Windowmaker is really nice. It's fast, and unlike some other ``pretty'' window managers it's also quite functional. Anyone who hasn't tried it really ought to.
Open up a web site, make sure it has no product and negative earnings. Go public. Throw around buzzwords like "portal" and "e-commerce". Once your stock price inflates to 400, sell everything and move to Tahiti.
Why do we have a picture of einstein for the science stories? Einstein was a moron. Someone should find and use a picture of Nikola Tesla--the One True Physicist.
>Commercial software development is writing >software that will be sold. Noncommercial >software development is writing software that >will be used.
This is an excellent point that is lost on many programmers, sysadmins and managers. Although I would add a caveat that some commercial software happens to also be useful, but this is the exception rather than the rule.
It was a long time coming, but what we have now is perhaps one of the single greatest human achievements since walking on the moon:) Seriously, lets not bring the mirrors to their knees yet:)
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You're probably right. Never tried telnetting in. The words "Enlightenment has detected a General Protection Fault" only needed to scare me once before I removed the offending software:) It _looks_ nice, so I think I'll wait for a more stable version to come down the pipe:)
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Not if they are using E:)
Im my years of hacking with Linux I have never once had it totally freeze up due to bad user mode code (my kernel hacking experiences are another thing altogether:) ) except for when I tried running Enlightenment--froze dead. At least it had the courtesy of popping up a windoze-style message box informing me that it had just halted my system:(
Stay away from Enlightenment at all costs if you want a real linux system... I'm using WindowMaker right now which is miles faster and more stable.
When you leave a security hole big enough for the titanic to sail through, you should expect this stuff. It's like leaving your car unlocked, all the doors open, with the keys in the ignition. STUPID!
I thought Stanford kids were supposed to be brighter than this. Maybe this was good field experience for their computer security 200 class.
This is what MS said about the record industry coming up with their own (non-mp3) "standard":
"You can talk all you want about getting a bigger stick," he says, "but if you don't have an adequate carrot," the music-industry standard will be ignored.
"Intellectual Property" is just smoke and mirrors. Code in and of itself is worthless. It's the ability to understand the code and support/deliver it to customers which is important.
I justify my job as a software developer because I am not paid for my code, but for my understanding of the code.
The pro-closed-source argument is, that your software is a product, and it is what brings money for your company. If this is true for your company you should seriously re-think your place in the software world.
Sure, if I had the source to Win98, I could compile it for myself and maybe give it out to a few friends... But could I offer service and support to millions of customers, including installation help, maintainance, and support contracts? This is where the real money is made in the software industry.
Looking at it this way, the source to Win98 isn't that big a deal. What is the big deal is the ability to understand and support it. This is why people can and are making money in the open-source software business.
We should be thankful Windows is closed source.
If Microsoft opened the source to Windows up tomorrow, and allowed it to be freely distributed and modified; and they instead positioned themselves as the primary 'support' and IHV supplier for Windows, their business would be almost unstoppable. In time windows would get to the point where it was as fast and stable as Linux, and it would have Microsoft's $$$ behind it to boot!
This document is much too detailed for your average press release. Although it's factually accurate, press releases should simply be announcements, not sales pitches.
Although I am not a fan of I.P. or patents, I am at the same time a believer in social darwinism. There is a reason that the strong get stronger and the rich get richer. It has nothing to do with evil corporations, but has more to do with people's attitudes. There are some people that seem to have been ``born'' winners, and others who seem to have been born losers. You can tell them apart by their attitudes.
Most winners are winners because they are optimistic, proactive, take-charge kinds of people. They have this attitude in whatever they do, and not surprisingly they usually succeed. Most losers on the other hand are losers because they are pessimistic, reactive, and think the world is out to get them. This attitued gets them nothing but failure, which of course they blame on bad luck.
Unfortunately, it seems like 5% of the world are ``born winners'', maybe 50% are born losers, and the rest are somewhere in between.
I'm no doctor, but my theory is it has alot to do with people's upbringing. Were they made to be responsible as a child? Were they encouraged to start things? Or were they told to blame their problems on others and told their highest aspirations would be to ``survive''.
Every time I hear the words ``those greedy 2%'' or ``those rich bastards'' I wonder how many slashdot readers fall into the ``born loser'' category.
If I were to find a cure for cancer, I would patent it and then refuse to use it to make the cure to help people. And if someone tried to copy my cure I would sue them out of existance. That would serve as an example and get the courts to seriously look at their ``intellectual property'' laws and see what happens when they are abused. They would be forced to choose between re-evaluating I.P. or letting cancer patients die for the sake of I.P. hoarders.
If anyone is thinking about writing a linux driver, get "Linux Device Drivers". This is quite possibly the highest quality book I have ever gotten. It contains virtually everything you need. No, I don't work for Oreily but this is just a teriffic book.
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No, it takes Microsoft months to admit there are bugs, more months to release a patch, and then they charge for it and call it Win 98
That's why theyre there! Don't keep downloading the whole kernel. You're just wasting bandwidth.
When youre tired of making money by creating and selling stuff, you do it by calling in the lawyers.
Windowmaker is really nice. It's fast, and unlike some other ``pretty'' window managers it's also quite functional. Anyone who hasn't tried it really ought to.
or, how to get ahead in the year 2000:
Open up a web site, make sure it has no product and negative earnings. Go public. Throw around buzzwords like "portal" and "e-commerce". Once your stock price inflates to 400, sell everything and move to Tahiti.
This is one of the coolest things I've seen yet! What does everyone think of the (fairly steep) price tag? Is it worth it?
Why do we have a picture of einstein for the science stories? Einstein was a moron. Someone should find and use a picture of Nikola Tesla--the One True Physicist.
:)
>Commercial software development is writing
>software that will be sold. Noncommercial
>software development is writing software that
>will be used.
This is an excellent point that is lost on many programmers, sysadmins and managers. Although I would add a caveat that some commercial software happens to also be useful, but this is the exception rather than the rule.
It was a long time coming, but what we have now is perhaps one of the single greatest human achievements since walking on the moon :) Seriously, lets not bring the mirrors to their knees yet :)
You're probably right. Never tried telnetting in. The words "Enlightenment has detected a General Protection Fault" only needed to scare me once before I removed the offending software :) It _looks_ nice, so I think I'll wait for a more stable version to come down the pipe :)
Not if they are using E :)
:) ) except for when I tried running Enlightenment--froze dead. At least it had the courtesy of popping up a windoze-style message box informing me that it had just halted my system :(
Im my years of hacking with Linux I have never once had it totally freeze up due to bad user mode code (my kernel hacking experiences are another thing altogether
Stay away from Enlightenment at all costs if you want a real linux system... I'm using WindowMaker right now which is miles faster and more stable.
When you leave a security hole big enough for the titanic to sail through, you should expect this stuff. It's like leaving your car unlocked, all the doors open, with the keys in the ignition. STUPID!
I thought Stanford kids were supposed to be brighter than this. Maybe this was good field experience for their computer security 200 class.
Until cassette recorders become illegal contraband, I don't think there will be a legal way to bust someone for owning winamp.
This is what MS said about the record industry coming up with their own (non-mp3) "standard":
"You can talk all you want about getting a bigger stick," he says, "but if you don't have an adequate carrot," the music-industry standard will be ignored.
They are exactly right.
"Intellectual Property" is just smoke and mirrors. Code in and of itself is worthless. It's the ability to understand the code and support/deliver it to customers which is important.
I justify my job as a software developer because I am not paid for my code, but for my understanding of the code.
The pro-closed-source argument is, that your software is a product, and it is what brings money for your company. If this is true for your company you should seriously re-think your place in the software world.
Sure, if I had the source to Win98, I could compile it for myself and maybe give it out to a few friends... But could I offer service and support to millions of customers, including installation help, maintainance, and support contracts? This is where the real money is made in the software industry.
Looking at it this way, the source to Win98 isn't that big a deal. What is the big deal is the ability to understand and support it. This is why people can and are making money in the open-source software business.
We should be thankful Windows is closed source.
If Microsoft opened the source to Windows up tomorrow, and allowed it to be freely distributed and modified; and they instead positioned themselves as the primary 'support' and IHV supplier for Windows, their business would be almost unstoppable. In time windows would get to the point where it was as fast and stable as Linux, and it would have Microsoft's $$$ behind it to boot!
Open source software only works when people make the switch between thinking of software as a product to thinking of it as a service.
This document is much too detailed for your average press release. Although it's factually accurate, press releases should simply be announcements, not sales pitches.
:)
This is all IMHO, of course
Uhm... Thresh didn't write the review. I dont know what you are smoking...
I'd be able to play quake without moving any muscles :)
I wonder if they are running Windoze at the NSA...
Yes, AZT is a good example.. It's sad but true.
Although I am not a fan of I.P. or patents, I am at the same time a believer in social darwinism. There is a reason that the strong get stronger and the rich get richer. It has nothing to do with evil corporations, but has more to do with people's attitudes. There are some people that seem to have been ``born'' winners, and others who seem to have been born losers. You can tell them apart by their attitudes.
Most winners are winners because they are optimistic, proactive, take-charge kinds of people. They have this attitude in whatever they do, and not surprisingly they usually succeed. Most losers on the other hand are losers because they are pessimistic, reactive, and think the world is out to get them. This attitued gets them nothing but failure, which of course they blame on bad luck.
Unfortunately, it seems like 5% of the world are ``born winners'', maybe 50% are born losers, and the rest are somewhere in between.
I'm no doctor, but my theory is it has alot to do with people's upbringing. Were they made to be responsible as a child? Were they encouraged to start things? Or were they told to blame their problems on others and told their highest aspirations would be to ``survive''.
Every time I hear the words ``those greedy 2%'' or ``those rich bastards'' I wonder how many slashdot readers fall into the ``born loser'' category.
If I were to find a cure for cancer, I would patent it and then refuse to use it to make the cure to help people. And if someone tried to copy my cure I would sue them out of existance. That would serve as an example and get the courts to seriously look at their ``intellectual property'' laws and see what happens when they are abused. They would be forced to choose between re-evaluating I.P. or letting cancer patients die for the sake of I.P. hoarders.
If anyone is thinking about writing a linux driver, get "Linux Device Drivers". This is quite possibly the highest quality book I have ever gotten. It contains virtually everything you need. No, I don't work for Oreily but this is just a teriffic book.
The Perl book with the camel is also excellent.