Uhh, AGP isn't supported by Linux? What planet have YOU been on? AGP cards work just fine with Linux. AGP's just basically a modified PCI bus, and Linux sees devices on AGP buses just like it does on PCI buses. It may not support textures in system RAM, or 2x/4x modes, but I don't know if that's gonna make that huge a difference at this point.
They bought Nullsoft outright. I wondered about that myself, but it did say in the article that AOL acquired the whole of Nullsoft (not just WinAmp and SHOUTcast).
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Probably a little of (b) and some of (c) as well. Someone had too much time on their hands, methinks. Apparently the original poster didn't get the concept of quick turnaround on fixes - there may be bugs, but when they're found, they can be fixed, and that fix propagated quickly. Some people never learn...
The only problem with them using DGA is that there's more than one implementation of DGA - I think MetroX and XFree use the same implementation (I _think_) but I know Xi Graphics' X server uses a different DGA implementation than XFree does.
Did you enter 'realplay %s' instead of just 'realplay' in the MIME type association? If not, make sure to include the %s - that passes the path to the.ra or.ram file to RealPlayer when it's called.
Umm, did you use 'realplay %s' in the Netscape prefs? If oyu don't give it the '%s', Netscape won't pass a path to the file to open when the program's being called.
Give me a break. I don't advocate cracking, but for one thing, if he's been held in jail without trial, that's just plain illegal. Check the Constititution and Bill of Rights. Also, it sounds like the doors to get into the source repositories, which should've been tighly locked (proverbially) were left standing half-open. He shouldn't have done it, but the companies in question shouldn't have been moronic enough to make it that easy. If you care about your "trade secrets", no one else is gonna take care of them but YOU. If you don't, then obviously you're making it easy, so it's partly your own fault.
Excellent question. I'd certainly like to know that one. You'd think after 14 years in operation, they'd have facilities of their own. But maybe they couldn't afford 'em because of Microsoft backing out on tests that didn't show their OS in a favorable light...
I don't think anyone's trying to say being different automatically makes you better. They're just trying to say it doesn't automatically make you worse.
I believe someone said it best with these words: "We are all born individuals - why is it so many of us die copies?" (paraphrased from memory)
Also, Littleton might not have happened if it weren't for the "conformists" who think you're not worth anything if you don't conform to their idea of what is good and right. Try that on for size.
Microsoft bought QDOS ("Quick-and-Dirty OS", from what I've heard) from Seattle Software, who wrote a clone of the CP/M OS (which itself was a bare-bones clone of UNIX). It wasn't so much stolen from DRI as it was from Seattle Software (the owner of which sometime later took Microsoft to court). And yes, IBM DOS and MS-DOS were virtually the same (a few different filenames and utilities, but otherwise indistinguishable). And yes, for the crappy OS that Windows 98 is, I think $100 is too much (mind you, that's the UPGRADE cost - an original install copy - about impossible to find on store shelves - is in the US$200-US$250 range).
Well, I think it'd be more difficult for the separate entities to do what they do now (use undocumented APIs to make only Microsoft's software work best on the platform). At least then, everyone would be on equal footing, instead of what we've got now. Right now, it's too easy for Microsoft to be sneaky, so that they can "beat" (beat? not much of a contest when you own the platform) the competition.
We know for sure Microsoft's apps have calls to undocumented entry points into code (I mean, look at Microsoft apps running under Wine... the Wine developers have had to figure out all the undocumented API calls from what they seem to do - not an easy task). Whether they like to admit it or not, it's pretty much a verifiable fact that they do.
Umm, the breakup wouldn't duplicate the company into 3 exact copies. (Besides, there's not enough room in this world for one Microsoft, let alone 3!) They'd be dividing on product lines somehow - like OSes/applications/Internet technology or some other set of logical dividing lines. And I think this would help consumers, not harm them - it'd give them some choice. It'd make it pretty much necessary for Windows' APIs to be open, unlike they are now (sort of open, but more open if you have lots of moolah to give to M$). As someone else noted earlier, monopoly in itself is NOT illegal - it's misuse of monopoly power (esp. like to gain monopolies in other areas) that's illegal.
Right. Windows NT on AXP does run in a 32-bit mode. And yes, 64-bit Windows will be a separate creature entirely. So far, the only platform M$ seems to have any interest in targeting with Win64 is the IA64 (Merced, McKinley, et al) line. (which, of course, isn't available yet, and the time to availability is still indeterminate.) They are still very stuck on IA32 (ix86), and the switch to Win64 will be painful, if the switch from 16-bit to 32-bit is any indication. (Or maybe twice as bad - we ARE adding twice as many bits this time!;)
Well, that _is_ why MIT Shared memory and DGA are available in most recent X servers (including XFree86). Then you don't have to do X calls for doing all the work - just blit image data to a shared memory area (or into the framebuffer directly for DGA) and save yourself buttloads of time.
Err? E-Mu Systems was bought, some time ago, by Creative. They did that some time after the AWE32 was released. If Creative wanted to release programming info, they can do it if they want.
People aren't the problem? Whatever. If anything, we are our own worst enemy. People are THE problem. Problem #1. We may not like the picture that that paints. It's not a pretty one, to be sure. But be real. We can't blame our actions on material things - guns, computers, video games, television - those are simply our own creations, and convenient devices for excusing away the fact that people are often hurtful, intolerant, and just plain mean.
Nod. I think that's one reason that Sun seemed a little miffed at Linux for awhile - took the air out of their balloon that a free software system was taking away from their x86 UNIX business. But at least Sun seems to have mostly gotten over it. Sounds like SCO may not until it's too late - like when Linux completely flattens them.
based on the legacy presence for quite a long while (the main reason that NetWare is still alive).
I must disagree with this. There are apparently new installs of NetWare - and besides, NetWare shouldn't be in the same category with SCO. It may not be UNIX, but it's still a damn fine, and stable, piece of software (unlike SCO's UNIX OSes and Windows NT, for example).
I, for one, don't expect SPECIAL treatment for anyone who's not like the "beautiful people", as you put it. I wish that they would just be treated as something more than sub-human - people worth mounting some defense for when they're attacked (be it verbally or physically) by morons. I know that was my experience in high school - those who dislike you let you know it. They make it obvious they think you're not only less than THEM, but less than HUMAN, period. I think it's total garbage that kids that act that way get away with it.
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Uhh, AGP isn't supported by Linux? What planet have YOU been on? AGP cards work just fine with Linux. AGP's just basically a modified PCI bus, and Linux sees devices on AGP buses just like it does on PCI buses. It may not support textures in system RAM, or 2x/4x modes, but I don't know if that's gonna make that huge a difference at this point.
Wrong answer. AOL developed Instant Messenger independently of Mirabilis' ICQ system, but AOL recently bought Mirabilis. That's all.
They bought Nullsoft outright. I wondered about that myself, but it did say in the article that AOL acquired the whole of Nullsoft (not just WinAmp and SHOUTcast).
Probably a little of (b) and some of (c) as well. Someone had too much time on their hands, methinks. Apparently the original poster didn't get the concept of quick turnaround on fixes - there may be bugs, but when they're found, they can be fixed, and that fix propagated quickly. Some people never learn...
chmod +x g2a1_linux22.bin, anyone? If you did that, do you have a glibc2 system? (this version is glibc2-ONLY)
The only problem with them using DGA is that there's more than one implementation of DGA - I think MetroX and XFree use the same implementation (I _think_) but I know Xi Graphics' X server uses a different DGA implementation than XFree does.
Did you enter 'realplay %s' instead of just 'realplay' in the MIME type association? If not, make sure to include the %s - that passes the path to the .ra or .ram file to RealPlayer when it's called.
Umm, did you use 'realplay %s' in the Netscape prefs? If oyu don't give it the '%s', Netscape won't pass a path to the file to open when the program's being called.
Give me a break. I don't advocate cracking, but for one thing, if he's been held in jail without trial, that's just plain illegal. Check the Constititution and Bill of Rights. Also, it sounds like the doors to get into the source repositories, which should've been tighly locked (proverbially) were left standing half-open. He shouldn't have done it, but the companies in question shouldn't have been moronic enough to make it that easy. If you care about your "trade secrets", no one else is gonna take care of them but YOU. If you don't, then obviously you're making it easy, so it's partly your own fault.
Excellent question. I'd certainly like to know that one. You'd think after 14 years in operation, they'd have facilities of their own. But maybe they couldn't afford 'em because of Microsoft backing out on tests that didn't show their OS in a favorable light...
Heh. Anything ix86-based is NOT, I _repeat_, NOT, classed as "big iron". If you need "big iron", get a big Sun UE or SGI Origin server.
I don't think anyone's trying to say being different automatically makes you better. They're just trying to say it doesn't automatically make you worse.
I believe someone said it best with these words: "We are all born individuals - why is it so many of us die copies?" (paraphrased from memory)
Also, Littleton might not have happened if it weren't for the "conformists" who think you're not worth anything if you don't conform to their idea of what is good and right. Try that on for size.
Did you read the README? You need to have the soundcore module - that has to load before the SB Live driver module does. Read the README.
Microsoft bought QDOS ("Quick-and-Dirty OS", from what I've heard) from Seattle Software, who wrote a clone of the CP/M OS (which itself was a bare-bones clone of UNIX). It wasn't so much stolen from DRI as it was from Seattle Software (the owner of which sometime later took Microsoft to court). And yes, IBM DOS and MS-DOS were virtually the same (a few different filenames and utilities, but otherwise indistinguishable). And yes, for the crappy OS that Windows 98 is, I think $100 is too much (mind you, that's the UPGRADE cost - an original install copy - about impossible to find on store shelves - is in the US$200-US$250 range).
Well, I think it'd be more difficult for the separate entities to do what they do now (use undocumented APIs to make only Microsoft's software work best on the platform). At least then, everyone would be on equal footing, instead of what we've got now. Right now, it's too easy for Microsoft to be sneaky, so that they can "beat" (beat? not much of a contest when you own the platform) the competition.
What's wrong with decadence and sexual perversion? ;)
We know for sure Microsoft's apps have calls to undocumented entry points into code (I mean, look at Microsoft apps running under Wine... the Wine developers have had to figure out all the undocumented API calls from what they seem to do - not an easy task). Whether they like to admit it or not, it's pretty much a verifiable fact that they do.
Umm, the breakup wouldn't duplicate the company into 3 exact copies. (Besides, there's not enough room in this world for one Microsoft, let alone 3!) They'd be dividing on product lines somehow - like OSes/applications/Internet technology or some other set of logical dividing lines. And I think this would help consumers, not harm them - it'd give them some choice. It'd make it pretty much necessary for Windows' APIs to be open, unlike they are now (sort of open, but more open if you have lots of moolah to give to M$). As someone else noted earlier, monopoly in itself is NOT illegal - it's misuse of monopoly power (esp. like to gain monopolies in other areas) that's illegal.
Right. Windows NT on AXP does run in a 32-bit mode. And yes, 64-bit Windows will be a separate creature entirely. So far, the only platform M$ seems to have any interest in targeting with Win64 is the IA64 (Merced, McKinley, et al) line. (which, of course, isn't available yet, and the time to availability is still indeterminate.) They are still very stuck on IA32 (ix86), and the switch to Win64 will be painful, if the switch from 16-bit to 32-bit is any indication. (Or maybe twice as bad - we ARE adding twice as many bits this time! ;)
Well, that _is_ why MIT Shared memory and DGA are available in most recent X servers (including XFree86). Then you don't have to do X calls for doing all the work - just blit image data to a shared memory area (or into the framebuffer directly for DGA) and save yourself buttloads of time.
Err? E-Mu Systems was bought, some time ago, by Creative. They did that some time after the AWE32 was released. If Creative wanted to release programming info, they can do it if they want.
People aren't the problem? Whatever. If anything, we are our own worst enemy. People are THE problem. Problem #1. We may not like the picture that that paints. It's not a pretty one, to be sure. But be real. We can't blame our actions on material things - guns, computers, video games, television - those are simply our own creations, and convenient devices for excusing away the fact that people are often hurtful, intolerant, and just plain mean.
Nod. I think that's one reason that Sun seemed a little miffed at Linux for awhile - took the air out of their balloon that a free software system was taking away from their x86 UNIX business. But at least Sun seems to have mostly gotten over it. Sounds like SCO may not until it's too late - like when Linux completely flattens them.
based on the legacy presence for quite a long while (the main reason that NetWare is still alive).
I must disagree with this. There are apparently new installs of NetWare - and besides, NetWare shouldn't be in the same category with SCO. It may not be UNIX, but it's still a damn fine, and stable, piece of software (unlike SCO's UNIX OSes and Windows NT, for example).
I, for one, don't expect SPECIAL treatment for anyone who's not like the "beautiful people", as you put it. I wish that they would just be treated as something more than sub-human - people worth mounting some defense for when they're attacked (be it verbally or physically) by morons. I know that was my experience in high school - those who dislike you let you know it. They make it obvious they think you're not only less than THEM, but less than HUMAN, period. I think it's total garbage that kids that act that way get away with it.