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schestowitzInteresting stats from the radio this morning: less than 2/3 graduates find a job in their field and they "start to question the value of a degree" with many "looking abroad" for a career. I guess I'm the lucky one, didn't know how bad it was.May 17 07:39
schestowitzNot a fair comparison though, many out their have a bachelor-level degreee onluMay 17 07:44
schestowitzTurns out that here, for each soft. eng. job about 70 people would compete for it.May 17 07:44
schestowitz"M</a>ICROSOFT has already lost the technical battle. Now it is trying legal battles, instead. After [cref 48333 covering the Yahoo! case], <em>Thomson Reuters</em> proceeds to covering <a href="http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2011/05_-_May/Federal_Circuit_won_t_reconsider_patent_damages_decision/" title="Federal Circuit won't reconsider patent damages decision">Microsoft own case against patent trolls</a>May 17 08:28
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schestowitz"May 17 08:28
schestowitz"Webbink is at the <em>Groklaw</em> helm now and GNU/Linux sites <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/443029/" title="Mark Webbink takes over Groklaw 2.0">celebrate the news</a>. He [cref 48504 has only just taken over] and already he tackles <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2011051407561062" title="Not So Fast, Bedrock">the Bedrock case</a> (after the news from Yahoo). ""May 17 08:28
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schestowitz"Mwanwhile, as we feared somewhat, <em>Groklaw</em> seems to be focusing on patents and losing sight of the niche area that is SCO. "Walterbyrd" has just told us that "UnXis,..."May 17 08:28
schestowitz"It is extremely unlikely that anything other than FUD will ever come out of it though. <em>Groklaw</em> has done so much to show that SCO (or TSG or UnXis or whatever it chooses to call itself) has no case."May 17 08:29
schestowitzRe: Microsoft GCU SQUAD video at Solutions LinuxMay 17 09:56
schestowitz> http://dl.free.fr/getfile.pl?file=/PUEGlXFQMay 17 09:56
schestowitzWhat's it about? Microsoft codecs?May 17 09:56
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MinceRhttp://www.dilbert.com/1997-06-09/May 17 10:31
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schestowitzhttp://twitter.com/#!/jospoortvliet/status/70241225109798912May 17 10:37
TechrightsBot-sc@jospoortvliet: Miguel de Icaza Creates Company to Support Mono http://lxnews.org/2011/05/16/de-icaza-creates-company-to-support-mono/ good luck miquel!May 17 10:37
schestowitzLOLMay 17 10:37
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schestowitzFans for Mono from SUSEMay 17 10:38
MinceRduhMay 17 10:39
schestowitz> I'm souring on Word Press, as far as the commenting capabilities go.May 17 10:48
schestowitz> I've written several comments that have not shown up and it doesn't haveMay 17 10:48
schestowitz> such good browsing capabilities to browse old threads.May 17 10:48
schestowitzThe comments entered the moderation queue and have just been published. It's the only way to keep drug/pr0n spam out of the recent comments field.May 17 10:48
schestowitz May 17 10:48
schestowitz> /LarsMay 17 10:48
schestowitz> May 17 10:48
schestowitz> PS.  That was really great news about Prof Webbink.  PJ probably couldMay 17 10:48
schestowitz> not have found a better choice on the planet.May 17 10:48
schestowitzYes, we mailed each other yesterday (Webbink, PJ, myself).May 17 10:48
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sebsebsebschestowitz: You dented this, but did you read the comments?  https://lwn.net/Articles/441085/May 17 12:28
TechrightsBot-scTitle: Who maintains RPM? (2011 edition) [LWN.net] .::. Size~: 130.05 KBMay 17 12:28
schestowitzsebsebseb: I haven't, why?May 17 12:32
sebsebsebschestowitz: well it's intersetingMay 17 12:38
sebsebsebit gets interestingMay 17 12:38
sebsebsebso this Mandriva guyMay 17 12:38
sebsebsebargueing with a Magiea founder basicalleyMay 17 12:39
sebsebseband another two or so reply as welMay 17 12:39
schestowitzAh...May 17 12:43
schestowitzI can imagine some bad faith there..May 17 12:43
schestowitzhttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_frm/thread/84fdab1299344bb4#May 17 12:51
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schestowitzhttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_frm/thread/829740f7eab6e80c#May 17 12:52
TechrightsBot-scTitle: comp.os.linux.advocacy |   Google Groups .::. Size~: 41.35 KBMay 17 12:52
schestowitz"May 17 12:52
schestowitzRoy ain't gonna like this new development.May 17 12:53
schestowitzThe winners are the Groklaw site, a very good site, and the people whoMay 17 12:53
schestowitzsupport and post there. May 17 12:53
schestowitz"May 17 12:53
schestowitz?!May 17 12:53
schestowitzWhy won't I?May 17 12:53
schestowitz"May 17 12:53
schestowitz> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Groklaw-under-new-management-1...May 17 12:53
schestowitzYES!May 17 12:53
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schestowitz[quote]May 17 12:53
schestowitzWebbink worked as Red Hat's first general counsel between 2000 and 2004May 17 12:53
schestowitzand as deputy general counsel for intellectual property from 2004 toMay 17 12:53
schestowitz2007. Webbink is also a director of the Software Freedom Law Center andMay 17 12:53
schestowitza Senior Lecturing Fellow with the Duke University School of Law.May 17 12:53
schestowitzJones announced her decision in a posting on Groklaw saying that WebbinkMay 17 12:53
schestowitz"will make Groklaw the place to go when you want to understand the lawMay 17 12:53
schestowitzand all things FOSS". She explains that Webbink plans to get lawMay 17 12:53
schestowitzstudents involved with Groklaw, from Duke and from the New York LawMay 17 12:53
schestowitzSchool where he is a visiting professor and oversees the Peer To PatentMay 17 12:53
schestowitzproject. "Mark understood Groklaw very early on" says Jones, "I trustMay 17 12:53
schestowitzhim. I like his vision for Groklaw very much." She closed her commentsMay 17 12:53
schestowitzsaying "So. It's now Groklaw 2.0, with Mark Webbink and a cast ofMay 17 12:53
schestowitzthousands".May 17 12:54
schestowitz[/quote]May 17 12:54
schestowitzThe fight goes on. May 17 12:54
schestowitz"May 17 12:54
schestowitz"May 17 12:54
schestowitzAnd it is a worthy fight. For one, desktop Linux is not dead, as theMay 17 12:54
schestowitzWintrolls persist. Their rants fit the mould of:May 17 12:54
schestowitz[quote]May 17 12:54
schestowitzIn the Mopping Up phase, Evangelism's goal is to put the final nail intoMay 17 12:54
schestowitzthe competing technology's coffin, and bury it in the burning depths ofMay 17 12:54
schestowitzthe earth.  Ideally, use of the competing technology becomes associatedMay 17 12:54
schestowitzwith mental deficiency, as in, "he believes in Santa Claus, the EasterMay 17 12:54
schestowitzBunny, and OS/2."May 17 12:54
schestowitzJust keep rubbing it in, via the press, analysts, newsgroups, whatever.May 17 12:54
schestowitzmake the complete failure of the competition's technology part of theMay 17 12:54
schestowitzmythology of the computer industry.May 17 12:54
schestowitzWe want to place selection pressure on the companies and individuals thatMay 17 12:54
schestowitzshow a genetic weakness for competitor's technologies, to make theMay 17 12:54
schestowitzindustry increasingly resistant to such unhealthy strains, over time.May 17 12:54
schestowitz[/quote]May 17 12:54
schestowitzPDF page 55May 17 12:54
schestowitzMicrosoft EvangelismMay 17 12:54
schestowitzComes vs. Microsoft court caseMay 17 12:54
schestowitzhttp://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf May 17 12:54
schestowitz"May 17 12:54
schestowitz"May 17 12:54
schestowitzPJ was a real advocate for keeping that site up and running, and for herMay 17 12:54
TechrightsBot-scNot a web page! Aborting application/pdf typeMay 17 12:54
schestowitzcoverage of the Comes (Iowa) vs. Microsoft court proceedings. I am glad toMay 17 12:54
schestowitzhear that the baton has been passed onto very capable hands.May 17 12:54
schestowitzWe'll pro'lly hear troll rants of students contributing articles to it,May 17 12:54
schestowitzsimilar status as with Roy Schestowitz. However, this time the score willMay 17 12:54
schestowitzbe different. May 17 12:54
schestowitz"May 17 12:54
schestowitz>> > http://techrights.org/2011/05/17/gcu-squad-vs-infiltration/May 17 12:56
schestowitz> Good you found the video with sound, I was looking for it!May 17 12:56
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schestowitzToo busy at work now.. :-/May 17 22:39
schestowitz> Hi Roy,May 17 22:39
schestowitz> May 17 22:39
schestowitz> How far are you form any kind of benchmark (ROC curve) on any of theMay 17 22:39
schestowitz> data base?May 17 22:39
schestowitz> I'd like to start seeing some numbers...May 17 22:39
schestowitzI already get some numbers, but to get good numbers and organise them in ROC curves I need to finalise the protocols of dividing up the sets. I will try to get ROC curves to you ASAP.May 17 22:39
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