The OEM appears to be driving this themselves. They didn't have to be sued to enable this and no one had to figure out how to load their own software on it.
1) Apple is now really gunning for Microsoft and cross platform apps don't really fit well in their plans 2) The built in Java aesthetics (Swing) are fucking horrible and they probably don't want that on their machines.
So wait, you're saying the iPhone market is like the video game market, pre crash of 1983?
I'm talking about where tons of speculators hopped in the market to cash in on the hype and ended up creating a bubble that popped, causing an angry babylonian god to appear and wipe out over half the industry?
That's not like the iPhone market at all! It's all about quality and craftsmanship!
It's going to be hard to tell the difference. I highly doubt they pay advanced developers to decompile/blueprint submitted apps, in an attempt to determine what compiler was used to create the executable.
Microsoft has never locked down a general purpose computing device and told me what I can or can't run on it. They may have made cross platform stuff difficult, but they never banned it outright with DRM lockdowns.
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I think Microsoft needs to make sure they... Get The Facts. .... oh right
ECC is slightly slower.
There are black klingons?
The OEM appears to be driving this themselves. They didn't have to be sued to enable this and no one had to figure out how to load their own software on it.
Languages don't compile. Compilers compile languages.
Think of the middle men, you insensitive clod!
I think it's two parts:
1) Apple is now really gunning for Microsoft and cross platform apps don't really fit well in their plans
2) The built in Java aesthetics (Swing) are fucking horrible and they probably don't want that on their machines.
From jaunty:
$ java -version
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_16-b01)
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Uh, if you're running a server and you have X11 running, you either have strange requirements or you are, in fact, a moron.
Excellent.
Now when I gorge and eat a whole 5000 calorie pizza, I can say it's making me smarter!
So wait, you're saying the iPhone market is like the video game market, pre crash of 1983?
I'm talking about where tons of speculators hopped in the market to cash in on the hype and ended up creating a bubble that popped, causing an angry babylonian god to appear and wipe out over half the industry?
That's not like the iPhone market at all! It's all about quality and craftsmanship!
lol, mod parent up!
I tried Nucleic Acid once.
What a ride, what a ride!
Long live the Pirate Bay?
Blender hasn't been CLI for oh, lets just say a long time. ;)
Gee, I hope Apple's cool with us using their equipment like this.
It's going to be hard to tell the difference. I highly doubt they pay advanced developers to decompile/blueprint submitted apps, in an attempt to determine what compiler was used to create the executable.
Yeah I didn't say "Apple is exterminating people like Der Fuhrer's Germany." I'm saying they control this device in a fascist, authoritarian way.
Apple thinks they know what you should run on your equipment, better than you do. Essentially, you rent your iPod, etc. from Apple.
People like you should learn to either get in the game or shut the fuck up.
The Xbox's purpose is to play games and some media.
The iPhone is a phone, camera, web browser, game console and a decent amount more.
I'd be a great device if Apple didn't control it like Der Fuhrer's Germany.
It's funny, I had put Xbox in my post as an exception, but I said to myself "Nah, everyone knows the consoles aren't general purpose devices."
Thanks for proving me wrong!
Microsoft has never locked down a general purpose computing device and told me what I can or can't run on it. They may have made cross platform stuff difficult, but they never banned it outright with DRM lockdowns.
Ever.
WHOOSH!
Although I know your post is in jest, Microsoft hasn't done anything *nearly* as terrible as Apple with their iPod/Phone shenanigans.
And I'm an Ubuntu user with little love for the boys in Redmond.
What a reputable looking and sounding website!