Actually, I think you have that the wrong way around. I think they made the announcement in a fanfare type way to give them an excuse to roll Steve out and prove he is not dead.
Bloat: the iTunes on my computer is 150 Mb, by comparison Adobe Reader is 160 Mb and VMware Fusion 170 Mb. Eclipse weighs in at nearly half a Gigabyte.
Fast transfers: Can't comment on that because I have nothing to compare it to. However, an iTunes sync takes a tiny fraction of the time to recharge the bateries.
Multiple music libraries: OK, iTunes does not have this, but then why do you need more than one music library?
Deletion from device: iTunes allows you to manually delete stuff from your device or you can tell it to delete spoken word/TV shows after you have listened to / watched them.
Fast responsive app: well that's purely subjective, but I have no problems on my lap top with the responsiveness of iTunes.
Commodore 6502 machines had a BASIC interpreter based on Microsoft BASIC but there was also a set of ROMs called the Kernal [sic - a spelling mistake that made it into the manuals]. This was a separate piece of code to the BASIC interpreter and was written in house by Commodore.
The C64 had an 8K BASIC ROM and an 8K Kernal ROM. Each of these was shadowed by RAM so you could switch out the ROM. If you switched out both, you had a bare machine but you could just switch out the BASIC and leave the Kernal which means you don't have to write your own IO etc.
Why is it that some people expect to get paid for what they like to do, while the rest of us need to have a real job?
Well if you take a musician, a top class musician has to practise for several hours a day. If we stop paying them, they'll stop practising several hours a day because they'll have to hold down a day job because even musicians have to eat.
This idea of not paying musicians is absolutely fine as long as you understand that all the music you download will consequently be amateur. Personally, I prefer my music to be recorded professionally - it tends to be better - and I'm happy to pay for that.
Because people aren't paying for the music. If I borrow my friend's CD and copy it onto my iPod, the cost of the music is irrelevant to me. The cost of the MP3 player is though.
The whole plan is totally stupid though. People like me who actually do obtain their music legally would be charged twice for their music. If this idea were in place in my country, I'd regard it as my right to copy the music of anybody who'll let me (after all, I paid for it when I bought my blank CDs and iPod, right?), so I'd stop buying it on CD or iTunes.
I disagree. For two reasons. Firstly, the BBC has political bias. I've gone on about that at length, won't mention it again.
Yes, but we know that's bullshit. You also claimed the BBC tells you who to vote for. That's bullshit too.
Secondly, the quality of BBC programmes isn't all that great. There are some gems out there, but a lot of it is just mindless mainstream dross of the sort that could quite easily be produced by any of the commercial channels. It's as if they've given up on trying to be cultured, and have just decided to compete for viewers instead. I find myself watching a lot of TV imported from the US these days - no BBC influence there - so I just don't think the licence fee is worth it.
The BBC produces some dross but also produces a lot of quality television. If you think otherwise, you're an idiot. I for one am eternally happy that you have to pay a licence fee so that I can watch TV without adverts. Thank you.
What you're basically asking for is "why can't this free software made by volunteers be as instantly capable with any hardware on the planet as the big corporate monopoly that spends zillions on the same thing"?
Do you now see the idiocy of the question?
No, I don't see the idiocy of the question. The answer gives an important insight into one reason why Linux isn't more successful on the desktop.
Users of computers don't care that Linux is partly made by volunteers. They want their computers to last as long as possible on a battery. They don't want to hear excuses about how Apple and Microsoft have better access to the hardware suppliers than the Linux developers. The fact is they do have better access and that leads to better power management.
I'm afraid you just have to find a way to deal with it. In fact, bleating that it's not fair because Linux developers are volunteers may make things worse. You're basically saying Linux is amateur. People want their software to be professional.
Measurements based on one project may not be as statistically robust as measurements based on a number of projects, but they are at least measurements which is better than anecdotes which is all you seem to have.
When you added up the man-time required to move everything to Postgres, did it come to more or less than the cost of buying a commercial licence for the MySQL JDBC drivers?
If you statically link the library, then you are, by definition including the binary of the library in your distribution.
If you dynamically link the library, it's a more difficult call. The chances are that you are including the headers of the library in your code which means you are distributing some of the library's code. I think the LGPL addresses the issue of headers explicitly.
However, if you implement the interface without using the library's headers (e.g. it implements some open standard API) and you dynamically link the library, I think you would be in the clear.
That would be funny if people hadn't got fired. The irony is that tech staff always do give false estimates, but you need to double them (at least), not halve them to get the real number.
Anyway, the real point is that, in general, the GP is correct. The reason there is an "always on" culture in tech related roles is because the techs let it happen. There are always exceptional situations like the one you relate, but, in most companies, if the tech staff took a stand, the management would suck it up.
I'm just saddened that, if you type "Eiffel" into Google, a fairly obscure programming language that almost nobody uses beats one of the World's most famous landmarks into second place (as of 8/8/09 00:00 UTC).
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A bit rude, but damn -- that was awesome.
But also bollocks.
If someone makes a factual claim that seems off, you can provide data to indicate they are wrong. Saying "data please" is lazy minded arguing.
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"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence" - Christopher Hitchens.
If you are going to pull some made up fact out of your arse, expect me to call you on it, not do the research you should have done in the first place.
They wanted to, but they had no wi-fi coverage in the pub where they wrote the article, so they couldn't get on to Wikipedia.
No kidding!
That's the first time I've seen a multi-document interface implemented inside a web page. What were they thinking?
They also say, "better late than never".
From Alan Turing's point of view, this apology was never. He's already dead.
Actually, I think you have that the wrong way around. I think they made the announcement in a fanfare type way to give them an excuse to roll Steve out and prove he is not dead.
Aside from all the other people blowing your argument out of the water, there's no way Apple could port iTunes to Linux for only $100k.
I guess he is not talking about the same iTunes.
Bloat: the iTunes on my computer is 150 Mb, by comparison Adobe Reader is 160 Mb and VMware Fusion 170 Mb. Eclipse weighs in at nearly half a Gigabyte.
Fast transfers: Can't comment on that because I have nothing to compare it to. However, an iTunes sync takes a tiny fraction of the time to recharge the bateries.
Multiple music libraries: OK, iTunes does not have this, but then why do you need more than one music library?
Deletion from device: iTunes allows you to manually delete stuff from your device or you can tell it to delete spoken word/TV shows after you have listened to / watched them.
Fast responsive app: well that's purely subjective, but I have no problems on my lap top with the responsiveness of iTunes.
I find it a bit disturbing that an operating system course at a University would cover only one kernel, or even only two.
Not entirely true.
Commodore 6502 machines had a BASIC interpreter based on Microsoft BASIC but there was also a set of ROMs called the Kernal [sic - a spelling mistake that made it into the manuals]. This was a separate piece of code to the BASIC interpreter and was written in house by Commodore.
The C64 had an 8K BASIC ROM and an 8K Kernal ROM. Each of these was shadowed by RAM so you could switch out the ROM. If you switched out both, you had a bare machine but you could just switch out the BASIC and leave the Kernal which means you don't have to write your own IO etc.
Why is it that some people expect to get paid for what they like to do, while the rest of us need to have a real job?
Well if you take a musician, a top class musician has to practise for several hours a day. If we stop paying them, they'll stop practising several hours a day because they'll have to hold down a day job because even musicians have to eat.
This idea of not paying musicians is absolutely fine as long as you understand that all the music you download will consequently be amateur. Personally, I prefer my music to be recorded professionally - it tends to be better - and I'm happy to pay for that.
Ha, ha.
I challenge you to find any main stream pop group that is not in the business to become "rich and famous".
Because people aren't paying for the music. If I borrow my friend's CD and copy it onto my iPod, the cost of the music is irrelevant to me. The cost of the MP3 player is though.
The whole plan is totally stupid though. People like me who actually do obtain their music legally would be charged twice for their music. If this idea were in place in my country, I'd regard it as my right to copy the music of anybody who'll let me (after all, I paid for it when I bought my blank CDs and iPod, right?), so I'd stop buying it on CD or iTunes.
What do you mean "would we have remembered..."
I had never heard of him until I read this thread. I have, however, heard of both Pythagorus and Archimedes.
Try typing a post in all caps - then you'll see why nobody is using them.
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
I disagree. For two reasons. Firstly, the BBC has political bias. I've gone on about that at length, won't mention it again.
Yes, but we know that's bullshit. You also claimed the BBC tells you who to vote for. That's bullshit too.
Secondly, the quality of BBC programmes isn't all that great. There are some gems out there, but a lot of it is just mindless mainstream dross of the sort that could quite easily be produced by any of the commercial channels. It's as if they've given up on trying to be cultured, and have just decided to compete for viewers instead. I find myself watching a lot of TV imported from the US these days - no BBC influence there - so I just don't think the licence fee is worth it.
The BBC produces some dross but also produces a lot of quality television. If you think otherwise, you're an idiot. I for one am eternally happy that you have to pay a licence fee so that I can watch TV without adverts. Thank you.
What you're basically asking for is "why can't this free software made by volunteers be as instantly capable with any hardware on the planet as the big corporate monopoly that spends zillions on the same thing"?
Do you now see the idiocy of the question?
No, I don't see the idiocy of the question. The answer gives an important insight into one reason why Linux isn't more successful on the desktop.
Users of computers don't care that Linux is partly made by volunteers. They want their computers to last as long as possible on a battery. They don't want to hear excuses about how Apple and Microsoft have better access to the hardware suppliers than the Linux developers. The fact is they do have better access and that leads to better power management.
I'm afraid you just have to find a way to deal with it. In fact, bleating that it's not fair because Linux developers are volunteers may make things worse. You're basically saying Linux is amateur. People want their software to be professional.
As if Microsoft didn't want to force its users onto the upgrade treadmill.
The reason that Windows XP is not out of support is that Windows Vista was years late and was a disaster when it finally turned up.
Measurements based on one project may not be as statistically robust as measurements based on a number of projects, but they are at least measurements which is better than anecdotes which is all you seem to have.
And "fiber". In Britain we have fibre.
Lourdes: Mummy, where do babies come from?
Madonna: Malawi.
When you added up the man-time required to move everything to Postgres, did it come to more or less than the cost of buying a commercial licence for the MySQL JDBC drivers?
If you statically link the library, then you are, by definition including the binary of the library in your distribution.
If you dynamically link the library, it's a more difficult call. The chances are that you are including the headers of the library in your code which means you are distributing some of the library's code. I think the LGPL addresses the issue of headers explicitly.
However, if you implement the interface without using the library's headers (e.g. it implements some open standard API) and you dynamically link the library, I think you would be in the clear.
That would be funny if people hadn't got fired. The irony is that tech staff always do give false estimates, but you need to double them (at least), not halve them to get the real number.
Anyway, the real point is that, in general, the GP is correct. The reason there is an "always on" culture in tech related roles is because the techs let it happen. There are always exceptional situations like the one you relate, but, in most companies, if the tech staff took a stand, the management would suck it up.
I'm just saddened that, if you type "Eiffel" into Google, a fairly obscure programming language that almost nobody uses beats one of the World's most famous landmarks into second place (as of 8/8/09 00:00 UTC).
Bootcamp also provides Windows drivers for the Apple hardware. It is not just a partitioning tool.