Why are all these posts about running out of oil? The point is the greenhouse gasses produced from fossil fuels. Unlike the US who could care less about things like the kyoto deal, Iceland is actually going to try to follow it.
all these arguments about whether or not we will run out of oil are missing the point. They should be arguing about global warming or someting.
Regardless of its similarities to java, it is not java and Microsoft is "betting the farm" on it. When Microsoft puts this much effort into something, you should be nervous. I am.
I think the people at Be, Apple, Sun, etc don't need to give their source to contribute to the Open Source movement. So long and they give inspiration to build a better computer, they are contributing more than most of the hackers.
I think there are very few people that contribute to the world of computing as a whole, and they don't do it by showing people what is possible.
Besides, programming isn't that hard. I'm sure an attempt to copy what Be has done would be possible, and would probably already have happened if people really wanted it. I think wanting source code to help you implement something is admitting defeat.
Be has most of it's advantages because it was built from scratch by some smart people who didn't focus on pleasing everybody, but on doing a few important things right. Once you try to please too many people, things go to hell. OS's get too big and no one takes the time to do any one thing right. Microsoft has shown that the mainstream will sacrifice quality for features, and at the same time shown that these features do not make a better OS.
I don't believe MacOffice is an entry point to windows. Microsoft has been making software for the mac forever. Microsoft Word was the dominant wp for the macintosh while wordperfect was still ruling the pcs. They have always had a seperate team of developers working on some high quality Mac applications. Whatever their motivation, Microsoft has always supported apple. It's a huge company, and can be good and bad at the same time.
I think titanium is actually very abundant; it just is hard to work with - which makes it more expensive. I don't think it offers any significant advantages for computer cases over plastic or aluminum - and should probably be reserved for mountain bikes.
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all these arguments about whether or not we will run out of oil are missing the point. They should be arguing about global warming or someting.
Is that measuring the acceleration of the chip?
Regardless of its similarities to java, it is not java and Microsoft is "betting the farm" on it. When Microsoft puts this much effort into something, you should be nervous. I am.
I think there are very few people that contribute to the world of computing as a whole, and they do it by showing people what is possible.
I think there are very few people that contribute to the world of computing as a whole, and they don't do it by showing people what is possible.
Besides, programming isn't that hard. I'm sure an attempt to copy what Be has done would be possible, and would probably already have happened if people really wanted it. I think wanting source code to help you implement something is admitting defeat.
Be has most of it's advantages because it was built from scratch by some smart people who didn't focus on pleasing everybody, but on doing a few important things right. Once you try to please too many people, things go to hell. OS's get too big and no one takes the time to do any one thing right. Microsoft has shown that the mainstream will sacrifice quality for features, and at the same time shown that these features do not make a better OS.
I don't believe MacOffice is an entry point to windows. Microsoft has been making software for the mac forever. Microsoft Word was the dominant wp for the macintosh while wordperfect was still ruling the pcs. They have always had a seperate team of developers working on some high quality Mac applications. Whatever their motivation, Microsoft has always supported apple. It's a huge company, and can be good and bad at the same time.
I think titanium is actually very abundant; it just is hard to work with - which makes it more expensive. I don't think it offers any significant advantages for computer cases over plastic or aluminum - and should probably be reserved for mountain bikes.