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| twitter |
Ut oh, UK patents slipped through the backdoor, http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to… |
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Oct 13 01:00 |
| anti_MS_h4×0r_4_ |
what’s up guys! |
Oct 13 01:00 |
| anti_MS_h4×0r_4_ |
DOWN WITH M$ AND NOVELL FREEDOM!!111111111ONE |
Oct 13 01:01 |
| anti_MS_h4×0r_4_ |
GNU/LINUX + SLACKWARE 4 LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Oct 13 01:02 |
| anti_MS_h4×0r_4_ |
FREE SOFTWARE MAKES MY DICK HARD!!! |
Oct 13 01:02 |
| anti_MS_h4×0r_4_ |
Oh god I’m rubbing off to emacs! |
Oct 13 01:02 |
| twitter |
Benjie, what’s alleged is that go-oo.org is going to introduce a M$ version of OOXML support that only Novell can use. I may have misread that but it would be a good thing to see a link or email about. |
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| anti_MS_h4×0r_4_ |
Oh god now I’m rubbing off to kernel.h!!! |
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| schestowitz |
I had to close comments on this one and move it to CORAL in case it makes the FP: http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/12/mi… http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_… |
Oct 13 06:30 |
| schestowitz |
This article is very amusing. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-100… “McAfee sees rise in stock scams, social engineering attacks” Coming from a company that engages in fraud. |
Oct 13 06:53 |
| schestowitz |
http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC…. : Why Are the Feds Still Gunning for McAfee’s Former GC? |
Oct 13 06:54 |
| schestowitz |
http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/200… : We’re not thieves. We just can’t read contracts (McAfee and Open Source) |
Oct 13 06:54 |
| schestowitz |
http://www.cio.com/article/167701/McAfee_to_P… : McAfee to Pay $13.8 Million to Settle Backdating Lawsuits |
Oct 13 06:55 |
| schestowitz |
McAfee’s libel against open source : http://www.cnet.com/8301-… ………. and so on.. |
Oct 13 06:56 |
| schestowitz |
ZDNet is boosting Microsoft again: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-240370.html |
Oct 13 07:29 |
| schestowitz |
The other article in ZDNet (among just 2) is Linux bashing. |
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Oct 13 07:38 |
| schestowitz |
Just spotted a lot of pretty good comments here: http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/ne… |
Oct 13 07:43 |
| schestowitz |
Markets are recovering this morning: http://finance.yahoo.com/intlindices?e=europe http://finance.yahoo.com/intlindices?e=asia |
Oct 13 07:52 |
| schestowitz |
Only the FTSE is down, and very sharply, unlike all the rest. |
Oct 13 07:53 |
| schestowitz |
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=%5EF… |
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Oct 13 08:06 |
| schestowitz |
http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/184 http://lwn.net/Articles/302576/ |
Oct 13 08:07 |
| schestowitz |
“Nothing new…same old saga of Novell sponsored by Microsoft attacking Sun and Free software just before the release of Open Office 3″ |
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Oct 13 08:19 |
| schestowitz |
Propaganda terms like “pirates” in the MSBBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7664088.stm |
Oct 13 08:41 |
| schestowitz |
“Music pirates… music pirates… persistent pirates.. most persistent pirates…” No wonder people who get exposed to these Hollywood terms just simply repeat them. The BBC should know better than this that “piracy” means something else. |
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Oct 13 09:07 |
| schestowitz |
Cloud hype goes kaput: http://it.sys-con.com/node/706566 (Cloud Computing One-Day Event in Toronto Cancelled) |
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Oct 13 10:29 |
| MinceR |
r4wr |
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Oct 13 10:50 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: are you nuts? |
Oct 13 10:51 |
| schestowitz |
No, I am not. |
Oct 13 10:51 |
| duncanmv |
“a fork of OpenOffice.org into which they are pushing Microsoft’s OOXML support ” -> upstream 3.0 has it |
Oct 13 10:51 |
| duncanmv |
“improvements to OO.o which aren’t often upstreamed to the main projec” -> when was it the last time you sent a patch to OO.org? |
Oct 13 10:52 |
| duncanmv |
why are you posting lies? is the goal worth the means? |
Oct 13 10:52 |
| schestowitz |
These are not lies. |
Oct 13 10:52 |
| duncanmv |
how the fork is mean to introduce ooxml support then, if the upstream version has it? |
Oct 13 10:53 |
| duncanmv |
I think boycottnovell is a great site to show another opinion on the Novell side, but please keep your posts serious and take your pills before writing. Otherwise you will ruin something that…ok, never had anything valuable but at least was good for having more plural media. |
Oct 13 10:57 |
| schestowitz |
I am confident of what I wrote and I am willing to explain. |
Oct 13 10:58 |
| schestowitz |
That ” take your pills” remark waves a red flag. |
Oct 13 10:59 |
| schestowitz |
I consider this to be a risidual of incomplete explanation that links rather than support ‘in line’, as elucidated — at least in part — in the accompanying comments. A ‘history lesson’ helps here, i.e. going back to our coverage in 2006. |
Oct 13 11:00 |
| duncanmv |
you crossed a very bad line, from writing uninformed bs to just liying about people |
Oct 13 11:12 |
| duncanmv |
sad that usually troll sites can’t break their own rule, never say you were wrong about something and try to undone the damage. One can always cover a mistake with a new lie. |
Oct 13 11:15 |
| schestowitz |
Au contraire; I see a lot of disinformation spread by people in the comment. |
Oct 13 11:15 |
| schestowitz |
Just a minute ago I replied to incorrect information from Alex: http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/12/microsoft-… |
Oct 13 11:16 |
| schestowitz |
It need to be added that you, duncanmv, are a Novell employee. |
Oct 13 11:16 |
| schestowitz |
In other words, here I am arguing with someone who is paid by Novell (Novell is paid by Microsoft too) over the accuracy of information in a site that Shane called “boycott Novell” |
Oct 13 11:17 |
| duncanmv |
I know I am a Novell employee, and I actually enjoyed seeing your uninformed stuff from time to time, it helps knowing how some people can perceive the way companies move. But as I said, there is a big space between being a uninformed troll to start just lying and making damage. |
Oct 13 11:17 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: why did you not disclose this when you came in? |
Oct 13 11:18 |
| duncanmv |
because you know it, you use your boring sundays to link to my blog when you are looking for material for your site do you? |
Oct 13 11:18 |
| schestowitz |
We have a lot of OpenSUSE people in this channel (even Microsoft people) and it’s mildly amusing that even Novell people find the need to come here and argue. |
Oct 13 11:18 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: I keep track of Novell stuff because I need to understand what I write about.. |
Oct 13 11:19 |
| schestowitz |
Had I been more shallow, my analysis would be worth a lot less. |
Oct 13 11:19 |
| duncanmv |
it seems it is not working… to much copy paste may be and you need to make some sense of it |
Oct 13 11:19 |
| schestowitz |
I still hope to see SUSE escaping the hands of Novell. |
Oct 13 11:19 |
| schestowitz |
Novell is still 90% a proprietary software company. The ‘open’ component makes good PR for Novell, so it emphasises that more in public. |
Oct 13 11:20 |
| duncanmv |
who cares if it is a proprietary company? is it ilegal to have proprietary products? |
Oct 13 11:20 |
| schestowitz |
TuxMachines links to your site a lot and I rely on Susan when it comes to OpenSUSE blogs. |
Oct 13 11:21 |
| schestowitz |
But you don’t complain about her… |
Oct 13 11:21 |
| duncanmv |
Novell still contributes more to the community than what you will do in 10 loops of reincarnation |
Oct 13 11:21 |
| duncanmv |
I dont care if someone links to my site |
Oct 13 11:21 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: no, it’s not illegal, but a company with such a mindset should not be expected to treat FOSS in a way that’s honourable. |
Oct 13 11:22 |
| duncanmv |
I don’t care about what you wrote (usually), but your last post says 3 lies in a row and insults a developers |
Oct 13 11:22 |
| schestowitz |
Where does it insult a person? |
Oct 13 11:22 |
| schestowitz |
Also make a distinction between personal and professional things. |
Oct 13 11:23 |
| duncanmv |
hijaacker? |
Oct 13 11:23 |
| schestowitz |
I don’t bother with personal lives, but when someone’s work — maybe at the behest of a boss — jeopardises a project, one must react. |
Oct 13 11:23 |
| Eruaran |
Novells ‘contributions’ are patent encumbered poison pills laced with SteveB’s sweaty bits. |
Oct 13 11:24 |
| schestowitz |
Meeks represents a group that wants to control a fork of OOo |
Oct 13 11:24 |
| duncanmv |
I think you just don’t get the whole free software stuff. Otherwise you would not be complaining about forks, political pressure to create decent governance models and adding support for file format importers. |
Oct 13 11:24 |
| duncanmv |
what is wrong with forks? |
Oct 13 11:24 |
| schestowitz |
The rationale, the motive in this particular case. |
Oct 13 11:24 |
| duncanmv |
the fact that you dont understand them dont make them bad |
Oct 13 11:25 |
| schestowitz |
I’ve known and been involved in benign forks that were successor or abandoned projects. |
Oct 13 11:25 |
| duncanmv |
the motive? you know the motive? or you _think_ you know the motive? |
Oct 13 11:25 |
| schestowitz |
But this case is a duplication of effort done by the partner of an enemy of OOo |
Oct 13 11:25 |
| duncanmv |
and your confusion between what you think and what it is what makes you post nonsense? |
Oct 13 11:25 |
| schestowitz |
Heard of the IronRuby story? |
Oct 13 11:25 |
| schestowitz |
How Microsoft ‘hijacked’ people from the Ruby project so that it controls the licences, the people, the direction? |
Oct 13 11:26 |
| schestowitz |
I will happily give you links. |
Oct 13 11:26 |
| duncanmv |
same thing Sun does with OO |
Oct 13 11:26 |
| duncanmv |
it controls the copyrights |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| schestowitz |
Before you know it, in due time, OOo can be relicensed or offered in a ‘premium’ form where Microsoft is paid. |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| schestowitz |
Not StarOffice. |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| duncanmv |
thing that Novell is against |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| schestowitz |
Something that empowers Microsoft/Novell, not Sun |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| Eruaran |
I think someone who wants the level of compatability with Mircosoft Office that the go-oo site boasts of, doesn’t really want a compatible suite, they want Microsoft Office. |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: Novell also controls Mono copyrights. |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| duncanmv |
Eruaran: people use MS Office because people send them .doc and .xls files, it is a social effect. |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| schestowitz |
As well as many ‘descendant’ projects. Do you think that’s good? |
Oct 13 11:27 |
| duncanmv |
Trolltech also controls Qt’s copyright |
Oct 13 11:28 |
| Eruaran |
I’m talking about a particular market segment you are obviously unfamiliar with duncanmv |
Oct 13 11:28 |
| duncanmv |
Free software foundation controls copyrights!!!! |
Oct 13 11:28 |
| schestowitz |
Novell also prioritises Windows in the sense that it has a deal with Microsoft to give it more features. |
Oct 13 11:28 |
| duncanmv |
it has a reason. do you get it? |
Oct 13 11:28 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: that is bullshit |
Oct 13 11:28 |
| duncanmv |
Free software foundation controls copyrights!!!! are you going to blog about it? |
Oct 13 11:29 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: there’s no Trolltech |
Oct 13 11:29 |
| schestowitz |
That is actually a good case of point. See how Nokia grabbed Qt |
Oct 13 11:29 |
| schestowitz |
Which is not necessarily a good thing as I wrote before. |
Oct 13 11:29 |
| duncanmv |
you can’t upstream a patch without giving the copyright to Nokia/TT |
Oct 13 11:29 |
| schestowitz |
Nokia is a sofwtare patent lobbyist… and DRM… one of the worst in fact. |
Oct 13 11:29 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: FSF is trusted. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| duncanmv |
is is of course a good thing, otherwise they could not release it under a dual GPL/Propietary license without getting permissions once and again. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| Eruaran |
Qt went GPLv3 before Nokia bought Trolltech. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| schestowitz |
Novell is not. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: you may trust it, I dont trust them. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| schestowitz |
Novell spreads anti-FOSS FUD with Microsoft to increase sales of ‘protected’ SUSE |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| schestowitz |
Deeds speak louder than press releases. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| duncanmv |
for me there is no difference in giving the copyrights to a political organization than to a company, I only care about the license of the code published. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| Eruaran |
Thats interesting. |
Oct 13 11:30 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: what is the goal of the FSF? |
Oct 13 11:31 |
| schestowitz |
You seem to misunderstand how trust is earned and why/ |
Oct 13 11:31 |
| duncanmv |
Novell spreads anti-FOSS FUD with Microsoft to increase sales of ‘protected’ SUSE -> you are getting offtopic, we were talking about your OO lies, with the patents I agree Novell did not do it right in some aspects, and most people agree. |
Oct 13 11:31 |
| schestowitz |
I personally don’t trust many Linux vendors, but Novell is a convicted one, not a suspect. |
Oct 13 11:31 |
| schestowitz |
It’s not off topic, duncanmv |
Oct 13 11:32 |
| schestowitz |
The point I was making is that Novell could do varous things. |
Oct 13 11:32 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: I am not saying I dont trust the fsf, I can, I can’t , it does not matter, it is an organization, it can become evil too. Stallman is nuts, so the probability is high anyway. FSF is just another actor in the community. And I understand they grab copyrights, it is a practical issue. |
Oct 13 11:32 |
| duncanmv |
just try to relicense code without that. It happened to them (GPLv2 to GPLv3) |
Oct 13 11:33 |
| schestowitz |
One thing it could do is contaminate it’s ‘better’ OO with Microsoft IP and then offer it ’safely’ and ‘for free’ only with SUSE. |
Oct 13 11:33 |
| schestowitz |
Another thing it could do is make it work better — technically-speaking — with SUSE, which is Microsoft-taxed. |
Oct 13 11:33 |
| Eruaran |
GPLv3 is a good licence. |
Oct 13 11:33 |
| schestowitz |
Another thing that can happen is a takeover by Microsoft. |
Oct 13 11:33 |
| duncanmv |
that is not Novell goal, you can judge stupid moves or mistakes, but dont invent stupid false conspiracy theories. |
Oct 13 11:33 |
| schestowitz |
Stallman is “nuts”? |
Oct 13 11:34 |
| schestowitz |
Please elaborate. |
Oct 13 11:34 |
| duncanmv |
Eruaran: for you, it may not be for some people. SOme people prefer GPLv2, some people prefer others. |
Oct 13 11:34 |
| schestowitz |
Novell goal = shareholders’ goal |
Oct 13 11:34 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: he is an extremist. Not all people participating in FOSS think Stallman is right in everything. |
Oct 13 11:34 |
| schestowitz |
Novell shareholder = people who invest in a largely proprietary Microsoft partner. |
Oct 13 11:35 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: IBM, evil or trusted? |
Oct 13 11:35 |
| Eruaran |
GPLv3 is the ideal licence if you don’t want corporates like Novell or Microsoft trying to subvert your code. |
Oct 13 11:35 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: what does extremist mean? |
Oct 13 11:35 |
| schestowitz |
His portrayal in the media does not help, but please explain. |
Oct 13 11:36 |
| schestowitz |
Is it wrong to accuse corrupt people of… well, being corrupt? |
Oct 13 11:36 |
| duncanmv |
I just think you are to newbie to this world to try to classify everyone as a permanent trusted/untrusted label. It depends a lot on timing, context and point of view. For example, you are highly untrusted for lot of people, as you write lot of lies and bullshit and hurt log of projects and people with misinformation. |
Oct 13 11:36 |
| Eruaran |
I’ll take a Novell employee calling RMS an ‘extremist’ with the grain of salt it deserves. |
Oct 13 11:36 |
| schestowitz |
Or wrong to defend people’s privacy? |
Oct 13 11:36 |
| schestowitz |
I see a lot of lies about Stallman. |
Oct 13 11:36 |
| duncanmv |
I don’t care, he is a politician, and he has ideas not all people share, even if some of his core beliefs are shared. |
Oct 13 11:37 |
| schestowitz |
That sure I see a lot of — the daemonisation. Such as the claims by Dan Lyons that he said he would “make love with a flower” or something (Lyons took a joke and make it seem like it was meant for real) |
Oct 13 11:37 |
| Eruaran |
He’s not a politician. |
Oct 13 11:37 |
| schestowitz |
IBM = suspect, for now. |
Oct 13 11:37 |
| schestowitz |
Novell has many reasons to distrust RMS |
Oct 13 11:38 |
| duncanmv |
Eruaran: call him activist if you want. |
Oct 13 11:38 |
| duncanmv |
how do you know Novell distrust RMS? |
Oct 13 11:38 |
| schestowitz |
I have heard from friends that they got kicked from SUSEForums for bringing up questions about GPL. |
Oct 13 11:38 |
| duncanmv |
another “invention” from your troll generation engine? |
Oct 13 11:38 |
| schestowitz |
Maybe it’s population specific, but there’s disdain for the FSF among Novellers and it’s no surprise. |
Oct 13 11:39 |
| duncanmv |
“I have heard…” troll’s favorite sentences |
Oct 13 11:39 |
| Eruaran |
And we wont mention the imaginary friends of Novell employees that show up on Free Software Daily… |
Oct 13 11:39 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran is correct. RMS is actually against many politicians. Politicians are largely corrupt, for a simple provable fact,. |
Oct 13 11:39 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: it shows that Novell employees (some of them) distance themselves from those values that their employers betrays in Nov 2006. |
Oct 13 11:40 |
| schestowitz |
*betrayed |
Oct 13 11:40 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: re “I have heard”, I can link you to actual posts. |
Oct 13 11:41 |
| schestowitz |
I saw it and blogged about it. I could find it given some time. |
Oct 13 11:41 |
| duncanmv |
ok, and if it happened? what if it was some stupid mistake from some clueless employee? |
Oct 13 11:42 |
| duncanmv |
then you are entitled to start spreading bullshit and conspiracy theories |
Oct 13 11:43 |
| duncanmv |
you know, I am angry not because you write against novell, I love that actually |
Oct 13 11:43 |
| Eruaran |
Conspiracy theories about Microsoft and Novell have a habit of turning out to be true. |
Oct 13 11:43 |
| duncanmv |
the sad part is that you are clueless and always hurt projects and intentions with lies and missinformation |
Oct 13 11:43 |
| duncanmv |
so if the patents story does not provide more material for your blog, dont get force to write crap just because you need material |
Oct 13 11:44 |
| duncanmv |
wait till there is something valuable to write. The patents agreement was something good to cover for example |
Oct 13 11:44 |
| duncanmv |
but all your OOXML and OO.org theories are just childish nonsense crap. really. |
Oct 13 11:45 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: The SUSE/Novell community is broader than just the management. |
Oct 13 11:45 |
| schestowitz |
I am convinced that Novell’s core tries to maintain a healthy relationship with the FSF. |
Oct 13 11:45 |
| schestowitz |
It actually made a mistake once by publicly stating that it supported the FSF financially; this was not true. |
Oct 13 11:46 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: it’s different. |
Oct 13 11:46 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: It’s just that unflattering things about Novell and Microsoft are being /LABELED/ conspiracy theory so that viewers don’t take them seriously. |
Oct 13 11:47 |
| duncanmv |
Are you going to blog about the evil FSF grabbing copyrights from contributors? if you don’t do that one needs to fork |
Oct 13 11:48 |
| schestowitz |
Microsoft bribes for OOXML? No!! CONPIRACY THEORY!!11 Some months later Groklaw nets a smoking gun about Microsoft offering ‘incentives’ to people in Sweden and the vote is rubbished as a result. |
Oct 13 11:48 |
| Eruaran |
Its like trying to argue that Microsoft is not trying to hijack ODF with the ISO committee it controls by saying that were all mad comspiracy theorists and nutbags… Its no conspiracy, the information is already out there… Go talk to some folks from Brazil. |
Oct 13 11:48 |
| schestowitz |
Someone says Microsoft is evil? No!! No way! That person is a Microsoft(R) Hater(R). |
Oct 13 11:48 |
| schestowitz |
You can never listen to a Microsoft(R) Hater(R). |
Oct 13 11:48 |
| schestowitz |
Andy Updegrove too was labeled like this. I guess he said too much truth. |
Oct 13 11:49 |
| duncanmv |
Microsoft did hijaack ODF |
Oct 13 11:49 |
| schestowitz |
Who foresaw this? |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| schestowitz |
And what was the reaction? |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| schestowitz |
I am amused to remember how I wrote about Microsoft hijacking ODF like 3 months ago. |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| schestowitz |
Some Microsoft employees liked to Boycott Novell calling it names. |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| schestowitz |
Well, welll.. |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| Eruaran |
If you think there is any level M$ will not stoop to, including making Novell its own little sock puppet, you’re in for a surprise. |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| schestowitz |
*linked |
Oct 13 11:50 |
| schestowitz |
Well, that’s his paymaster. |
Oct 13 11:51 |
| schestowitz |
Got to keep believing. |
Oct 13 11:51 |
| schestowitz |
Everyone tried to perfume it for him/herself that $Employer is nice and charitable. |
Oct 13 11:51 |
| schestowitz |
It makes working a lot easier. |
Oct 13 11:51 |
| duncanmv |
everybody foresaw it, it was on every blog, I even got news from my university where also they voted neutral because they had agreements with MS |
Oct 13 11:52 |
| duncanmv |
do you think you were the primary news source? heh |
Oct 13 11:52 |
| Eruaran |
I’ve seen enough market distorting corruption from Microsoft here in the relatively small Australian market to make me sick… they will buy politicians in Tasmania if they think they have to. |
Oct 13 11:53 |
| duncanmv |
really, I am sure Novell does not make every move perfect and makes lot of mistakes, like any fat company getting into the FOSS area and trying to change its culture (in this case mostly driven by SUSE/Ximian people), IBM was much smoother I think. But stop that arrogancy of trust. You are as untrustful as any company. The only difference is, companies make mistakes, you lie knowing it, to create noise. |
Oct 13 11:54 |
| Eruaran |
If this is how Microsoft behaves here, then how do you think it behaves elsewhere where the stakes are much higher ? |
Oct 13 11:55 |
| schestowitz |
duncanmv: no, I was not. |
Oct 13 11:55 |
| schestowitz |
I talk about something totally different here though. |
Oct 13 11:55 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: speaking of Microsoft ‘irregularities’ in Australia, I have a new one for you: |
Oct 13 11:56 |
| Eruaran |
Ximian people, ie. Miguel’s buddies, are in love with all things Microsoft. |
Oct 13 11:56 |
| schestowitz |
Ministry says no as school opts for free software : http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/te… |
Oct 13 11:56 |
| duncanmv |
Eruaran: the fact that I share _some_ of schestowitz concerns on patents, companies, etc, does not mean I think this guy has the right to troll with lies just as evil companies do. |
Oct 13 11:57 |
| schestowitz |
Published today. Long story short: if a school doesn’t buy Microsoft, it ceases to receive monetary support to actually support Free software (where support *is* the main cost). |
Oct 13 11:57 |
| schestowitz |
IOW, they choke FOSS, some would say due to stupidity (like BECTA) and some would say on Microsoft’s behalf (rubbing a partner’s back). |
Oct 13 11:58 |
| Eruaran |
Thats in New Zealand, but the situation in Australia is similar. |
Oct 13 11:58 |
| Eruaran |
Its not stupidity, its becuase money talks. |
Oct 13 11:58 |
| schestowitz |
Novell called Ximian a “Red carpet” |
Oct 13 11:58 |
| duncanmv |
yes, Miguel loves Microsoft stuff. Who cares? he liked a platform and reimplemented it in a few years. Now there is something extra available for the community, with a choice, if you think it is not good to use it, dont use it, if you do, use it. He created a choice. Same choice of OO.org having a OOXML filter. You want to promote FOSS by restringing availability of stuff, may be because you have problems with freedom and democracy? |
Oct 13 11:59 |
| schestowitz |
This was the basis for Novell’s basis, prior to a SuSE takeover. |
Oct 13 11:59 |
| schestowitz |
(assisted by IBM BTW) |
Oct 13 11:59 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: I meant the continent. |
Oct 13 11:59 |
| Eruaran |
schestowitz: different continent  |
Oct 13 12:00 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse… |
Oct 13 12:00 |
| schestowitz |
:-o different continent? |
Oct 13 12:00 |
| Eruaran |
yes  |
Oct 13 12:01 |
| schestowitz |
Which one? |
Oct 13 12:01 |
| Eruaran |
New Zealand is two islands… |
Oct 13 12:01 |
| Eruaran |
If you find New Zealand on a globe… Australia is the big continent to your left |
Oct 13 12:02 |
| schestowitz |
But they don’t fall under the same territorial umbrella? I was misled. I guess it’s the same with Tasmania then. |
Oct 13 12:02 |
| Eruaran |
Tasmania is part of Australia. |
Oct 13 12:02 |
| Eruaran |
New Zealand and Australia are separate countries. |
Oct 13 12:02 |
| schestowitz |
Yes, I know. |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| Eruaran |
:P |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| schestowitz |
But Iceland is part of Europe, AFAIK. |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| Eruaran |
oh |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| duncanmv |
see? good that he clarified to you before you run to talk bs |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| Eruaran |
I think you perhaps meant ‘Australiasia” ? |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| duncanmv |
schestowitz: it is in the EU, not continental europe. |
Oct 13 12:03 |
| schestowitz |
Well, yeah.. |
Oct 13 12:04 |
| duncanmv |
well I think they are only in Shengen, not EU |
Oct 13 12:04 |
| duncanmv |
however where it is located is usually named Northern Europe |
Oct 13 12:04 |
| schestowitz |
I think of the simplified classification of half a dozen continents. |
Oct 13 12:05 |
| duncanmv |
even if it is not a single piece of land |
Oct 13 12:05 |
| Eruaran |
Australiasia covers Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands like the Soloman Islands etc… |
Oct 13 12:06 |
| Eruaran |
As a region |
Oct 13 12:06 |
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Oct 13 12:07 |
| duncanmv |
I hope you have the same balls to write than to rectify. Otherwise I would be highly dissapointed. |
Oct 13 12:08 |
| Eruaran |
We wouldn’t want to dissapoint any disgruntled Novell people now would we… |
Oct 13 12:09 |
| schestowitz |
Now I need to please Novell too? |
Oct 13 12:10 |
| schestowitz |
This reminds me of how Microsoft contacted journalists who wrote something negative about them and asked for “a better article” to be written. |
Oct 13 12:11 |
| schestowitz |
As if it’s some sort of a press buffet. |
Oct 13 12:11 |
| duncanmv |
oh yeah, probably I was sent by my company here to blame you |
Oct 13 12:32 |
| duncanmv |
you are not writing negative things |
Oct 13 12:32 |
| duncanmv |
get it, you are writing lies |
Oct 13 12:32 |
| schestowitz |
Where? |
Oct 13 12:36 |
| schestowitz |
Show me please so I can correct them. |
Oct 13 12:37 |
| duncanmv |
it was the first two or three lines when I joined the channel |
Oct 13 12:49 |
| duncanmv |
[12:58] <duncanmv> “a fork of OpenOffice.org into which they are pushing Microsoft’s OOXML support ” -> upstream 3.0 has it |
Oct 13 12:49 |
| duncanmv |
[12:58] <duncanmv> “improvements to OO.o which aren’t often upstreamed to the main projec” -> when was it the last time you sent a patch to OO.org? |
Oct 13 12:49 |
| schestowitz |
That’s no mistake. |
Oct 13 12:53 |
| twitter |
Thanks for getting and publishing Simon Phipps’ opinion. |
Oct 13 12:58 |
| duncanmv |
that is a mistake, you did not give an answer. If upstream has OOXML support, why would novell fork for that purpose? Sun is accepting any OOXML improvement upstream. |
Oct 13 12:58 |
| twitter |
Novell would fork OO.org with M$’s ooxml that no one else can use to fuck everyone. |
Oct 13 12:59 |
| twitter |
That may be the M$ plan. |
Oct 13 13:00 |
| twitter |
As Benjie pointed out, all the distros already use go-ooo.org |
Oct 13 13:00 |
| twitter |
It’s not really a big fuck but it makes a stink. |
Oct 13 13:00 |
| schestowitz |
It passes control. |
Oct 13 13:01 |
| twitter |
If Novell does cram M$ binary blobs into go-ooo.org, the other distros will have to either fork again or go back to OO.org proper. |
Oct 13 13:01 |
| twitter |
Novell then gets to say, “we have the better version, those people are at patent risk or don’t have adequate ooxml support.” |
Oct 13 13:02 |
| twitter |
all very nasty. |
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Oct 13 13:03 |
| twitter |
As schestowitz points out, they claim to have done this through “the community” even though they have people on pay doing it. |
Oct 13 13:03 |
| twitter |
The funny thing is that M$ and Novell have once again underestimated the power of community. If go-oo.org has really made an easier to compile version with improvements that people like, the community can take it all back. |
Oct 13 13:05 |
| twitter |
Ultimately all M$’s schemes do is prove the power of freedom. ACPI is a case in point. http://slashdot.org/~twitter/journal/183403 |
Oct 13 13:07 |
| twitter |
They made ACPI to screw free software but free software now works as well or better than M$ does. Few people in the Windows world use power management because it does not work for them. |
Oct 13 13:08 |
| twitter |
OT http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/UK_government_to_… |
Oct 13 13:13 |
| twitter |
http://www.stallman.org/archives/2008-jul-oct.html#10 October 2008 (US manual for crushing insurgencies) |
Oct 13 13:13 |
| Eruaran |
I wasn’t aware that “all” the other distros were using go-oo |
Oct 13 13:13 |
| Eruaran |
That sounds a bit bizarre to me |
Oct 13 13:13 |
| twitter |
http://www.countercurrents.org/wolf081008.htm |
Oct 13 13:13 |
| twitter |
debian is, I can’t verify the rest of Benjie’s claim but other distros are usually quicker to push non free crap. |
Oct 13 13:14 |
| Eruaran |
Debian is using go-oo ? |
Oct 13 13:15 |
| Eruaran |
I find that hard to believe |
Oct 13 13:15 |
| twitter |
check the package page |
Oct 13 13:15 |
| twitter |
http://packages.debian.org/testing/openoffice.org lists go-oo.org as an external reference. |
Oct 13 13:17 |
| schestowitz |
twitter: yes, the UK does this, but hardly publicises the fact. |
Oct 13 13:17 |
| schestowitz |
The Reg covered this about 4 months ago. |
Oct 13 13:17 |
| schestowitz |
A friend of mine printed copies of the article and spread this around the neighbourhood. They want people not to realise they they live in a police state using the excuse of “war on terrorism” |
Oct 13 13:18 |
| Eruaran |
I don’t see any reference to go-oo in the actual packages |
Oct 13 13:18 |
| twitter |
That would be good news. I’m not qualified to judge. Someone who knows could just look at the source code. |
Oct 13 13:19 |
| schestowitz |
In fact, 9/11 changed this for a lot of countries (and no, let’s not get into conspiracies here). It enabled the Russians to get more violent in regions like Chechnya, it enabled the Chinese to suppress and use as an excuse others’ suppression, it enabled violent action in the ME to increase… Any act of terror does this to people’s rights. They become suspects. |
Oct 13 13:19 |
| twitter |
Yes, and political opposition, such as death penalty opponents, have been spied on as “terrorists” |
Oct 13 13:21 |
| schestowitz |
From RMS : “Maryland Police put activists’ names on terror lists. This included opponents of the death penalty and antiwar activists: a strage place to look for violence.” |
Oct 13 13:22 |
| schestowitz |
“Terrorists of peace” |
Oct 13 13:22 |
| twitter |
:) The Wolf article is the most dangerous accusation. Martial law was essentially in effect at the Republican National convention, where protesters were arrested before they protested. |
Oct 13 13:22 |
| schestowitz |
I’ve just subscribed to RSS. |
Oct 13 13:23 |
| schestowitz |
Whoz’ day Stlamman guy nways? |
Oct 13 13:23 |
| Eruaran |
I watched the clips on youtube |
Oct 13 13:24 |
| twitter |
RMS is worth reading. I just check out his page every now and then. |
Oct 13 13:24 |
| Eruaran |
Anyone who thinks the US isn’t already a police state has their head in the sand |
Oct 13 13:24 |
| schestowitz |
It’s ‘too’ political. In the same that he does not cover tech there. |
Oct 13 13:24 |
| twitter |
He covers things like ACTA. Violations of rights are violations of rights to him and all injustices are equally important. |
Oct 13 13:25 |
| schestowitz |
http://xkcd.com/488/ |
Oct 13 13:28 |
| twitter |
The US need regime change, a government that recognizes and respects its constitution. |
Oct 13 13:39 |
| schestowitz |
It won’t work. |
Oct 13 13:45 |
| schestowitz |
They need to change the forced that fund the candidates first. Until then, once someone is elected, there are favours to repay. |
Oct 13 13:45 |
| schestowitz |
*forces |
Oct 13 13:45 |
| twitter |
*farces |
Oct 13 13:46 |
| duncanmv |
lol, you discovered that debian uses go-oo? |
Oct 13 13:49 |
| duncanmv |
are you going to blog about that too? debian evils! or just say “I have been talking to much bs”  |
Oct 13 13:49 |
| schestowitz |
They follow the flock here, just like with Mono |
Oct 13 13:51 |
| twitter |
Benjie “discovered” it, which means it needs to be confirmed. |
Oct 13 13:51 |
| schestowitz |
“These other people do this too, so maybe it’s safe” |
Oct 13 13:51 |
| schestowitz |
Sheep effect does not v alidate a collective deed |
Oct 13 13:52 |
| twitter |
They might be following their moral sense. It SHOULD be safe. |
Oct 13 13:52 |
| Eruaran |
Not confirmed. |
Oct 13 13:52 |
| duncanmv |
“debian is, I can’t verify the rest of Benjie’s claim but other distros are usually quicker to push non free crap.” LOL, welcome to the troll’s redefinition of non-free. |
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Oct 13 13:54 |
| Eruaran |
I was about to say something… |
Oct 13 13:54 |
| Eruaran |
The go-oo site deliberately confuses things |
Oct 13 13:56 |
| schestowitz |
Well, it’s a Novell site |
Oct 13 13:57 |
| schestowitz |
“It was an interoperability deal.” |
Oct 13 13:57 |
| schestowitz |
Don’t say the P word |
Oct 13 13:57 |
| Eruaran |
It misrepresents apt-getting OpenOffice through Debian or Ubuntu repositories as sources for go-oo. |
Oct 13 13:58 |
| Eruaran |
Reminiscent of the confusion caused for some people by Microsoft with “Office Open XML” the go-oo site uses go-oo and references to OOo in general, interchangebly. |
Oct 13 14:00 |
| Eruaran |
That is deliberate, misleading and unethical. |
Oct 13 14:00 |
| twitter |
Let me rephrase what I said for MVP Duncan, other distros are far less cautions than Debian and are often polluted with non free crap and other traps. |
Oct 13 14:03 |
| Eruaran |
The go-oo site seems to represent this derived version of OOo as being ‘freer’ than OOo upstream while at the same time I get the sense that they are not being entirely forthcoming about how so much support for Microsoft products has been added so quickly (seemingly), with a reference to Word Perfect as a token. I’m sorry, but I smell a patent trap. |
Oct 13 14:08 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: yes, they were asked to change the name. Did they even listen? (rhetoric) So people started calling it Oh-Oh-XML. |
Oct 13 14:08 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: no, no patent trap. Just buy SLED and you’ll be safe. |
Oct 13 14:09 |
| Eruaran |
Oh, well thats ok then.. |
Oct 13 14:10 |
| schestowitz |
For go-oo developers it’s very much OK |
Oct 13 14:10 |
| schestowitz |
That’s what they are paid to do. |
Oct 13 14:10 |
| Eruaran |
Indeed. |
Oct 13 14:11 |
| schestowitz |
The US market is up today, just like the rest. |
Oct 13 14:11 |
| schestowitz |
NOVL recovers with the rest. As for MSFT, no so much. |
Oct 13 14:12 |
| schestowitz |
Novell was 50% higher some months ago. |
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Oct 13 14:12 |
| schestowitz |
Just in: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008… ( ) |
Oct 13 14:13 |
| schestowitz |
Infosys cuts forecasts |
Oct 13 14:13 |
| schestowitz |
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/… … Phishers adapt old scams to exploit bank turmoil http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/12/… |
Oct 13 14:13 |
| schestowitz |
They should ask the govt. for funding: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2… |
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Oct 13 14:19 |
| schestowitz |
Washington DC latest to drop Microsoft for web apps http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200810… |
Oct 13 14:20 |
| schestowitz |
…But…. Microsoft is not afraid of Google… Really! No really, Google is bad, just like Burtonsoft said in its ‘report’. |
Oct 13 14:21 |
| schestowitz |
“Just four years ago, Queen Elizabeth admitted she didn’t own a computer as she bestowed an honorary knighthood on Microsoft’s ex-chairman Bill Gates, but now she and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, are to grace Google’s headquarters in London on 16 October.” http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1… |
Oct 13 14:22 |
| Eruaran |
I didnt realise the adoption of web apps replacing MS Office was so strong |
Oct 13 14:25 |
| schestowitz |
Yes, it is. |
Oct 13 14:25 |
| schestowitz |
Actually, they lowball it a bit. |
Oct 13 14:25 |
| schestowitz |
Google said several months ago that 1000000 (million) had adopted Apps. They keep a low profile about it, unlike Microsoft which issues brag PR. |
Oct 13 14:25 |
| Eruaran |
That coupled with numbers using OOo makes an interesting scenario |
Oct 13 14:28 |
| Eruaran |
I’d like to see what is happening to M$’s profit from MS Office |
Oct 13 14:29 |
| *Eruaran muses on how one can potentially lose market share and yet see profits go up |
Oct 13 14:34 |
| trmanco |
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6S00C0UMUA.html |
Oct 13 14:36 |
| schestowitz |
Eruaran: it declines. |
Oct 13 14:37 |
| schestowitz |
Let me get the figures to back this (and that’s despite price hikes /before/ the recession was even conceived) |
Oct 13 14:37 |
| schestowitz |
Recent: http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blo… “For, example, according to this report, there are now 12 million users in Brazil, representing fully 25% of the entire office market there.” |
Oct 13 14:38 |
| schestowitz |
The Register had a readers poll last year. 20% used OOo. |
Oct 13 14:38 |
| schestowitz |
I’m trying to find May Jo’s article. |
Oct 13 14:39 |
| schestowitz |
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-10029… : Google Apps tops 1 million businesses |
Oct 13 14:39 |
| schestowitz |
Found it. |
Oct 13 14:39 |
| schestowitz |
Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver : http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1362 |
Oct 13 14:39 |
| Eruaran |
thx |
Oct 13 14:39 |
| schestowitz |
“I can’t help but wonder if the lackluster Windows/Office results also can be attributed to Microsoft brass’s complete and crazy obsession with Google (and taking over Yahoo) has resulted in no one minding the Windows store. “ |
Oct 13 14:40 |
| schestowitz |
Ballmer says Microsoft not immune from global crisis : http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/bs_nm/us_m… |
Oct 13 14:41 |
| schestowitz |
I’m trying to find an article from the BBC, based on Microsoft’s report that showed profits declining. |
Oct 13 14:41 |
| schestowitz |
Debt in Disguise : http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/1001395… |
Oct 13 14:42 |
| schestowitz |
Microsoft’s 10-Q on the impact of litigation : http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/… |
Oct 13 14:42 |
| Eruaran |
link spam |
Oct 13 14:43 |
| Eruaran |
I can’t keep up |
Oct 13 14:44 |
| schestowitz |
I can’t find the BBC one. |
Oct 13 14:44 |
| schestowitz |
This one is old (from AU): http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,72… (Microsoft profit on slide) |
Oct 13 14:45 |
| schestowitz |
I’ve finally found it: Microsoft sees slide in profits : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm |
Oct 13 14:47 |
| trmanco |
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.p… |
Oct 13 14:47 |
| Eruaran |
thanks for the links |
Oct 13 14:50 |
| Eruaran |
gtg |
Oct 13 14:50 |
| Eruaran |
gnite all |
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Oct 13 14:51 |
| schestowitz |
I’ve just noticed something… |
Oct 13 14:55 |
| schestowitz |
Earlier this month from Remonk (open source analyst): http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/1… (”The Forecast? Way More Microsoft”) |
Oct 13 14:55 |
| schestowitz |
Redmonk also employs this guy < http://www.greenmonk.net/ > now. |
Oct 13 14:56 |
| schestowitz |
I knew his name because Microsoft gave him one of those Vista-laptops-for-bloggers as a gist last year. |
Oct 13 14:57 |
| schestowitz |
I also notice this way up in his blog: http://greenmonk.net/greenmonk-interview-with-ro… ( GreenMonk Interview with Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist ) |
Oct 13 14:58 |
| schestowitz |
For context, it’s about them denying that having Microsoft as a client is an integrity question: http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/10/10/boycott_novell/ |
Oct 13 14:59 |
| schestowitz |
And I never trust Cote either because he said some bad things about FOSS and his past employer is proprietary software, IIRC> |
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