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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Friday, May 04 2012 @ 11:34 PM EDT |
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 05 2012 @ 05:55 AM EDT |
| FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging
Freedom is just another
word,
for nothing left to lose.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 05 2012 @ 06:59 AM EDT |
In memoriam: Microsoft’s previous strategic mobile partners
This is really great. Seven pre-Nokia attempts to get a Microsoft OS on a
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| Authored by: jbb on Saturday, May 05 2012 @ 01:28 PM EDT |
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link
PJ said:
Litigation will
destroy the US economy, precisely because everyone decides who to sue based on
who is the most successful. It's like a tax on
success.
It's much worse than a tax. It's more like a
redistribution of wealth from the ingenious to the unscrupulous.
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Our job is to remind ourselves that there are more contexts
than the one we’re in now — the one that we think is reality.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 05 2012 @ 02:07 PM EDT |
PJ has the latest article from publicknowledge.org up on the sidebar but this
one is also equally worthy of everyone's attention:
Copyright
Doesn't Prevent Compatibility--Some Thoughts on Oracle v. Google
I really
like how the writer makes it so simple to understand the repercussions of this
case for everyone, not just the ones with vested interests in the oracle vs.
google case.
If Oracle is allowed to prevent Google from making a
compatible product, and this example is followed, all sorts of useful things
might be lost. Apple's Pages word processing software might no longer be able to
import Microsoft Word files. Your family photos might only be viewable with
particular software. Software like WINE or CrossOver that let you run Windows
software on other platforms might go away. It might be illegal to buy
third-party replacement parts for your car or cheaper toner cartridges for your
printer. The point is that the ability to make compatible products, and drop-in
replacements generally, is not some esoteric thing that Google and Oracle care
about; rather, it's an ability that is central to the modern economy and a part
of ordinary people's lives (even if they don't realize it).
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 05 2012 @ 02:50 PM EDT |
Re The GPL Does Not Depend on the Copyrightability of APIs
Did this guy quote Florian? Yes.
There is a risk if the API's can be seen as instrumental in
a methods and concepts (new copyright view) ownership
direction. This is the same direction that Boies was
taking the case in SCO vs (name the Linux), where they
thought they were owed money for all Linux Servers (due to
infringement in a "derived from" light, thru their eyes).
The EU court ruled. And, I don't think this writer gets the
whole picture. The EU court did. Now let us hope that the
judge in Oracle v Google sees API's in the same light as the
EU court did (and he takes it away from the jury and rules
on a matter of law, vs a jury taking a best guess).
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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Saturday, May 05 2012 @ 06:08 PM EDT |
Inspired by this article to see how the Nokia is doing on
Amazon - the only
thing we have to get a sense of it, I checked
it out.
The Nokia 900 has
dropped to 7th place now. That's for
the black model - the one Nokia can't keep
up with because
they underestimated the demand for that colour over the
others. The next best selling Nokia 900 is the cyan model,
in 16th
place.
So guess who took top place away from Nokia? Microsoft's
arch
enemy, Motorola, the only device manufacturer to stand
up to them, with their
Motorola DROID RAZR. That must smart!
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