It looks to me that I can charge $1,000,000 for my GPL software and charge another $1,000,000 for the source.

But I have to wonder, what about the people who are being sued and the case isn't so cut and dried where you're not sure if you have a chance at winning?

Sure they talent and were competent - at bullshitting.

Oops. I hope I didn't add to your despair. I have found a cure for that - see sig.

Someone who's actually paid to be the goat.

I can do that! Were can I get a job like that.

I'll try.

In a nutshell, big corp, no matter how much in the wrong the are, can wave in front of the 'little guy's" face that they'll keep him in court for years and if he loses, he'll be on the hook for millions of dollars in legal fees. I don't care how sure you are about your case, that's a huge disincentive to stick up for one's self. Now, add in the fact that the laws are skewed in the corporation's favor, it's a system that's ripe for even more abuse than we have now.

Imagine the RIAA going after folks and saying that they could fight and not only have to pay their own legal bills but also the RIAA's if they lose. No one would even think about it. The EFF would have to become very selective of the cases it took - even more than they are now.

And one last thing: there's a huge difference with an individual being stuck with the legal bills as opposed to a corporation. With a corporation, at least the big ones, they lose a lawsuit it's not a big deal - any legal costs an individual runs up they can pay out of their toilet paper budget. An individual loses and they're ruined.

For a loser pays system, I would want restrictions placed on what a corporation can do - maybe even preventing them from collecting legal fees when litigating against an individual in a "loser pays" system.

No one will pay any attention.

SQL is pronounced .in many old timer circles as "squeal".

And look at the picture ! It s NAZI Salute!

There you go, it's all part of Gates' plan to take over the World and crush Linux! I can tell!

The rock stars get their guitars for free (Paul McCartney once commented:"When you're poor you cant' afford them and when you're rich they give them to you.) is the same thing.

Or how about paying celebrities to use your product.

Now the randomly selecting people part. What's wrong with that? So they're trying to accelerate the product to the tipping point.

This will hurt no one and this was just an "article" to have an excuse to bash Microsoft about something. *yawn*

Nope, you're not. You give each activity a minuscule attention.

Wrong again. They do what they need to do to pass and then do what they want once they're on the road.

I'm afraid you may have gotten me there.

First of all, you cannot train folks to multitask because humans are incapable of doing it. The cops can't do it either. What you call multitasking is actually them selecting attention rapidly between their laptops and driving - if they're even doing that.

Two, even if it were possible to train folks how to do it, what makes you think that folks will follow their training? People are trained not to tailgate, speed, cut others off, etc...

Everything you've proposed is impossible. The ONLY solution is to ban cell phones in cars. There is absolutely no reason to talk in a car anyway - no exceptions. Got to talk? Pull over.

If you restrict it and keep proprietary software off, then it will become just hobbyist platform.

All I know is, regardless of what happens, when I need some sort of major treatment, I'll be on a plane to India to get treated by an American educated Indian doctor and then spend some time on a tropical beach with my wife to recuperate - all for a third of what it will cost here.

Pizza in California is a big cracker with ketchup and some shit cheese and shit that has no business being on a pizza.

Domino's tastes like cardboard with ketchup.

Pizza Hut has so much grease that I believe it is a fire hazard.

The best pizza is NOT in NYC. It's pretty good in New Haven, CT but the best I've ever had was at some Italian immigrant's place in a sub-urban CT town. CT has a LOT of Italians.

Mexicans make awesome pizza.