No, seriously, I really do have this medical problem that really does make me have to sound like I'm being sarcastic all the time. I really mean what I'm saying. I'm really not trying to sound like this.
Or something like that. I gotta youtube that later.
I can see the pain in that, it's just frustrating to see this big division, even more so participating. I prefer the GPL because it emphasizes on protecting the user (by protecting the software), while BSD emphasizes protecting the developer.
Yes, obviously, because it never does anyone any good, ever. Just look at Microsoft, they're getting better all the time, and it's all thanks to their proprietary licensing.
I don't really believe software that's 'good enough' doesn't need support at all, but I do think it's realistic to assume that the better software gets the less people will be asking for help.
You can always make improvements, but you can only squeeze so much blood out of a stone. Should a single project really need to always and forever need more and more money spent on development? Architecture will keep changing, standards will improve (hopefully), but eventually any real improvements will be more for novelty than real functionality.
MySQL should be more than happy that it can still offer the support services it can.
-Buy nVidia -Only have one monitor -Don't use a printer -Have a three button scroll mouse, Microsoft no less! -At least try out open office, GIMP, Pidgin, dot dot dot
I wonder what effect it would have on McDonalds to say to everyone in the US, "Is 2009 finally the year people stop stuffing themselves with fattening poison?"
I make 3D stuff on IMVU, and I sell my products on there for quite a bit less than some people, I even make my 3DSMax sources available for anyone to use.
My purpose in making all my products cheaper in general is that the hobby it is is more for self-fulfillment than money, I wanted more sales, I might have given many things away for free if IMVU's model allowed it.
Now I'm starting to wonder if it might be better if I had increased my prices a bit. But then, I worry people will come to me more when something goes wrong. My products are generally in a constant state of "not quite finished but will eventually be" and I try to make this clear to people.
What's sort of the problem with free market in this situation is the developers are arbitrarily deciding what their man-hours are worth, there's no production costs to making software beyond the power it takes to run your computer and keeping yourself fed.
Then there is quality, but it's hard to judge what quality is sometimes. In manufacturing, it's the precision of drilled holes, the sharpness of edges, how long the product lasts. Software is far, far less permanent, bad products can be made better without buying a new one and good software can always go bad due to bad coding of stuff like ideology.
I can see the problem here. I don't like paying for every little bit of software I come across, but I still respect the decision for people to charge for their work and someone's willingness to pay for it. I really don't know how I feel about dollar apps undercutting the 'market' massively.
I can download Ubuntu faster than I can download Windows or OS X (for the same price), I can install it faster, I can boot it faster if I don't have to fscking FSCK, I can install new software for it faster, I can get right to all the things I need to do much faster.
I've been playing with GNU/Linux for about 10 years, but I've barely touched until Ubuntu came along, and to a lesser extent Slackware 8, I hardly have experience on my side like some people might.
I've kind of gotten this thing against the government supporting civil agencies to control other civil entities, and it seems the only thing the FCC does is just that.
It's illegal to 'steal cable', it's not just unlawful, it's a federal offense. Cable companies, corporations, provide consumers with a service. They don't have to go to civil court if they discover signal theft, they get the fast track of federal support, the taxpayers paying for the litigation.
Maybe it's the fact that Windows is an OS made from their good friends in the US, and Windows is proprietary, and we know how many Americans (US) feel about the risk of software working against you...
It's like the US Government buying Cisco routers made in China, how the US sabotaged a Russian oil pump station, there's only so much trust to be had, and when you have people from the Land of Microsoft being untrusting of Microsoft, how can you possibly expect a xenophobic, militant country to?
Oh god, I am seriously fearing the flood that is to come. This will set a precedent(if only a small one), that could change the way computers are sold, as well as if windows will be considered "standard" software for much longer.
642 days ago I was talking with my friends about the news I was reading about Microsoft at the time and I said that in 2 years Microsoft would no longer be the leader in operating systems and possibly no longer in business. 88 days left and I'll find out if I really was just screwing around.
You forgot to mention that it only takes one rip of the game to get onto a million hard drives in just a few hours. This 'protection' is just another fancy and useless system to control copying, an effort sure to end in stockholder misery and my personal amusement.
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No, seriously, I really do have this medical problem that really does make me have to sound like I'm being sarcastic all the time. I really mean what I'm saying. I'm really not trying to sound like this.
Or something like that. I gotta youtube that later.
I can see the pain in that, it's just frustrating to see this big division, even more so participating. I prefer the GPL because it emphasizes on protecting the user (by protecting the software), while BSD emphasizes protecting the developer.
Yes, obviously, because it never does anyone any good, ever. Just look at Microsoft, they're getting better all the time, and it's all thanks to their proprietary licensing.
I don't really believe software that's 'good enough' doesn't need support at all, but I do think it's realistic to assume that the better software gets the less people will be asking for help.
You can always make improvements, but you can only squeeze so much blood out of a stone. Should a single project really need to always and forever need more and more money spent on development? Architecture will keep changing, standards will improve (hopefully), but eventually any real improvements will be more for novelty than real functionality.
MySQL should be more than happy that it can still offer the support services it can.
Maybe he's just drunk... really drunk.
Huh, I guess I'm one of those very few people who
-Buy nVidia
-Only have one monitor
-Don't use a printer
-Have a three button scroll mouse, Microsoft no less!
-At least try out open office, GIMP, Pidgin, dot dot dot
Still, it's just ridiculous. "Will this finally blah blah", it's a terrible preface to an article, whether it turns out accurate or not.
I wonder what effect it would have on McDonalds to say to everyone in the US, "Is 2009 finally the year people stop stuffing themselves with fattening poison?"
I make 3D stuff on IMVU, and I sell my products on there for quite a bit less than some people, I even make my 3DSMax sources available for anyone to use.
My purpose in making all my products cheaper in general is that the hobby it is is more for self-fulfillment than money, I wanted more sales, I might have given many things away for free if IMVU's model allowed it.
Now I'm starting to wonder if it might be better if I had increased my prices a bit. But then, I worry people will come to me more when something goes wrong. My products are generally in a constant state of "not quite finished but will eventually be" and I try to make this clear to people.
What's sort of the problem with free market in this situation is the developers are arbitrarily deciding what their man-hours are worth, there's no production costs to making software beyond the power it takes to run your computer and keeping yourself fed.
Then there is quality, but it's hard to judge what quality is sometimes. In manufacturing, it's the precision of drilled holes, the sharpness of edges, how long the product lasts. Software is far, far less permanent, bad products can be made better without buying a new one and good software can always go bad due to bad coding of stuff like ideology.
I can see the problem here. I don't like paying for every little bit of software I come across, but I still respect the decision for people to charge for their work and someone's willingness to pay for it. I really don't know how I feel about dollar apps undercutting the 'market' massively.
How in the Hell is that +5 insightful?
I can download Ubuntu faster than I can download Windows or OS X (for the same price), I can install it faster, I can boot it faster if I don't have to fscking FSCK, I can install new software for it faster, I can get right to all the things I need to do much faster.
I've been playing with GNU/Linux for about 10 years, but I've barely touched until Ubuntu came along, and to a lesser extent Slackware 8, I hardly have experience on my side like some people might.
Freedomware... certainly sounds legal, and patriotic! How CAN'T people used software sold under freedomware licenses for the low, low price of a CD-R?
It's amazing how much perspective you can put things into just by changing the names around into fair analogies...
Open Source, Free Software, Software Libre, Software Gratis, Freedomware, Friendware, Humane Software...
versus...
Closed Source, Proprietary Software, Bindware, Costware, Licenseware, Subscription Software...
I've kind of gotten this thing against the government supporting civil agencies to control other civil entities, and it seems the only thing the FCC does is just that.
It's illegal to 'steal cable', it's not just unlawful, it's a federal offense. Cable companies, corporations, provide consumers with a service. They don't have to go to civil court if they discover signal theft, they get the fast track of federal support, the taxpayers paying for the litigation.
Funny, I was thinking the opposite.
"Self preservation is a part of humanity... my favorite part, in fact!"
Oh, damnit.
An interesting prediction, I'll hope it comes true.
Maybe it's the fact that Windows is an OS made from their good friends in the US, and Windows is proprietary, and we know how many Americans (US) feel about the risk of software working against you...
It's like the US Government buying Cisco routers made in China, how the US sabotaged a Russian oil pump station, there's only so much trust to be had, and when you have people from the Land of Microsoft being untrusting of Microsoft, how can you possibly expect a xenophobic, militant country to?
Next will be North Korea I bet.
Note there will never be a year of the Windows or OS X either.
Oh god, I am seriously fearing the flood that is to come. This will set a precedent(if only a small one), that could change the way computers are sold, as well as if windows will be considered "standard" software for much longer.
In Israel.
No, really, I can see the future. I forsee you are about to... facepalm!
642 days ago I was talking with my friends about the news I was reading about Microsoft at the time and I said that in 2 years Microsoft would no longer be the leader in operating systems and possibly no longer in business. 88 days left and I'll find out if I really was just screwing around.
You have strange ideas of trustworthy sources for 'facts'.
You forgot to mention that it only takes one rip of the game to get onto a million hard drives in just a few hours. This 'protection' is just another fancy and useless system to control copying, an effort sure to end in stockholder misery and my personal amusement.
Or all the times they tell you what button to push, or the narrations that are directed at no one in particular, or... or... or..