While that's a little better, it means that those using the community version won't be able to take advantage of features that could be essential for future applications. The problem is that we don't know what features will become essential in the future.
Imagine if a hugely popular DB went closed source years ago before any ACID features were available. Then ACID features were developed as closed source and only available in the commercial version. Almost any large scale application would require the commercial version.
I fully agree. I much prefer the RH OSS model. They provide enterprise software and services which many companies are more than willing to pay for even though the RHEL source is open.
To make an OS available to the 'casual user' you have to make some decisions for them.
Linus hates this and has sworn off Gnome because he feels Gnome makes too many decisions for the user. He feels that the Gnome project is taking the stance that the users are stupid but unfortunately this may be just the thing to get Linux desktops into the public mainstream and is part of why Ubuntu is so successful.
Users need a machine that just works out of the box and since Vista doesn't this is a great opportunity for Linux.
According to a story on NPR, it was largely ethics. Many agents were offered incentives to cheat their customers. From this article
"Basically, the more costly and risky the loans they gave to their customers, the more money they made."
"Narag says he also observed brokers printing fake bank statements or other income documents, and that there was a black market for these items. Everybody - including the lenders and banks buying these loans - looked the other way..."
For bullies who are less competent, mess with them with simple computer tricks.
Replace their desktop background with a screenshot of their desktop with pron folders
Set some funky apps like screen rotators to start on boot
If their BIOS shows a splash screen instead of the detailed info, set their computer to boot off USB then insert a bootable flash drive in the rear port
Mess with their boot.ini or grub menu.lst
We did this once a long time ago and the guy formatted his drive and re-installed Windows. Maybe we should have told him sooner.
You could always go old school and send pizzas and other pay-on-delivery stuff to their house.
Okay, you'll probably worsen the relationship but at least you'll get a laugh.
1) Paint big flag on the surface of ship. 2) Cut cable with ship in #1 above. 3) Record evidence of "act of terror". 4) Wage war against evil country. 5) Profit for Halliburton. 6) Rest of US economy fails.
I can't believe nobody mentioned Minority Report. The whole plot was based on the idea of preemptive arrest and trial before the crime based on what you 'would' have done.
Sure you can, just don't distribute the software. Every commercial case listed in the license above describes distributing MySQL in whole or part.
I'm no lawyer but it seems if you develop a non-GPL commercial service that runs a community-licensed MySQL backend it's perfectly fine to charge for your service.
Actually that'd get confusing because FTK units would be inverse. A 1 FTK chip would be faster than a 2 FTK chip since it takes 2 FTK to process one "task". Also, when we start getting really fast we're going to have to use ridiculously small numbers like 5.25*10^ -15 FTK (The processor requirement for "Windows7 capable" stickers).
when many vocal Slashdotters talk about Red Hat, they really mean either Fedora or CentOS Guilty as charged. I appreciate RedHat mostly because I know if they fail CentOS will probably disappear too. But hey, at least I appreciate them.
It seems to me that Microsoft fears loosing ground in the emerging economies which are opting for Linux for price reasons. MS also wants to keep a lighter OS to dominate the growing UMPC/MID market.
The answer is simple, just GPL (or at least 'free as in beer' license) Windows XP. It will be price competitive with Linux for emerging countries and will be a great OS for those lower powered UMPCs.
MS originally planned to end retail and OEM sales of XP this year anyway so they weren't planning on making any money on new XP sales and they can still charge for support services even under GPL.
IF MS truly believes in Vista's superiority then users who have the money and 'Vista capable' machines will buy it right?
Of course I'm not certain that's what happened and I doubt any reputable company would admit to doing this but it is technically possible for a script to make a request on your behalf through your browser to gmail. If your gmail cookie was still valid, this scripted request could be used to gain access to information such as your contact list.
Noscript is irritating at first but I think it's worth it and you'll soon get accustomed to it.
It's also a good idea to log out of sites which use cookies for authentication or close your browser for sites such as your router config page which may not have a logout option.
deploy scalable web sites without having to build and maintain your own datacenters In other words, they took all the fun out of deploying scalable web sites.
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While that's a little better, it means that those using the community version won't be able to take advantage of features that could be essential for future applications. The problem is that we don't know what features will become essential in the future.
Imagine if a hugely popular DB went closed source years ago before any ACID features were available. Then ACID features were developed as closed source and only available in the commercial version. Almost any large scale application would require the commercial version.
I fully agree. I much prefer the RH OSS model. They provide enterprise software and services which many companies are more than willing to pay for even though the RHEL source is open.
I agree to some extent but overwhelming users with options, especially if they're all in one place, is a good way to turn off users from the start.
Providing a limited set of well organized options is very comforting. Just look at the Ipod and Iphone.
To make an OS available to the 'casual user' you have to make some decisions for them.
Linus hates this and has sworn off Gnome because he feels Gnome makes too many decisions for the user. He feels that the Gnome project is taking the stance that the users are stupid but unfortunately this may be just the thing to get Linux desktops into the public mainstream and is part of why Ubuntu is so successful.
Users need a machine that just works out of the box and since Vista doesn't this is a great opportunity for Linux.
Some C_Os don't know a lot about technology but have privileged access to secured resources so they're a valid concern for breaches. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2003/08/60052
The subprime lending agents ignored ethics and look how that turned out.
You can give them full local access but lock down the network through proxies and corporate firewalls to stop those activities.
You get black holes and strangelets.
- Replace their desktop background with a screenshot of their desktop with pron folders
- Set some funky apps like screen rotators to start on boot
- If their BIOS shows a splash screen instead of the detailed info, set their computer to boot off USB then insert a bootable flash drive in the rear port
- Mess with their boot.ini or grub menu.lst
We did this once a long time ago and the guy formatted his drive and re-installed Windows. Maybe we should have told him sooner. You could always go old school and send pizzas and other pay-on-delivery stuff to their house.Okay, you'll probably worsen the relationship but at least you'll get a laugh.
1) Paint big flag on the surface of ship.
2) Cut cable with ship in #1 above.
3) Record evidence of "act of terror".
4) Wage war against evil country.
5) Profit for Halliburton.
6) Rest of US economy fails.
I can't believe nobody mentioned Minority Report. The whole plot was based on the idea of preemptive arrest and trial before the crime based on what you 'would' have done.
Sure you can, just don't distribute the software. Every commercial case listed in the license above describes distributing MySQL in whole or part.
I'm no lawyer but it seems if you develop a non-GPL commercial service that runs a community-licensed MySQL backend it's perfectly fine to charge for your service.
European ISPs encounter rolling service disruptions due to unusually high traffic.
Actually that'd get confusing because FTK units would be inverse. A 1 FTK chip would be faster than a 2 FTK chip since it takes 2 FTK to process one "task". Also, when we start getting really fast we're going to have to use ridiculously small numbers like 5.25*10^ -15 FTK (The processor requirement for "Windows7 capable" stickers).
It seems to me that Microsoft fears loosing ground in the emerging economies which are opting for Linux for price reasons. MS also wants to keep a lighter OS to dominate the growing UMPC/MID market.
The answer is simple, just GPL (or at least 'free as in beer' license) Windows XP. It will be price competitive with Linux for emerging countries and will be a great OS for those lower powered UMPCs.
MS originally planned to end retail and OEM sales of XP this year anyway so they weren't planning on making any money on new XP sales and they can still charge for support services even under GPL.
IF MS truly believes in Vista's superiority then users who have the money and 'Vista capable' machines will buy it right?
Strangely that seems to be the exact opposite direction that mobile phone networks are headed for both voice and data communication.
Of course I'm not certain that's what happened and I doubt any reputable company would admit to doing this but it is technically possible for a script to make a request on your behalf through your browser to gmail. If your gmail cookie was still valid, this scripted request could be used to gain access to information such as your contact list.
Noscript is irritating at first but I think it's worth it and you'll soon get accustomed to it.
It's also a good idea to log out of sites which use cookies for authentication or close your browser for sites such as your router config page which may not have a logout option.
Do you mean the DMCA? If so, I beg to differ...
According to the DMCA, SEC. 403, paragraph (b), item 2, word 1 ... "the".
I take it you weren't using noscript.
For programming I like white on black but the font is also important. Here's a good place for some comfortable fonts.
Na, I'd prefer the princess Leia's bikini instead.
Damn, while looking for a picture I came across this... ruined my whole image.
Damn you google image search!