And it's exactly the same with Gentoo. The ebuilds (packages) are the ones labeled as "testing" (non stable). The upstream packages are almost always deemed stable.
well, you do seem to know a lot about how things work at dell shops (and i was only guessing). but what do you meant by JIT? that machines are built at the time they are ordered? that doesn't suggest extremely rigid assembly lines. also, i didn't understand who loads the software on the machines nor how it's done... care to elaborate on that? if loading the software takes more time than assembling the components, wouldn't that make a compelling case to sell naked machines (and that doesn't even considers the cost saved by dropping windows).
the car analogy doesn't apply here. the software is preloaded from image disks, and the cost of replacing such disks with ones containing ubuntu images or with nothing is nowhere near the cost of making changes to a very rigid assembly line such as the one involved in building cars (zero seems like a more reasonable guess in this case).
the total cost may end up being higher when considering support costs for a new o.s., depending on how it is amortized and on how much windows really cost (or how much is saved by not using it), however this doesn't apply to naked machines either.
Seems I misunderstood your original post... If with
despite these and other things massively in their favor. you were talking about those things pushing their GDP growth, then we obviously agree (I misread the tone in that sentence).
Well, that's any obvious meaningless truth. Of course they're bound to have an enormous GDP: they represent one fucking fifth of the planet. The fact they are not even close to that (according to Wikipedia less than 1/20) says that they are actually doing pretty bad. The GDP alone says little about how well a country is doing if you don't take into account the country's population. I would much rather be in the Norwegian situation (or a any other under populated European country) than China's.
What? Are you saying that a population that big is actually something in their favor? It's not, that's why they have birth control laws. Unlike some people here seem to believe, China is not building an army to overtake the world (which is about the one scenario where having such a big population would be a good thing).
Now, what I really don't get is why everyone seems is so concerned with China becoming a wealthy country... Shouldn't the fact that 1/5 of the world population lives there make it a good thing?
Yes, I'm sure we'll find that, unlike the patents submitted by the rest of the world, the ones submitted by China will be just a regurgitation of obvious ideas for which previous art can be easily found.
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And it's exactly the same with Gentoo. The ebuilds (packages) are the ones labeled as "testing" (non stable). The upstream packages are almost always deemed stable.
and what exactly is stopping game consoles from having mouse and/or keyboards (if they don't have them already)?
well, you do seem to know a lot about how things work at dell shops (and i was only guessing). but what do you meant by JIT? that machines are built at the time they are ordered? that doesn't suggest extremely rigid assembly lines. also, i didn't understand who loads the software on the machines nor how it's done... care to elaborate on that? if loading the software takes more time than assembling the components, wouldn't that make a compelling case to sell naked machines (and that doesn't even considers the cost saved by dropping windows).
the car analogy doesn't apply here. the software is preloaded from image disks, and the cost of replacing such disks with ones containing ubuntu images or with nothing is nowhere near the cost of making changes to a very rigid assembly line such as the one involved in building cars (zero seems like a more reasonable guess in this case). the total cost may end up being higher when considering support costs for a new o.s., depending on how it is amortized and on how much windows really cost (or how much is saved by not using it), however this doesn't apply to naked machines either.
Well, that's any obvious meaningless truth. Of course they're bound to have an enormous GDP: they represent one fucking fifth of the planet. The fact they are not even close to that (according to Wikipedia less than 1/20) says that they are actually doing pretty bad. The GDP alone says little about how well a country is doing if you don't take into account the country's population. I would much rather be in the Norwegian situation (or a any other under populated European country) than China's.
What? Are you saying that a population that big is actually something in their favor? It's not, that's why they have birth control laws. Unlike some people here seem to believe, China is not building an army to overtake the world (which is about the one scenario where having such a big population would be a good thing).
Now, what I really don't get is why everyone seems is so concerned with China becoming a wealthy country... Shouldn't the fact that 1/5 of the world population lives there make it a good thing?
Yes, I'm sure we'll find that, unlike the patents submitted by the rest of the world, the ones submitted by China will be just a regurgitation of obvious ideas for which previous art can be easily found.