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iPhone will be coming soon in the first segment and talks with Linux about their feelings about the OS industry and especially Microsoft! After that, Don rants about why anti-video game political resolutions are totally ridiculous and much more!
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I like how Linux is used in all sort of devices, but what is Linux's obsession with the desktop? What do they get out of it? Is this all about taking down Microsoft out of spite because they are a monopoly?
I thoroughly enjoyed your Interview with Jason Calacanis. He always has good observations on the industry. The Linux segment was revealing: I hadn't actually thought about how many devices we use daily run on that platform. As for your rant, doesn't it once again show how special interest groups and lobbiests have bought our politicians and legislators? When votes are at stake, or there are any potential changes to the status quo, they're always ready to write new laws to "protect" us, all the while pandering to the vocal minority.
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Microsoft says it's still working to resolve some performance issues related to the Visual Studio 2010 developer tool suite, which was slated for a March release.
Sheryl Sandberg, who has been chief operating officer of the social network for nearly two years now, will join the board if shareholders approve in March.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Tuesday after a smooth, automated approach, boosting the lab's crew back up to five.
Either the Apple tablet (or iSlate, or whatever it ends up being called) will be a 10-or-so-inch tablet PC with a full Mac OSX operating system; or it will merely be a larger-screen version of the current iPod Touch, which has a closed, limited phone-like
Your reference to Catcher in the Rye was a near miss: Salinger's book was banned at one tim in much the same inspiration that sparked your rant.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Our current culture of fear is nothing new.
- by bob02903 April 14, 2008 8:12 AM PDT
- I thoroughly enjoyed your Interview with Jason Calacanis. He always has good observations on the industry. The Linux segment was revealing: I hadn't actually thought about how many devices we use daily run on that platform. As for your rant, doesn't it once again show how special interest groups and lobbiests have bought our politicians and legislators? When votes are at stake, or there are any potential changes to the status quo, they're always ready to write new laws to "protect" us, all the while pandering to the vocal minority.
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