Posted on 04/05/2006 8:39:22 AM PDT by luthers_inkwell
Sure, start with the first link from DU. Seems to fit in perfectly with this thread's parent article, to wit:
Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use
By STEVE LOHR
Published: July 5, 2004
In a campaign season of polarization, when Republicans and Democrats seem far apart on issues like Iraq, the economy and leadership style, it is perhaps not surprising that the parties find themselves on different sides in the politics of software as well.
The Web sites of Senator John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee run mainly on the technology of the computing counterculture: open-source software that is distributed free, and improved and debugged by far-flung networks of programmers.
In the other corner, the Web sites of President Bush and the Republican National Committee run on software supplied by the corporate embodiment of big business - Microsoft.
The two sides are defined largely by their approach to intellectual property. Fans of open-source computing regard its software as a model for the future of business, saying that its underlying principle of collaboration will eventually be used in pharmaceuticals, entertainment and other industries whose products are tightly protected by patents or copyrights....
And this, one of the most conservative sites on the net, runs on free software. What's your point? That some idiot wants to equate politics with software?
No, it was an attempt to show how absurd your question was. OF COURSE he can use it, DUH! He can also go buy a copy of MS Windows, but that's okay because Bill makes money then, right?
I looked. I see responses to your attacks. Are you going to respond to the factual lies and misrepresentations I caught you on, point for point?
oo bad they all get failing grades when it comes to telling the truth though.
Let's go with the most clear-cut from my earlier post, no weael room: VMWare/Linux, Beowulf/free software, Stallman and patents, hacker sites for security updates, and Torvalds/GPL3. Show me how those aren't lies and misrepresentations from you.
LOL
Like I've already said, NASA could have contracted Cray to build clusters, the radical leftist Stallman is expectedly opposed to software patents if not all patents, and Torvalds did flip flop on Stallman's new license, first saying absolutely no, then very possible. All very clear cut, obviously, you just want to muddy those waters for Stallman et al.
Not legally, if he's in Iran right now. But he can download free linux to his heart's content.
If so, that'd be perfect--I could pass 'em out like nothing at school.
Though I'm not big on Debian-based, anything that plants the seed is a good thing ;)
If so, I believe we have the other one (DNC--Linux). That'd mean I'll change his report card accordingly.
I did that with Slax when I had to use Linux off a live CD. It's a pain in the butt, but necessary.
Yep, that's what Stallman does, and they invite him to the UN all the time to speak on it. 75 percent of all open source uses his license too. I think you even said it was closer to 80 percent, yourself.
went global!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) Your link points to this thread. Why?
2) Your post about Knoppix on that thread was a series of questions that you obviously did not know the answers to.
I'm sorry if you're mad at me for not giving you the attention you crave today. Love stinks, don't it?
Yes, they offer Live CDs. The last Ubuntu packs I received had both Live and Install CDs.
Regards, Ivan
"Could have," but that's not the point. You are wrong and we were right, a Beowulf MUST use free software. Building a cluster with non-free software is BY DEFINITION not a Beowulf cluster. From the Beowulf site:
"Beowulf Clusters are scalable performance clusters based on commodity hardware, on a private system network, with open source software (Linux) infrastructure."The definition of a Beowulf cluster contradicts your statement "Lies that Beowulf clusters couldn't exist without free software."
#1 shot down.
the radical leftist Stallman is expectedly opposed to software patents if not all patents
As the USPTO was against software patents, so is Stallman, but Stallman wasn't forced by a judge to change his views. Contrary to your statements, there is NO evidence he is against all patents. He has never made a statement to that effect. Any statement where he just said "patents" was in the context of software patents.
#2 shot down.
Torvalds did flip flop on Stallman's new license, first saying absolutely no, then very possible
He said absolutely no to a couple of new terms in the draft GPL3, and still says absolutely no. He has not changed his position. The only thing is that he (unlike you) admits the GPL3 is a DRAFT, and therefore subject to change, therefore subject to changing the parts he objects to, possibly to something he agrees with. A person cannot logically state absolute opposition to a license that doesn't even exist yet.
#3 shot down.
All pretty clear cut. You lose on all. But you forgot to address Linux/VMWare and hacker sites for security updates. Care to do those and get shot down again? Or do you want to just admit defeat by default?
I had to register with Launchpad first. Not too bad though. ;)
Here's that link to more of your lies, since of course they're everywhere:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536740/posts
LOL, you didn't shoot down anything, just further proof you like big government over business, refuse to admit Stallman hates software patents if not all patents, and refuse to admit linus torvalds went from saying no way to very possible on Stallman's new license. That's all you did, obviously.
Do you want to admit a lie or just proclaim ignorance?
Date: 04/07/2006 14:59:51
Business Report
Iran closes Windows as it ditches Microsoft and embraces Linux
Iran has become the latest country to edge towards ditching the ubiquitous Microsoft computer operating system in favour of the open-source Linux solution, even if its refusal to abide by copyright laws means that the Islamic republic does not pay a penny to Bill Gates.
At the same time Microsoft offered more than 60 governments the key to its Office desktop suite yesterday as the world's leading software maker faces growing competition from open-source rivals such as Linux.
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"We would have to pay a lot of money," said Sephery-Rad, noting that most of the government's estimated 1 million personal computers and the country's 6 to 8 million computers were being run almost exclusively on the Windows platform.
"Secondly, Microsoft software has a lot of back doors and security weaknesses that are always being patched, so it is not secure. We are also under US sanctions. All this makes us think we need an alternative operating system."
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Iran is afraid of using Windows because they always pirate it, and that's illegal to the rest of the world. They know if they go into the WTO they'll have to pay for it. How do you pay for something that you can't get anyway?
Bye, snookums...you might have to get along without me this weekend.
You'll be okay though. You have your teddy bear with Billy G's face printed on it to keep you company.
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