[ut3] Greetings---is anyone still here?

[Keith Z-G]

Lets hope so; note that in for example Judge Lucy Koh's court, Apple
has been winning some pretty major battles. On the other hand, one of
the reasons people are getting the impression that the tide is turning
for the side of rationality is Richard Posner's rulings and
commentary, which if I recall Nilay Patel over at the Verge called on
a podcast "the single most influential justice in the U.S." (and
Wikipedia mentions him being the most cited legal theorist of the 20th
century). Lets hope that voices like his carry louder and wider than
those that perpetuate the increasingly broken system.

Anyways, though, since I finally have some free time, I'm off to play
some of the games from the last Humble Bundle, many of which were
ported by Ryan . . . when I heard Valve themselves confirm they were
working on Steam for Linux (I never quite let myself believe it when
Phoronix was touting it, fearing my expectations being dashed on the
rocks) I momentarily thought "hey, they should hire icculus" . . . and
then I realized that if they did, well, who would port every *other*
commercial game to Linux?

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Robin van Ee <robin.vanee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nah, judges are fed up with these patent wars and the defender usually
> wins lately.
> I have an iPhone (and a Mac) as well, but competition is always good.
>
> 2012/7/20 Cruce <mpcacrucesalus at gmail.com>:
>> Yes, I have an iPhone, but a friend sent me this earlier today. Hopefully it doesn't kill the other smart phones.
>> http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/apple-adds-some-huge-weapons-to-patent-arsenal.html/
>> Cruce.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Ceil <ceil420 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Let's not forget the wild success enjoyed by Android. I know Linux
>>> purists are already e-slapping me for bringing it up, but its
>>> popularity is really not a bad thing for the kernel. I remember buying
>>> the first Motorola Droid, and being worried that the platform would
>>> see little success, drowned out by Apple's shiny new pretty. Glad to
>>> see I was proven wrong, and with the transition from smartphones to
>>> tablets - also gaining rapid popularity - perhaps people will see that
>>> there's more to a good OS than Windows and Apples. I hear there's also
>>> work to revive MeeGo, a more pure Linux platform. Let's hope that
>>> enjoys similar success!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Robin van Ee <robin.vanee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Steam for Linux, Dell sells Ubuntu laptops. I don't think anyone
>>>> really trusts Microsoft to make a proper product anymore. If Windows 8
>>>> fails, MS might lose a lot more market share than they did with Vista.
>>>>
>>>> 2012/7/19 Ceil <ceil420 at gmail.com>:
>>>>> e conversation re:
>>>>> gaming on Linux, I'm right there with ya o/
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