There is nothing stopping you from buying the whole album without using their downloader. You just have to actually download all the songs individually.
That and the fact that sales tax varies wildly from one place to the next. For example where i live in New Hampshire, there is no sales tax. People know the tax in their aria and buy accordingly.
There is no packaging proglem. THere are many good packaging formats that do exactly whast users need, and easy GUIs to install them. The problem is library inconsistancies between different distros. This is a much harder problem to solve than inadequate package formats. LSB is making progress on this front but i din't think its the solution. If open source projects really want to distribute there software in binary format, then they should just ship all the dependancies with the software. Yes, it would make file sized much larger, but it would be garanteed to work. They could even use an existsing package format like RPM, witch is easy to package, and simple to convert into other package formats.
If its anything like the ipod, you can expect
1) An elegant but oversimplified interface
2) You will need a case for it or in a few months it will be so badly scratched its difficult to read
3) The first generation of these phones will have serious defects
Also, the long term cost for the phone is enormous. To take full advantage of the phone you will need a Cingular plan, plus an unlimited data plan. All in a 2 year contract. So that 600+(24*100)=$3,000. Thats a price most people are not willing or able to pay.
The most the average person can hope for from this phone is that other manufactures will take some of its features for there newer phones.
Do you honestly think that just because children were given a system that comes with 1001 scripting languages they are going to do anything different with it then they did with Windows? Here's a hint, they won't. They don't care that Windows comes with WSH that will run Javascript and VBScript, they don't care that a default Linux install has Perl, Python, Ruby and who knows what else.
They may not care that it comes with Python, but they may care that it comes with GIMP,Krita,Tuxtype,Blender or any the hundreds of other apps provided by linux. Or they may like that fact that it works well on their old p2/p3 computers.
The GPL is a software copyright license. Its about distributing software, and how to make that fair so that everyone can contribute tot he development/quality of the software, and to make sure that it can be used with no restrictions on its use. DRM is about content or hardware. Implement a DRM scheme in GPL'd code does not affect the distribution or use of the SOFTWARE. And that is where the problem is. If a hardware manufacturer modifies the kernel so that it does not run on any other hardware than they intend, the GPL still applies. Users are free to remove the DRM code, and use it on any hardware they wish. DRMed likewise does not interfere with the users ability to distribute or use the software. Users are still free to view any content they wish, and if they wish, remove the DRM code, and have less functional software. There is an existing president for this in the GPL2 Code that is run by a GPL interpreter such as python, does not have to be license with the GPL. This is because the interpreted code is DATA, and does not in any way linked to the interpreter, or borrow any code. Here is an example from mono http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Licensing. Using the GPL to limit what a programmer can implement inherently limits a users freedom. Why should a user not have the right to view DRMed content or hardware via GPLed software. Since, it is the content/hardware providers liming the content/hardware, not the software.
Have a look at NoMachine www.nomachine.com. Its a linux based remote acces client/server, that allows access to windows terminal servers over ssh. It even has a java based web applet, witch allows access to applications from a web browser. Also have a look at Netilla SSL VPN.
I am suprised how many old talented programers there are. I live near boston, and there is a lot of people who used to work at DEC who are still looking for programming work. We had 3 of them apply to our job offer. All 3 applicatant were talented and had current skill sets. There is also an abundance of old unix people.
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There is nothing stopping you from buying the whole album without using their downloader. You just have to actually download all the songs individually.
That and the fact that sales tax varies wildly from one place to the next. For example where i live in New Hampshire, there is no sales tax. People know the tax in their aria and buy accordingly.
There is no packaging proglem. THere are many good packaging formats that do exactly whast users need, and easy GUIs to install them. The problem is library inconsistancies between different distros. This is a much harder problem to solve than inadequate package formats. LSB is making progress on this front but i din't think its the solution. If open source projects really want to distribute there software in binary format, then they should just ship all the dependancies with the software. Yes, it would make file sized much larger, but it would be garanteed to work. They could even use an existsing package format like RPM, witch is easy to package, and simple to convert into other package formats.
If its anything like the ipod, you can expect 1) An elegant but oversimplified interface 2) You will need a case for it or in a few months it will be so badly scratched its difficult to read 3) The first generation of these phones will have serious defects Also, the long term cost for the phone is enormous. To take full advantage of the phone you will need a Cingular plan, plus an unlimited data plan. All in a 2 year contract. So that 600+(24*100)=$3,000. Thats a price most people are not willing or able to pay. The most the average person can hope for from this phone is that other manufactures will take some of its features for there newer phones.
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The GPL is a software copyright license. Its about distributing software, and how to make that fair so that everyone can contribute tot he development/quality of the software, and to make sure that it can be used with no restrictions on its use. DRM is about content or hardware. Implement a DRM scheme in GPL'd code does not affect the distribution or use of the SOFTWARE. And that is where the problem is. If a hardware manufacturer modifies the kernel so that it does not run on any other hardware than they intend, the GPL still applies. Users are free to remove the DRM code, and use it on any hardware they wish. DRMed likewise does not interfere with the users ability to distribute or use the software. Users are still free to view any content they wish, and if they wish, remove the DRM code, and have less functional software. There is an existing president for this in the GPL2 Code that is run by a GPL interpreter such as python, does not have to be license with the GPL. This is because the interpreted code is DATA, and does not in any way linked to the interpreter, or borrow any code. Here is an example from mono http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Licensing. Using the GPL to limit what a programmer can implement inherently limits a users freedom. Why should a user not have the right to view DRMed content or hardware via GPLed software. Since, it is the content/hardware providers liming the content/hardware, not the software.
for ubuntu users, its $ sudo mv source target
I could fill my hard disk in 0.027 seconds, asuming of course, i could find enough downloads to fill a 14tb/s pipe:)
I'm holding off for FOE(Fiber Over Ethernet)
Have a look at NoMachine www.nomachine.com. Its a linux based remote acces client/server, that allows access to windows terminal servers over ssh. It even has a java based web applet, witch allows access to applications from a web browser. Also have a look at Netilla SSL VPN.
I am suprised how many old talented programers there are. I live near boston, and there is a lot of people who used to work at DEC who are still looking for programming work. We had 3 of them apply to our job offer. All 3 applicatant were talented and had current skill sets. There is also an abundance of old unix people.