Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods 198
malx writes "Says the Financial Times: 'Matsushita and Sony have agreed to jointly develop the Linux operating system for digital consumer electronic products, in a highly unusual and cooperative deal between two of the fiercest rivals in the industry.' Interesting because Sony and Matsushita are bitter foes: this shows they're even more scared of Microsoft." update Sorry, it's a dupe.
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I think the problem with that is that Slashdot is essentially a congress-of-peers at the editor level, and they don't want to relegate everyone but one to "culling the crap" status while one of them coordinates and edits.
I can sympathize, but is there any other way? Perhaps cull the crap to a "pre-post" list that we can comment on and point out duplicates and/or inaccuracies? That's been shot down before too.
Re:For more information.. (Score:5, Insightful)
Its not as if this is a dupe from a few days ago - and isnt visable without searching. This is a dupe within just a few hours.
Re:For more information.. (Score:2)
I'll give you more information.. (Score:3, Informative)
Quoted from the FAQ for all you lazy people. [*]
Sometimes I see duplicate stories on Slashdot. What's up with that?
If you see a duplicate, you can mail the story's author. If the story is still quiet, we may pull it down. However, once the comments are rolling in, we often leave the story up so that the discussion can continue.
Some people have suggested that there might be a software solution to this problem. If you think you've got one, visit the Slashcode site and submit a diff. As long as it isn't a performance hit, I'd consider using it. (Be aware however that the trick of searching for duplicate URLs isn't as helpful as you might think, since the same story can appear in multiple locations.)
Answered by: CmdrTaco
Last Modified: 10/28/00
[*] Also known as
Re:I'll give you more information.. (Score:2)
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"If the story is still quiet, we may pull it down. However, once the comments are rolling in, we often leave the story up so that the discussion can continue."
Re:I'll give you more information.. (Score:2)
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Why? They're pretty much all negative, unhelpful comments anyway, and they could merely remove the story's link from the front page, whilst keeping the story accessible, so the people posting all their comments could continue to participate.
Re:I'll give you more information.. (Score:2)
Re:I'll give you more information.. (Score:3, Insightful)
Just because a technical solution is theoretically possible doesn't mean it's the right way to solve the problem.
The correct solution is for the editors to actually give a shit about their own site. Duplicate stories are not only irritating, they are disheartening. Everytime I see one I picture Taco (or whoever posted it) sitting around drooling on himself.. Probably laughing at how he can sit around and fuck off and get payed for it. It really pisses me off. If I let myself get away with such shit-poor work I'd kill myself.
Re:For more information.. (Score:1)
It might be interesting to see the counters climb.
Suggestion (Score:1)
Also, it would be useful for posting follow-ups as well since the poster would not have to spend time searching for the original post. It would just be presented to them.
I see two ways to set up such a database.
1. Post -> URL
and
2. URL -> Post
#2 would be better since then the URL is only used once. Since record IDs are only 4 bytes (SlashDot hasn't gone past 2 Billion messages yet has it?) this method takes up less space than #1 and provides a complete list of where the URL was used. #2 could actually be URL->Post#1,Post#2,Post#3,etc....
Just a thought.
Comments. (Score:2)
If the comments are different, does it really matter if the linked story happens to be the same?
Dupe solution (Score:1)
I think that for site editors, there should be a "clue-in" period, of about 10 minutes, starting when they first load the front page, during which they would not be allowed into the submission queue, giving them a chance to read the day's stories so far.
Ideally, there would also be some javascript onBlur handler that maked the timer stop when the page is not in the forground.
Don't be a jackass. (Score:3, Funny)
Given the value of their stock options [yahoo.com], don't you think they've got better things to do?
Re:Don't be a jackass. (Score:2)
Man, I had no idea VA's stock was so low. If that was an EKG they be running for the paddles.
Re:For more information.. (Score:3, Informative)
"maybe it's time for the codemonkeys to hack their awesome perl script to automatically filter for "sameness" in an article compared against previous articles, and then make the editor click through to really post the article."
I have seen this suggested quite a few times, more often recently, and thought it might be time to point out that Slashcode CVS appears to have this feature in admin.pl:
Similar Stories:
Q&A With Mister Dude [url] Monday December 16, @05:17AM dude
Dude! [url] Monday November 25, @11:55AM dude
(keying on word "dude";)
I've tested it a bit and it seems to register a few too many false positives right now. Of course, I'm sure it's just having the kinks worked out.
Horrible Dupe (Score:1)
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Re:Horrible Dupe (Score:1)
The monitor itself could probably do whatever a color TV can do, its the adapter that only has 4 colors.
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fp (Score:2, Interesting)
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While this might be indeed be the case, I'm sure the techies at Sony (who BTW I have much respect for) are very happy with the development.
But the real catch comes in a couple of years when they find Linux to be doing such a good job they'll never consider anything else. Even if they initially truely set out for 'Anything but Microsoft'.
You know why Linux is better than drugs?
With drugs, only the first round is free.
Re:Ambrose Bierce already explained this (Score:1)
ALLIANCE, n.
In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
What is this, fark? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What is this, fark? (Score:1)
Re:Soviet sad man is saying: (Score:1)
First dupe? (Score:2)
It's Slashdot! (Score:5, Funny)
embedded devices.. (Score:2, Funny)
dupe joke (Score:1)
--paul
Dupe Dupe (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Dupe Dupe (Score:4, Funny)
I think the sick part is that I didn't even realize that you repeated every word, until I noticed the "dupe dupe" at the end.
Slashdot has me well trained
Developing Linux? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Developing Linux? (Score:1, Funny)
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In other news LOTR The Two Towers in theaters (Score:2, Funny)
Wow (Score:4, Funny)
(Score:5, Interesting) [slashdot.org]
O =)
Re:Wow (Score:1)
Gee, you mean the Pope talks like Data?
Re:Wow (Score:1)
Re:Wow (Score:1)
Hmm, I see they've already been over it pretty thoroughly there, yep. But no one had pointed out the obligatory Star Trek angle there yet! ;)
This has to be a joke (Score:2)
Re:This has to be a joke (Score:2)
Re:This has to be a joke (Score:2)
Indeed, I think that the next April Fools' Day joke will be... No Dupes!
feature request: user moderated articles (Score:4, Interesting)
an article was modded to -10000 dupe, it wouldn't show up on my front page - if I'm logged in of course.
I'm sorry... (Score:3, Funny)
Good Old Speculation (Score:2)
I don't see how anything said in the article shows they are "scared of Microsoft". Not only that but the article goes on to mention Sony will still be using Windows on the Vaio. If they were truly "afraid" of Microsoft they would dump Windows.
Maybe it's just me but the price and flexability of Linux made them choose it over Microsoft's products. In this case tt is a smart business decision both from a financial and technical standpoint.
Perhaps I'm just an optimist.
Shortest dupe distance. (Score:1)
Re:Shortest dupe distance. (Score:1)
Come on!! (Score:1)
Posted by michael on Wednesday December 18, @08:26AM
Hmmmm... Where have I seen this before?
Score 0, Redundant.
Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:5, Informative)
Anyway
So what other ways (besides forcing a manual check) can we build into the slash code to help stop this in the future, before an article is posted? A comparison of similar words? Or do we add something for after-the-fact moderation: article meta-moderators who can delete an article if it's found to be a dupe?
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Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:1)
You'd have to change the filter database to only keep the last N days worth of postings but that's no big deal.
Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:1)
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Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:2)
Maybe we're not thinking on the right level. Remember that early episode of the Simpsons where they all went to Dr. Monroe and he let them give each other (too many) electric shocks? Something like that.
Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:4, Funny)
Any editor posting a dupe will:
1. Have hot grits poured down his pants
2. Be forced to use goatse as his desktop wallpaper
3. Be sent someplace cold IN SOVIET RUSSIA.
4. Problem solved
5.
6. Profit!!!
Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:1)
How'a'bout this: Make a dupe icon... then all duplicate stories get posted under that. Then for everyone who doesn't want dupes they can just filter those out.
Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:1)
I remember myself seeing duplicates of stories over a year apart. These are normal, but within a week...
I recommend an improvement to the slashcode: an editor cannot post new articles until he has read every articles for the past week. I am sure that the slashcode monitors what readers read, right?
I don't think that a journalist with basic professionalism value would have a problem with that. It is normal to perform some research before publishing.
Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:2)
Re:Solutions to dupe problem? (Score:5, Informative)
For your convenience:
Sometimes I see duplicate stories on Slashdot. What's up with that?
These are just mistakes on the part of the staff. They happen. We have posted over ten thousand stories in our history. The occasional duplicate is inevitable.
If you see a duplicate, you can mail the story's author. If the story is still quiet, we may pull it down. However, once the comments are rolling in, we often leave the story up so that the discussion can continue.
Some people have suggested that there might be a software solution to this problem. If you think you've got one, visit the Slashcode site [slashcode.com] and submit a diff. As long as it isn't a performance hit, I'd consider using it. (Be aware however that the trick of searching for duplicate URLs isn't as helpful as you might think, since the same story can appear in multiple locations.)
Answered by: CmdrTaco [mailto]
Last Modified: 10/28/00
Why don't people quit complaining about duplicate articles and actually do something to solve it? (see above)
-1 Redundant (Score:2)
This is a duplicate of the above post [slashdot.org].
Golly, it must be hard to keep up with everything posted on this site.
Re:What a joke (Score:2)
Don't believe the PR guy... (Score:1)
"We are not forming an alliance to compete against Microsoft," said a Matsushita representative.
No matter what the Matsushita rep says, this *is* meant to distance themselves from Microsoft and save cash.
It's nice to see them helping out embedded Linux development. Of course, in the process, they are giving Linux a powerful ally in a new arena, but they want this to appear as if creating competition in Microsoft's market is an unintended consequence.
Sony (Score:2, Funny)
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Duplications and Introductions (Score:5, Funny)
Timothy, Michael.
Michael, Timothy.
I just thought that you gentlemen might want to be introduced to one another, since you seem to share tastes in reading material.
I mean, for pity's sake, as of my writing this, it's still on the front page [slashdot.org].
IN SOVIET RUSSIA (Score:1)
Funny you can get dupes on /. (Score:1)
Usurper_ii
Hoping to do what MTV did for music -- man I hope NOT -- Blackbelt [blackbelt.tv] ...this sounds like if you have an ass, this channel will kick it. Maybe we could put Slashdot to good use here and let everyone know to be sure and request [blackbelt.tv] this channel from their local cable company, DirecTV, and Dish network!
TV hopes to launch a 24-hour martial arts channel [martialway.com]. Offering nearly 15,000 hours of popular martial-arts films, fights to be hosted by gorgeous female fight jocks, and rumors [216.239.51.100] of having anime in their line-up
Re:Funny you can get dupes on /. (Score:2)
Kintanon
A great site for Slashdot editors... (Score:2)
Slashdot Poll - Top Slashdot Beefs (Score:3, Funny)
Slashdot gets slashdotted
Bitching about Karma Whores
Dupes
Beowulf clusters, first post and Soviet Russia
Cowboy Neal gets duped
Since you're here, some worthwhile reading (Score:1, Offtopic)
Story at NewsFactor [newsfactor.com]
HIghly cooperative effort (Score:5, Funny)
After both stories made the front page of the outlaw website, Sony and Matsushita expressed doubts about the level of cooperation.
"If we can't get this right, how are we going to resolve more complex issues?" said Matsushita representative.
Sony representative made a similar point, adding that the two companies will go back to being fierce rivals again.
Worst Karma Whore EVER (Score:1)
While the Sony's have lived in the modern world for awhile, and have gotten it, as well as being on both sides of it, Matsuhita electric is perhaps the most traditional and conservitive of Japanese companies. I have known these people (Matsushita) for much of my life, from some of their board members down. This is an organization so steeped in it's own traditions and dogma (yes, they really do have a "250 year" business plan, and never make fun of the founders light bulb socket :), with engineering departments so conservitivily organized, that for them to support open development of GPL software is really much like the Pope encouraging contraction!
It makes good business sense to use GPL-ed software when you want to devise a new product. 1. Low cost or no cost. 2. If you give geeks a chance to play with it, they can start to tell regular people how it works, why they should get it, etc. 3. Since most "regular" people don't care or don't want to know why it works the way it does, if the people who care why it works (geeks), show others that it just works, others will be inclined to buy that product. The moral: Most people will buy something if it simply works. Sony and Panasonic are letting us make sure it works before they mass- release.
I'm already cringing at what I *know* is going to happen. They're going to release some stuff - exactly what they're obligated to - under the GPL. But other stuff - say DRM - will certainly NOT be under the GPL. Then there's going to be such a hoopla and whining in forums such as this one even though these companies have done exactly what they're obligated to. "They should give back to the community", etc, ad nauseum, and some people will be wondering why, if the open/free software implies some sort of larger obligation to a community, why these weren't written into the licenses.
I got so carried away with my own rhetoric that I neglected to tie it in to home electronics so here goes: Thirty years ago anyone who understood electronics theory and vacuum tubes could fix any home electronic device. Simply understanding how electronic circuits worked meant that a tech could move from one device to another. And manufacturers didn't have to design a new theory for each device, they just wired up the vacuum tubes in new ways which were still understandable. All a tech had to do was look at the schematic diagram, apply a few standard tools (oscilloscope, VTVM, signal injector, etc.) and he (or she) could make it work. So if Sony uses Linux in its latest widget and you understand Linux, you'll understand how your widget works and how to get the most out of your widget. Plus, since Sony didn't have to design a brand new widget-operating-system, you will either be able to buy it cheaper than the Samsung widget or it will do more... or both. And if your widget breaks you won't have to buy a new one, you can just flash the bios and make it just like new. So putting widely known operating systems into devices saves money for both the manufacturer and the consumer. This makes us all happier and a few of us wealthier. If you learn Linux, and Linux is the OS they put in all these devices, you have a better chance of joining that few. :)
I don't. I care about whether it is open. Do it use free, open standards, protocols, etc.? That's what is important. What I'm talking about is http://sincerechoice.org/ [sincerechoice.org].
Pref (Score:2)
Duped again? (Score:1)
Question (Score:5, Funny)
For additional info (Score:2)
Instead of this dupe... (Score:1)
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Slashdot Dupe Campaign (Score:2)
Here's a thought... (Score:2, Funny)
Or, how about a new topic: "Duplicate Stories". This way, if we enjoy dupes, we can read them. Otherwise, we can exclude the Dupe topic.
Oh, wait, what if we get dupes in the "Duplicate Stories" category?
Headline permutations (Score:1)
Linux Backed by Sony, Matsushita For Consumer Goods
For Consumer Goods Sony, Matsushita Back Linux
For Consumer Goods Linux is Backed by Sony, Matsushita
Back Linux For Consumer Goods? Sony and Matsushita!
Sony, Matsushita Back Linux For Consumer Goods and Great Glory
Another Home Depot? (Score:1)
Not quite a dupe (Score:1)
Wow (Score:1)
Matsushita (Score:1)
Karma Building Tip. (Score:2)
To build your karma quickly, just submit, under your account, every story that get posted to slashdot. At the going rate of double-posts, the law of averages predicts that your karma will build quickly.
The previous post of this article was only seven hours ago!
Nice Troll... (Score:2)
Um no, this does not 'show they're even more scared of Microsoft'. Sony has always been the type of company to try to control every little aspect of any product they make. In a case like this, they can control the OS.
Sony doesn't like sharing their pie. It has nothing to do with 'fear of Microsoft'.
Give /. a Break! (Score:1)
mini rant about dupes (Score:1)
It wouldn't be that bad if it was a slow news day but I don't think at
Duplicates (Score:1)
My big question ... (Score:3)
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