Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Dave Crossland
On 01/10/2008, Richard P Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ian, My question... When, after waiting thirty years, will I and others, be able to truly own our digital files on computers and over the internet? Where every file is stamped with digital ownership. A stamp that is integrated to

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Sean DALY
Well, licensing refers to law, which governs the legal system, which is still mostly effective in protecting privacy, determining ownership, setting wrongs right, etc. I'm not at all sure I would want a unique identifier, even biometric, on any of my documents in this age of Google (which as far

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-10-01 Thread Michael
On Wednesday 01 October 2008 01:00:18 Richard P Edwards wrote: When, after waiting thirty years, will I and others, be able to truly   own our digital files on computers and over the internet? Where every file is stamped with digital ownership. A stamp that is   integrated to all files and

[backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Ian Forrester
Hi All, Those who are subscribed to the Backstage Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/q7frqh0v016rki1769l9d7jlro%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic - XML http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/q7frqh0v016rki1769l9d7jlro%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics - ICAL

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/9/30 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi All, Those who are subscribed to the Backstage Calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/q7frqh0v016rki1769l9d7jlro%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic - XML

RE: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Ian Forrester
If you guy's were asking the questions, what questions would you ask them. What does freedom mean for the users and developers of web services? What is at risk? What should the free and open source software community do to ensure that software, and its users, stay free in this new technological

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Dave Crossland
2008/9/30 Ian Forrester [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What bugs me about the Stallman interview (and oracle's comments) is cloud computing is already here and many users are already using it. Call it gibberish and marketing hype isn't going to help solve the real problem of cloud-based lock-in. I

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Tim Dobson
Ian Forrester wrote: If you guy's were asking the questions, what questions would you ask them. What does freedom mean for the users and developers of web services? What is at risk? What should the free and open source software community do to ensure that software, and its users, stay free in

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Phil Wilson
If you guy's were asking the questions, what questions would you ask them. If Dopplr's offering isn't compelling enough to non-nerds, in particular with the potential recession, who will buy you out? Alternately, if you don't sell, how will you continue to afford coming to all these conferences?

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Phil Wilson
While slamming down the ones which don't. Putting a mid rule through cloud computing is like putting a mid rule through mobile. More like putting a mid rule through proprietary software. Ian mixed two quotes - one from Stallman, the other from Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle (hype and

Re: [backstage] Questions for upcoming interviews

2008-09-30 Thread Richard P Edwards
Hi Ian, My question... When, after waiting thirty years, will I and others, be able to truly own our digital files on computers and over the internet? Where every file is stamped with digital ownership. A stamp that is integrated to all files and attributes universal ownership to the