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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:21:56 -0800, Daeron NOTHING OF INTEREST. Posting through an anonymouse proxy. Posting from Google. TROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What's good for the goose...
MS offers 98.70% `discount' 770
baler, burbled: Start psychological profiling Statistics: =========== Approximate word count: 60 Punctuation: 9 full stop(s) Punctuation: 4 comma...
MS offers 98.70% `discount' 771
and buttistant weaver in the shawl making mill, dinned: Capitalism And Socialism T. Stefan Allum...
MS offers 98.70% `discount' 773
press gang member, bewailed: The Context Of Meaninglessness : Objectivism, Premodern Neotextual Theory And Realism Martin Spillman Department of Future Studies, Miskatonic University, Arkham, Mbutt. Expressions Of Paradigm "Clbutt is fundamentally dead...
suprise: Micros~1 sponsored study finds Windows more secure than Linux
Study finds Windows more secure than Linux Brier Dudley Feb 17 2005 San Francisco - Believe it or not, a Windows Web server is more secure than a similarly set-up Linux...
Mac Mini vs PC A Comparison 775
It is fairly trivial to demonstrate. Just go to Apple.com and READ about OSX. Better yet, get a Mac...
Mac Mini vs PC A Comparison 776
Thanks for snipping instead of responding) Count me as someone who's done a fair share of reformatting. In the TV and radio studios I worked at, re-formatting a drive was...
Mac Mini vs PC A Comparison 777
and barge operator, chimed in: Start psychological profiling Statistics: =========== Approximate word count: 21 Punctuation: 0 full stop(s) Punctuation: 14 comma(s) Punctuation...
Mac Mini vs PC A Comparison 778
operator, alleged: The Discourse Of Meaninglessness : The Postcapitalist Paradigm Of Expression In The Works Of Rushdie R. Rudolf Griggs Department of English, University of Illinois Contexts Of...
Microsoft blocking Wine users from downloads site
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:12:25 +0100, Roy Culley You mean like William Poaster? are card carrying members of the Linux choir. As for Daeron...
EU software patent law faces axe 780
At the worst, you should simply write them off as non-cooperative, Rick! Do you expect everyone to...
EU software patent law faces axe 781
billwg HAHAH! Face it f***wit, therehavebeen tests of the GPL, and the reason it never gets to court...
EU software patent law faces axe 782
1. You agree it hasn't gotten to court. 2. You have no specifics to offer where it has even been threatened. 3. What would be...
EU software patent law faces axe 783
Where do you sweet fellas get the idea that anyone who disagrees with you is not as bright as you are? Besides the arrogance involved, it is a poor strategy to...
EU software patent law faces axe 784
Op Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:17:58 +0000, schreef billwg: You couldn't tell the difference between M$' practice of taking others' ideas...
EU software patent law faces axe 785
It is untrue that Microsoft does this, particularly as a common practice. In your bias you may wish to attribute all sorts of things to Microsoft...
EU software patent law faces axe 786
And he does none of the above. well, Kier, you seem to have ignored the question marks in...
EU software patent law faces axe 787
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:09:49 +0000, billwg I don't recall him saying he does none of the above. And even if he doesn't, what business is it of...
EU software patent law faces axe 788
Read your own words, Rick! You said "modifications that are made are returned to the community" and have stated that you make no modifications yourself. I just noted that means you are not returning...
EU software patent law faces axe 789
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:56:22 +0000, billwg Those are my words, not his, I believe. And I was...
EU software patent law faces axe 790
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 21:11:36 +0000, billwg What are you talking about? I said I am not a developer. Are you stupid? Most Linux...
EU software patent law faces axe 791
I don't disagree that is what open source is in general! The naked facts are that...
EU software patent law faces axe 792
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:22:52 +0000, billwg You're showing your prejudices once more. I use Linux because I like it, and it...
EU software patent law faces axe 793
How about shooting me a copy of RHEL if you have one handy? You are just a user, by your own admission here. You are going where the...
EU software patent law faces axe 794
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:33:35 +0000, billwg I don't use Red Hat, haven't for some time. You think Linux developers don't care...
EU software patent law faces axe 795
From what I have read, no. I've read a number of the email threads that are...
EU software patent law faces axe
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:12:54 +0000, Kier Seems like he is, or cannot comprehend what people tell...
EU software patent law faces axe 797
I don't think that we have been discussing the desktop at all, kier, but it is a valid topic and one with a whole different set...
EU software patent law faces axe 798
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:35:27 +0000, billwg Be my guest. But *I* was certainly talking about the desktop. I'm not sitting in front of a server to...
EU software patent law faces axe 799
I don't think that you can say for sure one way or the other. Certainly some people do it and many do not. A profit motive is an understandable explanation for almost everyone. A...
EU software patent law faces axe 800
Well, Rick, you say that over and again and it means nothing at all. You...
EU software patent law faces axe 801
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:20:52 +0000, billwg It means what it says. You have no idea what you're talking about. No, you are dishonest. Free software is not 'freeware', and...
EU software patent law faces axe 802
What do you contribute then that is to any measure commensurate with the benefits that you receive? Or maybe linux and the other open source programs have no real value to you. The developers are...
EU software patent law faces axe 803
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:02:54 +0000, billwg They have great value to me. And your point is? Have the developers said to me, You may not use this software because...
EU software patent law faces axe 804
Well, there are very bright people who have studied society for a very long time and...
EU software patent law faces axe 805
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:56:32 +0000, billwg Are you deliberately stupid, or just actually stupid? Rick has just told you what contributions he makes. The fact that *you* think these cntributions...
EU software patent law faces axe 806
Well, give it some thought, Kier. If you do something for someone, say write some code, what do you...
EU software patent law faces axe 807
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:45:49 +0000, billwg Such information is asked for by Linux developers. You'd know that if you know anything about the Linux community. Not only that but: "Free software is a...
EU software patent law faces axe 808
On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 20:45:49 +0000, billwg Often, in the Linux community case, nothing. Only the satisfaction of the code itself. Or the pleasure of having the code used. Repaying the Yes. Helping...
EU software patent law faces axe 809
I don't disagree with that, and it's likely that is the motivation for a lot of the "open" software, if you...
EU software patent law faces axe 810
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:52:21 +0000, billwg Some people prefer BSD style licenses, others GPL. WHo...
EU software patent law faces axe 811
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:52:21 +0000, billwg The GPL is designed to *keep* the software Free, so that it can't be made...
EU software patent law faces axe 812
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:10:53 +0000, billwg What 'better way' ae you talking about? That's really no different from Did I say anything about being proud of bug reports? You really are...
EU software patent law faces axe 813
I don't see where it removes the freedom of the users and developers in any way, shape, or form. You are being intellectually dishonest to buttert that is the case, Kier. You may...
EU software patent law faces axe 814
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:35:18 +0000, billwg If it's locked into proprietary form, the developer cannot alter it freely, the interested user cannot examine the...
EU software patent law faces axe 815
That is only true of the new code that someone created. The original Free code remains Free and anyone can examine the source code and learn from it and pbutt it on...
EU software patent law faces axe 816
If you perceive my observations as "whining", you may have a guilty conscience, tuke! The term was chosen to show the general unacceptability of continuously getting something for nothing and expecting more, which...
EU software patent law faces axe 817
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:29:02 +0000, billwg I understand a damn sight more than you do. Free only for the first user. In a license which allows...
EU software patent law faces axe 818
I may seem a little pedantic from time to time in my posts, but that is only because I am twitting at the obtuseness of the likes of Rick, Kier...
EU software patent law faces axe 819
Well I have on numerous occasions, Kier, and your reply has never addressed the points. You merely say that I don't understand how it works. That answer...
EU software patent law faces axe 820
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:58:13 +0000, billwg Red Hat's download edition has now become Fedora. But you can get a number of white box versions for free. You can get SUSE...
EU software patent law faces axe 821
Oh come on now! Linux has a very low percentage of the base of computers in use, but even 1% is some 4 or 5 million units. I don't know how many users that adds...
EU software patent law faces axe 822
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:33:10 +0000, billwg Though exact figures are difficult to come by, it...
EU software patent law faces axe 823
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:26:39 +0000, billwg Because it *isn't* a fact. Did you hear any aggreement at my...
EU software patent law faces axe 824
Sorry about that, Kier! After all what can you expect from a dimwit? You should take that into account. Now that you've had some time to think, though, just what is your definition of...
EU software patent law faces axe 825
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:35:10 +0000, billwg The ideal is that software should be Free...
EU software patent law faces axe 826
You didn't address the point at all, rick! But you looked so kewl with your witty...
EU software patent law faces axe 827
billwg snip Because it was 'our thing' first. The threat is there. No company can afford to take...
EU software patent law faces axe 828
There is no evidence of that, Paul, and no real evidence of Microsoft actually lifting anything from linux. There is a lot of evidence of linux lifting things from somewhere...
EU software patent law faces axe 829
billwg Nobody has to 'lift' anything out of System V. AT&T put the internals if Unix into the public domain. Other than their copyrighted code, anyone is free to examine...
EU software patent law faces axe 830
I didn't say that linux code was copied illegally, that's a matter for a court some day perhaps. All I said that...
BWWWHAHHAHAHAHAA. Thank God For Win XP! 831
Mike Cox When they do, I'll ask them to aim carefully; I don't want to get wet. Seriously, I...
BWWWHAHHAHAHAHAA. Thank God For Win XP! 832
Mike Cox Comes in handy, yanno? Particularly given the love of Flash that a lot...
How The Linux Trolls Post From OPEN PROXIES
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:49:00 +0100, Roy Culley So? Why do you COLA nuts feel the need to attack people who do it? No he is not. He's an idiot...
Anyone using Mephis 834
Sammy Lister There are a LOT of people using Mepis. There are two or three Q-A websites for it. And everyone who has tried Kubuntu says that it...
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