Comment Predictable, but ... (Score 2, Interesting) 459
Eric Raymond predicted several years ago that eventually falling hardware prices would have this effect.
A couple of years ago when I saw him at a conference I asked him if that was still his prediction and he replied that he was no longer so sure, because he thought that it was possible that Microsoft would simply cut the price of the Windows OS (to close to zero) to cancel out this effect.
That hasn't happened, but I think it's more than possible that it might.
A couple of years ago when I saw him at a conference I asked him if that was still his prediction and he replied that he was no longer so sure, because he thought that it was possible that Microsoft would simply cut the price of the Windows OS (to close to zero) to cancel out this effect.
That hasn't happened, but I think it's more than possible that it might.
Submission + - Bloggers versus billionaire
Roger Whittaker writes: "An interesting case in England is pitting the combined power of multiple
bloggers in support of a dissident ex-diplomat against an Uzbek billionaire.
Alisher Usmanov has engaged the law firm Schillings (which seems to specialise
in getting unfavourable web content removed for rich clients) and their
threats led to the removal of Craig Murray's blog site by his hosting company
Fasthosts. But a large number of bloggers have taken up Murray's cause and
the content which caused the original complaint (and links to it) has now
sprung up in a very large number of places. Is it still true that "the
Internet regards censorship as damage and routes round it"?
The Register's story latest story on this is here:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/25/murray_usmanov_defiant/"
