'In fact, with a reported population of 57 million users, MySpace is arguably safer from such crime than other communities that haven't been the subject of the same scrutiny. One example: California, which averaged 62 statutory rape convictions per month in the late 90s, in a state population of 33 million.'
It's interesting that this line jumped out to the poster, but it did for me for waaaaaaaaay different reasons: my first thought was, "who's the myopic statistician???" This FACT proves nothing about the safety of MySpace versus deviant California behavior...
Nowadays parents spend all weekend with their kids.
Part of me thinks this is a troll, but the fact that it has been modded up so high forces me to reply...
So the above quotation is seen as a bad thing by the poster who either a) has no kids, or b) has no kids. As a parent, you try to do what is best for you children. I'm not saying that parents don't make mistakes, and that the word "spoiled" is not in the dictionary, but given the society that we live in where oftentimes both parents work in order to try and give their children the best opportunities possible, the weekend comment is totally out of line, and so is the whole rant-of-a-post that, again, I can't believe has been modded up so high.
It's not as black-and-white as you paint it. There's a reason gambling is restricted in this country to a few designated places and it's PRECISELY to protect you from murder, rape, bodily assault, etc. YOU might be smart enough to to gamble away your life savings, but the government is trying to protect you from those that will and then resort to desperate measures.
And if you think it's cheaper to educate than restrict (AND assume the educating will work), you're living in some fantasy society.
Figure a box the size of your typical soda machine (mostly for security & visibility), fill the bottom foot with concrete for stability and theft-discouragement, then a rack with an Xserve & some reasonably high-speed communications gear. Have it download material on a regular basis, video & audio, in whatever formats and quality required. Put some smarts into the system so local demographics are respected and demand is anticipated (Espaniol in Spanish neighborhoods, kiddie material when installed in schools, etc.) On the front stick a few TV screens showing previews and specials.
All of the above exists already--why not put a docking station on EVERY ATM in the country? Makes it a snap to pay for content too...
The point is that part the business model, service (which has been integral to JBoss's success), will now be in the hands of Oracle. While you as Joe Developer might not care, the install base might.
Autodesk's decision to focus on the Windows platform for AutoCAD was perhaps the smartest decision the company made from a business standpoint. Just put all the plusses and minuses for single versus multi-platform support (make sure you make that single platform Windows) for a product like AutoCAD and, in hindsight, it's a no-brainer.
I'm no Linux apologist, but I don't think TFA makes any point about Linux. The only cited failure is a client moving from Novell to Red Hat. Now if said client moved to M$...
I agree with the parent post, and I think that/.ers are missing the point. Oracle is not going after the build-it-and-run-MySQL folks. There are applications that work with Oracle that just don't have the support of the existing free databases. Oracle is giving companies a chance to try out these things.
Take for example, GIS spatial applications. You say that MySQL supports spatial? Ever try to mix in transactions? This is just one example. There are plenty of others. Now, Oracle has removed one price barrier--yeah, yeah, there are DBA costs to be considered, but now, a company can at least check of the licensing fees (which are NOT trivial) as one reason not to give Oracle a shot.
It's one pretty smart card catalog. I hear it can fetch a book that is in the card catalog, make copies of it, and keep the copies around even if the book is destroyed...
IBM can only force a company to determine if it is infringing one of their patents by bringing suit against them.
The threat of a lawsuit is enough. A smaller company being forced to come to some cross-licensing agreement is not okay.
However, even if they don't like the rules, they still have to play the game.
This is the point with which I most vehemently disagree. They certainly have to play the defensive patent strategy. However, I submit that they have been playing the offensive strategy in an offensive manner.
Is this a troll? Can I call bullshit? IBM is itself was a mafioso-like offender of patent strategy. They have been known to go to a company armed with their patent arsenal saying: "you are violating a through z" forcing a company to do an exhaustive time-consuming, money-spending investigation. A company eventually ends up paying IBM what amounts to "protection money." The following statement from RTFA should tell you give you some hints about their continuing practices:
IBM was granted 3,248 patents in 2004 alone and made US$1.2 billion from associated royalties. According to the Stallings, IBM have over 10,000 applications for new patents in the United States awaiting processing and many thousands more around the world.
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from TFA (again):
'In fact, with a reported population of 57 million users, MySpace is arguably safer from such crime than other communities that haven't been the subject of the same scrutiny. One example: California, which averaged 62 statutory rape convictions per month in the late 90s, in a state population of 33 million.'
It's interesting that this line jumped out to the poster, but it did for me for waaaaaaaaay different reasons: my first thought was, "who's the myopic statistician???" This FACT proves nothing about the safety of MySpace versus deviant California behavior...
Nowadays parents spend all weekend with their kids.
Part of me thinks this is a troll, but the fact that it has been modded up so high forces me to reply...
So the above quotation is seen as a bad thing by the poster who either a) has no kids, or b) has no kids. As a parent, you try to do what is best for you children. I'm not saying that parents don't make mistakes, and that the word "spoiled" is not in the dictionary, but given the society that we live in where oftentimes both parents work in order to try and give their children the best opportunities possible, the weekend comment is totally out of line, and so is the whole rant-of-a-post that, again, I can't believe has been modded up so high.
It's not as black-and-white as you paint it. There's a reason gambling is restricted in this country to a few designated places and it's PRECISELY to protect you from murder, rape, bodily assault, etc. YOU might be smart enough to to gamble away your life savings, but the government is trying to protect you from those that will and then resort to desperate measures.
And if you think it's cheaper to educate than restrict (AND assume the educating will work), you're living in some fantasy society.
Figure a box the size of your typical soda machine (mostly for security & visibility), fill the bottom foot with concrete for stability and theft-discouragement, then a rack with an Xserve & some reasonably high-speed communications gear. Have it download material on a regular basis, video & audio, in whatever formats and quality required. Put some smarts into the system so local demographics are respected and demand is anticipated (Espaniol in Spanish neighborhoods, kiddie material when installed in schools, etc.) On the front stick a few TV screens showing previews and specials.
All of the above exists already--why not put a docking station on EVERY ATM in the country? Makes it a snap to pay for content too...
The point is that part the business model, service (which has been integral to JBoss's success), will now be in the hands of Oracle. While you as Joe Developer might not care, the install base might.
Laid? You know you're posting to /., right?
Not until the it makes sense in the marketplace.
Autodesk's decision to focus on the Windows platform for AutoCAD was perhaps the smartest decision the company made from a business standpoint. Just put all the plusses and minuses for single versus multi-platform support (make sure you make that single platform Windows) for a product like AutoCAD and, in hindsight, it's a no-brainer.
Well, I for one am glad that I'm using AOL as my ISP. They certainly won't be cutting of my service for using this innovative produ[no carrier]
I'm no Linux apologist, but I don't think TFA makes any point about Linux. The only cited failure is a client moving from Novell to Red Hat. Now if said client moved to M$...
I agree with the parent post, and I think that /.ers are missing the point. Oracle is not going after the build-it-and-run-MySQL folks. There are applications that work with Oracle that just don't have the support of the existing free databases. Oracle is giving companies a chance to try out these things.
Take for example, GIS spatial applications. You say that MySQL supports spatial? Ever try to mix in transactions? This is just one example. There are plenty of others. Now, Oracle has removed one price barrier--yeah, yeah, there are DBA costs to be considered, but now, a company can at least check of the licensing fees (which are NOT trivial) as one reason not to give Oracle a shot.
...dogs lick their balls?
"Isn't 7 the most powerfully magical number?"
Last time I looked into this, MySQL didn't support spatial with InnoDB which means that you couldn't use spatial with transactions. What about PgSQL?
It's one pretty smart card catalog. I hear it can fetch a book that is in the card catalog, make copies of it, and keep the copies around even if the book is destroyed...
What is the reason behind this step? Because the U.S. can?
Controlling the Internet is the most powerful weapon in the world right now, and the U.S. ain't gonna give that up.
If you think it will, I submit that you're living under the illusion that the U.S. would do something for the good of the world...
Is this another nail in the coffin of paid content on the internet?
Yeah, right--someday, all internet porn will be 'free.'
Which Koreans do you want to blame? All Koreans?
vim? What's vim? I'm a vi guy myself...
I'd like to counterpoint your dissection a bit:
IBM can only force a company to determine if it is infringing one of their patents by bringing suit against them.
The threat of a lawsuit is enough. A smaller company being forced to come to some cross-licensing agreement is not okay.
However, even if they don't like the rules, they still have to play the game.
This is the point with which I most vehemently disagree. They certainly have to play the defensive patent strategy. However, I submit that they have been playing the offensive strategy in an offensive manner.
Is this a troll? Can I call bullshit? IBM is itself was a mafioso-like offender of patent strategy. They have been known to go to a company armed with their patent arsenal saying: "you are violating a through z" forcing a company to do an exhaustive time-consuming, money-spending investigation. A company eventually ends up paying IBM what amounts to "protection money." The following statement from RTFA should tell you give you some hints about their continuing practices:
IBM was granted 3,248 patents in 2004 alone and made US$1.2 billion from associated royalties. According to the Stallings, IBM have over 10,000 applications for new patents in the United States awaiting processing and many thousands more around the world.
Can't find Linus...
>AKA, building materials, hulls, etc.
It might be cost-effective as a nuclear-waste-storing material, but there ain't no way it will be as a building material.
> So, their new motto is "Don't be evil, unless you have to"?
Anyone who is responding to the parent thread saying, "blame China, not Google" or "if you want to do business..." is missing the point. If Google is:
a) not taking responsibility
b) putting business over a philosophy
then we have the right to call BULLSHIT on their little motto...
I think you're missing the point, which is:
increase the hype by veiling it as an elite problem...
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>somehow, your explanation makes LESS sense than the original poster!
It could be just me, but I thought this whole thread was tongue-n-cheek...