I understand that some people are turned to linux for stability, and some for flashy graphics
And when I read this, realise it's both true and taken for granted, and remember the state of Linux eyecandy just a couple of years ago, then I begin to grasp how fast this beast is evolving.
If these critiques were aimed at Linux or open source, we would be justly up in arms about the criticism being sloppy and having very little to stand on
Who is this we you speak of?
Because you, despite what you were, lately sound more and more like a MSFT PR flack. You're just embarrassing yourself.
Jesus, if you can't even get people here to eat the whole pig, then pushing goat (or lamb for that matter) is a lost cause.
My friend, I'm posting from Argentina, the Holy Land of steaks, so I guess I can make a valid comparation on meat. We eat barbequed goat from time to time, as a treat (because here lamb and goat are more expensive than cow), and let me assure you that it's delicious. You just have to cook it very slowly.
When will people learn that being rude doesn't help? If you want somebody to work with you, you need to play nice. It's not pleasant, and it's not easy to make yourself calm down and act like a pussy, but it's important if you ever want any collaboration.
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Very true, but I have this suspicion that some hacker's rudeness is intended to piss people off and keep the field, the spotlight, and the pressumed "glory" to themselves.
Sad thing is, it works a lot of the time, and you can always blame old trusty Asperger's.
Thing is, throw Microsoft in there. They couldn't give a crap whether documents are unreadable in the future, no one is going to sue them anyway.
I'm afraid you don't fully understand MSFT: they actually give a crap whether documents are unreadable in the future, and make sure they are not. Because document incompatibility is the best way to force people to upgrade, and upgrades are what keeps MSFT in the game.
A good question to ask is, "What console are all of those people who own a PS2 going to buy 2-3 years down the road when they decide its finally time to upgrade?" Especially if they have a large game library of PS2 games, and they still pull out and play one or two of them every now and then?
Bingo! This is the crucial point, and is so obvious that is amazing it took this long to surface in this thread. The sheer volume of the already sold PS2 library will most probably be the deciding factor in the 360/PS3 war.
Luckily, it looks as if the fanbois are cooling off, and we're getting better s/n ratio in articles about this most interesting three-way "Battle of the Consoles".
This tells us one and one thing only : if you want to make a business decision on high-def formats, do not put too much emphasis on those 5 million PS3s sold, because an awful lot of them are not playing Blu-Ray movies, while ALL HD-DVD players are playing HD-DVD movies.
Re-read your argument. Think about it. Now it looks rather stupid, doesn't it? Don't worry: even the best pull a non-sequitur once in a while.
It looks cluttered starting with the new tab button on the left.
Which one? The one I eliminated permanently with just two clicks?
Talk about clueless...
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I do believe he means one that's free and has no advertising. Which has been since Opera 8.5 came out in late 2005.
Do you mean somebody actually paid for his ad-free version of Opera? Instead of just going to this Interweb thingy and find a serial number? Imagine if a program able to do this actually existed...
Oh, wait...
Nevermind.
Seriously, the reason Opera made the browser free (as in beer) was that not even its most ardent fans, like myself, ever considered paying for a browser.
Cheers, CC
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I feel like Opera is just a tad too late to the party to really take off in a big way - had they made their product as easy to get and as visible as Firefox way back when
Dude, I remember learning about Netscape's code donation, and the creation of the Mozilla Foundation (let alone Firefox) in my trusty Opera browser (version 2.52, IIRC).
Hardly. He might not be employable anymore, but he most likely has a golden parachute of some sort for such an occasion.
He wishes...
Darl, and a couple of others have assured themselves years and years of lawsuits coming for all directions. Just the attorney's fees are going to suck them dry, and then something.
Unless they use Darl's brother... (One can only hope)
In the United States, dial-up is what people who can't afford urban real estate and who can't afford satellite Internet access have.
Here, you'd have to live in the boondocks in order to be unable to get at the very least ADSL. That would be towns with pop. 10K or less. I guess 5-10% of total population. Of course, most people don't have the need or cannot afford the 25/30 U$S monthly, but the capability is there.
I didn't realize you were so far off as to broadband availability.
Also keep in mind that the sales of the PS3 over its first eight months of sales are about the same as the sales of the XBox 360 over its first eight months of sales. I find it really amusing the way slashdot proclaims the XBox a success and the PS3 a failure when they have done about the same in the market.
And more to the point, the 360 sold against no competition, while the PS3 made its numbers against an incumbent, so I'd say that Sony's prospects are far, far better in the medium/long range.
I'm no gamer, and I've never even played a console, so I have no dog in this fight. Just an elementary grasp of marketing.
... I understand the nostalgia, but it's inappropriate. The BeOS designers believed that the areas that they optimized and were working on were more important than compatibility and functionality, but the market proved conclusively that they were wrong. If BeOS were open sourced tomorrow, I predict it would also fail.
You raise some interesting points, but why the angry tone?
My point was that, using Linux, I don't really feel the need for it to be more responsive.
You don't feel the need because you're now running vastly superior hardware.
In its day, BeOS just flew in clunkers that choked to death under Gnome or KDE. So, you have to factor the years of HW evolution when reading the teary remembrances of BeOS from old farts like myself.
And, in case you're wondering, yes, it felt like magic then.
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I guess this makes you play in Stallman's league?
And people are as interested in hearing you as in hearing him?
Unless you're that other guy with the black turtleneck...
Cheers,
CC
Have you considered that speaking at Yale would be something special for you but just routine for him?
And maybe he's a little less conformist than you appear to be?
Cheers,
CC
Chile, my friend, Chile.
Cheers,
CC
It's just me, or the above sentence doesn't make a lot of sense?
Cheers,
CC
And when I read this, realise it's both true and taken for granted, and remember the state of Linux eyecandy just a couple of years ago, then I begin to grasp how fast this beast is evolving.
Cheers,
CC
Who is this we you speak of?
Because you, despite what you were, lately sound more and more like a MSFT PR flack. You're just embarrassing yourself.
CC
Oh boy, you have a gift for compactness.
Every word carries payload. Nice.
Virtual hat off to you,
CC
My friend, I'm posting from Argentina, the Holy Land of steaks, so I guess I can make a valid comparation on meat.
We eat barbequed goat from time to time, as a treat (because here lamb and goat are more expensive than cow), and let me assure you that it's delicious. You just have to cook it very slowly.
Cheers,
CC
So, I assume they happen to appear in your tank or furnace just by themselves. And refined. Lucky you.
Cheers,
CC
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Very true, but I have this suspicion that some hacker's rudeness is intended to piss people off and keep the field, the spotlight, and the pressumed "glory" to themselves.
Sad thing is, it works a lot of the time, and you can always blame old trusty Asperger's.
Cheers,
CC
I'm afraid you don't fully understand MSFT: they actually give a crap whether documents are unreadable in the future, and make sure they are not.
Because document incompatibility is the best way to force people to upgrade, and upgrades are what keeps MSFT in the game.
Cheers,
CC
Bingo! This is the crucial point, and is so obvious that is amazing it took this long to surface in this thread.
The sheer volume of the already sold PS2 library will most probably be the deciding factor in the 360/PS3 war.
Luckily, it looks as if the fanbois are cooling off, and we're getting better s/n ratio in articles about this most interesting three-way "Battle of the Consoles".
Cheers,
CC
Well, don't tell Linus, or his wife (and mother of his three daughters) will beat the shit out of you.
Cheers,
CC
Re-read your argument. Think about it. Now it looks rather stupid, doesn't it?
Don't worry: even the best pull a non-sequitur once in a while.
Cheers,
CC
Which one?
The one I eliminated permanently with just two clicks?
Talk about clueless...
Do you mean somebody actually paid for his ad-free version of Opera?
Instead of just going to this Interweb thingy and find a serial number?
Imagine if a program able to do this actually existed...
Oh, wait...
Nevermind.
Seriously, the reason Opera made the browser free (as in beer) was that not even its most ardent fans, like myself, ever considered paying for a browser.
Cheers,
CC
Dude, I remember learning about Netscape's code donation, and the creation of the Mozilla Foundation (let alone Firefox) in my trusty Opera browser (version 2.52, IIRC).
Check your dates...
Cheers,
CC
He wishes...
Darl, and a couple of others have assured themselves years and years of lawsuits coming for all directions.
Just the attorney's fees are going to suck them dry, and then something.
Unless they use Darl's brother... (One can only hope)
Do I feel sorry for them? Hell, no!
Cheers,
CC
Oops! I meant worse off.
Here, you'd have to live in the boondocks in order to be unable to get at the very least ADSL. That would be towns with pop. 10K or less. I guess 5-10% of total population.
Of course, most people don't have the need or cannot afford the 25/30 U$S monthly, but the capability is there.
I didn't realize you were so far off as to broadband availability.
Cheers,
CC
I happen to live in backwards South America, but in the XXI century.
What is this dial-up you speak of?
Cheers,
CC
Let me guess, that's newspeak for accounting fraud?
Cheers,
CC
And more to the point, the 360 sold against no competition, while the PS3 made its numbers against an incumbent, so I'd say that Sony's prospects are far, far better in the medium/long range.
I'm no gamer, and I've never even played a console, so I have no dog in this fight. Just an elementary grasp of marketing.
Cheers,
CC
You raise some interesting points, but why the angry tone?
Did BeOS run over your dog or something?
Cheers,
CC
You don't feel the need because you're now running vastly superior hardware.
In its day, BeOS just flew in clunkers that choked to death under Gnome or KDE. So, you have to factor the years of HW evolution when reading the teary remembrances of BeOS from old farts like myself.
And, in case you're wondering, yes, it felt like magic then.
Cheers,
CC