Comment Re:haha (Score 1) 319
Do you have a reference for this 3% figure?
I'd rather have a government monopoly that is at least accountable to me as a tax payer rather than a corporate one that is only accountable to its shareholders.
Do you have a reference for this 3% figure?
I'd rather have a government monopoly that is at least accountable to me as a tax payer rather than a corporate one that is only accountable to its shareholders.
Gee, you had to go back 8 years to find three issues. The first one isn't even malware, just bad programming by the vendor that reduces performance. The next two are specific to Apache web servers, NOT Linux.
If those were the best examples you could come up withm then I guess you succeeded in disproving your own point.
Dude. The US built ARPANet and the DNS system.
And this is relivent why? The printing press was invented in Germany, so should the Germans control the print industry. This technology was created in Universties and then release to the public. All public, not just Americans. It is now an integral part of international standards. There are no patents, no copyrights, not even trade marks that prohibit others from doing the same thing. As you say, they should "go build it". If you agree that other countries are perfectly within their rights to build their own system, then what form of ownership do you think the Americans can claim over the current system? Unfortunately all countries going their own way can seriously damage the Internet, and I expect that is why it has not happened yet. But let the Americans keep this international irritant and it surely some day will. Then we'll all be worse off.
No, it's not. Censorship is alive and well all over the world, and there are many governments who would love to excercise censorship beyond their own borders.
You mean like the US? http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2940.cfm http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-236255.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_United_States
Here's a question: if we give the UN control over the DNS system, what happens to Taiwan's TLD? You only have to look at the last Olympics to know how China views Taiwan, they weren't allowed to compete as "Taiwan", they were "Chinese Taipei". If China had a say over which TLDs are allowed, the first thing they'll do is get rid of the
You miss my point. My point is that even if this were true, there are enough countries with TLDs around the world of their own that anyone would be able to get a soap box without any problem using another tld. TLDs are not a free speach issue.
The only reason that it appears that censorship is not an imminent threat is because worldwide internet censorship is not being practiced. The reason that worldwide internet censorship is not being practiced is because the US controls the DNS system.
You give the americans far too much credit. I worry about their propensity to go after gaming sites, mod chip sites, and sites like IcraveTV. The americans aren't saints by any stretch.
Do I want it taken away from us? Heck no. We hold all the power in this area right now. But if we're talking about fair and right, then it really should be handled by the UN rather than any single country.
Why is that fair and right? Looking at it from a moral standpoint rather than a purely policy standpoint, the US created the internet, and has freely and openly allowed the rest of the world access to the technology. What moral reason does the world have to gain control? "We would make better owners of your property than you."?
That's funny 'cause that is exactly how I read the current state of affairs. Sorry to break it you you sonny, but the US does not own the Internet. No one owns the Internet any more that anyone could own the air we breath. It is a common resource, and the US insisting on keeping control of it is an afront to the rest of the world. Look, the US, as every other country would still control their own country TLDs so all this worry about censorship is totally overblown. The US keeping control however will simply bread more resentment toward the US. Does the US really need that?
Maybe the EU is looking at this backwards. Instead of forcing Microsoft to unbundle the browser from the operating system, they should be forcing MS to unbundle the OS from everything else. That is how linux works. The OS being GNU/Linux can be bundled by the distributor with any peripheral software they want. It would allow MS to keep their OS monopoly but would create more competition at the same time
That's OK. I don't think governments are about helping people either.
I'm not sure what it is about antitrust laws that hurt society. They put in place to prevent monopoly abuse, price fixing, and tied selling. Things that promote competition and serve the public. Their only flaw in my mind is that they are not brought to bare against abusive companies more often.
"Are Microsoft being punished for being too successful ? I guess thats the only way you can operate a monopoly..."
It is not the virtue of being successful that they are being punished for. It is HOW they got there.
It's an admittedly extreme analogy, but the Mafia is very successful. None the less we punish them because they broke the laws to get there. Not because the are successful. The exact same principle applies to MS.
"Those factors don't seem to be impeding Firefox's progress."
But while most seem to concur that Firefox is a superior browser it still has 1/4 of the penetration that IE has. By what definition is this not impeding Firefox's progress?
"In the same sense that government is exactly about helping people. Unfortunately, in both cases, the theory and practice are not the same."
And don't forget, in the same way that capitalism is suppose to be about freedom. Non the less we still need capitalism, governments, and antitrust laws for our society to function properly.
I must be imagining the Dells and all the netbooks that come with Linux....
Yea sometimes I think that too. Can't find those darn Linux netbooks in any Best Buy, Futureshop, or Stapes around. I had to order mine online from tigerdirect. So don't worry. We understand. It is very easy to feel like this.
Gee, Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
