Robert Scoble posted an article today about a company called Soasta that is doing Web development (in the .NET Environment, no less) on Macs. It’s a sort-of* reposte to the article I linked to yesterday, about someone switching back from OS X.
…by using a Mac for development systems they can run Linux, Windows, and OSX on a single box. [...]
But the Executive Chairman, Ken Gardner, saw that he was more productive when he switched from a Windows machine to a Mac. He also noticed he was more productive when he worked on a 30-inch screen.
Every worker there has TWO 30-inch screens. One at home and one at work. Ken knew his employees would work more if they had nice equipment at home too. So, he bought everyone a MacPro for the office (faster, so gives coders incentive to work in the office) and a MacBookPro for taking home.
There will probably be something up on ScobleShow soon-ish.
* = I highly doubt Robert saw my entry yesterday, so it’s more likely just a coincidence in the timing 
I havn’t had time to read the bill yet (216 pages? Just for an ammendment?), but Kim Weatherall has a short post summarising the new changes.
Relevant quote from Kim’s blog:
The bill includes:
- The TPM Amendments (the OzDMCA, or new anti-circumvention laws) - material that I’ve discussed
- The new copyright exceptions (outcomes of the iPod inquiry)
- The new copyright enforcement provisions; and
- Some stuff on signal piracy/pay television; and
- Some stuff on the Copyright Tribunal.
It is only now that we can see, altogether, the whole unholy complicated mess that this piece of legislation is. Just wait until you see the next edition of the consolidated Copyright Act.
The whole bill has been referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Submissions are due 30 October; the Committee will report by 10 November (and we assume, the Bill will pass in substantially unamended form shortly thereafter).
(The bolded bits are per Kim’s post).
It’s interesting to note that there’s 10 days left for people to put forth a submission (including today), and then a further 10 days for any submissions to be considered and any ammendments to be made to the bill. &emdash; Get speed reading, now.
(Added at 12:10PM)
The news that there’s going to be a .au version of the
DMCA is disappointing, although not entirely unexpected given that the US-AU FTA went through.
Yes, I think I should have the legal right to buy Region-Protected DVDs from the UK or US, and play them on my PC or DVD player.
I should also be able to do the same thing with Region-Protected games bought in other countries, on my locally purchased game console (if I ever decided to purchase a console, that is).
(I’m talking legit stuff here - not “backups” of games and things like that)
If in either case I needed to override the built in region protection to do so, I should not have to break the law.
(Added at 12:21PM)
Actually, just go to the Lawfront site - they’ve got a whole bunch of good commentary on things I’ve discussed recently, including the IceTV Case.
