Comment The solution exists (Score 1) 299
Force all athletes to install PunkBuster. Any athletes who modded themseleves or are not running PunkBuster will be automatically kicked from the competition.
Microsoft Will Allow Vista Reinstalls 349
Claus Valca writes "I just spotted over on the Windows Vista Team Blog the news that the Windows Vista retail licensing terms are being revised. Looks like PC home-brew system builders have been let back into the Vista party!" From the article: "Our intention behind the original terms was genuinely geared toward combating piracy; however, it's become clear to us that those original terms were perceived as adversely affecting an important group of customers: PC and hardware enthusiasts. You who comprise the enthusiast market are vital to us for several reasons, not least of all because of the support you've provided us throughout the development of Windows Vista. We respect the time and expense you go to in customizing, building and rebuilding your hardware and we heard you that the previous terms were seen as an impediment to that — it's for that reason we've made this change."
Speculation on Google / YouTube "Hardball" 125
An anonymous reader writes, "Interesting speculation on the 'GooTube' deal, oozing with corporate intrigue. Based on Mark Cuban's blog and a subsequent ZDNet blog posting, it seems as though there might have been some dodgy goings-on just prior to the deal. In short, YouTube may have handed the major labels approximately $50M so that the labels would turn a blind eye to the copyright infringements AND go after the competition to cement YouTube's position in the market. Universal started the ball rolling a week after the deal by suing Bolt and Grouper." Cuban's blog does not identify the author of the speculation, who calls himself "an experienced veteran in the digital media business." Cuban writes that this is someone he "respects and trusts."
Comment Re:Thank goodness RedHat is coded in America (Score 4, Interesting) 660
I'm interning at microsoft this summer and someone asked Ballmer a question about outsourcing. I think the more interesting part was when he asked all the foriegn born interns to raise their hand. I'd say it was 50% if not more. He continued that microsoft was already hiring globally so the real question was did they want development labs in other countries.
That being said I'm sure there are people just as bright in india as there are here. There are also
inexpensive codemonkeys in both countries and if window source is getting sourced to them it'll suck even more.
That being said I'm sure there are people just as bright in india as there are here. There are also
inexpensive codemonkeys in both countries and if window source is getting sourced to them it'll suck even more.
