Why exactly is it our (the USA) government's job to fund an alternative OS? If there were money to be made for an alternative OS, people would make the OS for the money...
But Microsoft is a monopoly you say... -- Exactly the point of the case.. Don't allow Microsoft to use their normal strong-arm tacticts (at the fear of further punishment, break-ups) so any and all competitors won't be crushed.
That is why I think any one who wants the government to force Microsoft to open Windows' source code is on crack. Well, that and another reason-- if we all agree that Windows sucks *ss, then why do we want the source code so bad?
How the hell can you even ASSUME that the developer did this on accident? Do you think he was sleep walking one night and copied verbatim FreeBSD source code, made some s/*/*/g replacements and was none the wiser the next morning?
Your sig is wrong man. Without light there is only darkness. Without darkness there is only light. But having no darkness implies there is nothing there to block light and create some dark shadows.
Colin Powell said long ago that he will never run for president because his wife is afraid he will be assassinated. It's a shame too, one heck of a leader.
I never mentioned protecting the interests of the wealthy -- I was merely suggesting that it would be better to protect the rights/freedoms/interests that allows one to become wealthy.
IMHO, giving anyone "anything" for free is a waste of resources.
The gap between rich and poor is just getting w-i-d-e-r.
So what is your solution to prevent that from happening? Is it....
Communism?
Spend your life making zero money developing GPL'd software?
Make a living supporting GPL'd software? Sounds fun to me.
Complaining about it on Slashdot?
Or, would you rather...
Create some commercial niche software that sells at $15k+ a pop?
Work a blue collar job like your parents did to buy you your first CoCo 2?
The real reason that the so called "gap" is getting wider is because of socialist/liberal policies that make the average joe-schmoe think he deserves everything. They think "they deserve" the Federal government to use it's mighty powers to regulate the decaying power situation in California. They think "they deserve" to have Company XYZ release product WJK under the GPL just because they want it, can't afford it, etc.
The people that make money are intelligent, ambition driven and don't expect jack squat from anyone. If they want something, they find a way to do it-- and I'm not talking about getting together with 9,000,000 other "soon-to-be-rich" people and petitioning Steel Company R to ship their orders at a discount; they use whatever resources they have, make deals/contracts/etc (however shady they may be), pull every string they can think of and get it done.
Pretty pathetic. Do you sleep? Do you watch sports (or anything else) on TV? Do you read a newspaper? The Economist? Hmmmmm you're not
making any damn money there, loser.
That is a pretty lousy attitude to take-- one is entertainment value while the other is gobbling up entertainment time.. He is not particulary entertained fixing Mozilla and/or sending Bugs using some retarded Talkback thing.
And I am not entertained by constantly reading this Socialist Weblog.
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Let's not forget Clinton's Lincoln Bedroom hotel. Let's not forget his last minute pardons.
Does the grammar nazi have an imaginary opinion on that issue?
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Yahoo! Store is written in Common Lisp. It sold for $30 million a few years back.
C=# and D-flat are the same notes on my 6 strin guitar, keyboard, trumpet, trombone, tuba, baritone, french horn...
Why exactly is it our (the USA) government's job to fund an alternative OS? If there were money to be made for an alternative OS, people would make the OS for the money...
But Microsoft is a monopoly you say... -- Exactly the point of the case.. Don't allow Microsoft to use their normal strong-arm tacticts (at the fear of further punishment, break-ups) so any and all competitors won't be crushed.
That is why I think any one who wants the government to force Microsoft to open Windows' source code is on crack. Well, that and another reason-- if we all agree that Windows sucks *ss, then why do we want the source code so bad?
The author was, in particular, talking of this kind of behavior:
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Nope. (6^6)^6 = 46656^6
6^(6^6) is what you were thinking.
I am retarded. (6^6)^6 = 6^36. My bad.
If you mean n = 6^(6^6), then log_10 (n) ~= 36305.4. If, however, you mean (6^6)^6=6^12, your number is correct. I prefer the former.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the heads up!
You are a fucking moron, my friend. Do you think the president himself makes every damn decision the Federal Government is responsible for?
Actually, the "real" phrase is "never make assumptions. it makes an ass out of you and mumptions.
Ok, its a joke from some B movie. NO ONE SAID I HAD TO BE FUNNY.
It's more like 98%. I asked one woman who had just graduated from a private University in the middle of Illinois what languages she knew...
"Visual C++"
How the hell can you even ASSUME that the developer did this on accident? Do you think he was sleep walking one night and copied verbatim FreeBSD source code, made some s/*/*/g replacements and was none the wiser the next morning?
Why else would you waste deck-space for a 0/2 flying?
Your sig is wrong man. Without light there is only darkness. Without darkness there is only light. But having no darkness implies there is nothing there to block light and create some dark shadows.
pay for free software?
Colin Powell said long ago that he will never run for president because his wife is afraid he will be assassinated. It's a shame too, one heck of a leader.
TeX was also written in CWeb.
I never mentioned protecting the interests of the wealthy -- I was merely suggesting that it would be better to protect the rights/freedoms/interests that allows one to become wealthy.
IMHO, giving anyone "anything" for free is a waste of resources.
The gap between rich and poor is just getting w-i-d-e-r.
So what is your solution to prevent that from happening? Is it....
Or, would you rather...
The real reason that the so called "gap" is getting wider is because of socialist/liberal policies that make the average joe-schmoe think he deserves everything. They think "they deserve" the Federal government to use it's mighty powers to regulate the decaying power situation in California. They think "they deserve" to have Company XYZ release product WJK under the GPL just because they want it, can't afford it, etc.
The people that make money are intelligent, ambition driven and don't expect jack squat from anyone. If they want something, they find a way to do it-- and I'm not talking about getting together with 9,000,000 other "soon-to-be-rich" people and petitioning Steel Company R to ship their orders at a discount; they use whatever resources they have, make deals/contracts/etc (however shady they may be), pull every string they can think of and get it done.
Real men do their class papers, letters and all other communication with LyX.
Pretty pathetic. Do you sleep? Do you watch sports (or anything else) on TV? Do you read a newspaper? The Economist? Hmmmmm you're not making any damn money there, loser.
That is a pretty lousy attitude to take-- one is entertainment value while the other is gobbling up entertainment time.. He is not particulary entertained fixing Mozilla and/or sending Bugs using some retarded Talkback thing.
And I am not entertained by constantly reading this Socialist Weblog.
Quit stealing my last name ALEX!!!