The moment this shows up in Linux as any single application being a little different, you will be the first one in line to shout down the "lack of consistency".
The fact that I can use the same tools that I did when I first started using Unix is actually a feature.
Such things are helpful during the next round of "Where's Waldo" when the children that don't really understand usability decide it's time to scramble everyone's "ease of use interfaces" again.
The monopoly OS continues to sell when PCs are sold.
This is merely the extension of the MS-DOS monopoly that first got Microsoft in trouble with the US DOJ (way before that bit with Internet Exploder).
It's not a product that anyone goes out of their way to buy and sometimes they even go out of their way to avoid it. Vista was like this. Win8 sounds like the new Vista.
It's not the IRS that they have to worry about. It's the SEC. When it's doing it's job, that organization is the most draconian and fascist component of the US government by far.
Plus, putting things down officially in SEC filings opens you up for stockholder litigation.
Of course Big Media want it both ways. Whether or not IP is to be treated as property or non-property is purely a matter of whim and their personal interests in a moment in time.
> The "legitimate" file sharing was few and far between
That is really no more than wishful thinking on your part.
You want to demonize the victim here in order to cloud the fact that this was all highly illegal and contrary to the basic legal principles of both nations involved.
Even the guys that pulled the trigger at the Boston Massacre had rights as Americans or Englishmen.
The freedom to tinker means that you can get your oil changed at Jiffy Lube.
The freedom to tinker allows for a greater degree of flexibility, and lower prices, and enables innovators. It's so pervasive in many areas that people like you even take it for granted.
You don't recognize it even when it's staring you in the face.
The freedom to tinker is why the PC even exists. The same goes for any of it's killer apps.
This goes WAY beyond what RMS wants out of a computing device.
Macs are similarly open systems and don't have all of the problems that Windows does.
The problems that Windows has are a Windows problem. They aren't shared by anyone else. Even the problems that Android has are down to bad apps masquerading as good ones and aren't the self-replicating and browse-by infections that you can get with Windows.
Windows is the only cesspool. It's about Microsoft engineering, not popularity.
> Well when Stallman can get people to properly configure and update their software
Well engineered software should require neither.
Windows is in a constant state of flux because it is a mess built on top of a mess built on top of another mess. It is a solution to a problem that Microsoft created itself. If it comes with it's own problems (like the registry does), then there is only one entity to fault.
Your sister sounds like someone that's never actually been in Texas. It's a little more diverse than Hollywood stereotypes (which you happen to be repeating) would lead you to believe.
They are much faster than the Cloud. They are much more reliable than the Cloud too. So is any local attached storage. So is any storage that sits on your own home network. That's true regardless of whether or network is wired or wireless.
DVDs aren't the flavor of the month.
It ultimately means that they will get looked down upon by fashionista who either don't care about the important details are are completely ignorant of them.
No. You're forgetting that it was MacOS and MS-DOS.
MS-DOS achieved mass adoption and network effects despite being a giant turd. It nearly killed off MacOS before newer (and relatively decent) versions of Windows became commonplace.
> Why? Because there is no VALUE bolting a pen stylus to a desktop app.
Sure there's value in a pen stylus. A pen stylus allows for PRECISION. This is something that finger based computing simply can't deliver. It's too crude.
I can certainly see how people doing productive things might want a bit more control in their interfaces than someone watching Netflix or posting comments on twitter.
In "your parents day" the bulk of jobs were assembly line jobs that tended to give you repetitive motion injuries. Jobs that didn't involve manual labor and sometimes even hard labor, still required a college degree as a rite of passage.
...either that or naturally inquisitive people are far more inclined to see educational opportunities whether those opportunities are inside or outside of organized academia.
...especially when there is nothing in the code to indicate what the license is.
It's like a hotel mini-bar but with no indication or understanding that you actually have to pay for the overpriced booze and peanuts. This hotel is in a hippie commune where the usual rules don't apply. So it's not obvious that crass rules apply.
So you don't make the usual default assumption that everything has dire restrictions by default, that everything has a price, and that they will try to charge you for those booze and peanuts later.
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The moment this shows up in Linux as any single application being a little different, you will be the first one in line to shout down the "lack of consistency".
The fact that I can use the same tools that I did when I first started using Unix is actually a feature.
Such things are helpful during the next round of "Where's Waldo" when the children that don't really understand usability decide it's time to scramble everyone's "ease of use interfaces" again.
You mean they have menus and windows and a mouse?
Linux interfaces borrow from all sorts of places including the original source material that Microsoft and Apple steal from.
The original iPod huh?
Try to cite anything a little newer than about 15 years ago.
You could try to declare how the geek predictions regarding Android crushing Apple never panned out.
When you have to dredge up ancient history, your argument is probably bogus.
Nope.
The monopoly OS continues to sell when PCs are sold.
This is merely the extension of the MS-DOS monopoly that first got Microsoft in trouble with the US DOJ (way before that bit with Internet Exploder).
It's not a product that anyone goes out of their way to buy and sometimes they even go out of their way to avoid it. Vista was like this. Win8 sounds like the new Vista.
...or you could just wait for it to show up on some cable channel or even a local broadcast channel. Plus there's Netflix.
Netflix already has established itself as a zero marginal cost option.
It's not the IRS that they have to worry about. It's the SEC. When it's doing it's job, that organization is the most draconian and fascist component of the US government by far.
Plus, putting things down officially in SEC filings opens you up for stockholder litigation.
Of course Big Media want it both ways. Whether or not IP is to be treated as property or non-property is purely a matter of whim and their personal interests in a moment in time.
Art is much better when it is done for it's own sake rather than crass materialism.
As the other guy said:
> We no longer need IP to "force" us to create!
> The "legitimate" file sharing was few and far between
That is really no more than wishful thinking on your part.
You want to demonize the victim here in order to cloud the fact that this was all highly illegal and contrary to the basic legal principles of both nations involved.
Even the guys that pulled the trigger at the Boston Massacre had rights as Americans or Englishmen.
You mean something like Windows or MacOS or any other conventional home computer OS that has ever existed?
According to all of the "I"m a Mac" ads, Apple already solved all of the PC's problems long before the iPhone and iPad was released.
Try the power management settings.
This would be the same place you would look under Windows.
The freedom to tinker means that you can get your oil changed at Jiffy Lube.
The freedom to tinker allows for a greater degree of flexibility, and lower prices, and enables innovators. It's so pervasive in many areas that people like you even take it for granted.
You don't recognize it even when it's staring you in the face.
The freedom to tinker is why the PC even exists. The same goes for any of it's killer apps.
This goes WAY beyond what RMS wants out of a computing device.
So this isn't about getting something done. It's about showing off Brand X. You might as well be whining about Prada shoes.
Macs are similarly open systems and don't have all of the problems that Windows does.
The problems that Windows has are a Windows problem. They aren't shared by anyone else. Even the problems that Android has are down to bad apps masquerading as good ones and aren't the self-replicating and browse-by infections that you can get with Windows.
Windows is the only cesspool. It's about Microsoft engineering, not popularity.
> Well when Stallman can get people to properly configure and update their software
Well engineered software should require neither.
Windows is in a constant state of flux because it is a mess built on top of a mess built on top of another mess. It is a solution to a problem that Microsoft created itself. If it comes with it's own problems (like the registry does), then there is only one entity to fault.
You're trying to blame the victim.
IT workers are only interchangeable if they aren't any good.
Shit will hit the fan and they will have no way to cope. You will ask for something unusual and they will have no way to cope.
Trained monkeys that do nothing but run someone elses scripts are a dime a dozen but that's not the totality of IT.
Both state and federal taxes will come down on you like a load of bricks in that situation.
Plus the kids don't just watch themselves while both parents are off at work.
Your sister sounds like someone that's never actually been in Texas. It's a little more diverse than Hollywood stereotypes (which you happen to be repeating) would lead you to believe.
DVDs are not slow, or failure prone.
The are the only source for some things.
They are much faster than the Cloud. They are much more reliable than the Cloud too. So is any local attached storage. So is any storage that sits on your own home network. That's true regardless of whether or network is wired or wireless.
DVDs aren't the flavor of the month.
It ultimately means that they will get looked down upon by fashionista who either don't care about the important details are are completely ignorant of them.
No. You're forgetting that it was MacOS and MS-DOS.
MS-DOS achieved mass adoption and network effects despite being a giant turd. It nearly killed off MacOS before newer (and relatively decent) versions of Windows became commonplace.
> Why? Because there is no VALUE bolting a pen stylus to a desktop app.
Sure there's value in a pen stylus. A pen stylus allows for PRECISION. This is something that finger based computing simply can't deliver. It's too crude.
I can certainly see how people doing productive things might want a bit more control in their interfaces than someone watching Netflix or posting comments on twitter.
In "your parents day" the bulk of jobs were assembly line jobs that tended to give you repetitive motion injuries. Jobs that didn't involve manual labor and sometimes even hard labor, still required a college degree as a rite of passage.
...either that or naturally inquisitive people are far more inclined to see educational opportunities whether those opportunities are inside or outside of organized academia.
...especially when there is nothing in the code to indicate what the license is.
It's like a hotel mini-bar but with no indication or understanding that you actually have to pay for the overpriced booze and peanuts. This hotel is in a hippie commune where the usual rules don't apply. So it's not obvious that crass rules apply.
So you don't make the usual default assumption that everything has dire restrictions by default, that everything has a price, and that they will try to charge you for those booze and peanuts later.
No but Apple and Apple users like to make a big stink about it.
It's probably less effective on Macs then on a Linux box running KDE apps (apparently).
Edison being a jerk is why the American film industry is in California.