As was said in class, these agreements are written for judges to read and interpret. Most folks just click OK and move on. How many times has the Microsoft agreement been challenged? Who has deep enough pockets to take on the giant?
"THIS SOFTWARE CONTAINS TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PREVENT UNLICENSED OR ILLEGAL USE OF THE SOFTWARE. " Lies and the lying liars who tell them. Otherwise William's question would be moot. This is like the commandments... thou shalt not.....
It's like the old joke about the European countries... w/Microsoft, nothing is permitted except what is specifically allowed. In the real world, everything is permitted unless... you're caught.
Just as Linux is being built from the bottom, up, I think the use of Linux is creeping into position by starting on the back end with servers. Once IT people and students get used to working with it (in the closet) then they might start pushing it out to the front end of businesses. At least recommending it.
Very funny and it shows where his true interest was - $$$$$. He certainly made it pay for him in the end and I guess computers are only his hobby now.
Many of the techs in STS use Linux and swear by it. I'm not too worried about hackers, have only used PC software (even tho I'm reading and typing this on a Mac). This has been very interesting to read. Both the story of his life and the development of the program. I'm very surprised at the number of products using Linux without the average users knowing what it is. I think the big guns at HP, IBM, etc put the money up because they saw this a the giant killer - knocking Microsoft off it's perch.
This is a good story. To know where this guy came from when developing his concept is interesting. I think his parent's politics did influence him even if he won't admit it. It's nice to know he is well taken care of, even if the sponsors of the foundation are some of the same corporations everyone is trying to bring down. To get the "REST OF THE STORY", I'm gonna read the wiki article Jessica offered....... AK :) uh... no decision?
This article was repetitious. Develop, modify, add to, use with other software, offer free - I got it.
I can appreciate the Open Source movement as I have encountered many of these barriers when using software written specifically for temporary help services. The source code was unavailable to us (the users) for modification and could only be distributed by the owners/developers. While the license didn't restrict other software, the code was so obscure that other software would not integrate with it. The quicker the software morphs into what the users want, the more functionality (and usefulness) it will have to the company.
This timeline would be a good bulletin board display for a computer programming class. Otherwise, it's hard to grasp the whole visual. I do see how some languages have morphed into others and that there was an explosion of new languages in the 1990s. AK:)
Well, I guess I'm the trivia buff 'cuz I knew about Chuck Babbage and Ada Lovelace long ago. I have even celebrated Ada Lovelace Day (to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science) with geek girlfriends. Wikipedia says the 2011 Ada Lovelace Day will be 7 October (instead of March 24th for some reason). However, I am very confused as to why so many languages are needed. Is it a corporate secret kind of thing where companies only use one language to run their software? AK:)
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