Only lame scumbags who don't care about their customers have this dilema. To normal human beings there would be no dilema, they would simply tell their customers the details of what happened, so the customers can take steps to protect themselves.
However people who don't give a fuck about their customers, probably have shitty security anyway and would be more worried about their own reputation/bottom line than their customers financial lives.
Frankly any one pondering this question is scum, die scum die!
The problem is most of these marketing douchebags don't understand the difference between running a linux webserver, file server, etc and linking an application with a GPL'd library or modifying a GPL program.
They try to implicate that just using linux anywhere in your company will force you to give everything you have away.
"What, mr. linux l33t haxor, you want copies all the documents I wrote in abiword, because abiword is GPL'd? Oh gosh, Evil Chairman Stallmann will have me banished to the gulag if I do not post my all my documents on the web, geez, guess you don't get anything for free afterall!"
It only crashes the X-server. Your "boxen" are safe. But it is sure a fun webpage. Go to mozilla's bugtraq and get a copy of it. Send it to your friends.
Then it sounds like they have what is known as an unsustainable business model. Fuck them. I was going to sign up for their subscription deal, because I would like to play some of the games I have for windows, but forget it.
These guys seems too much like Microsoft wannabee's. I'd prefer to keep my windows partition to boot into for games (devil you know sort of thing). At least I've already paid my microsoft tax, so I won't have to spend extra for my games.
I salute wine for disassociating themselves from transgaming.
A phone rings at an escort-service.... Slut #1, "oh shit! its those creepy, bearded BSD guys again!"
Slut #2, "oh no, they go on and on about the efficency of their TCP/IP stack! Like, get over it!"
Slut #3, "yeah, don't they know its all about driver support, sheesh!"
Slut #2, "apt-get rocks! Don't they know that???"
Slut #4, "yeah and they go on about how evil the GPL is, they're almost as bad as those microsoft freaks. Did you ever have to do Bill? uuuuhhg! They say some are showers, while others are growers, well he's neither!"
Besides, take a look at a lot of these source-forge projects. Many of them are the 99999th irq client, the 99999th attempt at a terminal emulator, the 9999th attempt to embed mozilla's gecko inside a small,clean interface, etc. These projects are often run by a single beginner programmer, re-implementing a commonplace application.
The internet and sourceforge makes these guys much more visible, but I don't think they should be counted when trying to describe how free software and open source projects work.
I don't mean to denigrate these guys or anything, but what (relative) newbies do should not be confused with what apache, Debian, linux kernel, or *BSD do.
Or maybe an interesting paper would be "Why some free software and open source projects fail" Something like that could help developers from making mistakes that damage the success of their work.
If I told you a shotgun blast to the side of your head would improve the sound you hear from your stereo would you let me pull the trigger? What morons!
What kind of gaybait douche-bag is thrilled over a HL update? They've never done me any favors. I've never suffered any of the bugs they're supposed to correct. And I have to fucking download 10-50meg downloads from random fucking websites! Shit I paid for this fucker, and I'm thrown off on-line gaming until I somehow download the patches from a 3rd party? What the fuck kind of customer support is that?
Too many fucking french canadians! they would be complaining about how broadcasting english songs were destroying their culture, and bann it. Fuck them bastards.
Clearly when it is a private organization that censors your news, its not censorship, its the free market of ideas. When a private company breaks down your door, it's not an invasion of privacy its protecting innovation! Clearly bad things are only done by governments! As long as the guy torturing you is an indepedent contractor your government has no responsibility, and you have no rights, you signed them all away!
Give us an example of a good, large program that uses a radically different interface. Except for niche stuff like mp3 players where are the innovative new design concepts?
Hey lets rewrite gnumeric but instead of menus and buttons lets make everything sliders, cool man... cool! Or big rotating balls, you just roll the ball and your function is entered. Like a visual trackball, whata concept!
I paid for my ximian, and I don't use sawfish. It's very easy to change. Someone that can't figure out how to change the wm would shock me if they had an opinion on window managers. If you're somekind of 3rd party then fix it yourself before you distribute their stuff.
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Only lame scumbags who don't care about their customers have this dilema. To normal human beings there would be no dilema, they would simply tell their customers the details of what happened, so the customers can take steps to protect themselves.
However people who don't give a fuck about their customers, probably have shitty security anyway and would be more worried about their own reputation/bottom line than their customers financial lives.
Frankly any one pondering this question is scum, die scum die!
Bootleg, schmootleg, linux people buy and own legal DVD's douchebag.
The problem is most of these marketing douchebags don't understand the difference between running a linux webserver, file server, etc and linking an application with a GPL'd library or modifying a GPL program.
They try to implicate that just using linux anywhere in your company will force you to give everything you have away.
"What, mr. linux l33t haxor, you want copies all the documents I wrote in abiword, because abiword is GPL'd? Oh gosh, Evil Chairman Stallmann will have me banished to the gulag if I do not post my all my documents on the web, geez, guess you don't get anything for free afterall!"
Its called "lying", it has been used for thousands of years.
and quick man!
It only crashes the X-server. Your "boxen" are safe. But it is sure a fun webpage. Go to mozilla's bugtraq and get a copy of it. Send it to your friends.
Bondage!
Yeah Right!
mmmmmm delicious goodies, I love delicious goodies, give me more delicous goodies!
"Hey we stole this, no fair of you stealing it back!!!!"
Yeah, bendover asshole, this is really going to be good for you. Mmmmm nothing like another business friendly oriface to fuck!!!! mmmm!!!
Then it sounds like they have what is known as an unsustainable business model. Fuck them. I was going to sign up for their subscription deal, because I would like to play some of the games I have for windows, but forget it.
These guys seems too much like Microsoft wannabee's. I'd prefer to keep my windows partition to boot into for games (devil you know sort of thing). At least I've already paid my microsoft tax, so I won't have to spend extra for my games.
I salute wine for disassociating themselves from transgaming.
IE on my brothers new XP box adds an .txt to anything you download that is remotely ASCII.
It is the most delcious flavor of all 34 baskin robbins flavors! Mmmmmmmmm.
BSD has to pay for "it"
A phone rings at an escort-service....
Slut #1, "oh shit! its those creepy, bearded BSD guys again!"
Slut #2, "oh no, they go on and on about the efficency of their TCP/IP stack! Like, get over it!"
Slut #3, "yeah, don't they know its all about driver support, sheesh!"
Slut #2, "apt-get rocks! Don't they know that???"
Slut #4, "yeah and they go on about how evil the GPL is, they're almost as bad as those microsoft freaks. Did you ever have to do Bill? uuuuhhg! They say some are showers, while others are growers, well he's neither!"
Besides, take a look at a lot of these source-forge projects. Many of them are the 99999th irq client, the 99999th attempt at a terminal emulator, the 9999th attempt to embed mozilla's gecko inside a small,clean interface, etc. These projects are often run by a single beginner programmer, re-implementing a commonplace application.
The internet and sourceforge makes these guys much more visible, but I don't think they should be counted when trying to describe how free software and open source projects work.
I don't mean to denigrate these guys or anything, but what (relative) newbies do should not be confused with what apache, Debian, linux kernel, or *BSD do.
Or maybe an interesting paper would be "Why some free software and open source projects fail" Something like that could help developers from making mistakes that damage the success of their work.
If I told you a shotgun blast to the side of your head would improve the sound you hear from your stereo would you let me pull the trigger? What morons!
SCO Unix sucked, Xenix on Radio Shack Model16B's rocked!
What kind of gaybait douche-bag is thrilled over a HL update? They've never done me any favors. I've never suffered any of the bugs they're supposed to correct. And I have to fucking download 10-50meg downloads from random fucking websites! Shit I paid for this fucker, and I'm thrown off on-line gaming until I somehow download the patches from a 3rd party? What the fuck kind of customer support is that?
You are not funny. Please stop.
You are a whore, bend over. Lucas is a jackass, ruining his old films.
Too many fucking french canadians! they would be complaining about how broadcasting english songs were destroying their culture, and bann it. Fuck them bastards.
Clearly when it is a private organization that censors your news, its not censorship, its the free market of ideas. When a private company breaks down your door, it's not an invasion of privacy its protecting innovation! Clearly bad things are only done by governments! As long as the guy torturing you is an indepedent contractor your government has no responsibility, and you have no rights, you signed them all away!
Give us an example of a good, large program that uses a radically different interface. Except for niche stuff like mp3 players where are the innovative new design concepts?
... cool! Or big rotating balls, you just roll the ball and your function is entered. Like a visual trackball, whata concept!
Hey lets rewrite gnumeric but instead of menus and buttons lets make everything sliders, cool man
I paid for my ximian, and I don't use sawfish. It's very easy to change. Someone that can't figure out how to change the wm would shock me if they had an opinion on window managers. If you're somekind of 3rd party then fix it yourself before you distribute their stuff.