• Windows 7 and Xbox 360 banned from sale in Germany after Motorola lawsuit
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[QUOTE=Mr.T;35794782]WINE exists but it is shitty. To be honest I think the only thing that needs to be fixed is for gaming and general windows programs is WINE. If more professional programmers put their time into it I can easily see Linux as a excellant operating system for both servers and gaming in the near future.[/QUOTE] I managed to play HL2 on Linux with Wine with really good framerates Getting DirectX to work right is a bitch however
i want to ban the existence of patents.
[QUOTE=darkedone02;35798897]i want to ban the existence of patents.[/QUOTE] Without patents the economic world wold be in a complete disaster!
Perfect example of why the current patent system doesn't work.
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;35794836]This isn't exactly dumb, per se. The H.264 codec has always been known as a proprietor codec. Distributing it without a license is illegal. If Micro-Soft went with Ogg Theora (the video one) instead, things maybe would be a little more peachy keen. That is, if licensing is the issue.[/QUOTE] I doubt that would have worked, Microsoft is part of the H.264 patent pool, the issue is that Motorola never submitted those patents to that pool. This exact issue (unknown or "submarine" patents) kept getting raised about Theora when they were pushing H.264 to be part of HTML5, this just shows that nothing is immune.
Aww shit, tough luck Germany
Breaking news, German prime minister being possesed by Steve Jobs ghost.
[QUOTE=Lethaxx;35794119]this whole deal with patents is getting out of hand[/QUOTE] "This whole deal with patents" meaning that companies can't get away with stealing somebody else's idea once they've registered it? It's not some bullshit fad, it's a basic, centuries-old fact of the corporate world, for better or for worse. If it's being exploited in some way then the claim should be denied, but beyond that there's nothing amiss here.
[QUOTE=ThePinkPanzer;35807866]Breaking news, German prime minister being possesed by Bill Gates ghost.[/QUOTE] Bill gates is still alive...
Years later and the Germans still manage to be Nazis.
[QUOTE=ghosevil;35814128]Years later and the Germans still manage to be Nazis.[/QUOTE] um wow that was just incredibly dumb
[QUOTE=ITokez;35813950]Bill gates is still alive...[/QUOTE] FUCK NO FUCK WRONG GUY ANGASIONGS
[QUOTE=darkedone02;35798897]i want to ban the existence of patents.[/QUOTE] No, anything but that! Can you imagine what the world would look like without the existence of patents!? [IMG]http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbtgjU70B1qztjn5o1_500.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;35814288]No, anything but that! Can you imagine what the world would look like without the existence of patents!? [IMG]http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbtgjU70B1qztjn5o1_500.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] No, anything but that! Can you imagine what the world would look like without the existence of patents!? [IMG]http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbtgjU70B1qztjn5o1_500.jpg[/IMG] /ihopeyouseewhatididthere
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