So wait, is it known that nuclear launch systems run on Linux? I assumed they were some on closed specialized code like what the Shuttle uses.
Your funny. did you know the shuttle used Linux? At least for some stuff.(ie. not running the shuttle)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/news/1997/spc0317.txt
I'd say the FUD in itself is worth far more to Microsoft than any benefit they could possibly get from an actual lawsuit.
Software patents really should be abolished either way, I guess maybe there's the odd sensible patent here and there, but there's such an enormous amount of junk patents that it's just not worth it.
Software patents really should be abolished either way, I guess maybe there's the odd sensible patent here and there, but there's such an enormous amount of junk patents that it's just not worth it.
SCO tried this game (with Microsoft's backing) and it made them a pariah in the tech community. Granted, they didn't have much of a plan B going for them.
What Microsoft really wants is a club to threaten spineless CTO's with -- "Nice server room ya got here. Shame if something was to happen to it..." It's pathetic that a company with so much commercial success can't stop being the ***hole bully of the playground.
What Microsoft really wants is a club to threaten spineless CTO's with -- "Nice server room ya got here. Shame if something was to happen to it..." It's pathetic that a company with so much commercial success can't stop being the ***hole bully of the playground.
Originally posted by: drag
Your funny. did you know the shuttle used Linux? At least for some stuff.(ie. not running the shuttle)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/news/1997/spc0317.txt
That's quite a stretch there. Someone is running a hydroponics experiment and is taking along a computer with linux on it. That would be like taking a Macbook on a plane with you and saying the plane is using OSX. :roll:
Ballmer didn´t show any real codes. Only lies.
They are lying, do you believe in all of the lies they said about Linux ?
Simple, they didn´t show the codes because they haven´t anyone. Lies.
If they want to play the game of Intellectual property in front of a court, they have first
to show all of the codes they are saying that´s IP infringement.
Microsoft is a complete shame doing those silly things with the media...
Ballmer saying lies about IP is a complete shame.
Ask again...
- Ballmer, where are the codes ???
Answer
- Huh ? What ? Codes ? ? Huh...
They are lying, do you believe in all of the lies they said about Linux ?
Simple, they didn´t show the codes because they haven´t anyone. Lies.
If they want to play the game of Intellectual property in front of a court, they have first
to show all of the codes they are saying that´s IP infringement.
Microsoft is a complete shame doing those silly things with the media...
Ballmer saying lies about IP is a complete shame.
Ask again...
- Ballmer, where are the codes ???
Answer
- Huh ? What ? Codes ?
? Huh...MICROSOFT ROUNDING UP LINUX USERS INTO INTERNMENT CAMPS, GASSING THEM, AND BURNING THEIR CORPSES
patent debate
Hyperbole is fine, but there's good and bad analogies. Again: global conflict costing millions of lives ... patent debate. Global conflict costing millions of lives ... patent debate. Are these really on the same level?
- M4H
You're mixing up WW2 and WW3. The reason the "World War 3" label is appropriate is because this situation brings the promise of mutually assured destruction, except with patents instead of nuclear weapons. Instead of the potential mass slaughter of people, we have the potential mass slaughter of software projects.
And if you think that it is demeaning for us to compare people to software in this context, then lighten the ****** up. :frown:
pcgeek11
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Originally posted by: stash
So wait, is it known that nuclear launch systems run on Linux? I assumed they were some on closed specialized code like what the Shuttle uses.
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20 years as Missle Tech with Nuclear Weapons. No Linux or Windows involved.
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So wait, is it known that nuclear launch systems run on Linux? I assumed they were some on closed specialized code like what the Shuttle uses.
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20 years as Missle Tech with Nuclear Weapons. No Linux or Windows involved.
pcgeek11
Haha, the guy participating in the "world war 3 is on the horizon" thread is telling someone to lighten up. oh that's rich. haha good stuff.
This whole thread is one big anti-MS circle jerk and it's amusing me to no end. Be sure not to "shoot" each other!
Originally posted by: Smilin
Haha, the guy participating in the "world war 3 is on the horizon" thread is telling someone to lighten up. oh that's rich. haha good stuff.
This whole thread is one big anti-MS circle jerk and it's amusing me to no end. Be sure not to "shoot" each other!
But if they don't shoot each other, then it won't be MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION :shocked:
I'm more interested in where this guy's getting his information about World War III, since it hasn't happened yet.
Ooh, I got a better saying ... THE HOLOCAUST ON YOUR HARD DRIVE! That's perfect!
- M4H
Originally posted by: Smilin
Haha, the guy participating in the "world war 3 is on the horizon" thread is telling someone to lighten up. oh that's rich. haha good stuff.
This whole thread is one big anti-MS circle jerk and it's amusing me to no end. Be sure not to "shoot" each other!
Seriously, Smilin, do we always have to come back to this anti-MS thing? I post the good and the bad on MS and on Linux/etc. It's an article from a legit source (CNN) reporting things that Balmer and MS lawyers are saying.
Maybe the article is putting a negative spin on it for drama, as news reports are apt to do, but as it says "If the company gets its way, free software won't be free anymore." We rely a lot on free software, often because those are the best products for certain tasks, but also because, well, it's free which gives another HUGE bonus of not having to keep track of licenses.
I can set up and run my servers and get updates when I want without being bothered with keeping track of keys and how many times we've installed it and getting access to updates (some companies make this a huge hassle for paying customers), and I don't have to go through our purchase approval process or worry about budgeting. All these are things that MS wants to take away from me, and I'm just supposed to be ok with THAT?!
Eben Moglen talks about this Microsoft patent threating BS and how this relates to how the patent deal with Novell-Microsft is a bad thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YExl9ojclo
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