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Comment Re:Teachers wrong here (Score 1) 333

It's actually not his code and the school would have every right to force him to take it down. Any work you do for school is the schools intellectual property. Even to re-use work you have previously done you must get permission from the professor you originally did the work from and the professor you will be turning the work into. Publishing source code online is no different. It is the schools IP, not the students. The teacher is technically right, but he's being a dick and the administration was on the side of the student, but its not going to always be true.

Comment Re:closed source jobs .. (Score 1) 187

Since when was this a Microsoft vs Linux argument? There is tons of software developers out there besides Microsoft. We are talking about Hospital management software, not operating systems.

And how does someone buying Windows increase revenue for a company? It doesn't, but it lets some guy at Microsoft keep his job instead of being laid off. Now, put that in terms of not Microsoft, now your keeping some software developer off the streets who happens to work on Hospital Management software.

Why does everything have to be Microsoft or Linux? There are tons of software developers besides those two groups!

Comment Re:The Slashdot circle jerk (Score 1) 187

Yea, but most of us make our livelihoods by using closed source proprietary code at our places of business. Realistically, open source creates fewer jobs than a closed source solution. Not that I'm complaining, I am all for open source, but for that just doesn't seem to fit in my book for maximizing job creation...

Comment Re:Users are branching out - game companies are no (Score 1) 417

Trust me, you don't want to play that steaming pile of crap game called Unreal Tournament 3. The original Unreal Tournament was incredibly more enjoyable, more innovative, and most surely held my attention more than 2.3 minutes. Epic is a worthless company, they no longer make good video games, they make Microsoft Games.

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