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| tuxchick Sep 27, 2008 8:36 PM EDT |
If you're going to write inflammatory pieces, it's a bit silly to be surprised when readers get inflamed. |
| tracyanne Sep 27, 2008 8:57 PM EDT |
Sam's article refers to another article he wrote where Ubuntu have decided to make proprietary CODECs available on a paid for basis. No big deal really, the Free CODECS are still available, I know because I installed them on my media machine, which, as it happens, is Ubuntu 8.04 (MythUbuntu). Mandriva has been doing this for some time, providing a link to the Fluendo site to pay for and download the proprietary CODECs, or optionally download and install the Free CODECs. Personally I can't see what the big deal about it all is, the Mandriva users didn't get their knickers in a knot about it, Mandriva makes no money from making the Fluendo service available and neither does Canonical. If people want to pay for the CODECs, that their choice, they can still download and install the Free CODECs, or none at all, if they want, even in the US. |
| tuxchick Sep 27, 2008 11:39 PM EDT |
The article that Sam is so unhappy at being flamed for was pretty much non-stop flamebait:Quoting: "Let me say it again - Shuttleworth will come to rue this move. etc... if you don't want to get flamed, don't publish flamebait. |
| tracyanne Sep 28, 2008 1:01 AM EDT |
Well Sam is wrong, and he deserves to be flamed. |
| tuxchick Sep 28, 2008 1:17 AM EDT |
Heh yeah, I thought it was worthy of an Enderle award. Which is a brand-new award I just invented :). |
| gus3 Sep 28, 2008 3:22 AM EDT |
What does it look like? |
| tracyanne Sep 28, 2008 3:30 AM EDT |
a Richard. |
| dinotrac Sep 28, 2008 6:47 AM EDT |
Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, welcome to the first annual Carla Schroder not yet,and, one hopes, not for many years to come, Memorial Foundation Enderle awards ceremony. The buzz today is all about the unveiling of the award itself. The original design was to have been a jackass cavorting in a sea of crap. While that concept certainly captured Enderle's dim-witted audacity and willingness to relieve himself all over anything that might be mistaken for principle, it failed to fully grasp the breadth and depth of the man. His willingness to make a monkey of himself for money. To bury his head in the sand like an ostrich if free software looks better than that of his clients. To be blind as a bat about...well, just about everything. And face it, if this guy thinks he adds value, he's crazy as a loon. So, today's ceremoney will reveal the Osbatjackalooney. Still cavorting in a sea of crap. Some things never change. |
| tuxchick Sep 28, 2008 2:24 PM EDT |
LOL dino. And the awards presenters will be attired in stylish, yet fully-functional hazmat suits. |
| TxtEdMacs Sep 28, 2008 2:51 PM EDT |
Why? Quoting: ... fully-functional hazmat suits. Sounds like it's nearly 100% organic, albeit with a few fringe features thrown in for a good cause (I am sure). |
| NoDough Sep 30, 2008 9:25 AM EDT |
Quoting:OsbatjackalooneyI don't see the monkey! Where's the monkey!! |
| dinotrac Sep 30, 2008 10:48 AM EDT |
Sorry you don't see the monkey. It's the "ey" at the end. I just didn't like the sound of osbatjackaloonkey. |
| NoDough Sep 30, 2008 1:44 PM EDT |
Oh, there's the monkey. Crisis averted. |
| dinotrac Sep 30, 2008 2:35 PM EDT |
> Crisis averted. Whew!! Between Wall Street and Washington, I didn't want to be responsible for throwing one more crisis into the mix. |
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