What you see in the media and what really happens are rarely the same thing. 1. MS and partner US Government act out like a trial, no matter what the outcome, Microsoft really wins. The whole anti-trust suit is a puppet show.
2. You are driving to work, only you are taken out at a red light. Funny how there are no other cars around with witnesses. Or maybe you have a swimming accident. Or you have a heart attack. This shit isn't really that hard if you *think* about it, that is, if you can turn off MTV long enough to provoke independent thought.
Do you not get it? This Linux stuff comes with source. YOU can modify this, YOU can yank out as much multiuser stuff as you want. YOU don't have to use X11R6, YOU can make your own gui for it (OpenGUI formerly FastGL comes to mind) What about linux.3dfx.com? Have you even visited there?
Source for Glide is available on the Glide source page. This is the source code to everything listed above. Do you want to hack Glide to make it faster, or add more features? Do you want to port Glide to Alpha or Sparc Linux, or to BSD? Do you want to know how it all works? Then download the source and hack away. And if you're serious about contributing changes and improvements to Glide visit the Developer Page for more information about the CVS tree and mailing list.
If you expect people to do all the hard work for you the way you want it, expect to pay for it. Thats Microsoft Windows. If you expect free beer, then expect to wait for it or contribute a little yourself. You might want to learn a little more about XFree86 4.0 and the upcoming 2.4 kernel with regards to video performance I think.
I think Americans are required to put "IANAL" before giving out advice, otherwise they are automatically sued for malpractice or practicing law without a license or something. What if people post "i am a lawyer [insert bad advice here] " ? Do they get a bad reputation?
Comparing RHAT to MSFT as far as profit is concerned is like comparing the earnings of a schoolteacher to those of a columbian drug lord. The drug lord makes LOTS more and employs alot more people with that money, but what he is doing is WRONG. Just in case you don't follow.. MSFT = Drug Lord (doing the Wrong Thing) At least the schoolteacher is doing a good thing. Maybe you love your local drug lord for helping you and your family get out of poverty by employing you to harvest coca leaves, but when he or one of his leiutenants _suspect_ you of talking to DEA agents, a gang of thugs beat you to death with clubs, or if you are lucky puts a bullet in your head. Microsoft scares the shit out of me personally, because they can erase _any_ company they want, and with that much money, they have your government in thier pocket, which means they can erase you too.
He gets paid by his employer to. It is a well known fact that Microsoft has its employees troll the Open Source forums, trying to pollute and divide the participants' beliefs. The Japanese call this tactic "fukuro-gaeshi no jitsu"
I totally agree. I build custom systems, and when customers ask me what OS they should use to play the latest games with as little OS overhead as possible, thus maximizing the gameplay, they usually ask about Windows 2000. You see, the latest must be the greatest and fastest right? Wrong. I recommend Win95 OSR2. It boots faster, menus respond faster, and there is no IE shit slowing it down. The only problem is that Microsoft has virtually stopped supporting it. Getting system updates (no not IE) for Windows 95 is impossible. I know usbsupp.exe adds usb support to the osr2 kernel, yet I couldn'tfind it on MS website. Good thing I have it archived on CD. I sometimes wished MS would put out a grand-daddy service pack for all versions of windows 95 thatupdatescritical systems components, but then the thought of them putting IE5 in the service pack changes my mind real fast (think NT4 service packs).
I am reminded of Gates' Law = Every six months the speed of software halves.
Please moderate this up, its refreshing to see a truthful depiction of a typical users struggle with Microsoft Windows. I thought I was the only one...
Think back before all this 3D in XFree86 stuff. 3Dfx had a guy (thanks Darryl) developing the Xserver for the voodoo3/banshee and working on glide, under NDA (non disclosure agreement=closed source). While alot of people saw this as Real Bad, it was better than a kick in the ass. Now look at linux.3dfx.com, they came around and the project is unbeleivable: open source, open glide, open register specs.
Nvidia is doing _exactly_ what 3Dfx did at first, I think they will come around, especially since they have now publicly (as public as/. can get) had the open source community (consumers $$) frown on them. Hang onto your card, or sell it to a Windows user and get a 3dfx or g400, thats your choice. Even if you have to endure a few binary releases like the voodoo3 did, they will come around.
What is wrong with you people, do you not read and write the same language that you speak? No wonder the academic level of todays high school graduates is sinking like the titanic.
Loose is the opposite of tight Lose is the opposite of win
I'm sure you mean lose when you type loose. Picture yourself somewhere important, maybe a job interview, and you speak out "loose" when you mean to say "lose". Boy wouldn't you feel like an idiot.
Im pretty sure Slackware has a live distribution on thier CDROM. check out the/live directory. I'm also sure this would be slower than dogshit in january. How many people would use this I don't know. Between using a live CD, or installing linux on a fat32 partition, I'm not quite sure which is lamer.
Take what he is saying, and consider: Is he making all this up? If so, why is he making all this up? He must have a pretty active imagination, or he is a paranoid schizophrene.
What about proof by exhaustion. The alternatives to what he is saying simply is not true. He is right. The proof is what you don't see. Q: Where do you want to go today?
Linus Torvalds needs to produce a BINARY only release of Linux, and must take Linux back to the "closed source" model, if Linux is ever to compete with Microsoft on the desktop.
The user will never admit they screwed it up either. For Linux to succeed, Linus must take the source code back under his own copyright, and only make it available to certified Linux professionals, who can be trusted not to screw things up. To make sure they are serious about Linux, a nominal fee should be charged for the source code license (say about $1000).
Linux is a copyright owned by Linus Torvalds.
Linus Torvalds is not the sole "owner" of the source code.
Linus cannot "take back" the open source code of Linux, as I agreed to the conditions of the GPL, and posess quite a few CD's with "Linux" on it, those copies are mine and I can redistribute them under the terms of the GPL as I please. As thankful as I am for the work of the kernel guys, and the GNU guys, they can't take that away from me. You obviously have not done your homework on this one.
-- if this is the case why should I pay $70 (CDN) for the game?
I'm in BC, Canada and on boxing day, Future Shop was selling Q3A for $69. Instant rebate of $20 at the till, and a mail-in rebate for $20. I got Q3A for $29 plus tax, in Canadian funds. Too bad for you I guess.
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What the fuck is an Athalon?
What you see in the media and what really happens are rarely the same thing.
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MS and partner US Government act out like a trial, no matter what the outcome, Microsoft really wins. The whole anti-trust suit is a puppet show.
2.
You are driving to work, only you are taken out at a red light. Funny how there are no other cars around with witnesses. Or maybe you have a swimming accident. Or you have a heart attack. This shit isn't really that hard if you *think* about it, that is, if you can turn off MTV long enough to provoke independent thought.
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Do you not get it? This Linux stuff comes with source. YOU can modify this, YOU can yank out as much multiuser stuff as you want. YOU don't have to use X11R6, YOU can make your own gui for it (OpenGUI formerly FastGL comes to mind)
What about linux.3dfx.com? Have you even visited there?
Source for Glide is available on the Glide source page.
This is the source code to everything listed above. Do you want to hack Glide to make it faster, or add more features? Do you want to port Glide to Alpha or Sparc Linux, or to BSD? Do you want to know how it all works? Then download the source and hack away. And if you're serious about contributing changes and improvements to Glide visit the Developer Page for more information about the CVS tree and mailing list.
If you expect people to do all the hard work for you the way you want it, expect to pay for it. Thats Microsoft Windows. If you expect free beer, then expect to wait for it or contribute a little yourself.
You might want to learn a little more about XFree86 4.0 and the upcoming 2.4 kernel with regards to video performance I think.
I think Americans are required to put "IANAL" before giving out advice, otherwise they are automatically sued for malpractice or practicing law without a license or something. What if people post "i am a lawyer [insert bad advice here] " ? Do they get a bad reputation?
Comparing RHAT to MSFT as far as profit is concerned is like comparing the earnings of a schoolteacher to those of a columbian drug lord.
The drug lord makes LOTS more and employs alot more people with that money, but what he is doing is WRONG.
Just in case you don't follow..
MSFT = Drug Lord (doing the Wrong Thing)
At least the schoolteacher is doing a good thing. Maybe you love your local drug lord for helping you and your family get out of poverty by employing you to harvest coca leaves, but when he or one of his leiutenants _suspect_ you of talking to DEA agents, a gang of thugs beat you to death with clubs, or if you are lucky puts a bullet in your head. Microsoft scares the shit out of me personally, because they can erase _any_ company they want, and with that much money, they have your government in thier pocket, which means they can erase you too.
So what you are saying is the Windows users are idiots, and only idiots should use BeOS?
Maybe you are right, the free *nix community doesn't need idiots like that.
"Why are you posting on Slashdot anyway?"
He gets paid by his employer to. It is a well known fact that Microsoft has its employees troll the Open Source forums, trying to pollute and divide the participants' beliefs. The Japanese call this tactic "fukuro-gaeshi no jitsu"
Microsoft is still developing the Win9x/MSDOS code, see such stories as "Windows Millenium"
From such a misinformed post, it is obvious you don't work for Microsoft, thank you.
I totally agree. I build custom systems, and when customers ask me what OS they should use to play the latest games with as little OS overhead as possible, thus maximizing the gameplay, they usually ask about Windows 2000. You see, the latest must be the greatest and fastest right? Wrong. I recommend Win95 OSR2. It boots faster, menus respond faster, and there is no IE shit slowing it down. The only problem is that Microsoft has virtually stopped supporting it. Getting system updates (no not IE) for Windows 95 is impossible. I know usbsupp.exe adds usb support to the osr2 kernel, yet I couldn'tfind it on MS website. Good thing I have it archived on CD. I sometimes wished MS would put out a grand-daddy service pack for all versions of windows 95 thatupdatescritical systems components, but then the thought of them putting IE5 in the service pack changes my mind real fast (think NT4 service packs).
I am reminded of Gates' Law = Every six months the speed of software halves.
Please moderate this up, its refreshing to see a truthful depiction of a typical users struggle with Microsoft Windows. I thought I was the only one...
I'm curious if the X consortium or anyone at all involved with the X Windowing System has any copyrights on the name "X".
AFAIK I can't go out and market a Microsoft Windows computer, due to MicroSoft owning the copyright or trademark or whatever.
I would LOVE to see a lawsuit come out of this.
Think back before all this 3D in XFree86 stuff. 3Dfx had a guy (thanks Darryl) developing the Xserver for the voodoo3/banshee and working on glide, under NDA (non disclosure agreement=closed source). While alot of people saw this as Real Bad, it was better than a kick in the ass. Now look at linux.3dfx.com, they came around and the project is unbeleivable: open source, open glide, open register specs.
/. can get) had the open source community (consumers $$) frown on them. Hang onto your card, or sell it to a Windows user and get a 3dfx or g400, thats your choice. Even if you have to endure a few binary releases like the voodoo3 did, they will come around.
Nvidia is doing _exactly_ what 3Dfx did at first, I think they will come around, especially since they have now publicly (as public as
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What is wrong with you people, do you not read and write the same language that you speak?
No wonder the academic level of todays high school graduates is sinking like the titanic.
Q: Where do you want to go today?
Windows 95 4.00.950
Windows 95 4.00.950A
Windows 95 4.00.950B
Windows 98 (forgot the version numbers)
Windows 98SE
Windows (98)Millenium Edition
Yes thats right, Microsoft is still marketing MS-DOS code.
FOR GODS SAKES ITS THE YEAR 2000 AND THEY ARE STILL SELLING MS-DOS CODE !
Q: Where do you want to go today?
Lose is the opposite of win
I'm sure you mean lose when you type loose.
Picture yourself somewhere important, maybe a job interview, and you speak out "loose" when you mean to say "lose".
Boy wouldn't you feel like an idiot.
Q: Where do you want to go today?
I thought Gates' Law was the reaction of Microsoft software to Moore's Law.
"Every six months the speed of software halves"
Q: Where do you want to go today?
Im pretty sure Slackware has a live distribution on thier CDROM. check out the /live directory. I'm also sure this would be slower than dogshit in january. How many people would use this I don't know. Between using a live CD, or installing linux on a fat32 partition, I'm not quite sure which is lamer.
Q: Where do you want to go today?
Take what he is saying, and consider: Is he making all this up? If so, why is he making all this up? He must have a pretty active imagination, or he is a paranoid schizophrene.
What about proof by exhaustion. The alternatives to what he is saying simply is not true. He is right. The proof is what you don't see.
Q: Where do you want to go today?
The user will never admit they screwed it up either. For Linux to succeed, Linus must take the source code back under his own copyright, and only make it available to certified Linux professionals, who can be trusted not to screw things up. To make sure they are serious about Linux, a nominal fee should be charged for the source code license (say about $1000).
Linux is a copyright owned by Linus Torvalds.
Linus Torvalds is not the sole "owner" of the source code.
Linus cannot "take back" the open source code of Linux, as I agreed to the conditions of the GPL, and posess quite a few CD's with "Linux" on it, those copies are mine and I can redistribute them under the terms of the GPL as I please. As thankful as I am for the work of the kernel guys, and the GNU guys, they can't take that away from me. You obviously have not done your homework on this one.
Q: Where do you want to go today?
"WHY WHY WHY do we still have drive letters?!"
Amen, brutha. I YEARN for the day when Microsoft does away with this klunky kludge of kruft.
Q: Where do you want to go today?
The are called MicroSoft. Didn't you see Pirates of Silicon Valley ?
:P
Q: Where do you want to go today?
ln -s http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/0 2-28w2k.asp BULLSHIT.html
Q: Where do you want to go today?
You called?
I'm in BC, Canada and on boxing day, Future Shop was selling Q3A for $69. Instant rebate of $20 at the till, and a mail-in rebate for $20. I got Q3A for $29 plus tax, in Canadian funds. Too bad for you I guess.