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Chris Duffy

Member since: May 13th, 2006

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Blog Activity
Blog# of Comments
TUAW.com1 Comment
Engadget1 Comment
Download Squad1 Comment
The Unofficial Google Weblog5 Comments
Blog Maverick1 Comment
The Jason Calacanis Weblog4 Comments

Recent Comments:

VLC app removed from App Store (TUAW.com)

Jan 9th 2011 1:34PM This is very simple, but users who think 'free software' only means 'free' as in 'free beer' or have a self-entitled attitude will misunderstand and not appreciate the point of this guys actions, as the author of this post has.

The license holder objected to his code being unlawfully distributed in an app which violates the license of the original. It's not their code to give away redistribute under someone else's (Apple's) terms! This is a legal issue which is why Apple complied. Moreover, this is the *entire* point of the Free Software Movement.

To draw a parallel to blogging, look at it this way:

Can I scrape all the content on this site, host it on another and then say 'hey it's all the same thing. As long as people see and enjoy it, who cares who gets the credit and pageviews? It was 'free' to begin with, wasn't it?"

My 2 Cents on CEO Pay (Blog Maverick)

Apr 15th 2008 4:59PM Pay them in S&P Futures, since the broader market influences their general success -or- failure, half of the time. Takes the day-to-day share price pressure off, and still rewards the executive with equity-based asset.

Apple kills Linux compatibility with new iPods (Download Squad)

Sep 15th 2007 12:36PM "We're betting Steve Jobs isn't that dumb, so we wonder if there might be some other advantage to adding security measures to the song database."

It's not stupidity -- it's arrogance. And he has shown himself to be that arrogant.

Casa Batllo (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Apr 14th 2007 3:40PM You're such a pimp, Calacanis.

Sam Zell is going to lose billions on newspapers and the Washington Post has no idea what they're talking about. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Apr 7th 2007 9:10PM Zell has proven himself an extremely smart guy & great business man in the past as a successful real estate entrepreneur.

Unfortunately, the newspaper/content business in 2007 is not the commercial real estate business of the past!! It is absolutely astonishing to me that by the Tribune's own admission, their online efforts are "feeble," and essentially sub par, yet he thinks they're going to become successful by starting to charge for them?

If no one is reading you when you're FREE, even less will read you when you're NOT free!

Somebody send Sam a copy of Cluetrain, please - He
clearly doesn't "get it" Even though now he's got it.

Metasearch is illegal.... or is it? (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Apr 6th 2007 2:21PM If the metasearch provider was exclusively an adsense account holder using it alone to monetize the SERPs, Somehow...I think they would look the other way on it, don't you think?

Dutch voting machines hacked to play chess (Engadget)

Oct 6th 2006 10:39PM This is inaccurate. A Dutch group of hackers did this to a Diebold machine that's used in Ireland not the Netherlands. I think someone misconnected the dots here

see:http://www.theregister.com/2006/10/05/e-voting/

Little Alex Loves Google (The Unofficial Google Weblog)

Jul 4th 2006 4:43PM Great Job Alex. Keep up the good work!!

Google is not allowed to wear Louis Vuitton (The Unofficial Google Weblog)

Jul 3rd 2006 8:28PM hey that's not a bad idea!
(joke)

BT Takes Aim at Google (The Unofficial Google Weblog)

Jun 9th 2006 7:45PM is this BT, the phone company in Great Britan?