It's not only about people being able to learn how an OS works, or how to program, etc. It's also about information security. With an open source system, the government is able to know exactly what is happening, and where its information goes to. Letting your most critical information be managed by some proprietary system, where you cannot know for sure exactly what is happening behind the scenes, where your data is being sent to, is not intelligent. Not for the US, the home country for most of these proprietary systems makers, and definitely not for other countries, to which these enterprises have no reason to be loyal.
They do it in Brazil too, those wicked carriers. Can't upload pictures from my Nokia 6225 to my computer via a USB cable or IR. Perhaps other countries there is no such limitations, or there are laws to forbid it; if not so, why then make phones with those capabilities, if they arrive to the end user crippled like that?
Not even the flip cover of my old Motorola StarTac resisted when I forgot it in my pant pocket and sat down on it. So, next phone was a Nokia with no moving part at all.
Linus is not quite a doll, compared to anyone; he is a leader. However, I agree with you in that Stallman deserves more, as he has done more than Linus or anyone else for the Free Software.
Others may disagree, but I believe you are entirely right. Someone who writes for a living must know his tool (the language) inside out. You may have heard about Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian romancist (I'm Brazilian). I put one of his books aside after the first two or three pages, because of grammar and spelling errors, too many to be tolerable.
I never touched one of his books again.
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BSD probably wouldn't exist if not for linux (correct me if I'm wrong but it uses the linux kernel right?)
I am so against using "stealing" when applied to intelectual property... Makes me think that one is breaking into MPAA/RIAA's fat vaults, and taking away what is in there. It's not so. If I take an idea from you, you are not deprived from your idea, so no stealing/robbery takes place.
My glorified 386 is faster than your RISC "workstation", and way cheaper.
Who told ya that I run a minix kernel? Even Tanenbaum, the Minix creator, acknowledges that Linux IS NOT A MINIX DERIVATIVE (seen at Tanenbaum's home page); even if it was, what is wrong with it? It runs great on many many kinds of hardware (including your beloved RISC "workstations").
Deal with it, while you are running a wanna-be RISC workstation, and a wanna-be UNIX kernel, the rest of us are going to get the fastest CISC workstations, with the latest and greatest from the best developers all around the world.
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Four gigs of memory are almost useless with a 486...
It's not only about people being able to learn how an OS works, or how to program, etc. It's also about information security. With an open source system, the government is able to know exactly what is happening, and where its information goes to. Letting your most critical information be managed by some proprietary system, where you cannot know for sure exactly what is happening behind the scenes, where your data is being sent to, is not intelligent. Not for the US, the home country for most of these proprietary systems makers, and definitely not for other countries, to which these enterprises have no reason to be loyal.
There is a project to make a "Popular Computer" which would cost R$ 1400,00, or roughly US$ 500,00, using some sort of Windows-wannabe distro.
The point is, if you paid for a license in the first place (and you have to, in order to get the Linux version), it is no longer free.
sounds like I can add /dev/acd0,
/dev/acd0 data image.iso fixate
FreeBSD? man burncd should help you.
To burn your ISO image (example from the burncd manual):
burncd -f
IMHO, far easier and far more elegant than Linux's cdrecord and its horrendous SCSI emulation hack.
They do it in Brazil too, those wicked carriers. Can't upload pictures from my Nokia 6225 to my computer via a USB cable or IR. Perhaps other countries there is no such limitations, or there are laws to forbid it; if not so, why then make phones with those capabilities, if they arrive to the end user crippled like that?
Not even the flip cover of my old Motorola StarTac resisted when I forgot it in my pant pocket and sat down on it. So, next phone was a Nokia with no moving part at all.
Back to Write-Only Memory...
Mathematician: 3
Engineer: 2.993, give or take 0.14
Lawyer: how much do you want it to be?
So very true...
Linus is not quite a doll, compared to anyone; he is a leader. However, I agree with you in that Stallman deserves more, as he has done more than Linus or anyone else for the Free Software.
Hung by the big toe would be nice... slow... painful...
Thanks. You know, this is the stuff exploits are made of...
I want that stylesheet!
I'm wondering how this looks like in sendmail.cf...
Car battery! Damn funny, thanks for the laugh!
These guys are wicked geeky. They are programming (actually, bug-fixing) the most perfect hardware eva: our own cells!
From your link: " we wanted to empower developers"
Hm... Developers... C#... Mono (monkey?)... All that sounds vaguely familiar.
Allright, but how did they get monopoly in the first place, having as bad products as they have?
Not another name change...
Others may disagree, but I believe you are entirely right. Someone who writes for a living must know his tool (the language) inside out. You may have heard about Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian romancist (I'm Brazilian). I put one of his books aside after the first two or three pages, because of grammar and spelling errors, too many to be tolerable.
I never touched one of his books again.
BSD probably wouldn't exist if not for linux (correct me if I'm wrong but it uses the linux kernel right?)
Oh my God
I am so against using "stealing" when applied to intelectual property... Makes me think that one is breaking into MPAA/RIAA's fat vaults, and taking away what is in there. It's not so. If I take an idea from you, you are not deprived from your idea, so no stealing/robbery takes place.
Same goes for "piracy".
you're not getting any powerhouses for $600
How much does a Pentium 4 cost? Ah, yeah, you have to account for industrial-strength cooling for the smallest heater in the world
My glorified 386 is faster than your RISC "workstation", and way cheaper.
Who told ya that I run a minix kernel? Even Tanenbaum, the Minix creator, acknowledges that Linux IS NOT A MINIX DERIVATIVE (seen at Tanenbaum's home page); even if it was, what is wrong with it? It runs great on many many kinds of hardware (including your beloved RISC "workstations").
Deal with it, while you are running a wanna-be RISC workstation, and a wanna-be UNIX kernel, the rest of us are going to get the fastest CISC workstations, with the latest and greatest from the best developers all around the world.