[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 http://

RE: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-09-30 Thread Ian Forrester
If I was buying one now, I would get the Sanyo Xacti HD1010. But I love flash media and am not so bothered about the quality of the actual footage. I also love the 300fps mode. http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/sanyos-xacti-hd1010-1080i-camcorder-shoots-300fps-slow-mo/ Cheers Ian Forrester T

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-09-30 Thread Simon Thompson
Ian Forrester wrote: If I was buying one now, I would get the Sanyo Xacti HD1010. But I love flash media and am not so bothered about the quality of the actual footage. I also love the 300fps mode. http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/05/sanyos-xacti-hd1010-1080i-camcorder-shoots-300fps-slow-mo/ C

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 > > http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/q7frqh0v016rki1769l9d7jlro%40

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 technologica

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"

Re: [backstage] HD Videocamera advice please...

2008-09-30 Thread Jim Tonge
linked article from that page: Sanyo's line of Xacti camcorders have traditionally looked mighty fine on paper, but for one reason or another, expectations haven't exactly been met on the previous iterations. The firm's latest pistol-grip device yet again looked superb at a glance, but Trus

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 pers