I just subscribed to iTunes. For 99 cents a track, I get incredible quality. I can burn the same playlist to CD 10 times. No restriction on the number of playlists a song can be in, so I can effectively burn an infinite number of times. I can burn to Mp3 CD. If I buy a complete album, I get it for less than the per-track cost.
Plenty of choices. If being able to create Mp3s and audio cds isn't enough flexibility, I don't know what is.
Stroustrup started kicking aroudn the idea of C With Classes around 1979. It was in use by 1980. It had gotten out of Bell Labs in 1983, when it was first termed C++. Draft ISO standard in 1995, standard finalized in 1998.
Wherease Objective C was begun in 1983, when C++ was already starting to see widespread use.
References: The C++ Programming Language 3rd Edition http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ats/plc-2002-2/rep orts/objc/history.html
Keep in mind that student projects and real world projects are worlds apart. When I wrote my first real PERL program, it was entirely different from any of the example programs in the book.
Student programs and sample exercises in a book are for demonstrating a language feature- not necesarily the best use for that feature, but the easiest way to explain how to use it.
Real C++ programmers will write with classes when called for, functions when called for, templates when called for... they will use all the features they need and no more. That was the point of the interview.
Remember, IBM is behind this one. Microsoft will tread carefully, this isn't like them facing Red Hat, which is basically a gnat comared to MS. IBM is a company with enough mindshare and economic influence they stand a chance against Microsoft here.
NTFS write support isn't all that important to existing dual booters- they already have a way to share data that needs to be shared, or else they wouldn't be dual booting.
NTFS write support will, however, be truly useful to those who don't use Linux yet. It will lessen one of the main inconveniences to dual booting. That will make it easier to convince people to give Linux a try. People who are wishy-washy about it might not be willing to commit to an extra FAT32 partition eating even more space away from their NTFS drive, on top of the Linux partitions. They might not want to set up a system on the lan to function as a file server. They might not want to commit to burning CD's, or floppies, and what about those 50 megabyte files that are too big for a floppy but waste a CD? NTFS write support would be a godsend to these people- "Hmm... I can't read it from windows, but if there is something on there I need in windows, I can just copy it to the windows drive before I reboot..." That will get quite a few more people to try linux.
Power is saying "Do this" and it gets done. Influence is having your ideas adopted and people do it because they want to. They can be related, but aren't exactly the same.
I don't like Stallman... rabid zealots rarely impress me, but, he is incredibly influential in the free software community and in the open source community. He certainly should be on that list.
And people wonder why IBM won't indemnify. All that will do is give SCO supportive public image. IBM has to project absolute confidence or the image of Linux will be damaged even more.
If they offer to indemnify their customers, thats a signal that SCO might have a case. Sending the signal that no indemnification is necesary is best IMO.
Barr is a worthless pile of shit. Search for "Bob Barr Ft Hood wicca" on google. This is someone with no respect for the constitution and has no place anywhere near people in power.
That to a network admin suggests the domain exists but the server is having trouble, whereas it *should* report domain not found which would point towards a misspelling.
Furthermore, the IP that pinging a randomly typed domain gives me is- 64.94.110.11 which is the Verisign site.
This does in fact cause problems for ping, and probably traceroute as well. EVERYTHING directed towards a non-existent.com or.net will go towards 64.94.110.11.
Say I write an open source RaverOS. Integrated media player with a kick ass algorithm for trippy visuals that can induce the effects of any psychadelic just by watching it, without the dangerous effects of them.
SCO, desperate for better drugs, integrates my code. But they don't show the source. Visual effects crews in various rave promotion companies embrace SCOs product. I go to a rave and see it, I say "hey cool, I wrote that!" they reply "Oh you work for SCO" "Umm... no, I don't" "Well I got this from them".
With Open Source, companies legal departments actually have a chance to look through the source. Proprietary software, tehy don't have any chance at all to verify that all the code in there is properly licensed, they simply have to take the companies word on it. Same legal landmines as OSS, but harder to avoid stepping on them.
It is absolutely imperitive that SCO lose this case.
SCO's case is a simple contract violation lawsuit against IBM. Thats it. Its a case that they might actually have a legitimate claim with.
Its also a charge that their publicity surrounding it has nothing to do with.
Their case against IBM isn't an infringment case oddly enough. Yet by convincing the public it is, and winning on a possibly legitimate claim of contract infringment, they can scare the general public off of Linux and Open Source and Free Software without even attempting an IP lawsuit they are destined to lose.
All it ads are bookmarks to the browser. That is hardly an annoyance, and they can be deleted easily enough anyways. As for putting ads on the default home page, the home page can easily be changed and most linux users probably do so anyways.
The screen savers would be slightly annoying, but you can change that easily too.
Mandrake is fairly popular, its close up there with Red Hat for people using it as a home desktop- at least among those I talk with on IRC. Mandrake has a large following of people using Linux at home, most of whom do not pay for it.
These ads are a fairly easy way to get some money out of the download edition, and they are fairly easy to avoid if you find them annoying.
Install time ads? You'd be watching mandrake propoganda anyways.
Bookmark ads? Clean out the bookmark folders.
Screen saver ads? HA! don't use screen savers, or install some from another source.
Default home page ads? Change the home page.
Its a very minor thing they are doing in reality, which gives them a chance to increase revenue without significant outlays of money on their part, and without screwing over their customers. Personally, I think its brilliant.
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I just subscribed to iTunes. For 99 cents a track, I get incredible quality. I can burn the same playlist to CD 10 times. No restriction on the number of playlists a song can be in, so I can effectively burn an infinite number of times. I can burn to Mp3 CD. If I buy a complete album, I get it for less than the per-track cost.
Plenty of choices. If being able to create Mp3s and audio cds isn't enough flexibility, I don't know what is.
Printer is an HP Deskjet 855Cxi, circa 1995.
Secondary monitor and keyboard are both from the 496 era, 94-95 at the newest.
That is the oldest in current use, we do have a few older pieces of hardware lying around here.
Stroustrup started kicking aroudn the idea of C With Classes around 1979. It was in use by 1980. It had gotten out of Bell Labs in 1983, when it was first termed C++. Draft ISO standard in 1995, standard finalized in 1998.
p orts/objc /history.html
Wherease Objective C was begun in 1983, when C++ was already starting to see widespread use.
References:
The C++ Programming Language 3rd Edition
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ats/plc-2002-2/re
Keep in mind that student projects and real world projects are worlds apart. When I wrote my first real PERL program, it was entirely different from any of the example programs in the book.
Student programs and sample exercises in a book are for demonstrating a language feature- not necesarily the best use for that feature, but the easiest way to explain how to use it.
Real C++ programmers will write with classes when called for, functions when called for, templates when called for... they will use all the features they need and no more. That was the point of the interview.
Remember, IBM is behind this one. Microsoft will tread carefully, this isn't like them facing Red Hat, which is basically a gnat comared to MS. IBM is a company with enough mindshare and economic influence they stand a chance against Microsoft here.
NTFS write support isn't all that important to existing dual booters- they already have a way to share data that needs to be shared, or else they wouldn't be dual booting.
NTFS write support will, however, be truly useful to those who don't use Linux yet. It will lessen one of the main inconveniences to dual booting. That will make it easier to convince people to give Linux a try. People who are wishy-washy about it might not be willing to commit to an extra FAT32 partition eating even more space away from their NTFS drive, on top of the Linux partitions. They might not want to set up a system on the lan to function as a file server. They might not want to commit to burning CD's, or floppies, and what about those 50 megabyte files that are too big for a floppy but waste a CD? NTFS write support would be a godsend to these people- "Hmm... I can't read it from windows, but if there is something on there I need in windows, I can just copy it to the windows drive before I reboot..." That will get quite a few more people to try linux.
Power is saying "Do this" and it gets done. Influence is having your ideas adopted and people do it because they want to. They can be related, but aren't exactly the same.
I don't like Stallman... rabid zealots rarely impress me, but, he is incredibly influential in the free software community and in the open source community. He certainly should be on that list.
"Oops! sorry, I accidentally threw that stuff out, sorry about that!"
And people wonder why IBM won't indemnify. All that will do is give SCO supportive public image. IBM has to project absolute confidence or the image of Linux will be damaged even more.
Keep in mind a large portion of that is for replacement of old systems. So that 1 or 2 million may really mean 10% of existing desktops.
Or he's just smoking really good crack.
If they offer to indemnify their customers, thats a signal that SCO might have a case. Sending the signal that no indemnification is necesary is best IMO.
Barr is a worthless pile of shit. Search for "Bob Barr Ft Hood wicca" on google. This is someone with no respect for the constitution and has no place anywhere near people in power.
Their stockholders and customers probably saw that Red Hat was standing up to SCO, and that would have calmed them down a lot.
I think if I get elected to office I'll dress like a candy raver for news conferences.
I get a timeout, not a "domain not found"
.com or .net will go towards 64.94.110.11.
That to a network admin suggests the domain exists but the server is having trouble, whereas it *should* report domain not found which would point towards a misspelling.
Furthermore, the IP that pinging a randomly typed domain gives me is- 64.94.110.11 which is the Verisign site.
This does in fact cause problems for ping, and probably traceroute as well. EVERYTHING directed towards a non-existent
So, you use Windows. Windows is somehow found to have stolen malloc() from Linux.
You trusted Microsoft to have legitimate code. Will your "they lied to us" help?
Say I write an open source RaverOS. Integrated media player with a kick ass algorithm for trippy visuals that can induce the effects of any psychadelic just by watching it, without the dangerous effects of them.
SCO, desperate for better drugs, integrates my code. But they don't show the source. Visual effects crews in various rave promotion companies embrace SCOs product. I go to a rave and see it, I say "hey cool, I wrote that!" they reply "Oh you work for SCO" "Umm... no, I don't" "Well I got this from them".
With Open Source, companies legal departments actually have a chance to look through the source. Proprietary software, tehy don't have any chance at all to verify that all the code in there is properly licensed, they simply have to take the companies word on it. Same legal landmines as OSS, but harder to avoid stepping on them.
It is absolutely imperitive that SCO lose this case.
SCO's case is a simple contract violation lawsuit against IBM. Thats it. Its a case that they might actually have a legitimate claim with.
Its also a charge that their publicity surrounding it has nothing to do with.
Their case against IBM isn't an infringment case oddly enough. Yet by convincing the public it is, and winning on a possibly legitimate claim of contract infringment, they can scare the general public off of Linux and Open Source and Free Software without even attempting an IP lawsuit they are destined to lose.
I'd worry about the IRS. Or when I'm older not being able to collect SS benefits.
Its sad, but of everywhere I've used my debit card, only one consistently checks ID. I even complimented them on that its so rare.
Things like checks and credit/debit cards should require ID to use. If you want to be anonymous, use cash.
Cringley actually sounded smart! the world is ending tonight!
All it ads are bookmarks to the browser. That is hardly an annoyance, and they can be deleted easily enough anyways. As for putting ads on the default home page, the home page can easily be changed and most linux users probably do so anyways.
The screen savers would be slightly annoying, but you can change that easily too.
Mandrake is fairly popular, its close up there with Red Hat for people using it as a home desktop- at least among those I talk with on IRC. Mandrake has a large following of people using Linux at home, most of whom do not pay for it.
These ads are a fairly easy way to get some money out of the download edition, and they are fairly easy to avoid if you find them annoying.
Install time ads? You'd be watching mandrake propoganda anyways.
Bookmark ads? Clean out the bookmark folders.
Screen saver ads? HA! don't use screen savers, or install some from another source.
Default home page ads? Change the home page.
Its a very minor thing they are doing in reality, which gives them a chance to increase revenue without significant outlays of money on their part, and without screwing over their customers. Personally, I think its brilliant.
That isn't bad then... I was planning on buying 9.2 anyways. Well, buying it after I get my laptop fixed.