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Zeta Goes Gold
*no comment* writes "Be lives! yellowTAB has announced it's 1.0 release of Zeta has gone Gold and has sent it off to production. The word is that in about 2 weeks, you can have your hands on the latest version of this BeOS derivative."
(My take: It doesn't matter. The NeXT purchase brought back Steve Jobs, who has been worth, at the very least, as much to Shareholders as OS X (I can't believe Jean Louise-Gasse (sp?) would have been nearly as influential, nor would he (or whoever followed Gil Amelio) would come up with the iPod or iMac). A very conservative estimate would be that the presence of Jobs added $2 billion to Apple stockholder value.)
Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)
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NeXTSTEP was indeed far more advanced where it came to networking and enterprise-related functionality. But BeOS was the supreme leader when it came to multimedia applications on the PC. While NeXTSTEP provided an excellent platform for Apple to build multimedia capabilities onto, BeOS already had them working and optimized.
Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
Free I could understand, we hobbiests are crazy, but 99 Euros? WTF?
XML is a known as a key material required to create SMD: Software of Mass Destruction
Yes, it would be nice to have access to the BIOS source and motherboard schematics -- just like it is nice to have access to the kernel source and to application sources. The more of these things are opened, the more freedom users will enjoy.
It is not zealotry to expect source code for an OS. Even Microsoft recognizes that universities can't study Windows to any non-trivial extent without allowing schools access through their Shared Source program.
In an OS, freedom means the ability of the user base to take action when security problems appear, to provide drivers for new hardware, and to control the configuration of the system. To be suddenly cut off from security updates on an old system, and face migration, upgrade, or compromise is not freedom. Dependence on a vendor and a proprietary OS may -- and quite often, does -- mean convenience and ease of use; it does not mean freedom.
You might be trolling, but I'll bite anyway.
Because you don't edit and complile your own source code, you are dependent on "the man" and are not free.
No. It is not because you do not edit and compile your own software; it is because you are PREVENTED to edit and compile your own software that you are not free
Because you did not build your own computer from scratch you are not free.
No. If you are PREVENTED from building your own computer, you are not free
Because you did not crack the molecules from crude oil in your mother's basement and fashion the plastic case for your computer on your own, you are not free.
No. If you are PREVENTED to crack your own molecules, then you are not free.
Because you do not generate your own electricity, you are dependent on some utility and are not free.
No. If you are PREVENTED from generating your own electricity, you are not free.
Because you did not start out with a fist full of raw sand and turn it into a video card you are not free.
No. If you are PREVENTED to make your own video card, then you are not free
I never walk in protest marches. Does that mean I would agree with taking away the right for OTHER people to walk in protest marches? No, as that would take away their freedom directly (and mine indirectly). I never build my own TV set. Does that mean I would agree with legislation that would prevent OTHER people to build their own TV set (without broadcast flag checking)? No.
Do I edit and compile the software I run? Sometimes. If I did not I would still see that someone preventing me from being able to edit and compile the software that I run is taking away my freedom
Wenn ist das Nunstueck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput.