Bill Goodrich :
Just as al_langevin pointed out, with Windows Server 2008 there is no Services for Macintosh anymore. It's gone, not available....
Replying to an old topic that I'm currently facing with my CEO (who is on a Mac). Our servers are primarily Windows Servers, office is about...
Sure, that makes perfect sense. Pay wrong-doers money and thank them for breaching your security and pointing out your flaws, that would surely...
I think he's referring specifically to Android apps, as Apple do regulate their App Store, but Google seem to let any old crap onto the Android store!
Keep the crap apps out?! How will they compete with Android and Apple's claim to fame of having so many life changing apps?
I wonder if the media...
It has been shown time after time that if there is an author store that sells the songs at even 1$ per song and gives you a high-quality digital...
""As a result of Butyka's alleged conduct, researchers were unable to use the computers for more than two months while NASA removed the malicious...
It simultaneously worries me and uplifts me that a self-proclaimed group of internet activists name themselves after Indian mythical figures....
It's actually far easier to work anonymously on the internet than you think. With tools like Tor bouncing your traffic around the world before...
1000272134 and bluedalmatian
with you both there but then I'm still in 10.04 land (and happy with it)
Interesting article and definitely see your points on the products mentioned. One of the top products for our Help Desk (approximately 20% of all...
Absolutely - this should obviously not be handled my isp - but handled by their hosting operator.
What's been suggested here is that my isp police...
Looks like a great phone. I don't notice any deficiencies in WP7. used IOS before, that's pretty good. I don't spend much time in Apps, all i need...
Now with the help of these apps you are always synced with MS outlook while on the move. Just download apps like xobni or outlookreflex and get...
Your details are wrong. The version currently being made is the one with 2 USB ports, 256MB RAM and a network port. This is the Model B.
The...
The thing that has been puzzling me for quite a while is how Anonymous can remain anonymous whilst not only being active on the Internet but also...
If what Semantec is saying is rue, that is even worse and shows a complete disregard for thier users.
If what Anonymous claims is true and the...
Didn't seem particularly biased to me either. Oh though you might have mentioned some other competitors with free search and email services...
James - exactly as much as anyone paid you for your comment; I don't feel that I need to say that I'm independant and unbiased, but just for you...
Once they realise symantec are willing to pay real money, they will simply keep extorting, unless of course symantec/authorities can use the...
Talkback
What this means:
Fortinet had the *option* of publishing some of their product's source code - specifically their modifications to the Linux kernel - to comply with the GPL.
They had other options, including withdrawing the product, re-engineering the product to be compliant, or anything else they could negotiate with the launchers of the suit.
In other words, they were not simply forced to open up their code - they chose that as the least problematic course of action to fix a legal problem they had got themselves into by ignoring the license on the source code they were using.
It's just the same as if you ignore the license on a commercial library - for example, licensing it for just one product then using it in another. You must fix the problem - you can license the library, remove it from your code, etc, as negotiated with the rights holder.
The GPL can not magically "make your code GPL" - but you can do that yourself if you decide it's the best way out of an infringement. It sounds to me like that's what Fortinet did.
Of course, all this is just my understanding of the situation as an IT professional. I'm no lawyer, and you'd be a fool to take my words for more than a personal viewpoint.
So, not only were they knowledgeable of their GPL violation, but they deliberately and purposefully attempted to hide it. That, friends, is called LYING. If Microsoft's licenses had been violated so flagrantly by someone, that someone would have nothing left after Microsoft got through suing (possibly literally) the pants off of them.
Fortinet should've been fined severely for their willful attempts to hide their license violation. I certainly wouldn't buy anything from them.
Thes guys must be really stupid. Whenever you read an article by Laura Didio of Yankee Group or Rob Enderle they cleary point out the GPL never have been tested in court. So why do thay comply? Or could it be that these analysts doesn't know what they are talking about.
Keep in mind that analyst has the root word "Anal" in it. This is from the state of thier heads- that body part's placed in their anal canal and solidly locked in place.
Seriously, though, they tend to be actually rather clueless about what actually IS going on in the industry and what actually IS reality in general. There's a reason why Didio has picked up the pet name "Didiot"- she's pretty damn clueless about the bulk of what she's commented on (especially about the SCO trial proceedings...) and keeps spouting off even though she's been shown to be completely clueless time and time again. I've been alternately amazed and appalled for years at the fact that execs of companies even listen to these moronic twits in the first place.
I think is great they are frying these people so it will drive people away from using opensource and back to the closed model where the money is. Keep up the lawsuits to dirve people away.
People won't go away from GPL. It allows big companies such as IBM, HP, oracle... to share code and inovations and work together to create a high quality OS for their hardware or software. Moreover, it's open source, so anybody can fix that code. The only restriction in GPL'ed code is that if you modify it, you must make the modifications available. It's much more expensive for fortinet to make an entire OS for their hardware than to modify the linux kernel according to their needs and distribute the modifications..
Well 'Sum Yung Gai' - you don't see the point in all this litigation (or threats thereof). You don't want to scare companies away or drive them out of business, you want to make them comply. Most of the time this is accomplished via out-of-court settlements because it's cheap and everyone walks away happy and can get on with business. Dragging things into court is the worst option and always the last - in a court battle, only the lawyers are the winners - both defendant and plaintiff lose. Think 'SCO' - could they possibly be happy with the way their ridiculous case is going? How about IBM - do you think they're happy using what would otherwise be profits to fight SCO? Yup - you are a bit young. I've seen young gung-ho guys have a go at closing down factories because of a few episodes where emissions exceeded limits and a few existing practises didn't comply with guidelines. Why put 300 people out of work for something that can be fixed without doing anyone any harm? You're far too litigious - and that doesn't benefit anyone. Welte goes about defending the GPL with the right attitude - everyone keeps their jobs and happily go about earning money and meeting the terms of the GPL. These cases also prove that the GPL will not destroy your business via the "viral nature" which Microsoft spokesmonkeys always yap about.