As a computer geek, I love my kids a bit differently (is it an understatement ?) than others.
I love them very much, but I’m also able to discipline them fairly when needed. My kids are all able to use computer since they’re babies All are able to use Linux daily
They love books, as I do. They don’t watch TV (I forbid one in my house), but they browse the internet under our supervision. And so on.

But what make me in awe everyday is because I happen to understand computers : I know how stupid it is. So I’m constantly amazed when my kids are able to accomplish something new. Because it made me remember that, despite the latest advances in the artificial-intelligence field, they are nowhere close to the intelligence level of my baby : self-aware & sentient. And capability to learn pretty much **anything**.
Try to top that

Anyway, so it was with great feeling I read this comment again and again. It moved me so much.
It was exactly my experience, but written so much more eloquently that I could ever hoped for.

I hope I’ll be successful in my duty : to raise all of my kids to be good adults. To all other geek parent’s out there, here’s one for you :

I won’t lie to you — being a parent is no laughing matter. It is a ton of work. It can be amazingly stressful and expensive. I’ve been through periods that I look back on now and wonder how the hell I managed to pull through without going completely insane.
But if you ask me, the rewards outweigh the difficulties ten to one.

When your child first looks up at your face and you see actual recognition in her eyes… when you see all the blocks fall into place as she figures out how to do something for the first time… look, I know it sounds really sappy and smarmy, but seriously (srsly) it is absolutely indescribable.
This thing started out as a bit of genetic code from two people, and now it is actually self-aware and sentient. How cool is that? What geek can’t be astonished at these emergent properties, derived from a program more complicated than you can possibly imagine — a program that has spontaneously evolved over time?

And you get to see her mental map evolve. You watch branches get added to her decision tree. You observe as she learns how to acquire information, process it, and decide how to act upon it. And all the while, you mold her view of the world based on your interactions with her. I don’t know about you, but I find that not only fascinating, but incredibly rewarding.

Before my daughter was born, I was terrified too, and (if) somebody had said these things to me, I would’ve said, “Yeah, okay, I’m sure it’s great and all, but I’m sure you’re exaggerating somewhat.” That’s because there is something that happens to you when it’s your kid. There’s some very ancient, very basic code that gets turned on in your brain that says “this life is your responsibility, and you must do everything you can to ensure its safety, survival, and growth“. I can’t explain it because I honestly believe it’s something buried deep beneath the conscious mind.

ScriptumLibre.org melaporkan bahwa TrendMicro telah menuntut Barracuda Networks karena menggunakan ClamAV, software anti-virus open source, di dalam produknya.

Barracuda/ClamAV dituduh telah melanggar paten Trend Micro; yaitu karena melakukan pemeriksaan virus di server SMTP/FTP.

Padahal ini adalah hal yang wajar - tentunya kita semua ingin menangkap virus sebelum virus tersebut berhasil masuk ke jaringan kita bukan ?
Ini adalah suatu kewajaran, dan sangat tidak layak untuk dipatenkan.

Analoginya, bayangkan jika saya memegang paten atas “roda mobil yang bundar”.
Akibatnya, setiap perusahaan mobil jadi harus membayar royalti ke saya, kecuali jika mereka menggunakan roda yang tidak bundar di mobilnya

Ini bukan perlindungan terhadap hak intelektual, namun pemerasan.

Just say no to software patents.

Just say no to Trend Micro, let’s vote with our money, seperti komentator Slashdot yang satu ini :

I’ve been evaluating their client server product for SMB for a week now. I need about 75 licenses to replace our aging Symantec Corporate 7.

I was a couple of days away from purchasing 75 licenses for one company and 10 for another, but then this. I vote with my dollars and if my research shows their claims are BS, they just lost 85 x 2-year licenses.

Solusi alternatif ?

Jika tidak menggunakan Trend Micro, lantas apa dong ?

Untuk server :

Mari kita dukung ClamAV dengan menggunakan berbagai produk mereka di server kita.
Saya sendiri sudah menggunakan ClamAV selama bertahun-tahun di server saya, dan sangat menyenangkan: install & forget. ClamAV berjalan secara otomatis, tanpa membebani server terlalu banyak, dan meng update dirinya secara otomatis juga.

Untuk desktop :

Saya pribadi sudah lama merekomendasikan NOD32 (*) kepada kawan-kawan saya. Softwarenya “ringan”, kerjanya cepat, dan deteksinya juga akurat.

Informasi lebih lanjut

Detail lebih lengkap bisa dibaca di artikel Linux.com

Ajakan

Mudah-mudahan ini bisa menjadi peringatan kepada para vendor, bahwa siapa saja yang nekat meng abuse sistem paten di dunia IT akan segera mendapatkan hukumannya. Mari - sebarkan informasi ini seluas-luasnya !

(*) Tapi sepertinya sedang ada masalah dengan NOD32 cabang Indonesia - beberapa minggu yang lalu saya mencoba membelikan lisensi untuk seorang client saya. Sampai saat ini saya masih belum mendapatkannya. Jika Anda ingin membeli lisensi NOD32, mungkin langsung ke eset.com saja untuk sementara ini.