EMail to NoMail!!!

A World without Protocol is a World in Anarchy ... burying traditional email 'subject' line, the cc and bcc only serves non-protocol environments. The death of the Email is being celebrated in context of the overwhelming existence of MS Outlook, ThunderBird, etc. and the fact that we still enter into written agreements that are drafted, titled, printed, signed and witnessed. Had all these things been outdated by the coming of the Email, then right now the email would also die off with the advent of the Facebook Mail-messenger thingy. But its not so, as the email merely replaced the letter format by being in the letter format, yet being in soft copy and on a server or a GUI with server back-end.

Subject Lines might be considered irrelevant, but it seems absolutely discourteous if one has to open everything up to know what the damn content is saying. Nevertheless a Subject-line is always welcome from those who summarize the contents in a phrase, otherwise it is as good as having no subject-line at all!!! Ruling out CCs would be possible to a certain extent, but in a protocoled environment that means "please read it later and its just FYI" so don't bother right away. BCCs on the other hand are not replaceable by any means I can imagine ... possibly I am not thinking out of the box here, or is there any box at all to be considered in the first place!!??



References:

Will Facebook sound death knell for email?

Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's aggressive social strategy

Salvage Inc.

The flag has to be borne by someone. So the soldiers of open source march on without Oracle!!! It is sad that Oracle does not think OOo to be worth its while. Yet the believers still strive to compete against M$ Inc.




Reference:

Future Ubuntu Releases Will Ship with LibreOffice an OpenOffice Fork

Ubuntu: The First Seduction

Introduction of the Paid Market Space will give an opportunity for Mac & Windows application and software vendors to reach Linux customers directly. People who shift from Mac or Windows will then have an option to continue to use their favorite proprietary software even in Linux. This is a move to earn revenue as well as make the free desktop Linux popular. Shuttleworth has once again shown his brilliance at marketing!!!



References:

Ubuntu 'Maverick Meerkat' erects own App Store

Instant Weather Reports with ForecastFox

Re-Create a New Internet ...

Create an extreme so that the obvious becomes relevant and important. The Google-Verizon deal did just that for net neutrality. Polarization was the only way oblivious Internet users could be awoken from their dream that all is now no more well. Governments in the name of net neutrality want complete control of what we do, and so do private corporations, with or without their cartels.

The NEED to create a parallel Internet, like most parallel economies, never had a more compelling argument like the Google-Verizon debate has sparked off!!!



References:

Net Neutrality: What's the Price? - PCWorld

Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Critics Pile On

Jail House Break!!!

The DMCA does not crack down as expected, but Apple has surely been bitten by the Copyright Board ruling on Cellphones, both for adding unapproved software installation as well as untethering of phones to run with all operators. Let the free market rule, without any anti-competitive measures forcing the consumer, who has ownership rights over his phone, to give-up his usufructory rights. Sadly of course, violation of contractual terms, thereby voiding of warranty, has not been held as a conscionable violation, merely the DMCA Copyright violation has been waived, so to speak!!!





References:

DMCA ruling supports smartphone jailbreaking, unlocking

Copyright Office OKs iPhone 'Jailbreaking'‎

Jailbreaking the iPhone: Not a Federal Offense‎

iPhone Jailbreaking: Legal, but Dangerous

More legal reasons to circumvent electronic locks | Technology | Los Angeles Times

Apple: Jailbreaking an iPhone can (still) violate your warranty

Let he who is without sin, cast the first Apple!!!

Disparagement is the only word that comes to mind upon reading the following. One and all phone makers are dismissing Apple's claims of signal drop upon strategic handling of other smart phones. Now what is to be seen is, whether the Law of Defamation of Goods comes to take a bite at the Apple after its almost eaten by the Antennagate!!!





References:

Apple's iPhone 4 Antenna-gate Gambit Pays Off

More phonemakers condemn Apple's defence of iPhone 4

Samsung dismisses Apple's claims on smartphones

Apple: The farce of innovation!!!

The "innovation" truth is revealed, as Apple's "own" A4 is actually a build around the Samsung S5PC110A01 processor. Both the chips share the same ARM CORTEX A8 core!!!




Reference:

Apple's A4 exposed! features Samsung Wave S8500's ARM core

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Clone Wars ... Let the Price Competition Begin!!!

The next year from today shall see cut-throat competition in the touch screen and qwerty cellular phone market with the rise of Indian phone makers and their value driven product targeting. This Clone Wars of new cheaper models to their expensive branded siblings is driven by two determinants: Newer Open Source OS and Local Hardware development.





References:

G-Fone 777 Dual SIM Phone now in India

Samsung debuts Bada, its own OS with launch of Samsung Wave in India

Smartphone Apps, Android Phones and the Search for Open Mobile Ecosystems

Samsung S8500 Wave: 5 MP camera AMOLED touchscreen handset @10000 in India

INQ to launch a touch screen, Android based mobile phone in India!‎

Micromax Q55 Bling Price and Features‎

Saved by the Dell!!!

Dell is riding the wave or is just being supportive or is trying to push in Ubuntu based Servers in future, it all would be seen in time, but as of now Dell is the only one out there that thinks Linux has a chance and is betting heavily on it!!!



References:

Dell flirts with Ubuntu as Windows rival

Ubuntu 'more secure' than Windows, says Dell

Dell Says: "Ubuntu is safer than Microsoft Windows"

Ubuntu safer than Windows, its official

Apple bites the dust!!!

The Apple chose to fall instead of being handled by the FSF!!! This is pure intellectual snobbery, let alone proprietorial dictatorship over consumer choice. Isn't anyone peeking into such Abuse of Dominance!!!???







References:

Apple picks death not compliance for open source iPhone game

FSF: Apple's iTunes Store terms of service at odds with GPL

War of the Roses: Pac-Man eats App Store!!!

Pac-Man created using CSS, HTML & Java in an attempt to circumvent the App Store!!! I must say what timing and wit is involved on part of Google.






Reference:

Google?s Pac-Man Works on iPhone, iPad: Subtle Jab at Jobs?

War of the Roses: Battle Lines Drawn

Now it seems clear, a waste of effort on part of MS & Apple, howsoever apart their goals might be, that the new age is not theirs for the keeping, since Google pretty much owns the commanding share of web content search, management, and formatting. Given Google's commitment to net-neutrality, MS & Apple sure would have a fair chance, but that would also be on the Google turf. Adobe's prudence in being on Google's turf on strategic terms would sure pay-off in future, despite being as closed as Apple and MS themselves are!!! Its now just about taking sides: Google or Anti-Google ... such a determinate factor this ... eh!!!





References:

Is Google's WebM a game-changer or a big mess?

Google video effort to be dubbed WebM Project?

Google tries freeing Web video with WebM

Details on Google's Chrome Store and WebM plans

War of the Roses ... Gets Federal Peek ... its getting hotter!!!

Now the FTC, only a few days after my earlier post has decided to take cognizance of the matter. Lets hope that the Apple of Sin is brought down!!!




References:

Report: Feds May Launch Inquiry Into Apple's Flash Stance

Regulators mull antitrust look at Apple: source

Unix-like versus Unix-like ... the War of the Roses!!!

Apple is about to be left in the ice cold winter of the snow leopard with its new tactics of taking on Adobe. Google and Canonical are already developing flash based tools and developer kits and ignoring Apple or any new video format it may want to float on a large scale (SVG for instance). Adobe seeks to launch flash in the HTML5 era and Apple is competing hard to beat it. Apple's closed door policy is not going to work given the Unix revolution having become more competitive with Google and Canonical gunning for the original Unix cousin called Macintosh OS.

Besides, I wonder why are the FTC and the EU Commission not taking cognizance of Apple's behavior!!!



References:

Apple and Adobe's war of words heats up‎

Ubuntu Wants Adobe, Even if Apple Doesn't - PCWorld

Google's Chrome now silently auto-updates Flash Player

Apple of Deceit ...

The Devil works its ways through the apple once again!!! Trade related restrictions upon partners is not only abuse of dominant position but also a road to take over the universe like Darth Vader! But little do we all realize that Apple has already made us slaves by selling us bare bones and thereafter requiring us to run those bones with purchased muscles, skin and the works at its app store.

Apple also restricts access to open source developers to develop freely executable applications for its operating systems/embedded software.

I hope to see the Competition Commission of India taking a peek and wrestling with this sumo Apple for exacting fairness.


References:

EFF Breaks Down Apple's App Store License

EFF posts Apple's Iphone SDK licence terms

iCompetition Freak ...

With hardware restricting competition by not allowing other software to be run on it, I think its time we reassess our competition law strategy. Its very akin to Windows coming preloaded with Internet Explorer and Windows not supporting any other office suite other than MS Office!!! Composite embedded software and appliances utilizing such platforms should now be checked as they have grown beyond cellphones into smart-phones and now have evolved into cell-pads (iPhone into iPad). The Adam is a more competitive and acceptable equivalent to this evolutionary chain.



References:

Apple iPad will choke innovation, say open internet advocates

Apple’s iPad vs Notion Ink’s Adam tablet with Ubuntu: battle of two worlds « sola's blog

Enemy's Enemy, My Friend!!!

So it is hereby revealed that the scattered Jedi unite to fight the good fight, a common cause that is sacrosanct by itself, the freedom of software, its applications and related avenues. So does this mean cheaper final products? If its Dell and Acer probably yes, if its Toshiba or Lenovo or even Sony its probably a big no. (HP-Compaq fits just right nowhere!!!)

Ubuntu has already dented the MS bandwagon, probably the Chrome OS would do the same. Not to forget the Android OS on Acer Aspire One D250.



References:

Ubuntu's Canonical and Google partner to create Chrome

Acer Aspire One D250 with Android

Medical Profession NOT Medical Business ...

Synonyms? ... nope ... then what's the confusion about?!!

Our nation fails to understand the difference between Medical Profession and Medical Business and the emergence of the latter concept owing to Patent Protection and weak Drug Price Control Order, 1995.

It is sad to see that the world's largest democracy can not become "by the people and for the people"!!!



References:

Obama prods House to pass health care bill

House poised to pass historic health-care reform bill

AARP Takes a Stand, Endorses Health Care Bill

US House Nears Vote on Health Care Reform Measure

Wild Karma!!!

The Koala ventures into the unknown of consumer choice where now we have Windows 7 with difficult upgradability and system hunger, and Snow leopard showing bugs of self-distruct, and then we have but one choice of an OS with a design as rare as the marsupials of Australia and is as free as an animal in the wild.



References:

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Scurries Into the Wild

Canonical Matures Linux-based Netbook OS

Hands On with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmi ...

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic Koala] Released

10 reasons Ubuntu 9.10 will be a game changer for business

Ubuntu 9.10 brings karma to the market

The Bug!!!

THE AIM OF UBUNTU:

Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

1. Visit a local PC store.

What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

What should happen:
1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.

It is the beginning of the end!!! Open is aggressive now, like never before, with the Ubuntu release of Karmic Koala coming up this October end and Lucid Lynx in mid April 2010 to be followed by Mystic Mammoth; the future seems bright for the Freemasons of the Wild in their war against the Orthodox Church of Proprietarians ...




References:

Bug #1

5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human

Ubuntu 9.10 RC edition released

Canonical Takes on Win 7 With Ubuntu 9.10 RC

Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS

Ubuntu's Encrypted Home Directory: A Canonical Approach to Data Privacy

Feature-By-Feature: Ubuntu 9.10 Vs. Windows 7

Windows 7 meets Ubuntu 9.10

Canonical pushes out Ubuntu 9.10 server