Thank you so much for stating this!! It seems so obvious, but you see so many people blaming religion in general, not just Christianity, Judaism, etc. for many atrocities. It's NOT religion people. It's people! We are the ones that are screwed up.
...they have already signed the core 3 cast members, but what about the guy that trained Neo (I think his brother was Tank)? That dude was pretty cool. I'd like to see him back as well. I remember he got shot, but he didn't die did he?
Anyway, I was just tickled pink when I first heard there were going to be sequels. I hope I do not allow myself to become overhyped like I did for the Phantom Menace.
I agree that there are two overriding motivations for Linux development: 1) acclaim/prestige and 2) money
Okay, maybe writing drivers and providing minor bug fixes here and there is not particularly sexy and will not garner much acclaim, but I am of the opinion that Linux is to the point now where hardware companies realize that there is money to be had by ensuring that there products work with Linux. I think the days of: "Windows 95/98/NT required" are numbered [more or less]. So the ball has been set and motion and I am not so sure that there is a need for the "community" to beg [and beg and beg] h/w companies for specs any longer to develop their own drivers. The *companies* will now make sure that there products work with Linux.
Point #2... The "fun" stuff like SMP development will always interest people. I think that there is a good chance that there will always be people interested in doing this sort of development for free (money wise anyhow). Sure, input from companies (SGI) with this sort of experience is welcome, but I do not think that it is possible for any one company to "take over" development of any particular area thus putting their needs ahead of the communities'. Or worse yet, for say two or three players to form warring factions over whose SMP implementation (or you name it) should go into the core code base.
Sorry for the novel all. I guess what I am really trying to get across is that I believe Linux is currently in an absolutely *terrific* position to ensure its survival and continued growth and success. If there's anyone or company to get rich off of Linux, I think it will be a couple of key system providers (Penguin, VA perhaps) and application developers. The way things look *now*, I am not so sure that there will ever be tons of money to be had performing kernel development, but for the reasons mentioned above, I do not think that will affect kernel development.
I was just curious why Mindcraft has the Netrage section on its webpage?
How is this even remotely related to your core business?
I agree that these e-mails are quite harsh. Can you imagine some of the e-mails that ZD, PC World, and even non-computer related websites such as Disney must get? Perhaps they have posted e-mails such as these that they have received, but I have never heard of them doing so or seen them on their corporate websites. It comes with the territory.
This really makes Mindcraft look like they can't take the heat. It's unprofessional as well. Don't worry about the jerks. Stick to your core business.
Washington Post article states Redhat ~ $50 while Windows is ~ $90. Since when has Windows been $90? I hate reading articles that pass off upgrade prices as full version prices. I have seen this before where they reported Office as being like $1xx bucks. Please!
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... "props" emmitt? Alrighty then.
Thank you so much for stating this!! It seems so obvious, but you see so many people blaming religion in general, not just Christianity, Judaism, etc. for many atrocities. It's NOT religion people. It's people! We are the ones that are screwed up.
"When it became obvious the money was elsewhere..."
When did it become obvious? Netscape was making a killing until MS integrated it into the OS (for "free"). So yes, there was money to be made.
"This "innovation" stopped not because the browser was made free (beer, speech in some cases) but because there was no money in it."
I have to disagree. I believe it was more correct the other way around.
could've had it before MS bought it
...they have already signed the core 3 cast members, but what about the guy that trained Neo (I think his brother was Tank)? That dude was pretty cool. I'd like to see him back as well. I remember he got shot, but he didn't die did he?
Anyway, I was just tickled pink when I first heard there were going to be sequels. I hope I do not allow myself to become overhyped like I did for the Phantom Menace.
I agree that there are two overriding motivations for Linux development:
1) acclaim/prestige and 2) money
Okay, maybe writing drivers and providing minor bug fixes here and
there is not particularly sexy and will not garner much acclaim, but
I am of the opinion that Linux is to the point now where hardware
companies realize that there is money to be had by ensuring that
there products work with Linux. I think the days of: "Windows 95/98/NT
required" are numbered [more or less]. So the ball has been set and
motion and I am not so sure that there is a need for the "community"
to beg [and beg and beg] h/w companies for specs any longer to develop
their own drivers. The *companies* will now make sure that there products
work with Linux.
Point #2... The "fun" stuff like SMP development will always interest
people. I think that there is a good chance that there will always
be people interested in doing this sort of development for free (money
wise anyhow). Sure, input from companies (SGI) with this sort of
experience is welcome, but I do not think that it is possible for
any one company to "take over" development of any particular area
thus putting their needs ahead of the communities'. Or worse yet,
for say two or three players to form warring factions over whose
SMP implementation (or you name it) should go into the core code
base.
Sorry for the novel all. I guess what I am really trying to get across
is that I believe Linux is currently in an absolutely *terrific*
position to ensure its survival and continued growth and success.
If there's anyone or company to get rich off of Linux, I think it
will be a couple of key system providers (Penguin, VA perhaps) and
application developers. The way things look *now*, I am not so sure
that there will ever be tons of money to be had performing kernel
development, but for the reasons mentioned above, I do not think
that will affect kernel development.
Thanks.
Greetings,
I was just curious why Mindcraft has the Netrage section on its webpage?
How is this even remotely related to your core business?
I agree that these e-mails are quite harsh. Can you imagine some of the
e-mails
that ZD, PC World, and even non-computer related websites such as Disney
must get? Perhaps they have posted e-mails such as these that they have
received,
but I have never heard of them doing so or seen them on their corporate
websites. It
comes with the territory.
This really makes Mindcraft look like they can't take the heat. It's
unprofessional as
well. Don't worry about the jerks. Stick to your core business.
Tom
The kscreenshots look pretty kgood.
I'm all for kbranding and all, but k'mon...
kscreenshots?
Ksheesh!
What's next? Gscreenshots! Or would
it be GNUscreenshots? Ghe-ghe. Gjust
gkidding!
Glater!
Washington Post article states Redhat ~ $50 while Windows is ~ $90. Since when has Windows been $90? I hate reading articles that pass off upgrade prices as full version prices. I have seen this before where they reported Office as being like $1xx bucks. Please!
Sorry all, that just really peaves me.