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David Carr: Deadlines, Overtime and Undertime July 23, 2007, 2:49 p.m.
David Carr: Deadlines, Overtime and Undertime - was Überstunden in einem Programmierprojekt wirklich bewirken. Wäre nett, wenn das mal Manager lesen würden. Aber die haben ja auch schon "The Mythical Man Month" seit mehreren Jahrzehnten ignoriert ...
Programmierung
What Linspire Agreed To July 23, 2007, 11:12 a.m.
What Linspire Agreed To - "It's worse than Novell's, actually. It's worse than Tivo, in my book. I know some say that Tivo doesn't interfere with you modifying, as long as you give up using the modified software on Tivo hardware. To me, that is a penalty not contemplated by GPLv2, because if you buy a Tivo, it's because you wanted to use the software with the Tivo hardware, but with Linspire's agreement, you have to give up pretty much all your GPL freedoms, as far as I can make out, and more. And what do you get in return for giving up everything? True Type fonts, Windows Media 10, DVD playback, patent coverage..."
Patentwahnsinn, Sysadmin