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balzacI asked you to email me. I gave you my email address.Mar 24 00:10
balzacI asked if I could add you as a developer on my business profile page. I already have an account manager.Mar 24 00:11
balzacA business has to have a staff page to be taken seriously.Mar 24 00:11
schestowitzI can't get my gravatar to workMar 24 00:11
schestowitzI never couldMar 24 00:11
schestowitzBeen trying since like 2006Mar 24 00:11
schestowitzDoes anyone have experience with this?Mar 24 00:12
balzacis gravatar integrated with openid services?Mar 24 00:12
balzacI'm going to add my friend Sal as well to my business' personnel pageMar 24 00:13
schestowitzNot really.Mar 24 00:13
schestowitzUnless I don't know that it isMar 24 00:13
schestowitzDoes it require some authentication?Mar 24 00:13
balzacgravatar is meant for you to have a consistent "avatar" (icon) in various compatible chat servicesMar 24 00:13
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schestowitzHow would gravatar know that I'm not using someone else's E-mail address *and* avatar?Mar 24 00:13
schestowitzbalzac: WP/Automattic bought emMar 24 00:14
balzac_Hicham_1: I'm going to say my business is booked a few months into the future so that can explain why I can't accept new clients for any immediate contracts.Mar 24 00:14
balzacschestowitz: that was a good acquisition. Now it needs OpenID integration from an OpenID service provider.Mar 24 00:15
schestowitzhttp://en.gravatar.com/site/faq/Mar 24 00:15
_Hicham_1balzac : do u want my email?Mar 24 00:15
balzacyeahMar 24 00:15
balzacyou already have mine, I thought you might have sent one by nowMar 24 00:16
balzacI have some small jobs, I work a 40hr week, and my account manager is trading her services to me in exchange for my IT consulting I give her.Mar 24 00:16
balzacI'm not yet incorporated, but I'm trying to build a credible business front.Mar 24 00:17
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balzacnothing I said in our conversation should be taken as non-negotiableMar 24 00:17
balzacBut I'm going to put people on the personnel profile page. We can discuss it.Mar 24 00:18
balzacIf I had millions in VC and were registering as a C-corporation instead of a mere LLC, I'd ask Roy to be on my board of directors.Mar 24 00:19
balzacMy current employer may allow me to put the address where I work as my business address and have an informally-shared office.Mar 24 00:20
balzacso I'll be legit pretty soon.Mar 24 00:20
_Hicham_1but Roy will attack u as soon as u intend to register a patent :DMar 24 00:21
balzacI wouldn't bother with patents unless I were manufacturing things, and even then, I'd prefer to use a license like the RepRap project.Mar 24 00:22
_Hicham_1it is fine since ur business is in servicesMar 24 00:23
_Hicham_1but it is not always that easy to develop open source softwareMar 24 00:23
balzacI'm deploying, customizing, supporting, consulting re: FREE & ossMar 24 00:23
balzacIt isn't easy, but it beats the hell out of proprietary software.Mar 24 00:24
balzac</offtopic>Mar 24 00:25
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schestowitzAh! Mar 24 00:30
schestowitzFinally. It was cache, apparently.Mar 24 00:30
schestowitzBrowser or server cacheMar 24 00:30
balzacthere are so many caches to keep track ofMar 24 00:38
balzacweb-server cache, web-application cache, browser caches...Mar 24 00:38
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schestowitzrouterMar 24 00:45
schestowitzrarerMar 24 00:45
schestowitzAnyway, it's resolved nowMar 24 00:45
_Hicham_1what was the problem?Mar 24 00:56
schestowitzGravatarMar 24 01:11
schestowitzCache and also... turns out my picture was mistakenly added as "x rated"Mar 24 01:11
schestowitzI could have those silly icons working years ago had I ticked the right boxes.Mar 24 01:12
_Hicham_1Roy x rated?!!Mar 24 01:14
schestowitzNo, not reallyMar 24 01:19
schestowitzWhen you upload image you tick boxes and I wasn't paying attention.Mar 24 01:19
_Hicham_1Roy : why did u leave ur job?Mar 24 01:24
schestowitzYes, both jobsMar 24 01:35
schestowitzgnMar 24 01:38
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tessierhttp://dronebl.org/blog/8Mar 24 02:56
tessierDoes this count as Linux worm? Even though it requires the admin to be actively stupid?Mar 24 02:56
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vida18http://www.prweb.com/releases/200...Mar 24 06:50
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schestowitzMoinMar 24 07:46
schestowitzI think we overload the server againMar 24 08:02
schestowitzit's back,,but rockyMar 24 08:07
schestowitzThe site did almost 5GB of traffic yesterdayMar 24 08:07
schestowitziPonzi scheme nets perpetrator 17 years  < http://www.itwire.com/conten... >Mar 24 08:21
schestowitzYikes. Our server is overloadedMar 24 08:22
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schestowitzFather of Java warns of ‘culture clash’ if IBM buys Sun < http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archiv... >Mar 24 08:24
schestowitzFT’s ‘Web-Ready’ Newsroom Plans: After 80 Layoffs, It’s Integration Time < http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419... >Mar 24 08:27
schestowitzSad, so sad: Meet menhaden - before this ecologically critical fish vanishes < http://www.ethicurean.com/2009/03/23/... >Mar 24 08:28
schestowitzThe Geithnerconomy and the New Cold War < http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/h... >"Welcome to Looting 2.0. What does that financial system look like? In it, everything is a hedge fund. The Geithner economy is Milton Friedman's revenge from beyond the grave: it is one that puts the allocation of public resources in a very small number of almost totally hidden private hands."Mar 24 08:29
schestowitzMicrosoft will spend its way out of business... Why Microsoft Continues to Chase Internet Search < http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/20... >Mar 24 08:40
schestowitzSuppression in Seoul: The Deadly Face of Development: Struggle Against Evictions in Korea < http://www.indymedia.org/en/2009/02... >Mar 24 08:42
schestowitz"Even adult prisoners must not be tortured, because torture can easily force an innocent suspect into a false confession. (That's what torture is best for.)" http://www.stallman.org/archives/2009-...Mar 24 08:43
schestowitzRMS says that London now bans organisation of more than 3 people: http://antimega.textdriven.com/antimega/2...Mar 24 08:44
schestowitzhttp://www.prwatch.org/node/8289 NPR notes that "times could hardly be better at the Fox News Channel, the cable channel liberals love to hate. ... Ratings estimates from Nielsen Media Research indicate audience levels are up significantly - to extremely high levels for cable news - making Fox News among the highest rated of all basic cable channels..."Mar 24 08:51
schestowitz"A recent article by Eyal Press examines the recession's harsh effect on the world of non-profit organizations; some speculate that 100,000 groups could go belly up." < http://www.prwatch.org/node/8290 >Mar 24 08:52
schestowitzhttp://www.sutor.com/newsite/blo... "The lesson here is that even though I had set up redundant automatic processes, both failed. The first was due to mechanical error, the second probably due to human error (though the jury is still out on that one). Check your systems, check your assumptions, and don’t wait until a crisis to ensure that you have the backups you really need."Mar 24 09:19
schestowitzWatch IBMers as they collect silly pieces of paper just to throw them in one big pile of monopolies for monopolies: http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=3477 Who on Earth is this patent system FOR??Mar 24 09:20
schestowitzSig of the times, another ship-jumping: http://www.pcworld.com/article/161788/son...Mar 24 09:22
schestowitzNew Linux released: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/3/23/449Mar 24 09:24
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schestowitzsub-$200  sub-notebooks hurt Microsoft's profitability and add to Linux: http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/a...Mar 24 09:24
schestowitzApril Fools' Day is no joke to Windows: Conficker to Phone Home on April Fools' Day < http://www.pcworld.com/article/161809/con... >Mar 24 09:27
trmancoloooolMar 24 09:31
trmancowhat else is going to happen with confickerMar 24 09:31
oiaohmWonder if the phone home includes upgrades.Mar 24 09:32
schestowitzHilarious picture here: http://spectrum.ieee.org/mar09/7909 (regarding USPTO going the wrong way)Mar 24 09:33
trmancohttp://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_... -> new kernel, now with Tuz instead of TuxMar 24 09:37
schestowitzyes, posted a moment ago ;-) Playful beaversMar 24 09:38
schestowitzIt would be nice to have codenames for kernels, a little like in Ubuntu. Makes it memorable.Mar 24 09:38
trmancowow, it already comes with WiMAX supportMar 24 09:38
schestowitzFedora has this too?Mar 24 09:38
trmancoyesMar 24 09:38
schestowitz"So which kernel will Ubuntu come from?"Mar 24 09:38
trmancoI only remember one thoughMar 24 09:38
trmancoCambridgeMar 24 09:39
schestowitz"The Cyclone kernel (Linux 2.6.30)!"Mar 24 09:39
trmancololMar 24 09:39
schestowitzIt's good marketingMar 24 09:39
trmancoWanking kernelMar 24 09:39
schestowitzGets rid of the numbering PR issueMar 24 09:39
trmancoit can't have kernel, it's too geekyMar 24 09:39
schestowitzLinux 2..6.27 was codenamed "masturbating monkeys"Mar 24 09:39
schestowitz2.6.28 was "wanking walruses"Mar 24 09:39
schestowitzI told you it's good for marketingMar 24 09:39
trmancoLinux 2.6.27 codename "Aloha"Mar 24 09:40
schestowitzCompanies will be out in droves paying IBM to put masturbating monkeys on their mainframeMar 24 09:40
trmancoLOOOLMar 24 09:40
trmanco"So what is running on your mainframe" || "Ah, masturbating monkeys power that beast"Mar 24 09:41
oiaohm2,6.28 I though was erotic pickeled herring.  I reallyMar 24 09:41
trmanco"Support of 4096 CPUs"Mar 24 09:42
trmancoah okMar 24 09:42
oiaohmNAME entry in Linux source never appears in the final binary.Mar 24 09:42
trmancoanybody need support for more? lets say 8192Mar 24 09:42
oiaohmPS 4096 CPUS is not enough any more.Mar 24 09:43
oiaohmYou can buy that in a single box.Mar 24 09:43
oiaohmMaxable fittiable into a signle box is 32000Mar 24 09:43
trmancothose are not real cpu'sMar 24 09:43
trmancoare they?Mar 24 09:43
MinceRj0Mar 24 09:44
schestowitz"Support of 4096 CPUs"Mar 24 09:44
oiaohmDid I say how big the box was.Mar 24 09:44
schestowitz"4096 CPUs is enough for everyone" --LinusMar 24 09:44
oiaohmThink shipping container trmancoMar 24 09:44
trmancoha okMar 24 09:45
schestowitzNot a real quote. Spoof response to PearlyGMar 24 09:45
trmanco:-PMar 24 09:45
oiaohmBiggest server case you can buy is a shipping container.Mar 24 09:46
schestowitzI was thinking...Mar 24 09:46
schestowitzWhat's the nliklihood of Google buying Automattic?Mar 24 09:46
oiaohmYes 32000 CPU with UPS fits in a shipping container.Mar 24 09:46
schestowitzIt would make sense for them to own WordPress given that they bought other blogging networks like BLoggerMar 24 09:46
schestowitzThey would also have Gravatar for spying, which they loveMar 24 09:46
schestowitzGravatar is a good (bad) surveillance tool to themMar 24 09:47
oiaohm4096 is about a bar fridge in size.Mar 24 09:47
schestowitzoiaohm: heat dispersion?Mar 24 09:47
oiaohmYep you could sit a 4096 core beside a desk no problems.Mar 24 09:47
schestowitzSUN had a datacentre in a containerMar 24 09:47
schestowitzProject Black Box, IIRCMar 24 09:48
trmancololMar 24 09:48
schestowitzDoesn't seem to have gone an ywhereMar 24 09:48
schestowitzI haven't heard of it in yearsMar 24 09:48
schestowitzoiaohm: what CPU?Mar 24 09:48
oiaohmBlack Box is used by the red cross.Mar 24 09:48
schestowitzARM?Mar 24 09:48
trmancobetter put that container at a low sea levelMar 24 09:48
schestowitzIntel would be too hotMar 24 09:48
schestowitzThey are energy guzzling.Mar 24 09:48
oiaohmBlackbox has very effective cooling.Mar 24 09:48
trmancowhat I meant is, bury the container underwaterMar 24 09:49
schestowitzCool!Mar 24 09:49
oiaohmGoogle also uses releations to blackbox same with Microsoft.Mar 24 09:49
schestowitzoiaohm: we had load issues this morningMar 24 09:49
schestowitzHTTP daemon went down at one point as a resultMar 24 09:49
schestowitzIt's stabler now.Mar 24 09:49
oiaohmSo cache has helped just not enoughMar 24 09:50
schestowitztrmanco: CPUs don't work well in water. Same with electricity. It's conductive.Mar 24 09:50
oiaohmOr was it exceptional high load.Mar 24 09:50
schestowitzoiaohm: over 10 avg loadMar 24 09:50
oiaohmDepends on how pure the water is schestowitzMar 24 09:50
trmancoschestowitz, find a way to isolate it, like a subMar 24 09:50
schestowitzHTTP was highlighted in redMar 24 09:50
schestowitzAnd I worried it was usMar 24 09:50
schestowitzThough the MySQL load was not highMar 24 09:51
oiaohm100 percent pure water is not conductive to heat or electricity.Mar 24 09:51
schestowitzWe did about 5GB of traffic yesterdayMar 24 09:51
schestowitzAnd today it's the same paceMar 24 09:51
oiaohmSo either it shorts out or it cooks.Mar 24 09:51
schestowitzDo subs make their own energy (nuclear)?Mar 24 09:51
oiaohmGoogle is planing on ships.Mar 24 09:52
trmancogrrrrr, Gwibber don't crash on me :|Mar 24 09:52
schestowitzAnd can satellite rely only on the Sun's energy?Mar 24 09:52
trmancoit's hung :|Mar 24 09:52
schestowitzgwibber?Mar 24 09:52
schestowitzWhat's that?Mar 24 09:52
trmancoyeahMar 24 09:52
schestowitzFor identi.ca?Mar 24 09:52
schestowitzI was looking for a desktop client.Mar 24 09:52
schestowitzDidn't look muchMar 24 09:52
schestowitzI use Konqueror for itMar 24 09:52
trmancohttps://edge.launchpad.net/gwibberMar 24 09:52
schestowitzNot too convenient at all.Mar 24 09:52
schestowitzIt times outMar 24 09:53
trmancousing a pre-release version :|Mar 24 09:53
schestowitzLet's see what's in 'Driva's reposMar 24 09:53
trmancook it really crashedMar 24 09:54
trmancocrap, there goes my linux kernel tweetMar 24 09:54
oiaohmEven had the fun of using ksplice trmancoMar 24 09:54
schestowitzDoes Pindgin do microblogging?Mar 24 09:55
schestowitzIdenti.ca?Mar 24 09:55
schestowitz*Pidgin.Mar 24 09:55
trmancooiaohm, already, wow, that's coolMar 24 09:55
trmancoschestowitz, yes, pidgin microblogMar 24 09:55
trmancoit's a pluginMar 24 09:55
oiaohmNAME = Erotic Pickled Herring  << Yep that is 2.6.28 Linux kernel code name.Mar 24 09:57
trmancoah, it worked nowMar 24 09:57
trmancoLOLMar 24 09:58
oiaohmNow how do you get a Erotic Pickled Herring is a really tricky question.Mar 24 09:58
schestowitzYuck. Mar 24 09:58
schestowitzhttp://beans.seartipy.com/2008/07/28/wi...Mar 24 09:58
schestowitzhttp://beans.seartipy.com/2008/07/28...Mar 24 09:58
schestowitzC#, Microsoft stuff... identi.ca +MS??Mar 24 09:59
trmancohaha c#Mar 24 10:00
trmancoomfMar 24 10:00
trmancowhy c#Mar 24 10:00
trmanco...Mar 24 10:00
schestowitzhttp://shegeeks.net/gwibber-the-... "Looks pretty neat to me. This is in the works by Ryan Paul of Ars Technica. Good work Paul and I hope to see this released soon."Mar 24 10:01
schestowitzWaitMar 24 10:01
schestowitz Ryan Paul is the dev?Mar 24 10:01
schestowitzHe's a mono/opensuse fanMar 24 10:01
trmancoschestowitz, https://twitter.com/glynmoody...Mar 24 10:01
oiaohmgwibber is coded in python.Mar 24 10:02
trmancoRyan Paul is a Gwibber devMar 24 10:02
schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/segphaultMar 24 10:02
trmancowell, he registered GwibberMar 24 10:02
oiaohmhttps://launchpad.net/gwibber  << project home.Mar 24 10:02
schestowitztrmanco: let's see how stable it isMar 24 10:03
trmancoschestowitz, grabbing source?Mar 24 10:03
schestowitzYes, I know.Mar 24 10:04
schestowitzThey point to reposMar 24 10:04
schestowitzNo MandrivaMar 24 10:04
schestowitzNever mind, I'll waitMar 24 10:04
trmancohttp://identi.ca/group/ie8Mar 24 10:05
trmancoInternetExplorer v.8 still shitMar 24 10:05
schestowitzGoodbye Ubuntu 7.10 < http://news.softpedia.com/news/Good... >. My other machine at home still runs 7.04 :-oMar 24 10:05
schestowitztrmanco: it isMar 24 10:05
*oiaohm gives schestowitz a block of c4 to send it to god.Mar 24 10:06
trmanco7.04 was my first oneMar 24 10:06
schestowitzMine was 4.10Mar 24 10:06
trmancoI really mean, first Linux distro everMar 24 10:07
schestowitzMine was Red HatMar 24 10:07
schestowitzwith KDE2Mar 24 10:07
schestowitzI'm doing a full server backup. it's awfully slow today.Mar 24 10:10
oiaohmhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/wp-con...   Now there is the time line of early Linux distributions.Mar 24 10:12
oiaohmSome of them I have never used.Mar 24 10:12
schestowitz*LOL* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HW...Mar 24 10:14
trmancoMozilla is using UbuntuMar 24 10:18
trmancohttp://l10n.mozilla.org/pt-PT/Mar 24 10:19
schestowitzMurdoch press sickens me. Repugnance. Mar 24 10:20
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L...Mar 24 10:20
schestowitztrmanco: Firefox team uses Centos, I thoughtMar 24 10:20
trmancothat is the l10n serverMar 24 10:21
schestowitzThe whaaa?Mar 24 10:22
trmancolocalizationMar 24 10:23
trmancoi18nMar 24 10:23
trmancointernationalizationMar 24 10:23
oiaohmOk go looking for the russian z80 running a web server sometime.Mar 24 10:23
trmancouh?Mar 24 10:24
oiaohmYes one hosting company maps there CPU type and os decription to something running on a z80Mar 24 10:24
oiaohmIts supprising simple to have web servers say anything.Mar 24 10:24
trmancothis-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80 ?Mar 24 10:26
oiaohmNote the cpu is not really a z80Mar 24 10:26
oiaohmAnd the OS is not really a OS running on a Z80Mar 24 10:26
oiaohmThey just set up the webserver to report that.Mar 24 10:27
oiaohmSo far I have not found a web server reporting as a c64 yet.Mar 24 10:28
trmanco:|Mar 24 10:28
MinceR110604 < oiaohm> NAME = Erotic Pickled Herring  << Yep that is 2.6.28 Linux kernel code name.Mar 24 10:29
MinceRwhat file is that in?Mar 24 10:29
oiaohmThe main Makefile of Linux kernel source.Mar 24 10:30
oiaohmNAME = Temporary Tasmanian Devil  << is 2.6.29 code name.  It even has a changed logo.Mar 24 10:31
MinceR:)Mar 24 10:32
oiaohmI hope Tuz sticks aroundMar 24 10:33
schestowitzWow. So weird.. turns out that Firefox doesn't like ":[" before the end of a table element. Any explanation?Mar 24 10:34
schestowitzMaybe some emoticon code is causing it though.Mar 24 10:34
oiaohmhttp://i.zdnet.com/blogs/tuz-logo.png  << tuzMar 24 10:34
MinceRthey said Tuz will only be the official logo for one releaseMar 24 10:36
schestowitzoiaohm: for a moment I thought you said changelogoMar 24 10:36
oiaohmYes I know but I like the logo.Mar 24 10:37
oiaohmI will be pushing for Tuz to remain as a optional logo.Mar 24 10:37
oiaohmMaybe Australian bias.Mar 24 10:37
MinceRi prefer Tux but i don't mind the temporary logo as long as it's temporary. :)Mar 24 10:38
oiaohmReally I should like Tux more thinking the selection of a penguin was causes by an australian event.Mar 24 10:40
oiaohmWhen a penguin here took a bit out of Linus.Mar 24 10:40
MinceR:)Mar 24 10:40
oiaohmYes one of the smallest penguins in the world does not fear biting humans if they get the chance.Mar 24 10:40
schestowitzSomeone from ZDNet mailed me re NovellMar 24 10:42
oiaohmWhat section of ZDNetMar 24 10:45
oiaohmUk and AU branches are starting to turn on Novell.Mar 24 10:45
MinceRm$ money dried up? :>Mar 24 10:46
schestowitzoiaohm: yesMar 24 10:48
schestowitzBut USMar 24 10:48
schestowitzIBMMar 24 10:48
oiaohmM$ money is drying up.Mar 24 10:49
oiaohmThe cheep XP on netbooks was ment to be a sourched earth move.Mar 24 10:49
oiaohmIts lasting a little longer than MS expected.  Now they have to work out how to get out of it.Mar 24 10:49
schestowitzbingoMar 24 10:53
schestowitzthey push upwardsMar 24 10:54
schestowitzasus goes up to $999 (AUD)Mar 24 10:54
schestowitzARM MOVES TO gbp99Mar 24 10:54
schestowitzMS needs people to start buying notebooks, not sub-notebooksMar 24 10:55
schestowitzMicrosoft may be losing money on each sub-notebooks soldMar 24 10:55
schestowitzBut it tries to prevent Linux critical mass on the desktopMar 24 10:55
oiaohmThinking Linux was not technically ready for the desktop.Mar 24 10:56
oiaohmDue to some design flaws.Mar 24 10:56
schestowitznoMar 24 10:56
schestowitzit knewMar 24 10:56
*schestowitz eatsMar 24 10:56
schestowitzms knew it was reasyMar 24 10:56
oiaohmPersonally I think MS tried sourched earth too soon.Mar 24 10:57
schestowitzwatch comes docsMar 24 10:57
schestowitzthey tro to de-commoditise everythingMar 24 10:57
schestowitz.net, silver sh*te...Mar 24 10:57
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oiaohmThey sourched it before a group of haters could form that could be abused into the future.Mar 24 10:57
schestowitzelse firefox is all one needsMar 24 10:57
oiaohmIf that is the case Linux embeded in motherboad is all anyone one needs.Mar 24 10:58
schestowitzNot anyone, but....Mar 24 11:05
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schestowitzTo most people, less is more and browser will almost suffice  (Gmail, facebooks, etc). Skype seems like a popular inclusion also.Mar 24 11:05
schestowitz"Server Load  7.16 (4 cpus)"Mar 24 11:05
schestowitzObama's Justice Department intervenes on side of RIAA in SONY BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum < http://recordingindustryvspeople.blo... >Mar 24 11:08
schestowitzSo it's true. RIP. Requiem for a frog: SpiralFrog shuts down < http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-102... >Mar 24 11:10
schestowitzIBM + Sun: Bad for FOSS? < http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/IBM--... >. what do you think?Mar 24 11:11
schestowitzI know what I'd /like/ to believe, but it's a two-sided coin.Mar 24 11:11
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schestowitzDoes the European Commission Harbour Microsoft's Destruction of a Free/Open Source Software Workgroup? :: http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03...Mar 24 13:40
_Hicham_Roy : what do u think of Go-OO?Mar 24 14:17
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_Hicham_everybody is sleeping...Mar 24 14:28
schestowitz_Hicham_: just got backMar 24 14:32
schestowitzGo-OOXML is problemMar 24 14:32
_Hicham_why Roy?Mar 24 14:34
_Hicham_it has better support for OOXMLMar 24 14:34
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schestowitzIt's a trapMar 24 14:35
schestowitzControl, mono, and so onMar 24 14:35
schestowitzWe wrote about it a lot in BN. Search the site (using Google)  for "go-oo"Mar 24 14:36
_Hicham_it doesn't ship any mono librariesMar 24 14:36
schestowitzOne person mailed me 2 hours ago.Mar 24 14:36
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schestowitzHe says: "!!! and just look at what popped up in my inbox !!! ... !!! what a co-incidence !!!"Mar 24 14:36
schestowitz"Novell announces first open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight" [...] “We have worked with the Moonlight team and Novell to enable interoperability between Windows and Linux platforms and extend the high-quality interactive Web and video experience for the benefit of the Linux community.”Mar 24 14:37
schestowitz[...] "Windows Media Video (.wmv), Windows Media Audio (.wma) and MP3 files are supported through the Microsoft Media Pack, a Microsoft-delivered set of media codecs that brings optimized and licensed decoders to every Linux user using Moonlight"Mar 24 14:37
schestowitzIt's in  http://www.novell.com/news/pres...Mar 24 14:37
schestowitzThe following should be born in mind where it applies to Go-OO:Mar 24 14:37
schestowitz"What's happening here:Mar 24 14:37
schestowitz"Version one: MS and Novell work on interoperability for the benefit of the Linux community."Mar 24 14:37
schestowitz"Version two: MS infects Open Source with the NovoSOFT patent covenant, Mono, dot.NET and MS codecs."Mar 24 14:37
_Hicham_well, for me I see the problem with devsMar 24 14:39
_Hicham_not usersMar 24 14:39
_Hicham_coz this things benefits for usersMar 24 14:39
_Hicham_Linux can't gain a market share without usable internetMar 24 14:39
_Hicham_and Silverlight is gaining through the marketMar 24 14:39
ushimitsudokilinux has done nothing but gain market share since day oneMar 24 14:40
_Hicham_last time u remember, the person who wanted to watch the nba gamesMar 24 14:40
ushimitsudokiso please keep those tired-ass arguments outMar 24 14:40
_Hicham_I knowMar 24 14:40
ushimitsudokilinux has perfectly usable internet - whatever that means - without silverlightMar 24 14:40
_Hicham_they are not tired-ass arguments ushimitsudokiMar 24 14:41
_Hicham_it is the truthMar 24 14:41
ushimitsudokiits not trueMar 24 14:41
ushimitsudokiit is trolling or ignorance. just haven't decided which oneMar 24 14:41
ushimitsudokii suspect trollingMar 24 14:41
_Hicham_some websites are using Silverlight more and moreMar 24 14:41
ushimitsudokiso?Mar 24 14:41
ushimitsudokisome websites are using chinese more and moreMar 24 14:41
ushimitsudokidoes that mean anything?Mar 24 14:41
schestowitz_Hicham_: I agree with ushimitsudoki Mar 24 14:42
ushimitsudokiyou imply that linux has no usable internet - again whatever that means - without silverlight supportMar 24 14:42
schestowitzNothing is achieved when you reinforce Silver LieMar 24 14:42
ushimitsudokithat is pure fallacyMar 24 14:42
schestowitzYou merely make the problem even biggerMar 24 14:42
schestowitzWe defeated ActiveXMar 24 14:42
schestowitzMozilla made some plugin for itMar 24 14:42
schestowitzFortunately it sort of got pulled, IIRCMar 24 14:42
ushimitsudokirefine your argument if you like, but the way it's stated is invalid/trolligh/tired-ass/whateverMar 24 14:42
schestowitzTo embrace a non-standard Web is to give it to WindowsMar 24 14:43
schestowitzActoveX = WindowsMar 24 14:43
schestowitzOr pay Microsoft for some UNIX plugins that hardly workMar 24 14:43
_Hicham_ushimitosudoki, internet is usable without silverlight for the momentMar 24 14:43
_Hicham_I say for the momentMar 24 14:43
schestowitz_Hicham_: I was never blocked by Silver LieMar 24 14:43
schestowitzNothing that I neededMar 24 14:43
schestowitzI don't care for Channel Mar 24 14:43
ushimitsudokifor the moment?Mar 24 14:43
_Hicham_because flash is dominatingMar 24 14:43
schestowitzChannel 9Mar 24 14:43
schestowitzAlso, Silver Lie gains no tractionMar 24 14:44
ushimitsudokiyou think the internet will become majority silverlight?Mar 24 14:44
schestowitzMicrosoft pays for some contracts and then pretends it was chosenMar 24 14:44
ushimitsudokithe days of non-standard web pages is dyingMar 24 14:44
schestowitzLibrary of Congress is one exampleMar 24 14:44
_Hicham_I don't knowMar 24 14:44
schestowitzI bet Obama ingururation was anotherMar 24 14:44
schestowitzYou can tell by the PR they issueMar 24 14:44
ushimitsudokiweb designers no longer make "this site best viewed in..." pages as a general rule. instead more and more code to the standardMar 24 14:44
schestowitzAnd the dunces like Foley and Fried jump about making noise about itMar 24 14:44
_Hicham_Microsoft is playing the Web Standards with its IE8Mar 24 14:44
ushimitsudokino it is notMar 24 14:45
schestowitzIt's notMar 24 14:45
schestowitzIE8 is troubleMar 24 14:45
schestowitzI can show you articlesMar 24 14:45
schestowitzIt's being slammed by developers tooMar 24 14:45
_Hicham_I tested it, and I found it full of trouble tooMar 24 14:45
schestowitzMicrosoft may be doing the best it can *now*Mar 24 14:45
schestowitzHaving deliberately broken the WebMar 24 14:45
schestowitzComes exhibits show this tooMar 24 14:46
schestowitzushimitsudoki saw themMar 24 14:46
schestowitzNow they lift their hands and pretend to be victimsMar 24 14:46
_Hicham_but Windows XP is still dominating the MarketMar 24 14:46
ushimitsudokiso what?Mar 24 14:46
schestowitz"but we support standards..."Mar 24 14:46
_Hicham_followed by Windows VistaMar 24 14:46
ushimitsudokiagain, so what?Mar 24 14:46
schestowitzAnd spinners that Microsoft has in the press play alongMar 24 14:46
schestowitzGavin Clarke and the likes of him..Mar 24 14:46
_Hicham_we all support standardsMar 24 14:46
ushimitsudokilinux is not designed to be the most popular operating system in the marketMar 24 14:46
ushimitsudokino one who knows anything about linux ever claims it is or should beMar 24 14:47
schestowitz_Hicham_: mobile devices access sites tooMar 24 14:47
schestowitz_Hicham_: the Ubuntu mentality is riskyMar 24 14:47
schestowitz#1 bug in Ubuntu says it allMar 24 14:47
schestowitzIt's about world domination, not freedomMar 24 14:47
_Hicham_ushimitsudoki : I don't agree that Linux is not designed to be popularMar 24 14:47
schestowitzAnd I knew almost 2 years ago that Shuttleworth quietly spoke to MS about codecsMar 24 14:47
schestowitzHe wants bigger pieMar 24 14:48
schestowitzAt what expense?Mar 24 14:48
ushimitsudoki_Hicham_: is your last name Torvalds?Mar 24 14:48
ushimitsudokiIf it's not I don't care if you agree or notMar 24 14:48
schestowitzScrewing Fedora while giving users Moon Lie?Mar 24 14:48
schestowitzRMS had this dilemma in the 1990sMar 24 14:48
schestowitzDistros wanted to give users binary goodiesMar 24 14:48
schestowitzLike Adobe Reader out of the boxMar 24 14:48
schestowitzThe Free distros couldn't competeMar 24 14:48
_Hicham_Well, they just can'tMar 24 14:49
_Hicham_there is Mandriva for exampleMar 24 14:49
_Hicham_it comes with a lot of blobsMar 24 14:49
schestowitzBecause some people enable this to happenMar 24 14:49
schestowitzIt's an issueMar 24 14:49
schestowitzChicken and eggMar 24 14:49
schestowitzIt becomes harder when people are told Linux is "Cheap"Mar 24 14:49
_Hicham_it is unfair competitionMar 24 14:49
schestowitzand they migrate to it not only for the right reasonsMar 24 14:49
schestowitzWe don't need another OS X called "Linux OS"Mar 24 14:50
schestowitzThat would achieve nothingMar 24 14:50
_Hicham_well, it is not about being cheapMar 24 14:50
schestowitz[H]omer wrote about it recentlyMar 24 14:50
schestowitzThe ESR vision : winning without winningMar 24 14:50
_Hicham_being free and being cheap are different thingsMar 24 14:50
_Hicham_RMS talked about thatMar 24 14:50
schestowitz_Hicham_: yes, Mandriva comes with binary drivers and Flash alsoMar 24 14:50
_Hicham_well, what if it ever happens that .NET got out of Microsoft hands?Mar 24 14:53
_Hicham_if it ever become an open source standardMar 24 14:53
MinceRfar from enoughMar 24 14:53
_Hicham_uncontrolled by microsoftMar 24 14:53
schestowitzHeh. http://twitter.com/glynmoody/... "Boycott Novell is building a wiki - http://bit.ly/b3LHJ smart move to consolidate the site's info"Mar 24 14:53
_Hicham_like JavaMar 24 14:53
MinceRit must become a _free_ standardMar 24 14:54
MinceR(implying that all applying patents are also free)Mar 24 14:54
schestowitzLike PythonMar 24 14:54
_Hicham_yes, that is what I want to sayMar 24 14:54
_Hicham_yesMar 24 14:54
_Hicham_and I think that Microsoft might make that moveMar 24 14:54
MinceRthen it will be an alternative to java -- i can't tell if it will be better or worseMar 24 14:54
_Hicham_because they are having a big shift in their strategyMar 24 14:54
schestowitz"Twitter is over capacity."Mar 24 14:54
MinceRthan java, that isMar 24 14:55
schestowitzMinceR/ _Hicham_ no real shift in strategyMar 24 14:55
schestowitzThey have internal strugglesMar 24 14:55
MinceRi didn't expect oneMar 24 14:55
schestowitzAsay told me privatelyMar 24 14:55
schestowitzPart of MS want to changeMar 24 14:56
schestowitzOthers resistMar 24 14:56
MinceRi think m$ will shift 6 feet under ground before it will shift strategyMar 24 14:56
schestowitzSome want to befriend OSS (for Windows)Mar 24 14:56
schestowitzOthers sued this and thatMar 24 14:56
ushimitsudokia shift in -PR- strategy maybeMar 24 14:56
schestowitzYesMar 24 14:56
schestowitzImage makeoverMar 24 14:56
schestowitz"Open" XMLMar 24 14:56
MinceR"befriending OSS" for windows only is not befriending OSSMar 24 14:56
schestowitz"Open" promiseMar 24 14:56
MinceRit's pretty much the same thing as sun is doingMar 24 14:56
schestowitzThe "new" MicrosofMar 24 14:56
schestowitzt[which sues for FAT]Mar 24 14:56
_Hicham_MS is smartMar 24 14:56
MinceRno they're notMar 24 14:57
schestowitzThey areMar 24 14:57
MinceRthey've jumped into the death spiral quite willinglyMar 24 14:57
schestowitzLike a foxMar 24 14:57
_Hicham_those are just some dumb ass-managersMar 24 14:57
schestowitzShrewdMar 24 14:57
MinceRand those dumbass managers are in control of the companyMar 24 14:57
schestowitzAlways up to screwing you somehowMar 24 14:57
schestowitzAnd they get away with collusionMar 24 14:57
MinceRthey've built an entire business model on something that couldn't lastMar 24 14:57
MinceR(monopoly over the OS market)Mar 24 14:57
schestowitzWatch the Vista "capable" suitMar 24 14:57
schestowitzMinceR: it could lastMar 24 14:58
MinceRthey have no goodwill, everyone with a shred of clue hates themMar 24 14:58
schestowitzHad it not been for people's understandingMar 24 14:58
schestowitzAs PJ says, "people are not as stupid as MS needs them to be"Mar 24 14:58
_Hicham_more and more people are downgrading to XPMar 24 14:58
schestowitzMany devs were betrayed by MS and they tell their storyMar 24 14:58
schestowitzSo people are generally aware of public cases like NetscapeMar 24 14:58
MinceRwell, people are extremely stupid -- from these it follows that m$ expected people to be supernaturally stupidMar 24 14:58
schestowitzThe not-so-tech-saavy crowd is aware that Microsoft commited crimesMar 24 14:59
_Hicham_there is some open source initiatives inside MSMar 24 14:59
schestowitzBut not in these wordsMar 24 14:59
MinceRdoesn't sound smart at allMar 24 14:59
_Hicham_take WTL for exampleMar 24 14:59
MinceRwell, they keep lying that they like FLOSSMar 24 14:59
_Hicham_WTL was released to be free at firstMar 24 14:59
schestowitzThey like 'their' FOSSMar 24 14:59
MinceReven while trying to crush itMar 24 14:59
schestowitzms-plMar 24 14:59
schestowitzWindows-onlyMar 24 14:59
MinceRand not understanding what it isMar 24 14:59
schestowitzSilver LieMar 24 14:59
schestowitzEtc.Mar 24 14:59
_Hicham_but after, they made a big shiftMar 24 14:59
schestowitzThey redefine itMar 24 14:59
schestowitzTo suit their sales goals.Mar 24 15:00
MinceRschestowitz: they were drawn into it kicking and screaming, i doubt they like the situationMar 24 15:00
_Hicham_WTL is based on ATL librariesMar 24 15:00
schestowitzThey call anti-Linux people "open source strategist"Mar 24 15:00
schestowitzYou saw that job posting in January....Mar 24 15:00
_Hicham_but ATL libraries are not free since Windows SDK 2008Mar 24 15:00
_Hicham_so WTL is Open Source but not really free of costMar 24 15:01
_Hicham_i see the real problem in Mono in developmentMar 24 15:04
_Hicham_not in binary compatibilityMar 24 15:05
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_Hicham_the problem is that they invite people to develop in .NETMar 24 15:05
schestowitzScrapping ID cards 'would cost €£40m' < http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit... >Mar 24 15:06
_Hicham_which is the real threatMar 24 15:06
_Hicham_and I think that they stole some code from SharpDevelop, which is available in WindowsMar 24 15:06
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MinceRit would be no real threat if it was really free and portableMar 24 15:09
MinceRjust like people developing in C++ using Qt are no threatMar 24 15:09
MinceRand just like people developing in Java are no threatMar 24 15:09
_Hicham_but developing in .NET is a threatMar 24 15:12
schestowitzCheck this out: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-1020...Mar 24 15:12


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