DRM bites again: the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage servers (which every XP and Vista install phones home to) all failed sometime earlier today. The result? Every single Windows XP and Vista installation is being marked as counterfeit when it tries to check in.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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dave
4 years 39 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago
More fuel for the fire for when
More fuel for the fire for when you are trying to explain to friends and family why they should consider the switch.
spikeb
4 years 39 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago
I am finally starting to understand
I am finally starting to understand the whole opposition category. and dave's right - more fuel indeed
jbannon
4 years 39 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago
Why am I not surprised? This is
Why am I not surprised? This is typical Microsoft behaviour. I wonder if people really understand that their computer use is being controlled without their knowledge.
kiba
4 years 39 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago
Let all stupid companies have their
Let all stupid companies have their way.
Put DRM on everything. That way they shoot themselves in the foot and make a fool of themselves.
RagManX
4 years 39 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago
While I'm not glad to hear this,
While I'm not glad to hear this, it is worth pointing this out to all the folks who say online activation is not such a big deal. There's a lesson here, too, for 2K Games, who has unwisely chosen a similar activation course for Bioshock. Screws legitimate customers and doesn't slow down the pirates more than a few hours/days at the beginning.