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SuSE Pro 9.3: Good OpenSource Venue 15364
On Wed, 04 May 2005 17:26:24 -0500, BSOD According to the kmail buglist, it won't matter. Besides she doesn't know a zip file from a zipper on her jammies. The...
SuSE Pro 9.3: Good OpenSource Venue 15366
begin KillFileMe.vbs No. The point you would *like* us to see-miss is that. The *real* point is you're making it up. Again. To whinge about something to...
SuSE Pro 9.3: Good OpenSource Venue 15367
begin KillFileMe.vbs It may or may not be due to the above explanation, but I agree with the final analysis. What's wrong with this...
you're like monkeys in a cage
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS wrote on Wed, 4 May 2005 10:33:48 -0400 Probably their most memorable. This one's not bad either. Hey hey, we're the Monkees... For what...
Microsoft innovation
rapskat move How is Negative campaigning - a Microsoft vice president says that Windows on Tablet PC is "not good enough" and less useful than a cell phone. It seems only one journalist had...
Microsoft readies industry for switch to 64bit systems
I remember the bug-ridden junk that Microsoft turned over to IBM when they turned over OS-2. It...
Why copy Microsoft 15371
Sandlin have there a emulate Emulating windows is the biggest mistake the Linux community can make at this point. What has made...
Why copy Microsoft 15372
DFS mgr less right even nice-looking, hideous). What i'm talking about runs deeper than jsut window managers. KDE and...
China's Largest Bank switches to Linux servers... 15373
On Thursday 05 May 2005 00:50 rapskat Not *all* the trolls and wintards in the group are American - Oxford, for example? Certainly a lot are, though...
China's Largest Bank switches to Linux servers... 15374
begin oeprotect.scr It's a mess here too. Distances are still miles, speed is in mph, our gallons and pints are bigger than yours anyway, so it looks like...
China's Largest Bank switches to Linux servers... 15375
Mark Kent ... Nah, datz just the zider... Although as a Mathematician I realise percentages are a valid method of measuring gradients, however, when it comes to visualisation, trying to visualise (or draw...
China's Largest Bank switches to Linux servers... 15376
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:53:17 +0100, Well, new slip, same marina. We have a shorter list...
China's Largest Bank switches to Linux servers... 15377
On Sat, 07 May 2005 02:24:55 -0700, John Bailo Wait...so wine is "euro-pantywaist" now...
China's Largest Bank switches to Linux servers... 15378
B Gruff ... I'm not, I just can't understand their mentality: They arrest a Russian for doing something totally legal in his country because that act was illegal in America, but I...
Most widespread linux
Jean-Francois Stenuit the problem with hard numbers is that there are so many mirrors dotted around, with private mirrors coming and going on a daily basis, that even a...
The U.S. remains addicted
Solar satellites would be a long term, expensive undertaking that would first require development of low...
Can Open Source Trust Microsoft 15381
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Sandlin wrote on 5 May 2005 11:13:33 -0700 Software *is* incredibly valuable -- it is a tool, much like a screwdriver. That it's also free for the taking (except for download...
Can Open Source Trust Microsoft 15382
Obviously Microsoft realizes that there are many people developing for Open Source technology. Furthermore, developers writing for Linux can quickly port their software to...
Bill Gates is responsible for many of your careers 15383
On Fri, 06 May 2005 23:19:44 +0100, William Poaster This is true but so very few people realize this, unfortunately. The Mac, Linux, Solaris and others offer far superior...
Bill Gates is responsible for many of your careers 15384
On Fri, 06 May 2005 18:59:36 -0400, flatfish You're full of poo, flatty. No one with any sense takes anything that you say seriously...
Bill Gates is responsible for many of your careers 15385
flatfish That's not true. M$ offers alternative tools, and they put a lot more effort into lowering the "barriers to entry". For theexperthowever, that lowering appears as a...
Bill Gates is responsible for many of your careers 15386
DFS poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: True. Except that, from what...
Bill Gates is responsible for many of your careers 15387
On Fri, 06 May 2005 17:11:14 -0400, DFS I met Mr. Gates back in the 90's at PCExpo in NYC and I was...
Hey Everyone, Join In The Fun! 15388
Didn't kick in just then, eh? Oh well you've got me convinced...REALLY. OMG WTF I'M...
Rant: Windows is a mess
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Linux user but I recently landed a job supporting Windows...
Rant: Windows is a mess! 15390
On Fri, 06 May 2005 10:12:35 +0100, JS A big "amen" to that rant, with a "me too" thrown in for good measure. You are so...
Rant: Windows is a mess! 15392
as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." - Benjamin Franklin...
Rant: Windows is a mess! 15393
They did have a big hand... they both *opposed* them, and only very grudgingly accepted them as necessary and *temporary* evil, and...
Rant: Windows is a mess! 15394
JS You poor, poor man. Tho the money can be good, it gets a bit...
Commercial apps on Win & Linux 15395
begin oeprotect.scr Let me quote from your original posting, which you've removed: Your definition of "commercial" makes the buttumption that it can only include closed software - you're quite clear...
Commercial apps on Win & Linux 15396
SM so by your pre-prepared conclusion, you do not believe that there is any commercial software...
SuSE 9.3 fails once again to do iPod correctly. 15397
flatfish as soon as you mention that anything does not work on a linux system... you are opening yourself up to getting flamed...
SuSE 9.3 fails once again to do iPod correctly. 15398
On Fri, 06 May 2005 07:45:31 -0500, philo I know! These zealot nutcases take it personally as if I just insulted their mother or something. I go back to...
SuSE 9.3 fails once again to do iPod correctly. 15399
On Fri, 06 May 2005 11:21:21 -0400, flatfish yes , that's for sure. i recall that when i first got into linux...
Questions on GPL for billwg
It's funny, billwg and I were having a discussion about the GPL and its legal teeth, if any. And suddenly he stopped responding and moved...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15401
Ray Ingles The notion that it is an illegal contract that fails on the issue of consideration. The argument would be that my extension of...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15402
You are using the code - the code itself is the consideration. You're getting value from it, else why...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15403
Ray Ingles You miss the boat every time, Ray. Certainly you get some benefit, just not *enough...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15404
I can't find *any* support for the idea that a contract, voluntarily entered, is invalid simply because it's 'unfair'. I...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15405
Ray Ingles It's in the bag of things to do near term, Ray. I've gotten a couple of higher priorities in recently, though, so it may take a couple of days...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15406
Note the words "such as". This is not an exhaustive list. Additionally, what about the words "recast, transformed, or adapted...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15407
I think you suffer from convenient dyslexia, Ray. The rest of your post was equally nonsensical: "Your question is ill-posed and nonsensical. Carburetors...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15408
Ray Ingles It's this damned Thunderbird, Ray! It just doesn't thread usefully and I keep losing track of where I was in all the noise. With a new topic to search it might...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15409
The Source Engine matters to gamers everywhere, even if you don't plan on buying Half-Life 2... chances are...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15410
Ray Ingles "Game engines" are wrappers on the APIs or else graphics functions proprietary to the engine maker. They are for game creators who want to write scripts rather than directly coding...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15411
Both Congress and the courts have already decided that it does. There are some special...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15412
Ray Ingles You blithely say that, Ray, but you aren't all that correct. A number of cases have held that object code is covered, being "fixed in a media" and obviously a work...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15413
Interesting. Do you have an example of source code that *isn't* fixed in a medium? How does it get to the computer, telepathy? You've said this, but you have produced no...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15414
Ray Ingles I am ashamed of your ignorance, Ray. Look up the meaning of "fixed in a medium". You find that it relates to the medium being copied. If a novel...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15415
Huh, so all those people trading electronic MP3 files *aren't* violating copyright? You'd better let the RIAA know... What, you mean compiling source? Copyright covers translations, and I have a hard time believing...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15416
Is a book the same as a sound recording? You'd better let the RIAA hear about that! Might give them a whole...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15417
I've referred you many times to Computer buttociates vs. Altai. You've evinced at least superficial familiarity with it. Let me *again* quote from the decision as reproduced here: "While computer programs are not specifically...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15418
I redundantly reiterate and repeat: "The decision then goes on to examine the *scope* of protection afforded by copyright to programs..." Sort...
Questions on GPL for billwg Discussion, linux
Maybe you're thinking of this: wiggles writes "The City of Chicago recently completed a $475 million park...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15420
Well, Ray, I had some more discussions with my IP lawyer friend last night and have some clarifications to the points...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15421
billwg and moved hope and topic You might try searching for your name (billwg). This way you can see not only the articles you've authored, but also the replies. It's nice to...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15422
It's a small market, but it can be a lucrative one. For example, iD software makes a...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15423
Lower price *is* an advantage. I never said it was the only factor, but don't you...
Questions on GPL for billwg 15424
Ray Ingles Some theories would show that the low price is why linux does not prosper. If you...
BSA jail harmless crippled computer buff
Internet piracy trio sent to jail anon May 06 2005 Three men who pirated computer software have received jail terms of between 18 months and two-and-a-half...
BSA jail harmless crippled computer buff
Ironically, BSA was originally formed because the Software Publisher's buttociation (SPA) was going after pirates, often pulling up minor publishers who would appeal to juries, but Microsoft got...
Intuitive My wife would definitely say different! WAS: Ditching Microsoft can save millions
Mark Kent Funny you should say that... My missus (tolerates our living room looking like the Earth Simulator, bless her!) doesn't know her arse from her elbow when...
Intuitive My wife would definitely say different! WAS: Ditching Microsoft can save millions
Mark Kent Must admit, I've never actually used Quattro Pro, I hate Excel, am indifferent to the openoffice one, and...
major improvements in 10.4 Tiger Server
Good reading for those looking into OSX Server Apple has implemented a lot of new...
Linux "hobbyist OS" is an urban myth. Crossposts: Ignored, deleted by
The reality is a developers' group of mostly tech pros working like they would on corporate projects -- with some differences." == "Hackers of all stripes and motivations can, thanks to the Internet, download the Linux kernel...