I don't think Microsoft will keep a GPL program floating around when they could could put a few developers on the project and have an identical (Microsoft-owned) tool in a matter of days.
If it were me, I'd keep it around as a reminder to do better code reviews!
For the last time, FOSS does not live or die based on interoperability with closed-source standards. Look at the.docx file format. How long did we have to wait go get competent FOSS text editors compatible with it? I don't know where this belief started. FOSS does not "die" when nobody uses it, because the people who use it do not develop for it. The much-anticipated "year of the linux desktop" is meaningless because very few of those desktop users will ever become a software developer.
So, Microsoft can take all the end-users they want, the real developers develop not for personal gain or furthered relations with the closed-source world... They do so out of a belief that there should be free alternatives to everything Microsoft and Co. churn out.
I can't come out of the woodwork every time FOSS is targeted by trolls, but every once in awhile I have to make an exception. FOSS is like a reverse-idiocracy. Those who are easily swayed by popular opinion will undoubtedly leave FOSS for more PR-competent grounds (Microsoft, etc.). Those of us who evaluate software on it's merits, instead of the failings of the spokespersons for that software, will continue to use FOSS and reap the benefits. But let's get back to developers. If you are angered by the sexism displayed by certain members of the FOSS community, you will most likely be reluctant to contribute to the projects represented by those individuals. Thus, any public outcry against those individuals should be welcomed, but sadly most of the outcry is Microsoft FUD in disguise, which is not aimed at the individuals, but the FOSS movement as a whole.
Bioshock was based on old Unreal Technology, so comparing it to HL2 is disingenuous.
The Source engine has been lagging behind the other major game engines for quite some time now. INcluding it in the discussion of "best" game engines would be something of a joke. Perhaps when the category is "best games to make mods for", then it will have a place.
I should probably follow this up with a clarification... How do they know who is sharing files legally or illegally? So yes, I do indeed see a problem with this.
Thanks a LOT guys. Now I'll have even MORE trouble explaining to the Average Joe the difference between a computer mouse and a dialup modem, what with the dual-tone mice scurrying around!
IE will make a big deal out of it to the corporate types. "In three more versions of IE, we'll support HTML 5! Yay!"
Firefox will support HTML 5 the next day (or maybe that evening).
Opera will spend years developing a secure version of HTML 5, which will actually not be very secure once users get ahold of it.
Lynx users will laugh, and go back to cursing Yahoo for being unreadable for the past decade.
Typical narrow-minded Microsoft thinking. Couldn't they have just done the autodetect, then immediately tried to read from it, remember which result was correct?
The idea of running Linux on a PicAxe microcontroller must excite a lot of people... Every link to a project or explanation of "linaxe" results in 404 errors and more 404 errors.
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There's an app for that.
Wake me up when it's "over nine thousaand" teraelectronvolts.
Longerhorn.
I used MIPS, you insensitive clod!
I don't think Microsoft will keep a GPL program floating around when they could could put a few developers on the project and have an identical (Microsoft-owned) tool in a matter of days.
If it were me, I'd keep it around as a reminder to do better code reviews!
For the last time, FOSS does not live or die based on interoperability with closed-source standards. Look at the .docx file format. How long did we have to wait go get competent FOSS text editors compatible with it? I don't know where this belief started. FOSS does not "die" when nobody uses it, because the people who use it do not develop for it. The much-anticipated "year of the linux desktop" is meaningless because very few of those desktop users will ever become a software developer.
So, Microsoft can take all the end-users they want, the real developers develop not for personal gain or furthered relations with the closed-source world... They do so out of a belief that there should be free alternatives to everything Microsoft and Co. churn out.
This is obviously the first killer app for the 3D laptop: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/10/14/1739214
Requiring that doctors RTFM is the first step.
I can't come out of the woodwork every time FOSS is targeted by trolls, but every once in awhile I have to make an exception. FOSS is like a reverse-idiocracy. Those who are easily swayed by popular opinion will undoubtedly leave FOSS for more PR-competent grounds (Microsoft, etc.). Those of us who evaluate software on it's merits, instead of the failings of the spokespersons for that software, will continue to use FOSS and reap the benefits.
But let's get back to developers. If you are angered by the sexism displayed by certain members of the FOSS community, you will most likely be reluctant to contribute to the projects represented by those individuals. Thus, any public outcry against those individuals should be welcomed, but sadly most of the outcry is Microsoft FUD in disguise, which is not aimed at the individuals, but the FOSS movement as a whole.
Of course it doubles the attack rate of malicious scripts... It makes Javascript run twice as fast.
In other news, Microsoft has said that Moores Law is a security risk, because viruses can install themselves twice as fast every 18 months.
With the recent sale of Id to ZeniMax, it seems unlikely, despite Carmack's continued promises, that Id Tech 4 will be open-sourced either.
I, for one, welcome our new digital overlord.
Bioshock was based on old Unreal Technology, so comparing it to HL2 is disingenuous.
The Source engine has been lagging behind the other major game engines for quite some time now. INcluding it in the discussion of "best" game engines would be something of a joke. Perhaps when the category is "best games to make mods for", then it will have a place.
I should probably follow this up with a clarification... How do they know who is sharing files legally or illegally? So yes, I do indeed see a problem with this.
Simply punishing file-sharers without offering a reasonable DRM-free alternative is a bad idea. But I don't see a problem with this.
Thanks a LOT guys. Now I'll have even MORE trouble explaining to the Average Joe the difference between a computer mouse and a dialup modem, what with the dual-tone mice scurrying around!
I use wget, and just imagine what the page looks like in my head.
I can almost run javascript!
IE will make a big deal out of it to the corporate types. "In three more versions of IE, we'll support HTML 5! Yay!" Firefox will support HTML 5 the next day (or maybe that evening). Opera will spend years developing a secure version of HTML 5, which will actually not be very secure once users get ahold of it. Lynx users will laugh, and go back to cursing Yahoo for being unreadable for the past decade.
The chances are good that someone out there has that same laptop with a bad motherboard and a good scree; check eBay.
So, they can now make a MEMS device which can detect two axes at once. How is this different from simply using two MEMS gyroscopes, one for each axis?
Technology is expensive at first, but after a few years it's cheap enough to make it's way into consumer electronics. News at 11.
Most likely there will be several copies of this available starting today. Much like "Windows 8" and "Star Wars 7" are available on torrent sites.
Finally Microsoft is limiting users to only three viruses.
to the "do no evil" slogan.
And of course, this goes hand-in-hand with keeping Chromium easy to use.
Typical narrow-minded Microsoft thinking. Couldn't they have just done the autodetect, then immediately tried to read from it, remember which result was correct?
The idea of running Linux on a PicAxe microcontroller must excite a lot of people... Every link to a project or explanation of "linaxe" results in 404 errors and more 404 errors.