nixMoneyMachine-sticking it to the status quo!

this new category, came about as a direct result of my disgust with a recent headline about Microsoft releasing a product which has been called an iPod Killer! Fuck it, I have had with this kind of BS, where monopolies that don't have an innovative fiber in their being, watch the market and wade in after an innovator like Apple creates it out of nothing, and then ends up losing it, just because of the monoolie's sheer size and money reserves!

Microsoft did this against the Mac, then against Netscape! Do we as consumers have to keep supporting greedy monopolies!

I remember when Mosaic first came out and for me the Internet was a place where the little guy could innovate and create a decent living, and in some cases create fortunes based upon creativity, hard work and luck! The iPod Killer headline is so cynical, and it assumes that the only thing the consumer cares about is money, and that the only thing the producer concerns themselves with is money too!

Well how bout this, why don't we come up with some truly innovative business models that put the power in the hands of the content producer, and in the process create cheaper content, get more people producing digital content, and get more developing nations into the digital economy as well!

Accoring to Robert Young found of Red Hat:

"You can't compete with a monopoly by playing the game by the monopolist's rules."

Well fuck the old models, the old rules and the old approach to operating systems, software and digital content!

I have just had it with this bullshit, and this is what nixMoneyMachine is about, proposing new economic models to stick it to the status quo!

Stay tuned!

11:16:36 AM    

I don't agree with copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor...

I make these movies and books and TV shows because I want things to change, and so the more people who get to see them, the better.

9:43:04 AM    

You can now register online for this month's Project Safecom spectrum conference in Salt Lake City.  It will be held on January 22nd.  Registration deadline is January 15th.  Anyone involved in the UWIN project should be interested in this seminar.

With all of the meetings that we hold in government, it is important to try to maximize the benefit and reduce the amount of time spent and reduce time spent on less than meaningful activities.  Val Oveson has brought in David Spann, a certified facilitator and director of the MBA program at Westminster College to teach a short course on facilitation.  Hopefully, this can improve the quality of our meetings.

Randy Hughes, the new state information architect is working to formalize RSS as part of the state's information architecture.

8:09:49 AM