Wow, way to take a quarter of a sentence in the last paragraph and blow it up, completely ignoring the poster's actual point entirely. That must be convenient for argument.
Gore is a politician, and one who loves drawing attention to himself. When he says something that comes off wrong like that, we're going to make fun of him. Get off your high horse.
just set the license appropriately and the distro makers will handle the rest, just like they always have. They won't do this, though. Some distros won't include non-free software, and game companies aren't likely to go open source.
The only reason Linux has a unified update source (unless you add more repos) is because so few companies write software for Linux that the distros have to provide similar software themselves. If Linux ever does achieve desktop popularity, you'll be in for a rude awakening.
And I'm pointing out that the severity of the bad deeds is NOT irrelevant. That is what determines whether or not they can be forgiven. It's not a black-and-white choice.
Actually, my conclusion made perfect sense. If you're going to make a comparison--and make no mistake, that's exactly what he did--make sure the situation is fucking similar.
Bill Gates was the leader of a software company who played dirty, sure. But if he were to, for example, donate money that lead to curing AIDS or cancer, I'd be pretty damned ready to forgive him for all past transgressions. Can you honestly say the same about Osama Bin Laden, who is responsible for the deaths of thousands?
"RPM-hell with dependency shit?" You don't think Apt has dependencies too?
The only real difference between apt and yum (aside from the fact that yum has a priorities plugin, which I think apt seriously needs) is that yum does have speed issues, but I understand they've improved for this release (haven't had a chance to try it myself).
I do software, and I can tell you that sometimes all the testing in the world won't expose a problem until the very last moment (or, in some cases, even later than that). Maybe two more times and I'll get suspicious (although I'm not entirely sure what there is to be suspicious about when an update is delayed...)
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Wow, way to take a quarter of a sentence in the last paragraph and blow it up, completely ignoring the poster's actual point entirely. That must be convenient for argument.
I didn't realize Bill Gates was a corporation. And last I checked, being alive was a really big part of being human.
Who the hell is going to install Crysis on a laptop?
Right. The special hardware being separate graphics-optimized cores, in this case.
http://www.codeblocks.org/
Trojan horse? AC, meet reality.
Gore is a politician, and one who loves drawing attention to himself. When he says something that comes off wrong like that, we're going to make fun of him. Get off your high horse.
It's kinda hard to take this writing seriously when the author apparently can't even justify the paragraphs properly...
Read what I said again, genius.
The only reason Linux has a unified update source (unless you add more repos) is because so few companies write software for Linux that the distros have to provide similar software themselves. If Linux ever does achieve desktop popularity, you'll be in for a rude awakening.
Yeah, only about half of these gripes make any sense.
Ironically, HP all-in-one printers are a breeze to set up in windows.
"Stop using Windows" isn't a bugfix.
If Firefox had widespread problems like this, it wouldn't be installed by default on so many distros. Either you broke something or you're a troll.
Seriously for serious? Seriously? Are you totally serious?
radeonhd?
And I'm pointing out that the severity of the bad deeds is NOT irrelevant. That is what determines whether or not they can be forgiven. It's not a black-and-white choice.
True, I just think it was ludicrous for that guy to try and compare the former CEO of a company with someone responsible for the deaths of thousands.
Actually, my conclusion made perfect sense. If you're going to make a comparison--and make no mistake, that's exactly what he did--make sure the situation is fucking similar.
Bill Gates was the leader of a software company who played dirty, sure. But if he were to, for example, donate money that lead to curing AIDS or cancer, I'd be pretty damned ready to forgive him for all past transgressions. Can you honestly say the same about Osama Bin Laden, who is responsible for the deaths of thousands?
Are you fucking serious? Osama Bin Laden KILLS PEOPLE.
How fucking out of touch do you have to be to compare Bill Gates to Osama Bin Laden?
"RPM-hell with dependency shit?" You don't think Apt has dependencies too? The only real difference between apt and yum (aside from the fact that yum has a priorities plugin, which I think apt seriously needs) is that yum does have speed issues, but I understand they've improved for this release (haven't had a chance to try it myself).
I do software, and I can tell you that sometimes all the testing in the world won't expose a problem until the very last moment (or, in some cases, even later than that). Maybe two more times and I'll get suspicious (although I'm not entirely sure what there is to be suspicious about when an update is delayed...)
Well, think of it this way. Given the choice between Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails, which do you think has a higher piracy-to-purchase ratio?
What the hell are you talking about? They pulled an update they discovered had a major glitch, they didn't pull a gun on your children.