Big corporate CEO says open source projects are only for geeks, children and people who can't afford it. News at 11.
I'm pretty sure that CEOs have been feed this so much by their marketing executives whose paychecks are on the line that they truly believe it. It just makes it so much more fun when they file bankruptcy or get bought out and the new company cans them without their golden parachutes.
Sorry but, such things tend not to work when you upgrade Windows and/or Exchange either. Getting ODBC calls to work properly on any 64-bit Windows is a pain in the ass. Especially since the 64-bit ODBC driver is in the 32-bit directory and vise-versa. That was fun to figure out! It took custom scripting, including registry hacks, to modify the vendor install of the application we were using.
A font change doesn't sound like much, but in a lot of industries (namely legal), any unknown changes can cause big issues, especially in court where a font change can result in a mistrial (unauthorized alteration.)
Last I heard, probably for the exact reason you stated, the legal profession primarily still uses WordPerfect.
Or your computer is stolen? I wonder what your insurance company will say if your computer is stolen, they pay for a replacement, and then you say that instead of restoring your apps from your backup you want them to pay for new copies?
When my laptops were stolen when my house was broken into, the software that I had to replace was covered by my homeowner's insurance. I have AAA; your insurance may vary. With that said, these licensing terms are stupid. You can guess what software isn't going to be on my wish list this (or any other) year.
Sorry, I went one link deeper and didn't specify. I linked to the site I did as it had more options if people wanted to investigate.
According to the Explore2fs official website, the current version only supports read-only and only up to Windows XP. There is a beta of version 2 (v0.7) that has "Supported by all versions of Windows (Vista is still Work In Progress)" listed. I'm not saying you can't make it work or that it won't work in many scenarios. But, it's not ready for prime time in a production environment.
Though there are several solutions, none of them are ideal. When you're running Windows 7 x64, it gets even more hairy. Here's one discussion thread about the problem and options. So, I'd be unwilling to call it "already been done." The problem is that the Windows file system "API" is less than functional and a pain in the ass under the best of circumstances. From what I have read, the universal "best solution" is to boot from a Linux (any) LiveCD if you want to work with ext# partitions.
If you're knowledgeable enough or have the tools to hack out all of the "Theme formerly known as Metro" crap out of it, Windows 8 is actually a decent update to Windows 7. If marketing hadn't gotten involved in the design process, this would have been a no-brainer upgrade for Windows desktop users.
Now, if only Microsoft listened to feedback. Even when there are screaming hoards of people with pitchforks and torches (Vista), Microsoft is loathe to listen to user, developer, MSDN, OEM or any other feedback. This, more than anything pegs them as behaving as a monopoly (even if they are soon to no longer be one).
Thank HTML5 for the death of caching as much as the advertising.It is all apps now. And in schools they KNOW they are all incompetent boobs so they want nothing that requires skilled labor to maintain.
Not all school districts have incompetent boobs for their IT staff (though many do). My school has a highly skilled, very professional team that puts many mid to large businesses to shame. You just look ignorant when you make blanket statements like this.
If it isn't being delivered from the cloud now it is because they are still fighting over which vendor they want to write a check to. (read as the bidding is still fierce over who will kick back more.. ok, I'm a cynic)
Sadly, in my case, your cynicism is well founded. My administration is being investigated by the California grand jury specifically for this reason. With the knowledge I know, unless they covered their evidence trail extremely well, which is possible as the superintendent never went anywhere without his $300/hour (no, this is not an exaggeration) district paid lawyer, they will be convicted on multiple counts.
That pattern means they need LOTS of bandwidth now and will need an ever growing amount going forward into an HD Video for everything future. And the vendors love it. It will of course drive lots of sales to schools themselves but when the kids can't do their homework without a constant high bandwidth connection it drives the 'Internet is a 'Right'' meme that leads to even more billions and billions of sweet sweet government money that will only be available to the politically connected.
I fear you may be correct here. We have a 10Gbps fiber uplink to the internet and were going to offer wireless internet to all of the student households in our area as we serve a poor neighborhood. We had most of the infrastructure in place and suddenly the FCC revoked the permit without explanation. I suspect they got a call from AT&T, our uplink provider, and "recommended" that our project be killed because it was "anti-competitive" but, we can't prove it.
Sadly, in this case, a document (electronic or dead tree) or recording from Comcast offering the job on the condition that the merger is approved. Of course, everybody knows this so they make sure no such document or recording ever comes into existence.
Personally, I'm for getting rid of all lobbyists period but, there should, at least, be a conflict of interest gap, say 10 years, between being a government official or elected representative and being able to work for the organizations you had dealings with while you held that position.
Given the rarity of any terrorist attack before the TSA existed I would say that it is far more reasonable for the TSA to have the burden of proof why they should be allowed to continue to exist.
More likely someone with your same name and description 'coincidentally' ends up on the no-fly list. That way, they don't have to bother with irritations such as a judge and jury. They're probably patiently waiting for the ok to ship people strait to GITMO so they can be done with you and hopefully people like you.
Protection for innovative software is a good thing. That's why it's protected by copyright, just like books and any other documents. Software is not a solid object and thus shouldn't be protected by patents. Though there are issues with current copyright law as well, it is the correct category for software protection.
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Big corporate CEO says open source projects are only for geeks, children and people who can't afford it. News at 11.
I'm pretty sure that CEOs have been feed this so much by their marketing executives whose paychecks are on the line that they truly believe it. It just makes it so much more fun when they file bankruptcy or get bought out and the new company cans them without their golden parachutes.
I wonder how they will pay the police to police this.
Prepaid debit cards.
Remember when a Pickup was a farm or construction vehicle and could scarcely get over 55?
No
(unless you don't know how to drive to begin with)
That describes 90% of all U.S. (and I suspect the world's) drivers.
Put a stake in IE 6's heart and be done with it. Please put it out of our misery people.
You can have my BuckyBalls when you pry them from my cold dead fingers!
Sorry but, such things tend not to work when you upgrade Windows and/or Exchange either. Getting ODBC calls to work properly on any 64-bit Windows is a pain in the ass. Especially since the 64-bit ODBC driver is in the 32-bit directory and vise-versa. That was fun to figure out! It took custom scripting, including registry hacks, to modify the vendor install of the application we were using.
We could have a Street Fighter style "Finish Him" video to hail the end of the lesser.
Umm... don't you mean Mortal Kombat?
A font change doesn't sound like much, but in a lot of industries (namely legal), any unknown changes can cause big issues, especially in court where a font change can result in a mistrial (unauthorized alteration.)
Last I heard, probably for the exact reason you stated, the legal profession primarily still uses WordPerfect.
Or your computer is stolen? I wonder what your insurance company will say if your computer is stolen, they pay for a replacement, and then you say that instead of restoring your apps from your backup you want them to pay for new copies?
When my laptops were stolen when my house was broken into, the software that I had to replace was covered by my homeowner's insurance. I have AAA; your insurance may vary. With that said, these licensing terms are stupid. You can guess what software isn't going to be on my wish list this (or any other) year.
Sorry, I went one link deeper and didn't specify. I linked to the site I did as it had more options if people wanted to investigate.
According to the Explore2fs official website, the current version only supports read-only and only up to Windows XP. There is a beta of version 2 (v0.7) that has "Supported by all versions of Windows (Vista is still Work In Progress)" listed. I'm not saying you can't make it work or that it won't work in many scenarios. But, it's not ready for prime time in a production environment.
Explore2fs supports read-only and does not have Windows Vista/7/8 support. My statement still stands.
I can write code but, I'm not a programmer so any attempt I make to work on it will just make things worse.
Though there are several solutions, none of them are ideal. When you're running Windows 7 x64, it gets even more hairy. Here's one discussion thread about the problem and options. So, I'd be unwilling to call it "already been done." The problem is that the Windows file system "API" is less than functional and a pain in the ass under the best of circumstances. From what I have read, the universal "best solution" is to boot from a Linux (any) LiveCD if you want to work with ext# partitions.
Sadly, you'd have to adjust the thermostat in hell first.
One word: Windows
If you're knowledgeable enough or have the tools to hack out all of the "Theme formerly known as Metro" crap out of it, Windows 8 is actually a decent update to Windows 7. If marketing hadn't gotten involved in the design process, this would have been a no-brainer upgrade for Windows desktop users.
Now, if only Microsoft listened to feedback. Even when there are screaming hoards of people with pitchforks and torches (Vista), Microsoft is loathe to listen to user, developer, MSDN, OEM or any other feedback. This, more than anything pegs them as behaving as a monopoly (even if they are soon to no longer be one).
Part of the point of this is that by removing flash as an option these websites will be forced to redesign and get rid of Flash.
Thank HTML5 for the death of caching as much as the advertising.It is all apps now. And in schools they KNOW they are all incompetent boobs so they want nothing that requires skilled labor to maintain.
Not all school districts have incompetent boobs for their IT staff (though many do). My school has a highly skilled, very professional team that puts many mid to large businesses to shame. You just look ignorant when you make blanket statements like this.
If it isn't being delivered from the cloud now it is because they are still fighting over which vendor they want to write a check to. (read as the bidding is still fierce over who will kick back more.. ok, I'm a cynic)
Sadly, in my case, your cynicism is well founded. My administration is being investigated by the California grand jury specifically for this reason. With the knowledge I know, unless they covered their evidence trail extremely well, which is possible as the superintendent never went anywhere without his $300/hour (no, this is not an exaggeration) district paid lawyer, they will be convicted on multiple counts.
That pattern means they need LOTS of bandwidth now and will need an ever growing amount going forward into an HD Video for everything future. And the vendors love it. It will of course drive lots of sales to schools themselves but when the kids can't do their homework without a constant high bandwidth connection it drives the 'Internet is a 'Right'' meme that leads to even more billions and billions of sweet sweet government money that will only be available to the politically connected.
I fear you may be correct here. We have a 10Gbps fiber uplink to the internet and were going to offer wireless internet to all of the student households in our area as we serve a poor neighborhood. We had most of the infrastructure in place and suddenly the FCC revoked the permit without explanation. I suspect they got a call from AT&T, our uplink provider, and "recommended" that our project be killed because it was "anti-competitive" but, we can't prove it.
Not in theoretical physics. Just about everything we hold as fact goes out the window.
Sadly, in this case, a document (electronic or dead tree) or recording from Comcast offering the job on the condition that the merger is approved. Of course, everybody knows this so they make sure no such document or recording ever comes into existence.
Personally, I'm for getting rid of all lobbyists period but, there should, at least, be a conflict of interest gap, say 10 years, between being a government official or elected representative and being able to work for the organizations you had dealings with while you held that position.
Given the rarity of any terrorist attack before the TSA existed I would say that it is far more reasonable for the TSA to have the burden of proof why they should be allowed to continue to exist.
More likely someone with your same name and description 'coincidentally' ends up on the no-fly list. That way, they don't have to bother with irritations such as a judge and jury. They're probably patiently waiting for the ok to ship people strait to GITMO so they can be done with you and hopefully people like you.
Why do you think the government is so easily going along with this crazy set of "intellectual property" laws? You nailed it on the head.
(Now, all that money going to politician election/reelection campaigns and fact finding missions to the Bahamas doesn't hurt either.)
Protection for innovative software is a good thing. That's why it's protected by copyright, just like books and any other documents. Software is not a solid object and thus shouldn't be protected by patents. Though there are issues with current copyright law as well, it is the correct category for software protection.