to install my own software without having to jailbreak/hack/crack/whatever my devices... But I'm in the minority these days.
It's not that people are begging for it, it's just that a lot of people are not that bothered. When they do get bothered, and if they have the guts to void their warranty or risk bricking their device, they jailbreak it.
Having an app store has nothing to do with being locked down. I'm pretty sure Ubuntu had its "Software Centre" before the iPhone came out. Steam definitely existed long before iOS. You can still install other stuff if you want. Android has an official app market, but still lets you install other stuff if you want. MS will have to still let people install their own software - there isn't really any way around it. BlackBerry seem to love their DRM so I wouldn't be surprised if they go the Apple route.
Anyway, I've always loved Steam, and the Software Center in Ubuntu, and I'm glad that more companies are seeing the merit in digital distribution. Still not going to buy another Mac for a long time (I grew up with them and loved them, but I tried an MBP around 2009 and it sucked big time - hot and noisy as hell if you actually tried using it for anything serious).
List of Open Source VOIP Software. Feel free to verify or modify the source to your liking. I think Ekiga sounds like a nice starting point, though I don't know how secure it is. It even supports calls to normal phones, so it seems I was wrong about that being a massive barrier.
Personally I don't care about trustworthiness or security in voice/video chat, since I've only ever used it for chatting to friends. For business use then being assured of confidentiality is more important of course.
What's so hard to achieve? One iOS app, one Android app, sorted for the majority of smartphone users. I think the real barrier to a true OSS competitor would be setting up servers and doing deals to allow calls to normal phone networks.
Yep, uPNP sucks. Even just playing back from media on the device sucks, the browser is awful. It's not so bad when using attached storage with your own folder structure, but still not great.
I've switched to mostly using Spotify for music now, though there is no PS3 client. There is a LoveFilm streaming client on PS3, which caused me to start a LoveFilm subscription, but I haven't even been able to access that with the recent PSN outage and switched to using my Xoom instead now that it's got full Flash 10.2. I think Sony should be providing more than just one month of free PSN plus after all the recent BS.
Whoever mines the fuel should own it, assuming that nobody really owns land on the moon yet. The US probably have some claim to their landing zone, but it's a bit tenuous considering they haven't been back for 40 years. I think whoever actually colonises it should stake their claim at the time (it's not like they'll be able to claim the whole Moon at first, they won't have enough people and resources), and until then it's a free for all.
Another fine example of a well balanced mind at work. Thankyou for demonstrating what I was talking about.
Some of what they said what accurate, but only mixed with half truths and closed minded thinking. Not all PS3 hackers want access to the RSX to "pirate games". I'd love to be able to use my PS3 as a PS2 emulator for example, with otherOS++ I suspect this may be possible now. I have PS2 discs that I bought legally. However I can't be assed installing non-authorised ROMs because I actually like having access to PSN (not that I've had any for the last couple of weeks anyway.
If you think the hack was by Anonymous, you're an idiot. Do you also think that all spam and viruses are created by Anonymous? There are plenty of hackers out there who are just in it for the money, Anonymous are not. For one thing, who would you even know to give the money to if everyone is anonymous?
You could say the PS3s have "hardware rootkits", but these have now been broken, otherwise otherOS++ would not be possible.
I think Sony make some good products. I think people like to blow the CD rootkit thing out of proportion in relation to the PS3 considering it was by a different branch of Sony. The guy who launched the PS3 was a great guy, even including other OS, etc. But, ever since he was replaced and they removed OtherOS, and especially with the PSN being hacked, I've lost a lot of respect for Sony. Having said that, I still enjoy my PS3.
If Sony do keep shitting all over us, I might actually just decide not to get a PS4 though. I really didn't expect that I'd ever choose a Microsoft product over any other, but if the only serious gaming choice is between Windows (and potentially OSX), PS and Xbox, I might end up going Xbox.