You are absolutely right, I'd say do not even look at Silverlight, don't install it, just boycott it. In the end, Silverlight is just to bolster up the dot Windows (.Net) platform [cough] and the associated IP and software patents.
The last thing we need right now is to give Microsoft more power on the internet.
Let them furnish their own website with silverlight, so we can't properly browse it. Let them dig their own hole, just don't go near it.
It's the same old story from Microsoft, they go full steam ahead with their own proprietry technology while avoiding the W3C standards, like SVG.
Fact: Internet Explorer is rapily loosing market share.
Fact: Developers see Linux compatibility as important and Linux is steadily gaining market share.
Fact: Silverlight is only taking off on Microsoft's own website. It is still well behind Flash. But time will tell. I'm pretty sure it will be a big flop. We will have to see, just like I said.
In the end Mono could embrace, extend and extinquish Microsoft's own implementation.
I very much doubt you could get ahead of Microsoft in development or marketing, Mono will always follow behind and be a heap of paranoia for many Linux developers.
I see Silverlight as just an attack on Linux. There is no way Microsoft will officially support it for Linux, just like Office.
Microsoft will continuously pour millions and millions into Silverlight development over the next few years and only offer it to Windows and Mac. Linux is not invited to the party. They have to struggle with unofficial moonlight and mono builds, that more than likely won't be able to keep up.
The bigger Silverlight becomes on the web, the weaker Linux becomes. That's what Microsoft are investing in. A way to make Linux a weaker platform.
Microsoft sell software, you can't really do that with open source software. But if things get desparate, they may keep lowering their prices like they have done recently with Vista.
They still have a big market. One thing that will be hard to beat for the next few years is "Outlook". And they will never sell it for Linux. Just imagine if they did. That would be the end for Windows. Businesses would immediately start switching to Linux with Outlook and Open Office. That would become the standard office setup.
Bill Gates has stated that they have succeeded with other peoples failures and he is right. Outlook is a real killer application for the office and there is no decent competition for it.
Therefore I will conclude that Microsoft can keep selling Windows + Office (including Outlook) because there is nothing to match it.
Good old Outlook, that is their real strength in my opinion.
Yes, LSD can be amazing for an intelligent mind. With LSD you can perform introspection which is to study your own thought processes. I don't think LSD can make you depressed, quite the opposite, but it can make you paranoid if you have too much. So use it with great respect.
Tim Leary was the high priest of LSD, you should check him out:)
It is such a shame that LSD is illegal, but you can grow mushrooms instead! Check out the torrent called "Mushroom growing made easy" plus Neurosoup on Youtube. I wish I could get hold of some acid tabs again, you are so lucky.
GPL is too paranoid and complicated, and behaves like a virus.
GNU is just a plain stupid name, someone should now make a name **** IS NOT GNU.
There is no need for restrictive and paranoid licences. Why don't people just give their source code to the public and that is that. No fuss, no complicated restrictions.
At the moment the whole scene is much too polarised with extremists like Microsoft and GNU.
True, but I use Visual Studio 2005 at the moment. It is like a minefield of proprietary pitfalls.
In general Microsoft have neglected C++ in Visual Studio, but I notice that C# has had lots of nice features added.
As a developer I'm smart enough not to fall into the.Net trap, which I personally call ".Windows".
I don't think Mono is the solution either. We should not be following Microsoft, we should be leading cross platform development.
It is infuriating to see Microsoft trying make a mockery of ISO standards. Why doesn't the world wake up to Microsoft.
C++ is my profession, I hope they don't start messing with that.
Come to think of it, Mac OS X came from BSD not Linux. Not from GPL Linux.
What we really need now is some competition in the market place as well as some open source.
I would really love to buy a copy of Mac OS X for my PC, why can't some company do something like this. If Linux was really free and could be used as a base, it would make it easier.
Then, that would give Microsoft a harder time wouldn't it, they would have to compete more.
Then if people used this OS, it's similarities would then benefit its original open source base. Instead of software written entirely for the NT/Windows platform.
We need more commercial freedom and need to promote the spread of Unix style software.
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Is WPF free of software patents and is it fully running on Linux?
I doubt it...
As far as I know WPF is a proprietry technology originating from Windows Vista and dot Windows (.Net) [cough].
I would just not install it, to be safe and sure :)
You are absolutely right, I'd say do not even look at Silverlight, don't install it, just boycott it. In the end, Silverlight is just to bolster up the dot Windows (.Net) platform [cough] and the associated IP and software patents.
The last thing we need right now is to give Microsoft more power on the internet.
Let them furnish their own website with silverlight, so we can't properly browse it. Let them dig their own hole, just don't go near it.
It's the same old story from Microsoft, they go full steam ahead with their own proprietry technology while avoiding the W3C standards, like SVG.
Fact: Internet Explorer is rapily loosing market share.
Fact: Developers see Linux compatibility as important and Linux is steadily gaining market share.
Fact: Silverlight is only taking off on Microsoft's own website. It is still well behind Flash. But time will tell. I'm pretty sure it will be a big flop. We will have to see, just like I said.
The worlds biggest movie web site YouTube will never use Silverlight cause Google will never use Microsoft's Technology.
Because of this, and also because Microsoft have a bad reputation with web standards, I don't think Silverlight will ever take off.
I have said this in earlier posts, but obviously time will tell.
I think Silverlight is a powerful technology, but because it is from Microsoft, is closed source and doesn't support Linux, it will fail.
Poweful technology alone is not what it takes to succeed on the web, cause the web is also a community!
This is what we need, some serious competition and a big brand behind Linux.
I can't wait to see this and would really like to develop for it.
Great stuff, and many congratulations to Google :)
In the end Mono could embrace, extend and extinquish Microsoft's own implementation.
I very much doubt you could get ahead of Microsoft in development or marketing, Mono will always follow behind and be a heap of paranoia for many Linux developers.
Strange, they are making promises about C# and the CLI but you still can't use the FAT filesystem?
They tried to sue TomTom for using FAT with Linux only a few weeks ago.
Microsoft are full of it. You simply can't trust them.
Interesting, I haven't heard this one before but it doesn't surprise me.
Just like with TomTom, Microsoft threatened to sue them for using FAT! I think that proves just how bad they are.
It is simple to me, Microsoft just want to make a big profit, that's all it is, making money!
They are not trying to bless the world with anything good, we already have Linux, Java and OpenOffice, OpenGL ...
They just want to trap you into their technologies and then make you pay for them, simple as that, that is Microsoft!
My advice is to avoid them at all costs, the world does not need Microsoft one bit!
Oh and by the way, they should of called ".Net", ".Windows" instead, cause that's what it is really!
A couple of cans of Red Bull and some good music can get me through a writing block.
After the Red Bull I usually end up pumping up the volume, a good sub-woofer really helps.
Also, start by just looking at where you where when you stopped work, that can help you start the process off again.
Make it as simple and painless as possible and try to mix it with fun!!
I care, and I am starting to realise that Apple restrict their users, so that they can make more money out of them.
The app store for instance. Also, the missing blu-ray drives and Apple TV instead.
At the end of the day, Apple is just another big company trying to make a big profit. And they are far from perfect, they take the p***.
I would much prefer a company that made money out of giving its customers more freedom!
Obviously, Apple want their users to get everything through their checkout machine (the app store).
No Java,
No Flash,
No emulators,
They control everything you get... ...Hmmmmm
Obviously, they want you to buy their Apple TV instead of any blu-ray movies!
Apple still do not have a blu-ray option in any of their top end machines. A MacBook Pro 17" costs £1849 and only has the DVD SuperDrive!
Don't even mention the Mac Pro!
I've seen laptops for nearly a third of the price that can play blu-ray discs.
They are a strange bunch of folk. Quite isolationist, like a cult!
They also certainly want lots of your money!
Ubuntu works great on the PS3. I tried SUSE but it ran like sludge, not enough memory. But Ubuntu is brilliant.
Well done, excellent stuff :)
I see Silverlight as just an attack on Linux. There is no way Microsoft will officially support it for Linux, just like Office.
Microsoft will continuously pour millions and millions into Silverlight development over the next few years and only offer it to Windows and Mac. Linux is not invited to the party. They have to struggle with unofficial moonlight and mono builds, that more than likely won't be able to keep up.
The bigger Silverlight becomes on the web, the weaker Linux becomes. That's what Microsoft are investing in. A way to make Linux a weaker platform.
Microsoft sell software, you can't really do that with open source software. But if things get desparate, they may keep lowering their prices like they have done recently with Vista.
They still have a big market. One thing that will be hard to beat for the next few years is "Outlook". And they will never sell it for Linux. Just imagine if they did. That would be the end for Windows. Businesses would immediately start switching to Linux with Outlook and Open Office. That would become the standard office setup.
Bill Gates has stated that they have succeeded with other peoples failures and he is right. Outlook is a real killer application for the office and there is no decent competition for it.
Therefore I will conclude that Microsoft can keep selling Windows + Office (including Outlook) because there is nothing to match it.
Good old Outlook, that is their real strength in my opinion.
Yes, install silverlight to see this amazing coolness, but Linux is not invited to the party.
Instead, Linux has to play cat and mouse with homebrew mono and moonlight hacks.
It's amazing how cool Microsoft tries to be when they want you to turn your back on Linux.
Yes, LSD can be amazing for an intelligent mind. With LSD you can perform introspection which is to study your own thought processes. I don't think LSD can make you depressed, quite the opposite, but it can make you paranoid if you have too much. So use it with great respect.
:)
:)
Tim Leary was the high priest of LSD, you should check him out
It is such a shame that LSD is illegal, but you can grow mushrooms instead! Check out the torrent called "Mushroom growing made easy" plus Neurosoup on Youtube. I wish I could get hold of some acid tabs again, you are so lucky.
Much respect and happy tripping
Tested on animals.
US Air Force Tasers Pigs In Painful Cruel Experiments
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0NcV3VADXEY
Guaranteed to get into the wrong hands.
Time to leave the planet.
At last!
I've never liked GNU or GPL:
GPL is too paranoid and complicated, and behaves like a virus.
GNU is just a plain stupid name, someone should now make a name **** IS NOT GNU.
There is no need for restrictive and paranoid licences. Why don't people just give their source code to the public and that is that. No fuss, no complicated restrictions.
At the moment the whole scene is much too polarised with extremists like Microsoft and GNU.
We need more moderates.
True, but I use Visual Studio 2005 at the moment. It is like a minefield of proprietary pitfalls. In general Microsoft have neglected C++ in Visual Studio, but I notice that C# has had lots of nice features added. As a developer I'm smart enough not to fall into the .Net trap, which I personally call ".Windows".
I don't think Mono is the solution either. We should not be following Microsoft, we should be leading cross platform development.
It is infuriating to see Microsoft trying make a mockery of ISO standards. Why doesn't the world wake up to Microsoft. C++ is my profession, I hope they don't start messing with that.
Come to think of it, Mac OS X came from BSD not Linux. Not from GPL Linux.
What we really need now is some competition in the market place as well as some open source.
I would really love to buy a copy of Mac OS X for my PC, why can't some company do something like this. If Linux was really free and could be used as a base, it would make it easier.
Then, that would give Microsoft a harder time wouldn't it, they would have to compete more.
Then if people used this OS, it's similarities would then benefit its original open source base. Instead of software written entirely for the NT/Windows platform.
We need more commercial freedom and need to promote the spread of Unix style software.