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  1. Comment - Vonage Loses Patent Case to Sprint, Injunction May Be Next

    (Sep 25, 2007 - 8:46 PM)

    Any business looking to make money are scumbags. But I like Vonage for the simple fact that it isn't a "telco".

    It is a small startup that tried something new many years ago, and succeeded. Yes they have had problems, yes they have tried to find ways to cut cost, but in the end I still don't pay as much for the service on Vonage as I would if I were to use a big telco VOIP system.

    Competition is good, and it's been said billions of times before. The death of Vonage will only increase the prices of other VOIP services and even put more of a limit on the services available with VOIP.

    This is a shame.

  2. Comment - FSF: Microsoft is Bound by GPLv3 Terms If It Distributes GPLv3 Code

    (Aug 29, 2007 - 8:41 PM)

    I don't think it is a money problem. I think it is that MS is not respecting the license they are suppose to be distributing/supporting. MS publicy said they are not bound by the GPLv3, but depending on how this Novell "coupon" thing plays out, MS could be bound by the GPLv3.

    At least that is the way I understand it. I don't think well sober.

    Cheers.

  3. Comment - FSF: Microsoft is Bound by GPLv3 Terms If It Distributes GPLv3 Code

    (Aug 29, 2007 - 8:35 PM)

    How can anyone be sure MS is NOT infringing on others open source IP if MS is 100% closed source?

    Nobody can verify MS FUD campaign of Linux infringing MS IP's because MS is 100% closed source.

    But on the article, I'm not sure if MS would be held responsible for the Novel coupons. If that is what it is, a "newspaper" savings coupon, then MS wouldn't be bound by the GPLv3. If that coupon can get you access to Novell's code in FULL, like a "free" FULL ticket, then MS would be bound by the GPLv3.

  4. Comment - Linux Foundation: OOXML is Too Long to Be a Standard

    (Aug 29, 2007 - 8:22 PM)

    yeah, it's pretty silly that the minutes from the WG and ISO meetings be stored in OOXML, and 5 years from now everyone is wondering why Office2012 can't read the minutes from a few years back.

    It's not a MS bashing, it's MS's track record and trends that make this a fact.

    ODF has the possibility of breaking backwards compatibility too, but with it being more on the open source side and controlled as such, it would be much harder to break. SO long as it isn't managed by the linux kernel team. they love breaking backwards compat between minor kernel revisions =/

    Cheers.

  5. Comment - Comcast Accused of Throttling BitTorrent Traffic

    (Aug 22, 2007 - 10:07 PM)

    It is all determined by the contract you "sign" when you "sign" up for your internet.

    There are tons and tons of fine print legal jargon in there that most average consumers do not understand or even care for.

    Reading your fine print internet contract with your ISP is enough to piss off a semi-knowledgeable person.

    Stupidy of the consumer is why companies make billions, not the cunning technology companies claim to have and advertise.