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Comment Re:GPL like infact (Score 1) 838

by jsac (#24190517) Attached to: Blizzard Wins Major Lawsuit Against Bot Developers
It's not the same principle at all. This ruling is based on the fact that Blizzard distributes its software under an end user license. The GPL is not an end user license. The GPL gives you a blanket right to make copies of the software for any reason, to modify those copies as you see fit, and to use the software in any manner you like. The only thing you may not do without following the GPL is distribute modified copies to other people.
Supercomputing

Submission + - IBM supercomputer dual boots Windows and Linux

Submitted by Stony Stevenson
Stony Stevenson writes: IBM has built the biggest ever dual-boot Windows/Linux HPC system for a consortium of Swedish research groups and universities. The record-chasing firm will apparently unveil its 5,376 Intel Xeon quad-core processor blade system later on today. The system is able to reach an impressive 46 sustained teraflops on a beta version of Windows HPC Server 2008, with each chip apparently running at 2.5GHz and using 50 watts. What makes the achievement particularly noteworthy is the fact that it is a relative rarity for an HPC system to be built on Windows rather than exclusively on Linux, which makes up around 85 percent of all HPC systems in the world.
Linux Business

Submission + - Windows Dual-boots its Way onto a Linux Stage (computerworld.com)

Submitted by
CWmike
CWmike writes: "Windows may never boot Linux from its dominant role in high-performance computing, but Microsoft's dual-boot strategy is making some inroads. IBM said it has built what may be the largest Windows/Linux HPC dual-boot system yet for a university research group in Sweden. IBM will today detail a blade system running 5,376 Intel Xeon quad-core processors; each chip runs at 2.5 GHz and uses 50 watts. lthough most HPC applications run on Linux, some researchers do their work on Windows-based workstations, "and [this] makes it a really easy step to go from there to a server that has Windows," said Joseph. The dual-boot strategy opens the HPC for both kinds of operating system users. "It's really a home run fit for a lot of folks," he said."
KDE

Submission + - Ars reviews KDE 4.0 (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by dropgoal
dropgoal writes: Ars Technica has a good-sized (albeit not Siracusa-length) review of KDE 4.0 up. Ars notes that, although 'the new release comes with almost as many new bugs as it does features,' there's a firm foundation for KDE 4.1 and future versions. 'It's important at this stage to keep an open mind and not write off the important technical work that has been done here (much of it not visible on the surface). I've been using KDE 4.0 since the release and what I see when I look beyond the current version is an impressive foundation that is built to last... Ultimately, I think that the strength of the underlying technology will enable KDE developers to move past this rough patch and produce releases that are more acceptable for widespread adoption.'
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - iPhone's Ironic Bill

Submitted by Dr. Eggman
Dr. Eggman writes: Bills have begun rolling in from AT&T for those lucky iPhone users. Ars Technica reports on the ironically antithetic nature of these bills. For a device prized for its intuitive, elegant, and minimalist style, its bill leaves one with quite the opposite impression. The bills from AT&T, can reach around 52 pages long with both sides utilized, filled with every minutiae of vague details possible. "I had some data use that, under the To/From heading, AT&T has helpfully listed as "Data Transfer." The Type of file? "Data." My total charge? $0.00. " Imagining a minor phone book of logs like this certainly makes it hard to picture the pretty green apple it's coming from, maybe AT&T should take a page from Apple?

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