thats the dumbest excuse yet. If they are so interested in innovating, just do it, if it is that much better people will use it. When firefox introduced tabbed browsing, did MS stonewall that, no they borrowed it. MS doesn't stonewall innovation they copy it and call it their own. Like any other software company out there.
Tabbed browsing is visible to the public. Standards compliance is relatively technical, and it's more of a burden on the author of the website than on the browser vendor (or at least, it is if the browser has a huge percentage of the market) -- hence Google's desire to derail IE.
Google is doing this for one reason , more money, they have a browser now and want it to be bundled. Anyone of you that think that google is doing this for the best interest of the community give you freaking head a shake. The devil always makes you think he has your best interests at heart as he steals your soul...
Are you seriously saying that a browser with <5% adoption has a chance in hell of becoming bundled by order of a court (especially when more familiar browsers like Firefox exist)?
I'd like to think defaulting to Epiphany would make a nice solution to that (BTW does Epiphany run on Windows?), but unfortunately, many users these days are so clueless they don't understand the concept of "Browser" (for them, there's IE, and then there's these weird nonstandard programs that act like IE (yes I know quite well that Firefox > IE, but these people don't), and the same goes for every other M$ app). These people think "IE == Internet" and giving them another browser will hopelessly confuse them. Fortunately, this publicity will help to educate those users (hopefully).
GNOME follows Fitts's Law (yes that is in fact how you spell it) out of the box (all four corner pixels are utilized) but Windows doesn't (except if something is maximized)
M$ didn't get the GUI right, they just got it "usable" and now, popular (but IMAO wrong).
Nowadays you need overpriced hardware for Vista too.
I see good fortune in the future of Linux*.
*I am not a professional fortune teller. Please don't take my word for it. Instead, hire a professional conman^H^H^H^H fortune teller and ask him/her. <shout>By following this advice, you agree not to sue!!!</shout>
Nope. Most of the Linux dev's call it "Linux" not "GNU/Linux" and rms probably won't let them contribute code unless they agree to his preferred naming system. So a fork of Hurd is more likely.
You might be put in jail while awaiting trial/appeals. Unless SCOTUS has lost it, you would NOT be put in prison (which only happens after convictions/appeals/etc AFAIK)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message belong to no one in particular, and are likely just random characters assembled by my army of monkeys with typewriters. And IANAL.
RTFA. That defense no longer works because comments by random people on a blog are actionable in India. There is no difference, legal or otherwise (in India), between blog commenters and monkeys randomly bashing away on keyboards.
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thats the dumbest excuse yet. If they are so interested in innovating, just do it, if it is that much better people will use it.
When firefox introduced tabbed browsing, did MS stonewall that, no they borrowed it. MS doesn't stonewall innovation they copy it and call it their own. Like any other software company out there.
Tabbed browsing is visible to the public. Standards compliance is relatively technical, and it's more of a burden on the author of the website than on the browser vendor (or at least, it is if the browser has a huge percentage of the market) -- hence Google's desire to derail IE.
Google is doing this for one reason , more money, they have a browser now and want it to be bundled. Anyone of you that think that google is doing this for the best interest of the community give you freaking head a shake. The devil always makes you think he has your best interests at heart as he steals your soul...
Are you seriously saying that a browser with <5% adoption has a chance in hell of becoming bundled by order of a court (especially when more familiar browsers like Firefox exist)?
IANAL.
I'd like to think defaulting to Epiphany would make a nice solution to that (BTW does Epiphany run on Windows?), but unfortunately, many users these days are so clueless they don't understand the concept of "Browser" (for them, there's IE, and then there's these weird nonstandard programs that act like IE (yes I know quite well that Firefox > IE, but these people don't), and the same goes for every other M$ app). These people think "IE == Internet" and giving them another browser will hopelessly confuse them. Fortunately, this publicity will help to educate those users (hopefully).
Opera is for-profit, and they started this whole lawsuit/whatever the EU classifies this thing as.
Why not write Tuxissa while you're at it?
If abortions are considered controversial, this increases the odds of an abortion, and could be seen as controversial.
IANAL, but if I was I'd recommend filing in the EU rather than the US, given Opera's progress there.
Does that mean you have to use long names (especially considering the user shouldn't be able to see that directly, and if he can TomTom is a fool)?
And watch ~half the pirates turn around and use Linux?
GNOME follows Fitts's Law (yes that is in fact how you spell it) out of the box (all four corner pixels are utilized) but Windows doesn't (except if something is maximized)
M$ didn't get the GUI right, they just got it "usable" and now, popular (but IMAO wrong).
If you're concerned about drivers, buy a computer that comes with Linux.
You think a class action libel suit would work?
IANAL. This is not formal legal advice.
You're comparing Apple to lemons.
Err: Parent not found (error code 0x09f9)
Nowadays you need overpriced hardware for Vista too.
I see good fortune in the future of Linux*.
*I am not a professional fortune teller. Please don't take my word for it. Instead, hire a professional conman^H^H^H^H fortune teller and ask him/her. <shout>By following this advice, you agree not to sue!!!</shout>
I think M$ would rather do what the GP said than what the parent said.
Apple sells hardware and software.
What software does Apple sell that doesn't require a dongle^H^H^H^H^H^HMacintosh ?
Isn't there a Quicktime Pro version or something?
Much as anthropomorphizing (i.e. saying things like "the program gets confused when you do X") is a gross oversimplification. But it's a useful one.
Microsoft makes MOST of its money on software
Apple makes MOST of its money on hardware
Well, it would be more amusing than the Seinfeld commercial.
Watching paint dry is more amusing than the Seinfeld commercial.
Nope. Most of the Linux dev's call it "Linux" not "GNU/Linux" and rms probably won't let them contribute code unless they agree to his preferred naming system. So a fork of Hurd is more likely.
That's only half the story. There were two major parties at the time.
You might be put in jail while awaiting trial/appeals. Unless SCOTUS has lost it, you would NOT be put in prison (which only happens after convictions/appeals/etc AFAIK)
IANAL, IAN a cop, etc.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message belong to no one in particular, and are likely just random characters assembled by my army of monkeys with typewriters. And IANAL.
RTFA. That defense no longer works because comments by random people on a blog are actionable in India. There is no difference, legal or otherwise (in India), between blog commenters and monkeys randomly bashing away on keyboards.
There, fixed that for you.
#include <beer.h>
It's like the bikeshed problem.
Well DUH it's going to have some Hindi (not Farsi) in it: it's set in India!
[snip] voters have been lied to.
O RLY? Call the media!!! It's not like this has ever happened before!