Comment Re:Netscape do over (Score 1) 380
Undoing wrong moderation.
Comment Re:Not so hippocritical (Score 5, Insightful) 532
Completely agree.
Apple was open the same way with Xcode and developer tools for Mac platform - free IDE, SDK and no restrictions on nature of applications you can create. May be due to commercial interests, they are being very closed in the iphone ecosystem. Initial reluctance to open up the sdk, arbitrary selections on the apps you can distribute ( Considering Appstore is the only "legal" and future proof way to get apps on to iphone, I consider this very monopolistic*)
To add to this, Microsoft has licensed active sync to Apple and Google for iphone and android respectively.
OT,but being a long term apple user, I am currently having an identity crisis. The special hardware, quality of software and openness no longer applies. Does RDF wear-off with age or is it due to Steve's departure? :)
* I know what monopolistic actually means, thank you!
Apple was open the same way with Xcode and developer tools for Mac platform - free IDE, SDK and no restrictions on nature of applications you can create. May be due to commercial interests, they are being very closed in the iphone ecosystem. Initial reluctance to open up the sdk, arbitrary selections on the apps you can distribute ( Considering Appstore is the only "legal" and future proof way to get apps on to iphone, I consider this very monopolistic*)
To add to this, Microsoft has licensed active sync to Apple and Google for iphone and android respectively.
OT,but being a long term apple user, I am currently having an identity crisis. The special hardware, quality of software and openness no longer applies. Does RDF wear-off with age or is it due to Steve's departure?
* I know what monopolistic actually means, thank you!
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Released 482
SDen writes "Bang on target, the new version of Ubuntu Linux is available for our downloading pleasure. Amongst various changes it sports updates to the installer, improved networking, and a new 'Mobile USB' version geared towards the blossoming netbook market. Grab a copy from the Ubuntu website, and check out Linux Format's hands-on look at the Ibex."
Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty 565
techmuse writes "According to a series of tubes sites, Senator Ted Stevens has been found guilty of lying about free home renovations that he received from an oil contractor. He faces up to 5 years in jail, and the outcome of his current reelection bid is now in doubt. 'The conviction came after a tumultuous week in the jury room. First there were complaints about an unruly juror, then another had to be replaced when she left Washington following the death of her father. Finally, jurors on Monday discovered a discrepancy in the indictment that had been overlooked by prosecutors. Jury deliberations in this historic trial have at times been as contentious as some of the proceedings The Justice Department indicted Stevens on July 29, and the Alaska Republican took a huge legal gamble and asked for a speedy trial in order to resolve the charges before Election Day. Judge Emmet Sullivan complied with Stevens' request, and in less than three months from the time of his indictment, Stevens was found guilty.'"
Comment More fragmentation is definitely not what we need (Score 1) 785
I thought MPL was more of a developer's license than an EULA. I don't remember having accepted any EULA for firefox on mac or windows.
Or maybe there should be one license to rule them all.
Submission + - Sun CEO reveals ZFS will be OSX default filesystem
Fjan11 writes: Sun's Jonathan Schwartz announced that "Apple would be making ZFS "the file system" in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard". It seems likely that Leopad's Time Machine feature will require ZFS to run, because ZFS has back-up and snapshots build right in to the filesystem as well as a host of other features, such as built in Raid. Jobs is probably not happy about his thunder being stolen right before for the June 11th keynote...
Submission + - US Military launches YouTube channel
Jenga717 writes: The US military has launched its own channel on YouTube, in efforts to shift the media's focus of Iraq from a negative to a more positive light, and to "counter the messages of anti-American sites."
From the article:
The footage is not picked specifically to show the military in a good light...and is only edited for reasons of time or content too graphic to be shown on YouTube...And while all the clips currently posted have been shot by the military's combat cameramen, soldiers and marines have been invited to submit their own clips.
So, soldiers can submit their own videos, only to have them edited by the US military. The question is, where are they supposed to submit them? Starting "on or about 14 May 2007", the Department of Defense will block troop access to Myspace, Youtube, MTV, and more sites,, due to a "growing concern for our unclassified DoD Internet, known as the NIPRNET". The troops will be unable to access these sites from any computer on the DoD network, yet are still able to access them from their home computers — which they can't use on the DoD network.
So why the censorship? The DoD cites security reasons, but the Commander of Global Network Operations (DoD's Joint Task Force)"has noted a significant increase in the use of DoD network resources tied up by individuals visiting certain recreational Internet sites." The PDF released by the DoD reminds troops that this "benefits not only you, your fellow Servicemembers, and Civilian employees, but preserves our vital networks for conducting official DoD business in peace and war."
Sounds like quite a sticky situation.
Submission + - MSFT's Bill Hilf: "Linux doesn't exist in 2007
moe1975 writes: "According to MSFT's Bill Hilf: "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today." which he is quoted as saying in a Bangkok Post article
Now, the FUD is pathetically obvious, yet I find MSFT's obvious desperation to be both interesting — and amusing . . . RTA to get your dose of Sunday humor."
Now, the FUD is pathetically obvious, yet I find MSFT's obvious desperation to be both interesting — and amusing . . . RTA to get your dose of Sunday humor."
Submission + - PC World Editor Returns - CEO "demoted"
k1980pc writes: "In a nice twist to the story posted in slashdot, PC World editor Harry McCracken has returned to the magazine. Some comments on the same can be found in Paul Conley's blog. The article over which the resign-reinstate drama occurred was this story about apple[no-ads version]."
Is Paying Hackers Good for Business? 94
Jenny writes "In the light of the recent QuickTime vulnerability, revealed for $10,000 spot cash, the UK IT Security Journalist of the Year asks why business treats security research like a big money TV game show. 'There can be no doubt that any kind of public vulnerability research effort will have the opportunity to turn sour, both for the company promoting it and the users of whatever software or service finds itself exposed to attack without any chance to defend itself. Throw a financial reward into the mix and the lure of the hunt, the scent of blood, is going to be too much for all but the most responsible of hackers. There really is no incentive to report their findings to the vulnerable company, and plenty not to. Which is why, especially in the IT security business, there needs to be a code of conduct with regard to responsible disclosure.' Do you think there's any truth to this? Or is it a better idea to find the vulnerabilities as fast as possible, damn the consequences?"
Bookmark Microsoft-Yahoo: Which Products Would Win (pcmag.com)
Bookmark Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard, Not For Real Gamer's (feedthegeeks.com)
Journal Journal: Register Globals Off
I admit, I am one of those programmers who became addicted to the register globals feature of PHP. This feature was defaulted on in PHP 4. I moved to a new host and PHP 5 where it is off, and all my programs are broken.
