IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 29th, 2009

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schestowitzJOHN MARKOFF... BlechJul 29 00:09
schestowitzHe's accused of playing the "Windows"="computer" cardJul 29 00:09
oiaohmSo Linux is playing the device card.Jul 29 00:10
oiaohmSo avoiding the Windows=computer problem.Jul 29 00:10
schestowitzFor a change, yeah...Jul 29 00:14
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oiaohmMotherboard is a device get embed in there win.Jul 29 00:15
oiaohmJust we need all motherboards shipping with Linux bioses bases then they can slowly grow into hardware maker distributions.Jul 29 00:16
tessier__tessier__ is really tessier.Jul 29 00:17
oiaohmDisconnect fun tessier__?Jul 29 00:17
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Microsoft Stresses Future Products While GNU/Linux and SaaS Eliminate Microsoft’s Profitability http://ping.fm/sq255Jul 29 00:24
fewa_Coreboot is winJul 29 00:30
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mikankunyeah I just wish it suported more motherboard or that one vendor would support itJul 29 00:30
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fewaits the most rational choiceJul 29 00:31
yuhongBTW, if you want to know about what is the worst MS product, you should take a look at the first version of Expression Web.Jul 29 00:32
fewaI dont know, microsoft Bob also suckedJul 29 00:32
fewaas well as W MEJul 29 00:32
yuhonghttp://www.geoffchappell.com/notes/exprwd/index.htmJul 29 00:32
fewain fact, there are alot of sub-par Microsoft productsJul 29 00:32
yuhongYep, I am sure there are a lot of sub-par MS products, though I would not consider any version of Windows one of them.Jul 29 00:33
yuhongGeoff Chappell disassembled it and found the many bugs.Jul 29 00:35
yuhongIn the first version of Expression Web.Jul 29 00:35
yuhongAnd since MS just released an out-of-band patch for ATL, I am going to talk about a requirement for linking with LGPL libraries.Jul 29 00:41
yuhongThat requirement is basically that if you link proprietary software with LGPL libraries, there must be a way to modify the LGPL library.Jul 29 00:44
yuhongOne way is by dynamic linking to LGPL libraries.Jul 29 00:44
oiaohmLGPL allows static linking as long as you are not altering the LGPL lib.Jul 29 00:46
yuhongHowever way it is done, one of the benefits is that you don't have to wait for the vendor to relink the program with the patched libraries.Jul 29 00:46
yuhongYou can add security and other patches to the library yourselves.Jul 29 00:47
oiaohmYes and no.   MS Dll hell.Jul 29 00:47
oiaohmProblem here is patch library can break application too.   Lack of clean update systems for dlls make care harder.Jul 29 00:48
yuhongYes, you certainly must be careful of that, if you are going to do it.Jul 29 00:49
oiaohmEven Linux Distributions suffer from .so lag due to the way they do things.Jul 29 00:49
oiaohmThere is a big pardora box around all dynamic libraries that Windows Mac and Linux people like to ingnore.Jul 29 00:49
oiaohmBasically we need vendors to more work with each other on the issues of libraries.Jul 29 00:52
yuhongYep, the fundamental problem behind "DLL hell can in theory canJul 29 00:54
yuhongYep, the fundamental problem behind "DLL hell" can in theory happen on any OS that uses dynamic linking.Jul 29 00:54
yuhongIn fact, the ELF format can make things worse due to the fact that 2 versions of a shared library can't coexist in a process without symbol versioning.Jul 29 00:56
yuhonghttp://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~psilord/blog/3.htmlJul 29 01:00
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fewahmmJul 29 01:27
twitterM$'s most popular new product is Fail.Jul 29 01:56
twittereveryone loves to watch them fail.Jul 29 01:57
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twitterM$ Fail 3.0, everyone knows M$ gets it right on the third try.Jul 29 02:03
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twitterKonq won't remember my password.  I'm close to giving up on comments at BN.Jul 29 02:11
twitterYou might study the ration of normal comments to M$ Astroturf comments to see if passwording helped or harmed comments.Jul 29 02:12
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twitterIt would be better to drop comments completely than leave it as a place for trolls.Jul 29 02:13
twitterhe he, "Corporate Vice President of Corporate Communications"  Is that like a double negative that cancels itself out to VP of Bullshit?Jul 29 02:19
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twittergood sys-con story, Roy.Jul 29 02:32
twitterEverything that touches M$ is filthy.Jul 29 02:33
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ugufjhfjwtf: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~psilord/blog/3.html  I see nothing wrong in this, same thing happen on windows with DLL...Jul 29 02:44
twitter*** twitter ignores person who projects Windows stupidity onto free software.Jul 29 02:46
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twitterupgrade tiem.Jul 29 02:58
twittertimeJul 29 02:58
twitterLOL, Windows Super computing http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/28/1958237/Sandia-Studies-Botnets-In-1M-OS-Digital-Petri-DishJul 29 02:59
twitterSandia able to run 1M copies of Windoze without paying M$ for license.  Uses it to simulate botnet.  Sandia == US Nuclear Weapons Steward.Jul 29 03:00
twitterWindows is now considered weapon of Mass Destruction.Jul 29 03:01
oiaohmIt is twitterJul 29 03:01
oiaohmThe damage bot nets have done are massive.Jul 29 03:01
oiaohmDesigning counter measures having a test platform zone most likely will be useful.Jul 29 03:02
fewa_But its built on LinuxJul 29 03:05
fewa_+ wineJul 29 03:05
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oiaohmOf courseJul 29 03:07
oiaohmYou would not want to run real windows viruses on a OS that cannot do containment.Jul 29 03:07
oiaohmFor testing things.Jul 29 03:08
twitterright, no real gnu/linux virus exists outside of a lab.  This one only exists because they made it act like Windows.Jul 29 03:09
twitterthat's a good way to study the thing in relative safetyJul 29 03:09
oiaohmNot exactly true.Jul 29 03:09
twitterkind of like you want to put nuclear weapons development in the middle of a desertJul 29 03:09
oiaohmThere is about 1 or 2 worm class viruses a year that appear in wild.Jul 29 03:09
twitterWindows and nukes share a lot, you know.Jul 29 03:09
oiaohmFor Linux.Jul 29 03:09
oiaohmAll of them die out in time.Jul 29 03:10
oiaohmAnd most of the worms released on Linux don't operate on fully locked down Linux boxes.Jul 29 03:11
oiaohmSomething that is not true of Windows Machines.Jul 29 03:11
cubezzzI saw something recently which was pretty nasty, "Perfect Defender"Jul 29 03:12
cubezzzit pretends to be a virus checker but it itself is really malwareJul 29 03:12
oiaohmNot a new stunt.Jul 29 03:13
oiaohmFirst one of that type I saw for windows was 1994.Jul 29 03:13
oiaohmYep it was for windows 3.11Jul 29 03:13
oiaohmThis is part of the problem computer world history is never taught.Jul 29 03:14
oiaohmSo people fall for the same tricks over and over again.Jul 29 03:14
twittersuch tricks are only required to steal a node from rival botnets.  The first thing malware attempts to do is close the drive by exploit through with it arrived.Jul 29 03:23
cubezzzthese guys were protected with AVG, I'm not sure where the rogue security thing originatedJul 29 03:25
twitterWe can be sure the good folks at Sandia will test out the dynamics of this kind of thing.  My prediction is that all scenarios will quickly yield nearly total infection .Jul 29 03:25
oiaohmAntivirus software is only as good as it last update.Jul 29 03:25
cubezzzon the other side of the coin, my fc1 box still works fine :)Jul 29 03:26
twitterMy Sarge boxes all work fine too, but they have also all been upgraded to Etch and now Lenny.Jul 29 03:27
twitterFree software is really cool like that.Jul 29 03:27
oiaohmThere are a few secuirty flaws in fc1 that did allow remote exploit if using particular services.Jul 29 03:28
oiaohmUpdates of software does reduce risks.Jul 29 03:29
oiaohmhttp://science.slashdot.org/story/09/07/28/1727250/Dye-Used-In-Blue-MampMs-Can-Lessen-Spinal-Injury  Hmm a new way to colour change ratsJul 29 03:32
cubezzzwell, all my boxes are fedora 10 except for this oneJul 29 03:37
cubezzzsome older linux games don't work on fedora 10Jul 29 03:38
oiaohmThis is the same kind of problem that has effected windows tooJul 29 03:40
oiaohmBlocking the correct die off of versions.Jul 29 03:41
cubezzzsome of my customers actually still run win95Jul 29 03:42
cubezzzbut I tell them to just completely disconnect from the internet :)Jul 29 03:42
oiaohmI have a few still running windows 3.11 for a few speciallity programs.Jul 29 03:43
oiaohmThat don't manage to run in wineJul 29 03:43
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fewa16 or 32 bit?Jul 29 04:20
twitterWin95 never left the 16 bit world.Jul 29 04:23
fewadidnt do the same junk 16-32-bit as they are doing 32-to-64 bitJul 29 04:24
fewaie more lock-inJul 29 04:24
twitteryeah, they stumbled through the transition for half a decade.Jul 29 04:33
fewaexactly what is oging to happen with 64-bitJul 29 04:33
fewax96_64Jul 29 04:34
twitterM$ will implode before they manage to get to 64 bit.Jul 29 04:35
twitterNone of their 64 bit stuff works and it never will.Jul 29 04:35
twitterThey use it as a carrot to the "next" version of Windows, but the world won't abandon 32 bits so quickly.Jul 29 04:36
twitterpeople want low power chipsetsJul 29 04:36
fewaand they are stuck with x86-32Jul 29 04:37
twitterfunny enough, Windows does not run on either setJul 29 04:37
fewaif the use WindowsJul 29 04:37
twitteri386Jul 29 04:37
twitterWe're talking about limits that were created in 1985 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I386Jul 29 04:39
twitterholy crapJul 29 04:39
twitter25 year old technical limits and kludges around them.Jul 29 04:39
twitterI think most GNU/Linux distros made i586 the lowest common denominator five years ago.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I586Jul 29 04:40
twitterThat's only 15 years old.Jul 29 04:40
twitterOf course, GNU/Linux is compiled to dozens of specific chipsets.Jul 29 04:41
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yuhongFrom <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585421391>:Jul 29 05:40
yuhong"I was amazed and amused by the process our favorite software manufacturer used to minimize the allegations of monopoly. "Jul 29 05:40
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fewahttp://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/07/eu-vista-xp-users-will-also-get-to-vote-ie-off-the-island.arsJul 29 06:08
fewaEU Vista, XP users will also get to vote IE off the islandJul 29 06:09
twitterVista, XP users, ha.  All three Vista users will take what Bill Gates gives them and love it.Jul 29 06:10
twitterHow dare you intrude upon their bliss.Jul 29 06:10
twitterHis Billness would be displeased.Jul 29 06:11
fewa"Furthermore, the company notes it will not use Windows Update to offer any new version of a Microsoft browser to users within the EEA unless Internet Explorer is turned on. The exception to this rule, Microsoft outlined, was that it can use Windows Update to update those portions of Internet Explorer "other than the browser frame window and menus." This appears to apply primarily to security updates, but also allows for updates to the reJul 29 06:12
fewandering engine."Jul 29 06:12
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Omar87Oh my God guys, did Microsoft reach a deal with Microsoft?Jul 29 06:36
Diablo-D3bill gates gave himself a handjob? what?Jul 29 06:36
Omar87http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-yahoo-search-deal-imminent-reports-2009-07-28Jul 29 06:37
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Omar87Yahoo sucks big time!!Jul 29 06:40
Omar87I've had this expression about them for so long now!Jul 29 06:40
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] VMware mess: This is properly anonymised, can I finally use some information to explain this to people. http://ping.fm/bsVH5Jul 29 08:13
MinceRhttp://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20090729Jul 29 08:20
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] How Microsoft Uses Linux Conference Sponsorships to Advance Its Agenda http://ping.fm/XEIRYJul 29 09:25
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[scientes] Newsweek reporter has no understanding of network economics http://techdirt.com/articles/20090727/0338195674.shtmlJul 29 09:30
schestowitzA large sign saying "United States" at a border crossing was deemed a security risk: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/large_signs_a_s.htmlJul 29 09:36
schestowitzHollywood demands shuttering of Pirate Bay < http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013317o-2000331777b,00.htm >Jul 29 09:51
schestowitzProbably offshoring: Unisys pulls profit from 26% sales drop < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/29/unisys_q2_2009_numbers/ >Jul 29 09:52
schestowitz"If you believe Bill O'Reilly and Fox News, that is. They've been fond of claiming that that very liberal European nation's experiment with tolerance and personal freedom is a complete failure, that the Netherlands is collapsing in anarchy. So an Amsterdam resident made a short clip documenting cultural armageddon."Jul 29 09:52
schestowitzhttp://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/amsterdam_is_a_cesspool_of_cor.phpJul 29 09:52
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Landlord sues tenant over moldy Tweet < http://ping.fm/lxNuD >. This is ridiculous. What happened to freedom of expression?Jul 29 09:55
schestowitzRich people's problems: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/internet_fridges.phpJul 29 10:00
schestowitzEU countries ranked for 'influence potential'   <  http://www.euractiv.com/en/future-eu/eu-countries-ranked-influence-potential/article-184425 >Jul 29 10:02
schestowitzEditorial: Chrysler Destroys Its Historical Archives; GM to Follow? < http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/editorial-chrysler-destroys-its-historical-archives-gm-to-follow/ >Jul 29 10:05
schestowitzWestern Digital Announces Pocket-Sized 1TB Drives http://blog.laptopmag.com/western-digital-announces-pocket-sized-1tb-drivesJul 29 10:06
schestowitz  Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon's scarred face < http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17520-comets-not-asteroids-to-blame-for-moons-scarred-face.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news >Jul 29 10:10
schestowitzHackers attack MIFF site over Rebiya Kadeer movie < http://shanghaiist.com/2009/07/27/hackers_attack_miff_site_over_rebiy.php >Jul 29 10:12
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Hotels.com Not Unique Enough To Get A Trademark < http://ping.fm/5g16n >. Trademarks on dictionary words should be banned.Jul 29 10:15
schestowitzSued Over Twitter Message? Can You Defame Someone In 140 Characters Or Less? < http://techdirt.com/articles/20090728/1105525684.shtml >\Jul 29 10:17
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Twitter Launches New Homepage Design < http://bit.ly/daOf9 > About time...Jul 29 10:20
oiaohmLegally you can defame someone in under 40 chars.Jul 29 10:40
schestowitzOr 20?Jul 29 10:41
schestowitzBlip.tv Partners With YouTube, Roku < http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/28/bliptv-partners-with-youtube-roku > Aren't they supposed to be competitors?Jul 29 10:41
schestowitzoiaohm: this person criticised AFAIK. That's not defamation if it's true.Jul 29 10:41
oiaohm20 is a little hard.  Normally not directed enough.Jul 29 10:42
schestowitzNicaragua's ban on abortion 'compels rape and incest victims to give birth' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/27/nicaragua-blanket-ban-abortions-rapeJul 29 10:45
schestowitzThe Honduran Coup and the Clinton Connection < http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/07/26/the-honduran-coup-and-the-clinton-connection/ >Jul 29 10:45
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] World will warm faster than predicted in next five years, study warns < http://ping.fm/twMtg >Jul 29 10:49
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] IBM acquires application security specialists < http://ping.fm/ohfgJ > Now, that's INNOVA~1Jul 29 11:14
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schestowitzSomeone has just used confidential info I gave him to fight against "<vendor> recommends Windows". Nice activism...Jul 29 11:47
schestowitzASA should be notified too... it's illegalJul 29 11:47
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Obama supports the pharma cartel rather than support those in need of affordable drugs: http://ping.fm/NdNtdJul 29 12:00
schestowitzOracle sues Qtrax, claims P2P site owes $1.8 million < http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Timothy_Carney/Obama-the-drugmakers-profit-and-reform-51536012.html >Jul 29 12:02
schestowitzWow. Some major attack on FOSS: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=76916Jul 29 12:08
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] SCO case is getting funny. http://ping.fm/5V2AMJul 29 12:43
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] I just took "What color M&Ms are you?" and got: Blue M&Ms! Try it: http://bit.ly/DfiZMJul 29 13:08
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] I just took "What Piercing Are You?" and got: Tongue Piercing! Try it: http://bit.ly/EWEpDJul 29 13:11
schestowitzSame ol mere: On a totally different note — Sexism in Free Software < http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2009/07/27/on-a-totally-different-note-sexism-in-free-software >Jul 29 13:12
schestowitz*memeJul 29 13:12
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schestowitzhttp://www.itwire.com/content/view/26527/1090/ "He says just two people were working on the Sugar interface for most of the OLPC's existence - in other words, there were no resources diverted from the operating system work to code for the UI. He blames the failure of the operating system on the hardware which the project chose to use."Jul 29 13:16
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taconems-yahoo agreement ?Jul 29 13:33
schestowitzThe cronies at Yahoo want to smoke the pipe of peace with MicrosoftJul 29 13:33
schestowitzBongJul 29 13:34
schestowitzYahoo! is taking instructions from Microsoft now. Icahn, Bartzmer, etc.Jul 29 13:34
taconeyahoo to use bing as search technology ?Jul 29 13:35
trmancohttp://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2009/jul/29/microsoft-gpl/Jul 29 13:35
taconethat's crazy. it's like using a wooden engine on a ferrariJul 29 13:36
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] 1 Million 'Copies' of GNU/Linux Simulate Microsoft's Damage on the Internet http://ping.fm/tsuu2 http://ping.fm/vNoLKJul 29 13:39
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Why GNU/Linux is More Secure by Design http://ping.fm/v7Jz8Jul 29 13:44
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Everything Linux Lives on http://ping.fm/2T984Jul 29 13:44
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Five Things That GNU/Linux Has Today and Vista 7 Won't Have Even Tomorrow http://ping.fm/ud1KgJul 29 13:50
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Evolution of GNU/Linux from Baby Steps in the 90s to the Spinning Spheres of Today http://ping.fm/EMSvSJul 29 13:53
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] GNU/Linux-only Shops Reap the Benefit of Overwhelming Demand http://ping.fm/u94FQJul 29 13:56
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Kernel Made Faster in Ultra X Linux http://ping.fm/tmiOSJul 29 14:00
taconeseems the italian newspapers got it wrong. it's MS to use yahoo search technologiesJul 29 14:14
taconebing smellsJul 29 14:14
schestowitzYahoo should have sued Microsoft in 2008Jul 29 14:16
schestowitzThe whole thing is a proxy fightJul 29 14:16
schestowitzThey also tanked YangJul 29 14:16
schestowitz*yankedJul 29 14:16
schestowitzMafia tacticsJul 29 14:16
taconeyahoo shareholders loved the ms proposalJul 29 14:17
taconenot easy to sueJul 29 14:17
schestowitzSome of them are MSFT investorsJul 29 14:18
schestowitzAnd investors!=customerJul 29 14:18
schestowitz*mersJul 29 14:18
taconefirst news http://www.repubblica.it/Jul 29 14:20
taconethird news http://www.corriere.it/Jul 29 14:21
trmancohttp://www.choicevalueinnovation.com/thedeal/Jul 29 14:21
twittersays who ?  -> tacone: yahoo shareholders loved the ms proposalJul 29 14:21
trmancodidn't Google do this?Jul 29 14:21
trmancosomething like the page above? before it got pressured from MS?Jul 29 14:21
twitterI'd be really pissed if I had Yahoo shares.Jul 29 14:21
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Debian Changes Its Release Policy http://ping.fm/8yvve http://ping.fm/SRgxmJul 29 14:21
twitterM$ has ruined them.Jul 29 14:21
taconeme saysJul 29 14:22
taconean overpriced offer is always welcomeJul 29 14:22
twitteryou spun.Jul 29 14:22
trmancohttp://searchengineland.com/its-finally-official-microsoft-yahoo-make-a-deal-yahoo-gives-up-on-search-23197Jul 29 14:22
taconelet's wait for the anti-trust to say theirsJul 29 14:23
schestowitzHahaJul 29 14:23
schestowitzWhich one?Jul 29 14:23
schestowitzThe one Microsoft owns?Jul 29 14:23
taconewould be weird if they opposed the yahoo-google agreement but bless the ms agreement.Jul 29 14:23
twitterSo, M$ will take Yahoo down with them.  Sad.Jul 29 14:23
schestowitzYou'd need to get the Secret Services to crack down on puppet regijmesJul 29 14:23
twitterIt's funny that article says "Yahoo gives up on search" when it's M$ that can't make any headway.Jul 29 14:25
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Microsoft Hijacks Yahoo and DOJ Using Cronies to Buy Market Share http://ping.fm/O0hJmJul 29 14:25
twitterM$ will ruin Yahoo search they way they ruined hotmail and everything else they touch.Jul 29 14:26
popeyschestowitz: that ultra x linux you posted a link to seems... pointless :SJul 29 14:27
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] A Cursory Look at the Latest Knoppix GNU/Linux http://ping.fm/9XLuaJul 29 14:27
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popeyschestowitz: they released back in april and as far as I can see the only thing they did was add flash (naughty, license doesn't allow that), sun virtualbox (why!?) and tmpcleaner which seems to resolve an issue only _they_ have..Jul 29 14:28
popeyvery strangeJul 29 14:28
schestowitzpopey: this? http://www.downloadtube.com/blog/2009/07/28/ultra-x-linux-ubuntu-with-a-faster-kernel/Jul 29 14:28
popeyyesJul 29 14:28
schestowitzHMmmmmmm.....Jul 29 14:28
popeyit never ceases to amaze me what pointless "enhancements" people can come up with as a reason to make a fully separate derivative distroJul 29 14:29
popeyif they have some fantastic crack that should be in ubuntu, then join the ubuntu community and make the case for including it..Jul 29 14:29
popeymaking a 1.7G ISO image to achieve that seems crack fuelled at bestJul 29 14:29
popeyah wellJul 29 14:29
popeygot that off my chest :)Jul 29 14:29
popeyignore meJul 29 14:30
schestowitzHeh. Well, that's the nature of itJul 29 14:31
schestowitzIf people can only receive but not make, then where's the power?Jul 29 14:31
popeyjust because you can, doesn't mean you should.Jul 29 14:34
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*tacone1 hands popey the download link of his LOLcats Ubuntu Remix. just 800Mb downloadJul 29 14:34
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] ARM-based Sub-notebooks with GNU/Linux Cost Just £90 http://ping.fm/UwYr1Jul 29 14:35
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] H-P should offer a distribution other than the Microsoft-taxed Ballnux (SUSE): http://ping.fm/DCA00Jul 29 14:37
twitterHa ha.  I read the Hannah Montana Linux review and think that it would be good for an 8 year old girl I know.Jul 29 14:40
twitterFree software has something for everyone.Jul 29 14:41
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Interview with Stephen Carlyle-Smith Touches on Free Software and Gaming http://ping.fm/kSVAYJul 29 14:42
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] The Relationships Between Free Software and Fog Computing Studied http://ping.fm/e3iUu http://ping.fm/qtdazJul 29 14:44
trmancohttp://www.h-online.com/security/Adobe-and-Cisco-extensions-vulnerable-to-Microsoft-s-ATL-problems--/news/113870Jul 29 14:45
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] The FSF Recruits Young Men to Spread Free(dom) Software http://ping.fm/ORoe4Jul 29 14:53
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Adoption of Free Software Sharing and Philosophy Now in Education http://ping.fm/zgRkh http://ping.fm/xnBeg http://ping.fm/l5wzzJul 29 14:59
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] Daily Mash: Doctor Who Fans Reminded That It's For Children http://is.gd/1SKSSJul 29 15:06
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Oracle Joins the Assault on P2P Services http://ping.fm/GmkTsJul 29 15:11
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Microsoft-funded Patent Aggressor (Blackboard) Loses Its Gun http://ping.fm/svIhY http://ping.fm/mKr4v http://ping.fm/bBlUHJul 29 15:11
twitterAh!  VistA, the free software, is infiltrated?  ->   Calling it a "very significant event. Not only does this add GUI-scheduling, it also enables .Net client programming."Jul 29 15:12
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twitterhttp://worldvista.org/news2/houston-confirms-vista-gui-scheduling-has-landedJul 29 15:12
twitterno wonder it's "teaming with bugs"Jul 29 15:13
schestowitztwitter: yes, I heard thatJul 29 15:13
schestowitzSomeone told me some weeks ago that VIstA was infiltratedJul 29 15:13
twitterthey must want to use Winblows terminals.Jul 29 15:13
schestowitzSomething like thatJul 29 15:13
schestowitzI know someone who's looking into thatJul 29 15:13
twittergoodJul 29 15:14
schestowitzMicrosoft tries to do to everything what it did to YahooJul 29 15:14
schestowitzVMware, OSI...Jul 29 15:14
EruaranhelloJul 29 15:14
schestowitzIt's like a religionJul 29 15:14
twitterit's organized crimeJul 29 15:14
schestowitzWe have one of those gangsters here in IRCJul 29 15:14
schestowitzHe goes by the name 'cj'Jul 29 15:14
twitterI mostly ignore them, they are all very rude.Jul 29 15:14
EruaranDoes anyone have an opinion of Zimbra ?Jul 29 15:14
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Propagandists Create the Word "Biopiracy" (Growing of Crops=Raping and Murdering) http://ping.fm/KH8ydJul 29 15:15
twitterniceJul 29 15:15
twitterbblJul 29 15:15
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Intellectual Monopoly Heads Show Their Total Hypocrisy, Irrationality http://ping.fm/tKcQmJul 29 15:17
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] HSBC Declares Itself a Puppet of the Abusive Monopolist (Avoid HSBC) http://ping.fm/ITLTJJul 29 15:18
trmancohttp://blog.magicaltux.net/2009/07/29/yahoo-going-closer-to-microsoft-rasmus-reaction/Jul 29 15:20
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Russian Anti-monopoly Agency Investigates Microsoft's SUb-notebooks Abuses as More Potentially Appear http://ping.fm/PdKicJul 29 15:20
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] SFLC Reminds People That Microsoft Attacks People's Freedom http://ping.fm/X3BPKJul 29 15:23
EruaranYahoo can't save MicrosoftJul 29 15:35
EruaranAnd if Yahoo gets too close to Microsoft, no doubt Microsoft will want to kill off Zimbra.Jul 29 15:36
EruaranThe pro Microsoft camp within Yahoo are idiots.Jul 29 15:37
EruaranIts like saying, "Hey look, the Titanic has hit an iceberg, lets get on board !"Jul 29 15:37
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mikankunhey roy that link for the oracle p2p story links to an article about obama and health reformJul 29 16:06
schestowitzmikankun: true, that's oddJul 29 16:08
schestowitzUse this: Jul 29 16:09
schestowitzhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10296693-93.htmlhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10296693-93.htmlJul 29 16:09
schestowitzhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10296693-93.htmlJul 29 16:09
mikankunthanksJul 29 16:09
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EruaranI have a sudden urge to play... wait for it... the original SyndicateJul 29 16:15
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] ♺ @sjvn: Night of the living Yahoo: http://digg.com/d3yzFw?t Instead of buying Yahoo, Microsoft has turned Yahoo into a Microsoft zombie.Jul 29 16:42
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] HSBC, a Participant in Microsoft’s Linux Racket, Snubs Firefox, GNU/Linux, and Mac Users http://ping.fm/2Rd5FJul 29 16:51
Eruaranhttp://lh3.ggpht.com/_fAKphEbiv3o/SlK_snbqN8I/AAAAAAAABDk/oLIb1LVMdYM/s800/snapshot1.pngJul 29 16:57
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schestowitzKDE4 looks goodJul 29 17:14
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Microsoft’s Proxy Fight Against Yahoo! Turns it to Puppet State http://ping.fm/6IspLJul 29 17:30
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[trmanco] 21 in Dog Years is Old Enough (Pic): http://digg.com/d3ywZF?tJul 29 17:31
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] working out what this looks like for #wikipedia http://is.gd/1SW5H we discourage n00bs differentlyJul 29 17:47
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schestowitztrmanco: it's good to see that Digg is still a 'news' siteJul 29 18:13
trmancoI still use itJul 29 18:13
trmancoit's not all about GNU/LinuxJul 29 18:13
trmancoI like the "design" cat tooJul 29 18:13
schestowitzIt's c cute photo, but it's the type of stuff which makes Digg borderline 4chanJul 29 18:14
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] More Linux and Open Source Infiltrations from Microsoft http://ping.fm/JOcWlJul 29 18:15
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Microsoft’s Extend-and-Extinguish with ActiveX is Blowing Up in Rival Vendors’ Faces http://ping.fm/AZSknJul 29 18:42
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] playing ripped DVDs over the house network works well and gets less marmite on the DVDsJul 29 19:10
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Who is Mono good for? It is good for Microsoft. http://ping.fm/gogb2Jul 29 19:12
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] my weird meter just pegged again. http://tr.im/uCXv (NSFW) HT @dennyJul 29 19:20
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Why is Acer Curtailing Its Linux Efforts? http://ping.fm/424KtJul 29 19:50
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aeshna23I'm wondering what we think about Yahoo using Bing?  So far, I've just got to the point of being disappointed, but no analysis.Jul 29 19:58
twitterSay goodbye to YahooJul 29 19:59
schestowitzI haven't read much about itJul 29 19:59
trmancoat least the search partJul 29 19:59
trmancocan't say goodbye to everythingJul 29 19:59
taconei won't notice the difference.Jul 29 20:00
schestowitzWhere is DOJ?Jul 29 20:01
schestowitzWhere is Google?Jul 29 20:01
schestowitzCan it make a complaint?Jul 29 20:01
schestowitzCan Yang? Ha!Jul 29 20:01
taconefor sure it's not over yet.Jul 29 20:02
schestowitz"Lunduke's trolling is a never ending cycle. " http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/Richard_Stallman_Bringer_Of_Doom#comment-4975Jul 29 20:05
schestowitzWow. -16 (page score)Jul 29 20:05
schestowitzNever seen anything less than like -4Jul 29 20:05
aeshna23Sorry.  I got a phone call.  It seems that Yahoo is going to use Bing for search results.Jul 29 20:06
taconelunduke never ceases of amaze meJul 29 20:07
aeshna23The obstacle to Google being a monopoly is another monopoly that I don't like.Jul 29 20:07
trmancoI don't see anyone being forced to use googleJul 29 20:08
schestowitzSpeaking UNIX: Man oh man < http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-spunix_manpages/ >Jul 29 20:08
schestowitztrmanco: +1Jul 29 20:08
schestowitzYahoo! was pretty decentJul 29 20:08
trmancounlike some of microsoft's tecnologiesJul 29 20:08
trmancowas*Jul 29 20:08
trmancoyeahJul 29 20:08
schestowitzI used it a few times when Google didn't catch pages I was looking forJul 29 20:08
trmancobefore google appearedJul 29 20:09
*schestowitz prepared to delete some Yahoo new feedsJul 29 20:09
schestowitz*newsJul 29 20:09
trmancoI never really used yahoo, not my time :-PJul 29 20:09
schestowitzIs it all final?Jul 29 20:09
trmancobut people tell me the it was full of adsJul 29 20:09
trmancoDon't knowJul 29 20:09
schestowitzWill Yahoo! be /dev/nulled to MSFT?Jul 29 20:09
trmancoI think they need "aproval"Jul 29 20:09
schestowitzI ask because...Jul 29 20:09
trmancoapproval *Jul 29 20:09
aeshna23but it is slightly disturbing to be confronted with a monopoly.  even one that seems benign for now.Jul 29 20:10
schestowitzI'bve heard these rumours since Feb 2008Jul 29 20:10
taconeschestowitz: it will symlink /dev/bingJul 29 20:10
schestowitzI'm tired of these false alarmsJul 29 20:10
trmancow00tJul 29 20:10
trmancomore like add a shortcut to c:/windows/system32Jul 29 20:10
schestowitztacone: mkdir /dev/null/bingJul 29 20:10
schestowitzNo error message generated I gatherJul 29 20:10
schestowitztacone: \Jul 29 20:11
schestowitzMicrosoft gets it slashes wrongJul 29 20:11
schestowitzOops, * trmanco Jul 29 20:11
trmancoah crapJul 29 20:11
trmanconot use to windows any moreJul 29 20:11
schestowitzGobo LinuxJul 29 20:11
trmancoc:\windows\system32Jul 29 20:11
trmancoI haven't touched a windows box in 2 monthsJul 29 20:12
fewaMicrosoft hs always been agressive against YahooJul 29 20:12
aeshna23gobo linux has a good idea, but enough to create a distro?Jul 29 20:12
schestowitz Automated spam translation keeps global spam rates near 90% < http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7805 >Jul 29 20:12
schestowitzWow. 'Only' 90%?Jul 29 20:12
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_goblinhi allJul 29 20:13
trmancohelloJul 29 20:13
_goblinanything happening?Jul 29 20:14
trmancoyeahJul 29 20:14
trmancothe microhoo!!111! thingJul 29 20:14
_goblinIve been referenced on a link on Wikipedia (regarding Bing)Jul 29 20:15
_goblindoes that make my blog famous? ;)Jul 29 20:15
schestowitzMSBBC glamorises Yahoo!'s sellout: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8174838.stmJul 29 20:21
schestowitzAnd the BBC quotes its OWN crony from Microsoft (highfield). This is pricelessJul 29 20:22
schestowitzWindows Mobile becomes Windows Phone  < http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1495570/windows-mobile-windows-phone >Jul 29 20:24
schestowitzSAP spins out optimistic outlook as Q2 sales fall 10% < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/29/sap_q2_results/ >Jul 29 20:27
schestowitzAOL's pulse slows as Q2 revs slip 24% < http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/29/aol_q2_results/ >Jul 29 20:29
schestowitz"Wikispaces being removed from SourceForge.net 2009-07-30"Jul 29 20:30
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] I've just officially dumpd Yahoo News search (RSS). Good riddance. Microsoft's partner Bartzmer has sold out, just as she was supposed to.Jul 29 20:37
schestowitzIf you want to see how Sys-Con spams Google News, scroll down in this page: http://dotnet.sys-con.com/node/1047832Jul 29 20:38
fewaend of day release?Jul 29 20:46
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trmancohttp://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/28/1958237/Sandia-Studies-Botnets-In-1M-OS-Digital-Petri-Dish?art_pos=8Jul 29 21:07
schestowitzOld by now, no...?Jul 29 21:10
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[scientes] Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes http://bit.ly/6xFzBJul 29 21:13
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[scientes] Apple argues for security through obscurity http://is.gd/1TbS1 http://is.gd/1TbTbJul 29 21:21
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] SCO Lies About Hans Bayer http://ping.fm/8e5USJul 29 21:44
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parolangGod!  Lefty's turned into such a troll!Jul 29 22:18
parolangSorry, but I just had to vent/Jul 29 22:18
schestowitzHey..Jul 29 22:21
schestowitzI just had someone show me a comment.Jul 29 22:21
schestowitzI have a great deal of information on the long, sordid history ofJul 29 22:21
schestowitzDavid "Lefty" Schlesinger aka "stonemirror" ie his sexist articles onJul 29 22:21
schestowitz'encyclopediadramatica' and also his many calculated campaigns ofJul 29 22:21
schestowitzharassment and stalking. This is all backed up with impeccable evidenceJul 29 22:21
schestowitzincluding the who-is registration of harassment sites withJul 29 22:21
schestowitzSchlesinger's own civil name and contact information. "Lefty" has aJul 29 22:21
schestowitzlong, long history on the internet of making threats of violence,Jul 29 22:21
schestowitzlawsuits and extortion demands - in one case he demanded $5,000 forJul 29 22:21
schestowitzevery menacing email he sent that was published. I also have severalJul 29 22:21
schestowitzrecent threatening emails Schlesinger sent me, with headers provingJul 29 22:21
schestowitztheir origins. I can post it here, but I won't do that w/o the blogJul 29 22:21
schestowitzowner's permission. Anyone can have this evidence who wishes to ask forJul 29 22:21
schestowitzit, email sandylaphon@gmail.com . RMS has seen this material, and heJul 29 22:21
schestowitzendorsed it as a complaint to the Gnome Foundation. Stormy Peters ofJul 29 22:21
schestowitzthe Gnome Foundation refused to take any action on the matter, and sheJul 29 22:21
schestowitzor someone at the GF shared the complaint with Schlesinger whoJul 29 22:21
schestowitzimmediately responded to it with extremely ugly threats, and alsoJul 29 22:21
schestowitzgloating that the headers of that email gave him new contactJul 29 22:21
schestowitzinformation to pursue his threats with. David "Lefty" Schlesinger is aJul 29 22:21
schestowitzdangerous lunatic.Jul 29 22:21
parolangYou mean his attacking BKuhn now?Jul 29 22:21
schestowitzThat's from http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-open-source-software-evangelist.html BTWJul 29 22:22
schestowitzThe comments there are fascinatingJul 29 22:22
schestowitz "Update: Although he comes from "a family of lawyers", "Lefty" admits breaking the law by publishing Richard Stallman's emails. In short, his daddy might have some pro deo work on his hands in the near future if RMS decides to sue him. Go get 'em, Dick! "Jul 29 22:22
parolangI'll check it out.Jul 29 22:22
schestowitzThere's also something about CHaniJul 29 22:22
schestowitzShe did not complain about RMS in her blogJul 29 22:22
schestowitzBasically, he's raking dirtJul 29 22:23
schestowitzOn anyone who opposes himmm....Jul 29 22:23
schestowitzSFLC, FSF, RMS...Jul 29 22:23
parolangIt really wouldn't surprise me though if RMS believed that his emails could be distributed however you want.  That's his way.Jul 29 22:23
schestowitzThey like GPLv3 and they don't like TiVoisationJul 29 22:23
parolangYeah, I don't even check his blog.Jul 29 22:24
schestowitzparolang: some people speak to RMS about itJul 29 22:24
schestowitz"RMS told me in email he isn't even interested in speaking about any of this 'sexism'/emails controversy, he says it will only draw more attention to it.Jul 29 22:24
schestowitz"Jul 29 22:24
parolangschestowitz: That's true.Jul 29 22:24
schestowitzIt's easy to collect some dirt on RMSJul 29 22:24
schestowitzJust see his political siteJul 29 22:24
schestowitzStallman.orgJul 29 22:24
schestowitzALl of that is BESIDE the point of softwareJul 29 22:24
schestowitzHis views on religion tooJul 29 22:25
schestowitzHe calls religion "brain-virus' IIRCJul 29 22:25
parolangWell, it seems pretty clear that RMS has some kind of autism, and that explains the speech at the conference.Jul 29 22:25
schestowitzThus the parodyJul 29 22:25
schestowitzMaking fun of Cult of Virgin MaryJul 29 22:25
parolangrightJul 29 22:25
schestowitzI'd rather not talk about people, thoughJul 29 22:25
schestowitzThe comment aboveis revealing thoughJul 29 22:25
fewapeople...WHO CARESJul 29 22:26
schestowitzSeems as though the bullying and Internet Antic go a long way backJul 29 22:26
schestowitzLitigious biases and alll...Jul 29 22:26
schestowitzI don't go into itJul 29 22:26
fewaignore the trolls.Jul 29 22:26
fewapersonal stuff is the thing of trollsJul 29 22:26
schestowitzI don't reply to him comment, I want nothing to do with him and his false accusationsJul 29 22:26
schestowitz*hisJul 29 22:26
schestowitz*his commentsJul 29 22:27
parolangfewa: I don't usually care except when it pisses me off and this guy's blog has a place on planet gnome.Jul 29 22:27
fewaahhJul 29 22:27
fewathen just do some nice rouncing and showing his hypocricy, etcJul 29 22:27
schestowitzSFLC and GNU paid no attention to itJul 29 22:27
schestowitzBut it doesn't matterJul 29 22:27
schestowitzThey get picked on merely for expressing rational viewsJul 29 22:27
schestowitzSuch as the VERY SIMPLE FACT that Microsoft violated the GPLJul 29 22:27
fewaexactly, always focus on the rationalJul 29 22:28
parolangI was just reading planet gnome, everyone else is talking about technical stuff, interesting stuff, and he keeps popping up with anti-fsf/sflc/etc fud.Jul 29 22:28
fewaalways attach those things that are irrationalJul 29 22:28
schestowitzThat correct statement too gets used against themJul 29 22:28
fewa*attackJul 29 22:28
schestowitzANd parody is not permitted eitherJul 29 22:28
schestowitzIt will be cast as seriousnessJul 29 22:28
schestowitzAnyway, let's change subject..Jul 29 22:28
fewaparolang, there is a name for it. You repeat their words, and for every paragraph/sentence show how their views are retartedJul 29 22:28
fewaif they indeed areJul 29 22:28
fewait shows who the real fool isJul 29 22:29
parolangschestowitz: Have you read the comments on lefty's latest blog post?  I guess he thinks bkuhn is wrong for saying that MS violated the GPL.  Turns out he's churning out a semantic debate where in his language there's difference between compliance issues and violation issues :(Jul 29 22:29
schestowitzparolang: he cen sors comments IIRCJul 29 22:29
schestowitzSo comments there would be yes men perhapsJul 29 22:29
schestowitzI'm not sure.Jul 29 22:29
schestowitzSomeone mailed me about itJul 29 22:30
parolangschestowitz: No, bkuhn commented on his blog too.  And there were a couple other people disagreeing with him.Jul 29 22:30
parolangschestowitz: But I'm not really worried though.  There are enough people in the fs/gnome community who understand the GPL, and will realize that he's just being obnoxious.Jul 29 22:31
parolangfewa: nah, I'm not going to win by trying to mock himJul 29 22:31
fewaok, then ignore himJul 29 22:31
parolangPretty much what I'm doing :)Jul 29 22:31
parolangExcept for this vent.Jul 29 22:31
fewaah, okJul 29 22:32
schestowitzhttp://psychocats.net/ubuntu/remastersysJul 29 22:33
trmancowhy google is so loved:Jul 29 22:36
trmanco"They created Google. Regardless of the silly spelling mistake, you may have heard of it: you type a sentence in their web page, and you magically get a list of relevant pages as a result… you should check it out if you haven’t yet. Although Google is not a free software company, and a lot of their software is indeed proprietary, they still released vast amount of free software and (more importantly) contributed to the creation of free standaJul 29 22:36
trmancords that are free software friendly (think of OpenSocial vs. Facebook, or Android vs iPhone/Windows Mobile)."Jul 29 22:36
schestowitzGoogle doesn't threaten people for their software choicesJul 29 22:38
parolangGoogle's a mixed basket.  I reserve judgment until we hear more about Google/Linux.Jul 29 22:38
schestowitzIts services is also offered over the Web, so everyone can use it on an invitation- basisJul 29 22:38
parolangBut they're not in the evil category like Apple/MS.Jul 29 22:39
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Novell Lies About SUSE Appliances http://bit.ly/eHDrEJul 29 22:39
schestowitzPING.FM IS B0RKEDJul 29 22:39
schestowitzYahoo will lose a lot from the MSFT dealJul 29 22:40
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schestowitzSOmeone just mailed me: "Keep up the good fight. [..] (Now that Yahoo has made a deal with MSFT I might be abandoning this email account for safety....)"Jul 29 22:40
schestowitzMore links:Jul 29 22:40
schestowitz"I'm sending you a couple links you probably know of just in case you might have missed:Jul 29 22:41
schestowitzhttp://prosario2000.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/125/Jul 29 22:41
schestowitzhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jul/08/microsoft-asus-linuxJul 29 22:41
schestowitzAnd related (it links to your site, among others):Jul 29 22:41
schestowitzhttp://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_on_Intel_s_Anti_Linux_This_is_a_Nightmare "Jul 29 22:41
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Novell Lies About SUSE Appliances http://ping.fm/rsShqJul 29 22:41
schestowitzWe have a volunteer, I think:Jul 29 22:42
schestowitz"I'm thinking about trying to do a "No-monkey-businees" Ubuntu Respin (I might as well call it "Flying Chairs Remix") to counter his "Chicken Little" bad joke, in which I would substitute Tomboy and FSpot for Gnote and Gthumb and include the monono package.... but I have so very little time..."Jul 29 22:42
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-BNc/#boycottnovell-[schestowitz] Irony: Columnist Who Berates Bloggers For Not Fact Checking, Didn't Fact Check < http://ping.fm/sWpwF > That's why old media is dying.Jul 29 22:46
-BNc/#boycottnovell-[davidgerard] NotN: "Birthers" probe Obama's alleged robotic ancestry http://is.gd/1TicLJul 29 22:46
schestowitzBotnets Driving Spam Volume  < http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/29/botnets-driving-spam-volume >Jul 29 22:47
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schestowitzVery funny headline IMHO: "Jackson's death was blogosphere's saddest day: study" http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE56S0TQ20090729?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMoltJul 29 22:53
schestowitzA study on "blogosphere's saddest day"Jul 29 22:54
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fewathe blag-o-netJul 29 23:11
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cubezzzugh, I just heard about microhoo :-PJul 29 23:26
trmancohttp://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/29/yahoo-shareholders-transfer-29-billion-to-microsoft-shareholders/Jul 29 23:27
taconethe deal killed yahooJul 29 23:36
taconenot what yahoo investor were hopingJul 29 23:37
taconeand it's a half deal anyway. just search and search adsJul 29 23:37
taconenot communities or anything elseJul 29 23:38
schestowitzAt least those surviceJul 29 23:38
schestowitzBut some die graduallyJul 29 23:38
schestowitzLike GeocitiesJul 29 23:38
schestowitzMicrosoft didn't have money to buy YahooJul 29 23:39
schestowitzIt got m cheapJul 29 23:39
schestowitzWhere is the US DOJ?Jul 29 23:39
schestowitzTell me, where are the regulators?Jul 29 23:39
schestowitzDid Microsoft bribe them or did it just buy their seats 10 years ago?Jul 29 23:39
schestowitzThis is repugnant mafia behaviourJul 29 23:39
schestowitzI'd expect better from Putin and the KGBJul 29 23:40
taconewaitJul 29 23:40
taconethose things don't come the day laterJul 29 23:40
taconethey didn't even for the google deal.Jul 29 23:41
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schestowitzMore Americans Watching Online Video  < http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/29/more-americans-watching-online-video >Jul 29 23:43
schestowitztacone: the way I see it, Yahoo was inevitably in Microsoft's hands after the proxy fightJul 29 23:44
schestowitzSo the question was, how bad would it be?Jul 29 23:44
schestowitzAt least Zimbra ought to surviveJul 29 23:44
parolangOkay, here's a decent pro-Mono article: http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/06/why-mono-is-des.htmlJul 29 23:44
taconethat's what you see, not what the regulator will have to judgeJul 29 23:45
taconeparolang: old. and already commented in 2-3 blog postsJul 29 23:45
parolangtacone: Yeah, I know it's old.  It's just the first time I've seen it.Jul 29 23:45
schestowitztacone: no, bad one. Also smears usJul 29 23:45
taconeparolang: not good in many ways. but decent, right.Jul 29 23:45
parolangtacone: But I think there are good points made.Jul 29 23:46
taconewell, it's good for mono publicityJul 29 23:46
taconeparolang: my response http://www.stefanoforenza.com/mono-here-we-go-again/Jul 29 23:46
parolangtacone: Well, I think the best point from that article is that there are ways of mitigating the risk of Mono without abandoning the platform entirely.Jul 29 23:47
taconeparolang: that was known.Jul 29 23:47
taconethe problem is, even so, you have to pay damagesJul 29 23:47
taconei'm looking for jason's responseJul 29 23:49
parolanghmmJul 29 23:49
taconehere it is http://mono-nono.com/2009/07/02/here-we-go-again-why-mono-apologetics-suck/Jul 29 23:49
parolangtacone: BTW, I do think technical points are relevant.Jul 29 23:49
taconeparolang: they *may* be, but that's not the pointJul 29 23:50
parolangtacone: Because half of my concern on this issue is that without similar technology, free software is going to fall far behind proprietary equivalents.  *Again.*Jul 29 23:50
taconeit's not that linux ecosystem has not bad softwareJul 29 23:51
taconethat never stopped peopleJul 29 23:51
taconeif mono was just technically bad, do you think anyone would have a problem with it ?Jul 29 23:51
taconeparolang: ok, let's say it's good technically.Jul 29 23:51
taconein 8 years of mono, ubuntu repositories contains circa 20 mono applicationsJul 29 23:51
taconeof those 20, just 2-3 are worthyJul 29 23:51
parolangBKuhn mentions getting behind parrot rather than CLR.  But, I've seen posts indicating that parrot is in a semi-dormant status.Jul 29 23:51
taconehow come that ? isn't that a productive environment ?Jul 29 23:51
parolangtacone: I don't understand the point you're making.  You're making the hypothetical case that only 2-3 good applications will use mono in 8 years, and then you're asking why only 2-3 mono applications will be good.Jul 29 23:53
parolangAnd I think Jason is misinterpreting the article.Jul 29 23:54
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taconenoJul 29 23:55
taconei said mono is around since 8 years ago.Jul 29 23:55
taconei'm saying that apt-cache rdepends mono-runtime | grep -v monoJul 29 23:55
taconewill show circa 30 entries and you have to strip non-application entriesJul 29 23:55
taconethat leaves you with circa 20 entriesJul 29 23:55
taconebut many are little scripts or unworthy programsJul 29 23:55
taconeso, mono is technically good. ok. where are the applications ? how does that help to compete with proprietary technology ?Jul 29 23:55
taconebeside that, i don't want mono to disappear. i want ms to clear up. that's my point, not Boycottnovell's oneJul 29 23:56
parolangWhat it *sounds* like is that C# plus framework offer a better balance of technologies than the other alternatives in the free software world.  Python is easy and fast to program in but slow; C/C++ compile to fast code, but are easier to make errors in and more time is spent debugging.Jul 29 23:56
taconeparolang: right. but google is working to speed up python as they did with javascript.Jul 29 23:56
parolangThat's an interesting counterpoint.Jul 29 23:57
parolang<tacone> beside that, i don't want mono to disappear. i want ms to clear up. that's my point, not Boycottnovell's one <-- Agreed.Jul 29 23:57
taconeanyway, as i told, tech is not the problem.Jul 29 23:57
taconemoonlight is a whole another worldJul 29 23:57
schestowitztacone: that's not my point eitherJul 29 23:58
parolangYeah, I don't know what the point of moonlight is.  I've never used Silverlight (I'm GNU/Linux only).Jul 29 23:58
schestowitzYou seem to suggest BN wants Mono eradicatedJul 29 23:58
schestowitzNot rreueJul 29 23:58
schestowitz*Not trueJul 29 23:58
parolangI like FSF's push for an irrevocable patent license.Jul 29 23:59
schestowitzDoesn't eliminate PAI issuesJul 29 23:59
taconealso, if you're new to BN... BN is not just about mono. that's what many mono guys forget.Jul 29 23:59
taconeBN i don't know your point. just you know :)Jul 29 23:59
taconeerrJul 29 23:59
tacone*schestowitzJul 29 23:59
taconemy point is this http://www.waveprotocol.org/patent-licenseJul 29 23:59
schestowitzAPI issues are secondaryJul 29 23:59
parolangPAI?Jul 29 23:59
schestowitzIt's about controlJul 29 23:59
taconesame as fsf, i guess.Jul 29 23:59
schestowitzMigrations, directions, etc.Jul 29 23:59
schestowitzSOme people want Mono to carry the Linux flagJul 29 23:59
schestowitzThat would be a problemJul 29 23:59

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