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Member since January 31, 2007

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    Gerben

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  1. Comment - Has Firefox 3 certificate handling become too 'scary?'

    (Aug 20, 2008 - 8:18 AM)

    "One alternative to the use of SSLs that many developers may not be aware of comes from a company called StartCom, which offers some Class 1 digital certificates for free."

    Note these free certificates do not work in Internet Explorer (7) so the value is as high as a self-signed certificate.

  2. Comment - The Hague blocks Dutch gov't attempt to levy MP3 sales

    (Jan 9, 2008 - 4:15 AM)

    These taxes are payed because the Dutch law allows legal copies from the original for personal usage. This way the lost income for artists is paid, although it is unclear how the money is divided.
    Since DVD's and CD's can also be used to copy games and movies my solution would be not only to divide this money for music only.

  3. Comment - Warez Chief Gets 51 Months in Prison

    (Jun 26, 2007 - 11:05 AM)

    Apple v.s. MS is a whole different story.
    Still it leads to another good example: A pirated copy of OSX goes around which makes it possible to run OSX on your regular intel PC (with BIOS).
    I know several people who choosed to buy a Mac Book based on their expierence with this pirated copy. Without it they would not be convinced to buy it.

  4. Comment - Warez Chief Gets 51 Months in Prison

    (Jun 26, 2007 - 9:24 AM)

    OS2 had combined sales and great marketing as well. How many people use it is an important weight-factor when choosing a product.

    It was just an example of how pirated copies can gain you a market.

  5. Comment - Warez Chief Gets 51 Months in Prison

    (Jun 26, 2007 - 3:51 AM)

    Drink Or Die still is one of my favorite groups. As long as there is no profit for this group and software prices are not adjusted they act like Robin Hood.
    They make software accesable to less rich people, for example students, who have a career with it which is good for the economy and the software producer.
    OS2 would have won from MS Windows if MS Windows wasn't spread illegally so everybody used it already, which was a reason for large businesses and system operators to choose this software.